It wasn't that Jiang Yue lacked confidence in the discipline of this team. He was worried that when everyone saw the Bizarre Tree's roots, they would get too excited, lose their heads, and launch an attack without permission.
The Bizarre Tree's roots were no joke when it came to striking back. Their ability to manipulate soil was especially dangerous. Unless you were an Awakened with an Earth Attribute talent, you could easily be caught off guard—and might even be crushed alive on the spot.
This was deep underground, after all, not the surface.
When the surrounding soil compressed toward a single point at an extremely high density, the force was no less than a mountain bearing down on you. That pressure could crush an ordinary body to pieces.
That was why Jiang Yue had to stress the importance of discipline.
"Listen up. Everyone must stay within the space created by Li Yue and the other Earth Attribute experts. Do not step outside it and launch an attack on your own. The power the Bizarre Tree can draw from the earth could bury not just a handful of people like us, but an entire army in an instant. Even if you're as powerful as an immortal on the surface, don't let your guard down underground. Don't give it a chance to attack you. Otherwise, you could be separated from the living in an instant. If you're crushed to powder deep underground, there may not even be a body left for us to recover."
Jiang Yue wasn't exaggerating in the slightest.
Mao Doudou and San Gou, the most impulsive people in the team, both felt a quiet shiver of apprehension. Jiang Yue clearly wasn't joking.
Li Yue added, "Listen to Jiang Yue. Once you leave the area we control and enter the