91 Elder En

"Is that….an eagle?!"

With the black dot getting closer, Rudra realized that the one who made a loud cry was a giant eagle. Its golden-black feathers reflected a metallic color under the sunlight.

"Spiritual beast! A spiritual beast!"

This black giant eagle was fast. Just as Rudra lifted his head, it already flew past the trees and up into the sky.

"This is strange….how have I not seen this eagle before?"

Rudra saw the eagle and had a suspicion. "Is it because of coincidence or is it because of the ritual that spiritual beasts are coming from elsewhere?"

"Chirp!"

At that moment, an entire flock of the Red-eyed Green Birds flew into the air from the canopy of trees.

"Demonic beasts!" Rudra was now sure that as time passed the increased spiritual energy in the Tranquil forest was attracting not only demonic beasts but also the spiritual beats from surrounding areas.

Under the leadership of a few giant green birds, the flock circled in the air in a formation like an army troop.

"Whoosh!"

The giant eagle was not intimidated by the formation created but flew straight into the Green Birds.

"Chirp! Chirp!"

Mournful bird chirpings could be heard and big green feathers came falling from the sky.

The claws of the giant golden-black eagle were as sharp as a steel hook and the demonic birds were struggling to avoid the sharp edge of the claws. The golden eagle also used its beak to peck through the head of one of the Red-eyed Green Bird, causing the bird to die instantly, its body falling straight down.

"It's my first time watching two birds fight!"

As Rudra observed the battle of the spiritual birds intently, he felt like he had gained a better understanding of the way the beasts fought.

"Too brutal!" Rudra commented looking at the gory mess of the Green Birds that had been killed falling from the sky.

"Chirp! Chirp!"

Finally, right after the giant eagle started to kill all of the other Green Birds, a very loud angry chirp was heard from the top of the cliff.

A giant bird appeared; it was the Alpha Green Bird! but it was much larger compared to its brethren and looked more menacing.

It flapped its wings and flew right up into the sky to fight against the giant eagle. The giant bird gained the upper hand very quickly.

SWISH!

The giant eagle fluttered its wings and dodged away from the Red-eyed Green Bird. It then used its sharp claws and broke through the defense of one of the Red-eyed Green Bird by ripping the bird's body. The giant eagle showed defiance towards the Alpha Green Bird and flew out of the formation like an arrow. A few of its black feathers fell as it escaped.

"Chirp! Chirp!"

Dead demonic birds were a rare sight even though Rudra had come here many times to steal wood essence from nearby demonic factions.

Looking at the damage caused, the Alpha Green Bird gave a long chirp and lead the formation of Green Birds to chase after the giant eagle.

"Eh?"

Rudra gave a cold look and realized something was different.

"The black giant eagle slowed down its speed on purpose. It wanted to give an illusion that the Alpha Green Bird could catch up…. What a cunning beast…."

Seeing the Alpha Green Bird leading the rest of the Green Birds out of the nest, Rudra's eyes suddenly glittered. "A chance for me!"

"Chirp! Chirp!"

The birds flew further and further away. Soon, they disappeared.

Rudra followed the pathway and kept climbing up. "There should be something of great value here!"

He was sure that these beasts would not collide if there was no benefit involved. Rudra used his omniscient eye technique to observe the place where the Green birds seemed to stand as gate guards.

"Oh! A rare spiritual plant!" Rudra felt his heart race as he saw a small plant-filled with immense wood energy.

"With this much essence, I can directly breakthrough to the 5th stage of the Ent body, and become an Elder Ent."

"Chirp! Chirp!"

He appeared and the Green Birds suddenly realized there was an intruder. The birds let out mournful chirps.

"Get out!"

The Demonic Birds that were guarding the nest were weaker. Rudra executed his Root Whip Technique, a bunch of roots sprouted from below the ground strangling every bird to its death.

Rudra jumped down a well-concealed tree trunk and there was a giant hole inside. The hole was where the Alpha Green Bird was guarding the plant.

Seeing that an intruder had reached their nest, the Green demonic Birds got even crazier and went to fight against the intruder with no regard for their lives.

"Get out of my way!"

Rudra shouted angrily. He fought against the birds and retreated a few steps back, used Ent techniques butchering them all in the tunnel, and then got in deeper into the hole.

"Chirp! Chirp!"

At that moment, blood splashed everywhere! Rudra charged in despite the enraged voice of the bride trying to stop him that were killed as long as they entered in his range.

The birds had no choice but to let Rudra enter the nest.

"Oh!"

The hole was not too deep and there was light shining through a gap in between the rocks. The spiritual energy here was surprisingly copious.

At the end of the hole, there was a giant green rock and it had slight depressions in the middle. There were a few tree branches and feathers, which formed the shape of the giant pot.

"So this is where the plant lies!"

He went forward a few steps and looked carefully at the depression. His eyes were attracted by green bamboo shoot the size of a ruler.

The bamboos were jade-green and as though the bamboos were carved with top quality crystal jade. The bamboos gave out spiritual energy and the polluted air was absorbed.

"Looks like these bamboos cause the air in this cave to be so fresh….."

Rudra went forward to check out the spiritual bamboo.

"Truly a marvelous plant!" Rudra looked at the shoot of bamboo sitting on his wooden palms as he contemplated to either leave the cave with it or cultivate here trying breakthrough to the next stage.

"I shall become an Elder Ent here, the area in this cave is rich in wood energy." Rudra then proceeded to check the bamboo from all angles after a while he realized that this bamboo was not grown here but probably bought by the Green Birds when they migrated to the tranquil forest.

"I must thank the Alpha Green when he returns for going through all these troubles to deliver me this gift."

A green light pulsed in the bamboo shoot and a flashy green aura exited its body entering into the palms of Rudra, wh sat cross-legged with his green soul like eyes closed.

After a while, the bamboo turned into a dried husk and withered as Rudra opened his eyes a blast of green energy swirled, and this shining energy surrounded the whole area around the cave, with him in the center, forming a funnel of energy rising to the sky.

"Elder Ent!" Rudra laughed as he stared at his new physique that looked even more nefarious that before, the result of Demonic Ent body cultivation.

His wooden physique increased in size almost double in size than before, his head was even touching the ceiling of the cave he was inside, he could feel an immense power coursing through his whole body. A multitude of new techniques that he could use and most importantly the feeling of being able to make more of his kind.

Rudra felt the immense wood energy stored in his body the result of robbing a dozen wood essence pools these last days and the tiny bamboo shoot that provided the energy almost equivalent to that.

"Now I have enough energy to even create an army of Ents, let's return home first." Rudra punched at the ceiling of the cave causing it to crack open as he jumped out from inside the dirt, reaching the forest floor he was on before.

Rudra who now stood as tall as the tallest trees in the forest was no different from a giant walking in the forest his every step caused the earth to quake his green leafy head was peeking through the canopy of the trees and the various branch like spikes where present all over his back and arms giving him a very large physique.