Chapter 1 The Battle

At this moment, the light shining from the top of the Divine Tree even surpassed the stars in the sky. Even the Baijia righteous army and the demon army fighting below the clouds could clearly see the azure spiritual light exploding above the clouds.

"It's Grandmaster Su fighting the Demon Emperor!"

Chanting a spell, Dao Saint threw out his seven 'flying swords,' which were seven cicada-wing-thin silver blades, causing them to carry extremely thick sharp metal energy as they flew towards the dozen or so Yang Flame Light Cicadas constantly throwing fireballs and flashes of light at the army below—after a few flashes of golden light, the shattered pieces of these spirit plant demon beasts fell like rain with gusts of bloody wind.

Retracting his weapons, the old Daoist raised his head, his gaze solemn: "This level of spiritual energy...the Demon Emperor has already achieved Xiantian!"

"Amitabha." At this time, Buddhist Saint also solved the opponents in front of him. His whole body shone with a solid Buddhist light like a golden bell. He held the zen staff covered in green wood liquid upside down in his left hand, crushing through the corpses of large numbers of wood-armored gray wolves like a war chariot. He also looked solemnly at the top of the tree: "Benefactor Su said he has his own way, but we also need to do something—is there enough black fuel oil in reserve?"

"It is naturally sufficient, but it rains all year round under the Divine Tree, and it stretches for thousands of miles. I'm afraid our fuel can't even burn a corner of it." Stroking his beard, the old Daoist sighed, "Twenty years of reserves are still not enough. This Divine Tree is growing too fast..."

"Who said anything about burning the Divine Tree?" Buddhist Saint looked at Dao Saint with a strange look, he turned his head, and said softly: "I mean, burn down the New Southern Heavenly Capital."

"Call over the remaining True Qi Flying Ships, we'll burn a path—Heaven knows how many traps are in that city. After burning it clean, we can send reinforcements to support Grandmaster Su."

This time it was Dao Saint's turn to look horrified, and he even plucked off a mustache.

And above the lush branches and clouds of the Divine Tree.

Dozens of clusters of azure wood energy intersected and fell from the sky like rain, bombarding the top floor of the Heavenly Palace.

"This is just a contest of brute strength."

There was no way to dodge, no way to avoid. The azure spiritual light rolling down from the sky like a tide filled every gap. Su Zhou cursed inwardly, and could only grip the hilt of his Divine Blade tightly.

The cyan-purple spiritual power, like a vortex, all converged and poured into it. He condensed all his strength and struck upwards with his saber!

The Blade of Annihilation is a Xiantian Divine Weapon that condenses the different powers of volcano, thunder, star, and annihilation. In terms of power alone, this blade is completely comparable to an ordinary Xiantian Martial Saint. It is precisely because of this that the Baijia side believes that if a Grandmaster holds the Blade of Annihilation, he can fight even if the Demon Empire’s National Teacher transforms into a dragon.

The fact is indeed so.

Su Zhou's spiritual power was just a trigger. After receiving the guidance of external spiritual energy, the Blade of Annihilation naturally burst out with its own power—lava-like patterns spread across the black blade, and then intertwined into a fiery circuit on the blade. Blue arcs of electricity mixed with rising fire, and finally, under Su Zhou's swing enhanced by the 'Qi Control Breaking Void' technique, transformed into a half-moon-shaped dazzling saber light, breaking through the air and shattering the overwhelming azure wood energy!

Even, the force of this air-splitting saber light did not diminish, it slashed towards the azure light ball spat out by the Panlong, cutting a huge gap in it, and then exploded, turning into a brilliant firework in the sky!

Boom boom boom—except for the small area where Su Zhou was located, the top floor of the Heavenly Palace was being bombarded by wood energy, causing strange wooden tumors and deformed branches to grow.

In an instant, the entire surroundings of the Heavenly Altar transformed into a bizarre alien world, and miasma began to permeate among the many crooked branches and leaves.

If Su Zhou wasn't immune to all poisons, just this one blow would probably have caused an ordinary human grandmaster to be poisoned by seven or eight completely different potent toxins in an instant.

Obviously, the Demon Emperor's attack just now was just the beginning. If Su Zhou couldn't even deal with that little bit of power, he would just die. But if he survived, the King of the Divine Tree would definitely let him know what hell is like!

But Su Zhou wasn't just a target who could only stand there and take a beating. His eyes flashed with spiritual light that could see through the flow of energy. At the moment the azure light ball exploded, he silently continued to carry his saber and sprinted towards the Panlong's main body in the center of the Heavenly Altar.

However, wooden roots grew rapidly from both sides of the deformed forest. They were like a pair of hands whose fingers were interlaced and closed, rapidly pressing down on Su Zhou's location—and this time, the Demon Emperor calculated the lead, completely covering the positions where Su Zhou might dodge, without any omissions!

And Su Zhou's response was blazing saber lights! Under the urging of spiritual energy, the Divine Weapon Blade of Annihilation was like it was forged from lava. Spots of golden light began to appear on the black blade. Facing the roots that were bombarding him head-on, Su Zhou didn't even need to spend too much effort. He only needed to flick upwards to ignite and shatter the huge wooden whiskers, turning them into dust!

On the top of the Heavenly Palace, the azure wood energy in the sky condensed and surged wildly, either transforming into miasma or roots, but no matter what kind of attack, it was always torn apart and scattered by the saber light, causing the raging winds of fire to roar.

"Stop."

Just as Su Zhou was advancing triumphantly and about to step onto the three-layered Heavenly Altar, the huge Panlong moved.

