The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

Meanwhile, a few minutes earlier, under the cover of the seed machine gun, Coco, her father Zarude, and the strongest Zarude escaped back to the sacred tree to reunite with the other Zarude.

The two Zarude who returned first have already informed the other Zarude of the basic situation.

At this moment, Elder Sarud and all the other Saruds were gathered together to discuss matters.

"Elder."

The strongest Zarude called out to Elder Zarude and bowed.

“No need for formalities, are you all alright?” Elder Sarud asked with concern.

“A group of humans destroyed our forest. My injuries are minor, but that guy is badly hurt,” said the strongest Zarude.

The "guy" it was referring to was, of course, Abba Sarud.

"Take it to heal its wounds. The rest of you, find a way to stop them from destroying the forest. We must protect the sacred tree and the healing spring," Elder Sarud instructed.

"Yes."

Just then, the giant anchor launched by the robot slammed heavily into the trunk of the divine tree.

Gazing at the ravaged sacred tree, the Sarud were filled with grief and roared in anger.

It's important to understand that the Zarude don't just consider this giant tree their home, but also protect it as a symbol of their faith.

As long as the sacred tree remains, the Spring of Healing will not disappear, and the Zarude race will never perish.

The level of grief and anger is roughly equivalent to you sitting peacefully at home, and then a demolition team comes in with an excavator, smashes open your wall, and creates a huge hole. Who wouldn't be angry in that situation?

"What exactly do those humans want to do?"

Our sacred tree!

"Are we just going to let them run rampant like this?!"

Amidst a chorus of angry shouts and roars, the strongest of the Zarudes raised its arm and cried out.

"Those who can fight, come with me and drive them away."

The other Zarudes echoed their sentiments, all united in their hatred of the enemy, vowing to make these humans before them pay the price they deserved.

Only Abba Sarud spoke up to dissuade him,

"No, we can't beat that tough guy. If we keep fighting head-on, we'll just be sending everyone to their deaths."

“Doing nothing is also a dead end. If we don’t fight, how can we protect the sacred tree?” the strongest Zarude retorted.

"But……"

Abba Sarud wanted to say something more, but he didn't know what to say to successfully dissuade his companions.

"We are Zarude, we are mighty, we are fearless, we are the blood of the forest, roar, charge, and be with the divine tree!"

The strongest Zarude roared and charged to the front.

The other Zarudes responded and rushed out with it.

Even Coco planned to go along.

"Dad, you stay here to recover."

After Coco finished speaking, she turned around and was about to rush out with the Saruds, but her father Sarud grabbed her and stopped her from going.

"Run away quickly, Coco, you can't beat them," said Father Sarud.

"How can I abandon my companions in the forest and run away alone?"

"I don't want to lose you as my son."

"Me too, that's why I have to fight."

After saying that, Coco shook off her father Zarude's hand and rushed towards the robot with Zarude and the others.

"cocoa!

I knew you'd say that.

How can I protect my home, my companions, and Coco?

As Abba Sarud spoke, he raised his hand and slammed it into the ground in anger. He felt utterly defeated, realizing that he was not a good father at all and could not even protect his son.

And the other side.

The Zarudes are under the leadership of the strongest Zarude.

While singing the Zarude Song, which they usually belt out when they go out to raid other wild Pokémon in the forest for food,

It swung rapidly along the vines towards the giant robot.

Sing aloud, Sarud!

We are incredibly powerful, we are fearless.

Sa, Sa, Sarud,

We are the blood of the forest, roar forth!

We are the blood of the forest, roar forth!

The water that seeped into the soil nourished the trees.

Under the sun's rays, they grew into a forest.

Did you hear that? So many footsteps.

Did you hear that? So many sounds!

We are the blood of the forest, roar forth!

We are the blood of the forest, roar forth!

Be with the sacred tree!

Meanwhile, on the robot's side, Karen, who had just failed to stop the giant anchor from launching, was arguing with Jedo.

"Doctor, isn't our goal the spring?"

If you do that, then those Pokémon will…

Seeing Jialian's anxious tone, Jedo laughed and put his hand on Jialian's shoulder, pretending to speak earnestly.

"Hahaha, no, Jialian, our goal is not the spring."

The healing power simply infuses energy into the spring water near the giant tree.

My goal is that giant tree.

“That giant tree!” Jialian exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, I will do anything for it,” Jedo said with a fanatical look in his eyes.

“Even so, isn’t this going too far?” another researcher said.

The other researchers nodded in agreement, and the robot pilot also expressed his strong approval, so he stopped operating the robot.

The betrayal and misunderstanding from his subordinates completely broke Jedo down.

He covered his face with his hands, then yelled at Jialian and the other four researchers.

"I've been researching this issue more diligently than anyone else here."

But why, why can't they understand that this is the right path? This path is right before our eyes!

Don't you understand either?

Just as Jedo was about to erupt in anger, a series of rustling footsteps sounded in their ears.

They looked around and found that there were countless Zarudes, at least several hundred of them.

"It's Zarud!"

"So many!"

"They've come to seek revenge on us."

"Our actions have angered them."

Jialian and the other four researchers were horrified by what they saw.

"I'm sorry, we'll leave right away," Jialian immediately apologized to the Sarud.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the sound of something hitting the ground with a thud.

She turned around and saw that the robot's pilot had been kicked off by Jedo.

Jedo took the driver's seat and began piloting the robot on alert.

The cannon at the end of the robotic arm was aimed at the Zarud surrounding them, its cold metallic texture exuding an irresistible sense of oppression.