Chapter 1057 - 810 What happened?

Long Yi pointed upwards, and both Old Stone Fist and the Elder of Fire Rock looked up at the roots on the ceiling that kept trying to spread downwards.

"What happened here?" Long Yi asked hastily.

Old Stone Fist, hearing the question, gave a wry smile.

"Who knows? One day, a meteor suddenly streaked across the sky and crashed to the ground. Before we could come to our senses, the seed had already taken root and sprouted, and then all of us felt the power we drew from beneath the earth start to weaken," said Old Stone Fist.

Indeed, the day the seed arrived, the nearby Mountain Giants immediately sensed something was wrong. After all, no other race in this universe could possibly have a closer connection to the earth than the Mountain Giants.

The Mountain Giants who detected the anomaly immediately began an investigation and eventually realized that it was this seed that had sapped the power that belonged to them. To take back their rightful power, the Mountain Giants launched an assault, but the outcome was disastrous. Countless Mountain Giants went forward one after another, still unable to stop the germination of the seed and the spread of its roots. At that time, almost all tribes of the Mountain Giants started resistance movements, but none emerged victorious. All they could do was watch helplessly as the strength within their rocky bodies grew weaker and weaker, and when the power of the rocks vanished, perhaps that would mark the extinction of the Mountain Giant race.

However, at this time, members of each tribe who possessed the power of Sacred Rock heard a call from beneath the ground. That day, the earth was blasted open by a powerful force that came from the Living Tree underground—this was the name given to it by the Mountain Giants.

The Tree of Life gathered all the Mountain Giants underground, where they gained an even greater strength of the rocks, several times stronger than what they had on the surface!

The Mountain Giants, who had never experienced such immense power, were immediately filled with confidence. By then, the rock layers on the planet’s surface had been completely taken over by the Destruction Tree, and quite clearly, those shallow rock layers were not enough to satisfy the Destruction Tree. In fact, the energy within the surface rock layers all came from below, and when the Mountain Giants moved underground, the Tree of Life immediately locked all the power of the rocks there.

The Destruction Tree, devoid of any energy, had no choice but to extend its roots downward, but the Tree of Life was bound to not allow it.

And so, the standoff began.

The Tree of Life currently held the advantage, but there was a significant risk at play. The entire planet had already been occupied by the Destruction Tree, and although it could not draw any energy from below, it was absorbing all the energy from the sunlight. The energy bestowed by sunlight on a whole planet is exceedingly powerful. Without sunlight, the Tree of Life underground would no longer have any source of energy.

Therefore, in addition to relying on the Tree of Life, the Mountain Giants were not idle; they too were constantly searching for ways to destroy the Destruction Tree.

That’s why, even now, some Mountain Giants were active on the surface, and there were always people ready to respond from below; hence it should be considered lucky that Long Yi was there.

While listening to Old Stone Fist’s description, Long Yi and his companions followed Old Stone Fist back to the new Black Rock Tribe. As soon as they arrived, Stone Fist leaped out. After a while unseen, Stone Fist had grown a great deal taller than Long Yi!

"Brother Long Yi! You actually came back! I didn’t really believe it!" Stone Fist rushed over, grabbing Long Yi in a bear hug, his frame, now a good deal wider than Long Yi’s, nearly suffocating him.

"But you haven’t grown much, have you? You haven’t been eating well, have you, maybe a bit malnourished?" Stone Fist said bluntly.

Old Stone Fist covered his face, speechless. It was obvious that Long Yi was not a Mountain Giant! And the most direct proof was the girls behind Long Yi. Not to mention their slender waists, how could that possibly look beautiful? It simply didn’t fit a Mountain Giant’s sense of aesthetics!

But Old Stone Fist couldn’t be bothered to mention this. From the very first day Long Yi had appeared, Old Stone Fist had thought that Long Yi did not belong here, and he had been proven right. But that didn’t matter; although they hadn’t known each other for long, he rather liked Long Yi.

"Ahem, let’s put aside the issue of nutrition for now, has this Destruction Tree caused any losses to the Mountain Giants?" Long Yi eagerly wanted to know the extent of the mistake he had made.

"Losses? Shouldn’t be much, a few unlucky fellas got shredded. After being brought down, they revived, and they seem quite happy about it. But it is a bit of a pity that the tiny house I had so much trouble building is gone. Building another one is going to cost me a day’s worth of time..." Stone Fist said.

Hearing what Stone Fist said, Long Yi finally felt a great weight fall off his chest, what he feared most hadn’t happened. It seems this is due to the infinite endurance of the Mountain Giants; had it been any other race, tragedy would have already struck.

"Come on, let’s talk about where you’ve been after you left. Did you go to those incredibly powerful countries? I heard that the people there can fly all over the sky!" Stone Fist said.

