Chapter 269: The Sacred Sword

Most people actually underestimate the "mushroom."

In the eyes of many, mushrooms, or even mushroom people, are merely a kind of short plant, a low-end link in the entire ecological chain, a delicacy that is slightly dangerous but fresh and delicious.

"Continue. Time is on our side; as long as we hold it back, we will achieve victory."

Li En's roar was something even most people present could not understand.

Any transcendent with a bit of "common sense" knows how troublesome the Life and Purgatory systems are.

Especially entities of the Life and Nature systems; they are basically symbols of being unkillable.

On the battlefield, with no resurrection, fake corpses, or multiple transformations, who knows if you are a cockroach of the Life system?

However, after this man shouted, the people struggling to hold the front line clearly became much more stable.

Perhaps what the soldiers needed was just an announcement, an announcement that the hope of victory was right before their eyes.

In the darkness of dawn, all that is needed is for someone to stand up at the critical moment.

"Grow quickly, our children."

Another small mirror demon projected the scene outside the battlefield onto the large stage outside.

In the peripheral forests and woodland areas, mushroom people that looked like demons and monsters to ordinary people appeared on the battlefield.

But this time, they stood on the side of "humans."

By ordinary standards, Gu Gu and these mushroom people resembled twisted masses of flesh monsters; their appearance was truly somewhat terrifying.

Yet at this critical moment, perhaps this was also their best opportunity to be accepted by the city.

"Grow quickly into a giant mushroom and steal the life of this forest."

Mushrooms, or rather expanded fungi, are fundamentally two completely different concepts from ordinary "natural plants."

They are not producers; most lack the ability for photosynthesis. They are nature's symbiotes, parasites, and scavengers. As fungi, they should be a major category standing alongside animals and plants.

Vast patches of mushrooms grew rapidly in this area; the largest among them had already exceeded a person's height.

And they were not only stealing Ulda Niu Mo's "vitality," but also seizing its "growth environment," and the latter was the most fatal.

"Moo!"

Ulda Niu Mo let out a roar; this time, everyone could feel the fear and anger within it.

Divinity granted it rationality and the possibility of communication, but the beastly nature from Purgatory gave it the fear and unease that only ordinary life should possess.

"Boom!"

It struggled to crawl, trying to stop the invaders on the periphery.

But how would those soldiers let it do so?

"Again!"

Claire, with hair red as blood, blocked the giant beast once more; the Radiant Guards lined up in a row became the most solid arms.

Truly worthy of being the strongest combat organization in Radiant City; under repeated collisions, they indeed slowed the monster's movement. Yes, merely slowing it down; the fact that this thing could be stopped at all was already quite absurd.

The battle situation began to turn from the moment the mushroom people entered the field.

"Fortunately, there is intelligence support."

At this moment, even the most optimistic person had to re-evaluate previous predictions.

This World Tree seedling corrupted into a monster was far stronger than expected.

And the power it is currently displaying should be less than one-tenth of its peak.

"Hold it back; holding it back means we win."

The World Tree is indeed capable of endurance; the Nature system is famous for being unkillable, but once their roots are damaged and their growth environment is "polluted," they die faster than anyone else.

After all, a plant is a strange creature that is both powerful and fragile; the premise of its indestructibility is that its roots remain, that it remains connected to the earth.

"In the end, it is just a tree!"

Li En unleashed Dragon Fire, doing his best to interfere with this wooden giant beast, draping it once again in a layer of flame.

Although the effect was also relatively average, it was at least better than ordinary magical fire.

Intelligence is always the primary requirement for battle; previously, Li En's lucky discovery of Ulda Niu Mo's true form made the possibility of such a rapid decisive battle possible.

As Li En said, in the end, it is still a "tree."

The focus is not even on the giant beast before us; that is merely the "trunk." Even if chopped off, it can regenerate quickly; this is its greatest resilience. But if its root system, the part that has drilled into the earth's "nutrient absorption section," is gone, it will become extremely fragile.

And since Ulda Niu Mo expanded its domain and "rooted" itself into this earth, it has effectively exposed its weakness.

If the roots rot, whether tree or human, there is truly no saving it.

"Absorb, plunder."

A massive amount of spores and mushrooms appeared in the peripheral woodlands; they either parasitized strange-shaped plants and grasslands, or drilled directly into the earth, competing with all surrounding plants for life.

The World Tree can manifest as a forest, but if the forest's "nutrition" and "environment" are plundered away, the forest will naturally meet death.

Normal fungi would not be so extreme; as parasites and symbiotes, they always maintain nature's subtle balance, otherwise it would be equivalent to killing the symbiote and self-destructing. But now, ever since that mushroom person, Gu Gu, activated his "clan," causing the spores to grow almost infinitely, the entire forest has naturally and rapidly met death.

"Crack!"