A mere few dozen people, their hymns resounding through the sky, as their headdresses slowly unfurled in the chanting.

Like the rising sun revealing the first rays of dawn.

A pale ray of light shone down, heading straight for Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao's eyes narrowed sharply. Damn it, no martial ethics at all.

A sneak attack! This was definitely a sneak attack!

Although the other party's praise song delayed them for more than ten seconds, they were unable to move from this place, and the root passage could not be opened.

As for 'running on foot', that's a joke.

At the critical moment, Qin Xiao activated all the defensive skills of his tamed beasts.

Slovic's black shadow, the judgment of light, Youyou's black ice, Yunyun's sword energy barrier, and finally, Jianmu's wooden encasing.

Defense maxed out!

The moment the pale light touched the shadows, they vanished completely, the light merged into them, the mysterious ice disintegrated, and the sword energy barrier weakened.

The thick layer of wood that was wrapped around it also dissolved rapidly.

However, a faint green light clung to it, struggling to resist. The speed at which it dissipated was extremely fast, and the speed at which it regenerated was equally fast.

It was as if two different authorities were vying for control of this small space.

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes filled with shock.

Is your mother's kiss the power of God?

Even though it was just a divine artifact, and it was only activated by a believer, Qin Xiao almost crashed and burned.

Damn it, no, we have to fight back.

You can use your powers to attack, and so can I!

"Mu Yueming, come back!"

Qin Xiao shouted, calling the other person back.

Mu Yueming continued to attack Qin Wendao, not believing that he could maintain this seemingly non-existent state indefinitely.

Upon hearing Qin Xiao's words, Mu Yueming hesitated for a moment, but still chose to go back.

After leaving the battlefield, Qin Xiao immediately recalled all the beasts around him, as well as Bu Feifei, Mu Yueming, and the others, back into the Demon Realm Space and the Origin Tree Realm.

Looking up at the cult in the sky, who were chanting again in preparation for raising their headscarves, Qin Xiao's expression hardened.

"Jianmu, activate the skill symbiosis!"

Buzz!

The Jianmu tree's body suddenly trembled, and a terrifying behemoth tens of kilometers high appeared in the sky, even pushing away some of the seawater.

This is the true form of Jianmu!

Green dots and threads spread like a bursting flood, covering the entire sky and the land.

Every blade of grass, every tree, every animal, every strange beast, every living being... is connected by green threads.

Symbiosis!

In an instant, it was as if the world had been put on pause, and all living things had lost their vitality.

The earth, the ocean, the mountains, and the creatures were visibly killed, and even the concept of life was abstracted away from them.

Death... gray... drifting dust...

The whole world was deathly silent and desolate...

Above, the chanting believers turned to ashes, drifting away in wisps.

Bhutto looked at Qin Xiao, who was having difficulty breathing, and a hint of fear appeared in his white eyes under the brim of his hood.

Appear, appear, my Lord!

Chaos ravaged the world, and all living beings suffered greatly!

The hymn was sung last, but who it referred to remains unknown.

Even the bishops of the extraordinary ranks followed in the footsteps of the believers, vanishing from the mortal realm...

Qin Xiao knelt on one knee, his eyes bloodshot and bulging, a violent feeling of suffocation making it hard for him to breathe.

Heh~ Heh~

In the traditional world of cultivation and fantasy, killing living beings incurs karmic consequences.

Although Qin Xiao did not feel the so-called karma, the broken world seemed to echo with the cries of millions of people.

Among all living beings, between heaven and earth, this sudden sense of oppression and immense emptiness brought his soul to the brink of collapse.

Beyond countless layers of void, a white figure turned its head slightly, its eyes, like the white dawn, fixed upon this place.

Although his face was expressionless, a hint of interest was visible in his eyes.

A long-lost...curiosity.

Immediately, a layer of pale blue ice blocked their view.

"Nina, just drink your tea, don't get distracted..."

A clear, cool voice came from a piece of pale blue solid ice shaped like a woman.

"You humans have an interesting existence."

Within the cup, formed from galactic clouds, chaotic light shimmered and flowed. A woman of light and shadow set down the cup and vanished silently.

The icy woman casually wiped the cup away and looked in the direction the other person had been peering at.

In the secret realm.

Qin Xiao's breathing became increasingly short until he completely lost consciousness.

Jianmu trembled slightly as a large amount of life force flowed into his body, but Qin Xiao subconsciously expelled it all.

A large amount of wood began to surround and tightly envelop Qin Xiao.

Everything fell silent. Below, the land had been ravaged by Mu Yueming's blast into a field of ice crystals.

A white, transparent figure appeared.

Qin Wendao's face was filled with fear, and he was no longer the carefree person he had been before.

I looked at the desolate world, then at the Jianmu tree hanging high in the sky, and the giant wooden sphere firmly protected by the roots of the Jianmu tree.

Glug! ~

He swallowed hard. "This junior... no, this killer, this madman... you're the one who's a cult!"

Swoosh!

Now, he has completely forgotten about any agreements or deals.

He had already used all his strength and that stroke of luck to barely survive that wave.

If it happened again, he'd be dead.

Just as he took it in, the special teleportation array that the old men had given him was there.

He paused, looking up at the sky with a hint of greed.

It wasn't Jianmu or Qin Xiao, but that slowly rotating and floating veil!

wispy white lines flowed across the transparent veil.

Now that everyone's fucking dead, I secretly took this, so no one should know, right?

After struggling for a moment, Qin Wendao's eyes darkened, and he decided to go for it!

He's an orphan who's gotten to where he is today by being ruthless, unscrupulous, and without any moral bottom line!

Of course, he's still a bit inferior to that crazy junior...

Soon, the scene fell silent again, and the whole world was quiet.

Outside, Lilia Ries and Bu Xing were teleported out of the secret realm and directly back to the border.

Large numbers of people began to assemble, preparing to defend against and attack the secret world.

The attempt to seize the artifact failed, the sacrifice was already complete, and the arrival of the Pale Lady and the Source of Anomaly was inevitable.

The Freedom Alliance and its allies are in a state of panic, and the only true god has been summoned back to guard the land.

As the veil lost its effectiveness, the existence of the secret realm was gradually remembered by the public.

However, although most people were frightened, they did not plan to enter the secret realm immediately.

After all, this is the World Youth Championship. If everyone in the tournament is eliminated, it would be a serious matter, and we cannot act rashly.

Many countries have begun to mobilize their forces, assess the situation within the secret territory, and prepare defensive measures.

Meanwhile, inside the secret realm...

A burst of light surged, and Ilya, Slovic, Bu Feifei, and the others were spat out from the Origin Tree Realm and the Demon Realm space.

"Owner!"

"Owner!"

...

"Jianmu, how is your master now?"

As they talked, they moved closer to take a look.

A soft green light flashed by.

"Halt! Anyone who approaches the master will be considered an enemy and will be killed with all my might!"

"Jianmu! We are all our master's tamed beasts!"

Jianmu remained silent, offering no response. Since the moment she gained consciousness, everything about her had been tied to Qin Xiao.

It could be said that among all the beasts here, she, though not very prominent, had the strongest attachment to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao suddenly lost consciousness and left no instructions.

Aside from ensuring her owner's absolute safety, she didn't know what else to do.

Ultimately, she was still just a child.

Feeling lost and confused, but with the survival of their master as their top priority!