Chapter 1144 - 1144 – Plant Life (1/2)

The battle was violent. The roots constantly clashed at each other, and they were continually severed. When one root was severed, the opponent absorbed the root to gain more Life Energy, which would result in the production of even more roots.

Meadow's domain slowly extended, pushing Narcissus back.

After a couple of minutes of violent fighting, 50% of the underground now belonged to Meadow.

”Get off my seat!” Meadow transmitted aggressively. ”That's mine!”

However, Narcissus' answer was different from what Meadow had expected.

”Alright, we can have a fair battle now,” Narcissus answered.

And then, Narcissus actually began trying.

As soon as Narcissus got serious, Meadow felt herself be overwhelmed.

They were both only fighting with some basic Laws, which made their Laws about equal. They were also only fighting with their Realms, physical power, and concentration.

This was not a battle to the death but a battle for supremacy.

One could see this as the equivalent of arm-wrestling for plants. A human could simply get their other hand and punch the opponent in the face, but that would feel like a loss to the person punching.

They would feel like they had lost in a battle of honor.

Meadow was overwhelmed with all the roots of her opponent.

Her opponent was using his roots with absolutely unreal finesse. It was like every single root was its own living being, which had gone through thousands of temperings on their path to power.

In just a minute, Meadow's territory was reduced to 20% of its previous size.

”Do you have any idea with how many other plants I have battled in my life?” Narcissus asked. ”I lived in a thick forest filled with powerful plants, and the plants were even more numerous than all the beasts in the world.”

”In comparison, I can tell that you've had it easy,” Narcissus added. ”You probably haven't fought many plants in your life. Your control over your roots is subpar and simple.”

Meadow immediately became frustrated when she heard Narcissus' words.

However, Narcissus was right.

Meadow had spent a lot of her time in Styr's Tribe, and there hadn't been many relevant plants in there. Then, when Styr and the others had left, Meadow had already become one of the most powerful beings in the higher world, making all forms of war with other plants meaningless.

In short, Meadow was very inexperienced when it came to plant warfare.

Meanwhile, Narcissus had become truly powerful amongst a dense forest.

He was the strongest plant in the strongest higher world.

Meadow couldn't fight Narcissus on his own terms.

”Go on,” Narcissus said. ”You can unleash your actual Laws. I don't mind.”

Meadow snorted.

BOOOM!

Then, Meadow summoned her Avatar and actually used its powers to battle with Narcissus.

This was already no longer the plant-version of arm-wrestling but a real battle.

Meadow had conceded the arm-wrestling match and switched over to a brawl.

Meadow's roots became vastly more powerful as nearly all her Laws became a full level more powerful.

In an instant, Meadow's roots severed an ocean's worth of Narcissus' roots.

Yet, new roots quickly replaced them, and they all attacked Meadow's roots again.

Meadow's roots were vastly more powerful, but Narcissus' roots were more numerous, and they were moving with incredible finesse.

A good comparison would be a group of mortal humans fighting a gigantic monster. The humans couldn't win individually, but with their teamwork and tactics, they managed to bring down the monster.

A stalemate occurred when both of them owned 50% of the territory.

By now, Meadow's territory was too large. Since she covered a bigger territory now, she also had to control more roots. This weakened her offensive, exposing plenty of weaknesses in her defense.

Narcissus always took advantage of these weaknesses and extended his roots further into Meadow's territory, which required her to use a ton of Energy to quickly take care of them.

The battle raged on for over an hour.

By now, Gravis' friends had joined him in watching.

Ferris immediately shouted in excitement as he saw Meadow, greeting her with pure ecstasy.

”Go eat your own barf, mutt! I'm busy!” Meadow shouted back when Ferris greeted her.

Ferris didn't mind Meadow's words.

He was only happy that Meadow was back.

Ferris liked Meadow.

Meanwhile, Azure looked at the war with surprise.

Meadow had always been an incredibly powerful hegemon in her eyes, and her power obviously hadn't dropped.

After all, Meadow even knew the Major Law of the Dead World. If Meadow reached the Star God Realm, Azure wouldn't be able to fight her.

This showed how powerful Meadow was.

However, Azure was shocked that Narcissus was even more powerful.

She had heard of Narcissus, and she knew that he was powerful, but she had always believed Meadow to be more powerful.

Yet, Meadow didn't even have a fighting chance against Narcissus.

Meadow was already fighting with her full power, including her Avatar.

In comparison, Narcissus didn't even use his Avatar.