Shane raised one hand, and barriers appeared remotely in every direction, rounding up every last root of the Heaven-Reaching Tree and enclosing them all within little barrier spheres.
No amount of struggling helped. They looked like bubbles, but once they encountered an object and swallowed it, they would imprison it forever.
Only when hundreds upon thousands of barrier spheres floated into the air did people realize that the Heaven-Reaching Tree had still had this trump card.
Had Shane not discovered them in time, they might have remained hidden underground and beneath the sea forever, gathering enough power that even if the Heaven-Reaching Tree were destroyed, it would eventually have a chance to revive.
"Heaven-Reaching Tree!"
The Heaven-Reaching Tree offered no further communication, merely calling out its own name. To it, this was the mightiest of roars.
With its means of seizing nature's power cut off, it could now only draw on this world's negative power.
Especially after extreme, abnormal disasters struck all across the world, people could no longer maintain contact with one another and would only feel boundless fear.
Thus, the Heaven-Reaching Tree would gain an endless supply of power.
"You really have too many trump cards. I'll have to cut off this layer too."
Shane had used barriers to stop the Heaven-Reaching Tree from absorbing natural energy. Next, he would strip away even more of its power.
"I'll have to do this. Use space to an even greater extent."
The Door-Door Fruit's Demonic Will was already trembling. In truth, it had received relatively little negative energy, and it did not have as many schemes as the Rumble-Rumble Devil or the Dark-Dark Devil.
They had originally possessed no thoughts; they merely gave different responses according to the different powers they received.
Whoosh!
A door appeared in the area occupied