Chapter 4208

A loud boom came from above the main camp, and Su Xiao looked toward the sunken dome and the insectoid hive, nearly a hundred meters high and riddled with holes.

This battle was against the Abyssal Army's First Legion, the Abyssal Overseer Moyam, who once served the previous Abyssal Lord and now cannot be said to serve the current Abyssal Lord; what the current Abyssal Lord does is exactly what this Abyssal Overseer aims to achieve, and the two ultimately joined forces.

In the past, under the old king, Abyssal Overseer Moyam had the idea of occupying the Star Realm to let the Abyssal Age descend anew, but he did not propose it because the previous Abyssal Lord was not a stubborn old fool clinging to the status quo, or rather, the Abyssal Age in the Star Realm back then was personally pioneered by him, driving back the elemental spirits and seizing the Star Realm.

That was a peculiar Abyssal Age, where the Abyss invaded over half of the Star Realm without letting the native life system perish; in that ancient era, the one atop the Abyssal Throne truly achieved the supreme glory of the King of Kings, and that was also the longest-lasting period of the Abyssal Age.

But the Abyss's over-expansion always leads to a day when elemental forces resonate; this Abyssal Age, lasting several times longer than previous cycles, eventually met its end, and the Abyssal races retreated back to the Abyss.

Time turned, and it seemed that besides the one above the dome, all beings would eventually be swiftly eroded by time; the former King of Kings began to age, and just before his power slightly weakened, an accidental Abyssal battle brought a wounded young man to the Abyssal Throne, with no need for many words—this was a fated death match.

The old king has departed, the new king approaches, and Abyssal Overseer Moyam ultimately chose to follow a younger, stronger, more ambitious new king; as an Abyssal-born, Moyam knows that continuing this way would truly doom the Abyssal races to sink into darkness; though this battle would let the Star Realm's life perish, survival is a matter of you die or I live.

Su Xiao watched as the insectoid hive ahead quickly turned into a hornet's nest; the Abyssal side clearly knew who the true enemy was, so many ancient Abyssal beings infiltrated the Blazing Sun Main Camp, attempting to slaughter Jiela, but Jiela was not inside the hive, so they could only try to destroy it.

Destroying the hive completely is not a problem, as long as the "Elemental Crystal Core" in its underground part is fine, those are minor issues.

Jiela entered the hive, and moments later, under her control at the hive's core, the hive began mass-producing worker scorpions to upgrade its specifications; when the hive reached one-third of its peak volume, the first batch of "Life Guardians" was cultivated.

The participants who had been guarding the main camp for two hours had previously heard on the battle联络 platform that the Hai Feng Continent had a powerful method called "Guardian"; upon seeing it now, you'd better not say it, but this thing is far stronger than the rumors suggested.

Naturally, this is the "Guardian" after completing a breakthrough; though its enhancement is not as high as the Dragon System's, it still totaled 62 increases.

Boom!

The twisted tree-man's great axe swung down, striking the metal vambrace of a bald, supremely powerful contractor named Man Xiong, who got this nickname from his low-rank days and has no particular fondness for it, so he keeps using it; as a melee fighter of the Power Ignition System, Man Xiong, from rank four to supreme, can be among the upstream tier of his cohort, until he arrived at the Blazing Sun War Zone.

There, he encountered his old enemies, met those peak ruthless ones only seen on the bounty list, and also encountered Holy Song·Samantha, whom he had met once before and been beaten to the point of doubting life; the once self-assured Man Xiong, feeling like a big shot, suddenly felt he had become a minor role.

In the Blazing Sun War Zone, don't even mention supreme or ultimate—those who dare to arrogantly expand their domain at the peak will die; only Holy Song·Samantha is an exception, her domain having no aggression at all, even imperceptible.

Man Xiong looked around, seeing only twisted tree-men everywhere; the battle联络 platform said these were elite individuals of the Abyssal Legion, but now what he could see were twisted tree-men, Abyssal giant beasts, or dark giants; as for ordinary Abyssal units like the Ekpu clan, black knights, and snake people, he saw none.

