Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 281 The Cold Sword King Has a Soft Heart
The ten legion commanders reported one by one that their respective legions had a mortality rate of around 90%, and the mortality rate of the opposing demon army was roughly the same.

Although it is impossible to accurately count the enemy's death rate, both sides openly engaged in a frontal assault with almost no concealment, so the error would not be too great.

In other words, in the first phase of the battle, the death rate on both sides reached around 90%, which is roughly the standard for a ceasefire.

"That's it!"

After listening to the reports from the ten legion commanders, Minghai nodded and said:
"Contact the 'Lynx King' of the demon race and prepare for a ceasefire!"

The 'Lynx King' is the enemy faced by the Tenth Army Group, the commander of the Demon Clan Army Group, and a supreme king from the Demon Clan royal family.

Whether or not to cease hostilities depends on two factors: whether the death rate has reached a certain threshold, and the outcome of a meeting between the two commanders.

If one side does not agree to a ceasefire, then the fighting must continue!
Seeing that Minghai intended to contact the 'Lynx King,' the commander of the demon army group, the ten legion commanders exchanged surprised glances.

"Commander!"

The First Legion Commander, 'Sharp King,' hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Although the mortality rate should have reached the target, according to the usual practice of major battles, the side that first demands a ceasefire will be at a disadvantage in terms of morale!"

"Commander, the demon race is generally large in size and has an advantage in close combat. In fact, if the first phase of the battle has dragged on a little longer, our human army will have an easier time in the second phase!"

The Third Legion Commander, 'Thunder King', then spoke.

Minghai glanced at 'Sharp King' and 'Thunder King', then looked at the other nine legion commanders. Seeing that none of them seemed willing to take the initiative to propose a ceasefire, he was speechless.

The 'Thunder King' is right. Because the demon race has a physical advantage, humans are at a disadvantage in close combat with demons.

The more troops involved, the more pronounced this becomes.

Therefore, in the first phase of a major battle in the past, it was usually the commander of the demon army group who first proposed a ceasefire.

The meaning of 'Sharp King' is also quite clear: the side that first demands a ceasefire will be at a disadvantage in terms of morale. This is probably why human commanders were unwilling to make the first demand for a ceasefire during major battles in the past.

Minghai finally understood why the actual death rate in every major battle was far higher than the planned death rate.

These are exactly the two points mentioned by 'Sharp King' and 'Thunder King'.

But why would Minghai care about that?
Every extra day of ceasefire means hundreds or even trillions of lives will be reduced to useless cosmic dust. These are all high-level life forms at least at the cosmic level. How can we tolerate such a waste?

He most wanted to see the second phase of the battle begin immediately, with close-quarters combat in space.

There's no need to try to gain the upper hand in terms of momentum, or to minimize the number of troops on both sides so that the human army won't suffer too much during close combat in the second phase!

Is saving face more important or life?

Ming Hai said lightly:

"The soldiers of our army are the elite of the human race. How can we waste them because of our own pride? A ceasefire as soon as possible, to preserve the elite of our human race, is more important than anything else!"

"Forehead!"

After hearing these words, the ten legion commanders looked at each other in bewilderment.

However, Minghai is the supreme commander of this army group, and his will is above everyone else. Since he says to cease hostilities, then let's cease hostilities.

"Cold Sword King is a recently risen Immortal King, and he hasn't seen many bloody scenes. It's normal that his heart softens a bit when he sees such a brutal war scene as the final battle!"

Everyone thought to themselves.

"Contact the commander of the 10th Army Group of the Demon Clan, the 'Lynx King'!"

Minghai gave the order to the military information department.

Later.

In the conference room, a huge 3D projection appeared in the open space opposite Minghai and the ten legion commanders. The figure of a monstrous beast clad in dark red, imposing battle armor and exuding a dense, bloodthirsty aura appeared in the 3D projection.

Commander of the 10th Army Group of the Demon Clan, the ultimate King-level expert, 'Lynx King'!
"Jie Jie Jie!"

After the 'Lynx King' appeared, its blood-red eyes, filled with violent killing intent, swept across the crowd, finally settling on Minghai, who sat at the head of the table, and it cackled:
"Cold Sword King, are you sure you want to call a truce so soon?"

"The mortality rate has been met, so naturally we must cease hostilities. We humans are not as cold-blooded as you demons, who don't care about the deaths of our own warriors!"

Minghai remained expressionless, speaking in a tone full of high moral character, compassion, and pity.

"Hahahaha!"

The Lynx King laughed heartily, looking at the Underworld Sea with great interest, and said:
"I never expected that my opponent this time would be a rare and kind-hearted human powerhouse!"

"That's fine!"

The lynx king laughed:
"Since that's the case, then I'll grant your wish for kindness and mercy. I agree to a ceasefire!"

Having said that, he cut off the communication, and the 3D projection disappeared.

Fewer deaths in the first phase mean more troops can participate in the second phase of the battle, which is beneficial to the demon race. The Lynx King had no reason to refuse.

……

In the post-war reconnaissance, Minghai discovered that although the army's mortality rate was astonishing, reaching 90%, it consisted mostly of lower-ranking soldiers. High-ranking officers, especially immortal gods, suffered negligible casualties.

True death comes from ordinary cosmic-level soldiers, captain-level domain lords, and battalion-level world lords.

Among them, the cosmic-class soldiers had the highest mortality rate, nearly 99%, truly deserving the title of cannon fodder.

The next captain/domain lord has a mortality rate of around 80%.

Then there are the captains and realm lords, whose mortality rate is around 50%.

Among the high-ranking military officials, neither the powerful King-level Immortal nor the Marquis-level Immortal with an immortal body perished.

Two of the immortal warlords perished, mainly due to bad luck. They were unlucky enough to be surrounded by numerous enemy warships and were killed by a barrage of fire from millions of annihilation cannons.

In any case, the first phase of the battle is over.

The 10th Army returned to its war base planet to await the end of the battle by the other armies, while also resting and preparing for the upcoming second phase of the campaign.

Unlike the first phase of the campaign, the second phase does not involve warships; instead, the two armies engage in close-quarters combat in space.

Compared to the first phase of the battle, the death rate in the second phase is about the same, but the intensity of the fighting will increase dramatically.

The first phase of the battle involved long-range, high-tech weaponry bombarding each other, and the fighting was relatively 'civilized'.

Close-quarters combat is different; it's much more brutal and bloody!
……

Six months later, the second phase of the campaign began.

The remaining trillions of soldiers of the Tenth Army Group, fully armed, gathered in the starry sky, arranged in military formations, and, led by their respective immortal gods, flew in a mighty procession towards the decisive battleground.

The second phase of the campaign is close-quarters combat under the stars. Everyone, from top to bottom, must participate, except for the supreme commander, including the army group commanders and the ten legion commanders.

The decisive battle took place in a vast, empty void spanning a thousand light-years in the Eighth Battlefield.

Above the massive, rapidly flying human army, a million kilometers above the void, led by Minghai, more than a hundred high-ranking, immortal kings flew at a leisurely pace.

Trillions of kilometers away, under the vast starry sky, trillions of demon armies also lined up in battle formation, flying towards this place in a mighty and mighty manner.

(End of this chapter)