Chapter 22: Victory and Crisis

Chapter 22: Victory and Crisis

A loud crash came from above the base camp. Su Xiao looked toward the inwardly dented dome, as well as the insect race mother nest, nearly a hundred meters tall and riddled with holes.
The opponent this time was the Abyss Army's First Legion, Abyss Governor Moyam. This being had once served the previous Lord of the Abyss. Currently, he could not be considered loyal to the current Lord of the Abyss; rather, what the current Lord of the Abyss was doing was precisely the goal the Abyss Governor sought to achieve. The two ultimately joined forces.
In the past, under the old king, Abyss Governor Moyam had harbored the ambition to conquer the Star Realm and usher in a new age of the Abyss. The reason he never proposed it was that the previous Lord of the Abyss was not a stubborn old conservative clinging to the status quo. In fact, the Abyss Age in the Star Realm back then was personally initiated by this very being, who drove back the Elemental Spirits and seized the Star Realm.
That was a peculiar Abyss Age. The Abyss invaded most of the Star Realm but did not annihilate the original life system of the Star Realm. In that ancient era, the one seated high upon the Abyss Throne truly achieved the unparalleled glory of the King of Kings. It was also the longest-lasting period of the Abyss Age.
However, the excessive spread of the Abyss would inevitably lead to a day when the Elemental Forces resonated. This Abyss Age, several times longer than previous cycles, eventually came to an end, and the Abyss races retreated back into the Abyss.
Time turned. It seemed that, except for the one above the dome, all other beings would eventually be swiftly eroded by time. The former King of Kings began to age. Just before his power slightly waned, an unexpected Abyss battle brought a young man, already injured, before the Abyss Throne. No words were needed between them; this was an inevitable mortal duel of fate.
The old king was gone, and a new king ascended. Abyss Governor Moyam ultimately chose to follow the younger, stronger, and more ambitious new king. Born of the Abyss race, Moyam knew that if things continued like this, the Abyss race would truly sink into eternal darkness. This battle might cause the extinction of the Star Realm's life, but survival was a matter of kill or be killed.
Su Xiao looked at the insect mother nest ahead, which was now riddled with holes like a beehive. The Abyss faction clearly knew who the real threat was, as many ancient Abyss beings had infiltrated the Blazing Sun base camp, attempting to kill Jila. Unfortunately, Jila wasn't even inside the mother nest, so they could only try to destroy it.
The destruction of the mother nest wasn't a problem. As long as the Elemental Crystal Core located in the underground part of the mother nest remained intact, everything else was a minor issue.
Jila entered the mother nest. After a moment, under her control within the nest's core, the mother nest began mass-producing worker scorpions to upgrade its specifications. When the mother nest reached one-third of its peak volume, the first batch of Life Guardians was cultivated.
The participants who had been defending the base camp for the past two hours had previously seen on the battle coordination platform that there was a powerful method called Guardians in the Wind Sea Continent. Now seeing it firsthand, they had to admit, it was much stronger than the rumors suggested.
Of course, it was. These were breakthrough Guardians. Although the improvement wasn't as high as the Demon Dragon system, it had still been enhanced a total of 62 times.
Bang!
A twisted tree giant's axe slammed into the metal armguard of a bald, Absolute Strong rank contractor named Manxiong. He had used this nickname since his low-rank days and didn't particularly like or dislike it, so he kept it. As a melee fighter of the Power Blaze system, Manxiong had been in the upper echelon of his peers from Rank 4 to Absolute Strong, until he came to the Blazing Sun War Zone.
Here, he encountered his old enemies, the peak-level ruthless figures he had only seen on wanted lists, and Saint Samanya, whom he had met once before and been thoroughly humiliated by. Manxiong, who had once felt like a big shot, suddenly realized he was just a small fry.
In the Blazing Sun War Zone, even Absolute Strong, Supreme, or Peak-level beings who dared to continuously open their domains would die. Only Saint Samanya was an exception; her domain had no offensive power and couldn't even be detected.
Manxiong looked around. Everywhere he saw twisted tree giants. The battle coordination platform had said these were elite individuals in the Abyss Army, but now, all he could see were twisted tree giants, Abyss Behemoths, or Dark Giants. As for the Abyss Army's common units like the Evil Clan, Black Knights, and Serpentfolk, there were none to be seen.
