As he spoke, Pei Ling's gaze burned like a torch, fixed firmly on the giant tree.
The Mountain Lord was dead!
Yet he still hadn't received the infusion of Jiuyi Mountain's power of heaven and earth...
The situation was already perfectly clear.
The one he truly had to deal with wasn't just Mountain Lord Tao, but also this Sky-Reaching Giant Wood that had grown out of the Mountain Lord's body!
This was part of the Immortal Path. No one could be allowed to interfere!
Fortunately, the Grand Elders of Jiuyi Mountain who'd charged forward had been swept away by the giant tree's branches and leaves without causing it any harm. Otherwise, they would have siphoned off his fortune!
Seeing Pei Ling's overbearing attitude, Zhen Jianghui gave a cold snort and was about to retort when He Fuqiong, not far away, suddenly spoke. "Half an hour!"
The other righteous cultivators were baffled. What did he mean by half an hour?
Pei Ling immediately turned to look at He Fuqiong. The Sword God had said those words to him!
He Fuqiong's eyes seemed to gather thousands of bolts of lightning, bright and arresting. Looking at Pei Ling, he calmly said, "You may act alone, but you have only half an hour."
"If you haven't dealt with the divine tree within half an hour, we will step in!"
"The roots of an ancient divine tree may not compare to a true ancient divine tree, but now that they've turned on us, they'll continuously drain everything from this world! They'll turn fertile fields into wasteland, lush watersides into dead ground. Ci Province is vast and sustains countless lives. We absolutely cannot let it be destroyed by this matter."
"Half an hour is the limit."
"This is the greatest concession we can make, given how