Su Hao’s sword aura reached a range of thousands of meters, which was also the limit of this small-scale technique.
After clearing the area in front of him, Su Hao swept out two more swords of dawn, cutting down every willow tree in a 360-degree radius.
Since he was experimenting, he decided to do it thoroughly. Otherwise, how could he collect data?
In the blink of an eye, all the willow trees within a radius of one kilometer were cut down.
Ah Xing murmured, “This intensity is at least that of a high-level Origin Mage!”
Ah Wang said, “But it’s been less than a month since Ah Yang became an official Origin Mage. He hasn’t even been certified as a junior Origin Mage.”
“Can a genius really achieve this?”
“Could Ah Yang be a mysterious Origin Mage?”
“Don’t rule it out. I think it’s very possible.”
“Hiss—”
Su Hao ignored how his two teammates were shocked and just stared at the felled willow trees, waiting for further changes and preparing for any sudden situations.
Soon, the felled willow trees underwent changes. The drooping willow branches lifted upwards, pointing to the sky and swaying from side to side like roadside weeds swaying in the wind.
Su Hao casually threw a yellow mouse, which collided with the upright willow branches, triggering a disaster and dying empty-bellied shortly after.
Su Hao thought to himself, “It seems that the willow trees are just carriers of the disaster, not the only ones. Without the willow trees, the disaster can still form through other means. In other words, whether there is this willow forest or not is irrelevant. To solve the disaster, the core must be destroyed.”
Ah Xing looked at the chaotic scene in front of him and showed a grim smile. “Are you still going to try?”
“Of course, I’ll try again. I plan to clear out these fallen willow trees and see what the result will be. Ah Xing, you’ll blow away the willow branches flying towards us later.”
Upon hearing this, both of them looked at Su Hao with fear and curiosity, not knowing what he planned to do next.
Su Hao gathered a bit of strength and then pointed into the distance.
“Cannon!”
A thick beam of white light shot out from his fingertip and blasted into the distance.
“Boom—”
The white light flashed like the sun descending, illuminating everything around as if it were daylight. The ground shook under their feet, and a deafening roar echoed.
Countless branches and soil shot out, blown away by Ah Xing’s ability.
When everything settled down, Ah Wang took out an illuminating pellet, which Ah Xing sent into the air to survey the surroundings.
The appearance of the explosion site had completely changed. The fallen willow trees were nowhere to be seen. In the center, there was a 200-meter-wide crater, and all the willow trees around it had been cleared away by the powerful shockwave.
Ah Xing and Ah Wang were left with gaping mouths, unable to close them for a long time. The shock in their hearts couldn’t be expressed no matter what!
If such destructive power were wielded by a high-level explosion Origin Mage, they might have taken it for granted. But it appeared at the fingertips of a fourteen-year-old boy, which seemed unbelievable.
Both of them couldn’t help but wonder, “How did Ah Yang cultivate, and what level of achievement can he reach?”
Leaving aside what the two of them were thinking, their attention had always been on Su Hao at the edge of the crater. Gradually, they furrowed their brows: “More willow trees are growing.”
Inside and outside the crater, the soil surged, and tender sprouts broke through the earth, swaying and growing. In no time, they grew into towering willow trees, countless branches hanging down, swaying in the increasingly fierce night wind.
At this moment, Ah Xing couldn’t help but ask, “Are you still going to try, Ah Yang?”
Su Hao shook his head and said, “No need to try anymore. I probably understand the principle of the strange disaster.”
In Su Hao’s view, the strange disaster was like a source of noise, constantly emitting sound waves to the surroundings. The range of sound wave propagation was the range of the strange disaster.
Within this special “noise” range, when certain conditions were met, corresponding mechanisms would be triggered. For example, hearing the noise would make people restless or even go crazy.
If one knew the mechanism of the “noise” generation, they could avoid being disturbed by the noise, such as by blocking their ears!
However, to truly solve this noise problem, it was useless to destroy wildly within the noise range. The source of the noise had to be destroyed.
This strange event named “Nowhere to Escape” probably had a mechanism where something hidden would be activated after being hit by willow branches, causing it to flee in fear.
The “hidden” things here included but were not limited to things wrapped inside the skin.
If you couldn’t see them from the outside, then they were hidden, right?
If you regarded the willow branches as whips, the things hiding in the dark would be scared and flee from the whipping.
Thinking about it this way, it made sense.
Su Hao said, “Let’s go! Let’s find the core of the disaster as soon as possible.”
Ah Wang said, “This willow forest is too large. It won’t be easy to find.”
Su Hao smiled and said, “Since we know the general structure of the disaster, it’s not difficult to find the approximate location of the core.”
Ah Xing also nodded and said, “That’s right. The closer we are to the core, the higher the intensity of the disaster. We just need to walk in the direction where the intensity increases.”
