Success or failure all depended on this!
At this moment, the Banyan Tree King's tremendous numbers came into play. Every single great banyan tree seemed to be an independent entity, yet they were also connected together through their countless roots. Tremendous amounts of information flowed through them.
All of a sudden, each of the great banyan trees glowed with a colorful brilliance, and the vast forest turned into a beautiful sea of light.
The daemons and otherfolk who lived there all looked around in surprise. Then they saw the map of the Mist province hanging high in the night sky slowly descend, growing closer and closer and becoming larger and larger. When they raised their heads, they could clearly see the countless mountains and rivers as if they were tangible.
It was like the end of the world had arrived. Cries rose and fell in the sea of trees.
Ye Weiyang stood in the sea of trees and gazed at the descending Mist province. She smiled.
A mountain hung upside down, pressing down on her. She did not dodge, passing through it.
The daemons and otherfolk looked around in a panic, but they discovered that the disaster they were imagining did not happen. The Mist province had merged with the sea of trees, swallowed by the sea of light.
A while later, all of the light receded, and the forest returned to how it was before, as if nothing had happened at all. Only the kings could deeply sense the profound changes. They all beamed with joy and wished in the direction of Towering city.
The Banyan Tree King exhaled deeply. His eyes returned to their inky green, but his tree heart continued to shine resplendently. His aura became more and more distant, but it did not feel like his personality had changed drastically. Instead, it was a very natural form of growth and improvement.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist! Congratulations! You've succeeded!"
Li Qingshan clasped his hands and congratulated. He admired the Banyan Tree King very much. Although it was not some natural divine tree, it had pushed its special characteristics to the limit. After several millennia of painstaking planning, it had created an unprecedented path, which made him very excited!
"It's just the first step." The Banyan Tree King waved his hand.
"However, once you take this step, the other eight cauldrons will sense it. The imperial clan of the Dragon province will definitely be furious," said Li Qingshan.
Li Qingshan said. Great Xia wanted to rid the world of gods, yet the Banyan Tree King had directly become the god of the Mist province and even destroyed their national treasure. It would be strange if they did not react at all.
"Don't worry, they won't attack."
The Banyan Tree King's eyes flickered with the light of wisdom. He had already deduced the cause and effect of everything. Now, he could see it even more clearly.
"You're right!"
Li Qingshan said with a smile. The current Banyan Tree King had already stepped into a whole new realm. In the World of the Nine States, he was almost invincible. If the Great Xia Dynasty wanted him to fall, it was likely that even the Great Xia Dynasty could not afford to pay such a price.
"Is it worth it?" Little Ann suddenly asked the Banyan Tree King.
The Banyan Tree King was speechless. The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
"Little Ann?" Li Qingshan was slightly surprised, but he saw a rare expression of pity on her face. He could not help but sigh. "There's nothing we can do about it. That madam Teng has gone too far."
"Is it worth it?" Little Ann did not look at Li Qingshan and asked further.
The Banyan Tree King closed his eyes as if he was unable to face her gaze. The sun vines around him had already withered. His body had never been so light before, but he instead felt empty. He was rather unaccustomed to it.
If it was not worth it, why would he make a choice like this? If it was worth it, why would the joy of success be unable to make up for this regret? Five thousand years of companionship was really nothing? Was it because he had put in too much effort, such that he could not treat it lightly? Or had he purposefully controlled certain changes in his emotions the entire time? Even though he could comprehend the profound laws of the world, he struggled to resolve these doubts.
"Forgive me, senior. I've asked too much." Little Ann shook her head and returned to Li Qingshan's side.
"It's not worth it!" The Banyan Tree King suddenly opened his eyes. Although there was pain in them, there was no confusion. "But if I had to choose again, I would still do the same!"
Normally, Li Qingshan would definitely praise a reply like that. However, after glancing at Little Ann beside him, he felt that it was better to remain silent. He did not want to involve himself in other people's matters.
"I probably will never be able to understand such decisiveness!" Little Ann said as she looked at Li Qingshan with her clear eyes.
Li Qingshan's heart sank and the corner of his lips twitched. Fine, he had still gotten himself involved in the end!
He tried hard to organize his words. "Little Ann, you're thinking too much. Don't get into character so easily! You're not Madam Teng, and I'm not the Banyan Tree King. Of course, I'm not saying that you're wrong. Anyway … Sigh, it's really complicated! "
"You've actually overestimated the power of this sword. I'm the same!" Little Ann raised the Buddha Slaying Sword in her hand.
"Hmm?"
Li Qingshan and the Banyan Tree King were both taken aback. They had personally witnessed the power of the Buddha Slaying Sword. Two Demon Kings as powerful as the Lords of Yin and Yang had been finished off with a single stroke, so how could they still overestimate its power?
However, it was exactly because that sight was just too shocking that they overlooked many things.
For example, back then, the Lords of Yin and Yang had already fought Li Qingshan to the point of exhaustion. They had only managed to break free from Li Qingshan's suppression after so much difficulty, but before they could even get their revenge, Little Ann had already charged over.
For example, the Buddha Slaying Sword. Although it possessed terrifying power, it actually countered two types of opponents the most. One was buddhist cultivators, which was why it was called "Buddha Slaying". The other was existences of extreme yin and evil, such as corpses and demonfolk, because the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was still a buddhist cultivation method after all.
However, madam Teng did not belong to either of these groups. She did not possess a body of flesh and blood. Although the Buddha Slaying Sword countered her very much, it mostly ensured that every strike could injure her.
In the past, the Myriad Poison Ancestor had only been heavily injured when the Buddha Slaying Sword pierced his chest, and he had almost fled back to the Myriad Poison cult. The soul nascence that escaped in the end was very spirited too. It took quite a lot of effort to deal with it.
After being tempered by the heavenly tribulation, the Buddha Slaying Sword's power had increased drastically, but as a natural variant Daemon King, her life force was far more abundant than an elderly human cultivator.
Actually, the only time Little Ann had truly used the Buddha Slaying Sword after undergoing the tribulation was against the Lords of Yin and Yang. Only when he stabbed madam Teng did he understand that the strike was not enough to claim her life, which was why he did not draw it immediately.
Between Li Qingshan and the Banyan Tree King, one possessed great instincts for battle, while the other possessed great wisdom. In the past, they had only been shocked by the startling strike, which was why they had overlooked this. Now that Little Ann had reminded them, they immediately understood. They were both stunned.
Li Qingshan felt some lingering fear. In the situation back then, if madam Teng had struggled a little longer, he would not have been able to shatter the Mist Province's cauldron. If she had blown up her daemon core out of fury and hatred, then it would not be as simple as the plan failing.
As it turned out, none of this went according to plan …
Little Ann said, "Senior Banyan Tree King, although my strike heavily injured her, the true fatal strike was your determination!"
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