Rhazor stood still, his gaze locked on the towering black tree.

He could tell at a glance that this tree wasn’t the core of the forest. However, it was still a True God-level living tree that reeked of death.

’If I didn’t know better, I would say this tree is dying. However, considering it is a True God, then it means this tree wields the Law of Death, and judging by the concentration of death qi around it, it has already reached perfect mastery.’

Icon quickly verified his observation, but it also told him something that made Rhazor beam with happiness.

There was hope for him after all, provided he could defeat this tree.

[Analysis complete.]

[Target identified: Death Sovereign Tree.]

[Threat Level: Extreme.]

[Estimated Cultivation: Peak True God.]

[Primary Affinity: Death.]

[Kill the Death Sovereign Tree, and you can escape through its soul portal.]

’Soul portal,’ Rhazor thought inwardly, looking at the black tree as it slowly released more death aura into the air.

It probably thought Rhazor didn’t know anything about the Law of Death, so it was using the opportunity to gain an advantage for itself.

However, Rhazor not only had an affinity for the Law of Death, but all five incarnations could use it as well. Klaus had only made the universe aware of Rhazor’s Void and Flame affinities as a destruction from his true trump cards.

In here, he could use any law he had an affinity for since nobody was watching.

But he refrained from speaking and let the tree continue releasing more death energy into the air. After five minutes, Rhazor cleared his throat and spoke.

"Are we going to play the waiting game or actually fight, so I can kill you and finally leave this godforsaken place?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

His words resonated with the tree immediately, and before they could even die down, thick vines with a metallic sheen burst out from the ground. Thousands of them pierced the air and stabbed toward Rhazor.

They arrived before him, and like hungry snakes, they launched stabbing attacks, most aimed at his head.

Rhazor tapped into his Void affinity, and this time, instead of Void Shift, he used Void Blink.

His body flickered, and he vanished. The next second, he appeared elsewhere, and with a powerful swing of his sword, a thick vine was severed in half. Then he flickered again, and another vine was cut apart.

Rhazor was an Immortal Monarch, several realms below the rank of a True God. So, he was basically locked in a battle against someone far deadlier and stronger than he was.

He knew that, and so he wasn’t holding anything back this time.

Icon had brought him to the place where he would have the highest chance of success, though his survival remained uncertain.

There was simply no way an Immortal Monarch should be pitted against a deadly True God, especially one that was also a tree monster and likely had the backing of a Universal God if Rhazor’s estimation of the entire forest was correct.

Rhazor summoned ten spears and, using his mind, hurled them forward, controlling them as they attacked. He knew he had to put all his cards on the table, so he summoned all four Flame Spirits.

Nirvana, the Chaos Nirvana Forbidden Flame, appeared and immediately transformed into her orange flame dragon form.

Furthermore, Soul Fury, the Soul Fury Forbidden Flame, also appeared and quickly assumed his white dragon form before soaring into the air.

The Void Incineration Forbidden Flame, Void, also took on her phoenix form, and red flames accompanied by piercing screeches filled the air.

Lastly, Qilin, the Primordial Desolation Forbidden Flame, took on his dark-red qilin form and disappeared into the battle, unleashing the fury of his flames upon the poor tree, which was about to find out that it had messed with the wrong immortal.

Rhazor evaded a stabbing attack and countered with a flying spear, driving it straight through one of the vines. Then he vanished into the void, reappearing 200 meters away from the dark tree.

’What the hell was that?’

Rhazor thought inwardly, his expression hardening.

Just now, he had attempted to get closer to the tree, but something had blocked him the moment he came within 200 meters of it.

’Does this have something to do with its domain?’

The thought lingered in his mind, but he had no time to dwell on it.

Thousands of vines continued to pierce toward him, tearing through the air like metallic spears.

Rhazor’s figure flickered repeatedly as he weaved through the endless barrage, using the power of the void to his advantage.

Before reaching the Immortal Stage, the use of powerful skills and techniques was necessary. However, the moment one reaches the Immortal and God Stages, paying more attention to the laws is, without a doubt, the most important next step a warrior is supposed to take.

God’s fight is based on three things...

First, they fight based on domain mastery. Domains are mastered through the comprehension of one’s Law of Self and True Law Mastery. The Law of Self has to do with one’s understanding of their class, elements, and everything that makes them a warrior, as well as what they aspire to be.

The main law improves upon that and enables the warrior to keep improving as they master their laws.

The second is their affinity and mastery of a law or laws. Having an affinity for a law but possessing low mastery renders it useless, and as such, no matter the combat power you possess, defeating someone with higher law mastery becomes a problem.

Last, of course, are skills and techniques. A good technique goes a long way, especially if one’s domain is powerful and their mastery of the law is also strong.

Rhazor possesses two out of the three. His domain is only partial, and it consumes a lot of time and energy, so until he fully understands it or reaches the stage to fully wield it, using it would undoubtedly be a disaster for him.

So he was making good use of his law mastery and skills to stay ahead of the game.

But the tree isn’t making things easy for him either.

The vines came from every direction, twisting and turning in the air as though they possessed minds of their own. Some attacked directly, while others curved around to strike from his blind spots.

Boom!

A vine slammed into the ground where he had been standing a split second earlier, creating a crater hundreds of meters wide.

The sheer force behind the attack made Rhazor narrow his eyes in shock.

This wasn’t just a difference in cultivation, as one would believe.

The Death Sovereign Tree’s physical strength was absurd. Many True Gods at its level wouldn’t be able to cause that much damage from a single attack that wasn’t even its full-power strike.

Another dozen vines shot toward him. Rhazor waved his hand, and the ten flying spears instantly changed direction and collided with the incoming attacks.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Metallic sounds echoed throughout the forest.

The vines weren’t soft plant matter like the ones he had destroyed inside the forest.

These ones were much harder, like divine metals.

Several spears bounced away, while others managed to leave shallow wounds. Though at this stage, the injuries were insignificant.

Before Rhazor’s eyes, black death energy flowed through the damaged sections, instantly repairing them.

"Tch."

Rhazor clicked his tongue.

"Regeneration. Of course, it has regeneration. What kind of annoying monster would be complete without it?"

Above him, Nirvana released a sea of orange flames.