Lin Xuan's words caused the Demon Mother Tree to freeze momentarily.
However, Uchiha Madara understood Lin Xuan's meaning perfectly. His hand stabbed directly into the Demon Mother Tree's trunk, and a powerful suction force erupted.
"Damn you, how dare you!"
The Demon Mother Tree also sensed something was wrong and roared in furious panic, immediately trying to resist.
But it quickly discovered its resistance was futile.
Faced with the current Uchiha Madara, it was completely and utterly suppressed, unable to move a muscle, as if it had become a common insect pinned under a rock.
At that moment, the chakra in Uchiha Madara's hand suddenly erupted, shattering its trunk to pieces and revealing a pale green crystal.
This was the Demon Mother Tree's core essence, the vessel containing all its power!
Normally, even if one completely shattered the Demon Mother Tree's body, finding this core would be extremely difficult. Yet, the strange energy emanating from Uchiha Madara seemed to be one with it, effortlessly locating the core's position.
At this moment, the Demon Mother Tree was utterly terrified. It could clearly feel its own power being rapidly siphoned away.
"No, stop! Spare me!"
The Demon Mother Tree screamed in horror. It did not want to die, especially not like this.
But now, it had lost all power to resist and could only watch helplessly as the energy within it was plundered.
A long time later—
The Demon Mother Tree's agonized cries gradually weakened until they fell completely silent.
*Crack!*
A faint cracking sound rang out. The Demon Mother Tree's core shattered. The golden light flowing across its black trunk dimmed and vanished. Finally, with a soft *poof*, it turned completely to ash.
Thus, the Demon Mother Tree that had ruled this world for eight hundred years was finally, utterly dead!
Everyone watching the live broadcast stared wide-eyed, their expressions of shock lingering for a long time.
After a moment, they gradually snapped out of the intense battle they had just witnessed, yet it still felt surreal, like a dream.
"Rayleigh, hit me!" Roger suddenly said to Rayleigh beside him.
*Boom!*
Rayleigh gave him a strange look, then without a word, kicked out, sending Roger flying.
"You bastard, you actually did it!" Roger cursed as he scrambled back.
Rayleigh shrugged, his expression saying, *Wasn't that what you asked for?*
It was then that Roger remembered he was already dead and couldn't feel pain, so he still couldn't tell if this was a dream.
"Gurararara! It seems the battle is over. We are victorious!" Whitebeard laughed heartily.
At his feet, Marco lay sprawled on the ground, questioning his life. *Why did the old man suddenly hit me?*
"We won! We won this battle!"
"Hahaha! The Demon Mother Tree is dead! The war is over!"
"President Lin and the others are too strong! There's nothing in this world they can't do!"
The others also snapped back to reality, cheering excitedly. After such a long and arduous fight, it was finally over. That overwhelmingly powerful Demon Mother Tree was dead!
On the side of the World Government, Kong and the others fell into a heavy silence.
Given how things had developed to this point, they didn't even know what emotions they should be feeling.
The World Government they had protected had nearly destroyed everything, while their enemies had been the ones to save it all.
Now, the World Government was effectively gone. The best outcome awaiting them as prisoners of war was likely a life of endless imprisonment.
Meanwhile, as everyone else was immersed in the joy of victory, Uchiha Madara was carefully sensing the power within his body. It was significantly stronger than before!
Furthermore, he could feel that he had also gained mastery over the Demon Mother Tree's various strange Devil Fruit abilities.
His body was still that of an Edo Tensei. Once he separated from the Divine Tree, he would lose these powers.
But that didn't matter. At least for now, he could use them!
In that case—
Uchiha Madara's gaze turned to Lin Xuan, and he said with a smile, "Lin Xuan, do you dare to fight me?"
"Oh ho! Getting a bit full of yourself, are you? Very well, as you wish. Let's take this upstairs!" Lin Xuan laughed loudly.
Then, he shot straight up into the high sky. Uchiha Madara snorted coldly and followed closely behind.
Soon, the two reached an altitude of tens of thousands of meters. Fighting here wouldn't affect the islands below, and the resulting destruction would be minimized.
When everyone realized Lin Xuan and Uchiha Madara were about to battle, their spirits were instantly reignited. They forgot their cheers and hurriedly shifted their attention back to the live broadcast feed.
Uchiha Madara had just slain the Demon Mother Tree. His strength was undeniable for all to see!
Yet, Lin Xuan had always seemed enigmatic. No one seemed to know the true limits of his combat power.
Therefore, no one could predict the final outcome of this clash.
At this moment, the Super-Dimensional Hokage Chat Group also sprang to life with discussion.
Konan: "Tsk tsk, Madara's asking for another beating. He loses every time he fights the Guild Leader, yet he still insists on challenging him!"
Deidara: "Not necessarily. Madara's power level right now is insane. He defeated the Demon Mother Tree. He might actually have a chance to beat the Guild Leader!"
Kushina: "But the Guild Leader's strength is unfathomable too. Who will win in the end?"
Kakuzu: "We've all witnessed Madara's current power. It's truly formidable. Therefore, I think the Guild Leader will win."
Kisame Hoshigaki: "Madara is strong. Therefore, I think the Guild Leader will win."
Minato Namikaze: "Madara is strong. Therefore, I think the Guild Leader will win."
Hashirama Senju: "I agree."
Uchiha Madara, looking at the chat log, felt his face darken completely. Especially after seeing Hashirama's message, he nearly exploded with the urge to drag Hashirama out of himself and give him a beating.
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