Chapter 359: The Fountain of Youth (16)
Things really were not going to go that smoothly.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the witch’s headless corpse suddenly swelled and burst open, transforming into a twisted, tangled ball of crimson thorns. Like a spider pouncing on its prey, more than a dozen thorn-covered tendrils spread open from both sides before snapping inward with blinding speed, attempting to wrap tightly around the Sacred Tree’s true form on its back.
But the Sacred Tree was not so easily countered, either.
It let out a clear cry. Its long, powerful limbs bent downward as it lowered its center of gravity, then it used the recoil to leap backward, narrowly evading the whipping tendrils before landing steadily on the ground behind it.
Tap.
The instant its body touched down, its limbs pressed against the earth and keenly sensed the faint tremors beneath it. The Sacred Tree’s true form reacted instantly, its long limbs pushing off the ground as it jumped again.
The moment its body became airborne, a sharp crack rang out. In the next instant, a blood-red thorn as thick as a wrist violently burst through the soil. Its razor-sharp thorns reflected a metallic, icy gleam as it lashed toward the airborne Sacred Tree’s true form like a whip.
“Yi—!”
The Sacred Tree’s true form let out another battle-ready cry. The skin around its shoulder blades suddenly split open, and more than a dozen vine-like tentacles thrust outward. Like the long tongues frogs shoot out when hunting, the tentacles shot toward all directions like arrows the instant they emerged.