Wu Pifu, brimming with excitement, shot straight toward what appeared to be the location of an intelligent species' creation. There was naturally no need for concealment now. A shockwave erupted in midair, carrying ripples that broke the sound barrier as he raced toward the flickering fluorescence.
Naturally, this scene fell into the eyes of the nocturnal predators throughout the forest. A gigantic tongue thrust up from the earth like a spear, shooting straight at Wu Pifu. The life force on its surface had condensed to what seemed like liquid, and it was unbelievably fast. Yet with a single strike, it snapped a giant tree tens of thousands of meters tall that stood in its path cleanly in half.
But before the tongue could reach Wu Pifu, its owner had already sensed something. It frantically began retracting its tongue, causing its lower half to sway wildly. Yet inertia still drove the tip straight at Wu Pifu.
Wu Pifu drew his saber in midair, spun sharply, and slashed at the incoming tongue tip.
The tongue was over a hundred meters thick in diameter. Wu Pifu cut through it with one stroke, then did not pause, continuing to charge wildly toward the fluorescence. The tongue remained suspended thousands of meters in the air. Several seconds after Wu Pifu had already flown away, the portion at the tip abruptly disintegrated into dust. A slash mark ran down from the tip, splitting the tongue into two halves. Then, a visible saber-scarred crater appeared in the ground. Lakeful quantities of blood surged out from it, completely filling the crater...
That single strike silenced the restless forest in the darkness. As Wu Pifu flew onward, no further attacks appeared.
"...I see it. That light is..."
Wu Pifu saw the light from afar. Sure enough, the place where