Chapter 19: First Victory
With the dome of their own base camp fully expanded, one after another, Doom Wings surged out, spreading their wings and taking flight. Dragonflame poured down, beginning to scorch the Abyss Legion on the ground.
As the Evil Pu Clan, Black Knights, and Serpentfolk armies were rapidly annihilated, what surged out from the various giant passages of the Dark Fortress were mostly Dark Ones, Scale Serpents, and Twisted Treemen. All three possessed powerful aerial mobility and anti-air capabilities.
The Scale Serpents, resembling giant deep-sea manta rays, swept across the sky. Each Scale Serpent was tens of thousands of meters in size. On their backs stood large groups of Dark Ones wielding twisted staves. While the Scale Serpents summoned Abyssal Thunder, the Dark Ones called down pitch-black light pillars, each a hundred meters thick, smashing into the spines of the Doom Wings.
The Twisted Treemen extended their branches, continuously firing Devouring Annihilation rays upward. Moreover, this tree race, which should have been weak to fire, possessed extremely strong fire resistance. The spreading elemental dragonflame could not harm them at all. Only direct dragonflame breath from the Doom Wings, sustained for over half a minute, could burn these high-attack, absurdly-tough creatures to cinders.
Even so, as the number of Doom Wings increased, the Abyss Legion's defense line began to retreat. From completely surrounding the Wind Sea base camp, it gradually shifted into a massive square formation. However, after five hours of resistance, the enemy forces in the rear and on the left and right flanks began to falter, forced to transform from an encirclement into a frontal semicircular offensive, barely able to threaten the flanks.
At the most intense point of the clash between the two sides, the earth trembled without cease. The visible spatial region was scorched, covered in cracks. The Devouring Annihilation rays also left many marks.
In the sky, their own Doom Wings pressed forward unceasingly. But the enemy's firepower formed a curtain at mid-to-high altitudes, causing any Doom Wing that touched this area to be instantly shattered and fall.
On the ground, the march of the Twisted Treemen Legion was halted by the wall of dragonflame ahead. To put it correctly, as long as the Twisted Treemen dared to stop advancing, the dragonflame wall would immediately push toward the Dark Fortress. It was only the constant consumption of elemental dragonflame by the front ranks of the Twisted Treemen Legion that prevented the wall from advancing further.
"Tragic" was insufficient to describe this scene. The elemental dragon blood and Abyss blood of both sides splattered out, only to be instantly evaporated by various attacks. The sky was filled with fine white ash, and with the sky completely ignited, the epic sense of this scene was particularly strong.
The two sides were temporarily deadlocked. The problem was that the Abyss Gate within the Dark Fortress could only channel so many troops. Meanwhile, their own secondary hives were continuously being established, causing the Doom Wings' production speed to keep rising.
This could be seen from the front line of the Abyss Legion's C-shaped semicircular encirclement, which was gradually being stretched and shortened into an I-shape.
The area around their base camp was now completely empty. It wasn't that the participants didn't want to defend this place; the dragonflame made no distinction between friend and foe. Outside the base camp was nothing but scorched earth, and even the temperature inside the base camp was steadily rising.
Despite this, the contractors resting in the open space chatted and laughed with each other, or lay on the ground snoring soundly. Some participants who had lost close friends or partners sat in silent contemplation, their eyes thoughtful.
Interestingly, some severely injured contractors were wailing even louder than before. The reason was that earlier, they knew their injuries wouldn't be fatal, and they wanted the healers to save those who were dying. Now that there were no dying comrades, the ones who howled the loudest were more likely to attract the healers' attention.
The short-haired Ms. Z lay on the ground in a big "大" shape, completely lacking any ladylike demeanor. If one were to count the number of kills in this defense, she would definitely be in the top three.
Although peak powerhouses could fight for a long time, being eroded by Abyss power also quickly brought fatigue. This was due to the severe loss of stamina and the suppression of stamina recovery caused by the erosion. Now that they could finally rest, Ms. Z, who usually had a bad temper, showed a rare hint of a smile on her face.
Suddenly, Ms. Z thought of something and immediately sat up. She looked at the Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanhina, who was not far away, sitting on a metal seat with a mechanical arm, holding a cigar between metal fingers, puffing out smoke.
"Betanhina, about what you said earlier..."
"What?"
Iron-Blooded Rose Betanhina looked over suspiciously.
"You said that if we survive this, you'd help me strengthen this thing to... Hey! Where are you going?"
"To get something to eat."