Naturally, the First Legion is the strongest legion of the Abyssal Army, entirely composed of twisted tree-men, Abyssal giant beasts, dark giants, and the Jinglin clan and dark ones, plus one-third of the ancient Abyssal beings, who largely follow Abyssal Overseer Moyam's commands; thus, our side in the Blazing Sun War Zone got beaten so badly.

Man Xiong panted heavily, feeling pain everywhere, his body eroded by Abyssal energy; he decided to retreat first into the main camp, having reached his limit...

At that moment, a "Guardian" clung to Man Xiong's body; under cover from teammates, he recovered his stamina with disbelief in his eyes; moments later, he rose and returned to his original position, standing behind a fearsome ultimate called E Yan, whom even as an ally, Man Xiong felt had overly sinister abilities.

Compared to Man Xiong's side, Holy Song·Samantha's area was more dangerous, surrounded by several circles of our side's participants; though these people died and came back to life, faces full of doubting life, they at least held on, and when the Abyssal Legion approached within a certain range of Holy Song·Samantha, they would experience excessive vitality, a momentary buff, then their vitality would run wild and explode with a bang.

Holy Song·Samantha surveyed the surrounding insects, her mood furious to the extreme, when she suddenly received a massive warning that our side's main camp had been destroyed.

Clang, clang, clang!

Dense blade light slashed out from the main camp's dome; already heavily targeted by the Abyssal Legion's dark ones, plus bombarded by all kinds of war weapons, the dome finally couldn't hold and shattered with a boom.

Holy Song·Samantha's inner fury instantly cleared, returning to her former state; her reaction was, this time it's over.

"Roar!!"

The Wings of Apocalypse, over 1500 meters in body length, extended half their body from the dome, head raised and roaring; the first Wings of Apocalypse in the Blazing Sun War Zone had just flown out for three seconds when it was struck down by a hundred-meter-thick dark light pillar from the dark ones, turning into a sky of blood rain.

But the subsequent Wings of Apocalypse were endless; the second batch was dozens of Wings of Apocalypse, not yet shot down, and the third batch, hundreds of Wings of Apocalypse, just flew out.

Then it became simple: Elemental Dragon Flame began scorching the ground, the fungal carpet spread rapidly, and the storage number of the hive's "Secondary Elemental Energy" began jumping fast; soon it was the highest digit jumping, and when it reached 9, the next unit—namely, the storage amount of the "Elemental Crystal Core"—began gradually increasing.

Speaking of war strategy, legion command, and battlefield judgment, Su Xiao and Abyssal Overseer Moyam compared, that would surely be a three-loss record; but why compare these with the enemy? Su Xiao's strategy for taking the Blazing Sun War Zone is very simple: insectoid swarm, fungal carpet spread, Wings of Apocalypse Dragon Flame scorching the earth.

If the First Legion's influx speed matched that of the Wings of Apocalypse, then the First Legion would surely lose, because Su Xiao is now a supreme powerhouse; he forcefully charged toward the Crimson Fortress, and unless the Nursery's strongest daughter or the Abyssal Lord intervenes, no one can stop him.

The Nursery's strongest daughter probably hasn't awakened yet, and the Abyssal Lord won't act because of this, as it would interrupt the Abyss's invasion of the entire Star Realm; though the Star Realm's worlds currently show no Abyssal spread, the Abyssal infiltration level of the entire Star Realm has already reached 42.95%.

The Abyssal side has two ways to win: either take the Void, this world at the Star Realm's peak, letting Abyssal energy quickly spread downward, or let the Abyssal infiltration level of the entire Star Realm exceed 95%; by then, perhaps only the still-defending Void remains, while everywhere else has been invaded by the Abyss.

Su Xiao walked out of the main camp; a heat wave hit him face-on; explosion sounds, battle cries, and roars entered his ears; the air held the damp, dark feeling of Abyssal energy; he took a deep breath and raised his hand toward a distant dark giant leader.

Suddenly, the dark giant fighting hard on the field felt a strong sense of fear; since becoming a dark vanguard, it had no idea what fear was.

