Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 236 After the War
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The sword light, carrying terrifying destructive power, arrived once more.

Minghai has always been ruthless and decisive, and will not give the enemy a chance to breathe.

Within a hundredth of a second, dozens of sword strikes were unleashed in succession.

Qing Tonghou's body was repeatedly cleaved open, and each time he permanently lost 1% of his divine body. After ten sword strikes, it would be 10%.

When his divine body lost more than 10%, Qing Tong Hou's strength plummeted, making him even more unable to resist. He was killed in no time, his body turning into nothingness, leaving only the 'Azure Wing Flying Armor' and a world ring.

There wasn't even a chance for it to self-destruct!

"Owner!"

After Qing Tong Hou died completely, Qian Zhu Teng, who was rushing over to support her master, let out a miserable cry.

Without regard for anything else, it brandished its remaining, less than ten thousand kilometers long, vines and branches, baring its fangs and claws, and charged toward the Dark Sea.

Supporting plant life is not a soul slave; it will not die along with its master.

However, the Thousand Vine was cultivated by Qing Tong Hou, and to it, Qing Tong Hou was its only relative in the world. Witnessing Qing Tong Hou's death, the Thousand Vine went mad and wanted to avenge its master.

He glanced coldly at the Thousand Vine Trees, casually put away the Azure Winged Flying Armor and World Ring left behind by the Azure-Eyed Marquis, and flew towards them.

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A dazzling sword light flashed.

Unsurprisingly, despite the enormous size of the thousand vines, they were no match for the terrifying sword light, and one-tenth of their 100,000-kilometer-tall body disappeared.

Brush brush!
Minghai's expression was cold. He swung his obsidian sword repeatedly, instantly reducing the towering Thousand Vines to dust, stripping them of their life force.

'Peng'

At the last moment, the body of the Thousand Vine exploded with a 'bang'.

Among countless lifeless branches and vines, more than a thousand green particles were scattered into the starry sky.

It wasn't a self-destruction, but rather, before dying, it gathered its remaining life force at the ends of over a thousand vines, forming a thousand vine seeds.

This is the instinct or talent of the Thousand-Stem Vine: before dying, it can condense seeds to continue the survival of the species.

Minghai flew over and caught up with them, collecting all the green seeds one by one.

He doesn't need to assist plant life, but the underworld on Earth does.

The seeds of the Thousand Vine are quite valuable; a single seed can sell for nearly 1 Hunyuan Unit. So many seeds would be worth over 1000 Hunyuan Units, making them an invaluable resource for the Underworld on Earth.

"call!"

After killing Qing Tong Hou and Qian Zhu Teng, Ming Hai breathed a sigh of relief.

"I wonder if this guy spread the word that I am the Realm Lord before he died!"

With a slight frown, Minghai thought with some worry.

After Qing Tonghou recognized him as a World Lord by projecting his world image, it only took about a hundredth of a second for Ming Hai to completely annihilate Qing Tonghou.

In such a short time, it's highly likely that Marquis Qingtong did not send the message out.

But it's hard to say.

The thought process of immortal gods surpasses that of quantum computers; even with only a hundredth of a second, they can still accomplish a great deal.

At least, connecting to the demon army's virtual network system with one's thoughts and sending messages to friends is no problem.

"We can't stay on the second front!"

Ming Hai pondered silently:
"To be on the safe side, it would be better to change battlefields!"

His ability to comprehend the laws of the realm without reaching the peak of the King-level realm, his inability to use the 'Shadow Armor', and his inability to conceal his aura as a Realm Lord—the news that he, with his combat strength reaching the level of a King-level Immortal, is merely a minor Realm Lord—will undoubtedly attract the attention of hostile races.

If the news were to leak out, with the high bounties offered by the three top races—the Mechanical Race, the Insect Race, and the Demon Race—countless powerful alien beings would surely be searching for him.

To be on the safe side, we must change battlefields, and we can't stay in battlefields outside our own territory for long.

Fortunately, he killed a Marquis-level Immortal. According to the military merit standards of the army system, Minghai received 100 billion military merits, which allowed him to leave the army and venture out on his own, making it easier to hide his identity.

