# Chapter 4: The Witch Realm Has a Vast Amount of World Force, and It Is the Highest Order of World Force
From a fundamental standpoint, Barbatos's current body was cultivated using world force. Before departing from the Eternal Light World's insect nest, Su Xiao had instructed Jila through the Dawn Team's squad channel that the body Barbatos would use for this battle must possess the strongest world force absorption capability.
Therefore, the dragon body Barbatos used this time was selected after cultivating 156,838,829 insect race embryos through a process of survival of the fittest. However, the corresponding problem was that although this body had the characteristic of directly absorbing world force, its foundation was relatively poor. Even with the blessing of Barbatos's powerful soul entity, its performance after arriving at Green Shade Star was still unremarkable.
Next came the "Devouring Mark." The key to this item did not lie in its medium, the "Fate Mark" of the pseudo-world child Ageye. This was not a necessary condition; it merely made the process of forming the "Devouring Mark" more effortless and resulted in a higher quality "Devouring Mark."
Even after Barbatos obtained the "Devouring Mark," it was still not strong enough. The key was that it was Su Xiao's summon, and during the period when Su Xiao defeated the Ancient King and obtained the "qualification" in the Witch Realm, he was considered by the Witch Realm's world consciousness to be an existence at least two tiers higher than a world child.
Therefore, as Su Xiao's summon, Barbatos absorbing and devouring the Witch Realm's world force would not suffer backlash.
After meeting these conditions, there was still one most critical issue: how could Barbatos, possessing the "Devouring Mark," absorb the Witch Realm's world force across the interval of a world while on Green Shade Star? This, of course, relied on the notarization of Reincarnation Paradise.
Theoretically, Su Xiao had summoned Barbatos in the Witch Realm. More importantly, Green Shade Star was currently closer to the Witch Realm than imagined.
Green Shade Star had been transformed into a mobile world, presumably intended to be made into a war fortress, but it had not succeeded. Previously, when Green Shade Star invaded the Witch Realm, it had not established a world-level teleportation array. Otherwise, the cost of teleporting even a single Corruptor would have been enough to bankrupt the Calamity Legion.
Therefore, Su Xiao was certain that, given that the Witch Realm was not far from Green Shade Star, and that both Barbatos and the "Devouring Mark" were notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, Barbatos absorbing the Witch Realm's world force on Green Shade Star would definitely be without issue.
Moreover, this absorption speed would increase incrementally as Barbatos's size grew.
As for why not let Barbatos finish absorbing the world force before teleporting it over, Su Xiao had considered this. Sometimes, things cannot be too idealized. As long as the Wizard faction's heads hadn't been squeezed by a door, they would not allow such a thing to happen. Given Su Xiao's aura as a major villain boss, if he suddenly changed his attitude and turned against the Witch Realm, the wizards would cry so hard their snot would spray out—they would suffer heavy losses and become a laughingstock.
At that point, the wizards would no longer be ranked first on the grudge-holding list, but rather at the top of the big sucker list.
On the land of Green Shade Star, dragon flame spewed forth. Barbatos was still under the siege of numerous Corruptors. Only an hour into the battle, it had been dragged to the ground. At this moment, Barbatos sprayed dragon flame for a few seconds, then swung its dragon wings to send large swaths of Corruptors flying. The earth trembled from its attacks.
Unfortunately, the number of Corruptors was too great, completely engulfing Barbatos. This effectively concealed Barbatos's continuously increasing size.
The battle passed minute by minute. After one hour, Barbatos could no longer be seen. Instead, there was a massive sphere formed by Corruptors and Corrupted Wyverns, from within which Barbatos's roars could faintly be heard.
After two hours, the land as far as the eye could see was covered with the severed limbs and claws of Corruptors. However, compared to the total number of Corruptors, this amount of casualties was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
An elite Corruptor raised its head and roared. Stimulated by the battle, turbid drool dripped from the corners of its mouth. Suddenly, a massive dragon claw reached out and slammed down, crushing it. Compared to the enormous dragon claw, this Corruptor was smaller than an ant.
"ROAR!!!"
Barbatos spread its wings and roared. With its ten-thousand-meter scale body, when it spread its wings, all the surrounding Corruptors were sent flying. It ferociously took flight and sprayed dragon flame that had been building up for a while.
By this time, the Evil Spirit King and the Abyssal Demon Leader had sensed that something was wrong. However, there was no good strategy. This Demon Flame Dragon's survivability was absurdly high. After being besieged for several hours, not only had it not died, but it had also recovered to a state of vigorous vitality.
When Barbatos flapped its dragon wings to take flight, it stirred up hurricanes. It no longer concealed its absorption of world force. After fully activating the "Devouring Mark," multicolored energy poured down from above—this was the surplus world force from the Witch Realm.
So-called surplus world force refers to the excess world force that a world has accumulated and stored beyond what is needed for its operation.
Above, various attacks rained down on Barbatos, and corruption force also invaded it. However, it did not spew dragon flame, because its body was growing at an extremely exaggerated rate.
Boom, boom, boom...
On the Black Fortress, the dwarf operating the corruption cannon laughed maniacally as it continuously fired. But after a moment, it stopped stepping on the activation mechanism and instead stared blankly upward. The thick, yellowed cigarette clamped between its rotten teeth fell from its mouth.
