"So, I really do have some lethality… I'm not weak at all."
Yu Zi Yu couldn't help feeling emotional as he watched the two-to-three-meter green branch swaying freely in the night sky.
After becoming a tree, he had assumed he would spend the rest of his existence on the receiving end of everything—unable to fight back, only to endure.
He never imagined that, after only a few days, he would be given a "stick" strong enough to retaliate.
Yu Zi Yu let out an amused laugh, as if seeing something ridiculously funny.
How about that, you buzzing, annoying pests? Come near me now—I'll swat every last one of you!
The bees had tormented him enough these past few days.
The canyon he grew in was filled with wildflowers. Whether they were fragrant or not, Yu Zi Yu had no idea—he had no sense of smell. But the bees certainly did. They swarmed the flowers all day long, creating an endless, irritating buzzing.
As for the canyon itself, it stretched more than a hundred meters long, with cliff walls towering hundreds of meters high—or perhaps even more. Wedged tightly between two mountains, it formed a natural cradle of greenery.
Yu Zi Yu couldn't determine its full height. He was only three to four meters tall himself, and countless trees around him towered far above, their dense canopies blocking his view.
Still, there was a silver lining: his newly gained willow vision.
Now, he had 360-degree sight.
It was a strange, almost mystical feeling—like possessing a legendary pair of eyes.
And because he could "see" from all angles, the foliage above him no longer obscured his surroundings. He could enjoy the entire canyon's scenery without restriction.
…
"Can trees really grow this tall?"
Looking around, Yu Zi Yu realized that every tree nearby was massive—so thick that several people would be needed just to wrap their arms around them.
Even the willow trees were abnormal. Normally, willows grew twenty to thirty meters at most. But here…
Hmm…
Yu Zi Yu's heart tightened as he stared at weeping willows towering fifty to sixty meters tall. The sight was shocking.
But one thing was certain:
There was something unusual in the air.
From time to time, a warm sensation flowed into his body—a refreshing feeling, almost like receiving a full-body massage.
He instinctively absorbed it.
What he didn't realize… was that, over just a few days, he had grown two to three meters taller.
When he first awakened after transmigrating, he had been nothing more than a sapling.
Now, he was already a young tree.
…
Despite being a willow, Yu Zi Yu still retained human consciousness.
So he needed rest. He shut down his senses and pretended to sleep.
In the blink of an eye, most of the night passed. A soft glow appeared on the horizon—the first light of dawn. The entire forest was wrapped in a layer of damp mist.
The haze drifting among lush, ancient trees transformed the forgotten canyon into something straight out of a fairy tale.
BUZZ…
A sudden buzzing sound jolted Yu Zi Yu awake. His eyes snapped open.
A lone bee drifted lazily into his field of vision.
"Came to disturb my sleep again, huh!?"
Irritated, Yu Zi Yu froze mid-thought.
In that instant, inspiration struck him like lightning.
He declared coldly:
"Ten years isn't too late for a gentleman's revenge… and a few days isn't too late for a willow's."
A sharp SNAP! tore through the air, followed by a streak of green shadow whipping across the sky.
Then—silence.
The buzzing vanished.
A faint mist of blood floated in the air.
"Uh…"
Yu Zi Yu stared, stupefied. The bee hadn't simply been swatted away—it had been obliterated into a cloud of blood.
This power… it's terrifying!
Before he could recover, a mechanical voice rang in his mind.
Yu Zi Yu blinked, calmer than expected.
It was the system's voice—something he had only heard once before. He hadn't expected it to appear again.
So it's just a notification system, huh?
Accepting this, he immediately checked his Evolution Points.
Sure enough—0.1 had been added.
"This is quite a pleasant surprise!"
His reaction was a little delayed, but his voice trembled with excitement, as if he had discovered a new world.
It had taken him an entire day of absorbing sunlight to earn 0.1 Evolution Points.
But killing a bee?
Instant 0.1.
So killing and robbing really is the king's path…
No, no! He shook off the thought. What am I thinking!? I'm going to become a revered Willow Deity someday! How can I think like a bandit?
This is just… natural Inevitable process. Yes, natural Process!