At this moment, it recalled its childhood, when the beast that swallowed its parents and siblings walked over the rotten wood where it hid, the Abyssal Bottom Bite, claws stepping on black rotting wood, making a crackling sound, with the blood of its close ones on the claws dripping down through the cracks onto its face.

The dark giant leader's body burst with black blood, as dark blood blades half-emerged from its body; not only it, but a large area of Abyssal giant beasts and twisted tree-men around it were the same, and they all died instantly on the spot.

Moreover, these blood blades emerged from the body; this is not blood blades at all, but rather blood spears with blade tips on the front section, each over three meters long; compared to the blood swords lacking guards and grips, looking four-not-like, Su Xiao chose the blood spear.

Yes, this is his "Blade Domain"; upon activating the "Blade Domain," enemies within range will instantly suffer internal blood blade attacks, piercing their bodies.

The first form of attack is blood blades, whose number depends on the enemy's size; twisted tree-men likely suffer three blood blades piercing them simultaneously; like dark giants, they have several hundred, and the blood blade's attack power is based on 75% of Su Xiao's "Heavenly Blade Cutting Shadow"; after forming one blood blade, the terrifying outward charge is enough to instantly kill dark giants with astonishingly high health.

When blood blades detach, or they absorb the enemy's remaining blood to form blood spears, a black blood spear flies back, floating behind Su Xiao; as he moves forward, blood spears fly out one after another.

With a whoosh, a blood spear shot out, piercing layer after layer of air waves, striking a twisted tree-man; this twisted tree-man had just used the spines on its tree arms to pierce a Phantom Feather participant's body, lifting it up, and then the root tip on the other shoulder shot out a destruction ray, blasting the Phantom Feather participant screaming as blood flowed down its legs.

Pfft!

The blood spear pierced the twisted tree-man's chest, causing its eyes to bulge to the limit; it was pierced through by three blood blades in succession, feeling no reaction—not because its willpower was strong enough to ignore such pain, but because after taking one blood spear, it was already dead through and through.

Why did Su Xiao turn blood blades into blood spears? Because the "Blade Domain" retains only the blade characteristic, which is entirely derived from his core ability "Heavenly Blade Cutting Shadow," and "Heavenly Blade Cutting Shadow" is the ultimate technique blooming from the three methods, including the Blood Spear Master.

"Lv. EX Ultimate Ability·Annihilating Blood Spear: This 'Annihilating Blood Spear' has the 'Absolute Piercing' trait; when piercing an enemy's vital spot (trunk or more critical location) with this 'Annihilating Blood Spear,' it causes massive damage and will definitely shatter one of the enemy's 'Life Cores'."

Yes, what Su Xiao transformed from blood blades is fundamentally a bunch of 'Annihilating Blood Spears'; their attack power isn't a matter of high or low—it's that their 'Absolute Piercing' makes their attack strength equivalent to a 'Life Core'.

Therefore, even same-rank enemies cannot continuously resist the killing of the 'Blade Domain'; of course, in a one-on-one death match against a strong enemy, there is no situation where the 'Blade Domain' stacks to this extent, and although the 'Annihilating Blood Spear' is fiercely powerful, it has a time limit.

When fighting strong enemies, the 'Blade Domain' has two uses: 1. to block the enemy's supreme domain, 2. to suddenly form several blood blades inside the enemy's body and stab out, interrupting the enemy's key ability and dealing heavy damage.

Pfft!

Four 'Annihilating Blood Spears' detached from the corpse of the just-dead twisted tree-man, floated back behind Su Xiao; as Su Xiao walked on the battlefield, tens of thousands of blood spears had already appeared behind him.

Su Xiao paused on the battlefield where battle cries soared and metal burned, looking at a nearby dying demon race participant; he hadn't expected the Blazing Sun Star to actually have demon race.

"Save me..."

As the horned demon race's words fell, it was struck by the dark ones' black light pillar; the ground appeared as a hundred-meter-wide circular depression sinking straight down, and the blood pool on the ground surged toward it, filling it; sometimes on the battlefield it suddenly vanishes, not a spatial system, but a blood pit created by stepping into darkness and blasting out.

