Chapter 1 The Beginning

The Emperor's Void Rending Blade revolved in the hands of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate like a halo, erupting with countless high-density you-energy light blades of a ghostly blue color, shattering all starships and mechs along the way, and carving out a blank area in the dense defensive circle, leaving behind indelible trails of light.

Swish, swish, swish—the light blades struck the Tree God in succession, neatly severing the tangled roots, but sprouts quickly grew from the broken areas, repairing and fusing the wounds.

Mechanical Force surged and raged, empowering the dark mass of the mechanical legions, like a black and gold thundercloud, intertwining and colliding with the green energy tsunami stirred up by the Tree God, causing explosions to erupt around the two behemoths.

Woo-oom—

The two simultaneously released their inner spaces, the lightning-roaring gray-blue void domain colliding with the lush green Tree God domain, pressing against each other, rubbing back and forth like grinding tofu, and igniting dazzling crackling arcs of electricity.

During this process, the sizes of both Han Xiao and the Tree God expanded endlessly, rolling and tangling together, colliding thousands of times in an instant, shockwaves blasting away all the spaceships in their path.

This was not their first fight. The Tree God was still in an irrational, incomplete state, but Han Xiao clearly felt that the Tree God's power had increased significantly, making him not as easy to deal with as last time, especially the greatly increased strength of the Tree God's domain, which put him under a little pressure.

The closer he got to the main body of the Mother Tree, the stronger the Tree God became. Especially when he was in the dimension of the World Tree's main body, the Tree God's abilities were strengthened, and he also possessed a no-cooldown teleportation ability, making him extremely agile. The most disgusting thing was that his durability was equally astonishing. Even Han Xiao found him troublesome.

With the enhancement of various factors, the Tree God actually curbed Han Xiao's momentum for a time, and even forced Han Xiao to retreat, away from the main body of the Mother Tree.

"Looks like it won't be easy to deal with this guy..."

Han Xiao thought, as expected. He had anticipated that the Tree God would be strengthened in the main body dimension, so he was not surprised.

His advancement was blocked, but he was not in a hurry at all. He calmed down and fought the Tree God, silently waiting for his various talents to take effect in the fierce battle, continuously improving his combat power.

When he extracted the Tree God's ability last time, he obtained some hidden information and guessed that the enemy needed to pay a huge price to summon the Tree God, which was not a long-term method.

Therefore, Han Xiao was not eager for quick success at the moment. In his opinion, as long as the battle dragged on, the Tree God would weaken sooner or later.

If they hadn't fought to the World Tree's home, he estimated that the Ancestor Tree King might not have been willing to use this trick to stop him.

While the two Beyond Grade As were fighting, the Super A Grades on both sides also met on a narrow road, their old and new grudges especially inflamed, instantly igniting like a thunderbolt striking dry wood, erupting into an uncontrollable battle!

All the Super A Grade mechanics temporarily put aside their past personal grudges, and the mechanical legions formed arrays regardless of each other, pouring out fierce firepower. The mages summoned their respective mage towers, connected to each other, established large-scale magic circuits, like mobile fortresses, continuously releasing various large-scale attack forbidden techniques in all directions.

One mechanical deity after another wreaked havoc on the battlefield. Marniison's silver mech wielded a trident, sweeping across a large area, with the Undying Mechs guarding him, awe-inspiring. Hyperion finally had a chance for revenge, killing wantonly, tearing apart the dancing roots of the World Tree, and letting out a silent roar.

On the other side, the Other God and dozens of clones traversed the battlefield, manipulating several World Tree powerhouses with various abilities. Not far away, Evans fully activated his [Energy Manipulation] ability, mobilizing the various energies accumulated on the battlefield, and slammed them towards the World Tree fleet, causing considerable damage.

Hela's expression was stern as she drove the red tide of death, stirring up wave after wave, devouring enemy ships. Aurora had a solemn expression, radiating vitality, constantly healing injured teammates, and summoning a large number of heroic spirits to join the battlefield from time to time.

Kesuye burned endless blue energy, his psychic power surging endlessly, shattering the minds of countless World Tree dependents. In another area, Fording walked through the battlefield with the Soul Transference Instrument in his hand, turning a large area of the battlefield around him into a restricted area of life, and all the souls of the enemies were crushed into powder.

Many martial artists no longer fought alone, but formed formations. Selaon, Motes, Heber, Velu, Jyotina, Coler and others launched a collective iron-headed charge, turning the World Tree fleet's defensive circle upside down, their fists continuous, the sound of "Ora Ora" echoing through the dimension.

