"Submit? Or be destroyed?"
The Forest Lord answered Li Wei's question through action. Its eyes widened slightly, and an emerald-green mark appeared out of thin air in front of Li Wei. At the same time, his system displayed a notification.
[True Name Mark (Xilai) detected. Available for acquisition.]
A True Name Mark?
Li Wei glanced at it, then read the description of the soul mark.
[True Name Mark: Can bind the target's soul, granting ownership and control over it.]
Oh? So with this thing, it has to do whatever I tell it to?
Li Wei rubbed his chin. He had indeed heard similar stories in plenty of myths and legends. Most followed the same pattern: someone obtained a treasure capable of controlling a mysterious being, then used it to bind that being into their service. Of course, those stories usually ended with the mysterious being breaking free and killing the greedy human.
But Li Wei wasn't worried about that. In those stories, the humans usually acquired their treasures through clever tricks or deception. He, on the other hand, had beaten this thing into submission. If it refused to obey, he could just beat it again.
What's the big deal?
With that thought, Li Wei raised his cane and lightly tapped the mark.
The emerald-green mark immediately merged into Li Wei's cane, vanishing in the blink of an eye. After absorbing it, the tip of his pitch-black cane displayed a strange, vine-like symbol. Then the Forest Lord's enormous body began to disintegrate and collapse. Within moments, it had turned into a pile of dust and drifted away on the wind.
At the same time, its actual effect appeared before Li Wei's eyes.
``` [True Name Mark (Xilai): Grants its holder dominion over forests, allowing them to freely