The willow tree was incredibly powerful, beyond everyone's imagination. The green vortex reached the sky, tearing everything apart. Such a huge purple giant was obliterated and directly turned into dust.
From the death of the master of the Luofu Great Marsh, to the Thunder Marquis being hung up, to the destruction of the golden wolf skin precious tool, and to the collapse of the giant created by the Purple Mountain Marquis, all happened in an instant.
"Roar..."
During this process, the divine wolf reacted swiftly. When the master of the Luofu Great Marsh was killed, it moved. Leaping up, it turned and fled, leaving behind a golden afterimage.
The nature of wolves is crafty. It keenly sensed something was wrong. Its golden body smashed through mountain rocks, destroyed the forest, and reached the ultimate speed as it rushed into the dense forest.
In fact, when that golden wolf skin was showing its might and launching an attack, it had already transformed into a golden beam of light and begun to escape in the primeval mountains.
Claiming to be the number one divine spirit within a radius of fifty thousand miles, its instinct and spiritual sense were super powerful. At this moment, it no longer had a domineering aura. Instead, it was only terrified and didn't dare to stop for a moment.
Although the old man of the Golden Wolf Clan was powerful and ruled over a vast territory, his strength was ultimately not as good as the divine wolf. His reaction was slightly slower. After realizing the situation, he also hurriedly fled.
"Release the arrows!"
At the same time, he gave the order for the strong ones of the clan to resist and buy time for him. For a moment, tens of thousands of arrows were released. The sounds of arrows breaking through the air were endless. The iron arrows were dense and all flew towards the Stone Village.
However, this was completely useless. The green vortex spread and drew in all the arrows. Each iron arrow broke inch by inch and then exploded. This scene stunned everyone. They felt cold from head to toe. This kind of scene was too terrifying. The willow tree was truly astonishing. How could they fight against it?
"Whoosh..."
The tornado howled, like a primordial fierce beast roaring, shaking this mountain range. The leader of the Golden Wolf Clan shouted loudly, and his body involuntarily flew backward towards the eye of the wind.
"No!" He screamed in terror. If he entered, he would surely die. No matter how great his skills were, he couldn't withstand the attack of the willow tree.
"Swish"
A golden light rose up, its fluctuations like the undulations of a sea tide, extremely astonishing. And the brilliance of the light was even more heart-palpitating, as if a wisp of golden sunlight had exploded, slashing towards the tornado.
"Ancestral artifact!"
"The clan leader has brought the ancestral artifact!"
The people of the Golden Wolf Clan exclaimed, and then with a kind of excitement, expecting to break the tornado and wound the willow tree.
However, just as they began to get excited, everything changed. When that golden beam of light met the green vortex, it slipped out of the control of the leader of the Golden Wolf Clan, and its luster dimmed and fled away.
"Ah..."
The leader of the Golden Wolf Clan shouted loudly. His body broke inch by inch, blood mist rose, and he turned into blood mud in the tornado and no longer existed.
Everyone's hair stood on end, feeling waves of fear.
"Pat"
The ancestral artifact that escaped fell in front of the people of the Golden Wolf Clan. It was a dagger, one foot long, with a flowing golden luster throughout. Its runes became dim after encountering the green vortex, but it managed to break free.
On closer inspection, it could be discovered that it was polished from a golden beast tooth, containing a mysterious and intimidating power. The strong ones of the Golden Wolf Clan trembled. An elder of the clan trembled as he held it up, his heart bleeding. He never thought that even it couldn't stop the willow tree.
This wasn't the tooth shed by the clan's divine spirit but came from an ancient country.
Back then, before the Golden Wolf Clan moved, they had to pay tribute to an ancient country year after year. And their ancestors had made extraordinary achievements there and were bestowed with a precious tool - the Wolf Fang Dagger.
At that time, the Golden Wolf Clan was extremely powerful and glorious. Until later, it gradually declined. After a long period of time, a branch moved here and formed the current clan.
This precious tool fell into the hands of their branch.
