Chapter 334

The courtyard of the Great Life Tree.

In a hidden corner somewhere, Beilu Dandi was contacting De Rui Tan, far away in the Smelting Basin, via spirit resonance.

De Rui Tan, I'm trapped by Luosen in the Great Life Tree.

De Rui Tan replied immediately: "How is that possible? I'll come help right away!"

No, don't come over! You must do two things right now.

First, send 1,000 Smelting Warriors over to burn the Great Life Tree.

De Rui Tan was shocked: "Destroy the Great Life Tree? It holds three million Elven souls inside!"

At least 30% of them are warrior souls awaiting reincarnation, a large portion of which are preparing to be reborn as Lava Warriors.

If we lose them, how can we fight the war? Not to mention the exalted status of the Great Life Tree in the Sacred Elven Empire.

If it really gets burned, it will be an incredibly heavy blow to the empire's morale; the empire might even collapse because of it.

He refused without hesitation: "No, this must not be done!"

Beilu Dandi shouted angrily: "Foolish!"

Didn't you hear what I said?

Luosen, the emperor of the Natural Empire, is right in the Great Life Tree!

Killing him would deal a blow to the Natural Empire just as heavy as destroying the Great Life Tree—no less!

De Rui Tan was immediately convinced: "I'll send the Lava Warriors over. 1,000 is too few—I'll send 5,000, no, I'll send all 20,000 mature warriors!"

Foolish!

Beilu Dandi cursed again.

At most send 2,000 over; the remaining 18,000 warriors should immediately take off for the Natural Empire, find a populous big city, preferably the capital, and attack whichever is closest.

De Rui Tan's mind was in turmoil, he was panicking.

Because the situation had far exceeded his expectations.

He never imagined that Luosen would dare come to the Great Life Tree of Atlarasen to cause trouble, and even trap Beilu Dandi.

This means there is no safe place left in the mortal world; if the Natural Emperor discovers his hiding place, it's his doom! He anxiously asked: "What's the second thing?"

Immediately send emissaries via phase shift to the War God Realm to inform Lord Hegelte that I am trapped.

Tell him I can hold out at most six hours here; if no rescue comes in six hours, I will die.

Okay, okay, okay—I'll take care of it right away!

At the same time, outside the Great Life Tree, in the Huan Wai Xu Kong.

Luosen was carefully observing the situation inside the magic-ring prison.

Although the space is small, the prison holds a large number of Elves.

Among them, there are over 600 high-ranking Elves, including five legendary flying dragons.

That's not a problem.

What's truly troublesome are the various wandering Elven souls.

Within a sphere 600 meters in diameter, as many as 500,000 Elven souls are packed!

Elven souls are made of low-grade spiritual substance; they can be large or small, and can exist overlapping like waves.

Due to the contraction of the eleven magic rings and their special rules, these Elven souls manifest within the eleventh magic ring.

Floating and drifting, they sometimes overlap, sometimes disperse, like a game server overloaded with too many players.

Finding a hidden Void God in such a place is truly no easy task.

There is a simple, brutal, and cruel method: slaughter all these Elven souls awaiting reincarnation.

That's not difficult either.

Because although these souls are fairly strong, they are in an extremely weak state.

Each Elven soul is tiny—less than 0.1 Luosen—like a little firefly.

Even if all 500,000 Elven souls are combined, their total strength is still under 50,000 Luosen.

With Luosen's current power, crushing them is as easy as popping a bubble.

But Luosen certainly wouldn't do that; it's unnecessary and a huge waste.

After a brief thought, he had a plan.

He directed a mass soul voice at the Elven souls inside the magic-ring prison.

Quiet~~~ everyone be quiet~~ don't panic!

After gaining the Elven souls' attention, he continued: "I mean you no harm, and I will also open some passages inside the Great Life Tree for you to leave."

All you need to do is line up and pass before me one by one.

While speaking, Luosen opened as many as twenty special soul passages inside the magic-ring prison.

The passage works like a flow valve, allowing only souls with strength below 1 Luosen to pass at a time.

After the passages opened, Luosen stood guard beside them.

If Beilu Dandi dares to appear, he will seize her immediately.

Second by second, the Elven souls flowed out of the passages like water.

The souls are extremely light and can overlap, so the exit speed is tremendous—at least 5,000 per second.

At that rate, all the Elven souls will be evacuated in under five minutes.

As the density of Elven souls inside the prison rapidly drops, the soul mist naturally thins as well.

Just as the 'muddy water' was about to clear, a sudden surge of violent soul fluctuation appeared in a corner of the prison, and a deep-red soul light net materialized out of nowhere, ensnaring nearly 30,000 Elven souls.

At the same time, a soul voice came from the corner: "Luosen, you can certainly kill me, but these Elven souls will bury me with them!"

