Ch. 419 - Seizing The Tree of Forgetfulness

“I’m not afraid,” Xu Zimo said calmly.

“Friend, do you know where this tree demon comes from?” the City Lord of Carefree asked.

“I don’t,” Xu Zimo shook his head slightly.

The Tree of Forgetfulness roared, and with each sway of its massive body, the entire land trembled.

The ground cracked with countless fissures.

At that moment, hundreds of branches carrying sharp force tore through layers of space, striking toward Xu Zimo.

“Friend, how about we join forces to subdue this demon tree?” the City Lord of Carefree suggested cautiously.

Xu Zimo didn’t respond. He looked at the oncoming branches, then drew Shadow Tyrant from his back. The blade burst out with a blinding gleam.

“Void Oblivion.”

The blade light carried the sharpness to shatter space, causing explosions to echo all around.

Not only was space torn apart, but all surrounding branches were also shredded and broken.

Lightning crackled and exploded along the blade.

With one strike, all branches in front of Xu Zimo were obliterated.

But before he could react, countless more branches came crashing down.

They tightly bound Xu Zimo from all directions.

His body was pulled in several directions at once, as if being quartered.

Seeing Xu Zimo trapped, the City Lord of Carefree panicked.

Radiating strong Empyrean Meridian realm energy, he rose into the air and shouted, “Don’t worry, I’ll save you!”

He clenched his fists, golden spiritforce surging around him.

He looked like a rising golden sun.

Brilliant golden light gathered at his fists as he charged toward the branches binding Xu Zimo.

Just as he was about to hit the branches, his fist suddenly changed direction, striking directly at Xu Zimo’s back.

With a loud boom, shockwaves rippled through the air, shattering the surrounding space.

The City Lord of Carefree burst into wild laughter, echoing through the sky, sharp and jarring.

Xu Zimo slowly turned his head and looked at him calmly.

The City Lord’s expression froze, and his laughter abruptly stopped.

“You... how are you unharmed?” he asked in disbelief.

“Because you’re too weak,” Xu Zimo replied coldly.

Then, with an overwhelming aura, endless blade intent surged around him.

He instantly severed all the branches binding him.

In a flash, he grabbed the City Lord by the throat and slowly lifted him into the air.

“You... you can’t kill me. I was appointed by the Celestial Tiger Empire. Only they have the right to judge me.”

Grasping at straws, the City Lord shouted, “You’re defying the Empire!”

“It doesn’t matter anymore,” Xu Zimo said flatly. “Actually, I’ve suspected you from the start. I just had no proof. The rumors in Carefree City have been around for so long, people being force-fed Forgetfulness Fruit at night, fear spreading everywhere. The citizens no longer dare to go out after dark. Yet you, the City Lord, did nothing, didn’t even report it to the Celestial Tiger Empire. Hard to believe you’re not in league with the Tree of Forgetfulness.”

Hearing this, the City Lord’s expression drastically changed.

“Help me!” he shouted toward the Tree of Forgetfulness, struggling desperately.

Xu Zimo snorted coldly and tightened his grip.

With a snap, the City Lord’s neck was nearly crushed. Xu Zimo drew his blade, unleashing deadly blade energy.

It echoed through the sky, obliterating both the City Lord’s body and his True Fate.

The death of the City Lord enraged the Tree of Forgetfulness even more.

Its branches gathered together, some forming flower-like patterns,

others coming from all directions to attack Xu Zimo.

These branches seemed endless and could grow infinitely.

Xu Zimo knew that the only way to truly restrain the tree was to uproot it from the ground.

As the branches charged at him, Xu Zimo suddenly flashed forward.

He grabbed several of them, veins bulging on his forehead, trying to pull the Tree of Forgetfulness up by its roots.

But the Tree of Forgetfulness’s strength far exceeded his. Even with all his might, it was useless.

Seeing this, Xu Zimo quickly retreated and rose into the air.

Behind him, a blue planet slowly rose through the mist.

As it ascended, waves of ethereal energy surrounded the area.

The sound of space shattering echoed.

At that moment, even time seemed to stop.

The blue planet seemed to contain immense and terrifying power.

With a roar, the planet began spinning rapidly.

Once again, countless branches surged in, completely surrounding Xu Zimo.

Seeing this, Xu Zimo chuckled, then jumped directly into the blue planet.

The branches didn’t hesitate and followed him in.

Once all the branches had entered his True Fate world, the waiting dragons rose into the sky.

Dragons roared across the land, flying among the clouds.

Hundreds of dragons of different elements and colors descended from above.

There were hundreds of them, including Chaos and the ten ancient God Beasts.

Each one grabbed the countless branches and began to pull.

Xu Zimo sealed the entire True Fate World, trapping all branches that had entered.

With so many powerful beings pulling together, the Tree of Forgetfulness outside began to panic.

It struggled wildly as the tug-of-war continued.

Xu Zimo wasn’t worried. With the Tree of Life supporting him, all the dragons were pulling with full strength.

This scene lasted nearly half an hour. The ground around the Tree of Forgetfulness began to shake and crack.

Green leaves swayed in the wind and gently fell.

The massive tree trunk began to tremble.

Cracking sounds echoed from underground.

Its trunk slowly rose higher. This continued for nearly another hour.

The land around it fractured faster and louder.

Finally, with a thunderous boom, the entire Tree of Forgetfulness was pulled up by its roots.

The moment it left the ground, it had no time to react before being dragged into Xu Zimo’s True Fate World.

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Once inside the True Fate world, the Tree of Forgetfulness didn’t even have time to look around before being completely surrounded by hundreds of dragons.

Above, the Tree of Life unleashed an overwhelming force that crushed down from the sky.

The Tree of Forgetfulness couldn’t even resist.

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