A white shockwave crisscrossed, and a huge wooden tumor dragon claw, accompanied by bursts of air explosions, grabbed directly at Su Zhou—Su Zhou's eyes narrowed, and then he shouted loudly, his feet firmly planted, he held the saber with both hands, the strength of his whole body condensed on the blade as his body muscles operated, and then, towards the dragon claw, he slashed horizontally in a straight line!

The cold and scorching saber light flashed past. In the Demon Emperor's low hum, three dragon claws immediately broke in the middle, severing two fingers. The two fingers had already turned to ashes as they rotated in the air, and dark red fire was burning at the wound.

"Crap!" But Su Zhou didn't feel happy about this, instead his face changed.

Because, this giant claw with only one finger remaining did not burn completely like the previous tentacles. Its speed even increased after losing two fingers, and it slapped Su Zhou, who couldn't dodge in time!

Boom!!

This claw, like swatting a fly, smashed a large pit in the entire top floor of the Heavenly Palace with a bang, smashing Su Zhou into the pit!

In an instant, the entire Heavenly Palace sank slightly, and the Divine Tree branches supporting the Heavenly Palace were creaking and shaking. Web-like cracks began to spread from the point of impact!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

"That's all there is to it—"

Just after smashing Su Zhou into the big pit, the azure wood energy on the wood dragon claw frantically converged. As the wood tumor squirmed, the flames were extinguished, and the two dragon fingers were immediately regenerated. The Demon Emperor's contemptuous voice came from the Panlong: "Although you can cut off the dragon's body, so what? I am the King of the Divine Tree, how many fingers can you cut off..."

"Even if you have five claws, I can cut them all off for you today!"

"I have already seen through the flow of your spiritual energy!"

Before it could finish speaking, accompanied by a loud laugh, flames rose from the collapsing wooden ground—then, a raging fire exploded, and a figure burst out from the pit, rushing towards the three-layered Heavenly Altar again!

Su Zhou held the Blade of Annihilation in his hand. There was a pool of blood on his chest, and there were large holes in his clothes where his bones had been forced out of his body due to the great pressure, but he was still radiant at this moment, without any signs of injury.

Long before setting off to crusade against the Demon Emperor, Su Zhou had explained his super-regenerative physique to the grandmasters and masters in the Baijia righteous army's camp, and the Baijia high-level officials had unhesitatingly sought out various strange spiritual plants and elixirs for him to take, so that Su Zhou could enrich his energy and spiritual energy reserves as much as possible.

It was only after Su Zhou himself confirmed that everything was safe that he set off to advance.

Not only that—bang! Su Zhou was carrying a long spear on his back at this time, holding a knife in his right hand, and his left hand was holding four jade bottles, his spiritual power was surging, the mouths of the jade bottles exploded, and Su Zhou unhesitatingly sent all the elixirs into his mouth!

——Four Spirit Jade Liquid Pills!

——Earth God Rebirth Pill!

——Jade Stone Burning Powder!

——Heavenly Return Spirit Transformation Powder!

Crack crack, chew, swallow, medicinal power transformation!

Four different types of pills used to risk one's life in battle, which had been proven by experiments to be able to be mixed and used without affecting the medicinal power, were swallowed by Su Zhou in one gulp, and the soaring spiritual power was absorbed in an instant, spreading to every corner of his body through the blood and meridians.

Boom! A stream of white air shot directly from the top of Su Zhou's head, and his whole body's skin turned red, every muscle squirming crazily as if it had a life of its own, transmitting terrifying power!

"Full of flaws!"

The spiritual power, which had been consumed for the most part, was replenished in an instant. At this time, Su Zhou's eyes shot out a half-zhang long spiritual light, and his gaze directly swept the entire Panlong's body, which was raising its claws again, up and down—and the next moment, he took the initiative to step forward, and after trampling the ground into cracks that spread out in circles, he leaped up like a volcanic eruption.

With a slash of his saber, this slash brought with it a stream of fire, slashing towards the dragon claw and creating a brilliant arc of fire in the air!

"Ah ah ah ah!"

Crack crack crack, continuous shattering sounds rang out—the Demon Emperor immediately let out a roar, because Su Zhou's saber did not cut off its claws, but instead followed the direction of its arm, directly cutting the entire dragon claw in half, revealing the entangled tendons and leaf tubes inside, and the high-temperature flames burned all of these to a scorched black, even the spirituality contained within was cut off!

Boom! Ten or so tentacles slammed out, using up all their strength, and sent Su Zhou flying, who had not pulled the Blade of Annihilation out of the Demon Emperor's dragon claw at the fastest speed, but this also helped him pull out the Blade of Annihilation. Su Zhou spun a few circles in the air, then supported himself on the ground with one hand, and landed on the ground.

"Arrogant brat, prepare to die!"

Severed but not completely severed, this arm of the Demon Emperor was not cut off by Su Zhou, but because the wound surface was greatly increased, the pain it brought was far greater than before, and the Demon Emperor immediately went berserk, no longer having the mentality of a cat playing with a mouse.

With a violent dragon roar, the Panlong coiled around the jade pillar shook the atmosphere. In an instant, the entire top floor of the Heavenly Palace was filled with wood energy. Flowers and plants grew and bloomed on its double horns in an instant, and then withered into mud in an instant. With its long roar, the ground began to shake frantically, and countless twisted branches and tentacles writhed like living things. They were like a giant mouth that wanted to swallow everything, surging wildly towards Su Zhou!