"Tsk~, you're already at the peak, why bother eating? Just absorb energy to nourish your body."
"The base camp has been temporarily secured. Our Paradise's culinary traveler is preparing to cook a feast for everyone."
"Let's go quickly, there won't be any seats soon."
Ms. Z stood up and left. Seeing this, Betanhina shook her head with a smile. The two of them had fought their way up together, though she had never won once.
The atmosphere inside the base camp was a bit tense at first, but as their dragon line became more stable, even beginning to press toward the enemy's Dark Fortress, the contractors felt a sense of joy at having survived a disaster. Even if they encountered old enemies from other Paradise camps, today they looked quite pleasing to the eye.
Of course, the participants were not careless. Those without injuries guarded the four main entrances—east, south, west, and north. Many participants also stood at the edges of the open dome. As for the Abyss Purification Device at the center of the base camp, it was now wrapped by the mother hive, very safe.
Inside the resting nest, Su Xiao sat cross-legged before the core of the hive. His sheathed longsword lay flat on his thighs. He could not leave this place, both to prevent ancient Abyss beings from sneaking in and killing Jila, and to consider a problem: how to further amplify the advantage brought by the elemental insect race.
On the Wind Sea continent, if nothing unexpected happened, most of it had been taken. But the situation on the main battlefield was completely different from the core battlefield. Whether it was Wind Sea, Blazing Sun, or the Ten Thousand Races Realm, the Abyss Gates in these worlds were merely projection gates.
To make a more intuitive analogy: suppose the current total production speed of the elemental insect race was 50. Then the influx speed of the Abyss Legion from the Wind Sea World's Abyss Gate was about 40 to 45.
Based on various intelligence and statistics from the battle liaison platform, Su Xiao estimated that the influx speed of the Abyss Legion from the true Abyss Gate in the Void was likely above 200. Moreover, this was only the early to mid-stage of the Abyss campaign. When the core battlefield reached its climax, it was not impossible that a second or third Abyss Gate would open.
Therefore, in the subsequent main battlefield, the "Life Guardian" might become the core C-position of the elemental insect race. After all, this Abyss campaign ultimately required the participants of several major Paradise camps to fight together. For the elemental insect race to have dominance in the Wind Sea theater was already extremely exaggerated. The elemental insect race had its limits; a production speed of 50 was its ceiling.
Secondary hives could not be built indefinitely. In the end, secondary hives were more like extensions of the mother hive, not independent hives. Everything had its limits, and the insect race mother hive was no exception.
The question was how to use the current situation to create greater advantages. On the Void core battlefield, the Abyss Legion was still the strongest, no doubt. But in the five main theaters, the elemental insect race now called the shots.
Moreover, if this Abyss campaign could be perfectly won, then the Abyss/element balance of the current great era would achieve perfect equilibrium. This meant that the current great era might extend to the eighth or even ninth era, truly benefiting future generations. Such an act would surely yield a highly rewarding campaign task.
Su Xiao had gone from the first rank to the peak of supremacy, completing countless Paradise tasks. After a moment of thought, he chose to submit a task retrieval request to the Void Tree. Due to his low Void Tree reputation, it failed on the spot. No big deal; he chose to submit a task retrieval request to Reincarnation Paradise.
[Detected that the Hunter is in the Abyss Campaign notarization stage. Unable to submit this task retrieval request to Reincarnation Paradise.]
[Detected that the Hunter is in the Wind Sea theater. You may attempt to submit this retrieval request to Apocalypse Paradise.]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao submitted a task retrieval request to Apocalypse Paradise, and a prompt appeared.
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): The task retrieval request from the Hunter has been received.]
[Retrieval content includes: Winning the five theaters, successfully killing the current Lord of the Abyss, closing the Abyss Gates, etc.]
[Number of related campaign tasks: 1.]
As long as he knew the task existed, that was enough. Su Xiao contacted Molei and told her the operation method. After a while, a task-sharing prompt appeared.
[Battle Angel Molei will share the campaign task "Perfect Finale" with you.]
[You have successfully accepted the campaign task "Perfect Finale."]
[Prompt: Battle Angel Molei has voluntarily abandoned this task. Currently, only you have accepted this task.]
Su Xiao hadn't asked Molei to abandon the task. It was Molei who, after seeing the task rewards, immediately gave it up. She had experienced being a slacker and reaping benefits in the Dawn Team many times, but she would never be greedy.
[Campaign Task: Perfect Finale]
Difficulty Level: Lv.ψ
Task Content: Win the five main theaters, kill the current Lord of the Abyss, and completely destroy all Abyss Gates in the Void.
