"Rumble!"
As soon as the Longevity Cauldron finished speaking, its body radiated a dazzling divine light. Wherever this divine light passed, everything turned into nothingness.
Some of the Abyss creatures, in the face of this vast divine power, had no means of resistance at all. Their bodies were instantly shattered by the powerful energy.
The faces of Soul General and the others changed drastically. Even with the World Tree as their foundation, they still endured immense pressure. This pressure was tearing at their bodies, as if trying to shred them apart.
"Everyone, move!"
Soul General said to the other eighteen generals, enduring the immense pressure.
They, the twenty generals of the Divine Abyss, were the strongest existences beneath the Holy Ancestor. In the Abyss, they could join forces to unleash the power of the World Tree to defend against enemies.
Originally, the twenty generals of the Divine Abyss, working together, could fully unleash the power of the World Tree. However, not long ago, Soul General, carrying the will of the Holy Ancestor, stripped Cold General of his position. Now, Cold General's whereabouts were unknown, and Mo, who was originally supposed to replace Cold General, was swallowed by the Longevity Cauldron before he could officially take over.
Now, with only nineteen generals remaining, it was impossible to fully unleash the power of the World Tree.
At this moment, Soul General also regretted it.
But now, they had no choice but to work together to activate the World Tree's power and confront the Longevity Cauldron head-on.
The nineteen generals of the Abyss each formed profound seals with their hands. Soon, their auras connected with the World Tree beneath them, which supported the Abyss realm. At this moment, the World Tree also began to emit a green light. These green lights were like life essence. The Abyss creatures affected by the divine power of the Longevity Cauldron were actually resurrected under the green light.
"Oh!"
The Longevity Cauldron let out a surprised sound. When it entered the Abyss realm, it had already noticed the uniqueness of this towering World Tree. The power contained within this World Tree was even more abundant than its own.
It was ultimately just a weapon, not a true living being. But the tree before it was a true living being, its very essence equivalent to an Eternal Realm expert. However, most of its energy was being used to maintain this Abyss realm.
If it were any other Eternal-level artifact, it would definitely not be a match for this World Tree.
But the Longevity Cauldron was different. Although it was currently only an Eternal-level artifact, thanks to having a master who surpassed everything, its energy was of the same origin as Gu Changsheng's. Therefore, even though it was just a weapon, and an unattended one at that, it could autonomously revive and unleash the power of the Eternal Realm.
So even knowing the special nature of the World Tree, the Longevity Cauldron was not nervous.
However, the Longevity Cauldron was quite surprised that the World Tree could easily resurrect the Abyss creatures it had killed. But after the surprise, it quickly came to terms with it.
The World Tree could even nurture the Abyss realm, so resurrecting some creatures was easy for it.
"I just wonder if you can still resurrect from nothing if I swallow you!"
The Longevity Cauldron asked, then answered itself, "I guess not."
Because Mo, who had been swallowed by it earlier, had not been resurrected.
The World Tree did not respond to the Longevity Cauldron. Instead, its branches, extending to unknown dimensional planes, swayed. As the branches swayed, a divine power emanated from it. It was warning the Longevity Cauldron to leave the Abyss, and also retaliating against the Longevity Cauldron's previous attack.
"Clang!"
The World Tree's divine power landed on the Longevity Cauldron, like striking a huge bell, emitting an earth-shattering sound. The sky was torn apart, and the vast divine power rippled outwards, but it was deliberately controlled within a certain range by the World Tree.
Otherwise, the battle between two Eternal existences, even though the strength of the Abyss was several levels higher than that of the Chaos, would still unleash a cataclysmic destruction upon the Abyss.
The World Tree nurtured the Abyss, so naturally it would not destroy it.
In fact, this was the World Tree's weakness. It cared deeply about the Abyss, and the Longevity Cauldron had noticed this.
"It seems you care a lot about the world you created," the Longevity Cauldron said.
