They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 285 The Burning Wind and the Passing of Light

Gui Ji lost. After being harassed by Dan Lei's various antics for more than a week, he suffered his first defeat in the playoffs when competing for one of the four spots in the first round of the quarterfinals.

However, Dan Lei believes that Gui Ji's defeat is understandable because his opponent was too much of a counter to him.

The one who defeated Guiji was none other than the famous Yinhe Street hustler, Yinzhi.

Silver Branch felt as if she had arrived in paradise upon arriving on Avalon.

Not to mention that the Skywing, Forest Elf, Ocean Dwelling, and Fairy species are all truly beautiful.

Even Silver Branch's most criticized behavior of praising Idrila always receives a lot of support.

For a time, Silverbranch was regarded as a bard by the people of Avalon because he sang ancient and beautiful songs to praise the beauty of Idrila.

Afterwards, he went around asking people, "Do you admit that [Idrila] is unparalleled in beauty?" Generally, people who had heard the song would answer, "Of course."

However, how many of these people truly believe that Idrila is unparalleled in beauty is a matter of opinion.

The missionary Chunmei poses no threat to the Immortal Boat Alliance, so when the Alliance's law enforcement officers arrive, they will not interfere unless Yinzhi's "performance" obstructs their path.

Of course, while spreading the message of purity and beauty, Yinzhi did not forget the purpose of his visit.

Especially when he knew that this competition would be broadcast throughout the universe and that its popularity had far exceeded that of Motorball.

In order to use the platform to promote Idrila to the entire universe, Silver Branch really went to great lengths to capture simulated memory spirits that fit the definition of beauty.

Therefore, his team is almost entirely composed of simulated spirits representing positive values ​​such as justice, light, and purity. The ten-star spirit is Ilúvatar from The Silmarillion (the God in Tolkien's world, and the creator of humans and elves in Lord of the Rings).

As we all know, unit skills with attributes like justice, light, and purity are basically skills that target dark attributes such as evil and undead.

Therefore, Guiji's army of undead was suppressed throughout the entire process, and even the appearance of the Grim Reaper could not turn the tide.

Ultimately, Silver Branch, Clara, Hook, and Silver Wolf became the eight players who advanced to the finals in the first round.

Then, in the quarterfinals, the four-way battle for the top spot saw Gui Ji's opponent assigned to Oswaldo.

Dan Lei swore that he hadn't interfered with the assignment this time; it was just an automatic allocation due to the randomness of fate.

If there was any interference, it was done by [Aha].

However, Oswaldo has a chance of winning against Guiji. As one of the only three remaining members of the Interstellar Peace Corporation (the other two being Sand Gold and Topa), his team stands out for its solid strength.

I don't know how he did it, but he has all the strongest simulated spirits (excluding unique simulated spirits) for each of the 1-7 star levels that Giovanni's strategy group has publicly released.

However, perhaps due to his bad deeds, he failed to capture any of the ten-star simulated spirits, Oswaldo, which is why he lost to the stars once before.

After all, Xing Tianran comes with a ten-star Galaxy Baseball Man simulated memory spirit, and most of the simulated memory spirits of various star levels in his possession have the hidden tag of protagonist.

Of course, Xing inexplicably lost to Liu Ying after making some questionable moves, thus failing to qualify for the first round of the semi-finals.

As for Firefly, after defeating Star, she lost to March 7 and Danheng in succession, and now she can only cheer for Silver Wolf and Star from the sidelines.

Of course, on Avalon, Firefly didn't use Sam's identity, and she and Star had already met beforehand.

However, this time she claimed to be an interstellar wanderer who traveled all over the galaxy and was lucky enough to be dragged over by [Aha] to play.

Since [Aha] really did bring Clara and Hook, two "ordinary" girls with zero fame in the universe, Star believed what Firefly said.

(Now the two girls who made it to the quarterfinals are already top-tier celebrities. Clara's fan club and Hook's fan club have been established online.)
Of course, later on, Firefly really did work alongside Star for a while, helping her to develop the kingdoms of the forest elves and fairies.

After Danlei adorned the planet with a bountiful star ring, its passive effects were greatly reduced, and even the entropy loss syndrome of the fireflies was suppressed.

After confirming that her life wouldn't pass away quickly on Avalon, Firefly had a lot of fun.

They even applied to join Avalon in a subsequent population census.

However, she did not reveal her identity as a Star Core Hunter, presumably on Eriol's orders.

Danlei did not approve Liuying's application for permanent residency and chose to postpone it.

There's nothing we can do; after all, she's a Star Core Hunter. If her identity is exposed in the future, the Immortal Boat Alliance will definitely expel her.

At that point, Dan Lei wouldn't be able to openly protect her, since the Star Core Hunters had caused real damage to many civilizations.

You say they didn't harm any innocent people while collecting star cores? Ask the netizens in the universe if they believe that.

