Chapter 1096

"Can't go up any further! Flee first! Deal with the crystal coffin later!"

Philip and the others immediately activated their abilities and broke out toward the other side.

The giant tree seemed to know who had taken the crystal coffin and didn't hinder them much.

Instead, countless branches surged toward Xu Jingming!

The scene made even the Moon Shadow Divine Officer's heart tremble.

"Jingming, should we retreat?" Hearing Ling Shuang couldn't help asking.

"No, let me handle it." Xu Jingming shook his head, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

Green Wood Marrow accelerates the growth of plant life.

This giant War Ancient Tree has already reached the strength of a quasi-ultimate being.

If we extract its Green Wood Marrow and feed it to the Iron Thread Lotus, could we create another quasi-ultimate being?

More importantly, if we harvest all the War Ancient Trees in this forest.

Could the Iron Thread Lotus directly reach the level of an ultimate being?

He eagerly awaited the final outcome.

As for this giant War Ancient Tree, based on his earlier observations, taking it down shouldn't be too difficult.

"The entire realm is in chaos? What did we provoke?"

"It must be the commotion from the giant tree—I just saw America's Philip over there."

"Really? Then the key to this realm must be there, but we can't get it."

"......"

Many ninth-rank adepts were active near the giant tree.

After the War Ancient Tree went berserk, these ninth-ranks floating in the air could easily spot each other.

As they gathered together, they observed the changes near the giant tree.

At this moment, the tree had fully gone berserk, countless branches and roots intertwining.

Wrapping a vast area into a colossal sphere, completely obscuring what lay inside.

Swoosh—swoosh—!!

With sonic-boom shrieks, several individuals from America, the EU, and the Lei Ding family had already burst out from within the tree-ball.

"It's Lord Philip! And the Barton siblings from the EU!"

"They were inside?"

"Lord Philip, what happened over there?"

"......"

One by one, the ninth-ranks used mental energy to whisper questions.

"Inside was an alien corpse and a space ring."

Both were taken by Xu Jingming, which triggered the forest's berserk state."

America's Philip didn't hide anything—he revealed the entire sequence of events.

Since the crystal coffin wasn't on him, the more people who knew, the better.

That way, more would target Xu Jingming, giving them a chance to act.

"This realm was created by aliens?"

"Xu Jingming got the greatest opportunity!"

"No! We must try to seize it too!"

"......"

Upon hearing this, everyone present except the Daxia ninth-ranks had bloodshot eyes.

Resources from outer space!

With the blue planet now shielded, no one needed to guess how priceless this was!

"The news has spread, but with Ling Shuang there, it's still hard to capture Xu Jingming."

"If all else fails, we'll have to let the Pope handle it himself."

Philip didn't feel pleased by these reactions.

Ling Shuang's space ability was simply too cheat-like—they couldn't even grab him, let alone touch Xu Jingming.

"But shouldn't Xu Jingming have already teleported away? Why are these giant trees still rushing toward him?"

Philip frowned, staring at the ground.

There, one by one, trees erupted from the earth, racing toward the giant tree.

Their speeds weren't slow—even the slowest moved at thirty to forty meters per second, while the fastest exceeded a hundred meters per second!

Just as he was puzzled, a thunderous BOOM—

The massive sphere of intertwined branches and roots before them exploded violently!

Crackling—crackling—

Endless black lightning surged forth like a tidal wave.

Each bolt of lightning carried the power to obliterate heaven and earth!

"Chaos Divine Thunder?! Xu Jingming hasn't fled?"

Philip snapped back to awareness, staring ahead.

Five thousand meters ahead, endless lightning flashed.

Behind Xu Jingming, a black thunder ring slowly rotated; a majestic, thunderous humanoid silhouette hovered above his head.

"He really didn't leave—he wants to destroy this giant tree? Overestimating himself!" Lei Ding's Jia Wen sneered.

You know,

Even if he teamed up with Philip and the others, there was no guarantee they could destroy this giant tree, let alone now that Xu Jingming was alone.

As for the remaining people like Philip, their eyes flickered as they quietly observed.

The moment an opportunity arose, they would seize the crystal coffin from Xu Jingming without hesitation!

Ahead, Su Qingli and the others were positioned slightly behind,

While Xu Jingming, gripping the Heavenly Punishment spear, stood tall before the giant tree.

Dark lightning swirled around him, his killing aura fierce and chilling.

He had no idea what the others were thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.

They were nothing more than a pack of chickens and dogs—no threat to him whatsoever.

Right now, his full attention was on the giant tree before him.

A large number of roots had been torn apart by his Chaotic Divine Thunder, but endless more kept growing and coiling toward him.

"Thunder God Form, Thunder God Descends, Lightning Domain, Extreme Radiance Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan.

I've already deployed my full power—even a casual strand of lightning can obliterate a ninth-tier upper being.

But against this giant tree, it seems unable to cause significant damage. Worthy of a quasi-supreme being's strength."

Xu Jingming's eyes swirled with dark lightning as the Extreme Radiance Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan slowly rotated behind him: "These roots and branches are too troublesome—I'll clear them all first!"

Rumble rumble~~~

Within a radius of over ten kilometers, thunder roared.

The next moment, endless dark lightning crashed down!

Crackle pop—

The densely packed endless roots took a devastating hit and were annihilated in an instant.

More roots and branches sprouted from the giant tree, but it was utterly useless!

The moment they grew, they were blasted apart and obliterated by lightning!

It was at this moment that the larger branches on the giant tree moved!

Dozens of massive branches, each tens of meters in diameter, whipped toward him like giant clubs.

Though the giant tree was enormous, its whipping speed reached an astonishing 10 times the speed of sound!

"Flash Thunder Escape!"

Xu Jingming flickered through the sky like a bolt of dark lightning.

In virtually an instant, he completed seven teleporting dodges.

Effortlessly neutralizing an attack powerful enough to obliterate a ninth-tier peak being.

Of course, he wasn't idle while dodging.

Thunder roared as a massive dark thunder sword materialized in the sky.

Heavenly Thunder Divine Punishment Sword!

"Slash!"

The Heavenly Thunder Divine Punishment Sword crashed down, striking the giant tree's surface.

Lightning flashed and arcs of electricity ran rampant!

An annular thunderstorm cloud appeared at a thousand meters high!

The shockwave shredded the treetops within a five-kilometer radius into a rain of wood chips.

A crater over a hundred meters in diameter was blasted into the giant tree's surface!

But for its massive body towering over two thousand meters, this wound wasn't significant.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!!

Endless black roots burst out from beneath the giant tree, piercing into the surrounding war trees that had arrived.

The leaves of these war trees quickly turned yellow, and their trunks withered along with them.

Meanwhile, green light swirled around the crater Xu Jingming had blasted with the Heavenly Thunder Divine Punishment Sword, and countless sprouts began to grow!

This colossal giant tree was actually recovering its wounds by draining these war trees!