193: total destruction

The enormous body of the Giant Treant.

It seemed to suddenly lose all power, stopping on the path to the next city.

Its head was fixed on the sun in the sky.

As if it were gazing at the sun, it appeared incredibly eerie.

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This situation naturally startled everyone.

Especially those who were panicking and trying to escape.

The footsteps of death suddenly halted, and for a moment, they rekindled the hope of life.

They looked at the personnel organizing the retreat with hopeful expressions.

They hoped to hear news from them that the world was at peace.

However, facing the hopeful gazes of the crowd, the personnel organizing the retreat were also completely bewildered.

They hadn't received any good news about world peace.

They immediately shouted, "What are you staring at? Run!"

"Death gave you time to breathe, and you're using that time to stare blankly?"

Everyone who remained, for whatever reason, hoped that others would escape.

Naturally, they immediately organized everyone to continue fleeing.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a race against death now.

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Data Analysis Room.

Etna was also very curious, looking at the unmoving Giant Treant.

He completely didn't understand why this terrifying monster would suddenly stop moving.

It was as if something was attacking it, causing it to temporarily lose its momentum.

Thinking this, Etna's pupils suddenly constricted.

Because he thought of a completely impossible possibility.

That was, Tiger King was still alive.

It was he who was currently attacking the Giant Treant, which caused the Giant Treant to stop advancing.

This conjecture seemed illogical.

And it had no scientific basis whatsoever.

But it was the only possibility after eliminating all other answers.

Thinking of this, Etna's mood instead lightened.

Compared to the Giant Treant, which intended to destroy the world.

While Tiger King was also an extremely terrifying menace.

At least he wouldn't directly destroy cities and the world like the Giant Treant.

No wonder he felt that Tiger King's death was a bit too hasty.

Although the Giant Treant's towering height of 400 meters looked imposing.

Tiger King was also a great demon king capable of destroying heaven and earth.

It might be possible for him to lose after a long struggle.

But being instantly killed, no matter how he thought about it, didn't make sense.

Thinking of this, Etna looked hopefully at the unmoving Giant Treant on the big screen.

He hoped that something called a miracle would be born from it.

But he didn't realize how ridiculous his idea was.

To pin the hope of killing an apocalyptic beast on another destructive giant beast?

How foolish an idea this was.

However, Etna's guess was correct.

The only one capable of all this was Lin Tianwei.

How could he have been so carelessly killed by the Giant Treant?

The Giant Treant? In Lin Tianwei's eyes, it was nothing more than a giant, clumsy brute.

He had countless ways to destroy the opponent.

Now he had simply chosen the simplest, easiest method.

It was also a method that could completely destroy these Treant Cores.

A plant giant towering 400 meters high?

It would ultimately be destroyed in Lin Tianwei's hands.

Under the suppression of the Transcendent-level Talent: Spirit of Nature, these Treant Cores could never have imagined.

That the plants they trusted most would deceive their perception.

At the moment that foot stomped down, not only was Lin Tianwei completely unharmed, but he also used the ability of plant aggregation.

To completely merge his body into the Giant Treant.

Although Lin Tianwei's body was very large, compared to the Giant Treant, it seemed far inferior.

So much so that although he merged into the Giant Treant's body, it only caused the Giant Treant to expand slightly.

Coupled with the inherent gaps in plants.

This slight change was not noticed by anyone.

Under the blessing of various Talents.

Lin Tianwei entering the Giant Treant's body was like entering an ocean composed of plants.

He could easily roam within it.

And he could completely deceive the perception of these Treant Cores.

Bit by bit, he devoured their power.

Finally, he brewed a destructive blow to completely eliminate this arrogant enemy.

These Treant Cores seemed intelligent, but ultimately underestimated Lin Tianwei's strength.

As well as his terrifying wisdom.

Lin Tianwei was like a massive computer virus.

Bit by bit, he slowly devoured the power of the Treant Cores using his own strength.

By the time the Treant Cores realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

Because by then, it was time for Lin Tianwei to close his net.

And that moment, was precisely now!

The Giant Treant seemed full of vigor, but it had consumed a large amount of energy in this siege.

Originally, this energy could be replenished by eating.

However, its ambition was very great.

Not only did it not completely absorb the nutrients of Pent City.

Instead, it even lost some of its own energy, using it to corrode Pent City into a breeding ground for Treant Cores.

Under normal circumstances, its idea was indeed correct.

Their only mistake was provoking Lin Tianwei, an irresistible existence.

