Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up

Splosh!

An earth spike suddenly plunged into John’s chest.

"Instant cast of Advanced Magic, only a Great Mage can do this, how did you—?"

Zhao Yi took a few steps closer, seeing his disbelief, and shook his head, "In my view, so-called instant cast is merely seeing through the source of all magic. Once mastered, any magic can be cast instantly."

"Speaking of which, I really have to thank your Earth Cage; otherwise, if I wanted to kill you, it would have taken some effort."

John gave a strange smile, the fear that had filled his face just now suddenly vanished.

"You really don’t understand Lord Nether Tree!"

Zhao Yi suddenly sensed a crisis approaching, and was shocked. Before he could even react, his body instinctively responded.

Bang bang bang!

Several black roots suddenly shot out from John’s body, splitting into multiple tendrils, aiming for Zhao Yi and several mages not far away.

Those mages were standing far away, some did not even have time to react.

"Splat!"

The roots pierced into their abdomens.

Splat! Splat!

Among a dozen mages, half were impaled mid-air by the roots.

Zhao Yi looked at the gruesome scene, unable to stop his mouth from twitching.

He knew these people were troublesome and had already told them to escape a bit further, but they still couldn’t escape disaster.

Those impaled by the roots hadn’t even reacted, their faces full of shock and confusion.

The magic power within their bodies was draining at an unbelievable speed, becoming nutrients for the roots. In visible seconds, their bodies shriveled into dry corpses.

Mages fleeing in the distance glanced back; what kind of monster were they facing?

Zhao Yi, closest to John, reacted fastest, yet seven or eight roots were relentlessly pursuing him.

Aiming precisely for his limbs and heart.

Boom.

At that moment, the roots suddenly accelerated, as if teleporting, breaking through the barrier of space, appearing right in front of him.

The sky erupted with a loud boom, and everyone widened their eyes, too afraid to make a sound, frozen in place.

This strike.

It took a great toll on John. He panted heavily, his voice hoarse, low, with a trace of pain, like a ghost from Hell speaking: "What a pity!"

"Lord Nether Tree granted me immortality, that root now serves as my heart."

Bang bang bang!

Hans launched the Earth Spike Technique, aiming at John’s body.

John waved his hand, effortlessly blocking it.

Dragging his weary body, he slowly approached Zhao Yi in the distance.

Everything finally ended!

Even though he was forced to this point, becoming neither human nor ghost, he finally completed Lord Nether Tree’s mission.

In this world, no deity of magic would ever be born again.

Only by killing all those with talent would there be no deity of magic, even if the Heavenly Dao Will couldn’t stop the coming of Lord Nether Tree.

Zhao Yi lay in a deep pit, his face showing defiance.

He looked at himself, a strong sense of killing intent in his eyes.

Originally, he wanted to keep John alive, trying to extract some information about the Nether Tree.

But now it seemed, unless he killed John, he wouldn’t be able to quell the burning anger in his heart.

Dammit!

If you want to fight, just fight. Why did you have to shatter my clothes, making me appear in such an awkward manner?

Zhao Yi had no choice but to urge the Earth Element to transform into Armor of Earth to cover himself, avoiding completely exposing himself to everyone.

Seeing Zhao Yi still alive, with strength left to protect himself.

Hans launched earth spikes as he shouted, "Zhao Yi, run..."

But Zhao Yi acted as if he didn’t hear, slowly stood up.

He waved his hand, a dazzling Diamond Cage instantly enveloped John. After being trapped, the Earth Cage suddenly shrunk.

Boom!

Flesh exploded, John was instantly crushed into mush.

"Is he really dead?"

Hans was a bit dazed, speaking in disbelief.

John had previously brought so many surprises, Hans couldn’t believe everything was over just like that.

However, the pile of mush was undeniable.

Zhao Yi stepped forward, looking at the root segment in the middle, a surge of ineffable evil aura emanated.

Without John as a host, it still seemed alive, relentlessly ramming against the surrounding cage, trying to escape.

Zhao Yi called out to the distant crowd, "Does anyone know fire or light magic, burn it!"

The surviving mages ran over; one raised his hand, "I can."

"Flame."

Extending his hands, he spewed flames like a flamethrower at the root.

Perhaps knowing it was the root of all this, or maybe it was indeed the culprit, he continued until every last drop of magic power was exhausted, flames no longer spewing, before reluctantly stopping.

Everyone saw it clearly; the root hadn’t changed at all.

As if silently mocking everyone.

Someone versed in light magic stepped forward without needing Zhao Yi to speak, roaring, "Disperse!"

Yet it was futile!

His face turned red with effort, but aside from the surroundings appearing slightly brighter, nothing else seemed to change.

Zhao Yi shook his head.

For the time being, there was no solution to the root; he didn’t dare let it go, fearing other unforeseen events later on.

Helplessly, he could only hand the caged root to Hans: "Keep an eye on it. If it truly escapes, focus on staying alive, do not intervene."

Hans nodded, having witnessed the terrifying nature of the root, he decided to bury it underground, sparing himself constant fear.

...

The once magnificent Earth City now looked like it had gone through an apocalyptic disaster, reduced to ruins. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

People returned from afar, starting to rebuild their homes amidst the wreckage.

But.

A home could be rebuilt, but those lost could never return.

Standing on giant rocks, some looked around bewildered, not knowing what they did wrong to endure such a horrific disaster.

There were statistics, showing that during this disaster, Earth City lost at least millions of lives, so much so that every moment someone was standing amidst the ruins, crying bitterly.

In the end, not only ordinary people, but even some mages felt hopeless and powerless, deciding to abandon the city.

Zhao Yi watched Hans packing up, and with Alice prepared to leave for a journey, he couldn’t help but ask, "You’re leaving?"

Hans nodded, "Earth City holds too much pain; we must leave, seeking a new home in Water City."

"I’m taking the root, in my backpack; wherever I go next, it goes with me."

Not only him.

Everyone else numbly gathered their belongings, forming a black line, heading away.

Zhao Yi still had some unresolved questions, and since Earth City no longer existed, he decided to join this group, investigating the Nether Tree invasion along the way.

More than that.

He hadn’t forgotten he still had a task concerning the River of Time.