Light. A soul-shattering, dark golden light, like a star freed from its eons of shackles, erupted upon the crumbling, decaying battlefield! Its source was the newly formed vertical scar between Pei Du's eyebrows, resembling the brand of thorns. The tiny yet incomparably pure phantom of a crown of thorns hovering above it swirled and burned with unprecedented intensity, instantly evaporating and purifying the surrounding Fungus Master's decaying pressure and sticky, sweet, and fishy aura!

Pei Du stood atop a shattered mass of metal ruins and withered fungal carpet. The dark red fungal membrane and pulsating mycelial veins covering his body, like snow under the blazing sun, sizzled and melted, turning to ash, revealing a scarred yet explosively powerful human form beneath. He hunched slightly, as if enduring immense pain. Every breath carried a scorching white vapor, his muscles, patterned with dark gold, bulged and rippled, and sweat mingled with the still-dry dark red fungal blood. But he held his head high, his black pupils, deep as a cold pool and sharp as a blade, fixed their gaze fixed on the decaying throne high in the sky, roaring and trembling in agony from the backlash of the World Tree's roots! His gaze, like two unparalleled blades tempered with betrayal, pain, truth, and the will to regenerate, pierced the barriers of space with an icy murderous intent to incinerate everything!

"It's your turn... Master of Fungi!" Pei Du's voice was hoarse and broken, like a grinding wheel rubbing against pig iron. Every syllable carried the pain of tearing vocal cords, but contained a determination to sever fate.

“Ants…stealing…my…authority…how dare you…kill a god?!” At the top of the roiling throne, at the core of the dark red nebula, countless “eyes” burning with dark golden flames twisted and shrank in agony and rage! For the first time, the grand, sticky, overlapping sounds lost absolute control, with the shriek of metal being forcibly torn apart! Its immense will felt the deadly threat brought by the pure crown power on Pei Du’s body, like a maggot on the tarsal bone! The dark red spear of annihilation, which had been flickering due to severe damage to its foundation, suddenly stabilized and solidified under the urging of the Fungus Lord’s furious will! The sticky dark red light was like solidified blood, and the will of destruction surged wildly, once again locking onto Pei Du, who had just broken free from his restraints below!

The catastrophe is coming again!

However, this time, Pei Du did not dodge, nor did he even look at the impending annihilation! All his spirit, all his will, all the violent and pure energy of the Crown of Thorns that he had just regained, were concentrated on one point - the burning crown shadow between his eyebrows!

"Crown...thorns...pierce...rot!" Pei Du roared silently from the depths of his soul! He suddenly clasped his hands, covered in searing dark gold patterns, before his chest! His fingers intertwined like the pull of a trigger! The shadow of the crown of thorns between his brows instantly shone to its fullest! Countless streams of pure, blinding dark gold energy, like billions of living thorny vines, gushed out from every pore of his body! These energy thorns did not attack randomly, but rapidly gathered, compressed, and entwined in front of him!

Buzz——!!!

Space groaned under the weight! An immense spiral spear, composed purely of flowing dark-gold thorn energy, instantly took shape before Pei Du! The spear's tip was the rapidly spinning, purifying flames of the Crown of Thorns phantom! Countless fine, rapidly flowing thorn runes entwined the spear's shaft, emanating an absolute will to penetrate the laws and annihilate decay! Its might was so overwhelming that even the surrounding light distorted and collapsed!

The Spear of the Crown of Thorns! With the essence of the crown as its core, it condenses all will and strength into a final strike!

Just when the dark red spear of annihilation was about to touch Pei Du's body!

“Qingluo——!!!” A sharp, resolute, and blood-crying scream sounded from behind Pei Du!

It’s Xu Shuangyao!

She collapsed on the cold fossil roots, her body like completely crushed porcelain, dark red blood oozing from all seven orifices. The laceration on the side of her neck became even more hideous after the emerald light faded, the skin and flesh at the edge charred and curled, the bone visible, and blood gushing out. The breath of life was as weak as a candle in the wind, and her consciousness was floating in the pain and exhaustion. However, just as Pei Du gathered the Spear of the Crown of Thorns and was about to launch this annihilation attack! The "seed" of the World Tree belonging to Qingluo, buried deep in the wound in her body, seemed to sense something and suddenly erupted with the last and most intense cry of grief and determination!

This will passed through Xu Shuangyao's consciousness, which was on the verge of breaking, and turned into a scream!

With this scream!

Buzz——!!!

The entire battlefield shook violently once more! But it wasn't a collapse of destruction, but rather... the tragic song of life! The World Tree's energy roots, which had just been frantically attacking the main fungus roots and battling the Reapers, whether emerald green or silver-white, or newly born, covered in thorns and spikes, suddenly froze! Then, they erupted with an unprecedented, supernova-like, blazing light! The light was no longer a vibrant emerald green, but a pure and tragic silver-white that burned with the essence of life!

"Use... the remaining roots... to ignite... the sparks... to protect... the... path... to kill the gods!" Qingluo's resolute voice with a metallic texture, like the final unanimous cry of billions of roots, resounded in the depths of every connected life consciousness!

Swish——!!!!!!

Countless World Tree roots, blazing with silvery-white light, instantly changed their trajectory, like moths to a flame, determined to perish together. They no longer harassed the Reaper, nor tore at the Fungus Master's roots. Instead, like billions of flaming meteors, they converged madly and entangled around the massive Crown of Thorns spear in front of Pei Du at a speed beyond imagination!

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