Carol was also among them, driving the Silver Shadow, racing through the rain of light, crashing into enemy ships.

"Quantum Demon Spirit" Judith, "Guardian" Rama, "Mechanical Queen" Morneisa and others launched wave after wave of data attacks in the virtual network. "Banner" Inyd activated her ability, inspiring an aura that enveloped all of her allies, and strengthened the overall combat power of the Super A Grade group together with Aurora.

Due to the reckless invasion of interstellar society some time ago, many high-level combat forces of the World Tree Civilization died, and have not yet been resurrected. They did not expect to be counterattacked by the three major civilizations so quickly, and now this weakness has become a huge pit, resulting in the current scale of high-level combat forces being far inferior to that of the three major civilizations.

Therefore, not long after the engagement, the Super A Grades of the three major civilizations showed their skills and beat the World Tree powerhouses to a bloody pulp.

One after another Holy Tree Emissaries and Ancestral Spirits stared with blood-red eyes, and died one after another with strong unwillingness.

High-level combat forces are the sharp knives, advancing the deepest. In other directions, the group armies of the three major civilizations are also invading the World Tree's defensive circle, and the battle lines are in a stalemate, shifting back and forth.

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"The situation is now favorable to us. The longer the battle lasts, the more troops we will deploy, and the pressure on the World Tree will continue to increase. They cannot hold the battle line forever!"

In the strategic command headquarters, all the senior officers gathered together, looking at the real-time battle situation presented in the virtual strategic sand table, the atmosphere was serious and tense.

Simon placed his hands on the table, his eyes sharp like a hawk, and said in a deep voice: "I roughly divide the World Tree's defensive circle into five layers. Our main force is fighting fiercely in the outermost first layer, and the Super A Grade group has advanced to the second layer. Black Star was about to break into the third layer, but was entangled by the other party's Transcendent Grade, and was forced back to the second layer."

"The World Tree Civilization is also desperate. It seems that it will be difficult for us to penetrate the enemy's defensive circle in the short term," an officer said.

Simon nodded in agreement, his tone solemn:

"We are consuming the World Tree's forces on the outermost periphery, and the troops inside will come out to reinforce the defense. Moreover, because the World Tree fleet can teleport without limit in this space, we cannot break through in the normal sense. Either we have to withstand the enemy's insertion into the hinterland, or we have to defeat the enemy's legions... So, before the forces on both sides are consumed to a certain extent, it is basically impossible for our main force to open up the situation."

The expressions of the people were serious, and they all understood what he meant.

This will be a tragic and bloody protracted war, and the casualties will be astronomical.

"As the attacking side, we have the initiative and have an advantage in the short term, but from a longer-term perspective, our prospects for protracted warfare are actually not good."

Simon paused and said in a deep voice:

"The speed at which our troops are replenished is far inferior to that of the World Tree. The World Tree is spawning troops every minute and every second, transforming from the roots, and can immediately return to the battlefield... Although we can now use the pound-adding tactics to continuously increase the pressure on the World Tree, if we are in a stalemate for a long time, when all the troops we have gathered are deployed, the situation may be reversed."

Everyone was shocked. This situation was not impossible. If the World Tree Civilization really exploded with amazing resilience and withstood their constantly increasing offensive, then at a certain point in time, their offensive would turn from prosperity to decline, and no matter how many advantages they had accumulated before, they would be taken back.

At this time, Simon changed the topic and pointed to Black Star in the strategic sand table, and said in a deep voice: "The victory or defeat of the main force cannot be counted on for the time being. The most likely to break the stalemate is the Super A Grade group. With Black Star taking the lead, as long as they can solve the obstacles of the enemy's high-level combat forces, they can quickly advance. They are the breakthrough point in this battle and may be able to influence the outcome of this war."

All the officers present and the three civilization leaders listening in nodded.

Although Black Star seems to be unable to get rid of the Tree God for a while, after experiencing so many things, everyone has strong confidence in him and places high hopes on him.

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Boom boom boom boom boom!

The two Transcendent Grades, one black and one green, collided countless times. As various talents were activated, Han Xiao's attributes increased bit by bit, and he became more and more courageous in battle, gradually pushing the Tree God into a disadvantage.

Because the Tree God has extremely high absorption of energy attacks, Han Xiao basically used physical attacks to deal with him. Black torrents composed of mechanical particles transformed into various forms, leaving scars on the Tree God.

