Chapter 582 Domain Clash

Rumble—

The battle between the two Transcendents grew more intense. The battlefield moved rapidly through the spatial storms, seeming to split into two masses of light, one black and one green, entangled with each other, frantically corroding the other's space. The roar of energy shockwaves echoed continuously, erupting in round after round of intense light, like the destruction of heaven and earth, or the birth of a world.

Endless mechanical soldiers flew out of Han Xiao's Godslayer Battleship, looking from afar like wisps of black smoke released by a supreme celestial being, transforming into thousands upon thousands of bolts of cloth. Some were like whips, constantly colliding with countless wildly dancing World Tree roots, while others, in their trembling, released billions of rays, bombarding various parts of the Tree God.

Among them, there were also dozens of dust-sized spots of light leaping about on the Tree God's body, tearing apart one root after another. These were Han Xiao's many Mechanical Deities, each with different abilities. Enhanced by the power of machinery, they possessed strength far exceeding normal soldiers; all were elite units.

Beneath the endless stacking of mechanical soldiers, the Godslayer Battleship's size seemed to increase without limit. On the other side, the speed at which the Tree God condensed World Tree roots also increased, and under layers of entanglement, its size also grew rapidly. The two massive beings increased in size at almost the same rate.

"Hiss, so big..."

Oathkeeper and Kloeti watched the two engaged in fierce battle in astonishment.

The aftershocks of the Transcendent battle grew more and more violent. In order to avoid being implicated, the two had retreated even further, but Han Xiao and the Tree God's bodies still occupied their entire field of vision, so much so that they could not see the whole picture, as if extending endlessly.

At Oathkeeper and Kloeti's level, they naturally did not have megalophobia, but at this moment, watching the two giant creatures exuding terrifying pressure with every move, a primal, instinctive tremor could not help but rise in their hearts, an indescribable fear of existences beyond their comprehension!

A strong sense of danger surrounded the two, and the more they looked, the more unstable their internal energy felt. Their hearts felt as if they were about to jump out of their throats. The full power of a Transcendent was something they could not even bear to look at!

Wave after wave of terrifying impacts assaulted their brains, making them want to avert their gaze, but their eyes seemed to detach from their bodies, no longer under their control, their gaze firmly glued to the two Transcendents.

Swish!

At this moment, the Emperor Sky Splitting Edge, burning with deep blue psionic energy, tore through a large swath of spatial storms and plunged into the Tree God's body, piercing through. However, the roots within the Tree God's body rapidly twisted together, patching up the wound like a sewing needle. At the same time, tiny, flesh-like roots grew out near the wound, intertwining and connecting with each other, restoring the wound in the blink of an eye.

In addition, the psionic energy covering the blade was absorbed by the Tree God's body. It also possessed the World Tree's devouring characteristic, accepting all energy without rejection.

At the same time, the slash mark left by the Emperor Sky Splitting Edge in the spatial storm spread rapidly, instantly transforming into a spatial gash, tearing open a channel to a sub-dimension.

However, not only were the two not pulled into the sub-dimension by its gravity, but the anti-gravity they carried instead pulled the sub-dimension out, its internal matter cascading out, gushing out along the spatial rift, showering the two and the battlefield.

This scene was like a fruit with a hole in its skin, being squeezed tightly, trying to force all the juice and pulp out of the small hole, turning it into a messy mixture.

Swish, swish, swish—

Every cut made by Han Xiao tore open a spatial rift, leading to different sub-dimensions. Soon, many multicolored spatial channels appeared in the battlefield. Countless sub-dimensions were spurting out here, shooting out streams of matter, and all sorts of strange things were scattered across the sky, including all kinds of strangely shaped creatures, which were blasted into dust in the aftershocks, merging into the energy storm of the two's clash.

Looking into the interior of these spatial channels, one could see these sub-dimensions rapidly withering, as if their bodies had been hollowed out.

Such battle momentum had already exceeded the capabilities of a Beyond Grade A. Although their battle aftershocks could also shatter sub-dimensions, Beyond Grade As were the ones being sucked into sub-dimensions, destroying them from the inside. Transcendents, on the other hand, relied on their own gravity to not only prevent the sub-dimensions from sucking them in, but also to reverse the process, pulling out the "intestines" of the sub-dimensions.

The Tree God stubbornly withstood Han Xiao's attacks. As its roots coiled, nearly endless World Tree power was released, like rolling green waves, combining offense and defense, infinitely useful, and contaminating the area, making the space faintly tinged with green.

Ding!

Just then, a peculiar spatial fluctuation was released from the Tree God's center. Immediately afterward, a layer of green world phantom seemed to overlap with the area, spreading out an endless stream of light green radiance, quickly completing its "rooting".

In the next moment, Han Xiao suddenly felt a powerful binding force, and a portion of his own strength was inexplicably suppressed. Not only did the Godslayer Battleship move slower, but the power of all mechanical units also declined in synchronization. The Tree God's strength, on the other hand, rose, and it could freely teleport and move through this area, its mobility immediately soaring.

"Seems to be a dimension projection..."

After taking a look, Han Xiao recognized what the green world phantom was, and could not help but feel a stir in his heart.

Transcendents had already formed inner spaces and inner universes within their bodies. A second void dimension was born within his body, and the Tree God should also have its own innate inner dimension.

The scene before him should be the opening of the inner space, summoning the dimension projection to descend, transforming a certain range of the external area into the environment of the inner dimension, forming its own domain, thereby gaining home-field advantage, enhancing itself and suppressing its opponent.

