Chapter 262 : Power from Life - Part 2
Ancient branches and leaves, I know everything you have experienced.
That loneliness forgotten beneath ruins, and the bewilderment of approaching despair.
Because I am the same.
My weak self cannot extend branches and leaves to touch those unreachable ideals.
But...
We both harbor the same longing.
Let this world...
Witness once, your radiance.
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Emerald light emerged from Bai Ye's hands.
Though this radiance was faint, it was also incomparably brilliant. Under Bai Ye's caress, a light green sprout rapidly spread from the girl's hands, then...
Vigorously grew.
Branches pierced the earth, while roots actually wound upward, pouring toward the sky!
"What's happening?"
"Is this... an earthquake?"
People knelt on the ground in panic. Death from the sky had already made them despair, but the trembling from the ground...
Once again gave them hope for life.
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Countless tree roots intertwined together, rising from the ground like towers of trees.
And those Exotic Decay fragments emanating the black of decay?
They also slowly dissolved like ice shards exposed to flames... That terrifying substance capable of mutating any creature couldn't affect the Tree of Causality's roots at all.
Rather, for the Tree of Causality that could devour all pollution, Exotic Decay fragments were simply the best nutrients.
Because of this, the Tree of Causality's power reached its peak at this moment. It grew vigorously, entwining buildings that had been collapsed by Exotic Decay fragments, and also entwining those stones originally gathered in the plaza.
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"To think such a thing would happen..."
Looking at the scene outside, Lonis was speechless with amazement.
Elucia smiled faintly and said:
"Lonis, do you remember what Nalonaté said?"
"Huh?"
"Destruction and hope are one, killing and salvation are no different... Since Caster wants this place to be completely destroyed, I'll make this place welcome complete rebirth."
"!"
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The tree roots emerging from the deep earth were originally bare and somewhat unsightly.
But soon, they transformed into something else.
The constraints limiting genetic replication and division had been completely released. Cells found their own unique pathways in the path of chaotic reproduction... Not just one or two, but magnificently colorful like the splendid natural world.
Night-blooming flowers, magnolias, hibiscus, roses...
Apples, pears, bananas, cherries...
Pine leaves, bamboo leaves, maple leaves, lotus leaves...
All kinds of plants grew vigorously like this, decorating Insolania, originally shrouded in death, into a garden city.
People gazed in bewilderment at all the prosperity. Though they didn't know what had happened, the warmth from their surroundings had made them forget that suffocating pain.
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"Infected soldiers and residents, please approach these newborn plants to avoid corrosion! Those who can take up weapons, please follow my steps and completely drive the invading demons from our homeland."
Princess Sethilu, who had been somewhat weak before, gradually recovered her strength under the bath of light.
Instead, those originally invincible demonized beast tribes, upon encountering these plants extending from the earth, screamed in agony as if doused with boiling water.
"Ah ah, ahhh!"
"Tear... no, no!"
With this ebb and flow, these demon invasion troops could no longer match humans.
Under the assault led by Princess Sethilu, they had no chance to fight back... Demons retaining rationality fled in panic, while completely corroded beastmen stubbornly resisted, but what awaited them were attacks like ten thousand arrows piercing the heart.
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"I'm sorry, the genetic sequences in your bodies have completely collapsed. Even if you survive today, you don't have much time left... So I will represent the power of Tree Abyss and eliminate you here."
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At this moment, though Bai Ye's appearance was still that cute little girl, her eyes faintly contained unyielding courage.
Those swift vines, under her command, coiled around the bodies of demonized beastmen one by one. Sharp battle axes often lost their masters before they could fall, clanging as they crashed to the earth.
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And changes weren't occurring only inside the city.
General Guyanis had long led troops waiting for the right moment, ready to strike when the demons fell into chaos, completely crushing the forces besieging Insolania.
"All soldiers, follow me out of the city! The blade that protects everyone is gripped in our hands."
"Oho!"
Countless Sword and Shield Guards followed the purple-haired general out, silver longswords slashing forward, reflecting the warriors' resolute faces.
The demons weren't unprepared either. In fact, Mivira had long set multiple ambushes and traps for the Bright Ember Kingdom's assault.
But how could the current situation be resolved by ambushes and surprise attacks?
The traps had already been destroyed by roots, and those goblin soldiers skilled at ambushes had long been terrified by the mutations before them, collapsing and fleeing with no strength to resist.
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"Ahhh, humans are attacking! That's Princess Sethilu, run!"
"No fleeing allowed! Anyone who dares disobey orders will be executed here."
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Mivira tried to regain control of the situation. Though the beastmen who had attacked the city were the main force... there were still many siege troops outside. If they could regroup, they could still deal humans a fatal blow, at least killing the breakthrough force led by General Guyanis.
But just then...
Candel appeared.
Though she wore very revealing black leather clothing, the emotion in her eyes was terrifyingly cold.
Mivira's guards were also vampires, so upon seeing Candel, not one dared step forward to face the red-haired loli's seemingly slow pace.
"Mivira, you should know, right? The reason I wanted to capture Insolania was to imprison big brother and big sister, so we could all live together forever."
"!"
"But you went against my wishes, wanting to kill all my big brothers and sisters. If that happened, everyone would become corpses—what fun would that be? Unable to move at all, how boring!"
"You, you!"
Seeing Candel gradually approaching, Mivira finally couldn't contain his inner fear and said hatefully: "How could you possibly disobey the Trickster Demon Lord's orders, how could you challenge my position? I was approved by Caster..."
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Mivira seemed to want to say more, but his words seemed to end there.
Because Candel had already thrust her hand into his chest, pulling out that burning heart... The red-haired little loli smiled sickeningly, then licked the blood from the corner of her mouth:
"But now there's no need to try anymore. Because I'm already serving a new master, and master said I can be with big brother and big sister forever."
"Wh-what..."
"Don't worry, soon... General Caster and the Trickster Demon Lord will accompany you too. Haha, ahahaha!"
Candel sneered and completely crushed this demon commander's heart.