Su Xiao's tens of thousands of blood spears behind him, under his control, suddenly spread outward, blood spears shooting down enemies one by one, their number continuously rising; newly formed blood spears also joined the shooting; for a moment, centered on Su Xiao, the surrounding Abyssal Legion rapidly collapsed, but due to the Abyssal Legion's toughness, they immediately replenished—yet the charging speed couldn't match the blood spear slaughter.

Yes, this is the supreme realm: one person just blocking the Abyssal Legion head-on; Su Xiao continued stepping forward; wherever he passed, blood flowed like rivers, shattered armor fragments scattered, broken weapons plunged into the ground; the once blood-fighting Heaven's Initiation Contractors gradually stopped fighting, because the enemies before them all died instantly from suddenly bursting blood blades inside their bodies.

The recently arrived reinforcements Giant Mountain, Black启Star, Soul Mage, Luo Luo Ka, Heavenly Emperor, and other peak figures stared in shock at this scene; as peak beings, they understood better than others how terrifying these blood spears were—the sharpness and penetration threat made even those with Life Cores feel obvious danger, as if a sharp object pressed against their eyeballs, almost about to pierce them.

Looking down from above, a magnificent scene appeared: the Abyssal Legion surging from the opposite side, facing countless blood spears and the elemental dragon flame spitting from above, as if gripped by a giant hand, pushed toward their main camp, the Crimson Fortress.

Su Xiao closed a series of prompts; unfortunately, this world lacks the kind of mission from the Hai Feng battlefield to destroy the Abyssal Gate; it seems such a mission only appears when one's war zone is initially disadvantaged to a certain extent.

Just as Su Xiao prepared to charge forward toward the Crimson Fortress, this fortress several ten thousand meters high, as if a switch had been pressed, suddenly stopped outward surges of the Abyssal Legion, while the original Abyssal Legion, from the start of battle to now, retreated for the first time, leaving corpses everywhere, and the battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

The participants on the field looked at each other, and in the end, Holy Song Samantha, Black Qixing, and the Soul Mages reached a conclusion: the Abyssal Legion was driven back by supreme-rank hunters and elemental insectoids, or rather, Abyssal Governor Moyam realized the situation was hopeless and decisively abandoned this main battlefield.

The Abyssal Legion seemed endless, but it was not; the Abyssal races were skilled in war, but there was no such thing as mass-producing troops—they simply feared no death, giving enemies the feeling of endless despair; the endless part was the cannon fodder of the Abyssal Legion, those dark beasts.

Keeping the advantage on the decisive Void battlefield, no matter how you look at it, is a wise move.

What needs to be done next is simple: let the Wing of Apocalypse devour the "Elemental Crystal Core," spit elemental dragon flame at the Crimson Fortress, and in two hours, the Abyssal corruption level in this world will visibly decline until the Abyssal Gate appears; under the spray of hundreds of elemental dragon flames, the gate emits a cracking sound and finally collapses with a boom.

Holy Song Samantha watched this scene, and for a moment felt it unreal; seeing this, her old friend the Heavenly Emperor said:

"We didn't win completely; the enemy abandoned this main battlefield due to our strong reinforcements. I wish the Abyssal faction had held this, so in the subsequent Void decisive battle, we'd have an advantage."

The Heavenly Emperor's words caused the contractors nearby, who were about to cheer, to gradually lower their voices.

【Hint (Void Tree): You have won the main battlefield of Blazing Sun Star.】

【Verified that you played a decisive role in this battle; you earned 128,532 merit points.】

【Your seal level increased to Lv. 5, reaching Lv. 110 (seal level limit).】

……

This gain pales compared to winning the Wind Sea Continent battle, partly because the Wind Sea theater was nearly a lost cause, and partly because this strike against the Abyssal faction was not large enough.

In the Wind Sea theater, the enemy's Abyssal Gate operated at full capacity for nearly two days, while the Blazing Sun Star's Abyssal Gate was fully open for less than an hour—this also shows the difference between Abyssal Governor Moyam and Grand Marshal Alva Eso: the former is more steady, the latter more aggressive.

