Outside Mount Kunyu in Yantai.
Five supreme beings unleashed their immense power, transforming into five magnificent pillars of light that shot straight into the heavens, shaking the very firmament.
Within a radius of a thousand kilometers, all living creatures fell silent, and an eerie stillness blanketed the land.
At that moment, Lu Jun's aura surged. Standing atop the enormous, island-like head of the Totem Black Snake, with the sun and moon shining on either side of him and endless skies flowing behind him in red, cyan, and yellow hues, the magical elements twisted violently. Against that backdrop, he appeared awe-inspiring and majestic.
He resembled a supreme Archmage, capable of destroying heaven and earth with a mere gesture.
Lu Jun sneered as he looked toward the vast, silent forest within Mount Kunyu and said indifferently, "Heh, Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree, and you still think you can keep hiding."
Rumble!!!
Without hesitation, he launched his assault. Opening his mouth, he expelled dozens of drops of North Sea Heavy Water, which poured forth and transformed into a world-ending flood. The sky seemed torn open as a vast celestial river cascaded down from above.
The pitch-black seawater formed an endless tide line, and massive waves swallowed mountains and hills alike.
The surging Northern Dark Sea carried boundless force, sweeping across the forest with overwhelming momentum. Thunderous roars echoed as the earth split inch by inch. The violent tides snapped ancient trees in half and ground them into dust.
Lu Jun freely unleashed Water Element Super Tier Magic, its destructive power nearly obliterating the vegetation around Mount Kunyu, reducing it to a vast marshland.
Roar! Roar! Rumble!!!
Finally, under his relentless slaughter, the once silent forest stirred. It began to grow wildly, blotting out the sky. Tangled vines and whipping tendrils formed overlapping green ramparts, forcefully blocking the dark flood.
Roots buried deep underground and spread across rolling slopes suddenly tore free from the earth. The roots, vines, and trunks were blood-red, stained with untold flesh and gore.
From high above, black and blood-green stood in stark contrast. The Northern Dark Sea was clearly at a disadvantage, being rapidly drained.
As the forest rioted, hordes of Mountain Men demons surged forth. Tens of thousands of Warrior-level Mountain Men formed a dense, black mass like a living tide, advancing alongside the forest roots. A thick seven-colored cloud filled the sky as countless demon birds gathered.
In addition, a face as massive as a mountain emerged from the forest!
It was a face formed by five main trunks. Anyone within the forest would never notice that each of the five primary tree shafts bore a part of its facial features.
Only from a great distance could one see that hideous, twisted visage filled with hatred, a sight that inspired boundless terror!
The Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree fully revealed its grotesque true form. With its five colossal main trunks as pillars and billions of roots as its foundation, the pressure of a Supreme Monarch swept across the heavens.
Yan Shi's killing intent rang across the sky. "Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree, you demon, you've finally revealed yourself."
The Hunter Mages of Yantai were shaken. If they had harbored doubts before, witnessing this scene left no room for question.
Wuuuu!!!
The Totem Black Snake, Lu Mei, and the Moon Moth Phoenix all moved at once. Each unleashed their power, towering corrosive azure mist, a vast sea of blazing solar flames, and a cold storm of moonlight and frost.
Among them, Yan Shi's display was the most formidable. Magic flowed effortlessly in her hands as she fused Earth, Fire, and Wind into one. The red, cyan, and yellow merged into a murky Chaos Storm. The aura of destruction swept across the heavens, shattering vast expanses of space.
Where it passed, black elemental voids were imprinted upon the chaotic sky.
The five attacked simultaneously, each striking one of the five towering main trunks of the Purple Linden Tree. Boundless seven-colored radiance engulfed everything in sight as violent, surging energy tides raged.
First came a great silence, everyone was briefly deaf and blind.
Boom!
Then a thunderous detonation echoed. The earth collapsed, cities trembled, and mountain-toppling shockwaves swept outward. Air currents within hundreds of kilometers fell into violent turmoil.
The Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree was driven back step by step. Millions of roots snapped. The vast grasslands were reduced to disfigured ravines, sinkholes, and craters. The once sky-piercing divine tree was left shattered and broken, no longer majestic, no longer magnificent.
As for the demon tribes that dwelled within the tree's miniature world, they were crushed instantly by the magical aftershocks. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood accumulated, crimson flesh mingling with shredded greenery to form a grotesque slaughterfield.
The stench of vegetation mixed with the heavy odor of blood filled the air.
Yan Shi continued casting devastating spells with casual ease as she murmured, "Xiao Lu, watch carefully. This is how Earth, Fire, and Wind Magic should be used."
She was deliberately instructing Lu Mei, as the latter possessed the exact same elements as Yan Shi.
This too had been part of Lu Jun's plan. If Yan Shi could survive and take his sister as her disciple, Lu Mei would enter a period of rapid growth and might even obtain some unique techniques.
Hiss—hiss—hiss!
Large ruptures appeared across the surfaces of the five sky-piercing roots as the Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree let out a painful screech.
It was completely at a disadvantage. That was only natural, when every member of the opposing side was at least a mid-level Monarch or above, failing to dominate would be laughable.
However, the Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree still had the ability to resist. It targeted the two comparatively weaker among the five great enemies, Lu Jun and his sister.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
While fully retracting into defense, the Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree suddenly split the earth open with a ten-kilometer fissure. A colossal blue-red vine, as massive as a mountain ridge, shot upward. Like a giant whip, it lashed down fiercely, or like a collapsing azure pillar splitting the sky, cleaving through the dense mist and tearing the heavens apart.
Seeing the killing strike descend, Lu Jun's thoughts moved. He began constructing a Star Constellation, intending to cast Blink to evade instantly.
But suddenly, his body went numb. He could not move, and even his mental connection was severed. Only then did he realize that countless tiny root-like tufts had grown all over his body without his noticing.
The cunning Heaven Crown Tree had, at the very beginning of the battle, shed part of its body into countless minuscule seeds that scattered across the battlefield. So tiny they were like drifting duckweed, clinging to people unnoticed.
Now they erupted all at once, nearly placing Lu Jun at death's door.
At the critical moment, Lu Jun's right eye—ink-black pupil streaked with blood—contracted slightly. Endless curse magic surged forth as a black point appeared in the void, rapidly expanding into a black hole that distorted space and swallowed the mountain-sized blue-red vine.
Then his Life Element erupted. Milky-white radiance forcefully dispelled the root tufts from his body and granted buffs to nearby allies, forcibly cleansing and purifying them.
Throughout the battle, Lu Mei and Lu Jun encountered repeated dangers, yet the presence of the Life Element ensured none of them faced mortal peril.
At times, the Totem Black Snake's colossal body was lashed with bloody wounds, its thick scales shattered. Before the Heaven Crown Tree could press its advantage, a milky-white beam descended from the sky, and the gruesome wounds rapidly healed.
At other times, Lu Mei was struck and sent flying, blood spraying from her mouth. Again, a milky-white glow fell, bathing her in sacred brilliance as her violently shaken organs recovered.
Even when Yan Shi unleashed mountain-shifting and sea-filling might, her withered, weakened body could not endure it. Still, a Basic-tier Healing Light wrapped her in a layer of false vitality.
Her complexion flushed, her withered skin filled out, blood and energy flowed anew, allowing her to release Semi-Forbidden Spell power without restraint.
Roar!
At last, under the five of them charging forward without regard for life or death, the Heaven Crown Purple Linden Tree's five main trunks were completely severed, blasted into fragments, and annihilated on the spot.
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