Task Deadline: None.
Task Reward: A "Resource Exchange Device" notarized by the Void Tree, or Reincarnation Paradise, or Death Paradise, or Apocalypse Paradise, or Holy Light Paradise, or Sanctuary Paradise, or Dawn Paradise, or Watchful Paradise.
Prompt: If you successfully obtain this "Resource Exchange Device," you may choose the notarization party for this device. This "Resource Exchange Device" is the only one of its kind, a derivative of the "Initial Clause," possessing absolute uniqueness. You are the absolute sole user of this "Resource Exchange Device." The Paradise camp that obtains the notarization of this device can derive 3 to 5 unique "Paradise Infrastructure" exclusive to that Paradise.
Prompt: You may immediately choose the notarization party after accepting this task. Even if you fail to complete the task later, you will not suffer any loss.
Task Penalty: None.
Su Xiao was not yet clear on how powerful the "Resource Exchange Device" was, but that didn't stop him from choosing the notarization party. No need to think twice; of course, he chose Reincarnation Paradise as the notarization party.
[You have chosen Reincarnation Paradise as the notarization party.]
[Detected that the Hunter's actions may bring significant positive influence to Reincarnation Paradise. You have received six "Honor Shop" refresh chances.]
Su Xiao tried refreshing the Honor Shop once. Very good, the exchange list was exactly the same as before the refresh. The remaining five chances would be given to Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Beini, and Jila each once, to see who had the best luck.
He looked at the projection ahead, a bird's-eye view shared by Baha. It showed the dragon legion slowly advancing. The Abyss Legion, composed of Dark Ones, Scale Serpents, and Twisted Treemen, was beginning to be unable to withstand the dragonflame of the dragon legion, coupled with their own hive's limit production.
If nothing unexpected happened, by evening today, the dragon legion would be able to advance into the range of the Abyss Gate. Once they entered this area, they would need to gradually reduce the Abyss erosion level of this world to continue advancing. Su Xiao was already prepared for this.
With the current situation stable and no way to make the insect legion stronger, preparing for the subsequent Void battlefield was a good choice. Su Xiao opened the insect race list, and his gaze first fell on the "Life Guardian." Not to mention anything else, its resistance to Abyss erosion destined its key role in this campaign.
The problem was that the Guardian had reached its limit. To continue improving, one had to rely on probability and collective brainstorming. Improving the Guardian didn't benefit Su Xiao alone; all participants in the current Star Realm camp would gain. Under such circumstances, collective brainstorming would likely yield results.
Opening the battle liaison platform, Su Xiao edited a message and posted it:
Bai Ye (Reinforcement Squad): "Insect Unit: Life Guardian (attribute data permissions opened, viewable via branch list). Seeking methods to enhance this insect unit. Current enhancement count: 15. Current insect unit limit enhancement count: 185. Current insect race is elemental system; requires elemental characteristic treasures for enhancement."
With Su Xiao's post, a five-second liaison channel silence appeared. When the silence disappeared, a flood of posts from Apocalypse Paradise contractors/Battle Angels and various reinforcement squad peak powerhouses followed. The content was mostly the same: "Battle prompt records" about how much damage the "Guardian" had blocked, how much Abyss erosion it had absorbed before withering and breaking.
When the participants in the Void theater and the other four main theaters saw this, they immediately became restless. The Guardian's support ability wasn't particularly eye-catching, but its ability to absorb the Abyss erosion of those it attached to and block subsequent erosion was crucial. Participants who had been fighting for days in their theaters knew exactly how important this was.
The situation in the Wind Sea theater had already caused a stir in the liaison channel. What Su Xiao didn't know was that the "Bai Ye big shot is awesome" spam had been flooding the liaison platform for a while. Everyone thought the Wind Sea battlefield was doomed, but not only had it been revived, it might even be the first to win?
Soon, the liaison platform was flooded with all sorts of strange and rare treasures. Over half of them were not elemental characteristic treasures, but they were still posted to try. Another 40% were bizarre, and only 10% were elemental characteristic treasures. Even so, there were many. Moreover, the Abyss campaign notarization had temporarily upgraded the mail function, allowing items to be mailed at any time.
Then Su Xiao's mark mailbox began to turn red, eventually becoming so red it was black.
No one mentioned how much the elemental treasures they provided would sell for. Such foolish individuals could not have advanced to the ninth rank and would not have been summoned to the Abyss campaign. Everyone who came to participate in the Abyss campaign, even the support personnel who didn't fight, were no ordinary people in their Paradise camps. Therefore, everyone knew that making the Guardian stronger benefited everyone.
