The entire land trembled faintly. In the distance, the advancing ant swarm stopped in stunned silence, shocked as it looked towards the Divine Tree disintegrating high in the sky.
An Ant Tribe Hero muttered, "Sacred Tree Lahil has died?"
The Nine Divine Guards looked at one another speechlessly, not knowing what had happened to the Divine Tree. Yet at this moment, an indescribable sorrow filled the hearts of every living creature in the world!
Even the enemy Devouring Ants could feel it, as though the world itself mourned the passing of this legendary being.
At the Devouring Ant headquarters, Queen Bersha quietly felt the trace of sorrow in her heart. "Lahil, have you finally reached this point?"
The divine body accumulated over millions of years collapsed in a single day. Within just a few minutes, it had completely disintegrated. From then on, Lahil no longer existed in the Primordial World. Where the center of the world had once lain, only an unfathomably deep pit remained.
"Ah! My body!"
Burst after burst of furious roars shattered the grief. The kings of every race erupted with dazzling radiance, powerful auras bursting from their bodies. For a time, even their own clansmen did not dare approach them!
All the kings of the Myriad Races had received the Divine Tree's legacy. At this moment, their bodies had grown more than twice as powerful! After all, the Divine Tree had breathed in spiritual energy and absorbed the essence of the sun and moon for millions of years. How could that be a trivial matter?
Among them, the Human King's aura was the strongest! The Human King had already been the strongest living being, and having worshipped the Divine Tree day and night, his aura was incomparably compatible with it. He had gained the most benefits of anyone present!
Feeling the immense power surging through his body, the Human King's expression hardened. Raising the Spear of Destiny high, he roared, "Sacred Tree Lahil sacrificed itself to save the world and the Myriad Races. The day of our counterattack is today!"
This is a war of justice; this is a war to save the world!
The Divine Tree's death made the Devouring Ants uneasy. They accelerated their march once more. The boundless black ant swarm covered the sky and sun, even stealing away the dawn's radiance.
Across the land, wherever the ant swarm passed, not a blade of grass remained. Even the ground was scraped three feet deep!
The forces in the east, south, west, and north were each led by two Divine Guards, while the strongest one guarded the central army. The Devouring Ants planned to converge at the center of the world, destroy every opposing enemy, devour all things, and dominate the world!
Human King Qi led the kings of the Myriad Races in forming the final defensive perimeter at the center of the world. As far as the eye could see, there were enemies everywhere.
Behind them lay their own families. There was nowhere left to retreat!
The Devouring Ants had not expected the Myriad Races to be so bold as to launch a counterattack in such a desperate situation! The Divine Guards were caught completely off guard by the slaughter!
Holding the Spear of Destiny, the Human King led the powerful warriors in a surprise attack against the Divine Guard of the eastern army. Another one nearby tried to provide support, but was entangled by the kings of the Myriad Races. Countless Soldier Ants came flooding in to stop them, yet they could not stop the upgraded warriors at all. A grieving army is bound to win.
The strongest Divine Guard of the central army noticed and flew over at extremely fast speed to provide support within a minute. Yet what happened next made its eyes split with fury.
Human King Qi pierced the Divine Guard's body with a single thrust. Its steel body fused from superalloy could not stop a divinely bestowed weapon at all. With a fierce shout, the Human King shook both arms with force, blasting the Divine Guard into several pieces alive!
"Damn you! How dare you surround and ambush my brother!" The central army's Divine Guard spread its wings and, filled with rage, unleashed its strongest strike. The blow changed the color of heaven and earth, scattering even the clouds high above. The fierce wind from its fist made everyone present go numb.
With a thunderous roar, several leaders behind the Human King used a special battle technique to temporarily empower him with their energy. With a whoosh, Human King Qi thrust out the Spear of Destiny!
Needle against awl, the strongest fist versus the Spear of Destiny!
