Only now did they truly understand that everything the outsider had said was true. He had warned them, told them the truth, but they had met his words with indifference and mockery. The outsider had revealed to them the truth about the situation and that Ye Qing was not a harbinger of disaster; in fact, it was because of Ye Qing that the Tree Monster hadn't become too unrestrained. Regrettably, they did not heed his words and didn't take the matter seriously. Recalling this made the people of Stone Village nearly choke on their regrets.
If the Tree Monster hadn't been unable to absorb too much essence energy from people at once, it is likely that the few hundred villagers of Stone Village would have been killed in an instant, leaving them with no opportunity to even regret. But now their cries for help are met with no response from heaven or earth; they have no means of escape whatsoever.
