For Lu Xiaotian, the scene revealed the Honghao Celestial Court's sinister intentions. But to Chongyun, Chonghai, and the other True Immortal-level powerhouses, the sight of a thousand dragons roaring in unison, their countless streams of dragon breath converging and hurtling toward the Heavenly Mulberry Sacred Tree, made it feel as though the sky itself were about to cave in.
Though the Heavenly Mulberry Sacred Tree had nurtured the entire Heavenly Mulberry Forest and served as the foundation of the Heavenly Mulberry Wasteland, it was not particularly skilled in combat. Under ordinary circumstances, the tree remained within its own pocket world, where even Golden Immortals would struggle to find it, let alone open a passage into that world. Otherwise, the foundation of the Heavenly Mulberry Wasteland would have been destroyed long ago.
But no matter how mighty the Heavenly Mulberry Wasteland was, it could not escape the laws of nature: the passage of time and the cycle of growth and decay. The Heavenly Mulberry Sacred Tree existed to nourish the entire forest. Whenever the forest withered over vast stretches, the tree would use tears of the mulberry spirit to restore it. During that process, its whereabouts were no longer impossible to discern. And the Seven Tribulations Hidden Dragon before them had seized on precisely that weakness.
The combined dragon breath of hundreds, even thousands, of dragons was so powerful that ordinary Heavenly Immortals could scarcely hope to match it. The streams of dragon breath mingled into a blazing five-colored orb and slammed toward the Heavenly Mulberry Sacred Tree. Even Myriad-Faced Butcher couldn't help feeling a flicker of fear at the sight. With his strength, trying to withstand that orb would be no different from courting death.
"Everyone, lend me your strength! Form the battle array!" Lu Xiaotian roared. Though
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