I pulled back my fist, charging it with lightning before punching the Anomaly I was riding on top of in the back of its head.
The rock armour surrounding the head shattered to expose the flesh underneath and I pulled back again to repeat the punch, this ti smashing its head into pieces.
The Anomaly wobbled on unsteady legs and I leapt off its back before it toppled forward to crash onto the ground with an earthshaking thud.
I turned back to see the field of corpses that now littered the entire cavern as Vanguards collapsed on the ground after the battle that lasted for two hours.
A break was called as everyone broke off to separate into their own groups to rest while Olivia took charge in organising the temporary camp, posting sentries to watch out for more Anomalies and also coordinating with the people from the military that were here to clean up the corpses.
No doubt they were also taking so of the corpses back for materials and research but that’s none of my concern.
Leena ca over to , strapping her machine gun to her back before pulling out a bottle of water from one of her saddle bags to pass it to .
I shook my head before tapping at my mask, "It’s alright... I’m good."
She tilted her head, "I have brought camping equipnt as well, Mortal God. We can set it up to separate you from the others."
I shook my head, "No, no, it’s alright. I’m planning to ditate to regain my energy in a bit so there’s no need for that."
"I see... Should I set up a partition wall then?" She asked, pulling out a collapsible partition.
Is there anything that she doesn’t have in the bags that she’s carrying?
I took up on her offer for the partition and she went ahead to lay down a mat before setting up a partition wall to cover it up, allowing to step inside.
Settling down on the mat, I crossed my legs and started to ditate, focusing on trying to absorb the life energy around again.
Unlike earlier where it was ant to recharge myself quickly, I allowed myself to sink deeper into the ditation since we had ti to rest right now.
I felt the darkness around grow heavier and heavier before a speck of light suddenly appeared in front of .
When I focused my attention on that light, the area around suddenly changed and I found myself standing in a different place.
Blinking, I looked around and found the sapling that appeared the last ti I broke through behind .
Right now, it had grown noticeably bigger and it was akin to a young tree at this point, its height reaching about a little bit more than my own height.
Hmm... I wonder...
I walked up to the tree and sat down underneath it, assuming my usual ditation pose and concentrating.
The mont I reached the usual state where I would start to see the light orbs, I felt a warm feeling gather around like I was being wrapped up in a cozy blanket.
I reached out my senses and started to absorb the life energy that was in the air, right as an idea ca to .
Instead of directing all the energy into my core, I tried to sense where the tree was and directed so of the energy I absorbed towards the tree as well.
The feeling ca to quite easily surprisingly.
If I had to describe it... It was like you’re in the shower and you stretch out your arm to the side to direct so of the water to the side like you have water manipulation abilities.
The warmth around intensified though not in an uncomfortable way.
I kept up the flow of energy until I felt it wane and cut off the supply before opening my eyes again.
The tree that had grown at least a few tres taller and its branches had spread out to cover a wider area like a giant umbrella above .
That was not all, however, as I realised that previously, this entire space was just an empty white space aside from the tree... But now... There’s actually grass and dirt that stretched for a good distance around the tree.
At the edge of the grass patch however, it did not turn into empty white space again but instead, it looked like it was actually paved ground made of stone.
I went over to inspect it and sure enough, these look like the type of stone ground that you might find outside in civilised areas.
I even went ahead to give it a rap with my knuckle to make sure that this was actually not an illusion and it definitely was material.
I turned back to the tree, figuring that this change ca from the tree being filled with the life energy so I wondered what would happen if I were to give it a little more?
Earlier, I had my eyes closed so I didn’t manage to see all these changes which made curious if I could actually see this inner space change if I were to watch myself fill the tree with energy?
I decided to test it out and went back to the tree to place my hand on it.
The instant my hand touched the bark, I felt a tingle go down my spine like an electrical current had passed through it.
The feeling quickly disappeared so I focused on trying to push my Qi into the tree while keeping my eyes open this ti.
I was afraid that I might find it difficult to do since I’ve always needed to close my eyes but it seems like I’ve grown accustod to it enough that I could now easily reach the sa state even with my eyes open.
As I felt my energy flow into the tree, the change was imdiate as the tree visibly start to grow even taller again.
At first, that was all that happened until there was a loud bang which made jump in surprise coming from the side.
I just managed to catch sight of what looked like a building popping out from the ground from where the paved ground started.
The building’s design was definitely like the old chinese style of architecture where it had the four walls and the tiled, sloped triangular roof design above it. In the centre of the wall facing towards was a double wooden door and on both sides were windows that had an intricate wooden lattice fra that had the spaces covered by what looked like thin, translucent white paper.
Incidentally... The walls were predominantly purple in colour which was kind of weird because I don’t think that was normal.
That’s definitely odd...
I went over to the building cautiously, not really knowing what to expect.
I then approached the door and slowly pushed it open, peeking inside to realise that the interior was actually lit up quite brightly so I stepped inside to inspect it.
It turns out that this was so kind of living space with the simple bed at the corner and a table that was ant to be the dining table taking up the middle of the room.
At the other corner was a study table but I see the distinct lack of a kitchen or a bathroom here.
Which made sense since those shouldn’t be housed in the sa place as where the occupant would sleep.
Also, the walls inside were also purple as well.
I went over to the bed first to inspect it, seeing that it was just a simple wooden platform with a thin mattress on top.
But when I pressed my hand on top of it, I realised that the mattress was impossibly soft despite how thin it looked and I couldn’t help but jump onto the bed to lay down on it.
I felt myself sink in deeper than I thought I would, almost like the entire bed and the fra below it was also sinking in, yet looking around, it doesn’t even feel like I had moved.
But now I wonder... Why did such a building even show up?
Thinking about it... The tree kind of made sense since its life energy and having plants appear also kind of matched the the so that was still understandable...
But then the paved road showed up and now there’s this building here that also popped out of nowhere with living space inside of it... Why is this even happening? What does this all an? How does this connect to the god that my powers are related to?
So many questions, so little answers...
I looked at the window at where the tree was, standing firmly at where I had left it.
I suppose I might only get my answers after pouring even more life energy into the tree...
But in the anti... I guess it’s back to work.
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