"You've got some skills, little guy. Weren't you afraid I'd go all out just now?"

As an ancient voice echoed, Huang Ye witnessed a bizarre scene.

A large face appeared on the trunk of the old tree spirit, complete with eyebrows, eyes, nose, and a big mouth, though the skin was still tree bark, making it quite unsightly.

Huang Ye thought it resembled the cartoons he watched as a child, but unlike the kindly tree grandpas in those shows, this one looked rather fierce and dull.