"It's your turn!" Hodan turned toward the Sovereigns of Death and Life, his face icy.
Although they were women, and the Sovereign of Death had once treated him fairly well, now that they had attacked him, Hodan wouldn't hold back.
Once you were enemies, you might as well die. That was a truth Hodan firmly believed.
"Big sister, we may die here today," the Sovereign of Death said to the Sovereign of Life. "Who would've thought that after we both survived the fierce battle for the Sovereign Sparks, we'd end up dying at the hands of a junior?"
"Enough. Prepare to fight for our lives," the Sovereign of Life replied. "Use our strongest techniques!"
As the first plant life born in their respective Supreme Planes, each of them had a trump card. Earlier, they had fought with all their might under Oufu's coercion, but they hadn't been willing to risk their lives. That was what had given Hodan his opportunity.
"Waaah! Aaargh! Roar!" Countless anguished souls cried out in the Spatial Turbulence. Their wails ignored the barriers of space and went straight into Hodan's soul, making even his powerful spirit tremble. He felt as though he were fighting against an entire world.
The Sovereign of Death revealed her true form—a colossal Undead Tree, its branches laden with countless powerful souls. Demons, dragons and phoenixes, humans, even abyssal creatures: these were the souls the Undead Tree had absorbed over countless years, rooted in the Netherworld.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The fruits of countless souls hanging from the Undead Tree's branches flew rapidly into its trunk. At the same time, the Heart of the Netherworld raged, drawing boundless deathly power to empower the tree.
Gray light shimmered over the Undead Tree. It was the Light of Death. As the tree absorbed the countless