The Chaos Nirvana Forbidden Flame descended like heavenly punishment, engulfing hundreds of vines like a deadly fog.

The surrounding temperature instantly skyrocketed, causing the very ground to burn and melt.

The vines shriveled under the flames before exploding into ash. Although the four Forbidden Flames had not yet reached the Absolute Stage, they were still able to cause severe damage to the tree.

This showed just how deadly Forbidden Flames were.

However, despite thousands of vines turning to ash, the Death Sovereign Tree remained unmoved.

The countless branches above its trunk suddenly trembled.

Then more vines emerged.

Thousands.

No.

Tens of thousands.

The number was even greater than before.

’I understand now. So its mastery of Death Energy is being used to remain undead, meaning no amount of damage can kill it, not when it can regenerate faster and produce more vines.’

This discovery made Rhazor frown slightly. His understanding of the Death Law was profound, and so he saw through the tree’s plan.

However, while he had a solution for that, there were two obstacles in his way...

’First, how am I going to get through all these vines and get close to the barrier?’ Rhazor’s eyes narrowed. However, a smile formed on his face as a plan began to take shape.

He tapped into the Law of Death and activated an eye technique.

"Death’s Gaze." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

His eyes flickered from red to black. Instantly, his vision sharpened, and he could see traces of death qi in the air.

Through that death qi, he saw a transparent barrier, now faintly black.

’Second, how do I break this damn shield?’ His eyes flickered back to their normal hue just as a vine came for his neck. He dodged and severed it.

’Usually, when someone raises a powerful defense, it means they don’t have a strong enough body, and so killing them is rather simple. I just need to get close and attack with everything I’ve got.’

Rhazor weaved through the attacks, his mind spinning as he searched for a solution. It took only a few moments for one to form.

He then sensed a command from Fury, and he obeyed.

Fury swooped down from the sky in dragon form, a trail of white flames left in his wake as he descended with great fury.

His massive jaws opened, unleashing a torrent of white fire that erupted forward, sweeping across the battlefield and reducing entire sections of vines to nothingness.

At that exact moment, Void screeched from above with deadly speed and pressure.

The phoenix spread her wings wide, and crimson and black flames, in the form of feathers, rained down from the heavens.

Qilin appeared beneath the tree and unleashed a devastating charge.

Dark-red flames exploded outward as his horns slammed into the invisible barrier surrounding the Death Sovereign Tree.

Boom!

The entire forest shook.

The shockwave flattened countless trees.

Rhazor smiled, and then he made his move.

He tapped into the void and activated his [Void Step] movement technique. Suddenly, he vanished, and the next moment, he was flying toward the barrier.

"Cleaving the Heavens, Severing the Earth."

His sword flashed through the air, unleashing a deadly sword arc formed from flame qi.

The attack landed on the barrier, and it trembled. However, not even a crack appeared on it. Even worse, vines arrived before him, forcing Rhazor to retreat.

"You are done for, buddy."

Just when he had retreated far enough, the sword in Rhazor’s hand vanished, and a large reddish metallic bow appeared in its place.

He waved his hand, and a golden arrow, forged using the God-Killing Arrow Technique, appeared in his grasp.

BOOOM!

Flames exploded from the arrow, and the hundred runes on it activated, causing a deadly killing intent to gush from it.

He nocked it onto his bow, and before the tree could send more vines at him, he had already pulled back the string.

"Void Devouring Night Arrow."

The arrow left the bow, and before the tree could block it, it had already landed on the shield.

Crack!

A fracture appeared.

However, Qilin, who had already tried to destroy it once but failed, was already on the move, fully aware that this was the chance he had been waiting for.

His horns glowed red, and with deadly force, he collided with the shield.

This time, the crack widened, and before it could heal, another arrow landed on it.

Boom!

The shield shattered.

"Here is my chance."

His body blurred and vanished through the opening, before the shield began to regenerate.

As he expected, the tree reacted, with thick vines bursting from its tall, dark bark.

However, Rhazor already had a deadly move in mind, and he certainly wasn’t about to allow the tree to take away his advantage.

The Flame Eater Bow vanished, and a dark-red, clawed gauntlet resembling a dragon’s claw appeared and latched itself onto the back of Rhazor’s right hand. The claws elongated, giving him five deadly talons that looked capable of cutting metal in half.

"Beast God Claw Art: Domain Cutter."

He slashed down hard, and four deadly red arcs flashed outward, cutting through the thousands of vines surging toward him.

They were shredded, and before more could replace them, the four arcs landed on the back of the tree.

The giant tree that had halted the pursuing forest and kept bombarding Rhazor with deadly attacks was instantly severed, the colossal trunk that pierced the clouds tilting to one side.

"ROOOAARRRRR!"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar erupted from the tree.

But Rhazor was already on the move.

His hand moved like a blur, unleashing thousands of Domain Cutters, each attack consuming a large portion of his energy.

By the time he stopped, he alone had shredded over four hundred meters of the tree’s trunk, and it had already begun to fall.

Looking up, Rhazor saw the cloud-piercing giant, the once-prideful tree now dead and falling with a terrible pressure.

In fact, it had died after the first surprise attack, one it had never expected.

The remaining attacks were merely to ensure everything was done properly.

Icon had already announced his kill, which came as a pleasant surprise, considering that he viewed the entire forest as a single entity.

For a kill to be announced meant this tree was not part of the main forest.

But that was over now, since he had killed it.

Turning away from the collapsing giant, his gaze narrowed when he noticed the forest coming after him once more. With the tree dead, they had nothing to fear anymore.

Thousands of flower monsters, vines, and walking trees were charging toward him.

Most importantly, the Vine God was among the deadly forest creatures advancing on him, and that alone pissed him off.

Just then, a dark portal appeared three hundred meters away.

"Qilin," Rhazor called.

Qilin sped toward him.

The moment he arrived, Rhazor jumped onto his back, and they moved.

Before the first flower monster could reach him, Qilin disappeared through the portal, and they were gone.

Nirvana, Fury, and Void remained in the air, allowing the forest to reach them.

When it did, all three detonated their bodies, drowning tens of thousands of kilometers in scorching flames and causing thousands of forest monsters to die.

This time, the entire forest felt the damage.

The three flame spirits made sure their explosions were synchronized, multiplying the devastation several times over.

Three minutes later, the Death Sovereign Tree finally slammed into the ground, shaking the entire forest and a vast portion of the Devil’s Maw.

The commotion reached many.

Many wondered what the hell was going on in the Endless Twisting Vine Forest.

The person responsible, however, had finally managed to escape the godforsaken forest for good.