Hiss—
The moment the main root vein was severed, the entire living domain let out a silent wail.
It was a violent tremor beyond the realm of hearing, originating from the very level of energy. All the God Tree vines hanging frozen in midair instantly became like withered branches stripped of life, rapidly shriveling, collapsing, and turning into ash-black powder that drifted down.
The once endlessly writhing walls of flesh stopped pulsing. The viscous fluid on their surfaces quickly dried up, while the dark-red flesh visibly turned pale and rigid.
This "God's Realm," forcibly cultivated by the White Snake Sage, was dying at an unprecedented speed.
"Guh... guhahaha..."
In the distance, Orochimaru lay sprawled amid a pile of rubble, greedily breathing the air that had become thin once more. The domain's drain on his chakra had vanished, and the shadow of death had temporarily receded, dragging him back from the brink by force. His golden snake eyes remained locked on Hyuga Xiao floating in midair as an incomprehensible hoarse laugh came from his shriveled throat.
He had won...
Once again, this man had broken a killing trap that even the Five Kage would have been helpless against, in a manner so absurd it was almost mocking!
Yet there was not the slightest trace of victory on Hyuga Xiao's face.
His Tenseigan, shining with azure starlight, remained coldly fixed on the massive mutated monster ahead.
Because he could sense an even more violent, more ominous aura of destruction than any previous attack frantically brewing within the White Snake Sage.
That was not a counterattack.
It was... the resolve to die together!
"You... must... die..."
The White Snake Sage's enormous serpent head slowly rose. Foul poisonous blood streamed from its thousand ruptured eyeballs, yet its will had never been more focused. It