In outer space.
For the first time, the Jade Emperor and Uranus fought back to back, killing their enemies together.
Not long ago, they had fought tooth and nail over who would rule Blue Star.
But faced with a common enemy, they had no choice but to unite.
Sure enough, nothing made internal conflicts disappear like pressure from outside.
But there were simply too many enemies. Even together, all they could do was delay their defeat.
After cutting down dozens of enemies with one swing of his sword, the Jade Emperor felt how little energy he had left and gave a bitter smile.
"I never thought we'd fight side by side."
The smile was bitter because, just last year, they had fought fiercely over a Spirit Ore Mountain Range.
Uranus was exhausted too. After killing a swath of enemies with a lightning strike, he looked at the Jade Emperor helplessly.
"If you have the strength to talk, use it to kill more enemies. Give our children one less battle to fight."
Neither of them expected to survive this battle.
There were too many enemies, and they had not even seen the enemy commander. Their own forces, meanwhile, were nearly wiped out.
By now, only a few Sub-Celestial Father Level fighters remained, along with the handful of them at Skyfather level.
Just as they exhausted the last of their energy and prepared to die, they saw the enemy begin to retreat.
The Jade Emperor and Uranus exchanged baffled looks.
They could not understand why the enemy would withdraw with such an overwhelming advantage, much less why they looked as though a formidable foe had arrived.
They soon found out.
Monsters wreathed in black smoke were streaming up from Blue Star, so densely packed that there was no telling how many there