As if drawn by something, two silver bolts of serpentine lightning descended from the dark storm cloud above the forest along with the motion of his hands pressing downward. They struck the pitch-black tree covered in bluish-green eyes with savage force, sending sparks flying and splitting the black tree into three mangled sections. Heavenly Thunderfire then blazed fiercely across the shattered wood.
When it was over, the snake-like lightning coiling around Dai Yunze's body vanished as well. He slowly descended to the ground, and clarity returned to his eyes.
After temporarily regaining his senses, he noticed the pitch-black tree burning in the heavenly flames. On the branches that had not yet been touched by the fire, several bluish-green eyes still glowed.
He immediately recognized the identity of the pitch-black tree.
A tree species unique to the Star Dou Great Forest—the Demon Eye Demon Tree.
The Demon Eye Demon Tree possessed a mental attribute and could have been a candidate for his fourth Soul Ring. Unfortunately, this one only had nine thousand years of cultivation, while what he needed for his fourth Soul Ring was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Moreover, although it had been struck by two bolts of heavenly lightning, the Demon Eye Demon Tree was not yet dead. Dai Yunze had yet to recover from the Mandala Snake's venom and could fall unconscious again at any time. He was in no condition to continue fighting.
Therefore, Dai Yunze immediately turned around and left, intending to find a relatively safe place to recover to his peak condition first.
However, perhaps because the Mandala Snake's venom had left him dazed and less vigilant, and because he had not activated Spirit Detection, he failed to notice a sharp branch shooting from the Demon Eye Demon Tree's remaining limbs straight toward him.
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