The red sun hung high, its morning radiance filling the sky.
Tianlong Daoist's voice boomed like rolling thunder, echoing across the summit of Mount Everest, lingering long in the air.
Why is this happening?
What exactly has occurred?
He is merely a peak expert at the half-step Heavenly God realm, so why is he so powerful?
As the Tianlong Daoist's low growl reached their ears, and gazing at his solitary, proud figure, the soldiers of the hundred thousand-strong extraterrestrial army had their faces transform in unison, a multitude of questions surging within their hearts.
To avoid impacting morale and causing unrest, the five great families of the extraterrestrial world had concealed the events of the East Sea Martial Arts Academy battle.
Apart from the core members of the five great families, all extraterrestrial individuals believed that the extraterrestrial martial arts contingent had been ambushed and annihilated by the native world!
They were unaware of Tianlong Daoist's astonishing achievements at the East Sea Martial Arts Academy!
Under such circumstances, Tianlong Daoist first joined forces with Zhuge Lingjun to kill the Heavenly God realm expert Mu Canglong, and then, despite his injuries, single-handedly annihilated the elders of the remaining four great families!
For the extraterrestrial soldiers who were ignorant of the truth of the East Sea Martial Arts Academy battle, this was utterly fantastical!
Everything that had just transpired felt like a myth, so unreal!
And those ten five-star war gods, though core members of the five great families of the extraterrestrial world and aware of Tianlong Daoist's record at the East Sea Martial Arts Academy, were also unable to believe what was unfolding before their eyes!
This was because, even in the extraterrestrial world, the most powerful half-step Heavenly God realm experts could not achieve this!
Just as the hundred thousand-strong extraterrestrial army was plunged into absolute shock, the Divine Net livestream room erupted, and martial artists worldwide went wild.
Through the Divine Net livestream’s magnified and slowed-down footage, they had witnessed Tianlong Daoist killing the elders of the four extraterrestrial great families and heard his supremely domineering declaration.
"Tianlong Daoist, forever a god!"
"With Tianlong's arrival, who dares to contend?"
"At the pinnacle of martial arts, who stands supreme? Upon seeing Tianlong, all else becomes nought!"
"Two individuals blocking a hundred thousand extraterrestrial soldiers, this is a day etched into the annals of the global martial arts world. We have witnessed a miracle! If this is a dream, I wish it would never end!"
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Instantly, martial artists from all over the world flooded the Divine Net livestream with frantic bullet comments, expressing and sharing their excitement and joy.
For a long time, the extraterrestrial world had loomed like a colossal mountain, pressing down on the heads of the global martial arts community.
Because the extraterrestrial world was more conducive to martial arts cultivation, Earth's martial artists, whether in terms of overall strength or their strongest individual combatants, were inferior to extraterrestrial martial artists.
In such a situation, in every war and even every battle, the Earth side was always at a disadvantage.
Even during the divine war twelve years ago, when Jiang Zhan’s single blade struck down an enemy suspected to be at the Heavenly God realm, and the martial artists of Longguo fought valiantly, repelling the extraterrestrial army, the price paid was extremely tragic!
And today, Tianlong Daoist, in conjunction with Zhuge Lingjun, blocking a hundred thousand extraterrestrial soldiers, successively killing one Heavenly God realm expert and four half-step Heavenly God realm experts, was something they had never dared to imagine!
"Scram back behind the curtain, or die!"
This was something they wished they could say in their dreams, but they lacked the strength and the confidence.
And today, Tianlong Daoist had done it all!
The shock they felt, the spiritual encouragement they received, was simply beyond words!
Below Mount Everest, at the frontline command center.
Everyone in the command center, including Li Rui, was also overcome with excitement.
That excitement stemmed not only from Tianlong Daoist's actions but also from the hope of victory in the war that he had shown them!
With the Heavenly God realm and half-step Heavenly God realm enemies within the extraterrestrial army killed, if the extraterrestrial army retreated behind the curtain, frightened by Tianlong Daoist, the war would be declared over, and Longguo would win.
If the extraterrestrial army continued to fight, their morale had been severely hit, and with a peerless expert like Tianlong Daoist present, the scales of victory would decisively tilt towards Longguo!
Amidst their excitement, they intently stared at the livestream footage, anticipating the subsequent developments and eager to see the extraterrestrial army's choice.
The next moment.
They saw Qi Wufu leading Jiang Wuming onto the platform below Mount Everest.
"Tianlong."
Qi Wufu gently placed Jiang Wuming down, looking at Tianlong Daoist's back and the corpse of Zhuge Lingjun not far away. His heart was filled with a complex mix of emotions: the joy of Tianlong Daoist and Zhuge Lingjun's successful joint effort in blocking the extraterrestrial army, and the sorrow of Zhuge Lingjun's sacrifice.