Bit by bit, patient erosion.

Relying on the vast, ocean-like energy within his body.

Lin Tianwei ultimately gained control over one-third of the Awakened Plants within this Giant Treant.

Although this number didn't seem like much, it was just enough to create a stalemate with the Awakened Plants controlled by the Treant Cores.

Completely confusing the Giant Treant's power system, causing it to stop.

Treant Cores?

Ultimately, they were just a group of plants with only the ability of plant aggregation.

Their strength was merely based on the characteristics of the aggregated plants.

Once they lost the protection of these plants, facing Lin Tianwei's attack, they were nothing but lambs to the slaughter.

A glint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Once these 5,000 Treant Cores were completely hunted down by Lin Tianwei, they would provide him with a large amount of evolution points.

By then, he would be able to upgrade at least one Talent to a Transcendent Talent.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei no longer hesitated and launched an attack on the Treant Cores.

What he wanted was not to completely gain control of this Giant Treant, but to hunt these Treant Cores.

So, waiting until this moment was already enough.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei swung his tiger claws without hesitation.

Although his teeth were equally sharp, for dealing with weaklings, a claw swipe was faster.

One hit, one kill!

Ten kill notifications immediately flashed before Lin Tianwei's eyes, granting him a large number of Talent Fragments.

With one strike, it was a ten-kill!

The death of their companions immediately caught the attention of the Treant Cores.

Only then did they realize in terror.

That a behemoth had infiltrated what they thought was the indestructible fortress of the Giant Treant.

A behemoth revealing its ferocious fangs, intending to slaughter them.

Only then did they realize that Lin Tianwei, whom they thought they had completely destroyed, was perfectly fine.

Not only was he fine, but he was thriving within the Giant Treant's body.

With one move, he had killed ten of their companions.

Fight?

Flee?

Five thousand against one, the advantage is with us!

Moreover, with so many Awakened Plants, how could they possibly lose?

Thinking of this, these Treant Cores gave up driving the Giant Treant, gathered together, forming a huge singularity.

They began to fully activate their abilities, attempting to deliver a fatal blow to Lin Tianwei by controlling the plants.

In their view, Lin Tianwei's actions were nothing more than foolishly rushing into hell when the path to heaven was open.

Fleeing while they weren't paying attention was Lin Tianwei's only chance of survival.

Coincidentally.

Lin Tianwei thought the same.

These Treant Cores actually gathered together, intending to make a last stand.

Then their complete annihilation was destined.

If these Treant Cores had chosen to scatter and flee the moment they saw him.

Lin Tianwei might not have had the energy to hunt them down one by one.

Thus, the second confrontation between Lin Tianwei and the Treant Cores began, with both sides believing the other was seeking their own demise!

Whose power was stronger, capable of completely crushing the other, remained unknown.

However, judging from the Awakened Plants that were unresponsive, or rather, unable to move even if they wanted to, Lin Tianwei definitely had the upper hand.

Having gained control of one-third of the Awakened Plants, he could easily nullify the Treant Cores' control over them.

Once they couldn't control these Awakened Plants, the Treant Cores' own combat power was completely negligible in front of Lin Tianwei.

This destined it to be a one-sided slaughter.

By the time the Treant Cores realized something was wrong, Lin Tianwei had already raised his butcher's knife against them.

Gathering together?

Not only would it not grant them greater power, strong enough to contend with Lin Tianwei.

Instead, it would put them at a disadvantage.

Putting them in a state that was easier to kill.

His claws swiftly swung out, even leaving afterimages.

Lin Tianwei began his slaughter.

Every swing of Lin Tianwei's.

Could inflict fatal damage on these Treant Cores, instantly killing no less than ten Treant Cores.

Under the rapid killing, the system's kill notifications even flooded Lin Tianwei's screen.

It was only slightly less intense than the scene when he instantly killed millions of Hellfire Ants.

His own methods were useless against the opponent.

Yet the opponent could freely move within the Giant Treant's body, killing a large number of their companions.

After sacrificing hundreds of their companions, these Treant Cores finally panicked.

They realized that the tiger before them was not an existence they could deal with.

The idea of escape had already formed in their minds.

This time, they issued commands to the surrounding Awakened Plants.

But it wasn't to attack Lin Tianwei, but to open a passage, a passage large enough for them to escape.

Unfortunately, they realized it a little too late.

Before they made up their minds, with a swing of his tiger claws, Lin Tianwei once again killed hundreds of Treant Cores.

