High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Song Chen sat cross-legged at the end of the passage. It was pitch black all around, except for a small patch of pale golden spatial node light patterns floating in front of him, illuminating a very faint circle of light.

He opened the system panel.

Kill value: 5800 billion.

The number before him made his finger twitch involuntarily.

He currently has 70 million units of Qi and Blood, and 60 million units of Spiritual Power.

Judging from the amount, he is capable of breaking through to the eighth rank.

The problem is that the key to the eighth rank is not blood and qi or spiritual power, but star source power, which requires a lot of time to accumulate.

Of course, there are treasures in the system shop that can speed up this process, but that's not something we need to consider right now.

Void Travel has now given him a guarantee of survival on the battlefield, and the sixth level of Star Slash has given him the ability to fight beyond his level. The most important thing is to reach the seventh level limit first.

Song Chen recalled his battle with Kurzun. If it weren't for the toughness of the Silver Radiance Armor, he would be a mangled corpse by now.

The gap between the eighth and seventh ranks is much greater than that between the seventh and sixth ranks, so we must improve our strength as soon as possible.

He brought up the attribute point allocation panel and began converting his kill points into purest power.

As the system began to operate, Song Chen felt as if his body was being stretched open from the inside by a pair of hands, with every muscle, every nerve, and every spiritual energy meridian being torn apart and reshaped.

The blood and qi surged wildly in the blood vessels as if boiling, while the mental energy surged in the mind like a tsunami.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, which instantly vaporized under the intense heat of the psionic energy.

The pain surged from his very bones, but Song Chen didn't stop; he was too used to this kind of pain.

Qi and blood, as well as mental energy, begin to increase rapidly.

Qi and blood: 70 million, 80 million, 90 million...

Spiritual 70 million, 80 million, 90 million...

Song Chen's body began to heat up. He knew he was approaching a certain limit, but he still gritted his teeth and continued.

A few hours later, his blood and qi reached 1 million, and his mental energy reached 1 million.

The moment the two numbers stopped simultaneously, Song Chen felt a wave of dizziness, realizing that there was no way to improve them any further.

It was as if he had touched a transparent ceiling, a very thin ceiling, so thin that he could feel things on the other side, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through it.

This is the threshold of the life level. His body has reached the limit of the seventh level. Going any higher, simply adding qi and blood is no longer enough.

It is necessary to transform the Star Source Power and raise the level of life to another level before it can be further improved.

After this round of spending, he still had over 2000 billion kill points left. He didn't spend any more, saving them for when he was trying to break through to the eighth tier.

The following days were peaceful, and everyone enjoyed the peaceful time to the fullest.

The alarm sounded again on the fifth day.

This time it's even more urgent than last time.

The entire defensive line was shaking, and Virian's scream came over the city's broadcast system: "Enemy attack! Large-scale high-energy response, more than three times the number of the last one, heading due north-west, 160 million kilometers away."

Song Chen rushed out with his sword drawn. As soon as he came out, he saw that the northern starry sky was shrouded in an overwhelming red light.

This time, the Bloodstained Civilization did not hide.

The ample reinforcements brought hundreds of large biological warships, and the medium and small fleets stretched as far as the eye could see.

Leading the way, besides the Bloodscale and Bone Armored individuals, who were both eighth-tier, were three other equally powerful auras.

Five eighth-order beings, and they also brought tens of thousands of seventh-order beings; they were determined to tear this node apart.

The attack began with a barrage of fire.

It's more than one level stronger than last time.

Hundreds of large biological warships launched their attack simultaneously, raining down dark red beams of light, landing bombs, and corrosive rays as if they were free.

The newly repaired turrets on the defensive line were damaged by 30% in the first instance.

The energy shield opens and then shatters, shatters and then opens again...

Several Starhounds darted around the perimeter of the defensive line at high speed, engaging in fierce combat with the advancing bio-ships. The psionic cannons and bio-acids were like two giant pythons devouring each other.

Song Chen charged straight out, unleashing his full power to traverse the void within a ten-thousand-meter radius.

He appeared amidst a group of seventh-tier soldiers, unleashing his Star-Splitting Blade Technique, the black blade light exploding like a storm within the enemy ranks.

The kill count indicators lined up in my mind.

He killed extremely quickly, but this time, the enemy was just as fast.

Song Chen quickly realized that the Bloodscalers and Bone Armorers didn't give him any time to kill low-level units alone.

They pressed in from both sides, one using blood mist to condense dozens of tentacles to block his movement, and the other using bone armor to shoot out a sky full of bone fragments, sealing off all his footholds after he moved around.

Song Chen was forced to fight back and got entangled in a battle with them.

The Star-Splitting Slash couldn't be stopped, but there were two opponents with extremely good teamwork.

His sword strikes were often interrupted by bone fragments from those wielding bone armor before he could even gather his strength.

He managed to withstand the attacks several times thanks to his Silver Armor, but the Bloodscale's crimson tentacles could bypass the armor and directly lash out at his soul.

Song Chen could only maintain a portion of his mental energy outside his body to form a protective barrier. Although it wasn't fatal, it prevented him from unleashing his full power.

After killing for half an hour, Song Chen only left a few insignificant wounds on the two of them, while he himself took several hits.

Fortunately, the Silver Armor helped him absorb most of the damage, but the crimson tentacles and the mental lashes made his head throb.

He realized that he couldn't kill two level 8 beings in his current state.

So he stalled. He stopped trying to kill the eighth-tier enemy and instead used the method of repeatedly moving around the battlefield to kill the lower-tier enemies.

Each time the two men surrounded him, he would disappear and move to a distance to continue slaughtering their men.

Soon, he became bloodthirsty.

But no one in the entire defensive line could withstand his strength.

The next three days were spent fighting, a full three days.

Song Chen killed for three days. His kill count returned to 600 billion on the first day, surged to 11 trillion on the second day, and stopped at 12 trillion on the third day.

But so what? Enemies still keep pouring out of the void, and you can never kill them all.

More than 90% of the facilities on the defensive line have been destroyed, the orbital defense platform has been completely destroyed, and the entire turret group has been wiped out.

Zefar and Gutu fought until they were exhausted. Gutu's old wounds ruptured, and he was on the verge of death.

Virian led his remaining troops in a desperate defense of the command center until the last isolation door was smashed open.

"The entire army retreats. Repeat, the entire army retreats."

Zefar's voice gave the order with a sense of helplessness.

Song Chen was entangled by the Bloodscale and Bone Armor warriors. Upon hearing the order, he forced two of them back with a single strike and retreated into the defensive line.

Two eighth-level beings tried to catch up, but Song Chen could still move freely even under the spatial blockade.

With a few flashes, he reached the outside of the evacuation tunnel.

"Is all you can do to run?" the Bloodscaled One roared behind him.

"I'll kill you next time," Song Chen replied, then flashed into the passage.

The last wave of coalition forces assembled before the jump window.

The defending side has the privilege of warp jump; this is the last door that Tian Shu has left for everyone.

Song Chen glanced back and saw that the already riddled-up defensive line was being overwhelmed by the enemy.

Millions of kilometers away, even more enemies are on their way.

"Let's go." Zefar grabbed the unsteady Gutu and was the first to step into the warp aperture.

Song Chen took one last look at his kill count of 1.2 trillion on his panel.

Then turned and left.

Behind them, the spatial node had been captured by the enemy.

The Bloodscale and Bone Armor warriors stood amidst the ruins, cursing and laughing.

But Song Chen could no longer hear those sounds.