Chapter 920: The Final Battle (Part 1)

Mr. Duan stood in the Void Realm, staring at the purple-gold radiance on Zhou Huai's body.

He was too familiar with that aura; it was his old adversary who had fought against him for countless epochs — the Heavenly Dao.

Mr. Duan was stunned at first, then let out two dry laughs, his tone tinged with mockery.

"Heavenly Dao, oh Heavenly Dao…"

He did not look at Zhou Huai, but instead looked up at the collapsing Void Realm, as if speaking to that dissipating will.

"You and I have fought for so many epochs and schemed for so long, yet in the end, you are actually willing to make wedding clothes for someone else?"

"You would rather erase yourself and stake all your Origin on such a wet-behind-the-ears young man, just to win against me once?"

Mr. Duan suddenly lowered his head to stare at Zhou Huai, his smile fading and his expression chilling.

"On what grounds do you think that he alone can defeat me?!"

Facing the questioning, Zhou Huai did not waste words.

"Hum — —!"

He raised his right hand, and the newly fused power of the origin sacred tree within his body erupted.

A verdant phantom of the sacred tree unfolded behind Zhou Huai. Its branches stretched out in the Void Realm, and its leaves shimmered with Chaos luster. As soon as this power appeared, it echoed from afar with the sacred tree Origin hidden within Mr. Duan's body—sharing the same roots and Origin, yet entirely different.

Zhou Huai looked straight at Mr. Duan: "Just on this."

Looking at that verdant sacred tree phantom, Mr. Duan sneered aloud.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you dared to run up to my face and clamor; it turns out you managed to get a branch of the sacred tree."

Mr. Duan leaned on his civilization cane with both hands, his posture lofty: "So what if you can mobilize the power of the origin sacred tree? Zhou Huai, don't forget that the section within your body is merely a branch that escaped back then!"

"And what is inside my body is the true body of the sacred tree!"

As his voice fell, Mr. Duan no longer concealed it.

"Boom!"

An even more colossal black Law than Zhou Huai's surged into the sky.

A huge black tree shadow opened behind Mr. Duan, its branches entwined with Death Qi, and its leaves shimmering with the High-Dimensional Law that devoured everything.

Two sacred trees that shared the same roots yet stood in stark opposition collided within the ruined relics of The Eighth World.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The verdant and pitch-black powers collided in the Void Realm, shattering space inch by inch into fragments that were sucked into the turbulent energy currents.

At the very first encounter, the gap in Realm became apparent.

Although Zhou Huai had absorbed the power of billions of Professionals and fused with the Heavenly Dao Origin, the sacred tree within his body was ultimately just a branch.

Under the suppression of the complete sacred tree body, Zhou Huai was forced back step by step. The verdant Law halo continuously shrank, and the light of the sacred tree phantom behind him dimmed by a few shades.

Zhou Huai gripped the abyssal blood dragon spear tightly with both hands. Enduring the oppressive force, he thought to himself: Even after absorbing the faith and power of billions of Professionals, is it still really difficult to contend with the complete sacred tree body?

Just as Zhou Huai was struggling to hold on.

Below the ruins, within that expanse of ruins resurrected by the power of time yet suppressed by Mr. Duan.

Ming Ze, Honglian, Leize, Fentian, and Yan Sui.

These five old-era SSS-Rank Experts from The Eighth World were looking up at the battle high in the sky.

They felt the decline of Zhou Huai's power and also saw that black sacred tree.

The five looked at each other without words, yet all saw the resolute determination to cast aside life and death in each other's eyes.

Ming Ze took a deep breath, propped up his ruined body to stand, and spoke in a deep voice: "Everyone, the opportunity we've been waiting for has arrived!"

"That's right!" Honglian wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, "As long as we can kill that old dog Duan, what does this life matter!"

"Hahaha! Let's go!" Leize laughed wildly.

As the voice fell, the five acted immediately.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Five dazzling lights of Laws in different colors soared into the sky from the ruins.

Silver time, scarlet slaughter, purple thunder, crimson flames, and heavy rock and soil.

These five experts burned their remaining Soul and Origin, transforming into five streams of light that headed straight toward Zhou Huai.

They did not attack Mr. Duan, but instead plunged directly into the verdant sacred tree behind Zhou Huai.

"Hum — —!"

As the five merged in, five Law fruits grew on the branches of the verdant sacred tree.

With the addition of the Origin of these five SSS-Rank Experts, Zhou Huai's suppressed power rapidly rebounded.

"Rumble!"

The verdant light flared brightly, resisting the devouring of the black sacred tree and stabilizing the situation.

"Old thing, your true body is nothing much after all!" Zhou Huai shouted angrily, thrusting the abyssal blood dragon spear fiercely forward.

The two forces collided once more, exceeding the tolerance limit of The Eighth World ruins.

"Rip — —!"

The two tore open space simultaneously, and the impact carried them crashing through the dimensional barrier.

The battlefield instantly shifted to the high altitude of the soon-to-collapse Ninth World.

The two fought at an altitude of ten thousand meters at extreme speed. Wherever they passed, space shattered and the Law of Time was thrown into disarray. The aftermath of the battle turned into a storm, smashing toward the cracking continent below.

"Rumble rumble!"

The continental plates shattered in the aftermath, mountains collapsed, and seawater rushed backward.

Mr. Duan brandished his civilization cane and let out a sneer.

"Zhou Huai, I have to admit that you have indeed given me many surprises."

