Retreat—no matter what form it took, once the commanding general withdrew first, there was no way the soldiers could all escape unscathed. The warriors led by Demon Lord Jiulu were no exception. They had arrived twenty-five thousand strong and left with only fifteen thousand; at least two thousand of them had been killed during the retreat.
The Heavenly Demon Realm army's second offensive ended in such an anticlimactic fashion. Their idea had been sound: the Zerg army was vast and impossible to wipe out, so capturing or killing Ye Luo was the best way to crush the Zerg. Thus, Qili and Baxia led the main force on the front lines to draw the Zerg's attention while Jiulu personally launched a sneak attack from the rear. Unfortunately, they had underestimated the Zerg's strength!
A day later.
"My Emperor, the Zerg Hive has completed its upgrade to Level 11!"
Boom! The fleshy tissue encasing the Zerg Hive at the center of the Zerg structures burst apart with a deafening explosion, and an entirely new power radiated outward. The Ye brothers immediately advanced from Level 15 to Level 16, while the injuries they had sustained in the previous battle were completely healed in the blink of an eye!
"My Emperor, the Level 11 Zerg Hive upgrade has succeeded. Two new unit types have been unlocked: the energy-gathering unit, Devourer, and the large-scale siege unit, Ironclad Octopus! Remaining energy after the Zerg Hive upgrade: 253 million Level 1 energy, 52 million Level 2 energy, 2.3 million Level 3 energy, and 35,200 Level 4 energy! Seventy percent of the pure energy source has been gathered. The remaining energy equals 1.5 million Level 3 energy and 10,000 Level 4 energy. Once fully absorbed, it will be possible to upgrade the Level 3 Heart of the Swarm