Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 719 - 410: Battle Against Qiongqi_2

But Ye Feng, who had prepared in advance, was even faster.

As those Seventh Order strongmen retreated, colossal roots, each several dozen meters wide, shot out from the portal.

Upon their emergence, the roots spread out, striking at every strongman in the arena.

At the same time, bolts of lightning, each a dozen meters thick, descended from the sky, striking those Seventh Order strongmen and halting their retreat.

"Hmph!"

Lord Qiongqi, despite his wariness of Ye Feng, didn’t back down but instead rushed forward, instantly recoiling back into the fray.

At the same time, its claw, exuding a thick corrosive aura, was raised high and struck down at the roots in front of it.

According to its plan, this strike should at least sever a hundred roots.

However, when its claws came into contact with these roots, it felt an incomparable toughness.

Its claws, which could split mountains and rivers, managed only to slice through the bark of one root, penetrating a mere five meters before getting stuck.

Even the Rule Power of corrosion it infused into its claws was effortlessly countered by the Rule Power within the roots.

"How... how is this possible!" Qiongqi’s eyes widened in shock.

From just one exchange, it instantly assessed that the roots’ defensive power had reached the level of the late stages of the Ninth Order.

Moreover, it could distinctly feel that this was purely the roots’ own defense, without any martial skills or secret techniques enhancing them.

Indeed, the pure defensive power of Ye Feng’s roots had reached the phase of the late Ninth Order.

The main reason for such significant progress wasn’t the cultivation of the All Entity Divine Body, but the attribute enhancement accompanying each breakthrough in realm provided by the system.

From the Initial Stage of Eight Order to the Peak of the Eighth Order, three Minor Boundaries, Ye Feng enhanced the strength, speed, and defense of his roots respectively.

Each enhancement of an attribute nearly doubled its effect.

That’s why Ye Feng’s roots’ defensive power was able to break through from mid-stage Ninth Order to late Ninth Order.

Besides, the base strength of each root increased from 3,000 tons to 6,000 tons.

The base speed also increased from 100 times the speed of sound to 200 times.

So how could Lord Qiongqi, who was also at the Peak of the Eighth Order, possibly stand against Ye Feng?

After Lord Qiongqi’s attack, hundreds of roots instantly entwined him from all directions.

This once again changed the color on Lord Qiongqi’s face, and it immediately retracted its claws and retreated.

As it pulled back its claws, one could see the five-meter-deep wound it had made closing and healing itself in the blink of an eye.

This terrifying Restoration Ability made Lord Qiongqi’s heart sink once more.

At that moment, a scream came from a distance.

Lord Qiongqi turned to look immediately, its expression darkening on the spot.

For during its brief clash with Ye Feng, all eight of its Seventh Order subordinates had been entangled by Ye Feng’s roots.

With only ten roots, Ye Feng managed to bind these Seventh Order strongmen so tightly they couldn’t move, and his Devouring Ability quickly weakened their auras.

Only the Ferocious Beast Spectral at the Peak of the Eighth Order barely escaped the roots’ entanglement, and even now, it was visibly shaken.

If it didn’t have a domain of its own, it would have been very difficult to escape, and it had also just tried attacking the roots’ defensive power, only to find it terrifyingly strong.

"Lord Qiongqi, what should we do now?" Spectral asked with a somewhat panicky voice.

"The main body of that massive tree did not enter here and is almost in an unbeatable position. In a moment, I will unleash my full power to contain it. You go and destroy the Teleportation Array," Lord Qiongqi inhaled deeply, struggling to make a decision.

Destroying the formation meant they would be trapped here, but at least their lives wouldn’t be in danger.

And right now, it was uncertain if it could defeat its opponent, even with all its techniques employed.

Even a victory would likely be a Pyrrhic one. The opponent simply needed to retreat; with the Power of Heaven and Earth suppressing them, there was nothing it could do against the massive tree.

With the terrifying speed of the opponent’s cultivation, once they reached the Ninth Order, I fear it would truly be powerless to retaliate.

Rather than wait for that to happen, it would be better to destroy the Teleportation Array now, even though it wouldn’t be able to contend for resources afterward, at least it could preserve its life.

If Qiongqi could figure this out, then the Ferocious Beast Spectral, not being stupid, naturally thought of it too and immediately nodded to express its understanding.

As the roots swept toward it, Qiongqi let out an enraged roar. Originally at the Peak of the Eighth Order, its aura surged once again, breaking the limit of the Ninth Order in the blink of an eye.

It broke through from the Early Stage of the Ninth Order to the Ninth Order Mid-stage before slowly stopping.

Clearly, it had been hiding its strength all along, even from its own trusted subordinates.

Watching Qiongqi’s sudden outburst, whether it was Spectral beside it or the Seventh Order Strongmen bound by Ye Feng, expressions of surprise appeared on their faces.

And not only that, as it unleashed its full strength without reservation, Qiongqi fiercely stamped on the ground.

Suddenly, in this independent space, with a ground like that of a desert wasteland, formations appeared one after another and swiftly connected together.

This space, the size of a city, was covered by Qiongqi with a Burning Sky Array.

As the formation was activated, the entire space seemed to turn into purgatory, with black flames rising from the ground and scorching toward Ye Feng’s roots.

Furthermore, all the power of the array was directed by Qiongqi to collide directly with Ye Feng’s domain.

The Life Field, which had held absolute superiority, was now retreating step by step under the dual pressure of the Burning Sky Array and Corrosion Field.

"Indeed! None of those who could claim their own independent spaces in Ancient Times were simple."

"The power erupting from this formation is at least equivalent to a Tenth Order Field. If it weren’t for my reliance on the Supreme Rule to forge a Perfect Domain, I would probably be crushed within a few breaths," the human origin that had been observing the battlefield from afar couldn’t help but comment.

However, there wasn’t a trace of urgency or similar emotions on his face.

Because he believed that the preparations he’d made were no worse than the opponent’s.

At this moment, the Life Field rapidly shrank, only adhering to the surface of the roots.

In this situation, even if the Burning Sky Array’s power reached the Tenth Order Level, it would not be possible to destroy Ye Feng’s domain.

As long as the domain was not destroyed, it would allow the roots to be spared from the suppression of the opponent’s domain, enabling Ye Feng’s strength to be fully deployed.

But it was obvious that Qiongqi’s methods were not limited to this. After activating the array, it opened its mouth and a petite spear flew out from it.

The next moment, the spear grew rapidly in the wind, transforming into a few hundred meters long, which it grasped in its clawed hand.

As Qiongqi infused its Rule Power into the spear, activating it, space around the entire spear began shattering layer by layer.

This Void-splitting Divine Spear was one of Qiongqi’s greatest sources of confidence.

Seeing this, Ye Feng’s expression finally turned serious.

Although he had learned from Ling that Qiongqi possessed a spatial attribute Divine Artifact spear, he was unclear of the finer details.

Because Ling had not seen Qiongqi utilize the Divine Artifact in combat.

Now that Ye Feng saw it, the situation seemed worse than he had anticipated.

For it turned out to be a high-grade Divine Artifact!

"A high-grade Divine Artifact with a spatial attribute, it must contain rules like spatial shattering, which can easily unleash the attack power of the Tenth Order," Ye Feng felt a tinge of disconsolation.

In his original plan, even if Qiongqi had tricks up its sleeve, based on his estimate, it would only be able to enhance itself to around the Ninth Order.

To unleash the power of the Tenth Order, the opponent would need to burn Divine Fire.

Such a state was definitely unsustainable, so Ye Feng was not too worried.

But now the reality was obviously not as simple, for Qiongqi could use the Divine Artifact to sustainably unleash the attack power of the Tenth Order, which made it much more threatening.

"It seems I need to adjust my tactics as well," Ye Feng murmured to himself.