They can't survive.

Zhou Ziming snorted coldly.

At this moment, lightning surged violently around him.

The Sword of the Sea of Thunder trembled incessantly.

"Whoosh!"

Carrying a vast sea of lightning, the Sword of the Sea of Thunder descended like the heavens collapsing, striking directly at the giant tree.

"Creeeeeak..."

The giant tree began to twist frantically.

Finally, it condensed into a winged lizard-like dragon.

Once the Wood Dragon formed, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a beam of green light, which slammed into Zhou Ziming's Sword of the Sea of Thunder.

Zhou Ziming's Sword of the Sea of Thunder was knocked back.

The Wood Dragon roared at Zhou Ziming.

Then it opened its mouth again.

A massive ball of dense green light was spat at Zhou Ziming once more.

"Bang!"

With a flick of his hand, Zhou Ziming swatted the green energy ball away.

At this time, Zhou Ziming controlled the Sword of the Sea of Thunder, using it in conjunction with the Thunder Apex Wind Cloud Sword.

Countless thunder swords formed a sea, smashing directly toward the Wood Dragon.

The Wood Dragon also sensed the danger.

It flapped its wings and began to flee.

However, its speed was very slow.

Almost in the next instant, it was submerged by Zhou Ziming's sea of lightning.

The Wood Dragon was instantly reduced to debris.

Having dealt with the Wood Dragon, Zhou Ziming didn't feel the slightest bit of joy.

Because the Tree Demons scattered everywhere had not disappeared.

Moreover, the strength of this Tree Demon was only at the Perfection of the Void Tempering Realm!

"This isn't the main body!"

Zhou Ziming muttered to himself.

Although Zhou Ziming had not killed the Tree Demon's main body,

It was clear that the main body had also been frightened by him.

The remaining Tree Demons all escaped by burrowing into the ground.

The disaster in the West Continent had come to a brief lull.

Zhou Ziming dispersed the lightning around him and finally disappeared into mid-air... returning once again to the West Continent State Capital.

The State Leader was already moved to tears.

"Thank you, thank you, Lord Zhou, for your righteous rescue!"

"If not for Lord Zhou, I really wouldn't know what the West Continent would have done!"

The State Leader was truly happy.

At the same time, he was somewhat shocked by the power of the Dao Sect.

But Zhou Ziming showed no emotion.

The Dao Sect indeed lived up to Zhou Ziming's expectations.

However, not a single person from any Holy Land had come to the West Continent, which made Zhou Ziming rather furious.

There were no Holy Land people in the West Continent, and the Holy Land was completely indifferent to its fate.

This was no longer as simple as abandoning the West Continent.

The Holy Land was allowing the Tree Demon to do as it pleased.

This was a clear indication that they wanted the Tree Demon to devour the entire West Continent.

Now, his Dao Sect had instead obstructed the Holy Land's plan.

There would likely be trouble ahead.

Furthermore, the strength the Dao Sect had displayed was probably being watched by the Holy Land as well.

In other words, next, he would not only have to face the Tree Demons of the West Continent,

He would also have to guard against the Holy Land.

Seeing Zhou Ziming's expression, the West Continent State Leader understood something in an instant.

"This... I'm sorry. I was too focused on saving the West Continent that I overlooked this issue!"

Zhou Ziming waved his hand.

"It's not your fault. If the West Continent were destroyed, my Central Continent would also have to face this thing, and by then, the Central Continent might not be able to stop it either!"

"But the current Holy Land is putting a lot of pressure on me!"

The State Leader realized.

"Are you afraid the Holy Land will stab you in the back?"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

"So, now is not the time to be happy. The priority is to resolve the disaster across the entire West Continent as quickly as possible."

"No matter what, you are in the Dao Integration Realm; you must join me in this!"

The State Leader nodded.

"That is naturally no problem, but please wait two more days. I have some things to do!"

Zhou Ziming frowned.

