Chapter 341: Power Enough to Pierce a Planet?

"So it was you who was behind all this?!"

"Desolate King—Disaster!"

The Beast Tide's renewed movement—especially Baichuan driving the Disaster Beast from the back to the front—was naturally noticed by the ancient treant controlled by the Great Elder. A pair of crimson eyes turned and fixed dead on that Disaster Beast!

For the moment, even those detestable flying Mazha were ignored by the Great Elder. The fuse of this entire incident had finally appeared before his eyes.

He stared at that Disaster Beast, his eyes filled with resentment.

Because if the Disaster Beast had never appeared, no Beast Tide would have dared to attack the Forest Folk. Without the chaos, the Phantom Knight would never have suddenly rebelled and destroyed everything he had! He would still be the lofty Great Elder from before, smiling as he watched the old fool suffer in a damp, gloomy prison.

In the past, when he had no power, even if he had known the truth, he might not have dared to utter a single word of complaint.

But times have changed. He now possessed the power of a "god"!

So what if it was the legendary Disaster Beast that could make drought prostrate itself for a thousand li? Before the power of a god, everything would be an illusion! So what if it was a Disaster!

A gaze as thick as venomous hatred stabbed into Baichuan's back like a thorn.

It made him turn the little squirrel around as well.

At this, the great and the small locked eyes with each other.

Baichuan's heart tightened. He no longer let the little squirrel drive the Beast Tide forward, but first intercepted the ancient treant that had locked onto him. He realized the treant had already marked him. If he didn't try to block it, the Beast Tide that had just taken shape might be scattered by the treant's stomping, and the energy he could obtain might be far less than he imagined! It might even be nothing at all.

Although not blocking it might allow it to come directly into the territory he had eroded, the area he currently controlled was too small—only a kilometer across. Although he was already devouring other herbivores that entered his domain, that was nothing but a drop in the bucket. This distance was far too easy for an exceptionally tall treant to cover.

Besides, the servants he had finally managed to control could not be allowed to die such a worthless death.

Baichuan watched his servants, who were increasingly looking out of their depth as they dodged within what seemed like a tree realm, and a thought flashed through his mind.

The hill-like Disaster Beast turned around and went toward the ancient treant that was angrily charging at it.

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After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, with Baichuan's precise erosion along a straight line, then laterally like a roadblock, he finally met the incoming Beast Tide!

In an instant, under the means he had long prepared, the territory he controlled became like a monster that devoured people in silence!

Once the Beast Tide was more than halfway through, one charging creature after another vanished in the blink of an eye—swallowed by the earth, or struck down by the mutated flowers, grass, trees, or even stones.

Vast numbers of creatures began to die. At this moment, life utterly and completely became a string of worthless numbers. Under the boost of flesh and blood, before long, before the great city of the Forest Folk,

a Bixie that grew stronger with every passing moment slowly walked out of the now-silent forest.

On its chest and two front paws, mysterious patterns had completely transformed into a gleaming exotic metal. On a majestic tiger's head wreathed with dragon shadows, a pair of blue-and-red glowing thunder horns constantly crackled with terrifying arcs of electricity. A single eerie white electronic eye swept ceaselessly, enough to make anyone shudder.

As it walked, its rippling powerful muscles set two colorful, mysterious ribbons fluttering in the wind, adding to its drifting grace. Two steel-whip-like tails swept constantly, stirring the air into a whooshing roar.

"Boom……"

A thunderclap sounded in the sky for no reason at all.

In a short time, dark clouds rapidly gathered from all directions in the distance, like a crown atop the mechanical Bixie's head, moving with the Bixie as it advanced. Threads of lightning radiating ultimate destructive power leapt through the clouds like thunder dragons, occasionally poking out a scale or a claw of a ferocious dragon head, like the Bixie's fangs and claws!

Blade-like gusts of wind carrying an aura of slaughter kicked up dust, sand and gravel flying wildly, like servants of the Bixie baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. They were clamoring, praising, cheering—the greatest, most noble king in the world had appeared!

Wherever it stepped, shadows sprang up and stretched forward, transforming into a carpet of fresh flowers and green grass!

This carpet was full of life, lush and green, forming a stark contrast with the drab, dirty ground around it. It made it seem not of this mortal world, as if it had not come here to kill, but to save the earth and grant it life.

