Hum...
Rustle, rustle...
The terrifying roots forming the giant began to writhe and convulse, spreading apart to reveal a single emerald eye. Terrifying killing intent radiated from it, and countless strange runes swirled within its dark green pupil...
This was no tree spirit!
Instead, like the dark-attribute magic beasts in the previous region, this was a creature native to this region. It had to be a tree demon!
In the Cultivation World, many things besides forests could, under certain special conditions, absorb enough Heaven and Earth spiritual energy or power of law to become conscious beings capable of cultivating. They were generally called nature spirits...
For instance, in environments with extraordinarily potent Heaven and Earth spiritual energy and earth-attribute power, certain stones, nourished by Heaven and Earth spiritual energy for untold tens of thousands of years, would develop self-awareness and become capable of cultivating. After another immensely long period of cultivation, they would give rise to bodies of their own and the like. These were generally called stone men or stone spirits...
Yet these naturally born creatures and nature spirits capable of cultivation could not reproduce or bear offspring. At the very least, they could not produce descendants equally powerful and capable of cultivating, so they could only be called nature spirits...
What did that mean? Even if these nature spirits used certain methods to reproduce, their offspring would merely be trees or stones incapable of cultivating. In other words, whatever grew from them would be useless...
The tree demon before him clearly possessed not only the astonishing elemental aura of this place, but also an intelligent gaze and a life aura it had developed...
Such a developed life aura could be inherited and passed down through reproduction. This powerful ability was actually evident among the races of the enormous