As for asking others to provide while selfishly keeping elemental treasures, someone might have done that before the Abyss campaign started. But now that the campaign had been raging for a while, over 90% of the participants hoped to end this hellish campaign as soon as possible.
Now Su Xiao had his work cut out for him. He began checking emails one by one. If the attached treasure was useless, he directly mailed it back. After a while, it became Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini sitting in a row, checking emails together. Elemental treasure emails were kept; other types that couldn't enhance the "Guardian" were directly mailed back.
The final result did not disappoint Su Xiao. Now that the Abyss campaign was in full swing, participants with good things were truly willing to take them out.
[Causal Echo (Abyss Curio): Can mark a certain causal existence. After marking, if that causal existence undergoes any change, this process can be reverted (only able to revert causal events within one hour, and this reverted causality cannot involve peak/supreme realm powerhouses). This item can be marked twice, used once.]
[Elemental Word: Limit Break (Elemental Curio): Can be used on a designated target, giving it a 50% chance to break through the limit, or a 50% chance to be destroyed.]
The next step was simple. Su Xiao took out the "Fate Reversal."
[Fortune Power (Core Active): After activating this state, consumes 1 point of equipment durability per second, reversing your fortune. The current reversal ratio is 75%. Based on the current -20 million fortune attribute, after reversal, when you engage in profit-related activities, the judgment will be based on 15 million points of positive fortune.]
The insect race gene core representing the "Guardian" appeared ahead. It looked like an oval, semi-transparent crystal, inside which was an exquisite insect race gene structure. If this item were damaged, the mother hive could no longer cultivate "Guardians."
With a crack, the ring-shaped Abyss curio "Causal Echo" shattered. Then the rune piece-like "Elemental Word: Limit Break" activated. With a hum, a strange elemental energy surged toward the "Guardian's" insect race gene core, beginning this limit break.
The initial enhancement placed a huge load on the "Guardian" insect race gene core, which seemed on the verge of breaking. Seeing this, Su Xiao simply waited. He wasn't aiming for success in one go; he wanted to observe this enhancement process and understand its principle. His mastery of alchemy allowed him to discern everything. Once he understood the principle, the rest would be easy.
Half an hour later, the floating "Guardian" insect race gene core was about to break. Su Xiao immediately activated "Causal Echo." He didn't want to see how "Causal Echo" would restore the broken causality; reversing it now was hundreds of times less risky.
The about-to-break "Guardian" insect race gene core began to revert, and after a while, it was restored to its original state. Seeing this, Su Xiao took out two units of Black Maple Tree yield. He picked up one piece, holding it with both hands, and gradually liquefied the already somewhat translucent Black Maple Tree yield. With the highest level of pharmacology catalysis, one could change the form of Black Maple Tree yield like this.
Using the medium manipulation method of sealing studies, Su Xiao began to manipulate these translucent liquid Black Maple Tree yields, gradually integrating them into the protective crystalline substance of the "Guardian" insect race gene core. With the precision of sealing studies, he outlined the semi-transparent liquid Black Maple Tree yield to adhere to the surface of the "Guardian Core," wrapping each minute part of the core to varying degrees.
He opened the insect race list and forcibly enhanced the "Guardian" using "Elemental Crystal Core." Elemental energy surged ahead, about to touch the "Guardian Core," but was blocked by the semi-transparent liquid layer. Black Maple Tree, while having the strongest conductivity, also had limit compatibility. It was now part of the "Guardian Core," sharing the same characteristics.
The wrapping layer of the "Guardian Core" began to be continuously consumed, representing each failed forced enhancement of the "Guardian Core." The consumption of Black Maple Tree yield bore the cost of these failures.
When this protective layer was nearly exhausted, Su Xiao picked up another piece of Black Maple Tree yield and continued the process. With two Black Maple Trees, he could afford the consumption.
As for why he didn't contact Kaisa this time to operate together for profit, profit-making could certainly be done. But in this link, which required entrusting a heavy responsibility and bearing immense pressure, there could be no manipulation. It had to be a solid pile of resources. Only when piled solidly enough would it not collapse under pressure.
Su Xiao had always had bad luck, so he firmly believed that as long as there were enough opportunities, success was inevitable. For example, now, after consuming a total of 3.55 units of Black Maple Tree yield, a strange elemental energy surged into the "Guardian Core." This was the elemental power most suitable for the "Guardian Core" in this limit break.
