Xiao Wujiu looked at the five Dou Sheng puppets. Lightning arcs flickered over his body, then five bolts of thunder exploded forth, charging toward the Half-Saint puppets that had already lost all life.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
With five thunderous explosions, the five Half-Saint puppets—each of them top-tier combat power anywhere on the continent—were torn apart by violent lightning and reduced to dry powder that scattered in the wind.
Only after finishing all this did Xiao Wujiu walk toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
"I know you can understand what I'm saying, and I know you're currently trapped by a Dou Di's negative emotions. I can help you eliminate their influence and return to normal." Standing beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he looked at this sacred artifact of heaven and earth from ancient times and continued, "And if you're willing to come with me, I can even help you complete your Spiritual Gathering."
After speaking, he stood quietly where he was and waited for the Bodhi Ancient Tree's reply. He knew that although it had not completed its Spiritual Gathering, it could understand him. The fact that it had sought out Xiao Yan to refine the Bodhi Seeds in the original story proved as much.
Sure enough, before long, its massive trunk, thousands of zhang tall, began to tremble slightly. Its vast canopy, enough to blot out the sky and sun, shook continuously as well. Looking up at the sight from beneath the tree, Xiao Wujiu found it overwhelmingly impressive.
He lowered his head and looked at the Bodhi Ancient Tree again. He sensed a spatial fluctuation tugging at him, and the source of that pulling force was the Bodhi Ancient Tree's enormous trunk.
"Heh, you really are impatient."
He smiled, then stopped resisting and allowed that pulling force to