You will die.
"Moreover, it's irreversible... utter annihilation of both body and soul."
Guo Shuai's breath hitched.
He hesitated for only a second.
Then he looked up and said, "What are we waiting for? Burn it!"
In his mind, the World Tree was clearly stunned.
"Why?"
She couldn't understand this mortal's thought process. "Even ants try to survive, how can you be so heartless towards your own life?"
Guo Shuai did not answer her.
The image of that Wheat Field flashed through his mind.
He should have been torn to pieces by the monster in that Wheat Field.
He's managed to survive this long, breathing for so long in this cannibalistic world.
It was all thanks to luck, and even more so to the boss's repeated acts of saving his life.
This life was borrowed to begin with.
Are you sure you want to do this?
The World Tree remained silent for a long time before confirming again.
"Sure."
This time, Guo Shuai didn't even hesitate.
Sensing his resolute decision, the World Tree sighed.
"Child... actually, I lied to you."
The World Tree's voice carried an apology.
"You were lying when I promised you that you could absorb faith and become a god."
"I made a promise a thousand years ago: this power will ultimately be given to that person."
So... I'm sorry.
"But the Underworld Tree must be stopped today."
Hearing this confession, which could be described as a betrayal, Guo Shuai did not show much reaction on his face.
He was used to it long ago.
In this damned, Barbaric Realm, the weak have no choice whatsoever.
So what if we're being used?
So what if we're treated as disposable items?
"It doesn't matter."
"As long as I can kill that bastard with the sickle down there, as long as I can repay the boss's kindness... that's enough."
Are you ready?
The World Tree ceased its attempts to dissuade them, its tone turning grim.
"Bring it on."
Boom!
Outside, the roots of the Underworld Tree tore through the earth, strangling and attacking Guo Shuai!
At the same instant, a divine emerald light erupted from Guo Shuai's body!
The World Tree forcefully unleashed the faith and vitality accumulated over thousands of years!
Countless thick, emerald-green branches grew from the void, like spears piercing the sky.
It collided with the deathly roots of the Underworld Tree!
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Guo Shuai looked up and let out a miserable scream.
Life force washed over his body, and his right arm not only became completely woody.
Even the shoulders and chest started to grow bark.
As a price, his own life force is being drained!
His once black hair turned gray and dry at a visible rate.
His once upright body began to stoop, and his skin became covered with wrinkles and age spots.
He's getting old!
"Should we stop?!"
The World Tree's voice trembled, "We have successfully Suppression it!"
"No! Keep going... crush it!!!"
Guo Shuai bled from all seven orifices.
The emerald green light surged once more!
The branches of the World Tree crushed the deathly aura of the Underworld Tree, and a towering giant tree rose from the ground, piercing the clouds!
Guo Shuai was completely enveloped by the giant tree and lifted into the air.
The newly sprouted Underworld Tree was suppressed and crushed, revealing Zhang Lingqi, who had been protected below.
On the tree trunk, halfway up in the air.
Guo Shuai was panting.
At this moment, his hair was white and flowing down his shoulders, and his face was covered in wrinkles.
He had suddenly transformed into a weathered old man on the verge of death.
"Sorry..."
World Tree apologizes again.
"Stop talking nonsense... Hurry! Kill him!"
The elderly Guo Shuai, his eyes bloodshot, pointed tremblingly at Zhang Lingqi below.
"Good!"
The World Tree immediately unleashed its sharpest branches, aiming them fiercely at Zhang Lingqi's heart!
Zhang Lingqi was Suppression to the ground, watched this scene without fear; instead, he burst into laughter.
"Come on... kill me!"
Let's turn the tide!
Once he dies, the Death Regression will be triggered, and everything will start over!
But at this critical moment...
"Tear!"
The void beside Zhang Lingqi was suddenly torn apart.
A figure clutching its abdomen fell out of the spatial rift.
[Abyss] raised its head, its Demon Eye locking onto Zhang Lingqi on the ground, and let out a sinister laugh.
"Finally... I found you, my last piece of the puzzle!"
Before he could finish speaking, Guo Shuai, standing above, was met with a shocked gaze.
[Abyss] throws a punch!
"Bang!!!"
Zhang Lingqi's head was blasted into a cloud of blood mist by this punch!
The next second...
The world lost its color, everything began to tremble violently, and time began to reverse.
However, the video suddenly froze!
This time, the rewind did not proceed as smoothly as when Du Linyuan died.
The mechanism of killing to seize Supernatural Ability, and Zhang Lingqi's own Death Regression mechanism.
A logical conflict has arisen regarding the same corpse!
