Chapter 302 - Blooming Sapling Part Three (1/2)
Akainmhar felt the sharpness punctuating the very fabric of space around the hand of the golden colored giant in the sky. The red haired man only needed to sense it once to be sure that that sword intent was Fell's own.
The sharp and deadly sword intent acc.u.mulated little by little in the right hand on the giant. Forming a vast area- in the shape of a longsword- in the empty space, vibrating and shacking as thought hundreds of blades were screaming at the same time.
Akainmhar felt the sharpness of the invisible sword traverse the air, and hit his face in a stinging flurry of wind. Thunder roared, and the lightning serpent coiled itself around the body in a giant, turning into a strange tattoo that moved carefully on the humongous illusory body.
For the first time in his life, he felt his intent to fight someone lessen as he saw the acc.u.mulation hidden inside of the youth unfurl one after another. His mind had found a reason- other than the army of beasts- to avoid fighting the young cultivator as he didn't know if he would actually be pushed through his limits.
That sharpness in the hand of the giant made him dread any thought of infighting, and his alerted sense clearly transmitted him that one attack would be enough to cut his dense body in half.
”Sword cultivator have always been a cause of trouble for body cultivators…”. He sighed softly as he didn't take his sight out of the illusory golden giant, that didn't make any move since its appearance. ”A sword cultivator who practices three path…”, he added in horror.
He could swear that even in the top realm of the universe, such individuals with over-the-top hitting power would have been rare as a phoenix's feather.
”Well, What will you do with this much power…”, he thought as he continued looking at the youth standing across the back of the towering beast Akainmhar stood on.
And as if Fell had heard the thought of the red haired man, another change once again happened around the illusory giant, as though clearly telling him that it wasn't over, that he still had something else to unravel. A strange pressure arose from Fell's body, it traversed the void, and instantly appeared behind the giant in a nearly material form.
Akainmhar's eyes swiftly identified the new source of power as being the strongest of them all. As though it merely stood on a higher realm than the other, even saying that it was their own source of stability wouldn't be wrong.
That power was the last to manifest, and was also the manifestation that was the least noticeable in the beginning. Behind the Illusory Golden Giant, a small sapling sprouted in the void and appeared out of thin air behind the giant. It first began as a tiny seed, unnoticeable when compared to the size of Illusory Giant. But Akainmhar's eyes didn't miss the potent strength hidden in it.
In a split second, a change happened to the small seed, and it quickly grew in an instant. The inconspicuous seedling snowballed, with small branches forming from the base, and many leaves flourishing on the appearing branches. And as though it sucked on the energy existing in its surroundings, it grew, and grew, until it turned into a magnificent tree that stood behind the Illusory Giant.
The moment the tree bloomed ultimately, Akainmhar felt that the image in front of him was finally whole, and a sense of balance and completion was exuded by the canvas in the sky.
”That seed!”, Akainmhar's voice rose but his word didn't leave his throat as his faced changed in color. The experienced Akainmar didn't recognize that seed, but through his blood essence treasure, he had managed to sense its power. Even his own treasure could only roughly judge the grade of the seed, and the information that came from the Spirit of his treasure left him shocked.
The Gigantic Tree had assumed a form similar to the one it had before Fell plucked the source of strength from it. Only his own Gigantic Tree had a clear demarcation in its branches, with three thick main branches that were clearly assimilated to Fell's tree cultivation bases flourishing more than the other.
The moment the Gigantic Tree appeared behind the Illusory Golden Giant, a change happened to the Formation they stood inside, as the massive influx of hazardous Blood Essence and Slaughter Aura that ran through the beasts- connected to the Formation- changed their direction and coursed toward the flourishing tree in the sky.