Soon, Han Xiao began to advance again with an unstoppable momentum. The Tree God hurriedly released World Tree roots to entangle him, trying to hold back the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, but all these roots were torn apart by Han Xiao and crushed into powder.

"In an incomplete state without reason, relying only on instinct to fight, possessing a body of strength but unable to fully exert it, it's a pity."

Han Xiao spun his blade and cut off the Tree God's head, watching the Tree God's head quickly regenerate, he shook his head secretly.

But at this moment, the Tree God suddenly shook, and the chaotic emotions like a beast faded away. For the first time, a clear mental thought came, which was actually the consciousness of the Ancestor Tree King.

"Black Star! Don't even think about getting past me!"

"Oh, you've regained consciousness?"

Han Xiao raised his eyebrows, quite curious about what means the Ancestor Tree King used to regain his sanity and take over the Tree God's control.

Just as the Ancestor Tree King took over the Tree God's body, the Tree God's fighting style immediately changed. The fighting style was no longer as rough as before, and a large number of detailed operations were added all of a sudden.

Although the hard strength has not increased, the actual combat power exerted by the Tree God has been significantly improved, almost as if he was a different person.

At this moment, in the inner space of the Tree God, the illusory figure of the Ancestor Tree King floated here, his senses connected to the Tree God's vision, gazing at Han Xiao, his expression full of determination.

Until just now, the Ancestor Tree King was still trapped in the Tree God's generalized consciousness, in a state of chaos. But the World Tree finally realized that disaster was imminent, and the Mother Tree's will descended, allowing the Ancestor Tree King to wake up alone, and took back the Tree King Crowns of the Stabilizing Tree King and the Suppressing Tree King, and handed them all to the Ancestor Tree King. The meaning was very clear, which was to let the Ancestor Tree King act as a substitute.

This operation was learned by the World Tree from the process of those Tree Kings impacting the Transcendent Grade in the past - burning the information state foundation of the Ancestor Tree King, allowing him to enter a state similar to that of the Transcendent Grade advancement, but still under the control of the World Tree. In this way, the consciousness of the Ancestor Tree King can connect to the perception of the Tree God, and he can control the Tree God alone.

The cost is the temporary deprivation of the Ancestor Tree King's resurrection opportunity. If he can survive, he can return to the embrace of the Mother Tree after exiting the Tree God state. But once he dies in this state, the Ancestor Tree King will be like those Tree Kings who failed to advance to the Transcendent Grade, and will never be able to resurrect again. This is the drawback.

But this is the task of the Mother Tree's will, and the Ancestor Tree King has no right to choose. It is either success or death.

Han Xiao's tone was calm: "With your control, the Tree God is indeed much stronger, but if you think that this little change can stop me, then you are thinking too much. Besides, how long can your state last?"

"Do you think you are bound to win?!"

The Ancestor Tree King looked stern, and without saying a word, he launched [Tree King Crown · Release] without hesitation.

In a void, the Suppressing Tree King Crown representing the Martial Arts Department shattered with a bang!

The accumulated experience and skills of each generation of Martial Arts Tree King were all integrated into the Tree God. At the same time, the original power of the Crown seemed to have become a catalyst, instantly causing the Tree God's combat power to skyrocket!

It seemed that endless power suddenly涌ed out from the depths of the body, spreading throughout the body in the blink of an eye.

"Ah ah ah -"

Intense pain invaded the spirit of the Ancestor Tree King, causing him to let out a low roar, but his mental strength did not weaken, but was stimulated and quickly strengthened.

In the next moment, a group of bulging green muscles suddenly grew on the Tree God's body, and the original dry wooden body suddenly became burly and rounded.

This feeling was like the original Tree God was just a skeleton, and until now, flesh and blood were born on the skeleton.

The Tree God's domain, which had originally fallen into a disadvantage, instantly increased and squeezed away Han Xiao's Void Domain.

[Tree King Crown · Release] can strengthen the Tree God's combat power, but it needs to sacrifice the corresponding Tree King Crown. Losing a Tree King qualification in the long term requires thousands of years to recover, and the cost is not small!

In order to reduce the loss, the Ancestor Tree King sacrificed the Martial Arts Department Crown without even thinking about it!

The Ancestor Tree King's emotions were affected, as if a pile of dry wood was stained with sparks, and it ignited with a little, and his fighting spirit rose.

"My strength is far from reaching its limit! Black Star! Only when you die can we be at peace!"