Noble, splendid, mysterious… it seemed every most noble word in the world could be applied to it.

The moment it appeared, it drew everyone's attention. Even those still fleeing and dodging froze in place.

No wonder—this mysterious Bixie seemed to grow larger with every step it took. At first it was only about the size of a truck in Zhou Yun's memories of his past life, but as it approached, it kept growing……

And with every step it took came a loud peal of thunder, lightning serpents flashing, dust flying wildly, as if celebrating it!

At first one might not have noticed, but under those strange celestial signs, and the figure that seemed to bring all those strange phenomena with it, as its size grew, virtually no one could ignore it!

When it finally stepped onto the great plain before the giant city, its form had completely surpassed the city's towering walls. The ancient treant stopped its actions and looked warily at the newcomer, no longer bothering to swat at that tiny, bouncing Disaster Beast.

Within the city walls,

"Wh-what kind of creature is this?"

"Has it come to save us?"

"N-no, impossible! The gods have gone mad. How could some unrelated beast possibly save us? We're all going to die today! All going to die!"

"My Forest Folk, we are finished!"

"Has Heaven truly willed our destruction?"

"I hate this, I……"

"Mama, mama, I want mama……"

For a moment, at the appearance of this divine-looking Bixie, some showed hope, others fell into deeper despair, and of course some went completely mad, wanting to indulge in evils they had never enjoyed in their entire lives. There were also children standing alone in the vast, dark crowd of people, searching for their mothers……

But at this moment, the moment Zhou Yun saw that giant beast appear, he fell into a daze.

Because this giant beast's appearance was too much like Mao Mao in his memory!

'Is it you? Mao Mao?'

Zhou Yun whispered inwardly.

But in less than half a year, could the Mao Mao he remembered really have become this big? This powerful?

Wherever it went, clouds and mist followed, thunder accompanied it, wild winds served it……

Noble, splendid, mysterious, not of this mortal world. It was born to sit high above, enthroned among the clouds, watching all things in the world live and die.

Zhou Yun found it hard to truly connect the two…… No, it would be better to say Zhou Yun didn't dare connect the two. When he saw this majestic, mysterious beast appear, a feeling of inferiority rose faintly in his heart. If it… if it really was their Mao Mao, would Mao Mao still be willing to acknowledge such weak little them?

The vast gulf of power was like a deep chasm, separating them into two different worlds.

With such overwhelming power, even if they were reunited, they would probably only be a burden to Mao Mao……

"Brother, brother! It's Mao Mao! Mao Mao has come to find us!"

Beside him, Zhou Xiaoxiao was already excitedly tugging at her brother's arm, becoming incoherent with excitement.

"No!" Zhou Yun turned his head, looked his visibly excited sister in the eye, and said slowly: "No, it is not our Mao Mao. Our Mao Mao is not this powerful…… They are merely similar, that's all……"

The girl froze, staring blankly at her brother……

……

At the other end, upon seeing the arrival of the true culprit, the little squirrel, which had long been getting beaten down, leapt in front of Baichuan with an aggrieved air, letting out low growls as if pouring out its grievances.

Seeing this scene, the Grand Elder grew even more furious, roaring like one half-angry, half-mad:

"So the one who caused all of this is actually you!"

"Aaaahhh!!!"

Roaring in fury, the incomparably massive ancient treant moved under the Grand Elder's control.

"Boom boom boom…"

Heavy, earth-shaking footsteps rang out one after another.

The ancient treant was closing in. Its entire body radiated brilliant green fluorescence. As the light flickered, sharp leaves formed from pure energy began to materialize one after another, each leaf emanating an incomparably sharp aura, as if capable of slicing apart anything that dared to block it. The next instant, the vast leaf sea transformed into a green-leaf swimming dragon and shot forth!

At the same moment the green-leaf swimming dragon shot out, concealed behind the boundless sea of green leaves, the Grand Elder raised his right hand and deliberately threw a punch. An arm formed from countless branches, twigs, and vines instantly extended with terrifying momentum.

"It's over! That's the Spirit God's most famous 【Green-Leaf Swimming Dragon】! This is the Forest Spirit Race Spirit God's signature move. It uses sky-covering sharp green leaves to dazzle the opponent's vision. His true follow-up is that right fist charged up and thrown. That right fist is no simple matter—the beast's situation is terribly dangerous!"

