Chapter 234
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Chapter 234: Significant Losses
"This is impossible!"
Feeling the terrifying energy within the purple light, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s expression changed drastically.
Although he had only recently arrived in the star cluster, he had gained some understanding of the major races in the star cluster from the information provided by the Federal Parliament.
There was no way that a mere peak expert from the Three-Eyed Tribe, barely above level 140, could unleash such a powerful attack even with powerful treasures at their disposal.
He couldn’t comprehend it.
But the current situation did not give him time to think further.
He could only use all his strength to swing his enormous branch, trying to evade the purple light.
But it was still too late.
The distance between them was simply too close.
Boom!
All the branches in the path of the purple light disintegrated into dust.
The massive branch also exploded under the impact of the purple light.
It was not until he reached the tail end of the branch, near the trunk, that the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy managed to avoid the purple light.
The Soul Emperor thought it was a pity.
At such a close range, a surprise full-force strike had not severely injured the opponent as he had hoped.
The strength of his adversary was indeed terrifying.
He had never seen the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and had not come across them in the records of the human federation.
But based on the earlier confrontation, he could fairly conclude that while destroying one of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s branches would certainly inflict considerable damage, his true essence was undoubtedly in the trunk.
With no harm done to the trunk, the decline in power would not be very noticeable.
Feigning weakness and launching a surprise full-force ambush had not achieved his goal of seriously wounding the opponent.
“Damn, are you a parasitic race?”
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s face turned extremely ugly.
Being well-read and knowledgeable, he guessed that this peak expert from the Three-Eyed Tribe must have an entity within him, similar to those energy entities.
These energy entities belonged to parasitic races, whose inherent strength was much lower than that of other races at the same level.
However, by parasitizing the bodies of other races, they could significantly enhance the host’s power.
Only with this could a mere peak expert from the Three-Eyed Tribe, just above level 140, manage to destroy one of his branches with such a terrifying attack in close proximity.
It was fortunate that he hadn’t allowed the calamity fruit to develop further; if these races, taking the form of energy entities, managed to find a few more hosts similar to peak experts from the Three-Eyed Tribe, he would definitely be dead if he came back.
"Now that you know, it’s too late!"
The Soul Emperor grinned with malice, not wasting any time. He moved at full speed, closing in on the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, while the purple vertical eye shot out another ray of purple light.
This purple light continually expanded, like a massive dome, heading toward the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s body began to tremble rapidly.
Countless green leaves on all the branches burst forth with dazzling green light.
These green lights continuously shot toward the purple barrier, resembling a sky full of green starlight.
Boom, boom, boom…
The moment the green starlight made contact with the purple shield, it exploded, sending terrifying energy radiating in all directions.
In space, an energy storm began to swirl.
Even the atmosphere thousands of kilometers away was affected, with vast areas being damaged under the raging aftermath of the energy storm.
Neither the Soul Clan’s barriers nor the Ground Defense Systems of the human federation could block the light.
The light from the star surged forward, causing temperatures in a region of several hundred thousand square kilometers on the planet’s surface to rise by dozens of degrees in a short time.
As surrounding gaseous materials gathered around, the area began to slowly repair itself.
Both sides fell into a stalemate.
The Soul Kings, who had formed an encirclement at a distance, did not hesitate to take out various top treasures of the Soul Clan and began to attack the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.
Various beams of light surged one after another.
Some treasures charged directly at the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, while others unleashed powerful energy blasts or transformed into astounding mental attacks that enveloped him.
There were various types: confinement attacks, mental attacks, physical attacks… all sorts of them.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s expression grew increasingly grim.
Regardless of their type, the strength of these treasures was not low.
At his strength realm, normally he wouldn’t be concerned about them.
But now, he was locked in a fierce battle with the Soul Emperor.
The attacks formed by these treasures, which he could not ignore, greatly affected him, preventing him from concentrating his attention and full strength on fighting the Soul Emperor.
If this continued, even if he won, he would definitely be severely injured.
If he could ensure victory, then sustaining injuries would be worth it; in a hundred or eighty years, he could recover.
Such a powerful calamity fruit, once harvested, would undoubtedly yield an absurd amount of merit and luck, so even being injured would be a great profit.