Of course not. The First Legion was the strongest legion in the Abyss Army, composed entirely of twisted tree giants, Abyss Behemoths, Dark Giants, and the Shadow Scale Clan and Dark Ones. Moreover, about a third of the ancient Abyss beings largely obeyed Abyss Governor Moyam's orders. That was why their side was getting beaten so badly in the Blazing Sun War Zone.
Manxiong gasped for breath, feeling pain all over his body, which was being eroded by Abyss energy. He decided to retreat into the base camp first. He had reached his limit.
Just then, a Guardian latched onto Manxiong's body. Under the cover of his teammates, he recovered his stamina with an incredulous look. After a moment, he stood up and returned to his original position, standing behind a terrifying Supreme being known as the Nightmare Speaker. Even as an ally, Manxiong felt this person's abilities were too sinister.
Compared to Manxiong's situation, the area where Saint Samanya was located was even more dangerous. She was surrounded by several circles of allied participants. Though these people were battered and looked utterly defeated, they at least held the line. Moreover, when the surrounding Abyss Army units got within a certain range of Saint Samanya, their life force would become overly vigorous. After a brief boost, their life force would go berserk, and they would explode with a bang.
Saint Samanya looked around at the insects around her. Her mood was extremely irritable when she suddenly received numerous warnings that their base camp was under heavy attack.
Clang, clang, clang!
Dense blade auras slashed out from the base camp's dome. The dome, which had already been heavily targeted by the Abyss Army's Dark Ones and bombarded by various war weapons, finally couldn't hold and shattered with a crash.
Saint Samanya's inner irritability instantly cleared, returning to her usual state. Her reaction was, "This is it."
"Roar!"
A World-Destroying Wing, over 1,500 meters long, extended most of its body from the dome, roaring upward. The first World-Destroying Wing in the Blazing Sun War Zone had only flown for three seconds before it was blasted into a rain of blood by hundreds of meters thick dark light pillars from the Dark Ones.
But the subsequent World-Destroying Wings were endless. The second batch was dozens of them. Before they could all be killed, a third batch of over a hundred World-Destroying Wings flew out.
What followed was simple. Elemental Dragonflame began to scorch the ground, the fungal carpet spread rapidly, and the storage number of Secondary Elemental Energy in their mother nest began to jump quickly. Soon, it reached the highest digit. When it hit 9, the next unit, the Elemental Crystal Core's storage number, began to gradually increase.
When it came to war strategy, legion command, and battle judgment, Su Xiao would definitely lose three times in a row against Abyss Governor Moyam. The question was, why compete with the enemy in these areas? Su Xiao's strategy for taking the Blazing Sun War Zone was very simple: insect race mass production, fungal carpet spread, and World-Destroying Wing dragonflame scorching.
If the First Legion's influx speed matched that of the World-Destroying Wings, they would still lose, because Su Xiao was now a Supreme Being. He could forcefully charge toward the Crimson Fortress, and unless the Warmother's strongest daughter or the Lord of the Abyss intervened, no one could stop him.
The Warmother's strongest daughter probably hadn't awakened yet, and the Lord of the Abyss wouldn't act for this reason, as it would interrupt the Abyss's invasion of the entire Star Realm. Although the various worlds in the Star Realm hadn't shown Abyss spread yet, the overall Abyss invasion degree of the Star Realm had reached 42.95%.
The Abyss faction had two ways to win: either take the Void, the apex world of the Star Realm, allowing Abyss energy to spread downward quickly, or push the Abyss invasion degree of the entire Star Realm above 95%. By then, except for the Void, which might still hold out, everywhere else would be invaded by the Abyss.
Su Xiao walked out of the base camp. A wave of heat hit him. Explosions, shouts, and roars filled his ears. The air had a damp, dark feel of Abyss energy. He took a deep breath, raised his hand, and aimed it at a Dark Giant chieftain in the distance.
Suddenly, the Dark Giant, who had been fighting fiercely on the battlefield, felt an intense terror. Since becoming a Dark Vanguard, it had forgotten what fear was.