It was the scarlet woman, seeing the situation turn against her, who revealed herself.

At that moment, the soul‑mist inside the Law Ring Prison remained dense, and Luosen only heard the voice without seeing the person.

"How interesting, you actually threaten me with hostages?"

A plan flashed in his mind instantly.

He could not see the other side, and the other side naturally could not see him.

Using this, Luosen's body silently split into two.

One half was his divine body, staying at the highest level of concealment, quietly hidden in the void outside the cage.

The other was a spirit manifested by a soul spell, extremely delicate, and from the outside looked exactly like a void life.

This spirit was wrapped in an incomparably sturdy soul shield; with a flash, it voluntarily entered the Law Ring Prison.

After entering, the spirit raised a hand and made a casting gesture.

"Hum—"

A massive Soul Giant Shield materialized out of thin air, spanning between the remaining Elves' souls and Beilu Dandi.

The spirit urged repeatedly, "Keep moving, hold tight, don't get involved in this nonsense!"

Then the spirit propped its hands forward, pushing the Soul Giant Shield forward slowly, continuously squeezing the Crimson Lady's evasion space.

Soon, he saw the Crimson Lady on the other side of the giant shield.

Within the converged eleven Law Rings, her appearance was almost indistinguishable from her mortal incarnation.

A towering figure, clad in deep‑red spiritual armor of legendary 19 strength, wielding in one hand a legendary‑19 spiritual single‑handed sword, and in the other a similarly legendary‑19 spiritual oval giant shield—she was the very image of an armored Valkyrie.

The spirit Luosen gave a faint smile, "Lady Beilu Dandi, I am the emperor of the Natural Empire; you threaten me with Elves' souls—how laughable."

Beilu Dandi gave a cold laugh.

"I know your ambition; you wish to unify the entire plane!"

"These Elves' souls are your future subjects. With so many Elves watching, you must consider their lives."

Luosen looked at the Elves' souls writhing and wailing within the crimson light net, then at Beilu Dandi brandishing her sword, grinned, "I advise you to cease resistance; otherwise, I will grind you into powder!"

As he spoke, he propelled the Soul Giant Shield—its scale exceeding twenty thousand Luosen, its strength focused to the ultimate level 19—continuing to crush toward Beilu Dandi.

Beilu Dandi shouted fiercely, "Stop! Otherwise I will truly act!"

Luosen was not coerced at all; he kept pushing the Soul Giant Shield with all his might, continuously issuing stern rebukes.

"Beilu Dandi, if you dare commit evil today, I will not only kill you, but also De Rui Tan, and all of the War God Clan, avenging the innocents slain by your sword!"

Beilu Dandi was not foolish; she instantly grasped Luosen's intent and realized her threat was ineffective. "What a hypocritical emperor!"

At this moment, Luosen had already pushed the Soul Giant Shield to within thirty meters of Beilu Dandi, sealing all her evasion space.

He then paused his pressure.

"Void Demon Beilu Dandi, I advise you one last time: release all the hostages in your grasp and surrender voluntarily! Otherwise I will not only kill you, but before you die make you endure every torture in the world!"

"I will make you regret coming to this world; I will make you beg for a swift death, yet I will never grant your wish!"

"Note, this is an ultimatum!"

Beilu Dandi listened quietly, her arm holding the spiritual sword trembling involuntarily.

If she raises her sword to strike the Elves' souls within the net, at least half of the Elves' souls would shatter.

But though this would be gratifying, the Natural Emperor opposite would surely hang his own soul on a punishment rack, before all the Elves, employing every torture known.

To savor a momentary thrill, he would endure centuries‑to‑millennia of suffering.

It would not only leave the opponent's reputation untouched, but also turn herself into a tool for his warning to potential enemies.

Thus, the hostage strategy fails completely.

After a few seconds of silence, a resolute death wish rose in her heart.

"You have defeated me, His Majesty Luosen, then let these Elves' souls die with me!"

With those words, her body began to glow, intending to self‑detonate her soul.

But at that moment, the Crimson Lady suddenly felt a massive force surge from behind.

The impact shattered her body almost completely; not only was her self‑detonation forced to stop, but her spiritual sword and giant shield were pulverized into dust.

Before she could react, soul chains coiled around her like snakes, binding her body tightly.

She could not even fire a single projectile, let alone self‑detonate.

"What's happening? Who ambushed me?!"

Beilu Dandi's mind was dazed by the blow, momentarily unable to comprehend the situation.

In the next instant, Luosen's true body emerged from behind Beilu Dandi, while the spirit turned into a speck of light and vanished into the air.

He smiled brightly at the bound female warrior, "Crimson Lady, you may die alone; do not drag the innocent into the water."

"Illusion… you… you… you…"

Beilu Dandi felt a deep sense of defeat, unable to find words.