The Wolf Fang Dagger was a tooth shed by a divine spirit of the ancient country. Although the innate divine essence was taken away by the ancient country, even so, after being transformed into a precious tool, its might was unimaginable. But now, it couldn't withstand the willow tree and returned with a dim luster.
"The Purple Mountain Marquis has also fled!"
Only then did people discover that the Purple Mountain Marquis, known as the number one powerful one within a radius of fifty thousand miles, had already transformed into a purple sun, close to the ground, and rushed into the primeval mountains.
He fled at the same time as that golden wolf. Leaving behind a precious tool in the original place, it emitted rays of light and condensed into a human form, dying in his place.
After all, the willow branch was only one. After sweeping in all directions and coming to chase again, it was only in time to pierce this precious tool, absorb its divine essence, and not chase the number one powerful one. The connecting heaven and earth tornado shrank and quickly disappeared. Here, peace was restored. The attacks of the four powerful ones were all broken, making all the heroes feel a deep fear!
The four clans were silent. They came in a mighty force but in the end, only one of the four clan leaders escaped. Either being suppressed and killed or being hung up. This slap in the face was too loud.
They considered themselves to rule this land and be invincible. Every time they traveled, they commanded all the clans. When they came here, they even boasted of flattening the Stone Village, but this was the result.
Looking back now, their dominance and the act of exterminating the clan had become a joke. In front of this terrifying willow tree, it was nothing at all.
Now the strong ones of the four clans were shocked, frightened, terrified, and angry. Their moods were complex. The clan leaders were killed. This humiliation made them both afraid and angry, clenching their fists.
"My father can't die in vain like this. We must seek an explanation!" A strong young man from the Golden Wolf Clan roared. His eyes were like those of a wolf, flashing fierce light.
"Young clan leader, please calm down. We simply can't fight against that demonic willow. No matter how many people go, they will all die. Even the clan leader has perished."
"The Wolf Fang Dagger fell here and the demonic willow didn't chase after. I speculate that it can only extend for a mile or so and can't reach further places." The young man said coldly, his eyes turning as he prepared to make arrangements.
After he said this, everyone was stunned.
"Bang"
Just then, the Thunder Marquis, who was hanging on the willow tree, finally exhausted his spirit and energy. Unable to summon thunder light anymore, his whole body dried up. Like a broken teapot, he fell to the ground and broke apart.
"Ah..."
Many people from the Thunder Clan howled. Shocked, angry, and grief-stricken, the descendants of the Thunder Marquis and others had their eyes turn red, preparing for a bloody battle and willing to wage a great war at all costs.
"My Luofu Great Marsh will not back down either. Since it can't attack here, we'll set fire to this Stone Village from a distance and carry out a bloody wash!" Someone from the Jiao Clan shouted. The clan leader died here. This revenge was too great.
Only the people of the Purple Mountain Clan didn't express their opinions because the Purple Mountain Marquis had fled.
"Step back and carry out a probing attack!"
The people of the Luofu Great Marsh, the Golden Wolf Clan, and the Thunder Clan retreated five miles away. Some people were left in the original place, drawing their huge bows and shooting arrows that were on fire one after another, attacking the Stone Village.
These were all archers with astonishing arm strength. Their aim was steady. All of them concentrated their shots on the Stone Village.
Sure enough, at a sufficient distance, the willow branch didn't launch an attack. Only a hazy halo covered the entire village. All the arrows were shattered and couldn't penetrate.
A big fire broke out outside the village, burning fiercely. However, it was difficult to spread into the village.
"It doesn't work." Everyone sighed and at the same time, felt somewhat scared.
"Surround this place. The people of this village can't go in or out and can't hunt. Sooner or later, they will starve to death!" The young clan leader of the Golden Wolf Clan shouted viciously.
"Young clan leader, let's retreat. Otherwise, there will be a disaster of extermination." Someone advised.
In fact, the strong ones of the four clans were all afraid. The vast majority of people wished to escape immediately and didn't want to stay here for even a moment. However, the descendants and uncles of the clan leaders, who were in power, had their eyes turn red and lost their reason. They insisted on seeking revenge.
