Everyone found themselves in a place that was not at all different from the original Thousand Mountain Valley.

Originally, before the presence of the Immortal Willow Tree was known in the place, the Thousand Mountain Valley was a dense forest surrounded by thousands of mountains and was the habitat of most of the lesser beasts in the World of Terra.

However, despite being the home to most of the lesser beasts in the world, none of the armies had seen a single lesser beast in the place since the beginning of their battle which could only be attributed to the Immortal Willow Tree. The trees in the place were robbed of their vitality including the ground which looked dry. The trees may look well and healthy but if they were disturbed by an external force, they would immediately crumble and turn into ashes.

Now, the majority of the trees in the outer part of the Thousand Mountain Valley up to the center had been turned into ashes from the shockwaves of their battle. Even the trees which were further away turned to ashes due to the vibrations in the ground caused by their battle.

"I applaud you for forcing me into this state. In the past thousands of years, I haven't felt the need to use this domain of mine," the Immortal Willow Tree spoke, gathering their attention to it.

Everyone looked at the Immortal Willow Tree hovering at the sky, looking down on them. Its eyes held great confidence, believing that its victory was imminent especially since it had finally used its trump card.

There was no way the mortals below could stop him now that it had used its Divine Phantasm. That was one of the biggest differences between immortals and mortals. Immortals had their own Divine Phantasms while mortals...

Most of them didn't.

The Immortal Willow Tree continued, "This battle had gone longer than necessary. It is now time to end this."

Suddenly, the trees started moving while roots emerged from the ground. Those who were unaware or had a slow reaction got caught by the roots and were quickly drained of their vitality within seconds as their body turned into a dry husk.

There was chaos in the army as their formation got broken due to the roots that appeared from the ground, forcing them to go up the sky. Upon doing so, the branches in the surrounding trees immediately chased after them.

While they were panicking, they heard the Immortal Willow Tree's voice.

"Repent for going against your betters for your bodies will serve as my world's fertilizer when you all die."

The leaders of their respective races glared at the Immortal Willow Tree.

"You're not the only one with a Divine Phantasm here!" said the sect master of the Law God Sect as he tried to use his Divine Phantasm.

Mortals normally couldn't have their own Divine Phantasm for that was something an immortal or a being above that could possess. However, some Sacred Kings could have a Divine Phantasm.

It was because when one becomes a Sacred King, they could erect their own temple and be worshipped by the others. The more there were subjects who worship them, the stronger they become. That was why Sacred Kings who were the emperor of their own empire, kings of their own kingdom, sect masters of their own sects, were a lot stronger than the common Sacred Kings, and Sacred Kings like them...

They had their own Divine Phantasm.

A powerful pulse of spiritual energy came surging out of the Law God Sect's sect master's body, trying to open his Divine Phantasm.

Space seemed to distort for a few seconds as the surroundings began to change, however, space suddenly went back to normal and found that they were still within the immortal's Divine Phantasm.

"What...?" the Law God Sect sect master was surprised. This was the first time he had failed in using his Divine Phantasm.

The Immortal Willow Tree scoffed at his pathetic attempt.

"You might have a Divine Phantasm but do you think a mortal's Divine Phantasm can overpower mine? What a joke!" the Immortal Willow Tree said before all the trees in the place moved and attacked them with their branches furiously. "In this place, I might as well be your god!"

"Damn it!" the Law God Sect's sect master said before avoiding the branches that came to him.

Miserable screams resonated throughout the area as dozens of people died with each passing second from the various trees' branches that hit them. For them, avoiding a few branches were doable but with there being numerous branches around them, trying to avoid them all was a tall order.

"Help me!"

"I don't wanna die yet!"

The Immortal Willow Tree looked at everyone with cold eyes. Thousands of leaves fell from its head before each of the leaves darted towards the others, hitting them all right in the head and killing them instantly.

The nature spirit in green robe watched the scene with a thoughtful look on his face while his companion with a much higher realm than him carried him as they evaded the Immortal Willow Tree's attacks.

"What if you all worked together and open your Divine Phantasms at the same time? Will you be able to overpower its Divine Phantasm?" he said to the war deity through his Divine Sense.

The war deity looked at him from a distance.

He too had thought of that but he wasn't sure whether that would be enough to break through the immortal's Divine Phantasm.

"I don't know but we have no other alternative anyway. Let's try it," the war deity said.

Before he could even tell the others what to do, they felt another distortion in the space.

A hundred portal slowly appeared all over the place, making the immortal wary once it laid its eyes on the portals.

A few seconds later, a foot was seen coming out of the biggest portal.

The Immortal Willow Tree narrowed its eyes when it finally saw who it was that came out of the portal.

It was an individual with an emotionless look on his face whose body was almost made out entirely of one of the strongest metals in the universe.

"So the Heavenly Machine God Race had also taken interest of the treasure here," the Immortal Willow Tree said. "Heavenly Machine God Race, are you here to be my opponent?"

The individual looked at him and answered, "Correct. This unit was sent here to get the treasure and eliminate those who block our path. Advice: submit or die."