Looking at everyones puzzled gazes, he continued, "Originally we were not intending to activate tonights plan. Or perhaps it could be put in this way, tonights plan would be delayed until many years later, perhaps a few hundred years, or maybe thousands. Whereas you, your appearance here, led all these to happen much earlier."
"What do you mean?!" Little Seven came beside Sima You Yue and asked while staring at him.
"Very simple, originally little trees evolution still requires much more power to be accumulated and we can only slowly absorb these peoples blood, slow accumulating our power. Hence this lifestyle will continue for at least several hundred years. But your appearance made everything pushed forward." Li Zhi looked at Little Seven with a devilish demonic smile.
"You want to eat me to obtain power?" Little Seven crossed her arms in front of her chest, "Just you in this state, are you able to eat me?"
"Although I dont know what thing you are, but little tree sensed that you wield incredible energy and eating you, it will be able to evolve." Li Zhi said, "Of course, just eating you isnt enough, we still require a large amount of blood."
"So you sealed off the entire city so that no one could escape out of this place." Sima You Yue said.
"Smart." Li Zhi said.
"Arent you afraid of suffering punishment from the rule of heaven?"
"Afraid, but now it has no effect on us!" Li Zhi said, "Little tree has a concealment spirit barrier and by the time the punishment from rule of heaven finds out the scenario here, it would be too late as little tree has already completed its evolvement, hence theres no need to worry about this sort of thing."
"You have a beautiful dream but only thing is your concealment spirit barrier will not be able to last till then." Sima You Yue said.
Or perhaps, Cloud Spirit would already be here before that.
"Alright, times up, Crimson Moon is about to start again.
The crowd looked up following his words and saw that round moon hanging in the sky slowly turning red. Initially it was just a faint shade of red and until the end, it turned into a blood red colour.
"Crimson Moon really exists, isnt it a hallucination?" Little Seven cried out in surprise.
"Its not a hallucination." The others all flew up as well, standing by their side.
"Hallucination? No, no, no, this isnt a hallucination." Li Zhis figure swayed and he was already on the crown of the Blood Demon Tree.
Sima You Yue lifted up her head to take a detailed look along with the scent, she said, "Its not a hallucination."
"Then what is it?"
"It should be the gas which the Blood Demon Tree is giving off." Sima You Yue said, "Or the spirit barrier which it came out with."
"Smart!" Li Zhi looked at Sima You Yue in admiration, "This is little trees blood spirit barrier. Only when its full moons night would little trees strength reach its peak, and only then would it be able to set up this spirit barrier. With the spirit barrier, little tree would be able to cross the sea by a trick and proceed with the engulfment."
"This crimson moon is indeed not some natural occurrence!" Hu Yang shouted.
"Ha ha ha" Li Zhi kept on laughing loudly, "For so many years, only you guys would believe that this is some kind of natural occurrence. Those who didnt believe in it wanted to come over here to check but were all eaten up by little tree."
"Hmpf, what a scammer, your good days will end today!" Little Seven gave a cold huff.
"Hur hur." Li Zhi looked at Little Seven, "Little tree, youve endured long enough. Now that the crimson moon is already completed, lets start and take action!"
"Swish swish"
Blood Demon Tree shook violently and that originally sparse branches and leaves suddenly sprouted and grew many new branches and leaves, turning the original dandelion into a lush willowy state.
"After being suppressed for so many years, today can finally have a free rein." The branches from the Blood Demon Tree danced wildly as it laughed out loudly.
It shot its branches towards Little Seven as it laughed in a crackling tone, "What a fragrant smell, ka ka ka ka, I can sense an immense power, ka ka ka ka, as long as I eat you, I will have nothing to fear! Ka ka ka ka ka.."
"Tsk, just you in this state and you want to eat me? Just wait for me to chop you into pieces of log for Yue Yue to use for firewood!" Little Seven retorted.
"Hahaha just you few, dare to be so arrogant!"The Blood Demon Tree laughed wildly.
"We are not just a few people!" Hu Yang boomed.
"You mean to say youre already fed the antidote to those few people? Crackle crackle, youd best turn back and take a look." Blood Demon Tree waved its branches wildly, giving off an evil laughter.
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