"That was thrilling! Those Fierce Beasts nearly tore me to pieces several times."
After escaping the beast tide, Xiao Yan still felt his blood churning, but the gleam in his eyes showed that he was still riding the excitement.
Xiao Yu smiled faintly and looked ahead. In the distance stood the silhouette of a great tree.
After they raced several thousand zhang farther, the tree came fully into view.
Its enormous trunk measured several thousand zhang, like a pillar holding up the heavens and connecting heaven and earth. An ancient aura covered its surface, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree's canopy spread so far that it could shade nearly half a city.
Streams of exceptionally dense, pure energy spread from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and rippled through the sky, causing all manner of wondrous phenomena to appear overhead from time to time.
Sunlight poured down onto the ancient tree, giving it a faintly translucent appearance. A tremendous vitality spread from it, powerful enough to leave Xiao Yan and the others awestruck.
"The Bodhi Ancient Tree..."
"Sure enough, something is wrong with this Bodhi Ancient Tree. Hidden within that seemingly vibrant, pure energy is a somewhat sinister gray energy. It contains many negative emotions resembling those of humans. Those emotions must have been left behind when it killed that Dou Di."
Xiao Yu activated his Void Eye and examined the Bodhi Ancient Tree closely. When he saw the gray energy concealed within the pure energy above its canopy, he recalled the original story's description of the tree.
He also noticed a strange solemnity in Qing Lin's expression when she saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree. It seemed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could detect that gray energy as well.
Noticing Xiao Yu's gaze, Qing Lin met his eyes, then immediately suppressed