"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to kill you all."
Baturu swept across the demiplane outside the barrier of the Returning Breath World, directly opening the Shadow Plane, where a dark mass of World Lord, radiating a powerful aura, appeared respectfully.
"Start cleaning!"
"Yes, Master."
After killing the two motherships and the forty Stigmata Wizard from the Land of Origin, there will be forty Stigmata Wizard remaining on the demiplane. Once all of them are killed, the Returning Breath World will be completely devoid of anyone with strength above level four.
Without any beings of level four or above, the connection between the two World Cluster is completely severed. Even if the Wizard World tries to contact this place, it will be unable to do so because there are no Stigmata Wizard.
Baturu reached out and grabbed it, crushing the demiplane in front of him like a cheap toy, along with the Stigmata Wizard on it.
The souls were captured and thrown into the Shadow Plane along with the bodies, waiting for the Xiao San and Xiao Si to finish their business in the Land of Origin so that these Stigmata Wizard could be resurrected again.
For beings that are not Supreme Lord, they can completely control them using the methods of controlling World Lord learned from the Black Skull's soul.
The Elemental Wizard School initially used Black Skull's feigned death to escape and collaborate with the Returning Breath World, allowing Black Skull to create a method to control the World Lord.
He wanted to control the Stigmata Wizard of the Body Refinement Wizard School, but before the Black Skull could even begin to control him, he died at Leo's hands.
Now that they have killed these Stigmata Wizard and Lord of Souls, and then resurrected them through Little Bookworm, and then controlled them, it can be said that they have fulfilled the wish of Black Skull from back then.
More than two hundred World Lord are slaughtering these Stigmata Wizard. The forty Level Four Stigmata Wizard are no match for five times their number of opponents, and among them are many Level-Five World Lord and a small number of Level-Six World Lord.
Furthermore, within the Shadow Plane, there is an endless stream of World Lord and Barbarian God, radiating murderous intent, their eyes searching for any remaining targets.
The Stigmata Wizard were utterly desperate; even if they tried to escape from the demiplane, they would be caught up and killed by opponents many times their number.
In less than half an hour, the souls and corpses of all the Stigmata Wizard, along with any resources of even a modicum of value from their demiplane, were all teleported to the Shadow Plane.
"Master, all forty Stigmata Wizard have been killed; not one escaped!"
Back then, the fourth-level God of Demons of the Black Domain World reported to Baturu like a lackey.
Ever since he discovered that he could gain unexpected favor by lowering his attitude, this God of Demons had long lost his so-called divine authority, and his fawning smile was even more perfect than that of the lowest slaves.
"Well done. Everyone has found their positions according to the pre-planned layout. We're ready to begin."
"Yes, great master!"
The God of Demons shouted loudly at the controlled World Lord who were already prepared in the Shadow Plane, as well as some Barbarian God who had been teleported from the Barbarian World.
More than a thousand level four and above emerged from the Shadow Plane, flying towards the outside of the barrier of the Returning Breath World amidst a series of commands.
They seemed to have practiced the world model of the Returning Breath World many times, and easily found their place.
Once all the World Lord had taken their positions, Baturu made a grabbing motion, and a tree that appeared to be only ten thousand meters tall materialized.
With its emerald green trunk and terrifyingly surging energy, the World Lord would never regard the tree in Baturu's hands as an ordinary life.
This is the World Tree, the World Tree in a sealed state!
They knew perfectly well how significant the World Tree was in Baturu's hands. It was a terrifying cosmic-level life form that controlled countless lives, a life form on par with Baturu!
If they had encountered the World Tree in the past, they would have been filled with fear and dread, and seeing the World Tree would have been the very first sign of their impending death.
Those are the highest-level cosmic beings whose purpose is to enslave the world; they are destroyers and enslavers who search the entire universe for valuable worlds.
There are many World Lord who are unaware of terrifying life forms like the World Tree, and they only hear its name after being controlled by it.
This isn't because the World Tree is low-level, but because their information isolation is low-level!
However, the more terrifying the World Tree was, the more flattering and submissive they became to Baturu and Leo.
Back then, Leo, Baturu, and Black Soluo were only level six, yet they were able to capture and seal the World Tree alive. Over the years, the World Tree has been with them in the Shadow Plane, and they have witnessed this terrifying life that only exists in legends up close countless times.
