"Come over."
All the Supreme Lord turned their heads to look in the direction Leo was pointing. The death star that Leo had chosen had instantly crossed tens of millions of kilometers of space and appeared on the battlefield with a bang.
The drastic changes in spatial distance caused the entire Death Star to collapse, emitting a series of cracking sounds.
However, before the energy from the shattered Death Star could be released, it was forcibly absorbed by the singularity in Leo's hand, which could absorb even light.
In other words, the Death Star has no life, otherwise it would surely be emitting a painful scream at this moment.
Having absorbed an entire dead star, the singularity in his hand had only stabilized slightly, still far from the result Leo desired.
Leo continued searching for the Death Star.
"Come over."
The shouts were like invitations from the Grim Reaper. Any Death Star chosen by Leo would instantly appear beside Leo and be forcibly sucked into the singularity in his hand.
After twenty consecutive attempts, the singularity hadn't changed much; the energy was far from sufficient. Leo looked at Star Truth with embarrassment.
"You see, I'm still a little short of mastery. Would you like to cast the spell again so I can absorb some energy?"
"Absorb the magic again, and that should be enough."
What do you want to do?
Star Truth couldn't understand Leo's actions. If he wanted to defeat him, the energy contained in the singularity in Leo's hand was enough to defeat him, and there was no need to continue absorbing energy to compress matter.
But Leo showed no sign of stopping. All the energy and matter in the distorted space of the battlefield were being frantically absorbed. There were 100,000 star projections and dozens of dead stars, yet Leo was still not satisfied.
"I don't have a suitable weapon, so I'll use your witchcraft to make one," Leo said with an embarrassed smile.
Star Truth instantly looked at the Staff of Darkness in Leo's hand in the Shadow World outside the battlefield. Not only did he understand, but the other Supreme Lord also understood.
Leo wanted to create a staff exactly like the Staff of Darkness; he was currently creating the staff head... a black hole he had rubbed out by hand.
What they found unacceptable was that Leo could still casually create weapons for himself when facing a supreme ruler like Star Truth, an eighth-level Supreme Lord. It was as if he didn't take Star Truth seriously at all.
That must be incredibly powerful!!
Completely crushes an eighth-level Supreme Lord, and can even create a black hole with his bare hands...
"Fine, I'll grant your wish today."
Star Truth's expression turned solemn, his magical power surged, and a roar erupted from deep within his throat.
" Astral World Great Witchcraft!!"
One after another, star projections appeared on the battlefield, but before these star projections could stabilize, they were all forcibly sucked into the singularity-distorted space in Leo's hand.
Even though these star projections are controlled by the Star Truth, theoretically even an eighth-level Supreme Lord cannot sever the connection between the star projections and the Star Truth, but Leo accomplished it with ease.
In fact, it was not Leo who severed the connection between the star projection and the Star Truth, but the singularity that had forcibly compressed too much energy.
The terrifying singularity absorbed all 100,000 star projections in just a few breaths.
At that moment, Leo felt a tiny black hole appear in his hand.
Even without Leo's Power of Laws to bind and control it, it can operate stably on its own.
"Hehehe, the black hole is complete, we've come back just in time."
Suddenly, laughter drew everyone's attention. A barbarian with a true form of ten thousand meters and a dark-skinned man dragged a tree tens of thousands of meters long out from the depths of the starry sky.
It was none other than Leo's Supreme Lord avatar, Baturu, his soul companion Yaoyao, and the World Tree that had previously escaped from the Shadow Plane!!
Just moments ago, many people were wondering where Leo's other clone and that talkative soul partner had gone, but it turns out they went to capture the World Tree.
Their purpose in capturing the World Tree is self-evident; they have the head of the staff, but what they lack now is the shaft.
The staff of the Staff of Darkness is made from the projection of the World Tree in the Shadow World, so Leo naturally has to use the World Tree itself!!!
"Lord Leo, please spare me! I can be your slave. I swear by the rules of the universe that I will never betray you, but please don't turn me into a magic staff."
The World Tree looked at the more than 30 Supreme Lord and wept.
He had known for a long time that Leo had been eyeing him, and he thought he could run far away, but he never expected to be accurately located and caught.
"What are you afraid of? Do you think I'd eat you? So many Supreme Lord are watching, why would I bully you?"
"I just need your help with a small thing."
Leo reached out and instantly pulled the World Tree from Baturu's hand.
The World Tree trembled violently, its roots growing and its branches swaying, straining with all its might to break free from Leo's grasp.
His strong will to survive affected the black hole's distorted space; his frantic struggles resembled those of an uncontrollable, throwing a tantrum.
