Chapter 864: Clone World Tree

Abyss Dragon Xiao Hei's massive body sped across the sky above the Atlantic Ocean.

Its dark red dragon scales emitted a cold glint under the sunlight, and every flap of its giant leathery wings could send a ring of white sonic boom clouds rippling through the air.

The violent airflow plowed a trench tens of meters deep into the sea surface below.

Waves rolled, and the terrified screeches of countless marine exotic beasts echoed from below.

Feeling the dragon might crushing down from above, the exotic beasts entrenched in the deep sea desperately dived toward the ocean floor, terrified of drawing the attention of this god of slaughter.

Some low-tier exotic beasts that failed to dodge in time were directly crushed into blood mists by the violent energy the moment they touched the aftermath of the dragon might, staining a large expanse of seawater red.

Unlike the huge commotion in the outside world, the dragon's back was completely peaceful.

An invisible barrier perfectly isolated the fierce winds.

Zhou Huai sat cross-legged on the wide dragon back, watching the clouds and mist retreating on both sides as turbulent thoughts churned in his heart.

Choosing to part ways with Chun at this critical juncture wasn't just to go to the Free Federation to look for clues about his mother.

The deeper reason was that he still had some lingering concerns in his heart.

Ever since they met at the Simon City Ruins, he always felt that the seemingly aloof Goddess of Nature from the First World seemed to be guiding him in the dark.

Every single crisis and turning point—Chun's appearance and hints were simply too timely.

Especially previously at the Kaslandis Ruins, when he was forcibly dragged deep into the stomach pouch by the Sea God's giant hand condensed from the High-Dimensional Law.

You must know that in that ruin, Mr. Duan's displayed high-dimensional methods were despair-inducing.

He merely descended a wisp of his will to firmly imprison the half-step transcendent him; with a casual wave of his hand, he could turn the highly toxic Dead Sea into land.

That was a monster who could even forcibly tamper with the underlying logic of the Heavenly Dao System.

Moreover, the Sea God's stomach pouch had even been subjected to the High-Dimensional Law of Time by Mr. Duan; eight days passed in the outside world, while only a moment passed inside.

That was an absolute, lifeless space that even the Heavenly Dao could not spy on.

Yet in such a dimensional cage completely sealed off by Mr. Duan, Chun's will was actually able to pierce through everything without any obstruction.

The other party broke through the obstruction of the ruins and the barrier inside the Sea God, directly transmitting her voice into his mind!

If the other party hadn't woken him up in time and forcibly torn open the crack in the illusion, he probably would have already fallen into Mr. Duan's hands, reduced to nourishment for him to complete his divine persona.

Zhou Huai acknowledged this favor.

But this was precisely what made Zhou Huai feel confused and alert.

Chun's true body had clearly already detonated her life Origin in the primitive forest outside Simon City in Daxia to hold back Mr. Duan, turning even the water of origin into a virus.

Her true body was clearly already dead, dead to the point that not even dregs were left.

Why did one of her Clones still possess this kind of ability to ignore the High-Dimensional Law and cross dimensional barriers?

Zhou Huai suddenly felt that Chun was far more complex than what he currently saw.

The trump cards she displayed seemed to always be just the tip of the iceberg.

Would an old monster who had lived for who knows how many epochs and once dominated the First World really be driven into a desperate situation so easily?

Zhou Huai did not like this feeling of being out of control, nor did he like being guided in the dark like a marionette.

Therefore, he simply took this opportunity to shake off the other party.

To ensure nothing went wrong, Zhou Huai immediately mobilized the perceptual power of Void Lawkeeper Victor within his body, sweeping across his entire surroundings.

"Hum—"

Accompanied by a subtle spatial tremor, circles of silver spatial ripples rippled outward with Zhou Huai at the center.

This was not ordinary perception, but a high-dimensional probe involving the dimensional level.

Zhou Huai partitioned his Physical Body into countless microscopic spatial slices, scanning every inch of his bone crevices, blood flow, and even the energy fluctuations of every single cell.

At the same time, he sank his Mental Energy into his Sea of Consciousness, deploying a filter deep within his Soul using the Law of Space, letting not a single trace of abnormality slip by.

He had to ensure that neither his body nor his spirit had been left with any marks by Chun.

After a long while, the silver ripples converged.

The feedback from Void Omniscience showed that everything was normal, with no lingering foreign Laws.

Although Zhou Huai also felt that doing this might be in vain.

An existence of Chun's caliber—if she wanted to talk to him, her voice might be able to ignore all obstacles and appear in his mind at any time.

However, the precautions that needed to be taken still had to be taken.

Putting away his thoughts, Zhou Huai turned his attention to another urgent matter.

He closed his eyes and sensed the location of the Parasites inside the Ancient Remnant Clan through the hive network in his mind.

On the holographic star map of the hive System, several tiny red dots were flashing regularly.

The distance was roughly thirty thousand nautical miles.

The remnants and defeated generals of those Ancient Remnant Clan had evidently fled back to the depths of their old lair.

At a distance of thirty thousand nautical miles, even if Xiao Hei flew at full speed, it would still take several hours.

Zhou Huai opened his eyes, feeling the gentle breeze blowing against his face that was neutralized by the dragon might, a flash of anticipation crossing the depths of his eyes.

Taking advantage of this time, he could just pull the next SSS-rank professional Clone orb.

An SSS-rank profession!

This was an existence standing at the very pinnacle of the world's power System.

Recalling the journey all the way here, whether it was Great Sage Li Er who could modify underlying rulings, Void Lawkeeper Victor who controlled the absolute Law of Space, or Saint King Arthur with his overbearing sure-kill technique.

The birth of every SSS-rank Clone brought a qualitative change to his combat power, becoming his confidence to turn the tables in desperate situations.

And now, he was about to welcome another deity-level combat power!

Zhou Huai took a deep breath to calm his heartbeat.

He closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly sank, entering the System space.

Inside the System space, the massive number of one billion Karma values flashed in the upper right corner.

That guaranteed SSS-rank professional orb was transforming into a giant capsule toy machine, standing tall in the center.

Inside the transparent glass cover, countless orbs emitting lights of various colors bobbed up and down.

In front of the capsule machine, the extraction button was emitting a pulsed halo.

With a thought from Zhou Huai, he heavily pressed the button.

"Rumble—!"

The capsule machine began to roll.

The roaring sound of meshing gears exploded within the space.

Inside the glass cover, those orbs that were originally bobbing quietly instantly collided frantically, gold, purple, dark red, and ice blue intertwining together.

Zhou Huai held his breath, staring intently at the orb output port.

"Click!"

A crisp mechanical latch-popping sound rang out, and the rolling of the capsule machine came to an abrupt halt.

Immediately following, an orb emitting a soft glow slowly rolled down along the spiral track.

It was a green orb.

Zhou Huai looked closely and couldn't help being slightly stunned.

Green?

This was his first time seeing it.

In past extractions, he had seen gold representing divinity, dark red representing destruction, and silver representing the void.

But this vibrant, ultimate pure emerald green was a first. It seemed to contain the purest Origin of life.

Just as Zhou Huai was filled with shock and uncertainty, that green orb suddenly burst out with dazzling light.

The light quickly retracted, and the orb transformed into a professional scroll.

On the surface of the scroll, countless patterns of vines and leaves faintly flowed.

The scroll slowly unfolded, and a line of dazzling large characters lit up in Zhou Huai's Sea of Consciousness.

The System's prompt tone resounded throughout the entire space:

"Congratulations to the host for extracting the SSS-rank profession [All-Encompassing · World Tree]."