Ah Wang looked around and said helplessly, “Why can’t I see where the disaster intensity is higher?”
Ah Xing said confidently, “When the willow trees around the crater created by Ah Yang’s explosion were growing, I noticed that the trees in one direction grew the fastest, while those in the opposite direction grew the slowest. Therefore, the direction where the core is located is obvious!”
Ah Wang looked at Ah Xing in amazement and said, “You’re really worthy of being the captain. You didn’t just rush in blindly. It seems you have some confidence.”
Ah Xing laughed, “Of course. In the future, I will become the nemesis of strange disasters.”
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the designated direction.
The night wind grew stronger and blew the willow branches wildly in all directions. Those within it had nowhere to hide.
The entire willow forest seemed to come alive, turning into giant tentacles, becoming extremely violent. Branches rubbed against each other, and everywhere was the sound of “whooshing,” with strong branches randomly lashing out.
Ah Xing waved his palm, and all the branches around were cut off by the air blade and then blown away.
Ah Wang said, “Ah Xing, why don’t we fly up into the sky? It would be disastrous if we accidentally got hit.”
Ah Xing shook his head without hesitation, “No, maybe as soon as we fly up, all your internal organs will be shaken out. Then you’ll be shouting ‘So high, so high! I’m falling~’ one by one, and I won’t be able to help you put them back in.”
Ah Wang’s hair stood on end, and he didn’t mention it again, following closely behind the two.
Suddenly, Su Hao pointed to the side and said, “Ah Xing, Ah Wang, your Xiao Tang seem to be over there! Do you want to go check it out?”
“Let’s go!” Without much thought, the two walked in the direction Su Hao pointed.
After walking for about half an hour, the three faintly heard cries ahead and couldn’t help but quicken their pace.
“So scared! I want to escape~”
A few blood-soaked “little guys” ran past the three of them in panic not far away, startling Ah Xing and Ah Wang. They exchanged glances, and a sense of unease arose!
“Xiao Tang!” Ah Wang shouted in panic, about to run forward, but was quickly grabbed by the quick-handed Ah Xing.
Ah Xing angrily said, “Ah Wang, are you crazy? Calm down.”
Ah Wang turned around, his eyes red, and said, “Ah Xing, let’s go over there quickly, I beg you.”
At this moment, Su Hao’s light voice came, “Your Xiao Tang seem to be fine, but her two teammates don’t look too good.”
After speaking, he pointed his finger.
‘Small-scale – Sword of Dawn’!
With a slight turn of his finger, all the willow trees in front of them fell down one after another, followed by another finger pointing out.
‘Small Cannon’!
“Boom, boom, boom!”
The explosions rang out one after another, and the cut-off willow trees flew to both sides. In the blink of an eye, a spacious road was opened up.
Ah Xing also cooperated with Su Hao to blow away all the remaining branches and leaves, then took the lead and ran forward, saying, “Let’s go, let’s go see!”
Soon, Ah Wang saw his long-awaited Xiao Tang, as well as her two teammates, Captain Bigman Bichi, and team member Jiang Ji.
…
Bichi waved his two-handed giant sword, electric lights flashing all over his body as he swiftly maneuvered through the willow grove.
“Sizzle, sizzle!”
The azure sword light flashed, and the surrounding willow trees slowly tilted over. In the blink of an eye, a spacious area was cleared.
Jiang Ji lay on the ground, trying to struggle to get up, but couldn’t manage it. He just held Xiao Tang’ hand and said, “Xiao Tang, I beg you, go help me retrieve what belongs to me! I don’t want to die!”
Xiao Tang’ eyes were filled with tears, and she bit her lip tightly without saying a word.
Jiang Ji said, “Why won’t you help me? Aren’t you my teammate? You’ve changed… I used to treat you so well!”
As he spoke, he began to curse loudly, his words becoming more and more unpleasant, and the despair in his eyes grew stronger.
Bichi walked back, bent down, and slapped Jiang Ji’s face, “Shut up! If you’re going to die, just die. Don’t embarrass yourself!”
But looking at Bichi’s pale face and purple lips, it was obvious that he was also barely holding on.
At that moment, Su Hao and the others appeared nearby.
“Xiao Tang!”
Bichi suddenly turned around, blocking Xiao Tang and Jiang Ji behind him. When he saw that it was Su Hao and the others, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, expressionless, “Do you want to see us joke around?”
Ah Xing looked at the three’s appearance and shook his head, “We must not be hit by these willow branches, otherwise, it will trigger the strange phenomenon.”
Bichi tightly held the large sword in his hand, unwillingly saying, “I know, but it’s too late.”
The atmosphere fell into a stagnation.
Seeing Jiang Ji’s half-dead appearance, Su Hao immediately understood what had happened and asked, “And you?”
Bichi was silent for a moment, then said, “My heart and lungs are still intact.”
