Wandering Meteor
Chapter 53 The Braided Tree Crown

Chapter 53: Chapter 53 The Braided Tree Crown

Wandering flew out of the atmosphere of Yin Yang Star.

Below, the Cannibal Trees refused to cease, frantically controlling hundreds of thousands of Tree Needles in relentless pursuit.

Boom!

Just as hundreds of thousands of Tree Needles were about to escape the atmosphere, suddenly a blazing column of light shot forth, severing all the Tree Needles, then with even greater residual power, it blasted towards the gigantic tree braids, directly severing over three thousand meters of the treetop.

The massive treetop plummeted to the ground, raising a sky full of dust.

Struck by such a heavy blow, the Cannibal Tree suffered greatly, its huge trunk quivering madly as it immediately began controlling all the Tree Needles to grow wildly, desperately stabbing towards the enemy in outer space.

"I didn’t expect this Cannibal Tree to have such tenacious vitality!" Lu Chen was quite surprised.

He had thought that the Annihilation Pillar just now could have slain it, yet the vitality of the Cannibal Tree was unimaginably tough!

"I snapped off so many of its Tree Needles, and you even severed its treetop, any normal tree species would have been dead by now, but this one is still lively, truly rare!" Wandering was also very surprised.

Lu Chen said calmly, "No matter how strong its vitality is, it’s still just a biological life, always staying on the planet. It might have an advantage against other life forms, but it’s a disadvantage against us. Daring to provoke us is undoubtedly seeking its own death. We have many methods to deal with it!"

"Exactly, I just went down to check, and it actually dared to make the first move against me, as if Wandering was made of paper!" Wandering, recalling it now, felt quite upset.

Just now, if it weren’t for the boss stepping in to help, he would have had to resort to Covalent Bond Strike to safely fly out, being forced into such a state by a tree was indeed embarrassing!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

At this moment, the Cannibal Tree already controlled all its Tree Needles to break through the clouds.

Wandering planned to change its form to teach the Cannibal Tree a lesson, but then suddenly heard Lu Chen instructing him to continue flying higher, wanting to test the growth limits of the tree!

Wandering, also very curious, compliantly flew higher.

Below, the Tree Needles surged fiercely out of the atmosphere into interstellar space, however, after chasing for just a few thousand meters, they began to retreat, seemingly at their growth limit.

During this process, Lu Chen was carefully observing.

He noticed that once the Tree Needles entered interstellar space, a thin layer of ice quickly formed on their surface.

Also, due to the lack of atmospheric pressure in space, the Tree Needles, accustomed to the atmospheric pressure of Yin Yang Star, experienced imbalance in internal pressure, causing some tree sap to be forced out, turning into exotic ice crystals in space.

It seemed that the Cannibal Tree retreated because it couldn’t adapt to the space environment.

"Big brother, take a quick look at the top of the Cannibal Tree!" Suddenly, Wandering cried out.

Lu Chen looked down and then noticed.

It turns out that after numerous Tree Needles retreated from space, the originally severed top of the tree braid was exposed to view, and what shocked Wandering was that the tree braid crown had already regrown, once again lush and green!

To think that from being severed earlier to now having regrown in just a short moment, the growth recovery speed of this Cannibal Tree was frighteningly fast!

Moreover, the Cannibal Tree also has a tough shell and possesses certain heat and cold resistance characteristics.

The most terrifying aspect is that this Cannibal Tree, unlike the ones on Tree Demon Star, seems to have intelligence. This is what’s most frightening—if a tree with such a massive size gains intelligence, the power it can harness will exponentially increase, and must not be underestimated!

Lu Chen, of course, does not underestimate the Cannibal Tree. Being able to grow so large and destroy a First-level Civilization is something ordinary Cannibal Trees cannot achieve and is truly unique in the universe.

Lu Chen decides to act quickly, not wanting to waste too much time on Yin Yang Star dealing with the Cannibal Tree. Thus, he commands Wandering to back off and prepares to annihilate the Cannibal Tree with an Annihilation Light Column.

Zzzt!

A massive amount of electrons and positrons collide at high speeds at cloud-top, causing a vigorous annihilation reaction. A massive amount of photons burst forth like a fountain, quickly gathering into a thick column of light and shooting towards the Cannibal Tree.

Boom!

Since the Cannibal Tree is rooted to the ground and unable to dodge, it is directly hit by the ten-thousand-meter-wide Annihilation Light Column.

Under the relentless high-energy bombardment of the unrivaled light column, the tree crown disintegrates into fine dust within a third of a second, the main trunk of the Cannibal Tree vanishes within a few seconds, and the large tree base explodes into powder meter by meter.

This apocalyptic explosion sweeps across half of the Yin Yang Star, not only destroying the Cannibal Tree but also creating a nearly ten-thousand-meter-wide super crater on the planet’s surface.

Seeing such terrifying power, Lu Chen isn’t surprised at all.

After all, he had used his full strength. A ten-thousand-meter Annihilation Light Column is currently his limit. Perhaps it’s not enough to shatter a planet, but to kill a Cannibal Tree, it is still incredibly easy!

"That Cannibal Tree must be utterly exterminated now!"

Wandering, who had been observing from the side, greatly envied Lu Chen’s strength.

"That’s for sure..."

Lu Chen was about to boast proudly but suddenly saw multiple roots breaking through the soil inside the ten-thousand-meter crater, beginning to sprout and grow.

Upon further observation of the other areas affected by the tempest, countless roots similarly thrust out of the ruins, sprouting rapidly and quickly growing into half-meter tall Cannibal Trees!

Wandering exclaimed in disbelief, "How is this possible?!"

Lu Chen solemnly said, "I finally understand why this Cannibal Tree was able to destroy the Yin Yang Civilization. It turns out that its root system has long spread across the entire planet, making it impossible to completely eradicate!"

Lu Chen continued, "Of course, this only applies to the land-dwelling Yin Yang Civilization, which is a First-level Civilization. Their most powerful weapon is only the nuclear bomb, naturally incapable of destroying an entire planet. Even if they could, I believe they would not resort to striking their own Mother Star, but we, as a Celestial Civilization, are not so particular. We have ways to completely eradicate it."

As of now, Lu Chen’s planetary mass is one hundred times that of Yin Yang Star, making it significantly larger.

Thus, he decides to use the Roche limit to completely tear Yin Yang Star apart, as only this can entirely eradicate the root system entrenched within the planet.

Moreover, to be safe, he also transforms Wandering into a gigantic crescent moon scythe to thoroughly shatter the large pieces further, preventing any hidden Cannibal Tree roots.

In the end, Lu Chen and Wandering cooperate to completely annihilate Yin Yang Star, along with the Cannibal Tree hidden within the planet.

However, Lu Chen and Wandering do not realize that the Cannibal Tree had already sensed the threat and had disseminated a massive amount of seeds into space earlier.

These seeds can be preserved in a vacuum environment, waiting to find a suitable environment to slowly germinate and grow.