Chapter 175: The Siege

“Get lost!”

Just as she had once protected her own child, Xiong Batian delivered the most terrifying counterattack against those who harmed her most precious things.

While crushing that branch, Xiong Batian suddenly raised her continuously expanding spiked club. The club had grown to three hundred meters in size, yet its sharp spikes remained their original dimensions, proliferating endlessly along the shaft as it smashed toward the twisted tree trunk with overwhelming force. The exquisite face on the trunk emitted a pained wail.

“It hurts! It hurts!”

The maiden’s tearful voice echoed throughout the entire space, a sound that evoked sadness, sympathy, discomfort, agony, and an indescribable chill.

Xiong Batian felt as if her soul was facing an immensely terrifying behemoth, one that even her infinitely expanding spiked club fueled by magic power could not rival. Demon King Mephistopheles found himself in the same predicament.

A gentle, warm power spread forth, bringing spring-like warmth to their souls and causing that terrifying pressure to vanish abruptly, blocked from reaching them. This was the power of the ‘Abyss,’ containing countless souls and grudges—something no ordinary being could oppose with their own strength.

“Are you Zhai Guangyi?”

Demon King Mephistopheles sensed the goodwill emanating from Zhai Guangyi, forming a stark contrast with the invasive power of the Elven Divine Tree, Sylph. Yet he never imagined that Zhai Guangyi’s true form would be that of an actual Deity, and one who looked exactly like the Elven Divine Tree, Sylph. Just as he had speculated, was this a contingency left by the Elven Divine Tree in anticipation of its future madness?

But when he heard Dragon God Radon call out ‘Sophia,’ he felt both unfamiliarity and familiarity. Though he had never heard that name before, those syllables conjured a vague figure in his mind.

“Creation Power!”

Dragon God Radon suddenly shouted these words. Enormous mountains and terrifying seas appeared in the sky, crashing directly toward the trunk of the Elven Divine Tree, Sylph. The seawater spanned over ten thousand meters wide, and the golden mountains stood thousands of meters high—their sheer mass was terrifyingly immense. Without any warning, they pressed down upon the Elven Divine Tree, Sylph.

This was the first time Zhai Guangyi had seen a Unique Skill somewhat similar to his own ‘World.’ However, for his ‘World’ to perform such an action would likely incur an enormous cost. But ‘Genesis’ was different—’Genesis’ was clearly a Skill that could only be used within this world. Here, Dragon God Radon possessed absolute authority, and the cost would be greatly reduced.

As for Zhai Guangyi, his consumption remained the same regardless of location; it was just that his Skill was more versatile—record it, and it could be used.

Dragon God Radon transformed into a two-meter-tall blond gentleman, dressed in a resplendent golden suit, wearing a tall silk top hat, and holding a pure gold gentleman’s cane. A lock of white bangs hung down, framing an exceptionally handsome face. He approached Zhai Guangyi, bending forward in an extremely gentlemanly manner, placing his top hat before him, and greeting Zhai Guangyi in this highly antiquated fashion.

Dragon God Radon reached out to take Zhai Guangyi’s small hand, even lowering his head to kiss the back of it.

“Sophia! You’ve finally awakened.”

Zhai Guangyi was startled by the sudden approach of Dragon God Radon. He instinctively took a large step back, wrapping his arms around his shoulders and letting out a disgusted “Ew!”

“Ew! How greasy!”

Demon King Mephistopheles watched as Dragon God Radon transformed into human form, his lips twitching unnaturally.

This guy, who had been unwilling to use even a trace of Magic Power earlier, was now creating such massive mountains and seas just to flatter and suppress the Elven Divine Tree Sylph. Just who was this Sophia to make Dragon God Radon so infatuated?

Xiong Batian immediately stepped in front of Zhai Guangyi, showing not a hint of fear even when facing the terrifyingly powerful Physical Body of Dragon God Radon.

“Get lost!”

Zhai Guangyi hadn’t expected Xiong Batian to be so impulsive, confronting Dragon God Radon so aggressively and even striking with her Spiked Club.

“A newly ascended Demon King dares to…”

Before Dragon God Radon could finish his sentence, he tried to block the golden Spiked Club with his arm, but reality was nothing like he imagined. The moment his hand touched the club, an indescribable expression spread across his face. His other hand instinctively reached out to help, but Xiong Batian still sent him flying with a single blow, knocking off his elegant top hat in the process.

The gentlemanly, handsome image from moments ago was instantly ruined.

Xiong Batian grew stronger the stronger her opponent was—this was the nature of her Anti-God Technique. As long as her Battle Intent remained unwavering, her power could continuously rise. Combined with Zhai Guangyi’s support, protection, and the endless supply of Soul Power, Xiong Batian could now hold her own against a Deity.

