Fu Zhang arrived at the mountain emanating a powerful aura.
It had not been very clear when he was still far away.
But the closer he got, the more he could sense that the energy seemed to be confined to a single place.
And it was extremely unstable.
Fu Zhang rushed to the mountainside and arrived above a natural gorge.
There was a fissure here, and that powerful aura was emanating from within.
The gorge was narrow and deep; ordinary people could not enter it at all.
Fu Zhang transformed into a bolt of lightning and crashed into the gorge with a boom.
The gorge was truly deep. He descended several hundred meters without reaching the bottom, and the farther down he went, the larger the space became instead.
After flying another several hundred meters, he saw a vast expanse of lush green leaves.
Looking closely, he realized they were actually the branches of a towering tree.
Its entire body radiated a mingled green and black glow.
Fu Zhang had initially intended to strike it with lightning.
But after observing that black light, he sensed that something was wrong.
Why did that black light look so much like pollution?
If it were a Weird, then Weird energy would not be like this, as though it were being repelled while also clinging to something. It would exist within the Weird's body instead.
Only a small portion would occasionally leak out.
Or it would appear only when the Weird used its abilities.
The current situation was more like this great tree had been contaminated by Weird energy and was resisting the pollution with all its strength.
Fu Zhang landed beneath the tree.
The tree did not attack him. Instead, it lay quietly asleep.
He reached out and touched the trunk, using the