The difference between the energy released by the Player and the Sacred Tree was like facing the same pig, early humans could neither fully utilize all edible parts nor cook a delicious meal.
As for modern people, every part of the pig that can be eaten is used, and with exquisite technique, a full table of all kinds of delicious dishes is prepared.
The gap between the two was just that huge.
Actually, this analogy is not quite appropriate as it downplays the terror of this Skill. To put it more accurately, it's like humanity finally turning fireworks into bombs aimed for destruction.
The flowers at the top of the tree canopy were in full bloom, and the previously liquid-like golden Energy had solidified, resembling a golden droplet.
The whole world seemed to be boiling over as the Energy of the Annihilation Radiance rapidly heated the pool that was Earth, the heat generating powerful Shock Waves, which turned into Gales that blew Qian Xia's hair.
Even though they were outmatched in presence, Mount Putuo was the only place that could still shine in a world dominated by the Annihilation Radiance.
Without any warning, the next moment, the whole world was illuminated.
Qian Xia didn't see what happened to Mount Putuo; the first thing she saw was the tens of kilometers of sea surface between the gigantic ship and Mount Putuo being obliterated in an instant!
As simple as erasing writing on a blackboard!
The seawater vanished, and the seabed, which should have been filthy sludge, glowed red-hot, with molten lava churning and lightning, ionized by the air, snaking through the fissures.
Then, Mount Putuo erupted into a burst of golden light.
The Shock Wave spread out from Mount Putuo, a massive column of light surged toward the skies, pierced the atmosphere, then fell back down and expanded into a mushroom shape.
The entire South Sea was disrupted; Heavy Rain, lightning, white steam, and tsunamis all erupted simultaneously.
Princess Iron Fan had to wave her Palm Leaf Fan earlier than planned; the Earth Immortal exerted all her strength to fend off the raging Shock Wave and prevent the Star Destroyer from dissolving in the aftermath.
The world seemed to be on the verge of destruction, but beneath the fan's leeward, the top of the Star Destroyer remained relatively quiet— even the medium for sound propagation was blown away by the Palm Leaf Fan.
In this relative calm, Si, who had claimed that Li Changzhou had infinite Energy, was gasping for air heavily, sweat rolling down from his hair.
At this moment, he was even more wretched than Qian Xia, who had transformed her Ability into Divine Will.
But soon, Li Changzhou straightened up again, and his Qi rapidly climbed from its nadir back to its peak— the Star Destroyer at the Lagrange Point couldn't even supply him with Energy quickly enough a moment ago!
"Huff! Huff!" In the divine wind of the Palm Leaf Fan, the aftermath of the explosion was quickly blown away.
Mount Putuo, stripped of its Barrier, lay bare for all to see.
The Five-Colored Festival Cloud surged, Bodhisattva Guanyin, with her four-zhang tall Divine Form, sat serenely on a lotus, with Subduing Tiger Arhat, Unmoving Arhat, Demon Suppression Arhat, the Right Guardian Mountain God of Luoga Mountain, the Left Guardian Mountain God the bear demon, twenty-four Heavenly Gods, Mu Cha cultivators, Wealthy Child, Wealthy Dragon Girl, Pearl-carrying Dragon Girl, Turtle Carrying Vase, and countless Cultivators and Monsters at her feet.
Surrounded by her followers, the Bodhisattva on her lotus throne was like the sovereign of Buddha Country, dignified and composed.
In contrast, under the Divine tree and on the wave peaks of the tsunami, the top of the Star Destroyer was likewise crowded with Cultivators.
The two sides faced each other from afar, and for a moment, the world fell into complete silence.
Boom!
The sea began to refill, with two walls of water colliding at the center of the trench plowed by the Annihilation Radiance, shaking the world.
"Kill!!" came a hoarse roar.
Qian Xia felt like she had gone deaf.
The once genteel Cultivators in front of her were now howling wildly like beasts, saliva flying.
The glow of Magic Treasures and the radiance of Spells rose from the top of the Star Destroyer and Mount Putuo, with the two streams of light traveling tens of kilometers through the sky to clash.
Amidst the atmosphere of intense battle, Qian Xia breathed heavily, slipping the ring onto the little finger of her left hand; with a flash of bloodlight in her hand, the steel spear unsheathed.
She mounted "Speedster".
"Golden Spear and Iron Horse"
Invisibility.
Boom!
Speedster carried her out, shooting forward like an arrow loosed from its bow.
Qian Xia looked up, seeing the sky ablaze with gunfire like a violent storm, dragging airwaves that bombarded the shimmering Ocean of Light on Mount Putuo.
There were also lasers sweeping like searchlights.
Unlike searchlights guiding the way, these were harbingers of Death; where their light touched, only Annihilation remained—crowds were torn apart by the lasers' penetration.
Those around her, without exception, were lost in excitement and Fury.
A cow demon had an arm ripped off yet continued to roar, using its horns as Weapons, charging through the crowd until it was split in half with a single strike.
The tentacles of a dismembered Water Demon still writhed, attempting to attack.
Although Guanyin purified Li Changzhou's "Emotion Control" to make it ineffective against enemies, it still affected their own side.
Since they had decided on a do-or-die battle, fear was but a burden!
Qian Xia finally broke into the battlefield; a Shenxiao Sect Cultivator beside her rode a Tiger Demon, casting Hand Palm Thunder, creating trails of lightning chains through the crowd.