"Hm?"
"This is..."
As it watched Zhou Heng, whose Divine Body had originally been only the size of an ordinary person, break through some indescribable limit in an instant, deep confusion appeared on Tranquility Divine Tree Radiance · Yaqù's face, naturally outlined by the grain of its bark.
For some reason, it felt an inexplicable familiarity toward Zhou Heng at that moment, as though it had seen him somewhere before, as though he had been branded into the deepest reaches of its soul.
That familiarity came without reason, as if, from its very first glimpse of him, something long forgotten was trying to break free from the depths of its memories, sealed beneath the dust of countless epochs.
Yet that sensation lasted only a fleeting instant, not even a nanosecond, before the confusion on Tranquility Divine Tree Radiance · Yaqù's wooden face abruptly froze.
It stared in horror at Zhou Heng as he grew ever taller, his growth becoming faster and more exaggerated by the moment.
"The Boundless... Star God..."
"This... how is this possible..."
For the first time, Tranquility Divine Tree Radiance · Yaqù's voice lost its composed, tranquil cadence. Its rustling voice, like wind blowing through leaves, now carried a trace of irrepressible trembling.
"Didn't they all... all die at the hands of the Boundless Court..."
Its trunk trembled faintly, its countless gnarled roots and branches seeming to feel an instinctive fear from deep within its bloodline.
But before it could finish, the Boundless Star God's Blood in its inventory let out a buzzing rumble, as though sensing its master.
"Damn it!"
Realizing something, Tranquility Divine Tree Radiance · Yaqù did not hesitate. Its towering, tree-shaped body turned into a streak of emerald starlight in an instant. Pushing the supreme speed with which an ancient merchant could freely