He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

After confirming that everything was in order, the group stepped through the ancient stone gate.

Xie Bai followed behind Azsarax, walking at the very back of the group.

"Buzz—"

After passing through the stone gate, the sight before them made everyone hold their breath.

It was a sky woven from dazzling, illusory colors.

Countless branches and leaves, like flowing aurora borealis, floated and stretched slowly above the dome, outlining the sky before our eyes.

"This is... the World Tree?"

Yu Yunsheng looked up at the slowly flowing canopy of trees, her eyes filled with awe.

But soon, she noticed something was amiss.

"Wait a minute... I feel like this place is really safe. There's none of the danger they mentioned..."

Just as Yu Yunsheng was about to speak, Yu Yuan asked her a question.

"this……"

Before he could finish speaking...

"boom--!"

The entire space suddenly shook.

Xie Bai, at the very end of the group, arrived at this space.

Almost the instant Xie Bai stepped into this area, the World Tree locked onto her aura.

An overwhelming wave of hatred surged in from all directions.

The next second, countless brilliant colors rushed down from the branches and leaves, heading straight for the petite figure at the very end of the line.

Seeing this, Xie Bai calmly raised his hand.

Ritual funerals are quietly emerging.

"Quiet."

Her voice was soft, with a hint of disdain.

Immediately afterwards, the funeral rites were performed.

"Whoosh—!"

A crimson arc of light streaked across the sky.

The enormous World Tree trembled violently, and the thousands of attacks that were originally rushing towards Xie Bai were forcibly dispersed and pushed back, slamming back onto the World Tree's own branches.

"Bang--!!!"

Large, vibrant leaves fell from the World Tree, raining down upon the land below.

Taro Ball reacted swiftly, his figure transforming into a ghostly phantom as he swept across the area, collecting all the scattered World Tree leaves.

Once the tremors of the World Tree had subsided slightly, Xie Bai turned to look at Thanatos in the distance.

"Whatever you need to do, get it done quickly."

After receiving Xie Bai's order, Thanatos nodded solemnly.

He then turned to Roland.

"Master Roland, I will follow you to find the branches of rules concerning alchemy."

As he spoke, he then gave instructions to the taro ball vendor beside him:

"As for you... you should be confident, right?"

Taro Ball nodded in response to Thanatos's question.

"Don't worry, I'm confident in my abilities."

After saying that, he led Yu Yunsheng and his group away from the place.

Seeing this, the cat quickly recovered from its shock.

"What a pity... If my live stream could be started right now, I could have recorded the scene of Bai making a move earlier."

Although she was a little disappointed, seeing that Taro Ball and his group had already gone far away, she immediately pulled Azarax along to catch up.

Azsarax, who was being forcibly pulled by the cat, seemed a little hesitant, his steps slowing slightly.

"Kitty..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"What we're going to do later... isn't going to be something that harms the World Tree, is it?"

Cat was slightly taken aback by Azsarax's question.

"This... I don't think so, right? By the way, why would you ask that?"

Upon hearing this, Azsarax couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"No matter what, I am a dragon, a peak mythical race. My strength is tied to the world, and I must also fulfill my responsibility to maintain the world... which includes the World Tree."

She gently tugged at the cat's clothes, lowering her voice even further.

"And just now, I could feel the power within me being unleashed with the help of the World Tree, almost returning to its peak level."

She paused.

"And the corresponding responsibility is to clean up those...worms that try to harm the World Tree."

After hearing Azsarax's explanation, the cat didn't immediately understand.

"You mean... the World Tree just appointed you as a henchman? The purpose is... to expel us?"

"More or less...right?"

Azsarax nodded somewhat awkwardly.

With the help of the World Tree, she did indeed gain the full power of the era of the gods.

If she were asked to take action right now, she could easily take down everyone present except Xie Bai.

But clearly, Azsarax doesn't intend to do that.

Let's not even talk about whether she dares to attack Xie Bai.

She herself didn't seem to care much about her responsibility to "maintain the world."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been abandoned by the dragons in the desolate northern border, living a carefree life all by herself.

"But I'm not going to listen to it."

She waved her hand.

"At worst, I'll just get another lecture from those old guys."

After saying that, Azsarax grabbed the cat and quickly chased after Taro Ball and his group in the direction they had gone.

Seeing that she was being pulled away by Azsharax, the cat was momentarily stunned.

"Wait a minute... can you say that to my face?"

"Hmm... I think it should be possible? After all, the World Tree doesn't have much intelligence; it mostly acts on instinct."

Azarax paused for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

"And that... um, Senior White, wasn't he drawing fire for us?"

Following her gaze, the cat looked up at the sky.

There, a petite white figure was locked in a fierce battle with the World Tree.

For Azsarax, the title "White Senior" was something she had never heard before from the cats.

Previously, she didn't know Xie Bai's name very well and could only refer to him as "human" based on his appearance.

I can't just call him "My Lord" or "Your Excellency" like Thanatos and the others...

There's a sense of gratitude towards the master of Xie Bai.

Although Azsarax does not reject this name.

But the thought of herself calling Xie Bai "master" filled her with a strange sense of shame.

In any case, although she barked like a puppy and complied with the other party's wishes to become a blue-haired little dragon girl, she never explicitly expressed her intention to become the other party's pet.

This was practically the last vestige of dignity she possessed as a dragon.

However, the cat clearly didn't see Azsarax's inner turmoil.

She gazed at Xie Bai, who was waving funeral banners in the sky, her eyes filled with regret.

"It's such a pity... I wish the live stream could be open."

Before the cat could finish its exclamation, Taro Ball's voice came from ahead.

"Cat! Bring Azsharax and come quick to save the day!"

Cat: "?"

Upon hearing the news, the cat was taken aback and then turned to look.

Taro Ball and his group were standing on a thick branch, being attacked from all sides.

Although Xie Bai attracted most of the World Tree's attacks, the leaves still on the branches could still transform into countless illusory monsters, layer upon layer, blocking the path of Taro Ball and his group.

"Wait... what on earth did you do?!"

Faced with this scene, the cat couldn't help but feel a chill run down its spine.

One moment Azsharax was asking her if she would do anything to harm the World Tree, and the next thing he saw was this scene unfolding before his eyes.

It's only been a short while!

In response to the cat's question, Taro Ball burned the World Tree Leaf he had collected to kill the attacking monsters, while shouting to the cat who was outside the battle.

"It's nothing, we just used Elania's status as the Child of Destiny to attract the appearance of the Branch of Destiny..."

He cleaved the oncoming phantom with a single sword stroke.

"But it quickly recognized our purpose!"

As he spoke, he shouted at Azsarax again.

"Azsarax! Quick! I have to cut a hole in this branch before I can proceed to the next step!"

Upon hearing Taro Ball's call, the cat instinctively looked at Azsarax beside it.

She thought of Azsharax, who, as the guardian appointed by the World Tree, not only failed to fulfill his duty of protection but now also had to face the choice of harming the World Tree.

She couldn't help but feel a little worried for Azsarax.

"Um... Xiao Ai, you..."

Before the cat could finish speaking, Azsarax had already rushed forward.

"Kitty, what are you standing there for! Taro Balls and the others are in danger!"

Before the words were even finished, the dragon's tail suddenly swept across, instantly annihilating a large group of illusory monsters with a chilling light.

"boom--!"

In an instant, all the morphed monsters stopped moving and turned to look at Azsarax, who had suddenly barged into the battlefield.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

……