The badly wounded Qilin roared, "As long as we weather this wave and let the Planetary Fortress transition over, we'll be free! Brothers, keep your spirits up!"
It really was rather incredible.
Everyone had actually united, withstood this wave of attacks, and survived.
Even the gravely wounded Divine Beasts let out howls.
"Honk!" "Moo!" "Woof!" "Chirp!"
All sorts of animal cries rose and fell, echoing through the heavens.
"Ah, there used to be a Ten Thousand Races Gathering..." Seeing this scene, Qilin reminisced, "Back then, only a handful of Demon Gods had invaded, and some of the strongest beings convened the Ten Thousand Races Council to resist our common enemy. In the end, everyone parted on bad terms..."
"No one wanted to take the initiative to fight. Every last one was arrogant beyond belief, spouting nonsense like 'I am an Eternal, invincible in this world.'"
"Now that we operate as Civilizations, we really are a little more rational than when we operated as individuals."
"Being able to cooperate already makes us a little stronger than the disorganized Demon Gods."
Qilin swallowed another Human Lifespan Fruit to heal those injuries.
The recovery items provided by the Demon God really were quite effective. Within a few short minutes, the severed leg grew back.
But Qilin could not eat any more. Any more might lead to addiction.
"I was actually one of those who proposed the Ten Thousand Races Gathering..." Tongshi of the Wanhai Civilization also looked nostalgic and shook his head. "Back then, I encountered the Demon God [Ten Thousand Eyes]. One look nearly killed me. I fled madly into a Small World and barely escaped."
"So I proposed that the Demon Gods were the great enemy of the world, that even Eternals were no match for them. But those people simply