If the Longevity Cauldron were to exploit this weakness, it would definitely be able to overturn the Abyss in the absence of the three Holy Ancestors in the Abyss.
Upon hearing this, the World Tree also emitted a vigilant intent. It was wary of the Longevity Cauldron.
The Longevity Cauldron, however, emitted a disdainful sound.
"My master never deigns to use such underhanded means when suppressing opponents. Naturally, I will not disgrace my master."
As Gu Changsheng's natal weapon, the Longevity Cauldron naturally had its own pride.
However, if it were the traitor in its master's words who was in its current position, even ten World Trees would not be a match for that kid.
Not because there was a gap in strength, but because even the height the World Tree could support the Abyss realm was not as high as that kid's skin was thick.
Although Soul General and the others were enduring immense pressure at this time, they had been listening to the Longevity Cauldron's words, because the Longevity Cauldron was undoubtedly an Eternal artifact from the Chaos side. The fact that it had a master meant that there was another Eternal Realm expert on the Chaos side besides the fallen Primordial.
Chaos and the Abyss were like mortal enemies. The Abyss wanted to invade Chaos, and Chaos wanted to suppress the Abyss. Therefore, Soul General and the others wanted to obtain more information about its master from the Longevity Cauldron, so that they would have a greater chance of success when attacking Chaos in the future.
But so far, the information they had heard from the Longevity Cauldron could only be described with two words.
Mysterious!
They couldn't hear any other information about the Longevity Cauldron's master, not even what their surname was.
"My master is not interested in you Abyss creatures. The reason I came here today is because that guy I swallowed earlier disturbed my mistress's rest. My master was furious, so he asked me to swallow that guy and take a trip to the Abyss."
"If you want to settle things and let me leave, it's not impossible. Let them send out five people for me to swallow, so I can report back to my master. Otherwise, I'm going to lose my temper."
Facing the World Tree, the Longevity Cauldron was obviously much more patient than it was with Soul General and the others. It even explained the purpose of its visit to the Abyss.
After all, the World Tree was an existence of the same level, while Soul General, to the Longevity Cauldron, was equivalent to food that could be swallowed at will!
Upon hearing this, Soul General and the others were immediately furious. The Longevity Cauldron actually wanted them to send themselves to their deaths? How was that possible?
But the next moment, their faces changed drastically, because the World Tree sent out a thought, agreeing to the Longevity Cauldron.
"Why?"
"We are the creatures you nurtured, why would you abandon us?"
Soul General and the others panicked. The Longevity Cauldron said it wanted to pick out five to send to their deaths, and it was still five out of their nineteen generals. A probability of five out of nineteen was almost no different from one hundred percent.
What answered them was a cold will.
"The only thing I nurtured was the Abyss realm."
As the will fell, five vine-like tentacles appeared out of thin air, landing on the five generals, and then sending them in front of the Longevity Cauldron.
"No... Holy Ancestor, save us... Holy Ancestor... Ah..."
As Chaos True Realm experts, they were actually performing worse than the Sky Opening Divine Ancestor in the face of true death.
Or rather, it was precisely because they had always known the realms above the Chaos True Realm that they would be afraid of death.
The Longevity Cauldron was very satisfied with the World Tree's sensible attitude. In fact, it didn't want to go to war with the World Tree, because it was meaningless. Neither side could do anything to the other.
"Not bad, I've accepted the gift. If my master is interested in the Abyss in the future, I will ask my master to spare you."
As soon as the words fell, the mouth of the Longevity Cauldron faced the five generals and swallowed them in one gulp. The five generals' cries also ended here.
"Who is your master?"
This was the World Tree asking the Longevity Cauldron.
"Longevity Great Emperor!"
The Longevity Cauldron coolly uttered four big words.
It did not address its master as Holy Emperor. Holy Emperor was the respectful title of the myriad races for its master, and from the moment it was forged by its master, it was named "Longevity" by its master. And at that time, Longevity Great Emperor was the most dazzling and resounding name!
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