Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 277: Mortality rate exceeds 99.92%.
How long will the final battle last?

Minghai asked.

In his view, the four top races each contributed billions of lives to wage such a massive war on the outer battlefield, which must have taken a considerable amount of time.

It could take thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Although he wanted to participate in this decisive battle and use the massive army to devour lives in a reasonable way to facilitate his advancement in the Blood Sea realm, if it took too much time, it would inevitably delay his cultivation and might not be worthwhile.

Next, he plans to return to Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion until he gains the recognition of the Ten Great Laws and then advance to immortality.

If the war really lasts this long, there's no need to participate now; it's not too late to go after you've ascended to immortality.

Thousands or tens of thousands of years is enough for the Dark Sea to gain the recognition of the origins of all laws, including the law of time!
He has this confidence.

"Not long!"

Unexpectedly, King Cangjian laughed and said:
"Although the four top races mobilize a massive number of lives to participate in the final battle, the duration of such a final battle is not long. From its official start to its end, it usually does not exceed ten years!"

"Ten years, is that so short?"

Minghai was greatly surprised.

Those are billions of lives! Even if you just stand still and let people kill you one by one, killing 10,000 people per second, it would still take more than 30,000 years!

It will be over in ten years?

The preparation work, including troop mobilization, logistical support, and tactical planning, would take more than ten years, right?
"That's right! It takes ten years, but most of the time it can be completed in less than ten years!"

Seeing that Minghai was puzzled, King Cangjian explained:

"This kind of war, which is designed to deplete the population, has no strategic or tactical planning; it's just about setting up battle formations and engaging in brutal head-on combat!"

"The weak die, the strong die, and only a very few truly strong people survive!"

"The campaign is divided into three phases!"

After a pause, King Cangjian continued:
"The first phase will take about three years. It will be a one-on-one battle between the four top races, with each race attacking the other's military base while also defending against attacks on their own military bases!"

"At this stage of the war, the main focus is on collisions between warships and attacks using high-tech weapons such as lasers, with little close-quarters combat!"

"Unless we breach the enemy's military base planet, there is no standard for victory or defeat; the fight will never stop until the death rate reaches the target!"

"Conquer the enemy's base planet?"

He muttered to himself, recalling what he had seen when he joined the army: a massive AAA-level divine war base, said to be so deadly that anyone below the level of a cosmic venerable would die. It was millions of kilometers in diameter, its surface densely covered with countless mechanical cannons hundreds of kilometers in diameter facing outwards into space.

"Will the commanders of each race, the cosmic sovereigns, participate in the war?"

Minghai asked.

"His main role is to control the situation; he won't personally get involved!"

King Cangjian shook his head.

"Without the intervention of the Cosmic Venerable, who can conquer the military base? The military bases in the extraterrestrial battlefields are all divine bases capable of withstanding the Cosmic Venerable!"

Minghai asked in confusion.

"With the intervention of a Cosmic Sovereign, the scale of the war will no longer be limited to a grand decisive battle that occurs only once every 1000 epochs!"

King Cangjian laughed:
"The so-called final battle is a war to exhaust lifeless beings with no potential. The goal of the war is to achieve a high mortality rate. How could it involve the Universe Venerable?"

"Let alone the commander-in-chief, the Universe Venerable, even the ten ultimate king-level commanders wouldn't easily make a move!"

"Everything is for the purpose of achieving a sufficient death rate. Once the death rate is reached, the war will naturally end!"

What mortality rate is required?

Minghai couldn't help but interrupt, asking, "Ninety percent!"

King Cangjian recalled the great battle he had witnessed, the extremely bloody and cruel scenes flashing before his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"Once more than 90% of the total number of casualties has been killed, and this is confirmed by the commanders of both army groups, a ceasefire will be implemented, and then the second phase of the campaign will begin!"

"Ninety percent?"

The Dark Sea was horrified.

Neither side could possibly conquer the divine bases of their respective factions.

In other words, the two sides must fight desperately for three years until less than one-tenth of the original number of soldiers remain before the first phase of the battle ends!
What about the second phase?

After a while, Minghai continued to ask.

"The second phase won't be such a pointless concentrated attack!"

King Cangjian said:
"During this phase, all battles between the two sides will be fought simultaneously in three battlefields in the outer starry sky of the secret realm, which will last for about three years!"

"An army composed of Domain Lords, Universe-level and World Lords will fight on one battlefield; an army Lord Immortal and Marquis Immortal will fight on another battlefield; a group army commander at the limit of King, a peak King Legion Commander, and a King Army Commander will fight on yet another battlefield; the Supreme Commander will not participate in the battle!"

"Just like the first phase, there is no specific standard for victory or defeat. As long as the total number of casualties exceeds 90%, a ceasefire will be declared after confirmation by the commanders of both army groups, and then the third phase will begin!"

"The third stage: a four-race war!"

After a pause, King Cangjian sighed:
"It will still be held in the starry sky outside the secret realm, with all the remaining armies of the human race, demon race, machine race, and insect race gathered together for indiscriminate slaughter!"

"There is no standard for victory or defeat. Only when the total number of deaths exceeds 90% will the four races' commanders, the Universe Venerables, step forward to count the casualties and, after confirmation, declare a ceasefire!"

"Three phases, with the condition for a ceasefire in each phase being the loss of 90% of the enemy's forces?"

Minghai exclaimed in horror:
"So, after the three phases of the campaign, only one-thousandth of the original number of troops remained?"

Minghai asked.

"Yes!"

King Cangjian nodded, confirming this statement, but then added:
"However, this is only a theoretical figure. In reality, the actual rate of fall is much higher than this!"

"The condition for a ceasefire is a death rate exceeding 90%, not reaching 90%!"

King Cangjian shook his head and sighed:
"Minghai, let me put it this way: Sixteen billion epochs ago, I served as the army group commander in the great decisive battle held on the sixth battlefield!"

"At the beginning of the war, my army numbered approximately 100 trillion. After the war, when the numbers were tallied, less than 2 trillion remained, less than 0.02%, and the total mortality rate exceeded 99.92%!"

"In fact, the outcome of every major battle was pretty much the same. It wasn't just my battle; after each battle, the mortality rate exceeded 99.92%!"

"but!"

King Cangjian suddenly said with a hint of smugness:

"In the great battle I participated in, among the ten human army groups, only my Seventh Army Group had a World Lord from the Divine Kingdom who broke through to Immortality, except for the Third Army Group commanded by 'King Jingbu'. For this, I also received a reward of 1 million points!!"

"Forehead!"

The dark sea is speechless.

The death of billions of lives is exchanged for two world lords becoming immortal?

And this is enough to earn a reward from the human race's high command?

However, this also shows how difficult it is for a realm lord born from a divine kingdom to become immortal!
"The final battle was extremely bloody, with countless people dying in a short period of time, which brought an exceptionally terrifying feeling, but it was also a test of the mind and will!"

King Cangjian said:
“Minghai, you’re too young. It’s good for you to see this kind of scene. I’ll send you the virtual universe code of Venerable Haoyan. You can contact him yourself!”

(End of this chapter)