The comparison of power is inherently a give and take.

If Lin Tianwei could only control one-third of the Awakened Plants before.

Then after reducing the Treant Cores by one-eighth, he could already control forty percent of the Awakened Plants.

Such a high control ratio made it incredibly difficult for the Treant Cores to open a path to survival.

The enormous body of the Giant Treant should have been the plant armor protecting them.

However, due to Lin Tianwei's intrusion, it directly became a cage that imprisoned them.

Under the stark contrast in power, the Giant Treant's body underwent a change.

It was as if a vortex had appeared.

And it was continuously expanding.

This was the survival passage opened by the Treant Cores.

However, this passage was opened a little too late.

Because Lin Tianwei had already taken advantage of the time the passage opened to kill another eighth of the Treant Cores.

With a quarter of the Treant Cores eliminated, they no longer had the capital to contend with Lin Tianwei.

Especially in controlling these Awakened Plants.

As a large number of Treant Cores died, his control gradually expanded, exceeding fifty percent.

This caused the vortex of life representing the Treant Cores to open for only a moment before closing again.

Along with it, the last hope of the Treant Cores was also extinguished.

They all ultimately became lambs to the slaughter, transforming into Lin Tianwei's Talent fragments.

None escaped!

They probably never imagined, even in death, that they would willingly absorb Lin Tianwei, this demon, into their bodies.

Otherwise...

With their massive numbers and the terrifying bodies of the Giant Treants...

It would have been incredibly difficult for Lin Tianwei to break through from the outside, little by little.

As the Treant Cores continuously died...

The Giant Treant also began to gradually disintegrate due to loss of control.

It just shattered into pieces before everyone's eyes.

Large chunks of plant matter began to peel off the Giant Treant's body.

Falling to the ground bit by bit.

Then instantly merging with the soil, rapidly growing there.

In a sense, Treant Cores do not produce Treants; they are merely porters of Awakened Plants.

Without their control, the Giant Treant rapidly disintegrated back into its original form.

Countless Awakened Plants!

They continuously fell and rolled.

Using the ground where the Giant Treant perished as the core, they began to rapidly encroach outwards.

This was an entire forest of Awakened Plants.

Even if spread out flat, it would cover tens of kilometers.

Pent City was the first to bear the brunt.

Being closest to where the Giant Treant perished, it was bound to be the first place devoured.

However, before this, it had already become a place where Treant Cores nurtured life.

Between them, friction and expansion were bound to occur.

Struggle? It doesn't just exist among animals.

The struggle between plants is also extremely terrifying.

Especially in forested areas.

To compete for sunlight, trees will grow wildly upwards.

And on the ground?

Deprived of sunlight, it will become barren.

These Treant Core seedlings probably never imagined that before they could even grow up...

And become the Plant Kings that dominate plants, they would already face the plants' backlash.

These spreading Awakened Plants did not spare them simply because they were also plants.

They madly absorbed the energy within them, strangling them in their cradles.

Perhaps this is another form of reincarnation.

After all the Awakened Plants had shed, Lin Tianwei's massive figure finally revealed itself.

Completely unharmed!

Completely unharmed?

Everyone looked at Lin Tianwei in disbelief.

They simply couldn't understand why Lin Tianwei could survive the Giant Treant's rampage completely unharmed.

Not only that, but what did he use to counter-kill that extremely terrifying-looking Giant Treant?

But then they became ecstatic.

If the Giant Treant was dealt with, didn't that mean one thing?

Something fortunate for everyone.

That this world-ending crisis had passed in such a dramatic way.

Countless people wept with joy, burying their faces in their hands.

Celebrating their luck in escaping death.

"God, thank you for protecting your believers."

"Your mercy will surely be praised by warriors."

"..."

Immediately, devout believers of God began to pray.

However, they were immediately reprimanded by a person named Thomas beside them: "Ridiculous, truly ridiculous."

"As far as I know, it was clearly the monster, Tiger King, who dealt with the Giant Treant, what does that have to do with God?"

"Are you going to say that Tiger King is God's messenger, an envoy sent by God to save you?"

"Absolutely ridiculous."

"Praying to God is less effective than praying to Tiger King."

"Perhaps he'll think my flattery is loud enough, and if he's in a good mood, he might save me, who knows?"

These words undoubtedly angered the previous God believers, who shouted loudly: "God is omniscient and omnipotent."

"What's wrong with having a tiger as an envoy?"

"You blasphemers, you got lucky this time, being saved along with us."

