Chapter 921: Final Battle (Part II)

Within the dimensional space of Chaos, there were no heavens, earth, or directions, only the Origin Laws endlessly flowing.

Zhou Huai's consciousness floated here, his entire body emitting a pure white light.

Looking at the surging Origin of the origin sacred tree all around him, he smiled coldly.

This was the final strategy he had set from the very beginning.

He knew very well that even if he absorbed the power of billions of living beings, fused with the Origin of Heavenly Dao, and forcibly stepped into the Peak of the Transcendence Realm, a direct head-on clash in the outside world would definitely not make him a match for Mr. Duan.

After all, his opponent was an old monster who had occupied the main body of the origin sacred tree for countless epochs, possessing an immensely deep foundation.

In a head-on slaughter, his chances of winning were infinitesimal.

The only chance of winning was to seek life from the jaws of death.

Deliberately exposing a flaw, taking the opportunity of being devoured by Mr. Duan, he forcibly drove his consciousness and Origin into the interior of the origin sacred tree to directly contend for the control of the main body of the sacred tree.

"Zhou Huai!!!"

A roar so angry it distorted echoed explosively in the space of Chaos.

Mr. Duan's consciousness condensed ahead.

At this moment, he completely lacked his previous composure of wearing a top hat and leaning on a walking stick.

That habitually aloof face was now completely distorted.

His eyes were scarlet, veins bulged on his forehead, and he stared fixedly at Zhou Huai.

"Why?!"

Mr. Duan roared, his voice shaking the surrounding Laws of Chaos violently.

"Why can you enter the core of the sacred tree?! Why can you contend with me for the control of the origin sacred tree?!"

"What kind of thing are you? What qualifications do you have?!"

He could not accept this.

Having plotted for countless epochs and devoured countless top experts, he had only managed to control this tree of Origin of the Universe.

Why should a brash kid who had lived for just over twenty years be able to directly touch his most core lifeline?

Facing the interrogation, Zhou Huai did not show the slightest panic; instead, he crossed his arms and let out a cold sneer.

"Didn't you expect this?"

Zhou Huai's eyes were playful.

"Do you really think that you are the only special existence nurtured by the origin sacred tree?"

"Old thing, I am also a fruit borne by the origin sacred tree!"

Zhou Huai paused, looking at him mockingly: "Speaking of which, you are the second fruit borne on this tree, counting as my second older brother. And I am your third younger brother!"

"Boom!"

This sentence froze Mr. Duan in place.

His pupils constricted violently.

Third younger brother? The third fruit of the origin sacred tree?

At this instant, all the doubts in his mind finally pieced together completely.

He finally reacted.

He finally understood why the cold Heavenly Dao System was willing to exhaust its Origin, and even let the Ninth World collapse without hesitation, just to place all its chips on Zhou Huai.

Turns out Zhou Huai was not an unexpected variable at all.

He was originally the successor recognized by the origin sacred tree, a higher-dimensional existence with the same authority as him.

"No… Impossible… This is impossible!!!"

Mr. Duan completely fell into madness.

He hugged his head with both hands and roared up at the sky, his voice filled with fear and unwillingness.

"I don't care if you are a fruit of the sacred tree! I don't care who you are!"

"The origin sacred tree is mine! The new era is also mine! No one can take it away!!!"

As his voice fell, Mr. Duan abruptly opened his arms.

A pitch-black dark tide representing the will of devouring and destruction erupted from within his body.

The black energy, carrying an aura of corrosion, surged wildly toward Zhou Huai.

"Well timed!"

Instead of retreating, Zhou Huai advanced and let out an angry shout.

The white Origin inside his body erupted without reservation, transforming into a pillar of light connecting the heavens that crashed head-on into the pitch-black dark tide.

"Rumble—!!!"

Two forces of the same Origin yet opposing each other, one black and one white, collided fiercely within the core space of the sacred tree.

Turbulent currents of Laws splashed everywhere, constantly cutting through space.

However, the gap in strength still manifested.

After all, Mr. Duan had occupied the main body of the sacred tree for countless epochs, and his control over the power of Origin far surpassed Zhou Huai, who had just come into contact with the core of the sacred tree.

The clash lasted less than half a minute.

Zhou Huai's white energy began to be suppressed by the pitch-black dark tide.

"Go to hell! Be devoured!" Mr. Duan frantically urged the black Origin.

The black dark tide continuously eroded the white light.

Zhou Huai's white energy continuously shrank backward, and its light grew increasingly dim.

Immense pressure squeezed in from all directions, as if trying to crush his consciousness to pieces.

Zhou Huai clenched his teeth, trying his utmost to maintain his final line of defense.

But that black force was simply too massive.

A trace of powerlessness involuntarily welled up deep in his heart.

At this step, can he still not win?

Could it be that after planning for so long, gambling the destiny of the entire world, he would still fall here in the end?

