Lin Mo froze at those words, then his face immediately lit up with joy.
He hurried over, took several hundred Energy Crystals from his Spatial Ring, and set them beside the stump.
These Energy Crystals were what he used to replenish his magic reserves. Apart from a few dozen he kept for emergencies, he took them all out.
Seeing this, Elder Ede cast a spell, urging the World Tree's roots to spread out from beneath the ice and cover the Energy Crystals.
The Energy Crystals visibly shrank and dwindled in number.
It was absorbing them!
Seeing that it worked, Lin Mo let out a breath of relief.
He raised his wrist and directly called Chen Jianguo, the city lord of Tianyong City.
The call soon connected.
Chen Jianguo's voice came through. "Commander Lin?"
Holding his emotions in check, Lin Mo asked:
"City Lord Chen, what happened to the World Tree?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end.
Chen Jianguo clearly knew Lin Mo had already seen it. His voice lowered as he explained:
"At the time, the Demon God Cho'Gath charged into our surface defense line."
"Our missile positions, unmanned weapons emplacements, and armored units were all trying to stop it."
"But... we couldn't."
"It saw the World Tree, then struck immediately, snapping its trunk with one punch."
Lin Mo said nothing, anger burning inside him.
Chen Jianguo continued:
"All the surface troops were attacking it desperately at the time."
"But conventional firepower could barely penetrate its defenses."
"We did everything we could."
Guilt weighed on Chen Jianguo's voice.
"Commander Lin, I'm sorry."
"Under those circumstances, we really had no way to protect it."
Lin Mo closed his eyes briefly.
He knew this was not Chen Jianguo's fault.
In that situation, both the underground cities of Tianxiong