He had Jila return the "Guardian Core" to its original position in the mother hive. Su Xiao then tried using "Elemental Crystal Core" to enhance the "Guardian Core" again. As expected, after the limit break, the "Guardian" could once again be enhanced risk-free with "Elemental Crystal Core."
Just then, the scene in the projection ahead caught Su Xiao's attention. The advancing dragon legion finally stopped. Centered on the Dark Fortress, a translucent black force field that distorted the world region spread out. All Doom Wings that rushed into this area were instantly severely eroded by the Abyss, exploding with a bang, raining down dragon blood, rotten flesh, and broken bones.
Although their counterattack was swift and fierce, the fact that the world's Abyss erosion level had reached 96.2% was undeniable. The Abyss Purification Device in their base camp could at most prevent the erosion level from rising further. To push it down would indeed take a long time.
The elemental power of this world had decayed too severely. Without restoring balance, simply purifying Abyss energy would not significantly reduce the erosion level.
Su Xiao left the hive. With his speed, he reached the top of the base camp in an instant. He leaped onto the back of a Doom Wing. This Doom Wing let out a roar, causing other Doom Wings to retreat. As for Barbatos, it hadn't been cultivated yet. This guy, as the big brother among the Doom Wings, had been in a state of advancement for some reason.
Semi-transparent tentacles spread from the dragon's back, wrapping onto Su Xiao's arm. This allowed him to fully control this dragon. But his first mental command was...
Puchi!
The dragon's mouth, full of sharp teeth, bit down, taking a large chunk from the right side of the mother hive. This Doom Wing swallowed it with a gulp, then spread its wings and took off.
High in the sky, the wind whistled past Su Xiao's ears. With so many of their Doom Wings, they blocked the sky above. He controlled this Doom Wing to fly several tens of kilometers away from the Abyss Gate. Ahead, the world region deepened, exuding a sense of darkness.
Whoosh!
This Doom Wing spewed dragonflame from its mouth, but the flame was multicolored, clearly elemental radiance. Indeed, this Doom Wing had swallowed hundreds of "Elemental Crystal Cores" in that one bite. By now, the mother hive had stored 3,580 "Elemental Crystal Cores."
This was essentially "Secondary Elemental Energy" breath. Was Su Xiao using these "Secondary Elemental Energies" to assimilate the Abyss energy near the Abyss Gate, thereby reducing the world's Abyss erosion level? Of course not. What he truly intended was to make this core Abyss spread area fragile.
If the Abyss energy erosion of the Wind Sea battlefield was a piece of steel, then the elemental power of this world was a flame, slowly burning this dark metal.
Unfortunately, this metal was too massive and solid, and the flame was too small. What these "Secondary Elemental Energies" achieved was to make the dark metal in some areas brittle, turning it from steel into iron slag full of honeycomb holes. If the world's elemental power couldn't convert such Abyss energy, that would be too unreasonable.
Moreover, this "dark metal" full of honeycomb structure not only became flammable, but the secondary elemental energy inside was the best fuel for the flame below. Once the world's elemental power grew stronger, its assimilation of Abyss energy would be more intense and rapid.
After a few minutes of secondary elemental energy breath, the dark area ahead visibly melted.
Over ten minutes later, a large number of Doom Wings began spewing dragonflame mixed with massive amounts of secondary elemental energy around the Abyss Gate. This caused the world's natural elements in the surrounding area to become extremely active.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the 350th floor of the Dark Fortress, the Abyss Grand Commander, Alva Erso, watched this scene. He appeared expressionless, but the corner of his eye twitched almost imperceptibly.
As for behind him, the Witch Wraith, Black Knight Commander Mo Kai, and other Abyss powerhouses all looked as if they had seen a ghost. They had followed the Grand Commander on campaigns for many years, but this was indeed the first time they had encountered such an enemy. Before this, these dozen or so had never considered that a world heavily eroded by Abyss energy could be resolved so quickly and without hidden dangers.
"It seems we must settle this in the Void."
The Abyss Grand Commander, Alva Erso, turned and walked toward the inner part of the fortress. He did not plan to go to Blazing Sun Star, where the Abyss erosion level had reached 80.2%, but would head straight to the core battlefield in the Void.
The next afternoon, the burning sky finally extinguished. Under the dragonflame breath of thousands of Doom Wings, the tens of thousands of meters tall Dark Fortress exploded with a bang. But it was already hollow inside, indicating that the Second Legion of the Abyss army had withdrawn.