"My Luofu Great Marsh will never back down. We must definitely take revenge for my elder brother. Surround here and starve those mountain villagers to death!" The younger brother of the master of the Luofu Great Marsh shouted.
The people of the Jiao Clan were greatly frightened and unwilling. Someone stepped forward to object.
"Knowing that it's certain death and still wanting to fight, we can't do it. That's your elder brother. You can take revenge. We don't want to die in vain!"
"What are you saying? The clan leader just died and you don't think of taking revenge but want to escape. Are you still good men of my Luofu Great Marsh?"
In an instant, the Luofu Great Marsh almost had an internal rebellion and chaos broke out within themselves.
The same situation occurred in the Thunder Clan and the Golden Wolf Clan. No one was willing to die and all wanted to stay away from that strange willow tree.
In the end, some people fled while the others obeyed the order and surrounded the Stone Village, preparing to cut off their food.
"Roar..."
That golden divine wolf rushed back, directly coming in front of the young clan leader of the Golden Wolf Clan. It slapped him away with one paw and then bit the precious tool - the Wolf Fang Dagger. Turning around, it ran away, transforming into a golden beam of light and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Everyone was stunned and then screamed.
"Young clan leader, retreat quickly. It's an ill omen. The divine spirit has abandoned us and even seized our ancestral artifact!" An elder of the clan shouted in terror.
Not only their clan but also the people of the Luofu Great Marsh and the Thunder Clan were all terrified and all developed the intention to retreat. As for the Purple Mountain Clan, they had already started to run away. Not a single person stayed. Apparently, they received the order from the Purple Mountain Marquis and didn't want to continue the confrontation.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, that willow branch moved again. This time, the light was extremely bright, more dazzling than before. Instantly, it elongated to four or five miles. With a fierce sweep, mountain rocks were cut off and the peaks slid down, rumbling loudly, and the forest was flattened.
The young clan leader of the Golden Wolf Clan shouted loudly. His head flew up. Then many people of the clan who insisted on fighting here were all cut in half at the waist. Corpses fell in piles and blood splashed.
Subsequently, the same happened to the Luofu Great Marsh, the Jiao Clan, and others. Many powerful figures were killed. When the willow branch swept past, one fine head after another flew up, bringing along large splashes of blood.
Before their deaths, these people were extremely frightened and regretted endlessly. The willow tree wasn't unable to extend here. Previously, it just didn't bother.
"Puff", "Puff"...
After killing the main figures, the willow tree didn't carry out a large-scale massacre. It only launched an attack on those scale horses, strange beasts, etc. The willow branch pierced one mount after another. On the crystal clear branch, a large string was formed.
Finally, hundreds of mounts, including scale horses, unicorns, moon rhinos, etc. were all pierced on the willow branch and were rolled back to the Stone Village. This time, it didn't absorb the life essence but directly threw them on the street.
"Run!"
The strong ones of the four clans were terrified and fled for their lives, not daring to stay any longer.
The people of the Stone Village stared blankly. The willow tree was too powerful.
After a long time, Shi Linhu and others came to their senses and felt extremely heartbroken, saying, "This is a unicorn. It can travel ten thousand li in a day and is a rare precious steed."
"There are also several feathered tigers here. They are rare strange beasts!" An elder of the clan exclaimed in surprise.
The villagers were extremely respectful and reverent towards the willow tree. From the bottom of their hearts, they worshipped it. It was it that guarded the Stone Village. Everyone called it the Willow God in their mouths and prayed piously here.
Suddenly, a divine thought sounded, saying, "This is food. Prepare sufficient amounts. A great disaster is coming."
"Who?" Everyone was startled.
"It's the divine spirit. The Willow God that guards us has spoken." The little one opened his big eyes, flashing with bright light, staring in astonishment at the charred willow tree.
Seeing someone calculate that a radius of fifty thousand li only meant a side length of one hundred and thirty kilometers, I broke out in a cold sweat. That's not the definition of a radius. This is an estimation, not an exact value. A radius of fifty thousand li refers to the range within a radius or side length of fifty thousand li. Such a vast area is larger than the land on Earth! (To be continued)