At this moment, it recalled its childhood. The Abyss Bottom Devourer that had eaten its parents, siblings, and then walked over the dead tree where it was hiding. Its claws stepped onto the blackened rotten wood, making a clicking sound. The blood of its loved ones on the claws dripped through the cracks onto its face.
The Dark Giant chieftain's entire body burst with black blood. Countless dark blood blades half-emerged from its body. Not only it, but a large area of Abyss Behemoths and twisted tree giants around it were also affected. They all died instantly on the spot.
Moreover, these blood blades burst out of their bodies. These weren't blood blades at all; they were blood spears with gun blades at the front, each over three meters long. Compared to the misshapen blood blades without guards or handles, Su Xiao chose blood spears.
Yes, this was his Blade Domain. The moment he activated Blade Domain, enemies within range would instantly be attacked by blood blades from inside their bodies, piercing them.
The first form of the attack was blood blades. The number of blood blades depended on the enemy's size. Twisted tree giants would be pierced by about three blood blades simultaneously. Dark Giants would be pierced by hundreds. The attack power of the blood blades was derived from Su Xiao's Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash at 75%. Once a blood blade was formed, its outward thrust was enough to instantly kill a Dark Giant with incredibly high health.
When the blood blades detached, they would absorb the enemy's remaining blood to form blood spears. A black blood spear flew back, floating behind Su Xiao. As he moved forward, blood spears flew out.
Whoosh! A blood spear shot out, piercing through layers of air, heading toward a twisted tree giant. This twisted tree giant had just used the sharp thorns on its tree arms to pierce through a Phantom Feather clan participant's body. After lifting him up, the root tips on its other shoulder fired Devouring Annihilation rays, blowing the head off the Phantom Feather clan participant, who was screaming as blood flowed down his feet.
Pfft!
The blood spear pierced the twisted tree giant's chest. Its numerous eyes on its head widened to the limit. Three blood blades had pierced its body in succession. It had no reaction to the blood blades' piercing, not because its willpower was strong enough to ignore such pain, but because it was already dead after taking the blood spear.
Why did Su Xiao transform the blood blades into blood spears? The reason was that Blade Domain only retained the blade characteristic, meaning it was entirely derived from his core ability, Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash. And Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash was the ultimate technique bloomed from three techniques, which included Blood Spear Grandmaster.
Lv.EX Ultimate Ability: Annihilation Blood Spear: This Annihilation Blood Spear possesses the Absolute Pierce characteristic. When this Annihilation Blood Spear pierces an enemy's main location (torso or more vital area), it deals massive damage and will definitely shatter one of the enemy's Life Cores.
Yes, what Su Xiao transformed from blood blades were essentially Annihilation Blood Spears. The attack power of these things wasn't just a matter of being high; its Absolute Pierce made its attack strength equivalent to a Life Core.
Therefore, even against enemies of the same rank, they couldn't continuously withstand the activated Blade Domain. Of course, in a one-on-one mortal battle against a strong enemy, there was no situation where Blade Domain was stacked to this extent. Also, although Annihilation Blood Spears had powerful attacks, they had a time limit.
When fighting a strong enemy, Blade Domain had two functions: 1. Block the enemy's Supreme Domain. 2. Suddenly form several blood blades inside the enemy's body and thrust them out, interrupting the enemy's key ability and severely wounding them.
Pfft!
Four Annihilation Blood Spears pulled out of the just-dead twisted tree giant, floating back behind Su Xiao. Walking on the battlefield, Su Xiao now had over ten thousand blood spears behind him.
Su Xiao stopped on the battlefield, where shouts filled the sky and metal was burning. He looked at a dying Demon clan participant not far away. He didn't expect there to be Demons on Blazing Sun Star.
"Save me..."
Before the horned Demon could finish, a dark light pillar from a Dark One hit him. A perfectly circular, hundred-meter-wide depression appeared on the ground. The pools of blood on the ground surged toward it, filling it. Sometimes, disappearing suddenly on the battlefield wasn't due to spatial abilities; it was stepping into a blood pit blasted out by the darkness.