In short, the competition for the last four spots in the quarterfinals can only be described as a fierce battle.

Aside from the highly anticipated battle between Oswaldo and Guiji, a clash between executives of the Interstellar Peace Corporation and the Extinction Lord, the topic generated immense buzz.

There's also the revenge match between Hu Lei and Dan Heng, the first step in the Bu Li battle against Yun Shang Wu Xiao.

Goldfields vs. Topaz: A civil war to decide who is the top henchman under the Jade Emperor.

And the battle between Star and Giovanni, the nameless guest and the masked fool.

You're asking about Sambo and Hanabi, those two masked fools?
Neither of them even qualified to participate in the semi-finals.

One is busy collecting unique items from various races on the planet to resell in space, while also having to find time to look after the child.

One is busy spreading a culture of pranks.

In short, neither of them was as interested in the game as Giovanni, and they didn't participate in it in depth at all.

As for Toppa, you can doubt anything but his experience in raising pets.

Although she started playing the game a month later than the players who started at launch, she quickly caught up with the top players.

Dan Lei only realized at this moment that Zhang Zhang could not only find treasures, but also know the combat power of the simulated memory spirit by sensing the strength of its memory quality, and even find the strongest memory spirit within a certain range.

So Toppa plays this game like he has a search cheat, and he can accurately find the strongest simulated memory spirit in every place he goes.

In short, the competition for the final eight spots has attracted the attention of the entire universe.

However, when everyone's attention is focused on the game, some details are often overlooked.

For example, in order to avoid Dan Lei's harassment, Gui Ji deliberately went to areas where demons and monsters were active.

Dan Lei didn't pay much attention to Gui Ji's behavior.

Because it is indeed a good choice for him.

Dan Lei can now command the vast majority of races on Avalon, and even the vampire race, which was nearly wiped out by Dan Lei during the God War, has now submitted.

It looks terrifying that they consume the bodily fluids or even blood of other races, but for the Immortal Boat Alliance, they are not evil creatures that necessarily need to be eradicated.

It's important to know that while there are legends of vampires in the universe, while vampire races exist, real vampires simply don't exist.

While the characteristics of vampires fit the legends of vampires, they are clearly an irresponsible product created by their creator based on cosmic myths.

This is very much in line with the Immortal Descendants' casual creation style.

Therefore, the Immortal Boat Alliance accepted this pitiful race.

The healers sent to Avalon to establish the Dan Ding Division quickly developed a beast pill made from animal blood and medicinal herbs, perfectly solving the problem of growth solely through direct blood consumption. As for the so-called "soul" found only in the bodily fluids of intelligent races, the Dan Ding Division healers remarked that it was simply diluted aether many times over. "This stuff is so hard to get?" they thought.
After the vampires solved their racial survival problem in the Immortal Boat Alliance, they were immediately moved to tears and sincerely joined the Immortal Boat Alliance.

However, among the sixteen races, there is still one demon race that has not submitted to Danlei.

Although the war of the gods ended, the demon race was still able to survive by capturing wild beasts under the restrictions of the covenant, and there was no risk of extinction.

However, Danlei's continued suppression during the God War, coupled with his deliberate use of Heavenly Strike to attack demons and the Vampire Alliance, nearly led to the annihilation of the race.

After the war, they directly banned humans and beastmen, who were the most delicious creatures on the demon race's menu.

This led many demons to believe that the One God Dan Lei was targeting them.

Therefore, Danlei's demand that the sixteen races establish their own countries was not directly implemented by the demon race.

If they didn't comply, that would be one thing, but they also scattered and occupied large areas of forests and mountains to prevent other races from establishing their own countries, and they maliciously consumed the surrounding natural resources.

For example, killing wild animals without eating them is considered mere entertainment, which prevents civilians in neighboring countries from hunting.

Since the covenant also protects the demon race, other races don't really have a good way to deal with their behavior of refusing to perform their duties.

After all, if you want to drive it out of its habitat, then the game content will have to be determined by the monster species.

Many of these demonic creatures are tentacle monsters, giving them a natural advantage in many game aspects, making them very difficult to defeat.

Of course, it was wishful thinking for the demons to expand their habitat, so as time went by, once the food in their habitat was exhausted, these creatures had no choice but to move.

Twelve years later, there were no more demons in any of the countries. All the demons had retreated into the deep, uninhabited mountains and forests, living like wild beasts.

The arrival of the Immortal Ship Alliance actually gave the demon race a chance to turn the tide.

Seeing that the demon race was not compatible with other races, the Immortal Boat Alliance decided to open several special caves for the demon race to live in, so that everyone could get along slowly and gradually make plans.

However, most of the demons could not suppress their bloodthirsty nature, so the condition that they must be provided with raw food from intelligent life at regular intervals was set.

This was completely unacceptable to the Immortal Boat Alliance.

If it's about providing beast meat, the Immortal Boat Alliance is a large and wealthy organization, and it won't be short of your meat. We can discuss anything.

