The moment these ten new team members were locked onto by the Life Domain, they sensed something was wrong. But once they were locked on, even if they realized what was happening, there was no way they could escape.
The Bizarre Tree had not used One Thought Annihilation. Otherwise, that single move would have wiped them all out.
The bizarre tendrils dragged the ten new team members rapidly into the depths of the earth.
Having landed its first attack, the Bizarre Tree did not pause for even a moment. It quickly sent its tendrils to try to plant its mark inside the ten new team members.
But when the mark was transmitted, something unexpected happened. Astonishing defensive power surged within the ten new team members, forcibly keeping the mark from penetrating their skin.
The Bizarre Tree was stunned.
Its mark had never failed to take root in a human before. Hadn't every proxy it had fashioned been controlled by its mark?
How could there be a human in whom the mark could not take hold? It was impossible.
It had controlled at least fifty thousand proxies in the past, perhaps even a hundred thousand. With numbers like that, it had never failed even once. Its success rate was astonishing.
But this time, its attempt to plant a mark in all ten new team members had failed. Without a doubt, this had completely overturned the Bizarre Tree's understanding of humans.
The Bizarre Tree was utterly shocked. Suddenly, it understood everything. It understood why the Human Faction had destroyed the core area, and why the formation had been destroyed.
Of course, if the Bizarre Tree planned to use something as a substitute, it could not be some flimsy replacement item. It had to be something convincing enough to pass for the real