Of the five main battlefields, only two have been taken so far; Su Xiao's feet appeared with a Law-Ending Teleportation Array.

"Mr. Bai Ye..."

Dong~!

Fei Qixiu had just begun speaking when Su Xiao vanished; Fei Qixiu raised his hand, then smoothed his hair, and the others present, having just won a main battlefield, looked at each other and knew what Fei Qixiu was about to ask.

"Need to ask? Of course, the Witch Realm."

Ironblood Rose Bettanshina spoke.

"I just wanted to confirm: if Mr. Bai Ye needs our help, we can assist. Gaining such a victory, I feel a bit embarrassed."

Fei Qixiu finished speaking and smiled; hearing this, Lady Z coldly snorted, crossed her arms, and said:

"What's there to be embarrassed about? After lying back and winning a few battles, give 50% of the free-win gains to Mr. Bai Ye. In Wind Sea I didn't lie back—I nearly died; on Blazing Sun Star I purely lay back. One half each. Later, when Mr. Bai Ye goes to duel the Abyssal Lord alone, if he loses, it's still a total defeat."

Lady Z's words gained everyone's agreement; she continued: "Mr. Bai Ye definitely went to the Witch Realm. Regardless, the Witch Realm's Abyssal corruption is at 95%, and it's said the Moon Witch is his old flame—this definitely needs a rescue."

"Oh?"

The perpetually stern and unsmiling Black Qixing relaxed his brows, wearing an expression of "tell me more." He usually ignores others' gossip, but he's willing to hear this one.

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"Goodbye."

Lady Z chose to reinforce the Witch Realm; those present felt a silent "greeting" as she left after starting something—truly hateful.

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Witch Realm, our main base.

The spatial fluctuations had subsided for a while; Su Xiao felt the Wind Sea theater's main base was bad enough, but the Witch Realm's main base refreshed that notion.

The entire main base interior was stained with blood; the ground littered with flesh chunks, severed limbs, the ceiling riddled with breaches, the Abyssal purification device covered in attack marks, some outer layers seemingly cracked, allowing black fluid to seep in.

Amid the severed limbs, a figure stood—it was the Moon Witch, whom we had just met; her moon-white long dress's hem stained red with blood, her metal high-heeled shoes standing in a pool of blood, behind her a slightly damaged full moon; around her lay several slain primordial Abyssal entities.

It seems during the Falling Star event, the Moon Witch was hiding her strength; likely so, since she wasn't trying to seize the Abyssal Heart—being too strong invites jealousy, too weak invites suspicion; in the middle-lower tiers, staying low is safest.

"Withdrawn?"

Su Xiao scanned the surroundings, saw no combatants, no Abyssal Legion; judging by aura, the fighters were in the underground area of the main base.

"They judged you were coming and immediately withdrew."

"……"

Su Xiao took out a summoning scroll, summoned Cie La; if the Abyssal Legion simply withdrew, it would be troublesome—without mass slaughter of Abyssal races, the nest cannot gather enough "Elemental Crystal Cores," meaning no mass-producing Wing of Apocalypse, no spitting elemental dragon flame to rapidly grow this world's elemental power and suppress Abyssal corruption.

Even so, each main battlefield must be cleared; after Cie La arrived, our insect nest was preliminarily established; once the mycelial mat spread, the battlefield's leftover Abyssal Legion corpses were completely consumed.

Seeing this, the Moon Witch also judged the situation was wrong and asked: "What should we do?"

"Two options."

Su Xiao spoke while pressing one hand on his sword hilt.

"Go on."

Moon Witch Serhelis gazed at Su Xiao wistfully; she felt this man had no good plan.

"I can now annihilate the Witch Realm; when this world begins to collapse, the Abyssal corruption will be cleared..."

Before Su Xiao finished, Moon Witch Serhelis interrupted: "Next option."

"Wind Sea has many Elemental Crystal Cores, but they require spacetime power certification to be brought here."

"I will provide that spacetime power certification."

Between annihilating the Witch Realm and certifying a batch of Elemental Crystal Cores from Wind Sea, the Moon Witch hesitated not and chose the latter.