"BOOM!!!"
The void collapsed.
A vast and magnificent river, entirely composed of grayish-white light and water.
This logical paradox has forcefully created a breach!
The river flows upstream, with countless luminous fragments scattered around its waters.
The further upstream you go, the denser the debris becomes.
Zhang Lingqi's soul did not return to the past.
Instead, they were forcibly swept into the [River of Time] by this turbulent current of conflict, crashing around aimlessly in the upstream waters.
He was horrified to discover that his [Death Regression] had been used up.
It completely disappeared from my mind, serving as a one-time resurrection to offset the headshot from before!
Fortunately, he is still alive, and his other Supernatural Ability from the Death God Sequence are still intact.
And at the gap in the present world.
[Abyss] bathed in the radiance of the River of Time, let out a soothing sigh.
He successfully seized that piece of the puzzle, Space-Time Law closed within His body.
The supreme [God of Time and Space] is born here!
"Where do you think you're going!"
[Abyss] didn't even bother with the World Tree above its head.
He immediately activated the access to the River of Time.
He stepped directly into the river and chased after Zhang Lingqi upstream!
If he is killed just one more time, the Death God Sequence will be His!
A chase ensues within the River of Time.
[Abyss]'s expression darkened slightly.
He discovered this because it was the origin of time.
All spatial and temporal Supernatural Ability Suppression by the underlying laws here, making them completely unusable.
He was greatly weakened.
However, Zhang Lingqi can still use other Supernatural Ability besides the [Executioner] type of spatial skills!
"Death Declaration!"
Zhang Lingqi appeared in the river, releasing red lines, and he unleashed a black blade of light with a backhand.
He imbued the Abyss with deathly energy, then drew his black scythe and launched a desperate counterattack.
"When!"
However, even without using his spacetime Supernatural Ability, [Abyss]'s physical body possesses genuine quasi -Quasi-God stats.
With a casual wave of his hand, He shattered Zhang Lingqi's scythe!
Zhang Lingqi spat out a mouthful of blood and used the force to frantically escape upstream.
We absolutely cannot let this guy kill us!
He gritted his teeth and unleashed [Command the Dead]!
At the cost of his chest bursting open, his blood transformed into Sharp Blade, blocking the inevitable path into the Abyss.
"Give up the futile struggle."
The Abyss crashed through walls, its sound echoing across the river.
"Just accept your death, and I might grant you a quick one."
"Otherwise, once my Demon Eye have adapted to the flow of this long river..."
"At that time, I will make you struggle to die in despair!"
Zhang Lingqi clutched his chest.
What to do...
We must not let Him succeed, otherwise the Barbaric Realm will surely be plunged into chaos and suffering.
Just then, he noticed the glass-like shards scattered on both sides of the Reverse-Flow River.
Those fragments are like GIFs, silently playing out bits and pieces of the past.
Zhang Lingqi made a decision in an instant.
He turned around abruptly, gave the Abyss the middle finger, and mocked it.
"Abyss! You think you can't outrun me?!"
[Abyss] completely ignored his trash talk and directly drew back the bowstring of [Emberbane].
Even without time acceleration, his mere Quasi-God power would be enough to kill him.
But the next second, Zhang Lingqi leaped into a floating Time Fragment!
[Abyss] was forced to stop, put down his bow and arrow, and his eyes turned sinister.
"Damn it... Time Fragment."
That is the Temporal Anchor leading to the past world.
By entering the River of Time, one can travel back to the past and interfere with the future.
However, this behavior is extremely dangerous.
Excessive intervention can lead to causal paradoxes, which will be directly washed away into Void by the laws of River of Time.
"However, I am now the God of Time and Space."
[Abyss] snorted coldly, "As long as you don't forcibly linger and alter major cause and effect, you won't suffer a backlash."
"We absolutely cannot let him take his Death God Sequence with him!"
[Abyss] leaned closer to the fragment and looked at the scene inside.
The scene shows an advance team that has just reached the summit of the mountain.
The two men were leading the way.
One man held Mosin–Nagant Rifle, his eyes sharp.
The other person held an ancient longsword and had a calm demeanor.
It was none other than Novsky, the Grim Reaper of the Su Country!
And Xing Wu, a veteran of the China!
This is... the timeline of the Blue Star Trial!
"It's that guy, Su Gelu..."
[Abyss] detected a trace of the Evil God's aura remaining in the fragment.
"The Dragon God hasn't arrived in this timeline yet."
"At least, I don't have to worry about that Guard Dog at the end of the River of Time getting in my way."