"Back then in Donghai City, not completely crushing you to death when you were weak is the biggest mistake of my life."

Mr. Duan's eyes were cold and grim.

Zhou Huai sidestepped, dodging a black Law attack.

With a backhand strike of purple heaven divine thunder, he forced Mr. Duan back.

"Do you know why you made a mistake?"

Zhou Huai gripped the dragon spear, his voice echoing in the violent wind.

"Your arrogance has long blinded your eyes! Do you really think you control everything?"

"This is not a mistake; it is your destined tribulation!"

"With that arrogant and condescending look of yours, treating all of humanity as your batteries, are you even worthy of being a god?"

Zhou Huai continued to mock: "A true god would not be arrogant and conceited, nor would they view all living beings as ants like you do!"

"Shut up!"

Mr. Duan was completely enraged, his refined face instantly distorted.

"Ants dare to presumptuously discuss deities!"

Mr. Duan's Move instantly became several times more ruthless.

"Clatter clatter!"

Sky-covering black Law chains blasted out from the sacred tree behind him, whipping toward Zhou Huai to bind him.

At the same time, the black branches transformed into spears, piercing out from all directions.

Zhou Huai immediately urged all the sacred tree Origin within his body to meet the attack head-on.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Purple-gold thunder, scorching great sun tribulation fire, and spatial blades continuously counterattacked under Zhou Huai's control.

A dense collision of Laws erupted in the sky.

However, what was inside Zhou Huai's body was only a sacred tree branch, which fell short of Mr. Duan's Origin by a notch.

Under Mr. Duan's dense onslaught, flaws appeared in Zhou Huai's defense.

"Die!"

Seizing the opportunity, Mr. Duan condensed a black Law light blade in his hand and slashed out fiercely.

"Screech!"

The light blade tore through Zhou Huai's spatial shield and struck his chest.

"Puff!"

Zhou Huai spewed a mouthful of blood, and a crack was cleaved onto the dark golden battle armor on his chest.

His entire body plummeted straight down from the ten-thousand-meter high altitude.

"Rumble — —!!!"

Zhou Huai smashed into the earth, the impact directly punching through dozens of layers of the crust and embedding him deep into the underground.

The aftermath of this strike spread out.

The Ninth World, which was already on the verge of collapse, accelerated its shattering. The continental plates began to disintegrate, losing gravitational restraint, and plummeted into the turbulence of the Void Realm.

Deep underground, magma spewed.

Zhou Huai felt excruciating pain all over his body, gritting his teeth as he prepared to crawl up.

Just at this moment.

"Boom!"

A giant palm condensed from black Laws pierced through the crust and grabbed hold of Zhou Huai in one go!

Before Zhou Huai could resist, he was dragged out from underground by this giant hand and hauled all the way back to the ten-thousand-meter high altitude.

Mr. Duan dissipated the giant Law hand, personally stretched out his right hand, and pinched Zhou Huai's neck.

He held Zhou Huai suspended in mid-air, looking at the blood at the corner of Zhou Huai's mouth, and a smile returned to his face.

"Do you see it, Zhou Huai?"

Mr. Duan tilted his head slightly.

"This is the gap between you and me that can never be bridged."

"The power you borrowed is ultimately just borrowed."

Mr. Duan increased the force in his hand, pinching Zhou Huai until his face turned flushed red.

"This time, I will not be careless again."

"I will not give you any chance to escape."

Mr. Duan looked at Zhou Huai and continued: "Speaking of which, I really have to thank you properly."

"Thank you for delivering yourself to my doorstep."

"When I completely absorb the sacred tree branch within your body, as well as that disgusting Heavenly Dao Origin on you…"

Mr. Duan's voice trembled: "The future me will become the true and only god!"

As the voice fell.

Mr. Duan no longer hesitated, directly mobilizing the devouring authority of the origin sacred tree.

"Hum — —!"

The black branches spread along the place where the two contacted, instantly crawling all over Zhou Huai's body.

A suction force erupted, beginning to forcibly extract the sacred tree Origin and Heavenly Dao power within Zhou Huai's body.

Zhou Huai only felt the power within his body gushing outward uncontrollably. His vision began to blur, and his consciousness gradually grew heavy.

Just at this moment, a voice suddenly resounded in Zhou Huai's mind.

"Zhou Huai! Right now!"

It was his mother's voice!

Hearing these words, Zhou Huai suddenly opened his eyes, staring at Mr. Duan who was close at hand.

There was not a shred of fear of death in those eyes; instead, they exuded ruthlessness.

"You think only you know how to absorb?"

"I'll absorb you too!"

Hearing these words, Mr. Duan was slightly stunned.

"Hmm?"

The next second.

The sacred tree Origin that was originally being extracted from Zhou Huai's body erupted completely under the guidance of his mother's consciousness.

"Boom — —!"

The verdant light soared into the sky from within Zhou Huai's body, seizing the initiative and rushing in reverse into Mr. Duan's body along the place where the two contacted!

Mr. Duan's expression changed drastically.

The two sacred tree powers sharing the same roots were no longer a one-sided devouring at this moment, but instead began to blend and collide within both of their bodies.

"Hum — —!"

Along with the deep entangling of the two forces.

The consciousness of Zhou Huai and Mr. Duan followed the Origin connection and were forcibly dragged into a Chaos dimension.

That was the internal space of the origin sacred tree.

Here, the final contest for the control of the origin sacred tree true body officially began.