Faced with Li Su's outburst, the plant creatures showed no fear. Countless plants surged madly in from all directions without pause.
They swiftly assembled, their bodies linking together as enormous clusters of light formed within them, spreading outward like nerves and directly forming a giant a thousand zhang tall.
With a terrifying roar, it swung an arm hundreds of zhang long, smashing down at Li Su with overwhelming force.
Space trembled. Countless serrations on its fist gleamed, annihilating everything in the air and even affecting the Dao's rhythm.
Li Su's face turned cold, and a trace of disappointment flashed through his eyes. He had not held much hope that pressure alone would subdue them. After all, the creatures within the Path to Heaven had been deeply corrupted by evil qi. They possessed a measure of intelligence, but no rationality whatsoever.
If possible, he still did not want to make things too troublesome. It would have been best if intimidation could settle this.
Now, it seemed Hongjin had been right. To make the races here fear him and obey, he either had to become something like their natural predator, someone they instinctively feared, or kill every last one of them. Once dead, they naturally could not resist.
Clearly, the latter was likely far simpler than the former.
Without hesitation, Li Su released the hand with which he had been controlling the shattered space, allowing the terrifying energy within to pour forth.
The fragments of shattered void immediately fell like heavenly fire, their dreadful power capable of tearing apart and collapsing all matter.
The thousand-zhang giant shook madly. Its body was split apart on the spot, more than half of it swallowed by heavenly fire, while over half of the densely packed nerves filled with terrifying energy fluctuations were severed.
The mountain-like