Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

The sound of wild laughter shook the heavens.

Accompanied by a suffocating shockwave, the aura suddenly surged to an unprecedented peak.

The countless chaotic blessings that Qi Zhimu plundered through the Free Movement Technique were harmonized by the power of the Jianmu tree and were now perfectly absorbed and assimilated in an instant.

An ultimate monster, possessing the best of all evil creatures, the regenerative power of the Jianmu tree, and the status of a Commander, was born here.

"Fire! Fire at full power!"

The Zhu Mingxian ship support fleet had just arrived with the Luofu fleet when they witnessed this scene, and the commander roared at the top of his lungs.

Jingyuan gave the same order, silently praying that his master would hurry up.

They set off ahead of Jingliu, but currently lack the formidable fighting force to withstand the frontal pressure.

Otherwise, the risk would be extremely high if the fighting fleet were to launch a sudden attack.

Hundreds of starships simultaneously turned their cannons around, unleashing a torrent of fiery flames, said to be able to incinerate even stars, which instantly engulfed Shuhu.

However, what happened next plunged all the Cloud Cavalry into an icy abyss.

The towering crimson flames instantly engulfed Shuhu, which was true, but He actually opened his arms, letting the flames scorch him.

The flesh and blood were charred, carbonized, and detached.

Before the ashes had even settled, new flesh and blood had already begun to regenerate, completing the process at a speed beyond what the naked eye could perceive.

To outsiders, the Zhu Ming Divine Fire seemed to have no effect on Him at all, instead becoming a backdrop for Him to flaunt his terrifying body.

"Damn it! Even the Crimson Flame is ineffective?"

"Use every means possible! Focus fire!"

Countless high-explosive missiles, splitting beams, and annihilation rays, carrying world-destroying power, slammed into Shuhu.

Flames soared into the sky, and smoke and dust obscured the sun.

Faced with all this, a mocking glint suddenly appeared in his eyes.

With his arms transforming into countless branches, he swept them away so fiercely that most of the agile warships darting through the sky had no way to dodge.

With a single strike, ninety percent of the warships disintegrated in mid-air, shattering into countless fireballs that plummeted to the ground.

The rest were also tightly entangled by branches and fell to the ground like trash.

"Bai Heng!"

Seeing her starship crash, Yingxing was furious and rushed over to save her, only to find that Bai Heng's legs were broken and his left arm was missing.

Screams rose and fell as countless Cloud Cavalry warriors lost their lives in this attack.

"How can there still be short-lived creatures? How pitiful! Let me grant you eternal life!"

Several branches broke through the soil and entangled Yingxing, their sharp thorns piercing his body and injecting abundant power that caused Teng Xiao's expression to change drastically.

"stop!!"

Teng Xiao forcibly squeezed out all the power in his body, even overdrawing his internal organs to the limit, and merged them with the power of the hunt.

The golden deity manifested behind him once more, and this time, the deity's figure was more solid than ever before.

"cut!!"

The divine lord's array blade, carrying the power to create heaven and earth, slashed down at Shuhu.

Boom!

The entire land was cleaved in two by this single strike, instantly creating countless terrifying fissures, some thousands of meters deep and others thousands of meters wide.

The Earth's core was cleaved open, and crimson magma gushed out like a torrent, quickly filling the fissures and spreading rapidly in all directions.

In the center of the battlefield, as the smoke and dust dissipated, the fleeting figure was nowhere to be seen.

Only churning lava raged, devouring the earth.

"Huff...huff..."

The god's enormous figure dissipated into specks of golden light, and Teng Xiao knelt on one knee in mid-air, breathing rapidly.

The surviving Cloud Cavalry soldiers, their faces still showing shock, scanned the apocalyptic scene below.

"Is he/she dead?"

"Probably... dead?"

If it weren't for Tianfengjun's timely intervention, which summoned a wind curtain to rescue the survivors from the crashed warship, there would have been no one alive on the ground.

"The general's attack... it was like splitting a planet in two."

