The Price! Clearing Out the Remaining Enemies

"Perhaps... this is the price we must pay on the path to becoming strong!"

Mengqian seemed to be speaking to herself, but also to Li Ze.

After that, Mengqian did not say another word. She sat there quietly, looking at her teammates who had yet to awaken, while memories of the days she had spent with Luan, Shantuo, Lan Teng, and the others replayed in her mind.

Two days later, the members of Tongfeng Team and the surviving members of the other teams gradually woke up.

The immense grief of losing their teammates hung heavily in the air, but no one cried. For soldiers who had battled in the Outer Domain Battlefield for many years, crying was a sign of disrespect toward their fallen comrades.

While they waited, a Demon Race team cautiously approached to investigate the area. The surviving members of several Human Race teams, enraged by the loss of their comrades, directly blasted them into fragments.

The members of Tongfeng Team woke up one after another. After the grief subsided, Li Ze learned why they had survived.

As an Illusionist, Jirui Yu was similar to Mengqian. When the final battle began, she had also been positioned at the very edge of the battlefield. The moment she noticed the attack, she unleashed an escape secret technique and fled outward. However, her secret technique was slower than Mengqian's, so her injuries were more severe.

Most of the surviving members from the other Human Race teams had likewise not ventured deeply into the battlefield.

Lairui'er had mainly escaped because of his profound comprehension of the light Origin Law and his faster escape secret technique. Furthermore, at the time of the attack, he had just worked with others to kill a Demon Race opponent. With nothing obstructing him and a swift reaction, he had managed to escape from the battlefield.

Han Fu, meanwhile, had used his great hammer to defend someone else. A Demon Race attack struck him and sent him flying out of the battlefield. Before he could return, he saw the attack coming and hurriedly fled.

During the battle, Lan Kun had been relatively close to the center of the battlefield. Just before the attack arrived, he and his older brother Lan Teng had only managed to escape a short distance. In the end, Lan Teng used his own body to shield his younger brother from the explosive energy, buying Lan Kun a slim chance at survival.

Lan Kun was the most severely injured of them all and was the last to wake up.

"Everyone, we cannot keep drowning in grief. There are still many Demon Race and Mechanical Race enemies in the Space-time Fortress that we need to kill." After a long while, seeing everyone still immersed in sorrow, Li Ze had no choice but to step forward and counsel them.

"That's right! Only by killing all the Demon Race and Mechanical Race enemies in the Space-time Fortress can we comfort our fallen teammates. We must carry their wish to reach the pinnacle of the universe and keep moving forward." As the team captain, Lairui'er quickly adjusted his mindset as well.

With Li Ze and Lairui'er's encouragement, everyone gradually recovered.

"I won't let you get away with this even if I die!"

Boom!

A tremendous self-destruction blast resounded through one region of the Space-time Fortress.

Not far from the explosion, Feng He appeared, his wings shimmering with five-colored flowing light.

He stared coldly at the scene of the self-destruction in the distance without saying a word.

The other members of Blue Dream Team stood nearby as well, glaring with hatred at the Mechanical Race soldier who had self-destructed.

"Croak!"

An earth-shaking frog croak rang out through one area of the Space-time Fortress.

A Demon Race team of thirty members nearby was directly invaded by an invisible wave of void psychic force.

The entire team instantly fell into an illusion.

The other members of the Nether Frogman Race, who had already drawn their weapons, immediately charged toward the Demon Race in the distance.

After a bloody slaughter, every soldier in the Demon Race team was killed.

"Big Brother, Third Brother, Sixth Brother, Ninth Sister, rest assured. My remaining brothers and I will do everything we can to survive, kill our enemies, and rebuild the Nether Frogman Race!" Nether Frog Si muttered as he watched the slaughter ahead.

"Run!"

"Don't fight these Human Race soldiers, or they'll quickly summon other Human Race teams!"

A team of thirty Mechanical Race soldiers was surrounded and attacked by a Human Race team of more than a hundred soldiers.

"Surround them! I've already notified a universe warlord team. They're heading this way, and we'll split the points between our two teams!"

The Human Race team captain transmitted his voice to his teammates, boosting their morale and urging them to intensify their attacks.

Meanwhile, the relatively powerful Mechanical Race quasi-universe warlord team was wholly focused on escaping.

Boom!

"Ah, no!"

A cluster of azure Crystal Lotuses had turned into deadly weapons, instantly piercing through the chests of more than a dozen Demon Race soldiers still trapped within Jirui Yu's illusion.

Before they could defend themselves, they woke amid excruciating pain only to find black holes shrouded in water mist left in their bodies. Every organ within them had been destroyed by the energy carried by the Crystal Lotuses that had entered their bodies, and their consciousness was already beginning to fade.

"Li Ze, this should be the fifty-third Demon Race team we've killed this month, right?"

At the edge of the battlefield, Li Ze and Lairui'er did not intervene. They watched Jirui Yu and Han Fu slaughter the Demon Race team while chatting.

During the month following the final battle, Li Ze, Feng He, and the others had all dispersed into different teams.

They now raced across the entire battlefield, hunting down the remaining Demon Race and Mechanical Race soldiers.