"Lord Leo, I beg you, please spare me, I'll do anything."
"Really?"
"Really, really."
Leo's smile vanished, and his expression instantly turned cold.
"I won't agree."
The World Tree had initially thought that Leo would be moved by his actions and let him go, but it turned out that Li Xi was just toying with him.
"I'll fight you to the death."
The enraged World Tree, preferring to shatter like jade rather than survive like a broken tile, unleashed all its branches to stab at Leo.
He moved quickly, but Leo was even faster!
The singularity, or rather a miniature black hole, in his hand was pressed directly into his tree canopy, and all the branches that wanted to pierce Leo were forcibly sucked back by the black hole.
All the branches entered the black hole in the opposite direction, enveloping it and preventing the World Tree from using any of its branches.
He was like a crab bound by special methods; even the slightest movement of his body was a luxury for him.
Not only that, the energy he forcibly retained within his body was also drawn into the black hole through the tree branches by an irresistible suction force.
The black hole is like a bottomless stomach, greedily swallowing all its energy in one gulp.
The World Tree, which had just been clamoring to perish together with Leo, instantly became like a withered and dead tree. Its bark dried up, its branches lost moisture, and its leaves all underwent the transformation from tender green to yellow within the time it took to breathe.
All the dead leaves fell, leaving the World Tree bare and very unsightly.
Its life force was hanging by a thread; if Leo hadn't stopped the black hole's frenzied absorption at the last moment, the entire World Tree would have become its meal!
"Why?"
Why are you doing this to me?
The World Tree's listless voice still cried out for itself, but it didn't see that none of the Supreme Lord paid attention to its cries. Instead, they were all focused on how Leo used it to make a staff.
He knew that in the eyes of these Supreme Lord, he was the best experimental material, an experimental subject who could not receive equal treatment.
The evil wizards showed him no sympathy; what they wanted most was the experimental data they could extract from him!
Golden runes, like water being released from a reservoir, flew out from the Book of Origin in Leo's hand, completely enveloping the World Tree and the black hole.
Dense golden runes covered every inch of the World Tree World Tree's skin, like shackles imprinted on its body.
The World Tree had long been powerless to resist, or rather, from the moment it was captured alive by Leo thousands of years ago, it could only be exploited by Leo.
The day was inevitable, and they both knew it perfectly well. However, Leo looked forward to it, while the World Tree dreaded this moment!
He tried every means to escape, but he still couldn't escape Leo's grasp!
"Let me go, sob sob sob."
The World Tree truly wept; a Supreme Lord- level powerhouse wept...
Although his energy was completely drained by the black hole, he could still sense his physical condition.
He is no longer simply unable to control his energy; he has discovered another energy within his body that is replacing his willpower in control.
Although the energy was extremely weak, the black hole ignored it.
Moreover, with Leo's help, that energy is growing at an incredibly rapid pace.
It won't take long, just a few minutes, to completely replace him. At that moment, he will no longer be the will of the World Tree.
He didn't know what his fate would be; perhaps he would be erased casually, like wiping away a stain.
He might be pulled out of his body and become an experimental subject on the operating table of a terrifying wizard; he would become one of Leo's most valuable collectibles.
Whenever someone visits Leo, he points to himself and boasts to the guest, 'What a beautiful World Tree soul! A unique collection!'
But nobody cared about his feelings!
His lifespan is far longer than that of a normal Supreme Lord; he can be considered an immortal being.
His Supreme Lord power placed him at the very top of the universe, and he never imagined that one day he would be so close to death.
He feels it now.
He truly felt the presence of death.
Leo paused slightly upon hearing the World Tree's cries, then said helplessly, "Stop crying. You won't die. If you really don't want to become my staff, once I'm done with my business here, I'll replant you in the world and transfer your soul out, giving you a new body."
"Really?"
"Fake."
"... Thanks."
Leo gave a helpless smile to the Supreme Lord who were watching him create the staff in the distance. They were also speechless, not expecting that the World Tree would actually cry.
But it's good that he cried; at least he saved his life.
These wizards all knew that if Leo didn't transfer the World Tree's essence out, and instead shattered the World Tree's soul at the last moment, he could obtain the World Tree's full power.
However, if Leo were to transfer his soul to the World Tree as promised and replant it there, the staff's magic power would be weakened by 10% to 20%.
Leo still softened his heart, sacrificing the power of his staff to preserve the soul of the World Tree!
If it were any other wizard,
They would only watch the World Tree's soul weep while recording their wonderful experiments, and then, at the World Tree's most painful moment, utterly shatter it.