Gulp, gulp, gulp...
"It seemed that while the Plantfolk Sovereign of the Parasitic Spore World was still around, they had once intended to develop some kind of alien civilization technology, only to end in failure. In the end, it simply did not suit the Plantfolk's path of evolutionary laws."
The ancient city-state lay beneath the Heaven-Piercing Pillar and was fairly large in scale.
Yet as the years passed, it had been buried underground, while still retaining certain special functions designed for the Plantfolk.
Numerous Plantfolk tribes tossed crystals containing fire-element energy into crude, inferior energy boilers, seemingly collecting steam heat. It was an exceedingly primitive method of energy utilization.
In the form of an evil taro flower, Green mingled among the underground ancient city of Kanoman Valley, utterly inconspicuous.
Beneath the Heaven-Piercing Pillar.
"The Source of Annihilation clone I left over there should barely be able to stall them for one hourglass. Little Eight keeps nagging me nonstop. It's driving me mad."
Looking up at the Heaven-Piercing Pillar thrusting into the clouds, Green flashed and vanished in an instant within True Time, shooting toward the pillar's summit.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, after Green had flown some distance along the Heaven-Piercing Pillar, he was blocked by a vine extending from the pillar.
It could actually detect Green as he traveled within True Time. This vine had clearly received some of the Heaven-Piercing Pillar's power. This pillar was far from ordinary!
"Stop where you are, evil taro flower. Passage ahead is forbidden."
Crackle, crackle!
With an elemental teleportation, Green chose to bypass the vine growing from the Heaven-Piercing Pillar rather than attack it, fearing that he might trigger some alarm mechanism on the pillar and draw back the World Guardian that had only just departed.
Pop, pop, pop, pop...
The vine suddenly erupted