Chapter 84: Tragic

Two hours later, the two sides fought a massive battle ten thousand li away, in a jungle.

A blood‑red spacecraft landed on the ground, and its hatch opened.

"So refreshing!" Wu sighed within Xiao Yu's Sea of Knowledge.

"Gaining over 70,000 Stellar‑level Ninth Tier souls at once, some of which belong to Spiritual Mind Masters—how could I not be thrilled," Xiao Yu smiled.

"Haha, these are yours now," Wu laughed, releasing a stream of pure Soul Power into Xiao Yu's Sea of Knowledge.

"Can I absorb these?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled, as in his experience Soul Power always bears a mark.

"Haha, these Soul Powers have been refined by me, the marks removed," Wu said with a smile.

"Remove the marks?"

"That's the special nature of soul life; normally Soul Power contains a life imprint, but soul‑type beings can have those imprints refined away."

Without the imprint, the Soul Power contains no memories or such content—just pure Soul Power, and absorbing it causes no side effects.

Xiao Yu's soul, like a nebula, extended a single tendril into the pure Soul Power, absorbed it, and instantly felt an unparalleled comfort, a bliss he had never known.

Suddenly.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two blood‑red shadows darted into the spacecraft; one slipped into Xiao Yu's left hand, the other into Luo Feng's arm, and both suddenly found a cluster of Space Rings in their hands.

"Quick, check the loot!" Lei Shen asked eagerly.

Xiao Yu inspected them, holding thirty‑six Space Rings, and said happily, "Among my thirty‑six Space Rings, one likely belongs to the brigade leader and contains 2.68 million Leiting Stones; the other thirty‑five hold a total of 520,000 Leiting Stones. There are also three exchanged treasures."

"So we've obtained 3.2 million Leiting Stones this time," Lei Shen said joyfully.

"And that's not all! Luo Feng's count hasn't been added yet," Hong added, also very pleased.

"I have a total of 4.2 million Leiting Stones, more than Brother San's side, plus many Universe Crystals and the like," Luo Feng said, "Brother San, shall we continue?"

"Continue." Xiao Yu nodded in confirmation.

After each fed their Moyun Vines some material and released them, the two blood‑red shadows slipped back underground.

Ba Ba Ta and Wu followed; without Ba Ba Ta's and Wu's guidance, Xiao Yu and Luo Feng could not command their battle aboard the spacecraft.

"Looks like I have to toil again! The underground really isn't a place for people," Wu complained.

…

The Core Area, the allied camp, lie within the region occupied by Holy Black Dragon Mountain.

"Your Highness, it's bad—after the Fourth Brigade encountered the White Tiger Tower Brigade, all its members lost contact!" a subordinate in black armor reported tremblingly.

"What is Lachi doing, after all the trust I placed in him!" Ailik felt a phantom fire flare in his heart, angrily smashing the cup in his hand onto the alloy floor, which rang with a loud clatter.

The Seventh Brigade, fighting Sanfu Mountain, faced a Universe‑level powerhouse on the enemy side, losing more than half its troops. Meanwhile, none of the Fourth Brigade's Leiting Stones were turned in, and they were all destroyed.

The more Ailik thought, the angrier he became, and he slapped the alloy seat with his palm.

…

In the Inter‑Realm, two million troops slaughtered each other. Various conspiracies unfolded, and because they could communicate via the Virtual Cosmic Network, the factions could form covert alliances.

As time passed, the melee grew ever more intense.

Between the Two Great Holy Lands, Holy Black Dragon Mountain and the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom, and among the four major organizations such as White Tiger Tower, only a coalition of the twenty‑six great families can stand against the first two.

And the Realm Lords behind these forces would never abandon the treasure hunt, even if all those people were exhausted. To those Realm Lords, the two‑million army is merely cannon fodder for acquiring valuable relics.

…

The fiercer the Inter‑Realm's chaos, the more some rejoice.

To avoid harsher scrutiny after emerging, Xiao Yu didn't let Wu act personally; instead, he had Wu, like Ba Ba Ta, command Little Mo to ambush valuable targets amid the melee.

With more brigade and squad leaders falling to ambushes, the Realm Lords behind the major powers grew alert.

"In the Inter‑Realm, there should be a Universe‑level Spiritual Mind Master whose Mind‑force Weapon excels at tunneling! Burrowing underground, he ambushes and kills brigade and squad leaders one after another. All teams, be cautious."

As each brigade's vigilance rose, Xiao Yu's group's ambush efficiency dropped considerably.

…

The Inter‑Realm war lasted a month and a half before ending. From nearly two million combatants at the start, only about six hundred thousand survived; a full 1.4 million Stellar‑level Ninth Tier lives were forever lost in the Inter‑Realm.

The brutality of the conflict is evident.

In the dense forest, a blood‑red space vessel hovered within.

"It's over!" Xiao Yu couldn't help exclaiming; the ferocity of this battle was something he had only witnessed in his past life on the Ten Thousand Tribes battlefield.

"Indeed! Finally over!" Lei Shen also let out a sigh.

Luo Feng gently patted the Moyun Vine on his arm, feeling relieved.

This month and a half yielded a great haul for them.

"A total of thirteen treasures and 16.8 million Leiting Stones," Xiao Yu said, looking at Hong, Lei Shen and Luo Feng. "Brother One, Brother Two, Fourth, let's return to base."

"This trip wasn't easy!" Lei Shen rubbed his bald head, pondering.

"Hard though it is, we must go; the exchange for the treasures can only be done there!" Luo Feng's expression turned serious.

"The allied base forbids killing, but outside the base it's allowed," Hong said solemnly. "We must be careful on the way and avoid those squads as much as possible."

"First we'll board the spacecraft; once we're close, we'll choose a safe spot to land," Xiao Yu said.

The vessel's detection range reaches five hundred thousand kilometers, and its speed is thousands of times faster than Stellar‑level, easily evading those adventuring squads.

Near the allied forces, about ten thousand kilometers away, the spacecraft landed; Xiao Yu waved his hand and reclaimed the vessel.

"The rest of the journey we'll fly ourselves," Xiao Yu said calmly.

The six of Xiao Yu's party surged forward at breakneck speed, ignoring any thousand‑person squads; only groups larger than a thousand were avoided.

Seeing their reckless confidence, few squads dared to block them; anyone who survived to now cannot be a fool, and those with such confidence are certainly not ordinary.

Yet, when they flew to a point 3,125 km from the allied base, a thousand‑person squad, unwilling to concede, rose to test the strength of Xiao Yu's six.

After a crackling barrage, Six Path Light Flow flashed, leaving a field of corpses stripped of every valuable item.

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