The instant the two collided, two visible waves of energy crashed together first.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking explosion erupted between heaven and earth. The central army's Divine Guard and the Human King were both blasted away, but ignoring the backlash and blood pouring from their bodies, they shouted and collided once again!
As though that strike had drawn back the curtain, countless battles erupted across the world in an instant, like sparks that could start a prairie fire.
The Epochal Cataclysm reached its climax at that instant. Killing intent swept across the entire land, and flames of war rose everywhere.
The sounds of cannons, muskets, clashing blades, furious roars, and miserable wails... countless sounds formed a song of world destruction, playing the road to death for all living beings.
The world's origin emitted burst after burst of murderous aura, infecting the consciousness of living beings once again and driving them increasingly mad. The Ant Queen's eyes turned red as she sent out all her elite trump cards. She even left the headquarters herself, returning to the surface to personally command the army.
Among the Myriad Races, All Citizens are Soldiers. Every member of the Human Race capable of wielding a weapon joined the battle. They could decide when the war began, but they could not decide when it would end!
The battle at the center was the most intense. The eight Divine Guards themselves had surpassed this world's limits. Even the kings who had received the Divine Tree's sacrifice could only barely contend against them.
Fortunately, one Divine Guard had previously been ambushed and killed. Otherwise, their pressure would have been even greater!
The powerful warriors on both sides had exceeded the limits of what the world could contain. As their energies collided, they blasted the land into a pitted mess. With the Divine Tree that had suppressed the land now gone, the center became unstable, and the entire Supercontinent began to tremble faintly.
Yet the supreme beings locked in a life-and-death battle noticed none of the anomaly. They devoted themselves completely to the fight, determined to kill their enemies.
Outside the world, Jiang Ping was an observer beyond the board. He noticed that something was wrong at the first time.
Jiang Ping shifted his gaze away from the fierce battlefield. Taking a closer look, he realized the problem was enormous.
Deep underground, as it endured increasingly violent energy, the entire land resembled a cracker on the verge of splitting apart. The planetary core was like boiling water, constantly rising, waiting only for a trigger to collapse completely.
The Supercontinent had already been bearing unimaginable pressure. What's more, the Divine Tree that suppressed the center of the world had died. The land could no longer remain calm!
"Kill!"
The Human King roared, merging himself with the Spear of Destiny as he clashed head-on with the central army's Divine Guard once again.
By now, both supreme experts had suffered severe injuries. Yet before they could fight again—
The two supreme experts suddenly stared at the ground in horror, then shouted in unison:
"Retreat, quickly!"
Before either side could make sense of it, hundreds of billions of living beings suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet bulge in an instant. Then, towering flames erupted in a flash, and countless streams of scorching magma burst forth, devouring friend and foe alike!
For a time, the armies on both sides were terrified by this sudden change.
"Could it be a volcanic eruption?" An ancient king looked at the magma in confusion.
The Human King's face turned deathly pale as he shouted, "It's not a volcanic eruption. The Supercontinent is collapsing! Everyone, immediately drop everything and gather together. Head for high ground!"
The Human King's voice echoed across the vast battlefield. The Devouring Ants no longer had time to chase down their enemies. They too instinctively began to tremble, and Queen Bersha's expression changed drastically.
She immediately summoned the remaining Divine Guards to return and defend her. She could no longer spare a thought for leading the Ant Race army. As long as she lived, everything could begin again. Given some time, another army would be born. But if she perished, the Devouring Ants would exist in name only.
Under such a World Destruction Crisis, the Ant Queen felt as small as she had been at birth, a tiny thing that could be crushed by a single finger.
She had thought she was about to ascend to the highest peak of the world, seize supreme authority, become the Lord of the World, and stand on equal footing with the Creation God. Watching this world-destroying scene, the Ant Queen mocked herself:
The Supercontinent was collapsing, heaven and earth overturning. Even if she possessed countless armies, before such power, she was still but a drop in the ocean, utterly incapable of withstanding it!
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