Fang Tian had already activated his killer move—Entwined Vine Manifestation. He now stood four meters tall, his body diamond-hard as a result of using Bark Shell Diamond Skin Gu fused into the killer move.
Fang Tian rampaged through the tiger packs, killing more than four thousand of them already. But their numbers were simply too vast; the pressure mounted until he could no longer endure it.
At that moment, he detonated his right arm.
His right arm exploded with terrifying force, instantly annihilating the nearby beasts and sending shockwaves that shook the surrounding mountains. From the stump of his arm erupted a forest of wooden roots like serpents, slaughtering every living creature in their path.
Fang Tian was detonating himself as one of the Ten Extreme Physiques—his explosive power was great enough to blast mountains apart!
"This is tough—damn it!"
Fang Tian clenched his teeth and directed the assault toward the massive Beast Kings. A Hundred-Beast King died when the roots pierced into its flesh, turning it into a riddled puppet. A forest instantly grew from the corpse of the Hundred-Beast King, towering trees dozens of feet tall rising from its remains.
The Beast Kings screamed in terror and agony at this horrifying sight. The mountainside was instantly transformed into a forest of roots and trees! More than ten thousand tigers died on the spot from the explosion, with countless more perishing from its aftermath.
Even the Ten-Thousand-Beast King did not escape. The Ten-Thousand-Beast King roared, a glint of defiance still burning in its eyes, and charged toward Fang Tian. Beside it, a phantom tiger identical to itself appeared.
The two charged together, and with a thunderous roar, the Ten-Thousand-Beast King's body swelled and fused with its phantom. But the forest of roots did not care what it did.
Tens of thousands of roots surged toward the Ten-Thousand-Beast King, plunging into its body and binding its movements. The Ten-Thousand-Beast King let out a furious howl and tore the embedded roots from its flesh.
It continued its charge toward Fang Tian, who was gradually rising into the air, gazing toward the mountain peak in the distance.
On the other side, the Ten-Thousand-Beast King was transformed into a forest of trees and died. In this mountain range, no living creature remained other than Fang Tian and the Beast Emperor.
This Beast Emperor was gray-black in color, its body as large as a small mountain. Flames of burning rage blazed within its black tiger eyes as it stared at Fang Tian with intense hatred.
Fang Tian laughed loudly and charged straight at the Beast Emperor!
The massive tiger leapt from the mountain peak, descending toward the Fang Tian floating in the sky. It extended its claws toward him, and from its eyes surged two rivers of gray flame. Without hesitation, Fang Tian detonated his left arm.
From his left arm erupted another forest of roots, colliding with the rivers of gray flame and suppressing them. Yet it still could not overcome the Beast Emperor's might.
The Beast Emperor smashed into the forest of roots, violently shattering every root in its path and drawing ever closer to Fang Tian. Then the forests of roots twisted with difficulty in all directions, maneuvering into a massive dome that trapped the Beast Emperor inside.
Fang Tian panted heavily. Even though he had lost both arms, he could still attack using Gu worms. A small opening formed within the dome encasing the Beast Emperor, and Fang Tian slipped inside.
Within, the Beast Emperor battled the forest of roots with ferocity. This was a struggle for life between it and Fang Tian. Fang Tian spat out a willow arrow from his mouth; it shot forth with terrifying speed and struck the Beast Emperor's eye.
The willow arrow pierced the tiger's eye, blood streaming forth. The tiger roared in pain as the surrounding roots were burned to ash. Fang Tian did not panic—he sent out Seed Crow Gu to strike the gray tiger's flank.
Unfortunately, a defensive Gu activated, forming two layers of gray skin over its hide. Fang Tian could not do much more; after all, this was a rank five defensive Gu. Thus, he did the only thing he had left.
In the next moment, Fang Tian rushed to point-blank range with the Beast Emperor, maddened by pain—and detonated himself!
Blinding green light erupted from where Fang Tian's body had been. With overwhelming force, it shattered the dome of roots, and the shockwave spread to the mountain peaks, turning them into ruins.
The Beast Emperor let out a defiant roar as it resisted hundreds of thousands of roots, thicker and stronger than all the previous ones. Gradually, the Beast Emperor was forced back, and in the end, it was defeated—transforming into a forest of towering trees.
In the distance, dozens of rank five Gu worms, along with a fragment of immortal essence, flew toward the battlefield at extreme speed. In less than a few breaths, they arrived at the devastated site.
"This junior is truly remarkable, for the aftermath of his battle to be like this!"
With a wave of his hand, the land spirit—shaped like a small muscular man with monkey arms—directed dozens of Gu worms toward the heart of the forest that covered the mountain range.
At the forest's center, the green light still lingered, though it was steadily fading. Fang Tian's weak will was condensed within it, weakening by the second. Before he could even realize it, a rank five Gu entered the sphere of light and condensed his will, followed by more rank five Gu entering the mass of light.
"This… is good. My gamble finally succeeded. I am the winner."
Fang Tian could barely think, and because of that, he failed to notice the faint will intertwined with his own. This will had long green hair reaching her waist, a slender figure, a face as white as jade, and full lips.
That will gradually merged with Fang Tian's will; their memories, experiences, emotions, and thoughts interwove and fused together.
After a long while, the green light vanished, revealing Fang Tian's naked body amid the forest of trees.