Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 455 The Golden Tree's Transformation, the Abyss Saint King's Descent, and the Heavenly Saint's Abyss-Splitting Halberd
In the western airspace battlefield of Lingdou City, the Golden Tree stands tall and firm, rooted deep in the earth, absorbing the energy transformed from the demise of countless abyssal creatures and converting it into life energy for the Douluo plane, thus nourishing the plane.

The lush, verdant light of life, like mist and clouds, enveloped the area. Many experts from the Douluo Continent liked to cool off under the tree, where they could wash away their fatigue in just a few minutes.

Jade Swan Biji and Healing Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er are the strongest healing beings on the one hand, and the other hand, on the other hand, respectively. They are stationed here to provide healing skills to all soul beasts and soul masters fighting in the distant sky.

Thanks to the presence of the Golden Trees and their support, the number of casualties has been kept very small. After nearly a month of fierce fighting, the actual number of those who have fallen is not large.

Whether it's powerful soul beasts or the soul master groups of the Sun Moon Empire, the vast majority of them adhere to the guerrilla warfare concept of "hit and run," releasing their innate soul skills or covering the battlefield with long-range soul tools before leaving, leaving the main battlefield to the endless army of the undead.

Xu Tianxi's war strategy has always been to achieve the greatest victory with the least sacrifice. The undead army, which is fearless, does not require healing soul skills, and does not need to be worried about dying, is too useful. It is more useful than drones and robot dogs. It is the most suitable to send them to fill the trenches.

Previously, when attacking the three great empires, it was necessary to give all the soldiers military merits and opportunities for advancement. However, there was no need to do that when fighting abyssal creatures. Trading one soldier for a hundred abyssal creatures would be a huge loss, and the undead army didn't care.

Only when facing the Abyss Army, an entity that cannot be transformed into undead, can Xu Tianxi confidently use the undead army. If he were to release the undead during the war against the human empire, who knows if he might accidentally cause one of the undead to go out of control, resulting in more and more undead being killed, and causing the undead calamity to reappear in the Douluo plane.

"When I heard that alien creatures had invaded our Douluo plane, I was very worried about the situation here. But now it seems that everything is going very smoothly."

Xu Jiawei also arrived, standing under the golden tree, activating his Star Crown Martial Soul, and stroking his beard with a slight smile as he unleashed a powerful amplification, appearing quite calm.

Compared to having his capital destroyed by the Sun Moon Empire, he was undoubtedly more worried about encountering something even more dangerous than the Sun Moon Empire, such as the dog-eat-dog undead army and the abyss army in front of him.

Neither side seemed to value life. One side consisted of fearless dark undead, while the other was filled with evil and devouring abyssal creatures. To the uninitiated, it would look like two armies of evil soul masters were fighting desperately in their martial soul forms.

Xu Jiawei commented that both sides should escalate the intensity of the war further, and it would be best if both sides were killed.

"Hehe, Your Majesty is truly kind-hearted, able to laugh so easily even at a time like this."

Just then, a voice rang out from not far away, pulling Xu Jiawei back to reality.

Xu Jiawei turned around and immediately smiled in surprise: "The Prince has come too?"

The speaker was none other than the former Snow Jade Prince of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and the Duke of Anle, re- conferred the title by the Sun Moon Empire. Upon hearing Xu Jiawei's words, he merely smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me. Whether it was the former Heavenly Dou Empire or the Heavenly Soul Empire and Douling Empire not long ago, they have all turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished with the wind."

"The Sun Moon Empire has conscripted a large number of experts to the front lines to prepare for war. They even called me here because of my limited skills. Heh, they are being polite. They said we are not fighting for the Sun Moon Empire, but for the future of the entire continent."

Half a year ago, Prince Xueyu was a middle-aged man with an extraordinary demeanor, but now he looks more than ten years older, with graying temples and eyes that reveal the vicissitudes of life.

Vina and Muxue still followed behind him, but their beautiful faces were dull and lifeless, their expressions gloomy and powerless, as the pain of losing their country was truly difficult for them to overcome.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiawei sighed and nodded, saying, "Yes, there is no immortal empire in this world. To be honest, before I left, I called Dai Hao over to discuss the matter of abdication with him, but he refused to agree no matter what, saying that if I brought up this matter again, he would have to atone with his death."

"This guy is really disloyal. He's clearly trying to make me the ruler of a fallen kingdom. Sigh... I've been on brotherly terms with him for so many years, and he won't even take the throne that's offered to me for free."

Xu Jiawei's face was filled with indignation, but then a sly, mischievous smile appeared on his face. He changed the subject and said:
"But it's alright. I'll just tie up his last son later. If he dares not to become emperor, I'll drape the yellow robe over his son and make him shout 'Long live the Emperor' with me. Let's see if he goes up or not. An emperor emeritus is still an emperor."

Upon hearing this, Prince Xueyu's lips twitched, and he remained silent for a moment before managing to squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth: "Your Majesty is truly... incredibly free-spirited."

"It is only right. Back then, Shrek Academy suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of Star Luo City, and my heart died. The general trend was hard to defy."

Xu Jiawei sighed, his expression turning dejected, and said in a deep voice, "You can't understand that kind of despair unless you've seen such a battle with your own eyes. Dozens of experts from the renowned Shrek Academy were all slaughtered by that Lord of the Sun Moon Empire's Temple."

"Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, Shi Yang, and Lin Huiqun, a total of four combatants with the strength of Super Douluo or above, plus a group of Title Douluo and Soul Douluo, were as powerless as infants in that person's hands. Killing them was as easy as slaughtering chickens, and they even captured a group of people alive."

"In addition, there is the current ruler of the Heavenly Court, Xu Tianxi, the peerless genius of the Sun Moon Empire who is said to be one in ten thousand years. In his first battle after graduating, he killed Ma Xiaotao, the second genius of Shrek Academy who was five or six years older than him."

"Even the Star Shattering Douluo of our own country, the leader and deputy leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, and the experts of Shrek Academy all tried to stop him, but none of them could stop his determination to kill..."

"The Shattered Star Douluo was blasted into the sky by his cannon, the Vice Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult was injured by the blast, and the two experts from Shrek Academy suffered the worst fate—one a Title Douluo, the other a Soul Douluo—both were killed in one fell swoop. I witnessed this with my own eyes; otherwise, how could I have ended up like this?"

"And as it turns out, my judgment was correct..."

As soon as the words were spoken, Prince Xueyu was speechless, as was Vina Muxue. Not only were they speechless, but their expressions were also extremely unpleasant. Xu Jiawei was right; they had witnessed the defeat of the Body Sect and their confidence had collapsed. But the problem was… Xu Tianxi wasn't originally from the Sun Moon Empire!

Since the Xuanming Sect openly switched sides, the propaganda apparatus of the Sun Moon Empire has been in full swing, publishing articles detailing Xu Tianxi's legendary experiences, which can be summarized as a revenge story for his mother. A movie was even made, directed by Xu Xiaoyun, and shown in cinemas across the continent.

Afterwards, the people of the Sun and Moon Empire cheered, while the vast majority of people from the original Three Kingdoms felt as if they had eaten a dead rat.

Prince Xueyu, Vina Muxue, and other members of the Heavenly Soul Royal Family were undoubtedly the last to want to see this outcome. Their hearts were breaking with anguish. These were the geniuses of their Heavenly Soul Empire! Why were they either taken away by Shrek Academy or sent to the Sun Moon Empire?
If possible, they would have loved to send a Super Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest to protect it in secret that year. Even if they were killed by Xuanzi, it would have been worth it. They would have been even more willing to personally take action to eliminate that beast Xuanzi before he died from poison.

Seeing the three so grief-stricken, Xu Jiawei thought to himself, "It really makes them feel better after venting their grievances," and was about to say some words of comfort.

Just then, Biji and Wang Xian'er on the golden tree suddenly changed color and shouted, "Something's happened to the golden tree! Leave quickly!"

"Xuanwu Summoning".

Several miles away, Xu Xiaoyun heard the call. He summoned the six people with his left hand and then summoned Ye Guyi, a disciple of his grand-disciple, with his right hand.

"What happened?" Xu Jiawei asked Wang Xian'er.

Wang Xian'er shook her head, her expression very unpleasant.

Suddenly, the golden tree's abundant life force weakened, and a cluster of sacred fire seemed to rise from its roots, burning fiercely.

Then, a burst of sacred light burst forth from the tree crown, which was none other than the light of the sea god, trapping the golden tree inward and causing its vitality to rapidly decline, with large sections of branches burning and breaking.

Instantly, the Seraphim Divine Sword in Ye Guyi's palm reacted violently.

"This is the fire of the sun extracted from the Angelic Holy Sword, and the light of the Sea God from Tang San, the Sea God!" Ye Guyi exclaimed in surprise.

"Good to know. Get to the problem as soon as possible."

A clear voice came from behind the eight people. Space distorted, and Xu Tianxi stepped forward to stand in front of them. He raised his right palm slightly and said softly, "Disperse."

Instantly, the sacred and vast light of the sea god violently collapsed, vanishing like smoke in the blink of an eye, as if it had never existed.

The sun's fire, buried deep within the roots of the golden tree, perhaps suppressed by the rootless divine water, also quickly disappeared.

The root broke off, and seeds of blazing divine flame flew out, falling into Xu Tianxi's hand, which he then handed to Ye Guyi.

"This is something Tang San took out from the Angelic Holy Sword. It has long been integrated with the Golden Tree. In the past, I couldn't break it open even if I wanted to, so I had to wait for it to do it on its own."

Xu Tianxi gave an explanation, then looked into the distance. Before the abyss passage, two mature figures with deep, dark magic stood side by side. One was Ah Yin, and the other was the Demon Emperor.

Almost instantly, a black mist, imperceptible to anyone but a powerful divine sense, flew out from the abyss passage and entered one of the figures, immediately causing the woman to struggle violently.

"How could it be me? How could it be me! Abyss Saint Lord, what are you doing! Stop! Stop..."

Ah Yin screamed with her snow-white neck thrown back, her dark blue hair dancing wildly, her bewitching face contorted in agony, and her screams were deafening.

"Hahahaha, do you think I'd be so easily manipulated? You've caused me to lose so many unworthy servants. I'll just borrow your body for now, and return it to you when I'm done, hahahahaha..."

The voice of the Abyss Saint King rang in Ah Yin's ears, gradually engulfing Ah Yin's consciousness, and her pupils turned into two bottomless black holes.

"Zheng~!"

"Ah Yin" raised her slender fingers, and a divine weapon that made the space tremble appeared with a loud bang.

It was a painted halberd, entirely blue-purple, with strange patterns. Each pattern contained a very strange luster, fine and dense, like the scales of a halberd.

Super artifact, the Heavenly Holy Split Abyss Halberd!
(End of this chapter)