Chapter 418: Ignite the Explosives
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
"This place is indeed a node for spiritual energy!"
As soon as Fang Yuan saw the willow tree, he was ecstatic.
He could sense that the willow was like a black hole, sucking in spiritual energy from the natural environment around it and releasing a vibration of a specific wavelength.
Of course, from a scientific point of view, this was merely the magnetic field emitted by a living thing.
Under the usage of such a magnetic field, all living things with a consciousness started to 'revive' and hallucinations were flooding their minds.
'If this was the ancient times, they would call this a demonic tree which has the ability to recover souls... It's a pity that it is trying to confuse me with such an illusion...'
With a fiery glow in his eyes, everything became clear to Fang Yuan.
Unfortunately, around him, even the strongest-willed soldier succumbed to the overflow of hallucinations and fell to the ground.
Under the influence of the magnetic field, even his 3 subordinates seemed like they could not hold on for any longer.
This was especially so for Searing Flames and Red Sister. They did not have the proper training to strengthen their willpowers and in this aspect, they were like normal humans and were much weaker than Guo Jing. In no time, they started to waver.
"Sigh... my subordinates are all useless!"
With a sorrowful thought, Fang Yuan sent a message to Guo Jing. "Old Guo... your responsibility is to protect everyone and prepare to retreat!"
"Roar! Roar!"
"Creak!"
From the surroundings, parasites started to gather. With the help of the illusionary effect, it was extremely easy to kill a cultivator as powerful as Guo Jing.
"Understood, boss!"
With a change in his expression, Guo Jing took out a jade bottle and smashed it on the floor. "Nine days of dew, reveal the sacred god! Strike!"
"Bang!"
Steam started to form and turned into balls of white fog which then flowed into everyone's forehead.
"Whooo!"
Red Sister and Searing Flames were gasping for air but quickly regained their composure. The other warriors started to awaken and retreated out of the park.
"Puppet, rise!"
Fang Yuan waved an a streak of lightning appeared. The car filled with explosives started to move and followed behind him.
"Rpppppp!"
Streaks of lightning ripped across the park, vaporizing all the parasites and reducing them to ash.
If Fang Yuan did not attract all the firepower to himself, Guo Jing and the rest would have no chance of escaping.
"Thousand Year Willow... don't resist any more... I've seen through you and your antics!"
Fang Yuan laughed and raised his hands.
"Ripppppp! Ripppppp!"
Streaks of lightning struck from above and the willow branches that were as strong as metal rods started to break and fall to the ground. Some of them burst into flames.
"You are good at altering the environment to aid in your attack and are even more well-versed in fighting an entire army. However, I am a super powerful single entity... you cannot stop me!"
Fang Yuan took a huge step forward and a row of cars followed behind him.
With every step he took, he could feel the magnetic field caused by the willow tree intensify. Many lone souls and spirits roared and dashed towards Fang Yuan fearlessly as though they wanted to flood him by their sheer numbers.
All of these were useless!
A blue streak of lightning surrounded Fang Yuan, vaporizing all the spirits and souls which got close to him.
"Ripppppp!"
Behind him, the military truck was damaged and its tires exploded. However, it was still being dragged forward by an invisible force and continued to make its way.
Not long after, Fang Yuan arrived at the root of the willow tree and with his outstretched hand, he could touch the emerald-green tree bark.
"It's a pity... even if your magnetic field reaches an extreme, it will still not have any effect on me!"
Fang Yuan caressed the bark of the tree and sighed. "After all... this is only the miniature version of harnessing the power of the environment around you. You have yet to gain full control over it!"
Even a Calamity Grade mutant could only harness the power of a 'place'. By creating a magnetic field, they would be able to affect a location.
However, since the power belonged to the magnetic field, it could be neutralised, reduced or even avoided!
Only by harnessing the power of an 'area' could the mutant be invincible!
If the willow tree were to continue to develop to be able to harness the power of an area, Fang Yuan would surely retreat... After all, the power of an area was the power which only belonged to a 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream master in Da Qian!
Without such power, these dream masters could never match up against a True Divine or True Elemental.
"If I let you continue to grow, there is a possibility that after the third or fourth occurrence... you might be able to develop the power of an area?"
Looking at the willow tree, Fang Yuan's eyes glistened.
This realm was a realm most concentrated with energy compared to the few realms Fang Yuan had visited before and could therefore support the existence of powerful beings.
Previously, the laws which governed the realm did not allow for that to happen.
Now, things were changing.
"If I can be one of the first few to harness the power of an area, even if I cannot bring it back with me, I can learn more about achieving a breakthrough to the 7th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage..."
Fang Yuan suddenly felt inspired all of a sudden.
