The method Salacia used involves cultivating gigantic Tree-men by utilizing the life cycle of the Five Elements.
This is similar to how Bai Pu previously used the principle of "Wood Generates Fire" to cast low-level magic, Fire Bomb, at the Bone Dao's exit in the Corruption Forest, igniting plants to cause a large fire and driving away the One-eyed Mushroom Demons.
Both use relatively low power to leverage stronger and greater destructive forces.
However, doing so exceeds the power control limits of the Awakened, making it hard to be used effectively in combat.
Bai Pu ignited a large fire but couldn't control the flames with his power.
Salacia was the same; the Tree-men she cultivated would become incredibly powerful, but also very unstable and would slip out of her control.
