The Treant Shepherd leader swept his gaze around. In barely a dozen seconds, Ye Meng, Ye Lei, and the others had already slain no fewer than twenty Treant Shepherds—nearly two per second. Five thousand Treant Shepherds would not last them even half an hour. Yet these Treant Shepherds had been condensed from the faith and blood essence of a million Elf Race warriors. Once defeated, not only would the Elf Race be unable to summon Treant Shepherds again for the next century, but those million Elf Race warriors would immediately fall into a near-death state!
"All Treant Shepherds, gather around me!" Clenching his teeth, the Treant Shepherd leader let out a furious roar. The surrounding Treant Shepherds immediately closed in around him.
The Treant Shepherd leader's expression turned solemn as he pressed his palms together. "Light of the Treant Shepherds, I beseech you to descend, Goddess of Nature!" His devout voice echoed without end, rippling outward in wave after wave.
In the distance, Ye Chao's expression was exceedingly grave. On the Overlord's vision screen before him, the energy within the Treant Shepherd leader was growing stronger and stronger, while the energy of the ordinary Treant Shepherds around him was steadily weakening. On the other side of the battlefield, Klaist and every Elf Race warrior beside him wore the same fanatical expressions, as though faithful believers were about to meet their true god.
"Bzzzz..." The Treant Shepherd leader's entire body gradually stiffened as countless branches burst forth from every part of him. His humanoid form rapidly transformed into that of a massive tree, while the Treant Shepherds around him likewise became a forest. The Treant Shepherd leader became the thickest and tallest tree within it.
"Whatever they're doing, stop him!" Ye Meng roared as he charged straight at the Treant Shepherd