When wood chips burst into the sky from the lower trunk of the Creation Mother Tree, the entire surrounding region fell silent.
Every living creature near the Creation Mother Tree sank into deathly silence.
That included the twelve million Great Luo Divine Ants; the many Giant Spirit clanspeople who had already taken shelter in the tree; and the countless slave tribes who were unqualified to ascend the tree and could only gather beneath it, trembling in terror.
There were also the various beasts that dwelled beneath the Creation Mother Tree.
They all stood frozen, staring in disbelief at the saber scar on the Creation Mother Tree.
The Creation Mother Tree's canopy measured eighty-seven thousand li across, shading an area equivalent to eight Ice Provinces.
Its trunk was also immense and majestic, measuring nearly two thousand li in diameter.
Yet Chu Xisheng's slash had carved a wound fifteen li deep into that trunk.
"You bastard-"
The Great Luo Ant Queen stared blankly at the sight.
Its body had gone utterly rigid, unable to move for a long time.
It finally understood Chu Xisheng's intention.
-This fellow actually intended to chop down the Creation Mother Tree!
Was he trying to use the Creation Mother Tree to threaten the gods?
All the Great Luo Ant Queen's compound eyes twisted, and every joint contracted.
It roared itself hoarse. "No, you can't possibly succeed! How could you possibly cut through the Creation Mother Tree? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
But its roar had barely escaped when a continuous series of thuds rang out from the Creation Mother Tree's trunk.
More wood chips flew in every direction, and the saber scar continued to deepen.
Thirty li, forty-five li, sixty li, seventy-five li-each of Chu Xisheng's slashes cut deeper, sending still more wood chips swirling beneath the canopy.
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