Before Altherion ordered everyone to fire their weapons, Liu Shu prepared herself to tank the attack. The mass of energy that made the atmosphere vibrate was making even Liu Shu sweat. At that moment of peril, Liu Shu unleashed her full strength, all buffs applied to her body.
BOOM!
Her aura skyrocketed, her stats doubling while her ternary essence reserves almost tripled by the loopback feed of her new stats.
The aura surrounding Liu Shu's body was catastrophic. It felt as if she would be able to split the sky with a single strike.
Even those on the battleship could feel the terror of Liu Shu's current stats.
At base values, Liu Shu had around 2.6
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Aether Mana Stars: 6.14 / 6.14 (614,302) (61,430,252,231)
Phoer Body Stars: 6.19 / 6.19 (619,729) (61,972,959,256)
Anima Energy Stars: 6.11 / 6.11 (611,597) (61,159,761,905)
Attributes: Aether 967,426 → 2,257,205 / Physique 971,496 → 2,266,701 / Anima 965,391 → 2,252,457 / Willpower 373,865 → 872,443 / Destiny 10,100 (10,100)
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The world around Liu Shu quaked, everything falling under her overwhelming influence. Altherion's relaxed face instantly tensed. Even if he couldn't see the system page, he had been fighting for a long enough time to guess the opponent's power accurately.
And right then, Altherion reached a single conclusion as his heart trembled. '...Are her stats higher than mine? How is that even possible!?'
Knowing that he genuinely couldn't leave this monster alive, Altherion roared, his eyes full of bloodlust and killing intent. "Fire without holding back! BLOW HER AWAY!"
Those in charge were stunned, but they quickly corrected the values.
The cannons that shone brightly previously became like suns in the sky. Then, a white hell descended upon the world.
Liu Shu's face became ferocious as she moved her branches and canopy. She wanted to absorb the entire attack with her bare body.
Her green eyes glowing like two green suns, Liu Shu growled aggressively. "You think you can destroy my children with me protecting them!? DREAM ON!"
WHOOM!!
BOOOM!!!!!
Everyone from the army Liu Shu gathered below the
All the Lignified Trees screamed in pain, and cracks appeared across their bodies, with many of their branches breaking. The impact was so harsh that the ones closest to Liu Shu lost over 20% of their
Meanwhile, Liu Shu's eyes were flashing with terrifying, damaging numbers—each one representing the main cannons of the ships.
[-1,848,725,000!] (18,487)!
[-1,885,454,000!] (18,854)!
[-1,819,754,000!] (18,197)!
…
[-5,487,468,000!] (54,874)!
[-5,417,891,000!] (54,178)!
Liu Shu's incredibly sturdy body broke down, her branches breaking off, and her exquisitely crafted body deformed and burned down.
"HAAA!"
Liu Shu screamed, not in pain, but attempting to absorb the entirety of the attacks and stop them from breaking out. Sap burst out, only to be vaporized instantly, and the beautiful green hair blew up in flames.
100,000 cores… 200,000 cores… 300,000 cores…
Damage accumulated like crazy, enough times to kill almost anyone at the
On the ground, Cael's face paled. 'We miscalculated! Altherion has used much more power of the cannons than we expected!'
Flor and the others were so scared that their faces didn't even have a trace of color. They had heard of the plan, so they knew that everything had been going according to plan up until that point. Only, they underestimate Altherion's determination.
If this attack were to destroy Liu Shu and burrow into Ceperet, the number of secondary-cause deaths that would occur would be a backlash so significant that all people in the ships would be reduced to Level 0! It was basically a suicide attack!
Cael glanced at the massive cloud of dust and heard a whooshing sound. Looking up, he saw an enormous branch of the World Tree falling from the sky.
Boom!
The branch struck the ground, followed by many others. The rain of World Tree parts was despairing.
On the ship, Altherion was nervously looking at his System. '...No message?'
"Anyone! Has anyone received a kill message?"
The one in charge of the cannon shook his head. "I only received a message of about 54,000 cores of damage dealt, Lord."
"Only fifty-four thousand?" Altherion was incredulous. The attack from the World-Type could probably pierce through a small moon. Yet the damage was only a few tens of thousands of cores.
'What kind of sick defense does this being have?'
The cloud finally dispersed, and behind it, Liu Shu's body appeared.
Her lush green leaves were scorched, many of her branches having snapped off. Her gorgeous body was black, as pieces of carbonized wood slowly crumbled. The previous lush World Tree full of life looked a breath away from scattering together with the wind.
Such a heartbreaking sight made the hearts of all from Ceperet lurch, their eyes reddening as they clenched their fists. Flor's eyes were locked onto Liu Shu's head, wanting to see any movement. Anything at all. 'Please, baby, move. Tell Mommy that you are okay.'
