Chapter 454: Living up to expectations

This was bad news for Tianlong Yun who already was in a fu*cked up situation, but still, he couldn't stop his attack right now, otherwise, everything he did until now would surmount for nothing.

With this thought in mind, even though the soul attack was powerful, and was blocking all the noises, he continued his attack and clashed on the level 3 tree's trunk.

Even though his flaming tornado had lost more than 40% of its maximum power it was still able to create a huge explosion, creating a lot of debris, ashes, dust, and resin flow in the air.

The explosion didn't stop the soul attack though, as, in fact, it made it even worse, as those 'herb roots' seemed to 'fight' harder.

But the worst came a moment later, as a deafening soul attack seemed to explode in all the area, as it contained the pain and resentment of the big level 3 tree.

Even before he could see the result of his attack, he was totally blocked by the pressure on his soul, and he could feel that if it continued like this then he would surely lose consciousness right then and there.

That would be truly dangerous in the position that he was, and most probably would end up dead, this was certainly bad news for him.

Still, there wasn't much he could do about it either, as he couldn't dodge it now, and he didn't have much Mental Strength left either.

The most he could right now was to sit down, and try his best to regain a bit of his soul power, he could only hope that his army of disciples would take care of the rest.

The fact was that after the attack on the level 3 tree, the pressure in the environment was unstable, the light still hadn't returned to the place, but he could vaguely feel the Soul Power around him.

This meant that the environment of this place was deeply related to that level 3 tree, that was beside him at the moment.

As long as he managed to take down the level 3 tree, then most probably this place would return to its natural state, with the pressure gone.

This was only his assumed conclusion but it wasn't that far-fetched either, especially seeing the instability of the pressure in the environment.

It was so pathetic for him to actually depend on someone else in a moment like this, but there was nothing he could do about it, it just showed how dangerous and difficult the current situation was.

He had never thought that this thing would be such a cheat existence in this environment. Not only was almost impervious to his attack, but it could also wither the whole forest to regenerate.

His attack had managed to make a dent in the trunk, in fact, it had made a one-foot deep dent on the trunk of the level 3 tree, but that was just a one-foot dent in a 3 meters diametric tree trunk.

It was clearly useless, in fact, it was beyond useless, especially to something that could suck up this whole part of the forest in order to regenerate and grow stronger.

At the moment he was victorious in a way, since the tree had never experienced pain, and was suffering for the first time, which was obvious by just looking at its reaction.

Even now the tree was making those loud and horrifying ghostly screeching noises, that were attacking his consciousness sea repeatedly.

It felt like the tree was right now in the tantrums of experiencing its first pain, just like a little kid getting hurt for the first time.

But soon it would get used to the pain, and then would start sucking everything around it in order to regenerate, and then it would become even more dangerous.

He wouldn't be able to get another chance like this, but there was nothing he could do besides trying to protect his weak point and recover some of his Soul Power, and strength at the moment.

For one or two moments he was truly unsure of what would happen, and if his army of disciples would be able to live up to his expectations, after all, earlier they had reacted in a truly disappointing way.

He could only hope that the same thing wouldn't happen twice and that this time they would be able to act in a more befitting way of their standing, and importance.

When he 'heard' and sensed the first signs of fighting happening in the surroundings, he couldn't help but feel a bit relieved.

This meant that his disciples hadn't failed him, and they were fighting with the trees with all they had.

The fire burning inside them had clearly surpassed his expectations a bit, as with each moment more and more trees were falling down, one after the other.

In fact, they were also taking down as many level 2 trees as they could, which was clearly reducing the pressure around him, and making his job easier at the moment.

Certainly, the level 3 tree wouldn't continue in the state it was for long, as not only the pain was receding, but also the presence of the insolent vermin intruders made it feel threatened.

It was clear that Tianlong Yun was its most critical, and dangerous threat to her existence, but the others couldn't be left out either.

These small ants were slowly wiping off all of its weaker underlings, its weaker children, that she had so painstakingly raised.

Earlier her regeneration had started instinctively, as a way to fight the pain, and make it go away, as she had been absorbing her children's energy to regenerate and restore her power.

That terrible pain that she felt at the start had certainly receded by a lot, and the tree was able to bear it at the moment, as it started to actively absorb its children's energy to restore herself.

Right now, it could sense that Tianlong Yun was doing the same thing the tree was trying to do, but it could do nothing more than what was doing.

Most of the trees in the area had either been absorbed by itself to restore, or were too far away to attack him, and were running towards its place.

Not to mention that by absorbing the energy of the trees around itself, and with those insolent vermin intruders attacking the rest of the trees, the soul attack, and pressure on him was receding too.

But it didn't matter, as soon as the tree was able to restore itself to its primary conditions he was done for, he would be nothing more than food for the tree.

This is the conclusion that the tree came up to, using all the information it had, and the best calculative abilities it possessed as a being with logic.

If one thought about it calmly, then most probably they would come up with the same conclusion, as Tianlong Yun hadn't been able to do much even though he used some of his trump cards.

At the end of the day, the level 3 tree's physical aspects were beyond the scope of what could be called possible for Tianlong Yun to take down.

If he was unable to improve his cultivation, make a few breakthroughs, or find something to cut through that difficult shell, and trunk of the tree, then he was hopeless.

Considering the environment, the situation around him, and most importantly the fact that the level 3 tree had an infinite amount of energy pool, then Tianlong Yun was even worse than hopeless.

Still, if one looked at Tianlong Yun's face at the moment, they wouldn't be able to see even the slightest amount of worry.

He didn't seem like someone who was facing the end of his road, like some fighter fighting a lost battle!

No, he seemed like someone who was confident in his skills and abilities to reverse this situation, he seemed like he was assured of his victory.

It was truly weird, at least for the level 3 tree that had been observing its enemy all this time. Why was this insolent vermin feeling so confident in himself, when he was so close to dying!?

He just had to wait for a few more moments, and really soon the tree was going to show him the hell without even arriving there.

Could it be that he had something else to rely on? Another trump card that would help him solve this situation he was in?

If he truly had something like that then why hadn't he used it until now? What was he waiting and doing all this while!?

No matter how much the tree tried to consider the situation and the circumstances, it was still unable to come up with something probable.

After all, even though it had gained sentience it was still far away from actually understanding this world and the insolent vermin in front.

All the information it had on Tianlong Yun, and its all battle experience was only what it had experienced right here, and right now.

Those other insolent intruders were not even a match for her children, and she had never had to fight itself, like this time.

Tianlong Yun was her first fight and her first experience and it didn't know how to actually face him, so no matter how much it tried to process information, it didn't know how to react to it, and what to expect.

In such a situation its best chances were if it returned to its primary situation as fast as it could, and not give this vermin in front of her a chance to act again.

With this decision made, it started to absorb the energy of the trees in the surroundings at an even more rapid rate, making it even easier for Tianlong Yun to breathe, and restore himself.

It was a race against time, who recuperated faster was the winner of the fight…