As soon as he finished speaking, [Abyss] took a step forward and followed closely behind into that Time Fragment!
The Main World.
Time Rift.
Guo Shuai, with a full head of white hair, hangs on a branch of the World Tree.
He gazed down at the empty, scorched earth.
The spatial rift and river appeared too quickly and disappeared just as quickly.
Where did those two people go?
His cloudy old eyes darted around and found that on the ground, besides the remains of the Underworld Tree, there was nothing else.
Only a young man with half-gold and half-white hair remained, lying there unconscious.
"It looks like... that Clown impersonated Tang Sirui before..."
Guo Shuai's voice was old; he no longer had the energy to think about Abyss led.
"Never mind... those scum from the Desolate God Society must die."
He weakly urged the World Tree, "World Tree, kill him."
The World Tree's branches, like long spears, obediently pierced down at the Clown on the ground, ready to end this sinful life.
"Sizzle!"
Just as the branch was about to pierce the Clown's heart.
A spatial rift opened above the Clown.
A hand reached out from the crack and seemingly casually flicked it.
They blocked the World Tree branch that was powerful enough to pierce through Demigod.
"No way... not again?!"
Guo Shuai's eyelids twitched violently.
Is this never going to end?
However, when he clearly saw the colorful figure emerging from the spatial rift, and saw that familiar face...
Guo Shuai was stunned.
"Boss... Boss!"
Past timeline...
Blue Star Trial...
At the summit of Mount Tai, a fierce wind swept through the ruins.
"Alright, quiet down."
Novsky spoke, quelling the growing commotion within the ranks.
He looked up, staring at the Flesh Moon in the sky, and walked to Xing Wu's side.
"What do you think of the criminal...?"
Novsky asked in a low voice, his China slightly broken.
"One day I will climb to the summit, and survey all the mountains below..."
Xing Wu murmured this timeless verse in a low voice.
He raised his longsword, which was still sheathed, and pointed it at a pile of ruins not far away.
Following the direction of the sword's spine, one could see a broken, fragmented stele stuck diagonally in the scorched earth.
On the surface of the monument, four red characters can still be discerned: [Mount Tai Summit].
"Jade Emperor Peak... our hometown, how could it have become like this!"
Chen Xiaoyu broke down emotionally, hugging the broken tombstone and sobbing uncontrollably.
Looking at the devastated scene before him, Novsky couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"I don't know my hometown..."
However, his words abruptly stopped.
Because a figure suddenly appeared beside him!
"Who are you?!"
Novsky's seasoned intuition sent chills down his spine.
He roared and picked up the Mosin-Nagant in his hand.
Death's Eye activated instantly!
But... it was too fast!
Before his finger could even touch the trigger, a hand had already pierced his eye socket!
"Aaaaaah!!!"
As blood spurted out, Novsky let out a bloodcurdling scream.
"Sorry..."
An apology followed.
Zhang Lingqi seized the rifle from the other man, pressed it against Novsky's head, and decisively pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Blood splattered everywhere, and a veteran of the Su Country died on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, the eyeball in Zhang Lingqi's hand turned into black smoke and merged into his body.
Sequence 004 [Death's Eye] has successfully changed hands!
"It's done. My guess was right after all."
Even past Supernatural Ability can still be stripped away.
Zhang Lingqi muttered to himself.
This unexpected turn of events left everyone bewildered.
"Is... is that Ling Qi? What are you doing here?!"
Xing Wu's hand holding the sword trembled as he pointed it at the approaching person, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.
Zhang Lingqi offered no further explanation.
Facing the bloodthirsty Su Country soldiers around him, and this elderly China elder.
He simply lowered his head and left with the second sentence.
"Sorry."
Before he finished speaking, he had already made up his mind, took a step back, and disappeared into the Time Fragment!
"What is he doing! What exactly do you Huaxia Person want?!"
Watching helplessly as their own elders were publicly tortured and killed, the Su Country soldiers went berserk.
They questioned Xing Wu, pointing their guns at the China camp.
"Put the gun down!"
Seeing this, the China soldiers did not back down and pulled the bolts of their rifles to charge forward.
Tensions were high between the two sides, and a fierce battle was imminent.
At this moment, Xing Wu was completely oblivious to the commotion around him.
He was lost in confusion, staring at the Time Fragment that Zhang Lingqi had disappeared from.
Just then, the space trembled again!
That Time Fragment that had just closed was torn apart!
However, what emerged from within was not Zhang Lingqi, who had returned.
Even the Flesh Moon in the sky trembled incessantly from this aura...
[Abyss] strolled out.
"You ants, tell me..."
Where did my prey go?