The ten thousand blood spears behind Su Xiao, under his control, suddenly spread outward. The blood spears shot and killed enemies one by one, their numbers continuously increasing. Newly formed blood spears joined the killing. For a time, with Su Xiao at the center, the surrounding Abyss Army quickly fell. But due to the Abyss Army's tenacity, they immediately filled the gaps. However, their charge speed couldn't keep up with the blood spears' slaughter.
Yes, this was the Supreme Realm. One person could single-handedly block the Abyss Army. Su Xiao continued walking forward. Wherever he passed, rivers of blood flowed. Broken armor fragments scattered, and shattered weapons were stuck in the ground. The Apocalypse contractors, who had been fighting fiercely, gradually stopped, because the enemies in front of them had all died instantly from blood blades bursting out of their bodies.
The Peak-level beings who had just arrived for reinforcement, such as Jushan, Heiqixing, Soul Mage, Luoluoka, and Tiandi, all stared in shock at this scene. As Peak-level beings, they understood better than others how terrifying those blood spears were. The threat of that sharpness and penetration, even with their Life Cores, gave them a strong sense of crisis, as if a sharp object was pressed against their eyeballs, almost piercing them.
From above, a spectacular scene unfolded. The surging Abyss Army, facing countless blood spears and the Elemental Dragonflame from above, seemed to be gripped by a giant hand, pushed back toward their base camp, the Crimson Fortress.
Su Xiao closed a series of notifications. Unfortunately, this world didn't have the kind of mission to destroy the Abyss Gate like in the Wind Sea battlefield. It seemed that such missions only appeared when the war zone was at a severe disadvantage from the start.
Just as Su Xiao was about to charge toward the Crimson Fortress ahead, this tens of thousands of meters tall fortress seemed to hit a switch. Suddenly, it stopped spewing out the Abyss Army. The original Abyss Army also began to retreat for the first time since the battle started. Leaving corpses everywhere, the battlefield fell into an eerie silence.
The participants present looked at each other. Finally, Saint Samanya, Heiqixing, Soul Mage, and others came to a conclusion: the Abyss Army had been driven back by the Supreme-ranked Hunter and the Elemental Insect Race. Or rather, Abyss Governor Moyam had realized the situation was hopeless and decisively abandoned this main battlefield.
The Abyss Army seemed endless, but it wasn't. The Abyss races were good at fighting, but they didn't have mass production. It was their fearlessness that gave enemies the despairing feeling of infinity. What was truly endless were the Abyss Army's cannon fodder, the dark beasts.
Keeping the advantage for the decisive Void battlefield was undoubtedly a wise move.
What needed to be done next was simple. Have the World-Destroying Wings devour the Elemental Crystal Cores and spew Elemental Dragonflame at the Crimson Fortress. Two hours later, the Abyss invasion degree of this world visibly dropped. Eventually, the Abyss Gate appeared. Under the spewing of hundreds of Elemental Dragonflames around it, the Abyss Gate let out a cracking sound and finally shattered with a bang.
Saint Samanya watched this scene, feeling a sense of unreality. Seeing this, her old friend Tiandi said:
"We haven't completely won. The enemy, pressured by our reinforcements' strength, abandoned this main battlefield. I actually wish the Abyss faction had held on here. That would give us an advantage in the subsequent Void decisive battle."
Tiandi's words gradually suppressed the cheers that were about to erupt from the surrounding contractors.
[Notification (Void Tree): You have won the main battlefield: Blazing Sun Star.]
[Checked that you played a decisive role in this battle. You have gained 128,532 merit points.]
[Your brand level has increased by Lv.5, reaching Lv.110 (Brand Level Cap).]
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This reward was much less than winning the Wind Sea Continent. Partly because the Wind Sea War Zone was almost a certain loss, and partly because this time, the blow to the Abyss faction wasn't severe enough.
In the Wind Sea War Zone, the enemy's Abyss Gate had been at full transmission speed for about two days. Here on Blazing Sun Star, the Abyss Gate was only fully open for less than an hour. This also showed the difference between Abyss Governor Moyam and Grand Commander Alva Erso. The former was more steady, while the latter was more aggressive.
Of the five main war zones, only two had been taken so far. A Law-Destroying Teleportation Array appeared under Su Xiao's feet.