"What could be more important than saving the West Continent?"

The State Leader smiled.

"It is indeed very important!"

Zhou Ziming remained silent.

Seeing that the State Leader was still insistent,

Zhou Ziming could only nod.

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

By now, Zhou Ziming also knew what the State Leader had been up to.

He was spreading rumors.

Actually, they couldn't exactly be called rumors.

Because now all the Cultivators in the West Continent understood why no one from the Holy Land had appeared.

They had been sold out by the Holy Land.

The Holy Land wanted all the Cultivators of the West Continent to be fed to the Tree Demon.

"Why would the Holy Land do such a thing?"

"Don't they fear divine retribution for doing this?"

The entire West Continent was enraged.

And at this time, someone even spoke of Zhou Ziming's situation.

"Now that Lord Zhou has helped us, isn't he opposing the Holy Land?"

"This won't do. Lord Zhou, and even the entire Dao Sect, are our benefactors!"

"My life belongs to the Dao Sect!"

At this point, the Cultivators of the West Continent had already changed their waist tokens to those of the Dao Sect.

"From today onwards, I will stand and fall with the Dao Sect."

"If the Holy Land dares to cause trouble for the Dao Sect, they are causing trouble for us."

"Right, stand and fall with the Dao Sect!"

This change left Zhou Ziming dumbfounded.

There were simply too many Dao Sect Members.

Almost half of the West Continent had joined the Dao Sect.

"Wait, guys."

"Having many people is a good thing."

"But I can't afford to support them all."

The State Leader explained with a smile.

"You can view them as unofficial Dao Sect Members; you don't need to support them. The West Continent will still support its own Cultivators."

"However, if this West Continent disaster passes, the entire West Continent will follow your command at a single word!"

The State Leader then further explained.

"Since the West Continent was sold out by the Holy Land, and those behind the scenes have their eyes on it, it means the West Continent must have something worth coveting."

"If we can pull through this, I am willing to help Lord Zhou manage the West Continent on your behalf!"

Zhou Ziming was silent.

After a long while,

Zhou Ziming finally said,

"Let's resolve the West Continent's problem first!"

The State Leader nodded.

Subsequently, Zhou Ziming took the State Leader directly to find the Tree Demon's main body.

Many black-robed members of the Dao Sect also stood within the thunderclouds, patrolling the entire West Continent... Star Sea Holy Land.

The Star Sea Holy Lord looked at the intelligence sent by his subordinates.

He merely chuckled.

"Dao Sect? Zhou Ziming? Interesting!"

But regarding the intelligence about the Holy Land currently inciting public wrath, he didn't care at all.

At this time, the Holy Land Matriarch also walked over.

There was a hint of worry in her expression.

"But regarding this matter, the various states of the Northern Continent are quite angry; there's even a feeling of 'killing the hound once the rabbit is caught'."

"I'm afraid this is unfavorable for us!"

The Holy Lord snorted coldly.

"So what if the various states unite? A rabble gathered together is still just a rabble!"

The Holy Land Matriarch was still worried.

"But that Zhou Ziming is somewhat different!"

The Lord of the Holy Land narrowed his eyes.

"I've noticed you've been paying a bit too much attention to Zhou Ziming lately!"

The Holy Land Matriarch explained.

"It's not that I'm paying attention to him, but his reputation is growing louder by the day!"

"And now, he is famous throughout the entire Northern Continent!"

The Holy Lord pondered.

"Is that so..."

After thinking for a moment, the Holy Lord asked in confusion.

"Since you're so worried, why not just kill him?"

The Holy Land Matriarch sighed.

"To kill him would require at least three to four people in the Dao Integration Realm; after all, he has a very powerful Magic Treasure in his hands."

"But to go and kill one person with such a grand display would be inappropriate for our Holy Land!"

The Lord of the Holy Land chuckled.

"No matter. Since he wants to meddle in the West Continent's affairs, he won't live."