After glancing at Walton and Jiang He hiding behind him, Ming Hai hesitated for a moment before abandoning his plan to silence them.

Regardless, they've spent ten years together, and their camaraderie is genuine. It wouldn't be right to silence them to hide their identities.

As fellow humans and members of the same squad, it was impossible for the two of them to betray each other.

Most importantly, the virtual network monitors everything; his every move is being watched by the human race's higher-ups. If he were to do something like that, he might end up like Emperor Yan. His mind raced, and Minghai deactivated the world projection.

The void, spanning millions of kilometers, returned to its original state, and starlight once again graced this cosmos.

'whoosh'

'whoosh'

Walton and Jiang He flew over, looking at Minghai with complicated expressions.

Of course, they had no idea that they had almost been 'silenced' just now. They were simply astonished by Minghai's terrifying strength, relieved to have survived, and overwhelmed by the deaths of their four companions, including Feiren. All these complex emotions were intertwined.

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A 27-28 kilometer-long, entirely silver-white F-class spaceship, 'Firefly,' with a pointed, bullet-shaped front, appeared beside them.

"Captain, Vice-Captain, let's get out of here first!"

After taking out the Firefly, Minghai waved to Walton and Jiang He and said.

This place has witnessed a great battle, and the aftermath of the fight could very well attract powerful alien forces; it is not the place for conversation.

Walton and Jiang He nodded and followed Ming Hai into the spaceship.

"Little Blood, enter the Dark Universe and fly towards the logistics base planet!"

Upon entering the spaceship, Minghai immediately gave instructions to the spaceship's intelligent system, 'Xiaoxue'.

Seconds later, the Firefly reached the speed of light and disappeared into the dark universe, flying towards the planet that was the logistics base of the human army at 68 times the speed of light.

In the spacious control room, Walton and Jiang He looked around at the interior facilities of this high-end F-class spaceship, which they had only heard of before but could never afford.

"Cold-blooded, I never expected you to be so powerful!"

After observing the spaceship's internal facilities, Walton looked at the Dark Sea, shook his head, and sighed:

"You must be the most outstanding genius at the core of the five major powers, right? A Realm Lord slaying a Marquis-level Immortal, I can't even imagine it, it's too unbelievable!"

"That's right, it's incredible!"

Jiang He also looked on with admiration, shaking his head repeatedly, and said in disbelief.

"Captain, Vice-Captain, what are your plans for the future? Will you continue to venture into the outer battlefields?"

Faced with their astonishment, Minghai smiled slightly and changed the subject, asking a question.

"Flying Blade and the others are all dead. Cold Blood, you probably won't stay in the team anymore. The Walton Squad is practically dead!"

Wharton smiled wryly:
"I lost 5% of my divine body in the previous battle where I burned my divine power. How can I dare to stay on the battlefield outside the realm? I plan to go back to my hometown and recuperate for a while!"

"Me too!"

Jiang He shook his head and sighed:

"My divine body suffered even greater damage than the captain's, by 8%. I must return to the human territory to cultivate for a while until my strength recovers!"

Minghai nodded.

In the previous battle, the two were surrounded by a thousand vines, and their situation was extremely dangerous. They both burned their divine power and fought desperately, which greatly depleted their divine bodies.

With their combined wealth, they simply couldn't afford expensive divine power recovery items and could only rely on their divine bodies to recover naturally.

The divine body recovers very slowly, and it would be difficult for Walton and Jiang He to return to their peak condition in less than hundreds of millions of years.

"I'll be staying on the battlefields outside the region for a while longer!"

Taking out the World Ring and the 'Azure Wing Flying Armor' left behind by Qing Tong Hou, Ming Hai said:

"Let's split the spoils of this battle equally among the three of us!"

"No no no!"

"No, no, no!"

Upon hearing this, Walton and Jiang He immediately shook their heads and said:
"This battle is all thanks to you, Leng Xue! Without you, we would both be dead long ago. How could we have the face to ask for spoils of war!"

That was the entire fortune of a powerful marquis. Knowing their own limitations, neither of them wanted such a huge fortune.

(End of this chapter)