Reinforcements

Just three short years later.

The massive rebellion had been completely crushed by Zhou Ming.

The rebel forces from more than 50,000 planes had paid the price of being beaten into collapse, in exchange for a chorus of submission proclaiming their "loyal support for the Guild's rule."

They had submitted.

All the planar forces had submitted—some after being beaten into submission, others after being frightened into submission. In any case, every last one had yielded.

During this war to suppress the rebellion, Zhou Ming's Purification Fleet suffered only minor losses. Out of over a hundred million warships, fewer than 100,000 had been lost, for a casualty rate of one-thousandth.

In short, it was a perfect victory.

With that, Zhou Ming had settled every destabilizing factor on the material plane. But what was the situation in the Energy Layer now?

How was the war to encircle and eliminate the ancient gods progressing?

Had the nearly ten thousand Antivirus Guardians wiped out all fewer than two hundred ancient gods?

No.

Less than half had been eliminated so far. Around one hundred destructive ancient gods still remained.

And the situation on the Antivirus Squad's side was far from optimistic.

It was even somewhat bleak.

What was going on?

The ancient gods were simply too cunning. Their individual combat strength was formidable, and they held the home-field advantage. Although the Antivirus Squad had greater numbers and their combat power had gradually risen in the later stages, they still had no way to deal with the ancient gods. Other than passive defense, they had no good countermeasures.

Moreover, under the ancient gods' repeated ambushes and attacks, the Antivirus Squad had suffered devastating losses over these three years, losing more than half its personnel.

Of the nearly ten thousand Antivirus Guardians, 6,203 had already been lost,