"Gu Lin, stop! Do not touch that tree!" Gu Chen roared at the absolute top of his lungs in panic as he moved like a blur and reached his hand out to the disciple.
But his desperate warning was exactly one millisecond too late, as Gu Lin had already pressed his palm against the dead, black bark of the massive trunk.
And the very next second his skin touched the wood, the deadly Earth-Grade Slaughter Array instantly activated with a deafening, earth-shattering hum that shook the entire forest.
Thousands of hidden crimson veins erupted out from beneath the dirt into blinding pillars of thick blood-red light, shooting straight up into the gloomy sky, instantly forming a massive, impenetrable dome of spiritual energy that enclosed the entire clear ground in a single breath.
