Chapter 2680

"Creak—crack—!"

Suddenly, a piercing noise of wood grinding rang out.

Zhao Chi looked up in astonishment.

The Silk-tribe female soldiers treating him nearby had no idea what he was looking at.

But Tang Ruan and Qi Yue knew.

Because they had heard that sound before as well.

That was the giant tree speaking.

Zhao Chi raised his head and carefully searched for the great tree's mouth, but couldn't find it at all.

He wondered whether the great tree and the tree spirit were the same thing.

But regardless, once the tree spirit grew up and could speak, many things could be asked of her directly.

Rustle rustle~

The swaying of the trunk continued.

The amplitude was even more pronounced than before; it seemed his current blood really did have an enhancing effect on the great tree.

Crack!

Suddenly, fissures appeared on the thick trunk.

"My lord, be careful!"

Tang Ruan immediately stepped in front of Zhao Chi at an angle.

Qi Yue wrapped her four arms tightly around Zhao Chi, ready to leap back at any moment.

The two of them knew the Eternal Tree would not harm Zhao Chi.

But it wouldn't actively harm him—it might passively send Zhao Chi tumbling though.

Their protection of Zhao Chi was all-encompassing.

"It's fine, don't be nervous!"

With all his attributes maxed out, Zhao Chi was far more confident.

Even if he got hit by the wildly growing giant tree, it wouldn't matter.

At most he'd just take a tumble in the dirt.

Trivial.

Crack! Crack-crack-crack!

More fissures appeared, and the entire trunk of the great tree looked as if it were being forced open from within.

Boom!

Boom-boom! Boom-boom!

Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!

"Holy crap!"

In an instant, the entire giant tree suddenly swelled.

All the purple-brown bark on the outside burst apart.

Pieces of bark, large and small, flew in every direction, like a hail of ice spraying head-on.

Zhao Chi felt bark and wood chips spraying all over his body and face.

It stung a little.

But the damage wasn't too great.

Mainly, the spectacle was genuinely a bit spectacular, giving Zhao Chi a fright.

Qi Yue also instantly leapt back dozens of meters with Zhao Chi in her arms.

Zhao Chi floated in the air together with Qi Yue; cradled in Qi Yue's embrace, he saw the sky filled with bark fragments drifting down.

Thud-thud! Boom!

Qi Yue and Zhao Chi landed.

Tang Ruan and the female soldiers also retreated to both sides.

Rustle~ rustle~

Bark fell like rain, scattering everywhere.

It buried itself in the female soldiers' long hair.

And the giant tree had grown vigorously, now reaching a height of 22 meters.

Its diameter also exceeded 1.5 meters.

The slightly withered bark was entirely gone; now only fresh pink bark remained.

Zhao Chi still couldn't quite get used to this color.

It was too bizarre.

But that pink giant tree was emitting a fluorescent glow.

That was definitely not the reflected light of the setting sun, but a glow emanating from the giant tree itself.

It looked rather like an enormous pink crystal tree.