Ignatia was frozen, her compound eyes only focusing on Liu Shu's sorrowful figure. Honestly, just one of those beams was enough to make Flor and the others shudder, not to mention the 15 Moon-Type beams and two horrifying World-Type beams. At that moment, some of them thought that the world was truly ending.
Verdantia and the others were staring blankly at Liu Shu while a terrifying aura was about to awaken at the bottom of their souls, like an ancient beast about to open its eyes—a beast with endless hunger. Whatever Liu Shu's next movement was, it would dictate a rather significant change in these four.
Everyone, both ally and enemy, held their breath, and the World Tree twitched, with a weak voice spreading out.
"You… didn't… kill me…"
It was a fading whisper, but with her words, the World Tree raised her head and smiled weakly.
The creaking of wood around her neck echoed, giving the sensation that it would break down at any moment. Yet, the smile on the half-scorched face of the World Tree didn't falter.
"Big… mistake… Heh. Eternal energy manifested and took control of the world.
"…Reversal>."
The world stopped, and all the leaves that were scattering around the city didn't flow with the wind anymore. Instead, something utterly mind-boggling happened.
All the falling branches, all the scattering ash, and all the pieces of Liu Shu scattered around began flowing back. The world was kept the same, but Liu Shu's body started recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In Liu Shu's eyes, the healing numbers popped so fast that they created a giant column, while from the outside, it looked as if all that happened was being forcefully undone.
Such a stupefying thing made all enemies fall into despair.
A few seconds later, Liu Shu's body recovered to its peak, her dim green eyes regaining their strength as her aura skyrocketed.
BOOM!
Her body, fully recovered, emitted endless vitality, her lush branches and gorgeous body taking over the space around her. With a smile, her voice boomed out, spreading with unequaled intensity!
"Your cannons are unable to finish me off. Now, Altherion, it's time for your death!"
Aether Mana and Anima Energy gathered toward her branches, and then, she lashed toward the sky. Her hundreds of thousands of branches came to life, stretching and gaining elemental effects.
" The same attack she previously released on Orwen to finish him off was now covering the sky, aiming for the Moon-Type ships.
Altherion and the other powerhouses noticed and quickly reacted. "Leave the ships! We need to fight against it in combat!"
So, while the Moon-Types struggled to resist the attacks, people rushed out of the ships intending to block and fight back.
Thousands of Aethermancy and Soulmancy spells burst out, the sky lighting up as the spells pushed Liu Shu's branches away from the Moon-Types.
One Level 100 suddenly saw a blur, and Liu Shu's root struck him.
BANG!
"OMPH!"
All his bones broke as his insides turned to mush. The Earth elemental energy wrapped around that one branch increased the impact damage, making him lose his consciousness instantly, together with 90% of his Seeing that ridiculous strength, everyone became much warier.
Alterion stepped out, his eyes locked on Liu Shu's healthy figure. 'What was that? What kind of absurd healing spell is that? Can she repeat it? How long is its cooldown? Does it need previous preparation?'
Vaarn swatted the branches away rather easily, together with Altherion. While Liu Shu's overall stats were higher than those of these two, that didn't mean that she could push them back with just one branch. "Altherion, have you ever seen that type of spell?"
"Never. It must be an original."
Vaarn scowled. "This makes things much more difficult. Are you sure we can defeat her?"
Altherion nodded. "As long as she doesn't have helpers, it is a matter of time. She will become tired after fighting against our army for a prolonged period of time."
Marisella used her bow to snipe some of the branches and frowned. "Star Lords, remember her relentless attacks while we came here. I don't think a battle of attrition is what we need right now."
Altherion answered calmly. "Look, we are already pushing her back. There is no attrition needed. At our current pace, it will take just a few minutes to leave her helpless."
Liu Shu's attacks were numerous, but they didn't carry as much weight. After all, she was currently facing over 4,000 Despite her ridiculous stats, she could only keep this up for a small timeframe.
As Altherion and the others were fighting, they suddenly felt a sense of danger. The trees that created a forest in Liu Shu's domain suddenly surged with strength. Elemental Aether gathered on them, and each released a simple elemental attack.
Fireballs, large icicles, bolts of thunder, wind crescents, and many more attacks, all at the Altherion was surprised. "The trees can attack with so much ferocity! While each of them is not as strong as a regular While Altherion looked down, he noticed something else. Vaarn shouted. "The enemy army is hiding below those trees! I can sense life signatures not belonging to the trees!"
Right after, those hiding burst into the skies. Almost all of them had furious expressions. Clearly, Liu Shu's previous state had infuriated them.
"KILL!
Thousands of screams followed, giving way to the start of the battle.