"Mr. White Night..."
Dong!
Before Fei Kaxiu could finish his sentence, Su Xiao had already disappeared. Fei Kaxiu lowered his raised hand, casually fixing his hair. The Peak-level participants present, who had just won another main battlefield victory, looked at each other. They all knew what Fei Kaxiu was about to ask.
"Do you even need to ask? Of course, the Witch Realm."
Iron Blood Rose Betanshina spoke.
"I was just confirming. I was thinking, if Mr. White Night needs us to do something, we could help. Winning like this feels a bit embarrassing."
Fei Kaxiu finished with a smile. Hearing this, Ms. Z sneered, crossed her arms, and said:
"What's there to be embarrassed about? We coasted through a few victories. Just give White Night 50% of the coasting earnings. I wasn't coasting in Wind Sea; I almost died. In Blazing Sun, I was pure coasting. Half and half. Later, when White Night goes to fight the Lord of the Abyss one-on-one, if he loses, it's still a total defeat for us."
Ms. Z's words gained everyone's agreement. She continued: "White Night must have gone to the Witch Realm. Not to mention the Abyss invasion degree there has reached 95%. I heard the Moon Witch is his old flame. He definitely went to rescue her."
"Oh?"
Heiqixing, who had always been serious and unsmiling, even relaxed his brow, looking eager to hear more. He didn't care about other people's trivial matters, but he was very willing to hear this gossip.
"See you."
Ms. Z chose to reinforce the Witch Realm. Everyone present mentally cursed her. Starting this and then leaving was truly despicable.
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Witch Realm, inside the allied base camp.
The spatial fluctuations had subsided for a while. Su Xiao thought the previous Wind Sea War Zone base camp was bad enough, but the Witch Realm base camp set a new low.
The entire base camp was stained with blood. The ground was covered with minced flesh, broken limbs, and severed arms. The dome had multiple breaches. The Abyss Purification Device was covered in attack marks, with some outer parts seemingly cracked, allowing black liquid to seep in.
Among the broken limbs and severed arms, a figure stood there. It was the Moon Witch, whom he had seen not long ago. The hem of her moon-white dress was stained red with blood. Her metal high heels stood in a pool of blood. Behind her, a full moon was slightly damaged. Around her were several dead ancient Abyss beings.
It seemed that during the Doom Star incident, the Moon Witch had been holding back. She wasn't trying to seize the Abyss Heart. Showing too much strength would invite jealousy, while showing too little would invite suspicion. Being in the middle or lower range was safest.
"Retreated?"
Su Xiao looked around. He didn't see any participants or the Abyss Army. From the aura, the participants were all in the underground area of the base camp.
"Judging that you were coming, they immediately withdrew."
"..."
Su Xiao took out a summoning scroll and summoned Jila. The Abyss Army directly retreating was actually troublesome. Without killing a large number of Abyss races, the mother nest couldn't condense a large amount of Elemental Crystal Cores. That meant it was hard to mass-produce World-Destroying Wings and use Elemental Crystal Cores to spew Elemental Dragonflame, quickly strengthening the world's elemental power and suppressing the Abyss invasion degree.
Even so, they had to clear each main battlefield one by one. After Jila arrived, their insect nest was initially established. When the fungal carpet spread, the Abyss Army corpses left on the battlefield were consumed.
Seeing this, the Moon Witch also judged that the situation was problematic. She asked: "What now?"
"Two ways."
Su Xiao spoke while placing one hand on the sword hilt at his waist.
"Tell me."
Moon Witch Sesshiris stared at Su Xiao. She felt this man had no good intentions.
"I can now cut down the Witch Realm. Once this world begins to collapse, the Abyss invasion degree will be cleared..."
Before Su Xiao could finish, Moon Witch Sesshiris interrupted: "Next way."
"Wind Sea has a lot of Elemental Crystal Cores, but they need to be certified by Space-Time Power to be brought here."
"I'll pay that Space-Time Power."
Between cutting down the Witch Realm and paying a sum of Space-Time Power to certify the Elemental Crystal Cores, the Moon Witch unhesitatingly chose the latter.
