In the blink of an eye, blinding silver light filled the sky. A roaring waterfall of thunder poured down, engulfing the towering Willow Tree. Fortunately, this clash took place in the air, and the ground was only caught in the aftermath.
Yet even such a tiny remnant of the shockwave had turned the land for ten thousand zhang around into scorched earth. The once-unbroken mountain range had been blasted into shattered cliffs and ruins, its rocks charred black.
Within the boundless silver waterfall, where purple qi came from the east, countless thunder dragons formed from gathered lightning surged and roared, swallowing the towering Willow Tree whole...
No one knew how long passed before the sea of thunder finally fell silent.
The towering willow had been struck black from crown to root. Its thousands upon thousands of tender green branches, once like divine chains, had all been severed. Its roots were charred, its trunk snapped apart, as though it had lost all life.
Then the towering willow collapsed layer by layer. Its shattered body and trunk turned into cracked pieces of old bark, crashing down below.
Suddenly, a hint of tender green could still be seen amid the charred remains of the great willow.
The towering willow had not died completely. It still retained a trace of life!
That speck of green glowed with emerald fluorescence. As the mountain-sized trunk collapsed, it drifted in the wind like a dandelion, then slowly landed atop a mountain peak not far from the group, clearly visible to all!
It was a charred tree stump with only one soft, emerald-green willow branch attached.
"Roar!" "Screech!" "Awoo!!"
Wave after wave of beastly roars nearly boiled over. Countless wild beasts stirred in the darkness, their massive black silhouettes charging over from afar. Their nearly crazed eyes brimmed