"Foolish kid! Get out of the way! Long Yi has serious business to attend to!" Old Stone Fist shouted and sent Stone Fist off to the side.

"Serious business? What important matter could he have?" In Stone Fist’s mind, Long Yi was a child much smaller than himself, what important matters could he possibly have?

"Actually, I came back this time to make up for my mistake. I will help you completely destroy that Destruction Tree!" Long Yi said.

Long Yi briefly explained the origin of the Destruction Tree and when he mentioned it was a seed of the last moment, Old Stone Fist laughed out loud, "That fool, picked the wrong planet! Come to our planet and just wait to starve to death! Ah hahaha!"

Long Yi looked at Old Stone Fist speechlessly; this enormous threat that had alarmed an entire plane seemed like nothing in his eyes, not just Old Stone Fist, even the Elder of the Fire Rock Tribe had little to say. In their eyes, such a matter seemed utterly trivial.

"So this time, I am going to make this Tree of Destruction completely disappear from our plane!"

Long Yi had no intention of continuing to flee, he was about to head to the middle plane. How could he possibly just walk away if a seed like this one remained here?

"Then, what do you plan to do? After all, you’ve once destroyed the Tree of Destruction," the Elder of the Fire Rock Tribe asked.

"The Tree of Destruction that I destroyed before had parasitized an entire planet, but because there was no sun, it remained in a dormant state, giving me the opportunity to create a seed even more vicious than it to consume it in return. But now it’s different, this tree has grown completely. According to your scouts, due to insufficient energy, it has no seeds. So at this moment, this tree is in its prime, it won’t give me that opportunity. Thus, if we want to eliminate it, we’re going to need some assistance," said Long Yi.

"Assistance? Whose help?" Old Stone Fist asked.

"The Tree of Life."

"That’s impossible, the Tree of Life has already reached its limit, and its roots can’t extend up there," the Elder of the Fire Rock Tribe said.

"Yes, it’s difficult for its roots to extend up, but it’s different for its seeds," Long Yi said, looking up at the huge metallic fruit atop the canopy beside him.

"How come it sounds like you’re very familiar with the Tree of Life?" Old Stone Fist asked curiously, because Long Yi spoke too logically. After all, this had not happened when Long Yi left, and nobody among the Mountain Giants knew about the existence of the Tree of Life. Long Yi had no reason to know, so how come it looked like he knew everything now?

"Actually, I don’t mind telling you that I personally planted this Tree of Life," Long Yi said with a smile.

What!

The surrounding group of Mountain Giants nearly had their eyeballs pop out.

"It was just an accident, I gathered the power of the six Sacred Rocks, and that power eventually condensed into the Tree of Life." As he said this, Long Yi looked up at the Tree of Life and called out, "Right!"

A massive metallic fruit immediately emitted light, and as the light swept across the ground, it formed a Mountain Giant character: ’Yes.’

All the Mountain Giants were stunned.

"You brat! Is there anything I don’t know about?" the Elder of the Black Rock Tribe bellowed.

"Hmm, those Molten Beasts are actually ours, believe it or not?" Long Yi pointed at the huge Molten Beasts in the distance.

The Elder of the Black Rock Tribe wanted to shake his head, but he immediately recalled the first time he saw Long Yi.

"Hey! Come here!" Long Yi simply called out to the distance.

Instantly, the largest of the Molten Beasts shrank down to the size of a small dog and ran over to Long Yi, affectionately circling around him. Then, the magma dispersed, revealing the core inside, which Long Yi picked up: "Eh? This actually bears your magic signature..." Long Yi handed the core to Ai Lin, who took a look and indeed, there was her own magic signature on it.

A magic signature is actually just a mark, used to prove that it was created with her magic, so that if there were any problems in the future, the right person could be found quickly for repairs.

"These things are called Molten Beasts, weapons we invented to help us in war. Earlier when I saw that river of magma, it seemed like a suitable habitat for them, so I released them. I reckon you would like them very much," Long Yi said.

"Like them? They’ve practically become the standard pets of our Fire Rock Tribe. We even hold a Molten Beast shaping contest every month to see whose Molten Beast looks better," the Elder of the Black Rock Tribe said with a wry smile.

"Haha, so it seems they like you guys very much!" Long Yi laughed.

"The searing power of fire rock is still their favorite among stone powers. It would be strange if they didn’t like us... Hey, you’re not thinking of taking them back, are you? I warn you, don’t even think about it! The matter of you taking our Tribe’s Sacred Rock will be settled with these Molten Beasts!" the Elder of the Fire Rock Tribe said nervously.

"Don’t worry, I have no intention of taking them back. In fact, I can sense that they really like you guys. Staying with you is far better than being with me," Long Yi said.

Upon hearing this, the Elder of the Fire Rock Tribe immediately relaxed.

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