"Why don't you pray to God with me quickly?"

"Otherwise, next time, you might not be so lucky to be saved incidentally."

A brain is a good thing, but unfortunately, you don't have one.

Thomas was truly too lazy to argue with such an idiot.

Thinking of this, Thomas quietly moved a little further away from that God believer.

Arguing with them would only lower his own intelligence.

Thinking of this, Thomas looked at the Tiger King in the screen with a hopeful expression.

This was a city far from Pent City.

Precisely because there was no threat from the Giant Treant, the people here were very relaxed.

Not at all tense as if the end of the world was coming.

They even had time to watch the live broadcast of this battle.

After all, this was a world-destroying behemoth capable of destroying the world, so how could it not attract everyone's attention?

So they naturally saw Lin Tianwei breaking through the Giant Treant's body and leaping out.

The continuously falling Awakened Plants behind him, and the tottering Giant Treant, completely became Lin Tianwei's backdrop.

A backdrop that highlighted how powerful he was.

Thinking of this, Thomas's eyes were full of hope.

How wonderful would it be if he could also possess such powerful abilities?

Unfortunately, he was just a good-for-nothing.

A complete and utter good-for-nothing.

A good-for-nothing who hadn't Awakened any Talent.

In this world full of Espers, he was merely at the bottom of society.

Should I try going to Tiger King Farm?

As soon as this thought emerged, it took root and sprouted in Thomas's mind, continuously growing.

Urging him to act immediately.

However, this impulse was immediately slapped away by a palm, vanishing into thin air.

That was Thomas's own slap to himself.

He sat on the ground, somewhat annoyed, and muttered to himself: "Go to Tiger King Farm? Don't you even look at whether you, a good-for-nothing, are worthy?"

"Such a long road, you simply cannot reach it."

What a desperate and helpless fact.

It was perfectly accurate to say that Thomas's location was diametrically opposite to Tiger King Farm.

With his status as an ordinary Awakened, he would never be able to go to Tiger King Farm in this lifetime.

He could only bury this fanciful idea deep in his heart.

Continuing to live that hellish life of an ordinary person.

However, his life became more motivated after that.

Because in his heart, he had a goal that supported him to continue striving.

In fact, there were many people who had similar thoughts to Thomas.

Admiration for strength.

Wishing for a better life, this is human instinct.

Although there were more rumors online that Tiger King Farm was a living hell.

But they were willing to try for the hope in their hearts.

After all, where he lived now also offered little hope, much like hell.

Lin Tianwei, with his incredibly powerful strength...

And Tiger King Farm's calculated move, planted a seed in the hearts of these people.

Although he didn't expect these seeds to grow quickly into towering trees...

It was merely something done in passing, so why not do it?

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Looking at the colorful, fierce tiger that suddenly appeared on the screen, Etna, although prepared, was still startled.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

He was happy that the Giant Treant, which intended to destroy all of America, and even the entire Blue Star, was dead.

This also meant that the Fourth Forbidden Zone was completely destroyed.

After all, the remaining Mad Forest didn't even have the smallest Treant.

So how could it pose a threat to humanity?

This place might become a lost territory that America could reclaim.

And would no longer be a threat to humanity.

However, this also meant that humanity would face an existence even more terrifying than the Giant Treant.

Tiger King.

That nightmare-like Tiger King!

Although from the demise of the Giant Treant, it seemed that Tiger King did not completely eliminate the Giant Treant.

Instead, he used a clever method to destroy the Treant Cores, which led to the Giant Treant's disintegration.

This meant that he actually didn't have the ability to contend with a four-hundred-meter-tall behemoth.

But a clever victory is still a victory.

At least no creature in all of America was confident enough to defeat the Giant Treant by clever means.

Thinking of this, Etna felt his head swell and throb with pain.

That was a sign of significant mental exertion.

Tiger King was truly a troublesome existence.

Especially since he was currently standing still, looking around with ill intent.

Seemingly not intending to leave directly.

Undoubtedly.

Some place was about to be targeted by this terrifying existence.

But then, thinking of Lin Tianwei's recent act of saving all of America...

Etna suddenly felt that Lin Tianwei's act of plunder was acceptable.

Was this like paying protection money?

However, he immediately dispelled this ridiculous thought from his mind.

Protection money?

That's something the weak pay to the strong.

How could we, America, be weak?

We just haven't had enough time to develop.

You muscular Awakened Beasts just wait.

Humans will eventually defeat you with their intelligence and reclaim their land.