In the hands of the complete form demigod [Capricious Joker], the outcome would likely be even more tragic than being a "stud horse" for the Mother of Monsters.

Boom——!

The alchemical core at the chest of [Puppet King] radiated with divine light, its feet suddenly exerting force, bending the sturdy branch beneath like a longbow, then transforming into an arrow and shooting towards the Mother of Monsters.

Though she was bewildered by the Nibelung Ring, the entire Noah’s Ark was her divine kingdom and couldn’t be attacked by anyone.

Unwilling to lose the [Panacea] within reach, she grabbed Byron’s arm and shot backwards.

Meanwhile, she waved her hand, and all the branches transformed into palms with mouths, reaching towards [Puppet King], no, towards the Capricious Joker.

The Joker swung his sailor’s knife, his hand fiercely wielding the [Castilia Saber] slicing all the branches blocking his path into fragments.

Simultaneously, laughing heartily from his blood-red mouth, he pulled out countless scraps of colored paper, which he shook to instantly transform into large paper dragons with sharp claws and teeth.

With a puff, the paper dragons scattered as colorful storm towards the surrounding tree branch palms.

Crackling...

Broken palms continued to fall from the sky, shredded paper dragons descended like raindrops.

The Joker snapped his fingers, and colorful smoke erupted from the fallen branches, transforming into mini-puppets wielding knives, swords, bows, guns.

They jumped like fleas between branches, employing various tactics to hinder the Mother of Monsters.

As if by premonition, every landing point set ahead of the Mother of Monsters.

The Joker’s trickery granted the Capricious Joker [vanishing], [transformation], [prediction], [levitation], [perception] these five powers.

Undeniably, this is a formidable sixth order Evil God!

Moreover, there exists a fundamental conflict in authority with Byron.

It’s the application of [transformation] authority series that opened Byron’s eyes, like piercing through a layer of window paper to see a broader world.

In just a few leaps, the Capricious Joker, carried by gale, lightning-fast pounced before the Mother of Monsters, fiercely slashing at the hand holding the [Nibelung Ring].

Aiming to sever both the ring and the hand, with hardly a glance towards Byron held in her other hand.

Apparently disregarding this insignificant role.

Though not authentic, the ring Byron extracted from history carries a curse that even demigods struggle to resist.

Only due to its one-time sacred relic nature, once taken from the Mother of Monsters’ corpse, it disappears, unable to spark a prolonged divine battle.

In other words, the risk is controllable and won’t prematurely trigger an apocalypse.

Facing the blade flash, the Mother of Monsters’ right hand nails suddenly soared into giant talons like an eagle. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Slash——!

Drawing four crimson claw marks in the air, striking the sailor’s knife in the Joker’s hand, sending sparks soaring and cutting two puppet threads.

Indicating though the Old Gods’ insanity hinders their combat skills and transformations, their absolute strength shouldn’t be underestimated.

[Mother of Monsters] doesn’t know the [Capricious Joker] born only in the Silver Era but sees in brief exchange a complete sixth order demigod.

Danger level exceeds the [Touch of the Kraken] outside.

Decisively growing a pair of wings behind, carrying Byron soaring upwards, straight to the "Crown Position" atop the Tree of Life.

The Joker pursued relentlessly, tossing a rope towards the sky, straight to the clouds.

Just half a step late, the Mother of Monsters’ feet already merged with the giant tree beneath, overhead gleaming red divine aura illuminating the entire divine kingdom like the Sun.

Then what appeared merely a tree, the kin [Tree of Life] rapidly transformed into a wooden goddess statue, countless branches entwining into thousands of giant hands, tentacles, each as large as hills.

Abandoning tactical fighting, like swatting a mosquito, fiercely swatting at [Capricious Joker], powerful force detonating white air blast rings in the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

[Capricious Joker] though anticipating each attack’s arrival direction, found no dead angle for passage, could only hurriedly evade upward holding the rope.

Simultaneously tossing a deck of 54 Whist Cards, JQK images replaced with Joker images.

cards transformed into dazzling flying knives, slicing arcs through the air.

Suddenly, like a magic trick under all eyes vanished together, reappearing before the Mother of Monsters through the countless giant hands.

Cards without images screamed and shot forth, slicing steel columns in their path.

Byron held by the Mother of Monsters barely escaped being bisected, swiftly curling up.

Other figure-imaged JQK plus the two Jokers, fourteen cards in total, suddenly inflated, Joker images leaping out, grinning blood-red mouths "gaga" laughing, rushing towards the Mother of Monsters.

Hands filled with colorful bombs tossed down unstintingly, dazzling fires exploded upwards from tree top tens of meters high.

Amidst the rolling smoke, Byron finally caught the Mother of Monsters distracted moment, escaping by self-mutilation, shedding an arm and half a shoulder like a lizard severing its tail.