Continuing the secondary elemental dragonflame breath, by the early hours of the next day, the Abyss erosion level of the Wind Sea battlefield had reached 4.98%. The world appeared scarred, but the natural elemental power had recovered very well, almost reaching a balance with the Abyss energy outside the world.
Seeing this, Su Xiao took out the semi-broken World Core of the Eternal Light World and threw it into the elemental realm of this world. Surprisingly, the world consciousness of Wind Sea Continent did not reject it; instead, there were signs of mutual compatibility.
Although the Wind Sea World had a transcendence rank, when it achieved transcendence, its foundation was extremely poor. In contrast, the Eternal Light World had a very good foundation. Despite all the turmoil, it hadn't completely collapsed. But now it lacked a stable world framework system and a transcendence rank. The two were indeed very compatible.
Su Xiao leaped off the dragon's back and stood before the closed Abyss Gate, which towered like a wall of heaven.
"Selfless Realm: Bai Ye."
Zheng!!!
A slash passed through the Abyss Gate. This gate, which was merely a projection, began to tremble. Along the slash that diagonally crossed the entire gate, cracks rapidly spread, and it eventually shattered with a boom.
Several kilometers behind Su Xiao, all the participants of this world witnessed this scene. When the Abyss Gate shattered and the Void Tree's prompt appeared, cheers and shouts erupted.
In this Abyss campaign, the first victory was claimed by the Wind Sea battlefield. The Wind Sea World, which no one had favored, secured the first win among the five theaters.
At this moment, in the Ten Thousand Races Realm, the Dawn Paradise contractors/violators fighting the Abyss Legion, along with the high-level leaders of various Star Realm major forces, almost put on pained expressions. This was too embarrassing. The Ten Thousand Races Realm, with an initial Abyss erosion level of less than 5%, had the greatest advantage and the most dreamlike start. Yet they let the Wind Sea Continent, which had a catastrophic start, take the first victory?
Damn it. If they survived this Abyss calamity, the participants of the Ten Thousand Races Realm felt that this embarrassing matter would be talked about until the fourth era.
In the base camp of the Ten Thousand Races Realm, inside the command center, the clan leaders and leaders of the Soul Clan, Star Clan, Feather Clan, Gilueus Family, Goblin Merchant Guild, Devil Clan, Sea Clan, and other major forces sat in silence. The peak powerhouse in the first seat, elected by the clan leaders, the Lord of the Underworld, had a rather unpleasant expression.
The Lord of the Underworld serving as the commander of the Ten Thousand Races Realm was somewhat reasonable. This figure's path to fame was leading the Underworld through constant beatings. But counting the forces that had beaten the Underworld, there was the strongest overlord force of the ancient era, followed by the High Lords of the current era, and earlier, the Abyss Legion's Twelfth Legion. Although this Abyss Legion didn't even have a fixed commander, the Underworld had survived several deaths and managed to hold on, partly because the Underworld was too unsuitable for long-term habitation by Abyss races, so it was never fully conquered.
The clan leaders of the Ten Thousand Races Realm discussed and concluded that the Lord of the Underworld was indeed the suitable candidate for commander. The Lord of the Underworld actually agreed. If the Abyss era descended, he would also come to a bad end. Moreover, now that the Lord of the Underworld offered to give up the position, no one dared to take it.
At this moment, the Lord of the Underworld's expression was very serious. He spoke in a deep voice: "We must secure the second victory."
The Lord of the Underworld's words puzzled the clan leaders present. But soon, the Feather Clan leader, Wei. Us, realized something. Since the Wind Sea Continent had won the first victory, it would surely immediately reinforce the precarious Blazing Sun Star, followed by the Ancient Dragon Kingdom and the Witch Realm.
Having the ability to win the Wind Sea battlefield with such a catastrophic start, it was only a matter of time before they conquered Blazing Sun Star, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, and the Witch Realm, barring major accidents.
So everyone present realized an extremely embarrassing possibility: the Ten Thousand Races Realm, which had a dreamlike start, would be the last to win among the five main theaters.
Even more embarrassing was that the five main theaters were only the first half of this Abyss campaign. The real finale was the Void battlefield. That meant, after being extremely embarrassing, they would have to go to the Void battlefield for a public execution.
At this, the Lord of the Underworld's expression instead calmed. The reason was that he had been beaten and embarrassed his whole life; this was nothing new. If it came to thickness of face, this figure was undoubtedly the top among peak powerhouses. But the clan leaders present had never suffered such embarrassment. Their gazes grew increasingly solemn.