Luciel climbed up to the high ground and turned to glance back at the dimly lit street below.
Wei Geng and his team were still busy dissecting the Nine-Sectioned Demon Insect, their figures faintly visible in the flickering glow of several small fires scattered around.
"Activate the Starlight Domain ahead of schedule," Luciel murmured in his mind, sending his intent to the Starlight Tea Tree.
The ancient tree instantly responded. The moment the sixth-grade Starlight Tea Tree unleashed its domain, countless emerald-green specks of light ignited across its leaves.
The towering tree stood over sixteen meters high, and its luminous glow spread across the entire back of the colossal tortoise shell like a sea of shimmering stars.
Beneath it, the plants within the plantation—previously dull and lifeless—were suddenly bathed in this starlit radiance. Under the influence of the sixth-grade Starlight Domain, the soil pulsed with renewed vitality.