His natural talent and the fact that he had the advantage of having fixed stats meant that he could traverse many worlds and retain his cultivation. As long as he were to break through a certain stage, he could do so very simply in another realm so long he had the ability to do so.
However, the difficulty of achieving breakthroughs would vary from realm to realm!
"The higher the classification of the realm, the harder it would be to achieve a breakthrough! This world is only beginning to change... The laws are muddled at the moment and I might have the chance to obtain the power of an area!"
Fang Yuan's eyes widened with excitement.
Although the Area Beings here could not compare to a 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream master in Da Qian, it was still powerful in its own area!
If he were to reach that stage, he could retain it in his fixed stats and return to Da Qian without having to go through the same bottleneck again!
This was sort of cheating and playing the game out of limits!
Even other dream masters would not be able to do this for they did not have Fang Yuan's special ability.
'In other words, if other dream masters were to achieve a breakthrough here, they would still drop in their cultivation as soon as they return to Da Qian. However, for me, it will be forever and I will never have the same bottleneck in any world that I go to! All bottlenecks can only restrict me once!'
"Therefore... for my ambitions, please sacrifice yourself!"
Fang Yuan laughed heartily and stretched out his right hand to grab the tree.
"Rumble!"
Lightning erupted and the Thousand Year Willow shook frantically. Its branches wavered erratically as they diverted their attention from the fleeing Guo Jing and company to Fang Yuan.
Not just that, the earth beneath the entire park split and countless roots emerged from below. Like arms, they waved in the air like possessed demons.
"They have begun fighting. Let's go!"
Seeing this scene, the 3 other members of the Dragon Team started to flee. "According to Leader's personality, he will surely explode the willow tree as soon as possible!"
"Rumble!"
Indeed, not long after, a shocking explosion was seen from the park.
A mushroom cloud floated up and was visible to almost half of the entire city and Wu Tie was among the ones witnessing it.
At the moment of the explosion, the park was destroyed and razed to the ground. The surrounding houses shook and their windows shattered. The soil and mud started to curl up, forming a weird-looking image.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
This was only the beginning.
After a few moments, the tremendous shockwave started to spread out.
The earth shook under the shockwave as though a tsunami was crashing through it.
Although Guo Jing and company had already tried their best to flee, they were still caught by the shockwave as a layer of soil rose above them before trapping them beneath.
...
"Spit!"
After a long while, Searing Flames wriggled out of the soul and spat out a mouthful of dirt from his mouth. As he coughed violently, he struggled to speak. "We... we were almost buried alive!"
"This is only a small problem..."
With a yellow glow, Guo Jing appeared but was in a much better state than Searing Flames. "With my Burrowing Talisman, you will not die..."
"How's our leader?"
Red Sister looked around, only to witness the complete destruction of the surroundings.
The park which once housed the willow tree was razed to the ground and a big crater emerged in the centre of where the park once was.
"Leader... he's not dead, is he?"
Seeing the dystopian scene, Searing Flames swallowed his saliva and sounded unconfident.
"In such a destructive explosion, it should be quite hard for Leader to survive..."
Guo Jing stroked his beard and rolled his eyes. "The willow tree cannot run but Leader can. I'm sure the both of you have seen how fast he can go..."
"I wonder how much of the willow tree is left after such an explosion..."
...
In the middle of the crater.
The broken branches of the willow tree laid everywhere and were ablaze.
With the streak of a lightning, Fang Yuan appeared with a shocked look. "Wow... Considering the power of such a magnitude, If I was in the epicentre of the explosion, I would be reduced to ashes too..."
The widely-spread willow tree branches were no more and a big and empty trunk stood in the middle.
Countless roots emerged from the ground only to be burnt by the flames.
A few other stumps emerged. They seemed to be drained of energy but were all out in protecting the core tree trunk.
Green lines started to flow across the trunk and roots of the tree as though it had a life of its own.
"Hehe... This is indeed a plant with a strong will to live!"
Fang Yuan landed on the hot ground and waved his hand.
"Whoooo!"
Invisible knives formed by wind appeared and the severely damaged tree trunk was sliced, revealing an emerald-green core.
Streaks of green lines started to spread towards the roots, transferring energy and life to them.
"Give me everything of yours!"
Seeing this, Fang Yuan's eyes glistened and he stretched his right hand out.
Without obstruction, the lighting-covered hand broke the green arteries of the tree before grabbing on to the core of the tree.
Just as Fang Yuan's hand landed on the core of the tree, there was an explosion!
Amidst the cries of wronged souls, an extremely powerful source of energy erupted!
"Finally! Is this your final move?"
Fang Yuan revealed a cunning smile. "Attacking with your spirit? This is what I fear the least!"
Fang Yuan was different from other mutants. After dream-traversing to many worlds before, his mind was steadfast and the mind attack coming from the willow tree was nothing to him!