Herad, who was preparing to make a big move in the Townlong Steppes, looked at the Kypa'ra Trees in Kor'vess and decided to head up and study them first.
The plateau was not particularly large, so locating the underground obsidian deposits would be easy.
Thus, whether he was in the central region did not actually matter.
Kypa'ra Trees were a type of pine with a strong tendency to grow toward the light.
Their branches therefore stretched eastward, giving them an appearance much like the Welcoming Pine of Mount Huang.
That was why all Kypa'ra Trees looked this way.
These unusual pines, which somewhat resembled the Welcoming Pine, belonged to the category of supernatural plants.
They could grow hundreds or even thousands of meters tall.
They could almost rival the World Tree.
Underground, they also had extremely extensive root systems.
Though the Mantid were vicious, they had formed a symbiotic relationship with the Kypa'ra Trees.
With the vicious Mantid tending to them daily, the Kypa'ra Trees could grow unchecked.
The Mantid had developed many uses for the kyparite amber produced by the Kypa'ra Trees.
For example, consuming enhancement potions refined from it through alchemy could greatly increase the Mantid's strength.
Even the residue left over from alchemy could be made into bombs to attack enemies.
Surveying the Kypa'ra Trees towering over a thousand meters high and the surviving Mantid peeking out from hiding, Herad ordered Xal'atath to wipe them out.
Xal'atath showed no mercy to these Mantid who blindly worshipped Y'Shaarj, meeting them with blade in hand.
The Purple-Black Figure flashed rapidly through the sky, cutting down every flying Mantid encountered.
Before the Full Moon Scimitar, the Mantid's bodies were like tofu, sliced open with a light pass.
The Full Moon Scimitar primarily targeted their thin wings.
It destroyed these flying