But clearly, there were side effects. Even when she had previously activated Berserk-type Skills or Domains, Zhai Guangyi had been able to suppress them. Now, however, it seemed he was struggling to hold back. The influence of Xiong Batian’s Anti-God Technique caused her Battle Intent to swell uncontrollably, and it was evident that Xiong Batian was becoming somewhat irrational.

“I am not Sophia. You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

Zhai Guangyi had no intention of getting further entangled with Dragon God Radon. Right now, working together to confront the Elven Divine Tree Sylph was the priority.

Watching as the mountains and seas before them were gradually tainted blood-red, the mountains dissolving like ice cream into the crimson waters, it was clear that the mountains and seas Manifested by Dragon God Radon wouldn’t last much longer.

A massive red vortex, like an endless Abyss, devoured everything in its path.

And this Abyss was still expanding.

“This is bad. It’s going to swallow us.”

Dragon God Radon stopped slacking off or teasing Zhai Guangyi and grew serious, continuously forming more mountains and seas.

Demon King Mephistopheles stopped overthinking things. Now was the time to unite their strength and deal with the Elven Divine Tree.

“Xiong Batian!”

Zhai Guangyi nodded at Xiong Batian, who understood his meaning. Now was the time to focus on dealing with the Elven Divine Tree, with no room for distraction.

Zhai Guangyi channeled his Soul Power into Xiong Batian’s body. Once his Soul Power was nearly depleted, he would take out Soul Metal to absorb and replenish it.

“Isn’t that my collection?!”

Dragon God Radon stared blankly at Zhai Guangyi, who pretended not to notice and continued to take out another piece to absorb.

“Barrier!”

Zhai Guangyi generated numerous barriers using ‘World’ to protect himself. As long as He remained undying, Xiong Batian would be safe—He now served as an additional health bar for Xiong Batian.

Demon King Mephistopheles did not expect Zhai Guangyi to step in and protect him. Faced with such a terrifying Abyss, even a Deity would struggle to ensure their own safety.

Yet, in that brief moment, Demon King Mephistopheles suddenly aged rapidly, his emaciated body bearing an equally withered Soul.

Xiong Batian could not discern what had happened. Seeing Demon King Mephistopheles in his current state, she could not help but feel a surge of fear. However, she could not retreat now—her Deity stood behind her.

In Zhai Guangyi’s eyes, it was different. Demon King Mephistopheles had used Retrograde Light three times, successfully escaping back from the future. He had died three times, merely fleeing from those timelines of death.

Even with the Soul Energy supplied by Dragon God Radon, Mephistopheles himself had suffered Soul depletion—a kind of exhaustion that could not be restored by energy alone.

“Cough! I have already…”

Mephistopheles gazed somewhat dazedly at his own body. He had experienced aging countless times, but now, he felt only immense weariness.

Xiong Batian had already swooped down before the Elven Divine Tree Sylph, brandishing her formidable Spiked Club and relentlessly striking the tentacle-like branches. Terrifying explosions erupted continuously like shockwaves.

“Scorching Sun!”

A small fireball appeared between Dragon God Radon’s fingertips, swelling and expanding continuously. A sun capable of melting all things materialized out of thin air above Radon.

“Go.”

The sun hurtled directly toward the Elven Divine Tree Sylph, utterly disregarding Xiong Batian, who was engaged in combat.

“Teleport.”

At the critical moment, Zhai Guangyi teleported Xiong Batian back to his side. The terrifying explosion caused the entire space to tremble.

The energy from the explosion enveloped this void-like starry expanse. Zhai Guangyi’s barriers fully deployed, covering the weakened Demon King Mephistopheles.

Yet, within this blinding white light, a crimson vortex continued to spread, directly engulfing this starry expanse, engulfing this World.

Dragon God Radon seemed not to have anticipated that this move would not only fail to harm the Elven Divine Tree Sylph but also allow Her to secretly spread the Abyss during the explosion, devouring the energy of the sun He had created and directly covering His World.

Dragon God Radon’s Unique Skill ‘Genesis’ had been stolen.

“It’s ‘Spirit Corridor’.”

Although Dragon God Radon’s Unique Skill had been stolen, His body remained that of a genuine Divine Rank, only His Soul had become exceedingly weak.

‘Spirit Corridor’ was another Unique Skill of the Elven Divine Tree Sylph, allowing Her to freely mobilize the Soul Energy within the Spirit Corridor. The Soul of every deceased being would return to the ‘Spirit Corridor’.

