"A great victory! A great victory! We won! We saved the world! We drove back that monster!"
The outcome had effectively been decided the moment the God Above Gods left.
Yet it was only when the Xing Tian Evil Beast fell that news of victory finally spread throughout the nation—throughout the world.
The campaign against the Dragon Serpent was still underway, but everyone knew the war was over. Humanity had ultimately defended its home.
"We overcame this trial. We proved to the multiverse that we deserve to survive!"
Lu PingAn looked up at the sky and watched the weather finally begin to clear. He, too, let out a breath of relief.
In a sense, the expenditure of Life Points had reduced his reserves to practically nothing overnight.
But considering the gains alone, Lu PingAn knew he had made an absolute killing this time.
"I need to prepare to advance."
His Spiritual Intuition had warned him repeatedly. This time, he could no longer suppress it.
Still, his advancement might be somewhat unusual. At the very least, it would take a great deal of time, so he needed to settle the matters at hand first.
Shaking his head to drive away the drowsiness welling up again, Lu PingAn contacted headquarters directly. But once the call connected, all he heard from the Command HQ was cheering and raucous noise.
It seemed they had yet to emerge from the afterglow of victory.
Things were much more normal on Lu PingAn's side. Everyone felt as if they were about to collapse. Their minds and bodies had long since been drained dry. Even if death could restore the flesh, the exhaustion of the mind and soul had reached its limit.
That thing had consumed far too much energy.
Lu PingAn did not dare imagine how much