Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

*That World Tree, once a lover of life and nature, once an advocate of peace, was actually devouring the power of other beings?*

*Moreover, the target wasn't even an Evil God, but a clansman of the God of Darkness and Shadow, a shadow creature with the power of a Demigod!*

*At that moment, Azazel thought about those elves who killed without blinking, who relished slaughter even more than Her followers, who were even more insane than Her followers...*

*The World Tree devouring the power of other beings...*

*Elves who enjoyed killing...*

*Hiss...*

*What exactly happened during the time while She was asleep?*

Azazel looked bewildered.

Azazel was caught in confusion and doubt. However, the actions of the World Tree did not stop.

After devouring the power of Darkness, those root systems, akin to tentacles, finally aimed at Her.

Azazel—...

At this moment, She finally understood the World Tree's purpose.

The goal wasn't to seal Her, but to devour Her power!

*Indeed, it had just revived and probably intended to restore its strength quickly by devouring power!*

Azazel's expression turned quite ugly at that moment.

Although She did not fear death, She certainly did not want to fall in such a humiliated way.

She let out an angry roar, intending to explode Her Divine Power completely, wanting the other to suffer great harm even in death; however, She saw a crimson light suddenly shooting towards Her.

The Heart of Withering!

Azazel was horrified.

After devouring Darkness, this True Divine Artifact naturally possessed the ability to seal new targets.

For the World Tree, which was already in control of the domain of life, feeding this sinister True Divine Artifact some life energy was incredibly simple.

The crimson light quickly approached.

Under the suppression of the World Tree's Divine Domain powers, Azazel could not effectively escape its range.

Thus, She almost watched helplessly as the light entered Her body, and Her power plunged nearly in an instant.

From weak Divine Power to Demigod, and then from Demigod to the peak of legendary...

Though essentially, the power remained within Her body and the Divine Power did not weaken, it was as if it were bound by a shackle and could no longer be mobilized by Her.

Meanwhile, the roots of the World Tree took action once more.

Just like devouring Darkness, they pierced into Azazel's body in the same manner.

The soul-penetrating sting made Azazel involuntarily let out a muffled groan.

At the moment the roots entered Her body, Azazel felt Her power begin to drain rapidly, Her Divine Power being swiftly extracted.

Her aura visibly plummeted at an observable speed.

In just a few minutes, Azazel's Divine Power was nearly devoured completely, pushing Her to the brink of death…

*For a moment, the expression of the unfortunate Seventh Demon God was quite unpleasant.*

*Trapped.*

*This time, truly trapped.*

Taking a deep breath, Azazel's expression gradually became apathetic.

She looked at those thick roots as the flames on Her body slowly dimmed.

"You might as well kill me."

Azazel said straightforwardly.

Yet this time, the roots of the World Tree did not act.

"You might as well kill me."

Azazel repeated.

Accompanied by a light sigh, radiant particles gathered in front of Her.

Azazel squinted, and before Her, a graceful figure soon emerged.

Silver hair, purple eyes, astonishingly beautiful.

It was the newly-ascended sub-god allegedly supported by Death God Hela, known as the Goddess of Life, Eve, whom Azazel had previously pursued.

Of course, by now, She already knew it was all a facade.

That was clearly the incarnation of the World Tree Yggdrasil!

And most likely, that old being, Yggdrasil, who had lived for several eras, had already allied with Death God Hela!

Azazel raised Her head, meeting the other's profound gaze.

Those purple eyes held a hint of a smile:

"Kill you? And then wait until you resurrect to publicly disseminate the revival of the World Tree?"

The crisp and melodious voice sounded softly.

The words carried a trace of mockery.

Eve had never planned to kill Azazel.

Although the endless resurrection of Hell's Seven Lords required time—the more thorough the death, the longer the resurrection took…

But it did not mean that before resurrection, Their wills were entirely dormant.

Merely transmitting a message was not difficult for a mythological being like Azazel.

Eve believed that if She truly devoured Azazel completely here, the next moment, the whole world would know the World Tree had revived.

Azazel could not die!

Actually, using the Heart of Withering to seal Her power not only aimed to confine Her but also to prevent Her from committing suicide.

Besides, killing Azazel directly was a one-off deal that Eve did not wish to partake in.

Slow and steady exploitation had more allure.

In fact, before capturing Azazel, Eve had been pondering how to harness Her power after capturing Her.

The infinite resurrection was indeed a bug-like ability.

In a way, Azazel was like a demon-shaped perpetual motion machine.

Unfortunately, She would only resurrect in Hell, beyond Eve's control.

Yet, during these days, with substantial information about Hell's Seven Lords obtained through Hela and painstaking research based on the heritage left by the predecessor World Tree, Eve made a new discovery.

It was that when Hell's Seven Lords were being sealed, typically They were first beaten nearly to death to prevent Their escape.

However, no matter how miserably They were beaten, upon sealing, They could always retain a conscious state, unlike other mythological beings who, upon power depletion, would fall into slumber.

*This…gave Eve a subtle conjecture.*

*That perhaps the connection between Hell's Seven Lords and the Hell Plane far exceeded the mere ability to resurrect Them.*

*Maybe this infinite resurrection mechanism already operated as Their power plummeted, nearing slumber.*

*In other words, other mythological beings might fall into slumber due to an inability to sustain the Divine Soul Power, but Hell's Seven Lords could perpetually supplement and maintain the minimum energy for Their Divine Souls through Hell's power when nearing slumber.*

*That is to say, They could sustain a continuously stable near-death state.*

From this perspective...

*If the majority of Azazel's might was sealed, each time beating Her to the brink of death without truly killing Her, and during the process, absorbing Her energy, wouldn't it be possible to continually exploit the power lent by Hell?*

*Hmm, this is a fantastic angle, worth a try.*

*A fully-operational perpetual motion machine cannot be used, but using a modified version isn't impossible!*