However, consuming intelligent life forms is considered a bottom-line act, and the Immortal Boat Alliance directly refused.

Moreover, the Immortal Boat Alliance is not like Dan Lei, which gives these demons the opportunity to live in the wild.

Since they won't listen to reason, the alliance says they also know a little bit about martial arts.

After locating the demon species using the Starship, the Alliance immediately sealed off a five-kilometer radius around it.

Then, provide water and food daily to avoid triggering the covenant that would harm others.

However, this behavior directly deprived the demons of their freedom. With their strength, they could not break through the high-tech walls of the Immortal Boat Alliance. If they tried to climb over the walls, they would directly trigger the rule of attacking other people's property and be driven back inside the walls by the guards using games/force.

The Immortal Boat Alliance wanted to use this method to force the demon race to submit.

Therefore, this gave Guiji an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Although Guiji was constantly being watched by Danlei, he was unable to communicate directly with these demonic creatures.

However, over time, he has managed to cultivate some followers who are prone to destruction.

Furthermore, he used the experience of the Immortal Boat Release Gang to incite some locals of Avalon to continuously protest against the imprisonment of demons.

This means that if they can imprison demons today, they can imprison other races tomorrow, and eventually everyone on the planet will be imprisoned in a cave, allowing outsiders to completely occupy the planet.

To be honest, Danlei really wanted to throw these people into the demon race's territory, break the alliance protection, and let them get to know what kind of thing the demon race they wanted to help really was.

As for those who choose to forgo entering the grotto and continue living a "good life" in their natural environment outside, Danlei said he would respect their wishes.

As long as they don't envy others posting photos online while they themselves still have to farm to make a living, that's fine.

However, it seems that these same people, while protesting outside the walls surrounding the demon species, secretly communicated with the demon species inside.

Just as the battle for the four remaining spots in the quarterfinals began, Guiji's scheme commenced.

Since the battle between Osvaldo and Guiji was too explosive a topic, Dan Lei naturally arranged for them to appear as the final match.

The opening match was between Hulei and Danheng.

At this moment, Danlei briefly shifted his attention to Hulei.

Because, based on calculations, his chances of winning this match were slim.

Danheng possesses a large number of Dragon-type Spectral Spirits, which not only have numerous AOE skills but also include Lao-Shan Lung, a six-star Spectral Spirit that is comparable to a fortress, making it very effective against Thunderfury's fast-paced lineup.

Once Hu Lei is defeated and loses his player status, he will be sent to the newly built Prison of Avalon to serve his sentence.

If [Aha] doesn't return the players he recruited after the match ends, he will be sent back to Luofu Prison by flying through the air.

If [Aha] is responsible for sending it back, then there's nothing more to say.

His cell in Luofu Prison is still empty, and he is welcome to return at any time.

You should know that the fox people have been seeing him so carefree for the past six months, and even openly announcing in a live stream that Bu Li, the leader of the hunting party, has returned. Because of this, the old fox people of Yaoqing have protested to the alliance several times.

If they hadn't known that the Star God of Joy was currently protecting Hu Lei's freedom, and that Fei Xiao was also watching from the sidelines, they would have done more than just protest.

However, when Hu Lei and Dan Heng's simulated memory auto chess battle reached a critical moment, Dan Lei suddenly felt that the detectors he had set up outside the star system to detect several uninhabited star systems around him had lost contact in batches.

This was very unusual, so Dan Lei used his planetary powers to protect the galaxy first, and then went directly to the edge of the galaxy in the direction where the probe lost contact.

Then, Danlei saw a person who was half black and half white, wearing a hooded coat so that his face could not be seen, and holding a black sword. He was directing an indescribable black smoke that seemed to be trying to envelop the star system where Avalon was located.

The moment Dan Lei saw this person, he recognized him as the most terrifying and annihilating lord in the universe—Fen Feng.

As for the black smoke he commanded, based on the memories intercepted from Huanlong, it should be the Annihilation Lord—Guangshi—who caused the numerous star extinction events.

　During the martial arts ceremony, when Feixiao was reminiscing with Yukong, he mentioned wanting to put the old folks at ease.

　　Furthermore, it is mentioned here that Feixiao was not yet a general during the Third Plenty People's War.

　　Furthermore, her personal story clearly states that General Tsukiyu died in the Third Plenty War, from the indiscriminate area-of-effect attack of [Storm].

　　But the sound of the meteor streaking through the sky was like the approaching Grim Reaper, chilling her to the bone, as if she had fallen into hell.

　　The invincible general in her heart was also reduced to dust by the light of the Emperor's Bow. She ran desperately across the battlefield, trying to bring back the survivors, until she lost consciousness in the aftershocks of the light.

　　She screamed furiously, but no one could hear her.

　　Everything falls silent.

　　Therefore, it's no wonder that many Xianzhou people hate Lan for what he has done.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)