"Not good, it's escaping underground!"
Fang Ping and Lu Yu's expressions changed. The tree-shaped monster knew that it was no match for them and had escaped.
"Chase!"
Using the Fruit of Penetration, Fang Ping brought Lu Yu underground.
Very quickly, they discovered the tree-shaped monster's huge figure. It used its earth element ability to move through the soil like a fish swimming in water.
* Whoosh! *
The two of them quickly chased in the direction the tree-shaped monster had moved.
The tree-shaped monster's movement speed was not slow, reaching more than 200 metres per second. As a tree, it had to be said that it was the world's champion among trees.
However, Fang Ping and Lu Yu were even faster.
As a normal Morning Star, Lu Yu's speed could reach the speed of sound. As for Fang Ping, with his divine speed, he could reach the speed of sound as well.
"Stop right there!"
Very quickly, the two of them caught up to the tree-shaped monster. Lu Yu's telekinesis turned into a strong binding force, binding the tree-shaped monster's body and dragging it to the ground.
All of the tree-shaped monster's branches trembled continuously, trying to break free from the invisible bindings.
As a Morning Star monster, its strength was not weak. Under its violent struggle, the invisible telekinesis binding its body began to crack.
In the end, with a cracking sound, the invisible telekinesis binding his body shattered.
However, before it could break free, the telekinesis had already dragged it out of the ground and onto the surface.
* Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! *
Streaks of destructive white light beams descended from the sky, carrying a terrifying might that could pierce through a mountain as they attacked the tree-shaped monster.
If it continued to dive underground, it would have to bear the brunt of the destructive white light beams.
All of the tree-shaped monster's branches swayed, and streaks of blue light beams shot out from the branches, meeting the white light beams head-on.
* Pop, pop, pop! *
Streaks of blue light and white light collided, mutually annihilating each other.
There were violent vibrations in the air, as if air bombs were exploding one after another. Powerful shockwaves swept out in all directions.
The surrounding plants and rocks all disappeared under the shockwaves, revealing a desolate land that stretched for a thousand meters without any plants.
And as the shockwaves spread out wave after wave, the ground was shaved again and again. In the end, the ground was already deeply sunken.
Boom!
A moment later, the descent of the white light ended, but the attack did not end there.
A giant palm descended from the sky like a mountain and slammed down on the tree-shaped monster.
The giant palm could not be seen, but the shape of the giant palm could be vaguely seen from the ripples in the surrounding air.
On the ground, cracks had already appeared under the force of the huge palm before it even landed.
Buzz —
Sensing a strong threat, all the branches of the tree-shaped monster swayed violently. Then, on the ground around it, huge plant vines appeared one after another.
Each of them was as thick as a meter. They grew crazily and intertwined with each other to form a huge barrier that blocked the sky.
Boom!
The invisible giant palm slammed into the barrier formed by the plants and vines. A terrifying power exploded at the point of collision, causing the ground to shake violently.
The plants and vines exploded one by one, splattering in all directions. Dense cracks appeared on the surface of the invisible giant palm, and it finally shattered with a crack.
The tree-shaped monster that was closest to it was hit by the powerful impact, swaying uncontrollably.
At this moment, Fang Ping appeared. A large amount of Ice spread out, freezing the tree-shaped monster.
The tree-shaped monster and the surrounding area were instantly frozen by the Ice. The tree-shaped monster was sealed in a world of ice and snow, unable to move.
Crack!
The tree-shaped monster was a Morning Star monster after all. Even if the power of the Ice had increased due to the increase in its grade, it could only reach the peak of rank 5, and was not enough to bind the tree-shaped monster.
The tree-shaped monster's branches shook violently, and the Ice that had frozen its body exploded and splashed everywhere.
Then, rays of blue light with a dangerous aura attacked Fang Ping.
Seeing the dangerous blue light, Fang Ping hurriedly teleported to avoid it.
Behind Fang Ping, under the surging blue light, a huge pit that was hundreds of metres deep was forcefully carved out of the ground.
Boom!
Taking advantage of the fact that the tree-shaped monster was distracted by Fang Ping, Lu Yu approached it, his telekinesis turning into a formless fist that hammered the monster's body.
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
Where the tree-shaped monster was hammered, its branches exploded like beans being fried.
The tree-shaped monster's body leaned to one side, and all its branches were destroyed.
With its body heavily injured, the tree-shaped monster went berserk. Concentrated blue light beams attacked the main culprit, Lu Yu.
Bang, bang, bang!
Lu Yu hurriedly raised a telekinesis barrier in front of him to resist, but under the surging blue light, his telekinesis barriers shattered one after another. Lu Yu had no choice but to retreat.
Pu!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the tree-shaped monster burrowed into the ground with a 'pu' sound.
Fang Ping teleported over in time, the fourth-form Susanoo activated. Its two giant hands grabbed the tree-shaped monster's branches, dragging it and preventing it from burrowing into the ground.
However, even with the boost from Sage Mode, the Susanoo's battle prowess was only at the peak of the fifth step. Its strength was inferior to the tree-shaped monster, and it continued to burrow into the ground.
On the other side, Lu Yu, who had just been forced to retreat, turned his telekinesis into a giant hand and rushed over to help, but because he was too far away, it was obviously too late.
Pu!
Before the giant hand of telekinesis could reach it, the tree-shaped monster broke free from the Susanoo's grip and burrowed into the ground, once again escaping with its earth ability.
"If this continues, it'll be difficult to kill this monster!"
At this moment, Fang Ping decisively made a decision.
With just Lu Yu, who was at the Morning Star realm, and his battle prowess at the peak of the fifth step, it would be too difficult to kill a Morning Star monster.
If they didn't have a stronger battle prowess, it would be very difficult to kill this Morning Star monster.
Indeed, if the monster burrowed into the ground, they would be able to block it and drag it out again. After slowly grinding it down, they should be able to kill it in the end.
However, there was a prerequisite, and that was that his battle prowess could last until then.
Even his current battle prowess at the peak of the fifth step was obtained after the boost from Sage Mode. He couldn't maintain it for too long, only half an hour. Now, more than ten minutes had passed.
Based on the current situation, it would be very difficult for them to kill the monster when the effects of Sage Mode ended. Without him holding it back, it would be very difficult for Lu Yu to kill this monster alone.
"Gorgeous Fitzgerald, 100 million strengthening!"
Dispelling the Susanoo, Fang Ping took out a bank card and used Gorgeous Fitzgerald.
Golden rays of light flew out from the bank card, like a sacred halo surrounding him.
The next moment, green rays of light appeared on the surface of his body, adhering to his clothes, his face, and his hands.
A powerful feeling that he had never felt before filled his entire body.
He felt that his entire body was filled with inexhaustible power. One punch was enough to collapse a mountain.
This was not an exaggeration, but a fact. If his judgement wasn't wrong, his current battle prowess was comparable to that of a Morning Star.
Although it was only at an ordinary level, if he fully unleashed his battle prowess, collapsing a mountain that wasn't too big was a piece of cake.
Whoosh!
He didn't have time to properly feel this explosive increase in power. Using the Piercing Fruit, he burrowed into the ground.
With a sweep of his gaze, he discovered the tree-shaped monster that had appeared a few hundred metres away.
* Whoosh! *
Without relying on Godspeed, just the strength of his body, his speed had already surpassed the speed of sound.