Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Fighting the Mutated Tree

Serena tightly gripped the military knife in her hand and moved back. The oppression from the tree was overwhelming, but she still resisted.

The mutated tree let out a sharp screech when Sylas’ spatial blades sliced through its branches. Severed tree branches crashed onto the ground, twitching and twisting violently like living creatures.

Black sap sprayed out from the cuts, and soon the air was filled with a sharp, rotten stench.

The remaining tree branches recoiled for a moment before slamming into the ground and shooting forward again.

With a swoosh, the tree branches attacked again. This time, they were faster and more aggressive than before.

“Everyone, spread out!” Major Kyle shouted.

The ground beneath their feet suddenly started trembling.

Soon, thick roots burst out from beneath the ground. The asphalt cracked, and it tore through the road like serpents. One root shot up directly beneath a soldier, throwing him backward.

“Watch the ground!” Dylan yelled.

Shuan immediately used his earth ability to seal the ground back, but the roots kept bursting out relentlessly.

Sylas narrowed his eyes. He could feel the plant’s presence clearly now. Its core was deep underground, connected to countless roots spreading in all directions.

From the gaping stem, dark vines surged out, writhing and twisting as they aimed for Serena and the others. The vines were moving unnaturally fast, and their surfaces were lined with thorn-like barbs dripping with corrosive sap.

“Dylan!” Serena shouted when she saw a thick root shooting straight toward Dylan.

Dylan immediately dodged and slashed forward with his sword at the thick root. After cutting one down, another wrapped around his arm, tightening instantly.

Dylan could feel the root tightening against his arm and pulling him. But before it could pull him away, a spatial blade flashed, and the thick root that had coiled around his arm loosened and fell to the ground.

“Thanks, brother,” Dylan shouted before joining the others in the fight.

Sylas flicked his wrist again, and spatial blades rushed out, cutting through the roots erupting from the ground.

Every time Sylas cut off its roots, it caused the tree to shudder violently and shake its leaves as if in rage.

“It’s regenerating!” someone shouted.

Sylas looked toward the severed roots and saw them writhing on the ground and attempting to reconnect.

Realizing brute force wasn’t enough, Sylas closed his eyes for a split second and expanded his spatial sense. His space responded instantly.

The air around the tree distorted, and the branches and roots attempting to reconnect abruptly vanished.

The mutated tree let out a shrill screech when it sensed its roots had vanished.

The regeneration was abruptly halted.

On the other side, Major Kyle used his fire ability to burn the severed roots and branches.

Whenever Major Kyle tried to use his fire to burn the whole tree, the mutated tree was stronger than him, so he wasn’t able to burn it completely. The fire went out after burning it midway, and the flames never reached its core. The main part was the core of the mutated tree, and without burning or damaging the core, the mutated tree would not die completely.

The tree went berserk when it could no longer sense parts of its body.

The mutated tree contracted all its branches before exploding outward. The branches and roots shot out, stabbing indiscriminately in every direction.

“Back!” Major Kyle roared as a fire shield immediately formed in front of him.

Sylas clenched his fist, and more spatial blades erupted, forming a spinning barrier in front of the team. Branches and roots that came into contact shattered. Debris and black sap rained down, littering the road.

Sylas moved forward and slashed the ground with all his might. Shuan also used his earth ability to remove the soil, trying to extract the main stem from the ground. But the tree’s hold on the earth kept tightening.

Sylas’ spatial blade burst out, and the ground was immediately sliced open. The tree’s stem was underground, and its core was inside. The mutated tree sensed the danger approaching its core, and all the roots immediately retracted and formed a barrier in front of it.

Major Kyle’s fire ability also burst out, aiming straight at the roots acting as a shield.

Spatial blades and fire burst forth, attacking the roots.

Seeing them attack its roots, the mutated tree immediately retracted its branches and attacked them.

Seeing the branches coming toward them, Sylas wanted to spare his attention for the branches, but Dylan and the others immediately stood in front of them.

“Just focus on dealing with the tree’s core. We will deal with these branches,” Dylan said to Sylas, Shuan, and Major Kyle.

Seeing Dylan and the rest of the team members dealing with the tree branches, Sylas immediately focused on digging out the tree’s stem.

Shuan’s earth ability also helped loosen the soil, and Major Kyle’s fire ability dealt with the tree’s roots.

Everyone was working together to deal with the mutated tree.

Black sap started to secrete from the tree’s stem, and suddenly it burst out, aiming at Sylas, Shuan, and Major Kyle.

Sylas immediately raised his spatial barrier in front of them to block the corrosive black liquid.

Sylas’ spatial blade was also working nonstop at the same time. When Shuan loosened the soil near the stem, Sylas immediately used his spatial blade to attack the tree’s stem. The tree immediately used its roots to tighten itself against the earth. But the spatial blade still managed to make a slight cut on the stem.

The mutated tree shook violently when the spatial blade grazed its stem.

Shuan and Sylas immediately worked together to make an opening.

With continuous attacks, the stem was finally cut open, and at the same time, most of its roots were dealt with by Major Kyle’s fire. Only a few roots beneath the stem remained. The mutated tree’s strength weakened immediately.

With its stem cut open, the mutated tree’s movements slowed down. A faint glow could be seen from within the exposed core.

It was an energy stone. Sylas locked onto it instantly.

Before the tree could recover, he tore the glowing energy core from the tree’s trunk and immediately stored it in his pocket. He couldn’t store it in his space because his space could absorb it directly. When asked by others about the energy stone, what would he say? He could not risk exposing his secret.

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