"Even if that monster is incredibly strong, it should be reduced to ashes if it takes that blow head-on, right?"

The group, suspended high in the air by wind curtains, nervously searched every corner.

Suddenly, the magma sea below began to boil violently.

"careful!!"

Tianfengjun shouted sternly.

Before the words were even finished, numerous thick roots, ignoring the thousands of degrees of heat, broke through the magma and shot into the sky, instantly entangling dozens of cloud riders high in the air.

"what!"

"My hands! My face!"

Their skin visibly dried up and wrinkled, and their once black hair turned snow-white.

In a short period of time, many people turned into old people on the verge of death, and then disappeared into Shuhu's body.

Teng Xiao felt as if his internal organs were about to shatter, and he spat out blood, forcibly squeezing out his last sword strike.

The sword energy was like a rainbow, severing all roots.

But the next second, more roots emerged from the magma, and in the center of the magma, a body that was completely intact slowly rose up.

He was bathed in magma, but his aura did not weaken; instead, it became even more terrifying.

"How is that possible..."

Teng Xiao's vision went black; he was completely exhausted and his body swayed precariously.

Just then, a figure, bathed in flames, fell like a meteor and crashed directly in front of Shu Hu.

"Oh, even Zhu Ming's generals have come?"

The newcomer wielded a massive, flaming hammer. His short stature rapidly expanded, his muscles bulging, and his beard and hair bristling.

"General Huaiyan... if you had arrived any later, the people here..."

"Tianfeng Jun, take everyone back!" Huaiyan ignored Shi Hu completely, and the battle between the envoys broke out again.

The aftershocks of this battle were far beyond what ordinary Cloud Cavalry could withstand.

Tianfeng Jun dared not be negligent and immediately led everyone to retreat to the temporarily safe outer perimeter before rejoining the battlefield.

At that moment, several streaks of light pierced the sky.

The sword tips of Yao Qing and Zhu Ming, along with the main reinforcements from each of the immortal ships, finally arrived.

"Support General Huaiyan!" Jing Yuan calmly ordered.

Danfeng immediately rushed into the battle.

Faced with an attack, he moved with ease, like a cat playing with a mouse.

"How boring. Before that woman from China arrives, let me give you a grand gift first!"

Suddenly, as if it had grown tired of playing, it let out a strange laugh. The branches around it grew in size and hardness by several levels, sending the unsuspecting Huai Yan flying directly into deep space.

Ding ding ding—

The long spear struck the branch, only producing a burst of sparks; it couldn't even pierce the bark.

"What?!"

Danfeng was shocked. Before he could react, the branches forcefully tore through his protective water armor and wrapped around him like pythons.

Not only him, but everyone involved in the battle, except for General Huaiyan, was bound tightly.

"True immortality and eternal life are bestowed upon you!"

Suddenly, his chest split open, revealing a gaping maw filled with sharp teeth.

A terrifying suction force erupted, pulling the trapped people towards the giant mouth.

Just as Tianfeng Jun, Danfeng, and the others were about to be devoured, at the critical moment, a sliver of pale moonlight shone down on the earth.

The moment those frantically writhing branches came into contact with the moonlight, they all froze.

Thick, solid ice spread rapidly along the roots, freezing the sudden, gigantic mouth along with it.

Countless crescent-shaped sword energies descended from the sky, and wherever the sword light passed, even the hard branches that the maple tree could not pierce crumbled inch by inch.

Everyone felt a sudden release as their restraints were lifted, and they quickly took the opportunity to retreat.

Suddenly, the ice on his body shattered, and his gaze turned to the sky.

Jing Liu hovered there, his long sword shrouded in frost, and his expression seemed somewhat off.

Her gaze was fixed on Shuhu, her eyes unfocused and devoid of light.

The whole world faded in her eyes, turning into a deathly gray, except for the monster, which appeared crimson to her.

Because within Him lingers the essence she has sought for a thousand years, an essence etched into her very bones.

…That was Master's aura.