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"Boom, boom, boom..."
Dust and smoke billowed as a massive cyan tree, akin to a great mountain, descended from the sky and landed a hundred miles north of the seaside fortress, suddenly veiling the once endless expanse of the sky with its enormous branches.
"Hiss..."
Li Ming activated the power of the Five Elements to alter the soil within the range where the gigantic tree landed, ensuring that the tree's roots could penetrate deep into the soil and reach the sea beneath the moment it touched the ground.
"Swoosh, swoosh..."
Countless roots, like a spreading net, densely entwined themselves into the soil beneath the entire seaside fortress from front to north, spanning thousands of miles.
Some of these roots reached deep into the inland earth, while others threaded through the seawater to approach the shore.