"Master…"
Jiang Wuming, his face etched with concern, walked towards Tianlong Daoist.
Although Tianlong Daoist, while injured, had single-handedly killed four half-step Heavenly God realm experts from the extraterrestrial world and had spoken with supreme dominance, Jiang Wuming was keenly aware of the consequences of using the Daoist sect's internal energy forbidden techniques, burning his fundamental true essence.
He worried that Tianlong Daoist's condition was dire and wanted to step forward to heal him with the energy from his mysterious space!
However—
Before Jiang Wuming could approach, Tianlong Daoist, with his back to him, raised his hand, signaling Jiang Wuming not to come any closer.
Huh?
Seeing this, Jiang Wuming froze, subconsciously halting his steps.
"All five Grand Elders have been killed, what do we do?"
"If that native continues to attack, killing us will be as easy as slaughtering chickens!"
"Are we going to be deserters, retreat behind the curtain, and become a disgrace?!"
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Concurrently, the soldiers of the hundred thousand-strong extraterrestrial army also saw Qi Wufu and Jiang Wuming arriving at the platform below Mount Everest. They snapped back to reality, roaring in terror.
"Wuu! Wuu! Wuu!"
Immediately, a rapid and piercing horn blast drowned out the discussions of the extraterrestrial soldiers.
At the front of the extraterrestrial army, the elder of the Xi family blew a special musical instrument, its sound resonating through the sky above Mount Everest!
As the horn sounded, the hundred thousand soldiers of the extraterrestrial army fell silent instantly.
Just like the Longguo side, the extraterrestrial world had meticulously planned for this full-scale war, devising three combat plans.
At this moment, the Xi family elder blowing the horn signaled the execution of the final plan: with the elders of the five great families dead, all other soldiers were to disengage from the battlefield as quickly as possible, evade the main forces of the Earth side, then scatter and regroup, wreak bloody vengeance on Earth, and carry out the revenge plan!
Whoosh!
Although the hundred thousand extraterrestrial soldiers were still filled with terror in their hearts, they were well-trained. Upon hearing the horn, they executed the combat plan immediately, dispersing instantaneously and descending the mountain from different directions.
Witnessing this scene, Tianlong Daoist did not continue his attack. Instead, his body swayed slightly.
"Master!"
Jiang Wuming, seeing this, confirmed his conjecture – Tianlong Daoist's condition was extremely grave. He immediately glided towards Tianlong Daoist.
This time, Tianlong Daoist did not stop him.
Just as Jiang Wuming had surmised, Tianlong Daoist's current condition was already dire.
He had previously blocked Jiang Wuming, sustaining himself with willpower, hoping to scare the extraterrestrial army into retreating behind the curtain, but he had failed.
"Take Zhuge and leave this place immediately…"
Tianlong Daoist turned around with difficulty, casting his gaze towards Qi Wufu.
"Alright."
Qi Wufu nodded quickly upon hearing this.
He knew very well that since Tianlong Daoist had not managed to scare the extraterrestrial army away, they absolutely must not let the extraterrestrial enemies detect Tianlong Daoist's condition. Otherwise, if the ten five-star war gods attacked in unison, Tianlong Daoist, Jiang Wuming, and he himself would all perish here!
Swish!
Qi Wufu flashed, arriving beside Zhuge Lingjun's corpse, bending down to pick up Zhuge Lingjun, and simultaneously retrieving the blood-stained God Slaying Saber.
"Master, shall I carry you?"
Jiang Wuming sensed that Tianlong Daoist's injuries were extremely severe and asked with concern.
"Leave this platform first."
Tianlong Daoist gently shook his head, refusing Jiang Wuming's offer. He did not even let Jiang Wuming support him, instead bracing himself and leaving with Jiang Wuming and Qi Wufu.
"Puff—"
Moments later, after Jiang Wuming and the other two had left the platform and the mountainside completely blocked the extraterrestrial army's line of sight, Tianlong Daoist reached his limit of endurance. He spat out a mouthful of blood mist and stumbled forward.
"Master!"
Jiang Wuming, quick as lightning, grabbed Tianlong Daoist, his face full of worry.
"Tianlong!"
Qi Wufu, carrying Zhuge Lingjun's corpse, also instantly arrived beside Tianlong Daoist.
There was no response.
The old man who had previously wreaked havoc on Mount Everest, intimidated the hundred thousand extraterrestrial soldiers, and astonished the entire world, lay covered in blood in Jiang Wuming's arms, motionless.
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