Within the great city, the moment the treant controlled by the Grand Elder stirred up the green-leaf storm, a knowledgeable Black Stone Mountain Range Elder who had witnessed the Forest Spirit Race Spirit God strike several times sighed with worry. His eyes shone as he watched the towering treant launch its attack, as if he could already see from that attack that the mysterious beast was about to suffer a great loss.

Although he did not know what purpose had brought that mysterious beast here, since it was now facing off against the maddened Spirit God, the elder did not wish to see the beast simply take a great loss like this.

After all, once the mysterious beast retreated, they would be the next to face it.

"Old sir, how can you tell?"

Although in his heart he no longer believed this beast was his family's Mao Mao, Zhou Yun, listening to the elder's worried words beside him, could not help but ask.

"Right, grandpa, why do you say that? What's wrong with that right fist?"

Hearing this, the girl, her face full of curiosity and a trace of worry, asked in a crisp, clear voice.

"Sigh~" The elder took a puff of his dry pipe—this was a unique commodity the Forest Spirit Race had brought back from the distant east. He glanced at the people beside him who kept looking over or pricking up their ears to listen, then said slowly: "That right fist—don't be fooled by its plain, unremarkable appearance on the surface. Many great enemies who fought it have suffered losses from this very move, instantly falling into a disadvantage and getting beaten down!

That fist, once you're not careful… no, even if you are careful, as long as you don't interrupt it from a great distance, once it closes in—even if you dodge aside—you'll most likely take a hidden loss. Under the cover of the fist, as it draws near, it instantly splits into countless tough, flexible roots that bind the enemy, absorbing them completely as nourishment!

And a treant is a treant—for creatures like trees and plants, the most important thing is that poison!"

"This poison, even a wild beast cannot completely ignore it."

"That mysterious beast is in danger!"

At these words, everyone involuntarily showed a trace of tension. Even though they had never met, because this beast had come to block the Spirit God when he went mad, in their hearts they had unconsciously begun to treat it as a savior.

Especially the Zhou Yun siblings, their hearts tightened as they silently prayed.

'Mao Mao, be careful!'

As they spoke, the Spirit God's attack had already fully formed and was bearing down.

Yet facing these two terrifying attacks—especially the lethal strike hidden behind the first—the Baichuan everyone worried about did not move a muscle. His eyes shone brilliantly, fixed on the incoming green-leaf swimming dragon. Between the dark clouds, muffled thunder rumbled, as if the sky had suddenly dropped a few inches. Lightning began to flash ever more frequently, brimming with ultimate destructive force, as if the heavens themselves were enraged!

The next second, the instant the green-leaf swimming dragon leading the charge drew near,

"Boom!"

Blazing lightning flashed. The dim sky from the gathered dark clouds suddenly turned white. A terrifying thunder pillar struck down with irresistible force, hitting the incoming green-leaf swimming dragon dead-on, blasting it apart on the spot. The scattered green leaves were turned by the thunder-fire into a raging sea of flames! Half the firmament was dyed completely red, vast banks of fiery clouds appeared, as if the heavens themselves were weeping blood, grieving for the calamity-stricken earth.

In an instant, that green sea was completely dissolved!

"Whoosh—!"

The next instant, the sea of flames exploded, the clouds scattered, and a rough, earth-brown fist swept past carrying an immensely powerful gale.

With the speed of lightning, it thrust straight at Baichuan!

At this moment, Baichuan finally moved!

Since it was said that he would descend before the world in an invincible stance, then he absolutely had to deliver.

Baichuan never tells lies!

"Roar—!!!"

An earth-shaking roar rang out. The air was shaken, a massive crater caving in out of thin air—this was the roar of the dragon's son Baichuan, like a dragon, like a tiger!

White electronic eyes continuously scanned the treant's figure, then locked on completely.

Light appeared!

The ultimate light! It emerged from the magnificent Baichuan's body. Rings of brilliant light-patterns continuously rippled back and forth across Baichuan's form, then transformed into specks of pure radiance that surged into Baichuan's throat.

It was light blazing to the utmost, filled with overwhelmingly domineering destructive power!

Its full-powered might is a force powerful enough to pierce through a planet's continental plates!

It is the crystallization of the wisdom of an advanced technological civilization capable of interstellar travel, a weapon of mass destruction specifically designed to annihilate planetary civilizations. Its name—

Chuixing Pao!!!

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(End of this chapter)