His steps didn"t even make any vibration on the branches he stood on, and even jumping would only leave a minute shiver in the place where he would have risen from. He approached the Gigantic Tree with cautious in his steps, and though the minute that past, the distance separating him was only a few dozens meter.Sweat appeared on his forehead, and as he approached the tree, he couldn"t help but feel the tension building up in the surrounding of the humongous tree. The dark energy contained the creature had begun influencing its surroundings, turning them more vibrant with a definite boost of blood essence.
Yet the same amount of poisonous atmosphere was still present in the area. Plants wouldn"t miss any blood that spilled on their soil, and a few could even directly attack. But Fell didn"t know any of that, and he could be seen soon entering a range where even the trees nearby the Gigantic Tree had their form changed, clearly warped by the incredible life energy gathering nearby.
Fell couldn"t help but stop in his track the moment he landed on one of those warped trees. He couldn"t help but focus on the bark of wood in front of his eyes, and he soon notices a strange wisp of blood essence flowing along the thick tree. "There doesn"t seem to be any negative effect on the nearby vegetation…", he thought as he continued down the path in front of him.
From one tree to another, he soon arrived in an area bare of any tree that surrounded the tree. Its radius was of a few meters, and Fell didn"t hesitate as he landed on the patch of green gra.s.s that had grown out of the soil. Fell couldn"t help but glance at the tree in front of him, he felt the influx of killing intent sent to his sword strengthen as he began moving closer to the Gigantic Tree"s ma.s.sive base.
It"s circ.u.mference was such as it needed twenty individuals to surround it. Fell couldn"t help but raise his neck as he didn"t stop walking toward the brown colored base of the tree. A short whistle escaped from his lips as he couldn"t help but notice the height of the humongous sized tree.
He approached it, and noticed vivid color flashing on the surface of the tree bark. And before long, stood right next to it, he hesitated for a long time before finally extending his hand to make contact with the Gigantic Tree. He closed his eyes as he focused his senses on his hand, and in the next moment, he sent a ma.s.sive influx ramming the inside of the tree.
His soul power flooded the interior of the ma.s.sive tree, and invaded its interior as he began swimming inside of the Gigantic Tree. Seconds pasted as Fell continued sending a large amount of enormous soul power inside of the tree, and after a minute pa.s.sed, his face paled considerably, but he chooses nonetheless to continue with gritted teeth.
"I can sense the origin of this powerful energy.", he thought as he couldn"t help but notice something. "I can feel that there is striking purity hidden among the sun of darkness that layered it!", he thought with an unsightly expression on his face. "What the h.e.l.l is this tree!?", he thought as he couldn"t help but find the location strange.
"It had been right in an angle where every one of those five could come up to at an equal distance!?", he thought as the color of his face changed. His crystal clear thought couldn"t help but create some hesitation as the influx of soul power he was sent down the tree stopped for a second.
Beads of sweat had acc.u.mulated on his face as he couldn"t help but shiver slightly from the short yet intense overexertion. He closed his eyes for a second, and couldn"t help but fall in deep thought as multiple theories appeared in his mind. A minute pa.s.sed, and he felt that it was time to decide whether he would leave or stay.
His hand once again approached the ma.s.sive tree"s solid bark. Nothing happened for a few seconds as he gathered soul energy in his soul palace, and the next moment, a tiny ball of condensed soul power flashed through his hand as it entered the tree without facing any restriction.
It entered it and immediately went down toward the Gigantic Tree"s root. The tiny condensed ball went straight down in a thick root of the tree before exploding in one big bang that releases every wisp of soul power existing inside of the tiny condensed ball. Every shred of soul power released from the ball flew toward the many paths living in the thick root that had split under their leg.
Fell"s face changed as he received the distorted influx of information through the many soul power wisps that flew down the many roots with the might of small shrapnel from a grenade. It could a few second for fell to get used to it as the effect he received had been shaken him quite a bit.
It was as if a small amount of himself have detached and turned into small bullets he would have shot down a tunnel. The sensation made him nearly lose his balance, but he swiftly got used to it after a few seconds as he began focusing on the influx of information he was receiving.
He soon noticed that one of those soul wisps had ricochet on a corner and was making his way upward the tree. It rose in a straight path, and Fell focused part of his senses on it as he could feel it was going in the direction of the source of the tree"s energy. A minute pa.s.sed, and his soul bullet had already made their way quite a distance from the Gigantic Tree, he soon noticed a peculiar scene.
Bright wisps of blood essence were making their way through the root of the tree. The moment Fell noticed that he focused on the location of the numerous wisps of soul power, and in a split second, his expression changed.
"This tree is connected to everything in an incredibly large radius!", he thought before feeling the tremendous pressure five of his bullet was facing. "Those are coming from the area where those five are dwelling.", he thought in a split second before sensing his other soul wisp.
"Those are clearly coming from grounds with bloodbath ongoing right now!", he added as his face paled the more he thought.
"This is a danger! This tree is one hundred percent a treasure that is protected or eyed by those five!", he thought as he couldn"t help but begin sweating from his back.
"What should I do!?", he asked himself in panic as he didn"t know if his presence had been noticed. My wisps of soul had made their way close to them. If they felt it and began moving right at the moment, then I have less than one minute to either leave or investigate the tree."
He could either choose to stay and look for the source of the energy inside of the tree then take it. Or safely flee away in a laid back manner that wouldn"t endanger him. But he couldn"t quickly choose between one of those two options and lost ten seconds in indecisiveness. Ten seconds that he would later regret not having used.
"What is the best course of action…", he thought as his sight blanked for a second. "I"ll take it and leave, now!?", he mumbled before coming back to his senses. He cut the transmission of information stop from the soul wisp, and he couldn"t help but stop for a second as he felt those wisps turn to disappear into the void.
He put his hand on the tree bark and sat down in a lotus position before closing his eyes. He needed to be fast but also needed to focus if he wanted to succeed in retrieving whatever existed in the tree in one go. "I will go myself!", he thought as he took control of his ego body before attempting to leave his body.
"Thankfully, this isn"t directly outside of my body, but will be akin to a transfer toward the inside of the tree.", he mumbled as the expression of his ego body turned unsightly. A flash of purple light flew out of the veined hole that existed inside of his head- swiftly flew through Fell"s body- and left his arm and entered the tree.
An odd sensation traversed Fell as he felt the change of material. And the next moment, he found looking at the inside of the tree with crystal clarity. Its ma.s.sive height made it as if Fell had entered an enormous tower. Steps didn"t appear under his legs as he began floating toward the peak of the tree.
From the distance, he felt that his body had been perturbed by the sudden disappearance of his ego body, but could sense that there was no significant danger happening.