The revitalized Wind Sea Continent was obviously several times better than the Witch Realm. Moreover, Wind Sea had no original inhabitants. It was feasible for the major forces of the Witch Realm to migrate there. However, from the Moon Witch's firm gaze, she clearly indicated that her homeland was fine, and she wouldn't lead the Witch Realm's residents to move.
At this moment, the Moon Witch dared not show any wavering in her attitude. Could she afford to soften? If she softened even a little, her long-time home would be gone. The person in front of her had already cut down three major worlds: Doom Star, Eternal Star, and Eternal Light World.
The Moon Witch had no doubt that this being, who had already advanced to Supreme, could cut down the reinforced Witch Realm. Except for the extremely durable Void battlefield, there seemed to be no world this guy couldn't cut down with his full power.
After a moment, teleportation fluctuations reappeared. Bubu Wang and Baha returned. Their team storage space now had over ten thousand Elemental Crystal Cores. Of course, the certification fee was paid by the Moon Witch. As for whether cleaning the Witch Realm required so many Elemental Crystal Cores, don't mind the details. They had caught someone willing to pay the certification fee. The Ancient Dragon Kingdom couldn't find such a leader.
It was still the same process as the Blazing Sun War Zone. Elemental Dragonflame spewed at a flesh fortress. This tens of thousands of meters tall fortress was just a shell. The important parts inside had already been moved away. This fortress represented the Blood Legion Commander Letiheya of the Third Legion, who was best at attacking. This time in the Witch Realm, she had quickly broken through the participants' defenses.
The three leaders of the Abyss Army: Abyss Governor Moyam was good at grasping the overall situation, possessing the strongest legion and the power to boost his subordinate legions. Grand Commander Alva Erso was good at defensive battles. No matter how fierce the enemy's attack, the legion under his command stood firm. Blood Legion Commander Letiheya was good at offense, with extreme charges and surprise attacks, tearing a bloody wound in the enemy's defense line.
Facing any one of them alone was already very troublesome. But in the upcoming Void battlefield, they would have to face all three at once.
A few hours later, the Abyss Gate projection standing in the Witch Realm collapsed with a bang. A fierce dark wind pressure hit them. Standing among the floating embers, the Moon Witch slowly exhaled. She glanced at the Law Destroyer sitting cross-legged on the flat top of a World-Destroying Wing's head. The Witch Realm was considered saved.
Under Jila's control, all insect units began to die, falling onto the fungal carpet to be absorbed and turned into Elemental Crystal Cores. When the Witch Realm returned to its former appearance, or rather, when the Abyss/Elemental forces were more balanced than before, a Law-Destroying Teleportation Array appeared under Su Xiao's feet.
Ancient Dragon Kingdom base camp, front gate.
Death Paradise contractors were standing or sitting here. From their injuries and Abyss energy erosion levels, they had just finished the battle here. The three consecutive victories in Wind Sea, Blazing Sun, and the Witch Realm made victory in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom only a matter of time. The Abyss invasion degree here had always been around 30%. The Death veterans were always capable.
Meanwhile, in the Ten Thousand Races Realm, various Star Realm forces and Dawn Paradise contractors and violators were attacking the Abyss Gate ahead with all their might.
In the command post of the Ten Thousand Races Realm base camp, the various clan leaders and the Lord of the Underworld were watching this scene. The clenched fists under the table of the various clan leaders represented one thing: they must take the Ten Thousand Races Realm before the Ancient Dragon Kingdom.
At the same time, in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, World-Destroying Wings were spewing Elemental Dragonflame at the Abyss Gate. Cracks began to appear on the real projection of this Abyss Gate.
Almost simultaneously, in the Ten Thousand Races Realm, which was relying entirely on attacks to bombard the Abyss Gate's real projection, the efficiency wasn't slow either. The various clan leaders, who had just been in the command post, were now personally on the field.
With a crack, the towering Abyss Gate's real projection a thousand meters away let out a sound. The Feather Clan leader Wei Wusi, the Demon Clan leader, and the current head of the Gil Elu family, Gil Elu Ording, were all inwardly excited. Everyone would have to gather at the Void War Zone later. Finally, they wouldn't be utterly humiliated. But the next second...