If even such terrifying beings could be captured and sealed away, then their being controlled seems somewhat acceptable.
It's unclear when, but their resistance to Leo and Baturu had vanished, or even if it hadn't, the rebellious spirit was almost nonexistent.
They were witnesses to every battle that Leo and Baturu fought, watching as powerful figures who could easily destroy them were killed by Leo and his companions, or taken prisoner and imprisoned in the Shadow Plane.
Given the strength demonstrated by Leo and Baturu, it is foreseeable that they will become dominant forces in the universe.
And these guys, who are only level four or five,
Previously, they were merely so-called gods in their own world, seemingly holding the power of life and death over all life within that world. In reality, they were nothing more than the most foolish beings in their small world, who had never even seen the scenery beyond.
They might be swallowed up and killed by an expanding civilization one day, and most likely they won't even have the chance to be enslaved.
Even without any other civilization invading their world, they would slowly lose their time in the long river of history.
A lifetime is a long time, something that lower life forms envy.
But what's the point of those long, repetitive Heavenly Capital?
Although they are now controlled by their masters, have lost their freedom, and have lost their former world, they have gained a more brilliant life.
If you want a world, you can still obtain it as long as you make enough contributions, and even several worlds are possible.
And what excited them most was the hope of promotion.
As more and more World Lord were controlled, unimpeded communication began among those of the same level. Level-Four World Lord saw hope of advancing to fifth level, fifth-level world lords saw hope of advancing to sixth level, and sixth-level world lords saw the Supreme Lord.
Advancing to the Supreme Lord is extremely difficult, and they didn't hold out much hope, but what if...?
What if they succeed?
This was an opportunity they could never have imagined in their own world, an opportunity stemming from their fixed mindset rooted in their existing world.
If they knew they could gain so many benefits from being controlled by their master, many of them would probably be tempted, and wouldn't have resisted being controlled in the first place.
That was the hope of advancing to a higher level, an opportunity they would never have otherwise had!
So what if they're being controlled? So what if their world's inhabitants are wiped out? As long as they can advance, they're willing to pay such a price!!
Baturu was unaware of the subtle shift in the thoughts of these World Lord World Lord, nor did he have time to pay attention to them.
The difference in their levels was too great; it was difficult for him to get his attention from the thoughts of the World Lord.
His entire body was surging with energy, which flowed into the World Tree in his hand like a tap that could not be turned off.
The World Tree, which was just an ordinary tree a moment ago, came to life instantly after being provided with energy by Baturu.
Its entire body greedily absorbed the energy of Baturu, and its dense root system grew wildly, heading towards the Returning Breath World.
The World Barrier prevented the World Tree's roots from entering. The World Lord, who had already arranged their positions, and the barbarians attacked the World Barrier frantically, breaking it down together with the World Tree's roots, allowing the World Tree's roots to enter completely.
The World Tree World Tree's trunk grew thicker and taller at an astonishing rate, increasing by 100,000 meters in almost every breath.
At the same time, branches grew rapidly, and the canopy continued to expand its coverage area, growing towards a terrifying form that would cover and shroud the entire Returning Breath World.
The World Tree, extending into the Returning Breath World, hung down from the sky. Although only a few thousand roots penetrated the world's barrier, they began to sprout branches wildly as soon as they entered the Returning Breath World.
Countless branches sprouted densely from a single root, spreading throughout the entire Returning Breath World.
When they encounter soil, they bury themselves in it;
When you encounter a high mountain, plunge into it.
It plunges into the ocean and frantically absorbs seawater;
In just a few minutes, tens of millions of roots appeared inside the Returning Breath World, greedily absorbing all the energy and resources they could.
After the Returning Breath World, more roots grow and extend to more locations, absorbing all the energy they can.
Even from outside the world, Baturu could hear the sucking and swallowing sounds coming from inside the World Tree. With the nutrients absorbed from the Returning Breath World, the World Tree no longer needed Baturu's energy to grow; in fact, the World Tree even fed Baturu some energy back.
At this point, all Baturu needs to do is control the growth of the World Tree.
A platform protrudes from the trunk of the World Tree, and a throne rises from this platform.
In front of the enormous throne was a table, and under Baturu's gaze, a cup of green beverage appeared on the table.
The World Tree used its branches to hook Baturu's hand and led him to the throne, gesturing for Baturu to taste the green beverage on the table.