At the same time.0

“Behave. We need to work together, understood?” the redwood tree warned the little jujube tree next to it. “You see it too, even that great one has come to join Commander Li. There will be good things in store for both of us if this succeeds. You know the consequences if it fails!”0

“I don’t need you to warn me,” the jujube tree sneered through mental ripples. “It’s always been you targeting me. Go for that imperial guard if you’re so brave!”0

Targeting you?! The redwood cursed. Have you forgotten what your replica did to me? I didn’t say a word about not working for Li Hao, yet you tried to steal a march on me and have Li Hao bring your primary body out to kill plant spirits. You tried to cast me in a loathsome light! This is just an eye for an eye, a tree heart for a tree heart. I am completely justified!2

As for the imperial guard… why don’t you go rot in a swamp somewhere!1

Setting aside the fact that the imperial guard was the leader of the plant spirits that Li Hao had personally raised to such heights, the key was that the guard possessed the projection of the imperial palace. The redwood tree was well aware of this key detail. Not to...0