Clearly, both sides unleashed their ultimate moves the moment they met.
One of them had thrown out every world-destroying method at once, wiping out 99.99999% of all living things.
The other had come charging in intending to summon the Demon Lord.
But.
I had asked you to evolve separately into bones, flesh, a power core... Yet you forcibly pretended to merge. How could I possibly descend?
Li Qing smiled but said nothing. With half-baked efforts like yours, did you really think Herodotus was a freeloader?
Sure enough.
The World Tree high above deliberately adjusted its structure. A thick branch had already grown, with a glass cylindrical pendulum hanging from it, ready at any moment.
"Release!"
Herodotus raised his hand atop the tree and looked toward the Three Sovereigns of the Abyss. "I don't know what they're doing, but it looks like some kind of evil ritual. Stop them immediately."
Boom.
The entire glass pendulum swung down.
The next moment, it smashed viciously into that bizarre trinity.
The Skeleton Lord and Slime Lord suffered little damage, one too hard and the other too soft. The Demon Dragon, however, was half as brittle as paper. In an instant, the mantis shrimp shell was crushed until juices spilled out.
Clang!
After striking the three Sovereigns, the glass cylinder veered aside and knocked against the silver steel wall of the room behind them, producing a crisp sound.
"Good. Pull it back!"
Standing on a lush, sturdy branch of the World Tree, Herodotus waved again. The entire pendulum was hauled upward, ready to be released once more.
"Too amazing!"
"As expected of His Majesty!"
The All Gods could not help but beam with delight at the sight.
Now, within this miniature laboratory world, they were not merely relying on bodily evolution. They had also begun