But then!
"!" Li Xiaoya was certain no demon beast could have detected him. He had deliberately circled behind the direction where the colossal ancient tree and the Four-Eared Giant Ape were fighting, several hundred miles away. At this distance, logically, no demon beast should have been able to approach him. His divine sense guarded his entire body vigilantly and swept his surroundings, yet nothing seemed to be approaching. Suddenly, a thought struck him. Tch! Could it be those two things? Ah, how stupid! If I can use those two things to sense that other object... then...
"You came...!" The voice continued to reach Li Xiaoya's ears, still in that same tone...
"Hm? That voice?" Li Xiaoya's divine sense instantly picked up the direction of the voice. It actually came from the ground, and sounded extremely stiff...
"Come...!" The voice spoke to Li Xiaoya in the same stiff manner, seemingly beckoning him...
And this time...
"That ancient tree is sending me voice transmissions!" This time, however, Li Xiaoya sensed it. Those almost imperceptible fluctuations of magic power came from underground, in the direction of the colossal ancient tree. He was greatly astonished. How had the ancient tree known he was here? And its tone was extremely strange... as though it had been waiting for him...
Just then...
"Help me! Kill the invader!" the colossal ancient tree continued. Its meaning was perfectly clear this time...
"..." Li Xiaoya fell silent at those words, doubts rising within him. Should he help the colossal ancient tree...?
"Help me! Only then can you take it!" The ancient tree uttered another cryptic sentence...
Only by helping him can I take it? Puzzled, Li Xiaoya poked his head out and first looked down the cliff. Below lay a blanket of mist and shattered rock. Judging by