The revitalized Wind Sea Continent is clearly better off than the Witch Sea by several measures; plus, Wind Sea has no natives, so the Witch Realm's major factions migrating there is feasible—but from the Moon Witch's resolute gaze, it's clear she means her homeland is fine, and she won't bring the Witch Realm's people to move.

At this moment, the Moon Witch dares not waver in attitude; can she soften? Even slightly softening would mean losing her lifelong home; this person before her has already slain Falling Star, Eternal Star, and Eternal Light Realm—three major worlds.

The Moon Witch has no doubt: this entity has already ascended to supreme power, capable of slaying the Witch Realm even after its reinforcement—aside from the extreme Void battlefield, it seems no world can withstand its full-force strike.

Moments later, the transmission fluctuation reappeared; Bubu Wang and Bahha returned; the team's storage space gained over ten thousand "Elemental Crystal Cores"; naturally, the Moon Witch paid the certification fee; as for whether so many "Elemental Crystals" can cleanse the Witch Realm, don't worry about these details—right now, catching someone willing to pay the certification fee, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom side can't find such a leader.

Still following the Blazing Sun theater's process: elemental dragon flame sprayed at a flesh-and-blood fortress; this fortress of several ten thousand meters is merely a shell—the vital parts have been moved; this fortress represents the Blood Legion Commander Lai Tihua of the Third Legion, who excels at siege-breaking; here in the Witch Realm, he quickly pierced the combatants' defenses.

The three Abyssal Legion leaders: Abyssal Governor Moyam excels at grasping the big picture, commands the strongest legion, and grants buffs to his subordinates; Grand Marshal Alva Eso excels at defense—no matter how fierce the enemy's offense, his commanded legions stand unmoving; Blood Legion Commander Lai Tihua excels at offense, extreme charges and ambushes, breaking open a bloody wound in enemy lines.

Facing one alone is already very troublesome; next, on the Void battlefield, we must face all three simultaneously.

Hours later, the projection of the Abyssal Gate on the Witch Realm collapsed with a boom; a biting dark wind pressure hit face-on; standing amidst floating embers, the Moon Witch slowly exhaled, glanced wistfully at the Slayer sitting cross-legged on the flat head of a Wing of Apocalypse—the Witch Realm was held.

Under Cie La's control, all insectoid units began dying, falling onto the mycelial mat and being absorbed into "Elemental Crystal Cores"; when the Witch Realm returned to its former state—no, should be more balanced between Abyssal and elemental forces than before—the Law-Ending Teleportation Array appeared beneath Su Xiao's feet.

Ancient Dragon Kingdom main base, front gate.

The contractors of the Death Paradise, whether standing or sitting here, from their wounds and the degree of Abyssal energy erosion, had just finished the battle in this place. The three consecutive victories from Wind Sea, Blazing Sun, and Witch made the victory of the Ancient Dragon Realm inevitable, and the Abyssal invasion level here has remained around 30%. The Death Veterans have always been strong.

At the same time, in the Myriad Races Realm, the major star realm powers and the contractors and violators of the Dawn Paradise are fully attacking the Abyssal Gate ahead.

In the command center of the Myriad Races Realm's main base, the various clan leaders and the Lord of the Underworld are all watching this scene. The fists clenched under the tables of the various clan leaders all represent one thing: they must seize the Myriad Races Realm before the Ancient Dragon Realm.

At the same time, in the Ancient Dragon Realm, a wing of world-destroying destruction is spewing elemental dragon flames at the Abyssal Gate, and on the true projection of this Abyssal Gate, cracks begin to appear.

Almost simultaneously, the Myriad Races Realm, which had been bombarding the true projection of the Abyssal Gate with attacks, is also not slow in efficiency. Just moments ago, the clan leaders who were still in the command center have now personally taken the field.