[Announcement (Void Tree): The Ancient Dragon Kingdom has successfully repelled the Abyss Army and achieved victory.]
Not long after this announcement appeared, the Abyss Gate in the Ten Thousand Races Realm shattered with a bang. On the dark ember-strewn wilderness, the various Star Realm forces and Dawn contractors who had won this round didn't cheer. It was too embarrassing. Of the five main battlefields, the Ten Thousand Races Realm had a dream start, with an initial Abyss invasion degree of less than 5%, yet it was the last to achieve victory.
At this moment, inside the Ancient Dragon Kingdom base camp, Su Xiao had just closed a series of notifications when he felt a teleportation sensation. The next second, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom base camp he was in began to break apart. He was teleported away.
When the teleportation sensation subsided, he arrived at the core base camp of the Void battlefield. Compared to the main battlefield base camps, this one was several times larger, with more merit shops.
Additionally, the towering Abyss Purification Device stood in the center of the base camp. The difference was that around it were five nearly half-height Secondary Abyss Purification Devices. These were the five Abyss Purification Devices from the previous main war zones. The one from the Witch Realm War Zone was the easiest to identify, with multiple damage marks.
[Announcement (Void Tree): In this Abyss battle, our side has achieved a phased victory. According to the pre-war preset certification, when our side wins the five war zones, the Void's Core Abyss Purification Device has been switched to interference frequency, ensuring that during the subsequent 48-hour truce, the Abyss invasion degree of the Star Realm will grow at an extremely slow rate.]
[The War Boundary Wall has fallen. At the center of the Void battlefield, our side's units can pass through this boundary wall. The Abyss faction will not be able to pass. This boundary wall will exist for 48 hours...
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A total of over a dozen announcements appeared. Su Xiao checked them and closed them. Finally, they entered the truce phase. This was the advantage gained from winning five consecutive battles. The Abyss faction didn't need rest. In contrast, our side's participants, after the bloody battles of the first half, were physically and mentally exhausted. Some, after being teleported to the Void base camp, just spread something on the metal floor and fell asleep.
Su Xiao walked out of the base camp. As soon as he exited, a strong smell of blood and burnt odor hit him. The ground in sight was covered in bloody mud and huge craters from explosions. Wisps of green smoke rose in the distance. Layers of boundary walls, flickering on and off, divided the Void in two.
On the other side of the boundary wall, the towering Abyss Gate stood. Suddenly, Su Xiao noticed something was wrong. To the right of the towering Abyss Gate, a conspicuous black mark appeared. Looking closely, it was clearly a half-open door shadow, identical to the Abyss Gate beside it.
Rumble~
The darkness shook the earth. As the battle entered the second half, the Abyss faction's second Abyss Gate finally opened.
[Notification (Void Tree): As the captain of the strongest reinforcement team, you have accepted this battle mission.]
[Battle Mission: Break the Gate.]
Difficulty Level: Lv.ψ
Mission Content: Destroy the three nodes of the second Abyss Gate, causing this newly appeared Abyss Gate to collapse.
Tip: The three nodes are currently in a state of power boiling and cannot be destroyed. They can be destroyed after 72 hours. If these three nodes are not destroyed within the next few natural days, they will be permanently solidified and cannot be destroyed. The corresponding second Abyss Gate can only be slowly destroyed by investing Abyss Purification Devices.
Tip: The three nodes are located in the Forgotten Land, the Black Abyss (Enemy Occupied Zone), and the Abyss Dragon Bottom (Enemy Occupied Zone).
Mission Deadline: None.
Mission Reward: Determined by the final destruction situation.
Mission Penalty: If the second Abyss Gate opens, the third Abyss Gate will open successively.
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Rest Day

I wrote for a while today, feeling a bit dizzy. I decisively admitted defeat and rested. Taking a day off tomorrow to rest. Dear readers, please forgive me. Feiwen suspects that my dizziness might not only be caused by anxiety but also by cervical spondylosis? Every winter, this hereditary cervical spondylosis often acts up. If any dear readers know about this, please enlighten Feiwen. Humbly seeking advice.
"Reincarnation Paradise" Rest Day