Hearing Tree Elder's words, Xu Zimo and the other man both frowned and exchanged a glance, unable to understand what he meant.
Faith could be destroyed—but how?
Yet Tree Elder clearly had no intention of explaining. He stepped out from within.
At this moment, however, everyone noticed that Tree Elder could not move freely. Although the part of his body above ground had broken free from the ancient tree's restraints,
his feet were connected to countless roots beneath him, roots that burrowed deep into the earth.
With so many roots, unless every last one was severed, he could not move at all.
"These trees don't seem to be part of his true body. They seem more like restraints imprisoning him," Xu Zimo said after looking them over.
His observation was correct.
Back then, the lower corpse had taken the alias Tree Elder and risen to prominence by seeking the Dao through an ancient tree.
But later, that tree body had been cleaved apart and killed.
The tree body contained the power of the Heavenly Dao, which was constantly eroding Tree Elder.
If he wanted to escape, he had to shed his tree garb and transform back into the lower corpse.
Yet with Tree Elder's current, unawakened strength, he was still somewhat short of being able to break free from these restraints.
The tree body that had fallen earlier had merely been a disguise.
The true confinement lay in the roots beneath his feet.
At this moment, dense cursed power spread out from Tree Elder's body.
This cursed power was anything but simple. It drew upon all the cursed power in the entire Death Marsh, surging endlessly toward this place.
It seemed he wanted to use the power of curses to annihilate everyone.
"Everyone, stop! Gather around me!" the Human Emperor