Just as his consciousness was about to be devoured by the darkness—

Deep within the Sea of Consciousness, a tiny glimmer suddenly lit up.

Following that, countless familiar voices crossed spatial barriers and resounded within the veins of the origin sacred tree.

"Zhou Huai, hang in there."

That was his mother's voice, gentle yet firm.

"Brother Zhou Huai! Hang in there! You will definitely win!"

It was Ye Xi's shouting with a crying tone.

"Zhou Huai! You can do it! The backbone of Daxia will never break!"

It was Zhao Qingcang's voice, carrying the iron and blood of a soldier.

Following that were Moli, Qin Ming, and all the comrades in arms in the Eternal Night Guild who had fought side by side with him.

Even those ordinary citizens and low-tier Professionals who were taken into the Small World of the sacred tree.

"Lord Ever-changing Star Lord, hang in there!"

"We give you all our power! Destroy that old monster!"

"Zhou Huai! Survive! Live on together with our share!"

One shout and prayer after another followed the veins of the sacred tree, transforming into pure power of belief.

When the beliefs of billions of people gathered together, they formed a torrent sufficient to reverse the situation.

This golden torrent of belief surged into Zhou Huai's body, pushing his white Origin, which was about to extinguish, continually forward.

Light reignited in Zhou Huai's eyes.

He suddenly understood.

He was never fighting alone.

Standing behind him was the entire world.

The next second, the space in front of Zhou Huai twisted.

Familiar phantom figures blocked in front of him without warning.

The Thunder Swordsman Yasuo, holding a long sword.

The Hegemon-King of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, holding the Sky-Splitting Halberd of Heavenly Dragon.

The God of Magic, Gandalf, holding a staff.

The God of Archery, Hou Yi, drawing his bow and notching an arrow.

And Moria, Ou Yezi, Li Er, Caesar, Arthur, Gabriel, Sona, Zhuge Kongming, Rahil…

All the Clones that had ever been summoned by Zhou Huai, accompanied him to grow along the way, and ultimately transformed into Law fruits to merge into his body, now arrayed in formation together.

They stood in front of Zhou Huai, facing the black dark tide directly, and spoke in unison:

"Lord! We have come to assist you!"

The Clone's power of Law.

The torrent of belief of all living beings.

The bonds of family and friends.

All forces converged entirely onto Zhou Huai at this moment.

Zhou Huai raised his head and let out an angry roar that shook the core space of the sacred tree:

"Duan!!!"

"I'll fight you to the death!!!"

"Boom—!!!"

The white energy that was originally suppressed to the extreme instantly surged violently.

White light erupted, illuminating the space of Chaos as bright as day.

The black dark tide that had just held the upper hand began to retreat in defeat before this white light gathering the power of the world.

The white energy rapidly purified and devoured the black Law.

"No… This is impossible…"

Mr. Duan's face was filled with disbelief, watching his power being continuously crushed to pieces, and he shook his head madly.

"Impossible! How could you possess such strong power?! What are the beliefs of these ants worth?!"

"I am the god! I am the only god!!!"

He desperately tried to squeeze out more Origin, but before Zhou Huai's white torrent, all struggles appeared pale and powerless.

The struggle inside the sacred tree completely entered a white-hot stage.

At this moment, within the broken ruin Void Realm of the outside world.

Zhou Huai and Mr. Duan's Physical Bodies floated in mid-air, motionless.

The energy halos around their bodies alternated between brightness and dimness at an extremely fast frequency, sometimes white, sometimes black.

The surrounding space continuously collapsed and reorganized under the tug-of-war of the two forces.

Just at this critical moment that determined the survival of the era—

A figure flew rapidly from the direction of the distant shattered continent.

That was a woman of peerlessly beautiful appearance.

If Zhou Huai were awake at this moment, he would definitely be able to recognize that this was precisely the woman he had rescued from the map of sacred traces in the basement of the Allegro Manor in the Free Federation back then.

She was also another branch of consciousness actively differentiated from the origin sacred tree in order to escape Mr. Duan's control.

The woman stopped in the Void Realm beside the two of them.

She glanced at the distorted-faced Mr. Duan, her eyes devoid of ripples, holding only the indifference and resolute determination that had weathered the years.

"Duan, you didn't expect this, did you."

The woman's voice was crisp and cold, clearly piercing through the energy turbulence.

"You also have a time when you are forced to this extent by someone."

She looked at that man, her tone carrying a hint of relief.

"You have occupied the sacred tree for so many years, committed countless sins, and regarded the living beings of countless epochs as mere grass."

"It should be enough."

"Today, let me put an end to all your delusional fantasies."

As her words fell, she did not hesitate in the slightest; her body instantly transformed into an emerald-green light, plunging straight into the core of the sacred tree where the two were clashing, and standing on Zhou Huai's side.