The Soul Energy within was inexhaustible and limitless.

This was what had created such a terrifying Abyss—the Elven Divine Tree Sylph’s power was essentially endless, and the horrifying devouring force seemed intent on consuming everything.

“Retrograde Light!”

With the support of Zhai Guangyi’s Soul Power, Demon King Mephistopheles once again performed his specialty. Compared to Zhai Guangyi’s Retrograde Light, Mephistopheles’ Retrograde Light was more precise.

The devouring force began to reverse, the power that had enveloped this world rewinding like a playback.

Yet Dragon God Radon did not retrieve his Unique Skill, for Unique Skills were unaffected by ordinary Skills.

Still, this maneuver bought a little time.

Xiong Batian’s terrifying strength once again smashed down upon the Elven Divine Tree Sylph.

Each blow elicited agonized screams from Sylph, like the cries of a weeping maiden.

In his mind, Zhai Guangyi imagined the Elven Divine Tree Sylph unable to resist, ultimately beaten to death by Xiong Batian.

But imagination was one thing; the terrifying Backlash followed swiftly. The idea of a Deity being beaten to death with a club seemed somewhat unscientific.

Though Xiong Batian relied on pure physical force, Zhai Guangyi infused Magic Power into the club, each strike comparable to a magical nuclear fusion, with terrifying explosions echoing one after another.

Despite the Backlash, the effect was quite good. The Elven Divine Tree Sylph seemed restrained by an invisible force, unable to resist the terrifying blows of the Spiked Club.

Even if they couldn’t destroy the Elven Divine Tree Sylph outright, at least her physical body could be shattered. Without the protection of her flesh, her Soul would be exposed, giving Zhai Guangyi a much greater chance of eliminating her.

But in the next instant, Xiong Batian’s body began to disintegrate. Only then did Zhai Guangyi realize his own body was also starting to crumble. Looking around, Dragon God Radon’s massive dragon form was disintegrating as well, along with the aged Demon King Mephistopheles.

Everyone began to disintegrate, their bodies gradually blurring like particles of light. Zhai Guangyi knew this was the Elven Divine Tree Sylph’s counterattack.

Zhai Guangyi wanted to halt this disintegration from spreading further, but Xiong Batian and Demon King Mephistopheles continued their fierce assault on the Elven Divine Tree Sylph, as did Dragon God Radon, all striving to destroy Sylph’s body as much as possible.

All three were purely power-based combatants. Their terrifying impacts repeatedly shook this World, making it tremble and sway as if on the verge of collapse. Zhai Guangyi decided not to restore his body. The physical forms of anyone here were of extremely high rank, and the energy required for restoration was greater than anticipated. Rather than restoring his body only to continue taking hits, it was better to transform into a spear and kill the Elven Divine Tree Sylph here and now.

“Annihilation!”

Zhai Guangyi absorbed all the Soul Metal he carried in one breath, envisioning the Elven Divine Tree Sylph’s body collapsing, her form being destroyed.

In an instant, Zhai Guangyi felt as if his Soul had been drained empty. Since becoming a Deity, this was the first time he experienced such a profound sense of weakness and exhaustion—the consumption was immense.

Yet, because of this act of imagination, the Elven Divine Tree Sylph’s body, accompanied by a shockwave, was utterly annihilated amidst the terrifying tremors. It took the combined assault of two Demon Kings and two Deities to barely destroy the Elven Divine Tree Sylph’s physical form.

The effect of Annihilation continued. Terrifying destructive energy swept across everything, turning anything it touched into nothingness, erasing it within this power.

The illusory form of the Elven Divine Tree Sylph had just manifested, completely naked before this powerful destructive energy. This time, her screams felt even more sorrowful. The bodies of Zhai Guangyi and the others were still disintegrating; the power of the ‘Abyss’ was still in effect. But Zhai Guangyi was certain that the Elven Divine Tree Sylph would die first.

“My body! Give my body back to me!”

The ethereal Elven Divine Tree Sylph saw the terrifying destructive energy and screamed in utter terror, desperately trying to flee. Including Zhai Guangyi, everyone’s bodies had now disintegrated to the point of immobility. Xiong Batian could only watch helplessly as that ethereal soul rushed toward Zhai Guangyi.

“Lord Divine Tree!”

Zhai Guangyi was now extremely weak. The terrifying destructive energy sought to devour the soul of the Elven Divine Tree Sylph. A soul stripped of its physical form was utterly terrified of this energy, but Zhai Guangyi lacked the strength to escape. With a body on the verge of collapse and a soul drained from overexertion, he could only allow the soul of the Elven Divine Tree Sylph to plunge into his own body.