Rhine Meik's name had disappeared, which meant he was dead. Nearly all the other Great Yu Empire cultivators who had reinforced Yellow Earth Fortress were gone as well.
It had only been a few days, and so many reinforcements had already died. If the Great Yu Empire had been left to defend the fortress, they wouldn't have lasted an hour.
This also showed just how terrifying the Giant Beast Starfield was. If the Iron Blood Territory fell, the human Outer Universe would run red with blood.
He had earned quite a few Iron Blood Points in this battle—not by killing enemies, but by holding them off. The spider monster alone had earned him over a thousand points, since he had kept it occupied for so long.
He had exchanged his previous Iron Blood Points for crystal essence, which had sent him tumbling from tenth place to somewhere in the hundreds on the rankings. Now that he had gained over a thousand points, he had climbed more than a hundred places.
He contacted Calon, and the two of them lay on a cliff on a planet. Calon had brought wine.
Calon was injured, and badly—not much better off than Huo Qingshan.
"I nearly died. Really, I was this close. If that giant beast's claw had shifted just a little farther, my head would've been gone," Calon said fearfully. Then he took a huge gulp of wine.
Lu Yin also took a huge gulp. "The best thing about this kind of battlefield is that there's no ban on drinking."
"We're cultivators, not ordinary people. We can force the alcohol out of our bodies whenever we want. It doesn't affect our ability to fight."
"You said you nearly died. What were you thinking about at that moment?"
Calon fell silent.
Lu Yin gave