This voice came from underground, roaming beneath the earth, its tone cold and mocking: "You chopped down my Origin-Root Tree, slashed my heart with a sword, stole my flesh to nourish a false spirit. But once the Origin-Root is felled, it becomes a rootless tree. Born from a rootless tree, you can never become the new Earth Mother. A fake is always a fake—never the real thing!"
Hearing this, Quinn Shepherd immediately slapped Bruno on the head and whispered, "Bruno, turn around and run—now!"
Bruno reacted instantly. At Quinn Shepherd's command, he spun around and bolted. The water kirin, still kneeling and clutching the leash, was dragged along in a tumbling mess, stubbornly refusing to let go.
Lucas Jade hurriedly called out, "A-Shui, run with us!"
The water kirin snapped to attention, quickly let go of the leash, shook himself into his true form, and raced after Bruno.
Autumn Cloud Phoenix exclaimed, "That voice underground is Earth Mother—why are we running? Stop! I still need to deal with that little slut Claudia Qi!"
She had barely finished speaking when the ground shook violently. The voice from below burst into wild laughter, its tones both shrill and furious: "You have no idea why I am called Earth Mother! My power does not come from the trunk and crown above the surface—it comes from the roots!"
As Bruno sprinted wildly, he suddenly saw the ground split open beneath his feet. Countless enormous roots writhed and tunneled through the earth, looking like black-brown giant dragons.
All of Jade Capital City suddenly collapsed, plunging toward the depths. Many demigods, gods, and devils who had been kneeling on the ground were caught off guard and fell into gaping chasms, only to be snatched up and devoured by those writhing roots, vanishing into the earth below.
Bruno conjured fire-clouds beneath his feet, carrying everyone on his back and straining desperately to fly upward.
People only think the Origin-Root Tree is enormous, but that's just the surface—its true immensity lies in the roots, primordial-magnetism roots a hundred times larger than the tree itself!
The voice from below grew angrier. Jade Capital City was now completely buried, and even the entire Heavenly Palace was collapsing into the depths.
Suddenly, fire and smoke erupted from underground, shooting up to the clouds—columns of magma thicker than mountains, spinning madly.
Autumn Cloud Phoenix stared in shock. Countless demigods, gods, and devils flew between the massive pillars of fire, unleashing their divine arts and trying desperately to escape.
Bruno and the water kirin raced at top speed, but suddenly primordial magnetism went haywire—their bodies became impossibly heavy, unable to fly!
In the sky, gods, devils, and cultivators of every kind fell with crackling sounds!
This falling was bizarre—not straight to the ground, but toward places where primordial magnetism was warped. Some fell upward, some downward, some sideways.
Suddenly, a god-devil tumbled past them, landing in mid-air. With a sickening crack, the divine being smashed into a wall of Primordial Magnetism Divine Arts, blood bursting everywhere, flesh and bone pulverized—heavy bits sank, light bits floated, dying in utter horror.
That divine being clearly landed in mid-air, but it was like crashing into the hardest bronze wall!
All around them, countless gods, devils, and divine arts users crashed in every direction—none hit the ground, but all slammed into Primordial Magnetism Divine Arts, exploding into beautiful, tragic blood-flowers.
Quinn said gravely, "Autumn Cloud Phoenix, now do you see why we have to run?"
Autumn Cloud Phoenix stared blankly. The voice underground was Earth Mother, now left with only a remnant soul and heart, but she still controlled the most crucial part—the roots of the Origin-Root Tree.
Those roots burrowed deep into the Earth-Mother Origin World, unimaginably massive, stretching to unknown depths and distances, their power beyond imagination.
Above ground, beneath the Origin-Root Tree, another Earth Mother possessed a physical body. She drove the Origin-Root Tree, its towering trunk blazing with light, radiant beams swirling and sweeping downward to attack the underground.
The divine arts of both Earth Mothers erupted; Jade Capital City was long gone, replaced by a storm of geomagnetic force, twisting space itself!
Quinn had sensed danger early, so they were relatively safe, but even he couldn't resist such overwhelming primordial magnetism. He instantly activated teleportation divine arts, sweeping everyone away.
The next instant, they appeared a thousand li away.
Suddenly, primordial magnetism erupted beneath their feet. Furious rays of primordial magnetism crisscrossed the sky like dazzling beams. Wherever those beams swept, powerful gods, devils, and divine arts users crashed into them, shattered to pieces.
From afar, it looked as if these mighty beings were hurling themselves into the primordial magnetism rays.
It was a massacre, pure and simple!
But this was just the battle between the Earth Mother above ground and the Earth Mother below—the collateral damage merely affected them.
Neither Earth Mother actually targeted these gods and devils. Their power was so terrifying that, each wielding primordial magnetism, their clash made primordial magnetism go berserk—catching innocents in the crossfire.
Primordial magnetism is the most fundamental, primal force in existence—and the most terrifying. As its embodiment, Earth Mother's strength can't be measured by realms like Lingxiao or Emperor's Throne.
Ancient gods aren't measured by realms—they're ranked only by the strength of their Dao. Realms mean nothing to them.
Quinn kept activating teleportation divine arts, fleeing further and further. In just a few moments, they escaped tens of thousands of li.
His cultivation was heavily depleted, forcing him to stop teleporting and let Bruno dash onward at full speed.
Primordial magnetism here was still wild, but much less threatening. Bruno's cultivation even surpassed Quinn's, enough to handle the raging magnetism.
Looking back, Quinn saw the battlefield where the two Earth Mothers clashed—no trace of those terrifying beings, only swirling divine light from the Origin-Root Tree and countless roots drilling up from below.
Besides that, powerful figures darted between the roots and branches of the ancient gods, fleeing—occasionally one was struck, exploding into expanding clouds of blood mist.
Anyone who escaped that place was a true powerhouse—their strength was extraordinary.