Chapter 1006: Vast Boundless Sea

Fortunately, the Eternal Demon Tree possessed even greater vitality than anyone had imagined. Although he had taken Xu Yang's blow head-on and felt his blood churning, it didn't significantly affect his overall combat power. It merely caused considerable damage to his pride; after all, being half-stomped on the head by Xu Yang and then struck by a sword was certainly an indignity.

"Young man, you truly don't know your place," the Eternal Demon Tree scoffed. "Do you know? This old tree has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and no one has ever dared to act so insolently towards my head. You are the first!"

When the Eternal Demon Tree spoke, Xu Yang didn't bother to respond. Instead, the members of the Glory Battle Team burst into laughter, all beginning to mock the Eternal Demon Tree.

"Old geezer," one of them taunted, "being stomped on by our boss is actually a blessing you cultivated in your previous life. Don't be ungrateful. The fact that our boss didn't cleave you to death with one sword just now is already giving you immense respect. Now you'd best kneel before him and beg for mercy. That's probably the only way you might survive."

Lister and the others continued to cheer for Xu Yang. The Eternal Demon Tree simply let out a cold snort and a faint smile. In the next instant, an incredibly profound and chilling aura of slaughter emanated from around its body. What was even more terrifying about this aura was the deathly silence that permeated it, capable of extinguishing human souls.

Xu Yang instinctively furrowed his brow, as if realizing something. He had never encountered such a method on Yingzhou Continent, but he was not unfamiliar with it within the extraterrestrial heavens system.

Even before, when he acquired the Heaven-Charting Divine Artifact from the previous God King, Fenghuo Wuji, he had experienced a similar soul-stirring moment. If Xu Yang's instincts were correct, there could only be one explanation: a very powerful master divine artifact must be hidden on the Eternal Demon Tree.

The existence of this divine object indirectly proved that the Eternal Demon Tree itself must be a powerful being from outside this realm. Its true home lay at the edge of the desolation, not as a native top-tier demon born and bred in the Endless Sea.

Of course, it also indicated that the existence of this master divine artifact would undoubtedly elevate the Eternal Demon Tree's status to a new peak.

"Heh, you're finally willing to reveal your true trump card," Xu Yang said. "I'm quite curious about what mysteries you, old fellow, have hidden away. Hurry up and bring out your master divine artifact; let me see it."

When it came to competing with master divine artifacts, Xu Yang possessed the Heaven-Charting Divine Artifact of the previous God King, Fenghuo Wuji, and therefore had no fear of any defensive equipment. Even with his Ancestral Dragon Armor, no matter what true capabilities the Eternal Demon Tree possessed, it couldn't pose a significant threat to Xu Yang. Xu Yang was simply curious about what kind of hidden treasures this fellow actually had.

Finally, the Eternal Demon Tree's main trunk suddenly split into two, dividing down the middle without warning. This splitting, however, seemed more like a formal morphological change rather than a fission that would harm its life essence.

In the center of the divided trunk, an incredibly dazzling multicolored pearl appeared in Xu Yang's sight. The light emitted by this pearl quickly illuminated the entire battle space, transforming the previously dim surroundings into an incredibly bright scene.

"This pearl is called the Boundless Ocean," the Eternal Demon Tree explained. "It's a magical artifact I inadvertently obtained while cultivating in my youth at the edge of the desolation. Through its aura, I can achieve the highest degree of intimacy with nature. I can even hear the voices of all surrounding plants through it.

"I can resonate with their souls and, by transferring and combining life force with them, obtain alternative forms of energy supply. The form of the Eternal Demon Tree you see now is a unique life form I created on this continent by perfectly merging the life force of humanity with that of higher plants."

Xu Yang nodded thoughtfully. "Listening to you, are those fruits you forcibly transplanted into the bodies of other puppet warriors also your creations?"

The Eternal Demon Tree nodded repeatedly with a proud expression. "Precisely. I create various fruits like those to cultivate different types of combat puppets. And in this way, I established the most powerful Endless Sea Legion, exclusively under my control.

"However, before I could achieve my goal, you fellows appeared ahead of schedule. Otherwise, if you had given me another hundred years, I would have certainly brought all ten legions of the Endless Sea under the command of my Demon Sea Legion!"

Xu Yang shook his head repeatedly with a feigned expression of regret. "Then I'm afraid your goal will likely remain unfulfilled in this lifetime. Before long, I will personally seize this Boundless Ocean Pearl from your hands. I have a premonition that your master divine artifact can provide immense help, perhaps even guiding us to successfully land on Dragon Demon Island and offering a shortcut."

The members of the Glory Battle Team all heard Xu Yang's words. However, they couldn't reach the same spiritual understanding as Xu Yang in such a short time, nor did they fully grasp what thoughts were racing through his mind. They didn't understand how he concluded that this master divine artifact, named Boundless Ocean, could help them land on Dragon Demon Island more easily.

Following this, Xu Yang's combat awareness became noticeably more ferocious. As a result, the Eternal Demon Tree faced increasingly intense frontal pressure. Fortunately, the pearl in its hand provided a continuous supply of energy, allowing it to continuously release various strange plants to aid its main body in fighting Xu Yang.

However, as the battle progressed, the more the Eternal Demon Tree resisted, the more it realized the terrifying gap in raw power between itself and this individual named Xu Yang. It was a gap that the Boundless Ocean master divine artifact simply couldn't bridge.

"Alright, it seems you're still not giving up," Xu Yang declared. "Then I'll show you what a true gap in strength looks like." In the next moment, Xu Yang truly intended to get serious, no longer wishing to prolong the battle indefinitely.

Xu Yang suddenly ascended, hovering in mid-air. With both hands clasped tightly around the Jade Bone Divine Sword master divine artifact, he simultaneously activated the nine qi vortices within his body. Continuous energy surged from his body without restraint, transforming into streams of primal energy dragons that hovered in the void above.

This illusory technique had never been used in front of anyone before; even Ling Yao had never seen Xu Yang employ this move in any previous battle. Little did they know, this was precisely one of the ultimate profound techniques that could only be unleashed by cultivating to the point where all nine qi vortices were simultaneously activated: Profound Dragon Eight Directions Annihilation!