The Soul Douluo leading the group reacted with incredible speed, activating his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashing his full power before the divine vines could coil around him.
The Flame Giant Ape swelled larger, slamming both fists into the ground and raising a wave of fire that burned a path through the surrounding divine vines.
He roared and charged toward where Lan Tian's main body should have been. His senses told him Lan Tian was in that direction, but the Divine Vine Forest had already turned the entire area into a maze. After only a few strides, layer upon layer of vines blocked his way. Blue-gold divine vines crowded in from every direction, pressing toward him in a dense mass.
"Eighth Soul Skill: Destroy All Directions!"
He abruptly stopped and drove his Eighth Soul Ring to its limit. An enormous firestorm exploded from within him, sending crimson waves of flame sweeping in every direction and reducing the divine vines within several dozen paces to ashes.
After the flames passed, only scorched earth and scattered sparks remained. A vast swath of the once-dense divine vines had been cleared away, exposing the stones and soil beneath.
But Lan Tian did not appear.
His main body had long since dispersed throughout the Divine Vine Forest. Every divine vine was him, every leaf was him, and he existed in every corner of this domain.
What the Soul Douluo had burned away was merely part of his body. The foundations of the Divine Vine Forest lay deeper underground, its roots connecting the land within several hundred paces and drawing an endless supply of energy from the soil.
Although the divine vines did not fear fire, the immense damage inflicted by Soul Power could still destroy them. After all, they had not yet reached the point