A hundred thousand years later.
Ji Hu Pass.
This was an utterly ordinary border pass within humanity's territory. Beyond it lay the territory of the Illusory God Clan.
The entire pass was guarded by only one hundred thousand human soldiers.
Liu Ming was the commander of Ji Hu Pass. He had graduated from Divine Sun Third Mecha Academy. Though his grades had not been outstanding, he had still graduated with the cultivation of a Twenty-Fourth Order Beginningless Immortal King.
After cultivating at the academy for a thousand years, he had been assigned to Ji Hu Pass as its commander upon graduation.
He had served here for more than eight hundred years.
After serving for a full thousand years, he could apply for reassignment and enter Divine Sun Second Mecha Academy for further study.
"Report!"
"General! An Illusory God Clan army is heading toward Ji Hu Pass!"
At that moment, a scout flew in from outside, dropping to one knee in salute as he reported.
Ji Hu Pass had one thousand guards, all students who had graduated from Divine Sun Twenty-first Mecha Academy. Like him, they had been here for more than eight hundred years.
After guarding the pass for a thousand years, they could be transferred away and promoted to Divine Sun Eleventh Mecha Academy for further study.
"How many?"
Liu Ming's expression remained calm as he asked indifferently.
"Five million!"
The scout answered.
"Why did only you return?"
"Where is your captain?"
Liu Ming suddenly thought of something and asked.
Among the thousand guards under his command, there were only two scout squads, each with fifty members.
Scouts were naturally all elites.
Every scout possessed Twenty-First Order cultivation.
As for the captains, they possessed Twenty-Third Order cultivation.
"The captain..."
The scout's expression immediately turned strange. He hesitated before saying: