The wooden arm reached down, creaking and breaking, then repairing, extending, and deforming.

Ye Zhan and Gu Qingyun's two sneak-attacking beasts were surrounded and grabbed by his several giant hands.

The several large hands tightened their grip, and even as the beasts inside continuously unleashed their skills and charged, the wooden hands shattered and then instantly reformed.

Gradually, the noise inside subsided, and the wooden hand closed up, its fingers intertwining, tumbling, and crushing like a giant dragon.

Spots of blood seeped out, only to be absorbed by the rolling wood in an instant.

Looking at the two horrified figures beneath him, Qin Xiao smiled slightly. Coincidentally, both of his enemies were here.

He raised his enormous wooden legs, which grew wildly larger, and fell with the force of a collapsing sky.

boom!

A pit three meters deep appeared. He pounded it, sending soil, rocks, and dust flying everywhere. He lifted his foot and left, the corpse almost completely mixed with the mud and gravel.

After doing all this, Qin Xiao checked his spiritual energy and found it was enough for the time being. He immediately strode towards the seven platinum blood beasts that were bound and struggling.

On the other side, Ye Qingya was pleasantly surprised to see Qin Xiao suddenly make a move, and she was also pleasantly surprised by his combat power.

Turning around to face Tian Liqi, he curled his lips into a smirk, his long tail wagging rapidly as he spoke mockingly.

"Tianliqi, you are about to die."

Tian Liqi looked at Qin Xiao's enormous wooden figure and the terrifying giant tree in the sky.

"Such beast taming, such genius... truly terrifying... but today he will perish here! Ha, ha ha ha, and you, whom I so desire... let us forever roam in His embrace!"

In the end, Tianliqi's expression was resolute as his body melted into the top of the giant blood beast's head like a mass of flesh.

On the blood beast's chest, a strange rune emitted a blood-red light.

An inexplicable chanting sound emanated from the blood beast's body.

"I came into the world naked, and I wish to return to His kingdom naked."

May everything in the world—dark, decadent, bloody, beautiful, and fresh—be with me.

Fall into His kingdom,

He forgives the Lamb as innocent in His kingdom and bears the sins of His believers.

The great Crimson Lord, the embodiment of decay and life!

At this moment, I beg for your favor, for life blossoms at this very moment!

At the same time, the nine blood beasts around them all let out a terrible roar, and strange blood patterns also appeared on their chests.

The already dark red sky seemed to be shrouded in wisps of crimson mist, as if some unseen force had cast a gaze across countless dimensions.

Bang bang bang!

The bodies of the nine blood beasts suddenly exploded, turning into blooming crimson blood mist flowers.

The massive blood mist was completely absorbed by the strange blood patterns in the blink of an eye. Then, the blood patterns transformed into nine blood-colored rays of light, heading towards the blood beast into which Tian Liqi had merged.

The distorted, deformed growth began!

The flesh and blood that had been consumed by Ye Qingya's burning and fire needle skills were restored to normal in the blink of an eye, and even continued to expand.

Pale bones pierced through the flesh and emerged, and the blood beast roared in agony.

Soon, the mutation was complete. The skeleton formed pale bone armor outside the body, bone blades grew on the arms, and the joints were covered with hideous bone spurs.

The blood beast stood up, its body reaching a full thirty meters in size, with well-proportioned features and an eerie beauty.

The giant orc reached out and scratched his forehead, quickly tearing his skin open. Then, in the middle of his forehead, the face of Tianliqi appeared.

"Ah! This is amazing! This is the feeling of power! I can feel an endless stream of power surging forth!"

Praise be to you, your unparalleled greatness! Behold the new life blossoming in your believers!

Just after he finished speaking, a rumbling vibration came from beside him.

A massive, swollen wooden hand struck his head, accompanied by Qin Xiao's loud shout.

"Praise me? You'd better die!"

boom!

After a brief moment of silence, the shockwave suddenly exploded, sweeping across the surrounding area. The gale blew away all the people and beasts around the square, and the houses were also destroyed.

Qin Xiao involuntarily retreated frantically, each step leaving huge footprints on the ground. Countless roots pierced the ground, stabilizing his body before being snapped off.

After retreating over a hundred meters, he finally managed to regain his footing.

Qin Xiao was shocked. This thing is a platinum ten-star item. Is it really that much stronger than the lower-star items?

Just then, Ye Qingya rushed towards Qin Xiao.

He quickly climbed onto Qin Xiao's shoulder and said loudly.

"Qin Xiao is no longer a Platinum-rank beast. It sacrificed itself to the evil god and received the evil god's blessing. Now it is at least a Diamond-rank beast!"

Holy crap!

"What the hell is this evil god?!"

Qin Xiao asked in a dismayed tone, wondering why this world suddenly seemed so unfamiliar to him.

Cult, cult, they've really created an evil god, haven't they?

Ye Qingya hesitated, then said, "It's hard to explain in a short time, but with your talent, you'll definitely receive a trial invitation from the Temple of the Gods once you get to university. You'll understand then. Right now, we need to find a way to deal with this monster."

Qin Xiao frowned slightly and suppressed his inner complaints.

"I wish I could, but how could I possibly beat it? I took that sneak attack head-on."

Ye Qingya also looked anxious.

"Can you find a way to control it? I'll think of one!"

Qin Xiao subconsciously glanced at Ye Qingya, wondering if this woman could handle it.

But now we're desperate and have no other choice.

"Take out all the spirit crystals you have now!"

Qin Xiao turned around and shouted at the students and people behind him, while communicating with Jianmu in his mind.

Jianmu has been stuck at the Silver Tier for several days now, so he might as well take this opportunity to break through and maybe increase his chances of winning.

Under the encouragement of Liu Feixue and the others, everyone behind them took out all the spirit crystals they were carrying.

The roots of the Jianmu tree began to absorb nutrients frantically, spreading everywhere.

Among the crowd, Bu Feifei's expression was somewhat solemn as she watched Qin Xiao struggling to cope with the beating, her thoughts swirling within her.

With God's gaze upon her, what would happen was beyond her control, and even she was not confident that she could retreat safely.

The Jianmu tree, suspended high in the air, suddenly trembled, its canopy rustling, and a refreshing breeze stirred.

His body suddenly swelled again, and the tree trunk, which resembled a writhing dragon, more than doubled in size.

Qin Xiao frantically increased the amount of wood, firmly trapping the giant beast on his body.

With a mere flick of its wrist, the behemoth snapped through a layer of wood several meters thick.

Seeing the changes in Jianmu, Qin Xiao was thrilled.

"Jianmu, save me!"

The Jianmu tree, which had expanded to over a thousand meters in length, suddenly trembled, and its trunk slowly fell.

Despite its enormous size, it moves incredibly fast.

The dense, overwhelming tree roots, enough to induce trypophobia, swarmed towards the giant beast.

The scene resembled countless snakes and pythons strangling a small rabbit.

However, this little rabbit was exceptionally fierce. With its rampage, even the Jianmu tree, which had already advanced to the Gold level, kept breaking its roots.

Even with Qin Xiao controlling the wood and the roots controlled by the Jianmu tree relentlessly binding and strangling,

However, each time the opponent's crimson light flashed, the tree roots and wood involved in the attack immediately decayed by more than half.

Even so, Jianmu's performance still seemed to have attracted the attention of some mysterious being.

The sense of being watched from above grew even stronger.