370: Waiting for a miracle

The white tide of bones, carrying monstrous momentum, smashed directly toward the giant formed by the Mutated Ancient Tree.

However, the Mutated Ancient Tree was not without a response. It placed its hands on the ground, and thick trees shot up, blocking the inevitable path of the bone wave.

The moment the two collided, the massive trees snapped instantly, but the first bone wave also lost the strength to move forward.

Nevertheless, the second bone wave immediately followed, slamming toward the enormous treant.

It was no longer possible for the treant to create another wall of trees for defense, so it crossed its arms in front of itself, directly enduring the blow.

Its size was immense; the white bone tide hitting its body was like a burly, muscular man being sprayed by a high-pressure water cannon.

After its body slightly swayed a few times, the enormous treant stabilized itself.

Following these two attacks, the Professionals had already begun engaging the treants falling from the sky.

Gu Qinghan understood that his next attack absolutely had to be effective.

As the saying goes: the first drum beat inspires, the second weakens, and the third exhausts.

If they failed to gain an advantage three times in a row, the morale of these Professionals would be affected.

He hadn't understood the meaning of morale before, until he saw many battles between Netherworld Creatures and other monsters.

Netherworld Creatures do not fear death; when they encounter combat, even if they are destroyed, they must leave a wound on the opponent, or even try to take them down with them.

This is a kind of morale that easily strikes fear into people during combat.

Naturally, these Professionals could not achieve this level, but they needed to at least see hope.

The distance between Gu Qinghan and the giant treant was already quite close; he was even standing within the creature's massive shadow.

And this distance was the range at which Gu Qinghan could use the Judgment of the End.

"Wang Yan, help me stop him for a moment."

Gu Qinghan shouted toward Wang Yan, immediately beginning to manipulate the surrounding Death Qi.

So many people had died nearby just now that the concentrated aura of death was already enough for Gu Qinghan to use the Judgment of the End!

As for whether Wang Yan could make the treant pause, Gu Qinghan didn't even need to consider it.

If Wang Yan couldn't do it, then Gu Qinghan would have misjudged him.

Wang Yan nodded heavily. Clad in his full set of equipment, he looked exactly like a humanoid monster made of stone.

He suddenly plunged his stone axe into the ground and squatted down.

Kneeling on one knee, Wang Yan slowly closed his eyes.

He felt as if his body was connected to the earth, and every inch of ground around him was an extension of himself.

As he completed this action, two bulges shot out from beneath his hands, rushing toward the giant treant.

The giant treant was about to move forward when the ground beneath its feet suddenly cracked.

Immediately after, two massive hands made of earth and rock broke through the ground and grabbed its legs.

The two large hands pulled down fiercely, catching the giant treant completely off guard and causing it to stumble.

"Well done!"

Gu Qinghan's eyes lit up. Black clouds gathered in the sky, immediately pouring a black waterfall down onto the immobilized giant treant.

The giant treant exerted force with its legs, snapping the stone hands that held it.

It sensed an extremely uncomfortable aura appearing above it and immediately tried to dodge sideways.

But in the direction it was dodging, a bone hand suddenly appeared, holding a massive shield.

Although the shield was only about the size of a pot lid compared to the giant treant, it managed to push the treant back.

The shield formed by the Giant's Protection shattered instantly, but the black waterfall pouring down had already descended.

The sizzling sound of corrosion echoed across the battlefield. Everyone could see that the giant treant beneath the black waterfall appeared to be in extreme pain.

Its hard bark, which had been able to withstand the bone waves, began to melt under the Death Qi waterfall, like melting wax.

Gu Qinghan's expression showed a momentary surprise; this was a situation he had never anticipated.

The current situation was somewhat unexpected; it seemed that the Death Qi had a powerful restraining effect on the giant treant, which was full of life energy.

Previously, he only knew that his power was countered by the holy power of the Crusader, but now it seemed there was one more opposing force.

Regardless, this was a good thing.

With a shift of his will, the white Bone Whale in the sky suddenly swung its tail down, creating a bone wave like a blade.

Its massive body followed closely, slamming fiercely into the giant treant.

The Professionals fighting nearby also diverted some of their attention, afraid of missing this clash.

Just as Gu Qinghan expected, they were actually somewhat disappointed after seeing that the first two bone waves failed to inflict any substantial damage.

It was only the pleasing effect caused by the Judgment of the End just now that reignited the fervor in their hearts.

And this time, it seemed to be the final strike of the Giant Skeleton Whale.

Under the gaze of everyone present, the Giant Skeleton Whale slammed violently into the giant treant. The sound of the collision even caused their hearts to skip a beat.

However, this blow did not snap the treant; it only left a crack on the trunk.

"Hit it again! Just one more time!"

Everyone shouted internally, all while their hands could not stop the fierce fighting against the treants.

Unfortunately, the Giant Skeleton Whale seemed to have exhausted all its strength and sank directly into the ground.

Many people showed regret in their eyes, and some even sighed softly.

Hao Zhi used his short knife to sever a treant's vine and shouted to those around him:

"Why the sighing? Gu Qinghan almost snapped it in half, while we are struggling just to fight a few treants!"

The surrounding people suddenly woke up, realizing they had thought this battle was too simple.

This Mutated Ancient Tree had managed to keep almost an entire city district captive.

For Gu Qinghan to achieve this was already incredible.

Yet, deep in their hearts, they longed to see a miracle.

Could this man who descended from the sky truly eradicate this Mutated Ancient Tree?

Among everyone present, only one person besides Gu Qinghan had a normal expression.

Wang Yan looked at the ground, seemingly seeing something through the earth.

In his perception, a terrifying entity was rapidly rising beneath the ground.

Woo... The next moment, everyone heard a faint, ethereal whale cry.

They looked around but could not find the shadow of the Giant Skeleton Whale from before.

Someone quickly reacted, pointing at the ground and saying:

"It's down there! The Giant Skeleton Whale didn't vanish! It's underground!"

Everyone looked toward the ground, but immediately shifted their gaze to the feet of the giant treant.

If the Giant Skeleton Whale hadn't disappeared, then who else could its target be... besides the giant treant?