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 its powers to

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

arm-wrestling match and switched over

powerful as nearly all

Meadow's roots severed an ocean's

and

were more numerous, and they were

a gigantic monster. The humans couldn't win individually, but with their teamwork and tactics, they managed to bring down

stalemate occurred when both of

too large. Since she covered a bigger territory now, she also had

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

battle raged on

friends had joined him

excitement as he saw Meadow,

mutt! I'm busy!" Meadow

didn't mind Meadow's

happy that Meadow

Ferris liked Meadow.

looked at the

always been an incredibly powerful hegemon in her eyes, and her power

Meadow even knew the Major Law of the Dead World. If Meadow reached the

how powerful

was shocked that Narcissus was even

was powerful, but she

Meadow didn't even have a

her full power, including

didn't even use

essentially fighting with only one

of Energy soon?" Narcissus asked Meadow in

Meadow countered with

course not," Narcissus answered. "I

your control is superior to mine, but I won't accept that you're so superior to me that you don't even need to use your Avatar to win!"

Now, she only wanted to lose with

the person sitting in her seat was too

"Fine," Narcissus answered.

SHING!

green Avatar appeared. It shone in a gentle light, and one could feel a boundless force

of Life!"

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

even

absorbing their Life Energy,

was like a million rats were jumping on a single

Life Energy, and with the Major Law

explosions, but the roots just kept

end, the roots encircled Meadow's

Meadow had lost.

all, he wasn't very experienced

Meanwhile, Azure sighed.

would be so excited

taken aback