And this domain moved with itself, unaffected even if the battlefield location constantly shifted.

Han Xiao's heart stirred. He invoked the consciousness of the void dimension within his body, summoning an inner space projection in imitation. A gray, misty domain flashing with blue lightning immediately opened with a spin, pushing away the Tree God's green domain in one fell swoop.

The negative effects brought about by the Tree God's domain immediately disappeared. Han Xiao not only returned to normal, but also felt the enormous amplification brought about by the domain, and the domain around him moved as he wished, like a new sense.

In the spatial storm, gray-blue and green eroded each other, the Void Domain and the Tree God Domain clearly demarcated. Before Han Xiao could carefully savor it, he felt the pressure on the domain, and could not help but increase his power input.

Buzz—

The Void Domain immediately expanded outward, squeezing the Tree God Domain into an even smaller circle. At the same time, Han Xiao keenly noticed that the amplification of his own domain had become stronger, while the Tree God's domain had become weaker.

"Externalizing inner space for a contest of strength? So this is the normal style of Transcendent battles..."

Han Xiao's eyes flickered with a hint of secret joy.

In recent years, he had been exploring the power of Transcendents on his own. Although he had gained some insights, he did not have any opponents of the same level, nor did he have any objects to learn from. Although the Tree God at this time was incomplete, its use of Transcendent methods was still quite skilled, enough to give him a lot of inspiration to imitate the other party's techniques.

Just fighting a knowledgeable Transcendent individual would be of great benefit to him.

Han Xiao's mind moved. He activated Virtual Creation. Various materials within the Godslayer Battleship were rapidly consumed. In the blink of an eye, a super-giant solid-projectile cannon suddenly appeared behind him, its caliber almost reaching the size of an asteroid. The muzzle was as deep and bottomless as a dark abyss.

This type of giant cannon already belonged to the category of interstellar megastructures. It would take a lot of time to build it, but with [Virtual Creation (Pseudo)], it could be created in an instant, greatly increasing efficiency.

In Han Xiao's view, the greatest feature of this ability in battle was its adaptability, creating different devices that he needed on the spot according to the battlefield situation, even if he had not prepared them beforehand.

No matter how deep a Mechanic's foundation was, they would not dare to say that their assets could adapt to all situations. For example, he would not normally bother building this type of solid-projectile cannon. Now that he discovered that the Tree God's energy resistance was a bit perverted, he happened to have a need for it, so he directly combined it with Virtual Creation, convenient and fast... Except for the fact that the materials would not be returned after the temporary creation disappeared, there were basically no drawbacks.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Surging energy accumulated in the barrel. Intense light flashed. A giant projectile the size of a planet roared out, carrying enormous kinetic energy, and crashed into the Tree God's chest and abdomen, embedding itself deeply. Large swathes of shattered roots flew everywhere.

In the next moment, the intense light almost blinded Oathkeeper and Kloeti's eyes. They saw the projectile explode with a bang, instantly blasting the Tree God in half at the waist. Countless magnetically accelerated bomb fragments shot out, cutting the Tree God's two halves into shapeless, riddled with holes.

Han Xiao was preparing to pursue, but at this moment, the Tree God's body suddenly shrank rapidly, turning from solid to illusory, merging into a World Tree root, and disappearing directly on the spot.

"We only fought halfway, why did it run away?"

Han Xiao shattered the World Tree root, but did not sense the Tree God's energy. At the same time, the other party's domain also disappeared. He immediately understood somewhat.

The Tree God Domain was also equivalent to the World Tree's "rooting" area, so it was connected to the World Tree's territory, meaning that the Tree God could directly teleport back to any corner of its old home from anywhere. In this respect, it was very much in the style of a ruler's teleportation.

"It's tough enough, and it can run so well... Tsk, it must be imitating me!"

Han Xiao knew that the Tree God had been driven away by him, and shook his head secretly.

The main reason was that the Tree God's appearance was a bit sudden for him, and he was not prepared. However, he had sealed the Secret Tree King and had already completed the goal of this trip, and had also accidentally uncovered another trump card of the World Tree, so he was not at a loss.

Moreover, given the Tree God's toughness, he probably would not be able to kill this guy until he mastered the information-state killing power.

But speaking of which, why didn't this Tree God attack him at the information-state level just now? Was there any condition for its use, or was the "incomplete" version of the Tree God unable to use this move?

"Although this Tree God doesn't seem to be my opponent, it seems to have the ability to kill information-state entities, so I need to handle it with caution... Moreover, after this battle, my combat power has been exposed. I don't know what the World Tree's reaction will be, so I have to think about it in the long term."

Han Xiao pondered secretly.

He steadied his mind, then opened the interface and took a look, his expression a bit strange.

"But I didn't expect that this could also trigger a mission. I thought the highest challenge mission was only Beyond Grade A. After all, challenging a Beyond Grade A is still somewhat reasonable, but letting the players challenge a Transcendent... Is it so bizarre that a mission would be triggered even with no chance of success?"

At this time, Oathkeeper and Kloeti in the distance did not relax their tense bodies until this moment, their hands and feet ice-cold, their hearts still pounding wildly.

Although the battle had already ended, the terrifying pressure of the two Transcendents clashing was deeply imprinted in the memories of the two, like an ordinary person in a small boat in a stormy sea, the kind of indescribable terror from the instinct, still lingered in their hearts, deeply impressed, indelible.

"I didn't expect that even a superpower user of my level would be so afraid. The gap in life level is too great. Is this what Transcendents are like..."

Oathkeeper wiped away non-existent cold sweat.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that being a lackey seemed pretty good too...