Lightning Is the Only Way

The battle was violent. The roots constantly clashed at each other, and they were continually severed. When one root was severed, the opponent absorbed the root to gain more Life Energy, which would result in the production of even more roots.

Meadow's domain slowly extended, pushing Narcissus back.

After a couple of minutes of violent fighting, 50% of the underground now belonged to Meadow.

"Get off my seat!" Meadow transmitted aggressively. "That's mine!"

However, Narcissus' answer was different from what Meadow had expected.

"Alright, we can have a fair battle now," Narcissus answered.

And then, Narcissus actually began trying.

As soon as Narcissus got serious, Meadow felt herself be overwhelmed.

They were both only fighting with some basic Laws, which made their Laws about equal. They were also only fighting with their Realms, physical power, and concentration.

This was not a battle to the death but a battle for supremacy.

One could see this as the equivalent of arm-wrestling for plants. A human could simply get their other hand and punch the opponent in the face, but that would feel like a loss to the person punching.

They would feel like they had lost in a battle of honor.

Meadow was overwhelmed with all the roots of her opponent.

Her opponent was using his roots with absolutely unreal finesse. It was like every single root was its own living being, which had gone through thousands of temperings on their path to power.

In just a minute, Meadow's territory was reduced to 20% of its previous size.

"Do you have any idea with how many other plants I have battled in my life?" Narcissus asked. "I lived in a thick forest filled with powerful plants, and the plants were even more numerous than all the beasts in the world."

"In comparison, I can tell that you've had it easy," Narcissus added. "You probably haven't fought many plants in your life. Your control over your roots is subpar and simple."

Meadow immediately became frustrated when she heard Narcissus' words.

However, Narcissus was right.

Meadow had spent a lot of her time in Styr's Tribe, and there hadn't been many relevant plants in there. Then, when Styr and the others had left, Meadow had already become one of the most powerful beings in the higher world, making all forms of war with other plants meaningless.

In short, Meadow was very inexperienced when it came to plant warfare.

Meanwhile, Narcissus had become truly powerful amongst a dense forest.

He was the strongest plant in the strongest higher world.

Meadow couldn't fight Narcissus on his own terms.

"Go on," Narcissus said. "You can unleash your actual Laws. I don't mind."

Meadow snorted.

BOOOM!

Meadow summoned her Avatar and actually used

no longer the plant-version of arm-wrestling but a real

conceded the arm-wrestling match and switched over

became vastly more powerful as nearly all her Laws became

Meadow's roots severed an ocean's worth

new roots quickly replaced them, and they

were more

of mortal humans fighting a gigantic monster. The humans couldn't win individually, but with their teamwork and tactics, they

when both of them

also had to control more roots. This weakened her offensive, exposing plenty of weaknesses

Meadow's territory, which required her to use a ton of Energy to quickly take care of

battle raged on for

Gravis' friends had joined

in excitement as he

I'm busy!" Meadow

mind Meadow's

only happy that Meadow was

Ferris liked Meadow.

at the war with

been an incredibly powerful hegemon in her

Dead World. If Meadow

how powerful

that Narcissus

was powerful, but she had always believed Meadow

didn't even have

was already fighting with her full power,

comparison, Narcissus didn't even

fighting with only one

of Energy soon?" Narcissus

you?" Meadow countered with an

"I haven't even used my

accept that you're so superior to me that you don't

already knew that she had lost. Now, she

person sitting in her seat was too fat for

"Fine," Narcissus answered.

SHING!

in a gentle light, and one could feel a boundless force of

Law of Life!" Meadow

summoned his Avatar, the number of roots increased by ten times,

even

absorbing their Life Energy, but the enemy roots were

like a million rats were jumping on

with the

explosions, but the

the roots encircled

Meadow had lost.

would happen. After all, he

Meanwhile, Azure sighed.

were still here, she would

was taken aback by Azure's