The reason the dwarf was so terrified and stunned was that it could both see Barbatos and not see it. Looking up, all it could see was a black sky. Was that dark clouds? No, that was Barbatos's black dragon hide.
The Calamity Legion's attacks gradually ceased. Even the cruel and violent Corruptors looked up and stared blankly, no longer daring to roar or howl. Standing on the Black Fortress's top platform, the Evil Spirit King and the Abyssal Demon Leader—the Evil Spirit King's eyes bulged, the corners of its eyes twitching violently.
The Abyssal Demon Leader also looked up, muttering things like "this is impossible" and "how can such a creature exist."
Everyone on Green Shade Star could no longer see Barbatos in its entirety. However, the wizard high-level gathered in the Witch Guild headquarters' council hall, watching through a soul projection in third-person real-time, could see Barbatos's full appearance.
At this moment, Barbatos had exceeded a critical size threshold. It had entered the Star Realm from Green Shade Star. Green Shade Star, as a planet, was right in front of Barbatos. Its size was only about half of Barbatos's head. That's right—this was the terrifying boost brought by Barbatos absorbing all the surplus world force of the Witch Realm. Even if this state could only last for half a minute, it was still astonishing. It was simply too enormous.
Barbatos took a deep breath, then spewed dragon flame toward Green Shade Star in front of it.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Even without air, Barbatos's terrifying dragon flame still exploded violently, spraying wildly toward Green Shade Star. This engulfed the half of Green Shade Star facing Barbatos. As the dragon flame sprayed and burned, that half of Green Shade Star turned a glowing red like a branding iron.
Barbatos's current state could never be replicated. The Witch Realm had been peaceful for so many years to accumulate this much world force. Looking across the myriad worlds of the Void, no world had this much highest-order world force. Coupled with the other two harsh and coincidental conditions, Barbatos's strongest state this time was even less likely to be replicated.
Moreover, even if it could be replicated, it would be meaningless. Among Su Xiao's enemies, the Underworld God or the Supreme Being had their forces either within the super-giant transcendent realm or in the Void. Additionally, Barbatos's state could only last for 30 seconds. Unless multiple prerequisites were met by coincidence, it would be better to invest more effort into continuing to develop the "Sun Holy Sword" rather than focusing on this.
The reason for doing this now was both due to favorable timing and location, and because it could perfectly dismantle the plans of Shenfu and the other two.
Shenfu hoped that the insect race and the corruption legion would fight to the death for a few days, then use the "Golden Holy Grail" to absorb a massive amount of soul force. Unfortunately, Green Shade Star was already about to crack open. There was no large-scale battle throughout the entire process, only Barbatos's initial warm-up. These soul forces were less than one millionth of what Shenfu had anticipated. Moreover, finding the "Golden Holy Grail" again had become a problem.
As for Shenfu and the other two scheming for the Witch Realm's world force, it had already been absorbed by Barbatos. Throughout the entire process, Su Xiao did not engage in a battle of wits with those three super old yin bi, because he knew that one against three, he was no match. So he used his own adept method to resolve the matter, starting from the root.
In the Star Realm, Barbatos raised its dragon claw. Amid rumbling, muffled sounds, one dragon claw grabbed Green Shade Star, violently pulling it from its orbit. Then, holding the burned side of Green Shade Star, it turned its claw, facing the unburned side toward itself.
Boom!
Dragon flame spewed out again. After more than ten seconds, Green Shade Star was burned into a glowing red sphere. Under such circumstances, no existence inside could survive. Of course, the three arbitrator scoundrels who had slipped away in advance could not be counted.
Crack!
Barbatos's dragon claw clenched, crushing Green Shade Star into fragments. Magma and sparks splashed within the Star Realm.
In the Witch Guild headquarters' council hall, the wizard high-level witnessed all of this. At this moment, the council hall was dead silent. The scene of crushing Green Shade Star was far more visually shocking than detonating the "Sun Holy Sword" at Arcane Eternal Star. Moreover, Barbatos was currently not far from the Witch Realm. If, before its body collapsed, it spewed dragon flame toward the Witch Realm, then...
Moon Witch Sesshiris sat silently in the first seat, barely restraining herself from pressing a hand to her forehead. The feeling of having invited a Law Destroyer who sealed five Original Sin Objects had returned.
Interestingly, several old clan leaders of wizard families who had always opposed cooperating with Su Xiao now looked at him with especially kind smiles. How could they not be kind? Barbatos, whose body would collapse in the Star Realm in just a few more seconds and whose dragon flame could still reach the Witch Realm, was still there.
Meanwhile, in a slightly dim mansion in the Ancient King City due to the evening, a projection formed by fate force fully reflected the scene at Green Shade Star. Shenfu, Platinum Apostle, and Dark Archbishop were all silent.
Dark Archbishop was the first to stand up. This time, he truly intended to go to Wind Sea Continent. In the near future, he did not plan to confront Su Xiao again.
Platinum Apostle's complexion gradually darkened, then this body rapidly aged and died, indicating that he had also left.
Only Shenfu remained in the room. He leaned back on the sofa, as if taking a nap, or perhaps contemplating something. This time was different from before. He had truly suffered a loss. However, a plan gradually emerged in his mind—a plan concerning the strongest backstabbing weapon, "Scorn."