96: Godkiller Symphony

Lin Mo's command instantly reached the Natural Selection, which was hovering outside the atmosphere.

Buzz—

The battleship's bow, specifically the upgraded Energy Beam module, completed its overclocked charging.

A white pillar of light, thicker and more condensed than any previous one, tore through the clouds.

Like a spear of judgment from the heavens, carrying the power to purify all, it precisely pierced the World Tree's massive trunk!

Sizzle—!

There was no violent explosion.

Only a teeth-gritting sound of high-energy burning flesh and blood.

The World Tree's incredibly tough body, which even missiles struggled to heavily damage, was scorched by this light spear, creating a terrifying, dozens-of-meters-deep hole with edges as smooth as a mirror!

Green, viscous sap, like lava, gushed madly from the wound!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Immediately after, dozens of Intermediate Tracking Missiles, trailing long plumes of fire, descended like a school of sharks scenting blood!

They arced precisely through the air, bypassing the wildly flailing giant tentacles, and without exception, all plunged into the massive wound just created by the energy beam!

A continuous series of explosions erupted violently within the World Tree's core!

"Roar—!!!"

The World Tree let out an extremely pained roar.

It completely abandoned attacking Lin Mo and Gu Zhixia in the air, and hundreds of giant tentacles frantically rushed back to defend.

Some acted as shields in front of its wound, while others, like enraged venomous snakes, lashed out fiercely at the Natural Selection in the sky!

However, the Natural Selection's altitude was already far beyond the reach of its tentacles.

Those terrifying attacks, powerful enough to shatter mountains, could only flail impotently in the air, unable to even touch the battleship's energy shield.

A one-sided, merciless, saturation bombardment from the sky began.

"It's our turn."

Gu Zhixia's voice held a hint of icy satisfaction.

She and Lin Mo exchanged glances, and the two titan Dragon Soul mechas, like two deadly falcons circling a giant beast, launched their attack once more.

"Its defensive focus is all on top; we'll attack its roots!" Lin Mo's tactical command was clear and efficient.

"Just as I intended!"

The thunder dragon mecha transformed into a blue lightning bolt, swooping down from high altitude, deftly weaving through the gaps between the retreating tentacles.

Each swing of her high-frequency vibration particle spear left a bone-deep, electrically shimmering scar on the slightly smaller roots, greatly hindering their movement.

Lin Mo's flame dragon mecha was even more direct.

He chose not to entangle with the tentacles but activated the dragon wing gliding module on his back, flying close to the ground at an extremely high speed.

The dragon heart in his chest pulsed violently, condensing all fire energy to a single point.

"Dragon Breath Spray!"

A highly condensed, spiraling torrent of flames erupted from the flame dragon mecha's mouth.

It was like a red-hot drill, fiercely boring into the World Tree's enormous roots exposed on the surface!

As the flames scorched, countless tiny roots instantly turned to charcoal, and a nauseating smell of burning filled the entire battlefield.

In the sky, there was the Natural Selection's relentlessgunfire.

At low altitude, there were the precise strikes of the two Dragon Soul mechas.

However, the true protagonist had only just arrived on the battlefield.

"Fafnir!" Lin Mo issued the final general attack command via the mental link.

"Roar—!!!!"

The fifty-meter-long steel beast let out a roar that shook the clouds.

It no longer circled but suddenly folded its massive black dragon wings.

Its entire body, like a black meteor, carrying immense power, plummeted from ten thousand meters high, slamming fiercely into the World Tree's already ravaged core!

"'titan's Claws,' activate!"

Just before impact, Fafnir's two massive foreclaws, covered in layers of dragon scales, opened up, revealing the Adamantine metal, sharp giant claws beneath, shimmering with an eerie blue electric arc, capable of tearing anything apart!

Pfft—!!!

Like a hot knife through butter.

Fafnir's massive body, with the most savage and unreasonable method, directly crashed into the World Tree's body!

Its two sharp titan's Claws firmly gripped the core structure within it, tearing the massive wound even wider!

"Now!"

Lin Mo's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw it.

Deep within the World Tree's torn trunk, a giant crystal, over ten meters in diameter, glowing emerald green and pulsating slowly like a heart, was exposed.

That was the World Tree's core!

"Fafnir, zero-distance, Dragon King's Breath!"

"No—!!!" A thought filled with fear and despair echoed in everyone's minds.

However, it was already too late.

Fafnir's ferocious dragon head was already aimed at the nearby Life core, its maw wide open.

The orange crystal core in its chest erupted with its final, most brilliant light.

Boom—!!!!!!!

A destructive orange-red energy torrent, almost scorching space into distortion, erupted with a thunderous roar inside the World Tree at zero distance!

The world, at this moment, lost all sound and color.

Only that pure, cleansing white light, representing the end, remained.

When the light dissipated.

The towering giant tree that once blotted out the sky, bringing them endless humiliation and despair, had vanished.

In its place was a bottomless, massive sinkhole, its edges still flowing with lava.

And in the very center of the sinkhole, a huge green heart, as if carved from the purest emerald, still gently pulsating, quietly floated there.

It exuded a gentle yet powerful aura of Life, re-dyeing the surrounding scorched earth with a faint green hue.

["Congratulations, you have successfully slain the LV30 Mythical creature 'World Tree.'"]

["You have obtained 'heart of the world tree' (Mythical)."]

["You have obtained 'Seed of the Ancient Tree of Life' (Gold)."]

["You have obtained 'Fragment of the Scepter of Nature' * 3 (Gold)."]

...A series of system prompts flashed across Lin Mo's vision.

The battle was over.

"We... won."

Gu Zhixia controlled the thunder dragon mecha, slowly descending to the edge of the sinkhole. She looked at the giant emerald heart, her voice carrying a sense of relief.

"We won."

Lin Mo's voice was also calm, but his deep eyes gleamed with an unprecedented light.

"Brother Mo! Sister! You guys are amazing!!!"

Gu Nianqiu's excited cheers came through the comms channel, breaking the post-battle silence.