The problem was, he had no assurance of victory.
In that case, it was better to retreat first, then use the support of the large battleships of humanity to come back and harvest the calamity fruit.
Doing so would result in significantly less merit and luck, but it would be more secure.
"You all will die!"
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, now considering retreat, roared in anger.
The overwhelming momentum of devouring the sky and the sun erupted from him.
He could only rely on his shield to defend against various attacks.
Millions of leaves began to unleash piercing green light.
Then, they continuously gathered and brewed toward the direction of the Soul Emperor.
On the branches, wooden spikes started to form.
Swish, swish, swish…
Countless wooden spikes rapidly formed and shot out in all directions.
The Soul Kings had no hesitation and quickly dodged.
A flicker of hesitation crossed the Soul Emperor’s eyes.
Watching the green light continually build up, he steeled himself, feigning a defensive stance, ready to evade attacks at any moment.
Energy continuously gathered around him.
Buzz!
The green light finally reached its peak.
It transformed into a massive green energy pillar, but instead of attacking the Soul Emperor in front of him, it shot off in the opposite direction as the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy suddenly turned around.
The green energy pillar spread out rapidly.
The Soul Kings, who were avoiding the wooden spikes, turned pale in shock.
Seeing the expanding green energy pillar move at an incredible speed, they realized they could not escape.
They took out their strongest defensive treasures to brace themselves.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy moved at full speed, closely following the green energy pillar.
"He’s definitely trying to escape!"
The Soul Emperor felt a wave of reassurance; his gamble had paid off.
While the green light built up toward him, he opted not to gather energy to defend or evade.
Instead, he focused on gathering energy, ready to intercept the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy at any moment.
He wagered that the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy was using deceptive tactics, putting on a show of an all-out attack, when in fact, he just wanted to break free.
If he lost the gamble, the speed and power of the green energy pillar would leave the Soul Emperor unprepared, resulting in serious injuries.
If he won, he could intercept the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s full-force escape before he got away.
In that moment of thought, the results could be entirely different.
Even this one decision could determine the course of the entire battle.
As the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy sped forward behind the green energy pillar, the Soul Emperor also immediately pursued at full speed.
From the purple vertical eye, beams of purple light shot toward the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.
"Damn it!"
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy felt regret.
He could only evade the attacks from the purple light while continuing his escape.
Boom!
The green energy pillar was like a beam of light that could destroy the world, annihilating everything in its path, including energy particles, dark matter, and stellar thermal radiation.
Crying out in terror echoed all around.
In this direction, twenty-five Soul Kings who could not evade the green energy pillar were caught in its wake.
One Soul King, with the body of a fierce beast from seven clans, managed to barely withstand the expanding green energy pillar thanks to his defensive treasure, but he was left with a chaotic aura and a damaged body.
Five Soul Kings with full-level fierce beast bodies spared no expense in defending themselves with treasures, yet they could not preserve their full-level fierce beast forms.
The best among them suffered severe injuries and was left incomplete and fragmented.
The remaining nineteen Soul Kings, without physical bodies, saw half of them directly have their souls scattered from this blow.
The few others, despite having powerful defensive treasures, were also gravely injured.
The Soul Emperor and the other Soul Kings watched with eyes full of rage and flickering madness.
In their prime, possessing the entire galaxy, the Soul Clan wouldn’t have cared about the loss of five full-level fierce beasts.
Not only five full-level fierce beasts, but even fifty thousand could be sacrificed without concern.
With the vast resources of the entire galaxy and a huge population base, if they allocated even a fraction of their resources to those top geniuses, new Soul Kings would emerge continuously.
However, at this moment, every full-level fierce beast and every Soul King was an extremely precious asset and capital for the Soul Clan’s resurgence.
With one blow, losing five full-level fierce beasts and several Soul Kings was a loss so great it drove the Soul Clan to the brink of madness.
Likewise, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy was not satisfied.
Though his full-force strike had opened a massive gap in the encirclement, he had not shaken off the Soul Emperor.
The Soul Emperor, with his rich combat experience and determination, successfully anticipated the envoy’s intentions.
