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!

summoned her Avatar and actually used its powers to

was already no longer the plant-version of arm-wrestling

arm-wrestling match

all

an instant, Meadow's roots severed an ocean's worth of Narcissus'

and they all attacked Meadow's

but Narcissus' roots were more numerous, and they were moving with

would be a group of mortal humans fighting a gigantic monster. The humans couldn't win individually, but with their

stalemate occurred when both of

covered a bigger territory now, she also

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

raged on for

Gravis' friends had joined him

he saw Meadow, greeting her with

mutt! I'm busy!" Meadow shouted back when Ferris greeted

mind Meadow's

was only happy

Ferris liked Meadow.

looked at the war

been an incredibly powerful hegemon in her eyes, and her power obviously hadn't

Dead World. If

showed how powerful Meadow

shocked that Narcissus was

she knew that he was powerful, but she

have a

already fighting with her full power, including

didn't even use his

essentially fighting with only

soon?" Narcissus asked Meadow

you?" Meadow countered with an exhausted

Narcissus answered. "I haven't even used my Avatar

you're

already knew that she had lost. Now, she only wanted to

sitting in her seat was too fat for

"Fine," Narcissus answered.

SHING!

a gentle light, and one could

Life!"

of roots increased by ten

even

an army of roots, absorbing

like a million rats were jumping on

had an incredible amount of Life Energy, and with the Major Law of Life, that advantage became even more

wave of explosions, but the roots

roots encircled

Meadow had lost.

what would happen. After all, he wasn't very experienced

Meanwhile, Azure sighed.

here, she would be so

taken aback by