With a crack, the towering true projection of the Abyssal Gate thousands of meters away transmitted a brittle sound. The Feather Clan Leader·Wei. Us, the Devil Clan Leader, and the current clan leader of the Gilthilliu Family·Gilthilliu·Ordin, among others, felt their hearts uplifted. Afterwards, everyone would gather in the Void Battle Zone, finally no longer needing to suffer utter humiliation, but the next second……

【Announcement (Void Tree): The Ancient Dragon Realm has successfully repelled the Abyssal Legion and achieved victory.】

Not long after this announcement appeared, the Abyssal Gate of the Myriad Races Realm shattered with a boom, and on the wilderness where dark embers flew, the victorious major star realm powers and the Dawn contractors did not cheer, for it was too humiliating. In the five main battlefields, the Myriad Races Realm had a dreamlike start, with the initial Abyssal invasion level below 5%, yet it was the last to secure victory.

At this moment, inside the main base of the Ancient Dragon Realm, Su Xiao had just closed a series of prompts when he felt a teleportation sensation arise. The next second, the main base of the Ancient Dragon Realm where he was began to collapse, and he was teleported away.

When the teleportation sensation subsided, he arrived at the core main base of the Void Battlefield. Compared to the main base of the main battlefield, this one is several times larger, and the number of merit shops is also greater.

Moreover, the towering "Abyssal Purification Device" stands at the center of the main base. Unlike before, there are now five "Secondary Abyssal Purification Devices" around it, each nearly half its height. These are precisely the five "Abyssal Purification Devices" from the five major battle zones earlier, and the one from the Witch Battle Zone is the most recognizable, with multiple damage marks on it.

【Announcement (Void Tree): In this Abyssal War, our side has achieved a stage victory. According to the preset notarization before the war began, when our side secures victory in the five major battle zones, the Void's "Core Abyssal Purification Device" has shifted to interference frequency, ensuring that during the subsequent 48-hour ceasefire, the Abyssal invasion level of the star realms will increase at an extremely slow pace.】

【The war boundary has fallen, located at the center of the Void Battlefield. Our units can pass through this boundary, while the Abyssal faction cannot. This boundary will exist for 48 hours……

……

More than a dozen announcements appeared in total. Su Xiao viewed them and then closed them, finally entering the ceasefire phase. This is the advantage gained after our side won five consecutive battles. The Abyssal faction does not need to rest, but our participants, having endured the bloody battle in the first half, are already physically and mentally exhausted. Some, after being teleported to the Void main base, casually laid something on the metal floor and fell asleep with their heads down.

Su Xiao walked toward the outside of the main base. Just as he stepped out, a strong smell of blood and burnt odor came over him. What met his eyes was blood plasma and muddy sludge, as well as the craters blasted out. Xu Xu blue smoke drifted in the distance, and layers of faintly bright and dark boundary walls divided the Void into two.

On the opposite side of the boundary wall, the towering Abyssal Gate stood. Suddenly, Su Xiao noticed something was amiss. On the right side of the towering Abyssal Gate, a conspicuous black mark appeared. Upon close observation, this was clearly a half-open door phantom, indistinguishable from the Abyssal Gate beside it.

Boom—

The dark tremor shook the earth. As the battle entered the second half, the second Abyssal Gate of the Abyssal faction finally opened.

【Prompt (Void Tree): As you are the captain of the strongest reinforcement squad, you have accepted this war mission.】

【War Mission·Breach.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. ψ

Mission Content: Destroy the three major nodes of the second Abyssal Gate, causing this newly appeared Abyssal Gate to collapse.

Prompt: The three major nodes are currently in a state of power boiling and cannot be destroyed. They can only be attacked after 72 hours. If, in the following few natural days, these three nodes are not destroyed, these three stages will become completely solidified and cannot be destroyed. Consequently, the second Abyssal Gate corresponding to them can only be slowly destroyed by investing in the "Abyssal Purification Device."

Prompt: The three major nodes are located respectively in the Land of Forgetfulness, the Black Abyss (enemy-occupied area), and the Abyssal Dragon Bottom (enemy-occupied area).

Mission Duration: None.

Mission Reward: Determined by the final destruction outcome.

Mission Penalty: If the second Abyssal Gate opens, the third Abyssal Gate will open in succession.

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(End of Chapter)