After the many most elite Universe level teams of the Demon Race and Mechanical Race had been killed, the remaining teams had completely lost the will to contend with the Human Race.

Whenever a relatively powerful Demon Race or Mechanical Race team appeared, survivors from the Human Race's top teams would immediately rush over and kill them.

Over the entire month, Human Race teams had been exceptionally active, diligently searching for Demon Race and Mechanical Race teams, joining forces with other Human Race teams to encircle and wipe them out.

The number of Demon Race and Mechanical Race soldiers in the Space-time Fortress began to plummet.

By now, more than 800,000 Universe level soldiers of the Demon Race had died throughout the Sacred Mountain Battle.

The Mechanical Race had fewer than 250,000 soldiers remaining. This was only because they possessed a relatively large number of miniature scouting puppets and had constantly been defending and evading.

Over the past month, the members of Tongfeng Team had also transformed the grief of losing their teammates into hatred for the Demon Race and Mechanical Race.

Every day, they searched for and killed the remaining Demon Race and Mechanical Race soldiers.

Throughout this month, Li Ze had spent most of his time no longer personally killing Demon Race and Mechanical Race enemies. While cultivating, he also stood guard for his teammates as they farmed points.

That was right, farming points!

After killing the teams at the top of the Demon Race and Mechanical Race scoreboards, Li Ze was now undoubtedly in first place among the Human Race in this Sacred Mountain Battle.

However, aside from Lairui'er and Lan Kun, whose points had entered the top thirty-one of the Individual Scoreboard, the other three, including Jirui Yu, had relatively few points.

As the points of all Human Race teams rapidly rose, Lairui'er and Lan Kun's standings were not entirely secure either.

The top thirty-one could become disciples under King-level Immortals. This opportunity might be the greatest stroke of fortune these Universe level soldiers would encounter in their lives.

Therefore, Li Ze had continually helped them farm points. Whenever they encountered troublesome enemies, Li Ze would seriously injure them and let the others finish them off.

When they encountered enemies of average strength, they would kill them themselves.

This continued for an entire month, and the members of Tongfeng Team finally all entered the upper ranks of the Individual Scoreboard.

Individual Scoreboard (443215/1000000)

1. Li Ze (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 419421 points

2. Feng He (1st Legion 1st Brigade Lanmeng Team): 52556 points

3. Nether Frog Si (71st Legion 1st Brigade 7th Team): 51233 points

8. Lairui'er (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 43258 points

11. Lan Kun (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 39142 points

17. Han Fu (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 28437 points

18. Jirui Yu (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 26398 points

25. Mengqian (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 19831 points

Over the past month, aside from Li Ze and Tongfeng Team frantically clearing out the remaining Demon Race and Mechanical Race soldiers, the surviving members of the other top teams from the final battle had also been slaughtering Demon Race and Mechanical Race enemies at a frantic pace.

Their points had risen quickly as well. More than sixty members of top teams had survived the final battle.

At present, all of their individual scores had entered the top one hundred and fifty of the Individual Scoreboard.

Time passed! Another month slipped by in the blink of an eye, and less than a month remained before the Sacred Mountain Battle ended.

The Human Race teams' encirclement and extermination of the Demon Race and Mechanical Race continued.

The number of Demon Race and Mechanical Race soldiers gradually dwindled.

Outside the Space-time Fortress, at the Human Race Immortal gathering site.

Numerous Human Race immortals watched the screens ahead, where Human Race teams periodically killed soldiers from the other two races.

They discussed the situation cheerfully. Some immortals had even taken out fine wines they had treasured for years to share with the good friends around them.

As the person in charge of the Sacred Mountain Battle, King Huilei was in an excellent mood with victory at hand. A smile hung on his face as he listened to the congratulations and conversations of the many immortals.

"Zhu Tian, the Sacred Mountain Battle is about to end. Our Human Race has won ten additional slots to enter the Qishen Treasure Vault. So, will you apply for a slot this time?" King Yuchi asked King Zhutian beside him with a smile, holding a crystal wine glass in his hand.

"Of course. When the Qishen Treasure Vault opened last time, I was in a secret realm and did not participate. This time, I have to apply for a slot and give it a try." King Zhutian nodded directly at the question.

"With your contributions to the Human Race over so many years, one of the slots will certainly be yours this time. Just have your teacher apply for you when the time comes. I hope you obtain a fortuitous opportunity in the Qishen Treasure Vault and take another step forward!" King Yuchi nodded.

"How do you plan to arrange that little fellow Li Ze next? This Sacred Mountain Battle has surely made the Demon Race and Mechanical Race hate him to death. It won't be safe for him to carry out missions in the Outer Domain Battlefield army from now on!" King Zhutian smiled at King Yuchi's blessing, but raised another matter.

"I won't tell you that yet! I've already decided how to arrange him." King Yuchi gave a mysterious smile and did not say it directly.

King Zhutian looked at King Yuchi's smile, shook his head, and did not press further.

At the immortal gathering sites of the Demon Race and Mechanical Race on the other sides.

Only a scant few immortals still remained seated. Most had left in disappointment after the outcome of the Sacred Mountain Battle had been determined.

The few immortals left had been assigned by the two races' leaders for this Sacred Mountain Battle to retrieve the Universe level soldiers who had not yet died.

To be continued

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