Xia Le chuckled softly.
"There's something you should know."
With a turn of his left wrist, he slid his long blade back into its sheath.
Then he slowly raised that hand.
Boom!
Thunder roared. A brilliant arc of electricity flashed into existence between heaven and earth, piercing the sky before transforming in an instant into countless fine arcs.
Like the branches of a towering tree, they spread across the sky, rooted where Xia Le stood.
"And that is!"
Lightning flickered, casting the entire sky alternately into light and darkness.
The enormous tree of lightning grew ever larger, its branches thickening. The thunder pillar forming its trunk had already grown so thick it would take more than a dozen people to encircle it, while countless delicate branches wove a breathtaking network of lightning.
"You can't kill me!"
With a soft sigh, Xia Le lowered his gaze to the two men before him.
A faint, suffocating sense of fear swept over Sengoku and Zephyr.
They sensed something different about the lightning tree before them, its dense branches stretching nearly a thousand meters.
The terrifying energy contained within it could destroy an entire island.
"Against opponents as strong as you..."
"I have no choice but to go all out."
Another sigh reached them. The five spread fingers of Xia Le's raised left hand suddenly clenched.
"One Billion Five Hundred Million Volts!"
"Zeus God Tree!"
His icy voice reverberated between heaven and earth.
Then Sengoku and Zephyr saw the massive lightning tree suddenly shake its branches.
Crackle!
The snapping arcs merged into a single cacophony. At that moment, countless branches shone purple, then swayed in unison.
That single sway was all it took.
Sengoku's and Zephyr's expressions changed dramatically.
"Run!!"
Both shouted almost simultaneously, their bodies already springing into motion.
Countless branches became countless