Luosen ignored the despondent goddess of war, turned, dismantled the crimson light net, released the trapped Elves' souls, and loudly proclaimed to the present Elves' souls.

"That Void Demon is correct; I am Luosen, emperor of the Natural Empire."

"I indeed intend to unify this plane."

"In my eyes, all mortals are my subjects."

"I have a sacred duty to protect each of you, and I will never easily abandon any of your lives!"

"Now, before all of you, I will execute this ruthless Void Demon to fulfill my protective duty!"

These words echoed throughout the Law Ring Prison, which still contained at least two hundred thousand Elves' souls.

Beyond the prison, countless Elves and Elves' souls gathered to watch.

Each Elf watched Luosen's every move with an incomprehensibly shocking gaze.

They knew of the Natural Empire's existence, yet never imagined a mortal empire's emperor would appear in Atrasen, wielding such terrifying power!

Luosen wanted exactly this effect.

He gave his hand a sudden tremor, condensing a Soul Oath Sword focused on the legendary 19th extreme.

The sword tip thrust, piercing Beilu Dandi's spirit‑essence battle helm, instantly revealing a beautifully delicate face with snow‑white skin and soft features.

Just the face alone, it's really hard to match with the female war goddess.

"Aha~~ what a pretty head!"

Luosen laughed heartily, pointing the Soul Oath Sword's tip at Beilu Dandi's forehead, and finally asked, "Then, Lady Crimson, do you have any last words?"

Beilu Dandi's face showed a resolute expression, and her eyes stared at Luosen without blinking.

"Luosen, I have not completely failed."

"Your triumph won't last long; soon, the Great Life Tree will be destroyed in flames, and your city, your people, will also wail in the fire!"

Almost at the same moment, Luosen also sensed a strong magical surge coming from the southern sky.

In the high altitude there was no soul mist obscuring vision, so Luosen could 'see' very clearly.

The distance was about 800 kilometers, exactly the limit of Luosen's void sight perception.

A massive number of flying creatures descended from the heights at extreme speed toward the Great Life Tree.

The count was estimated at 2,000, speed up to twice the speed of sound, each one's soul strength above legendary 15, and the magical scale was enormous—over three times that of the previous Dragon of Truth, comparable to the power scale of a mighty god.

At that speed, they would reach the Great Life Tree in twenty minutes.

Luosen suddenly realized, "Oh~ so you had this trump card hidden after all."

That trump card is indeed formidable; without a forged divine body, he would have turned and fled by now.

But even with a divine body, one cannot be careless.

After all, the divine body only helps him slip into the void and play hide‑and‑seek with the legion, and does not grant him the great power to directly block the legion.

Naturally, this Beilu Dandi cannot be simply executed.

He must interrogate her thoroughly to uncover all her schemes.

But words spoken are like water poured out; in front of so many Elves, he cannot easily retract them.

After a brief thought, he had a solution.

First he shouted loudly, "Then, die, demon!"

Immediately after, the Soul Oath Sword in his hand suddenly emitted a blinding golden light, rippling out terrifying concentric waves of power.

The watching Elves could not endure the intense motion, scattering to retreat, and could not see the specifics ahead.

"Boom~~"

Beilu Dandi's location suddenly exploded into a dazzling blaze.

The blaze lasted for over ten seconds before slowly dissipating.

When the Elves opened their eyes again, they saw only the sword‑wielding Emperor of the Natural Empire ahead, while Beilu Dandi had vanished without a trace.

Obviously, this newly arrived powerful Void God was slain by the Natural Emperor, its body completely annihilated.

Luosen turned and faced the watching Elves.

"Elves, the demon's mortal apostles have come to avenge their master."

"These apostles are extremely powerful; their flames could very likely damage the Great Life Tree."

"Therefore, living Elves hide underground, and the Elven souls retreat to the roots of the Great Life Tree."

"And I will personally confront these demonic minions!"

As he spoke, Luosen activated the Heart of the Sun, and power surged wildly, propelling his body upward at extreme speed.

Bursting out of the canopy, his speed surged again, breaking the sound barrier and emitting a "Boom‑rumble‑rumble‑rumble~" thunder.

Watching Luosen rush southward, the elite Elves on the Great Life Tree stared at each other, all bewildered.

Someone shouted, "The Great Life Tree belongs to us Elves; it should be guarded by us!"

Those words instantly resonated powerfully.

"Exactly!"

"The aura's tremor tells me the enemy comes from the south, and is extremely strong."

"Then we will go south to block them!"

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

Fifty legendary flying dragons, each with a wingspan over thirty meters, swiftly rose from the Great Life Tree.

Following them, myriad Elven elites, numbering several thousand, also took to the air.

These Elven elites strained to stay behind the dragons, flying together toward the southern sky.

(End of Chapter)