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Chapter 1241: Yassin's Secret (Part Two)

"You guys… have worked hard," Fei said.

Since St. Petersburg of Zenit got conquered, Elder Prince Arshavin and Elder Princess Tanasha had disappeared on the continent. Some people said that they died in battle, and others said that they were secretly executed by Fei due to their grudges. After all, whenever there was a fight for a throne and a change of rulers, blood was always spilled.

However, none of them knew that Elder Prince Arshavin and Elder Princess Tanasha came to this island that was well-hidden on this vast ocean.

Together with them were one million Zenitian soldiers.

From when they disappeared until now, about two years had passed, and many things had changed.

These one million soldiers had turned from the rookies who were newly drafted to elite soldiers. Of course, the most important thing was that they had mastered a super battle array and a unique ability in the last two years.

This battle array and ability were designed for battling the Polluters.

Perhaps this one million soldiers couldn't defeat the elite troops of the Northern Region Empire, but each soldier could take on thousands of low-level bugs when battling the Polluters, countering the enemies to the maximum.

All of this was part of a plan, a plan that Emperor Yassin created.

-One day ago-

-The Imperial Military Headquarters of the Barcelona Empire-

Messi quietly sat before a stone table, and on the table was liquor, food, and a sword.

"Human Emperor of the North, did you come to Camp Nou yourself to kill me?" Messi still had his signature smile on his face, and he didn't look afraid when facing this most famous and powerful master on the continent.

"I have to kill you." Fei slowly walked to the stone table.

Everyone knew that the Human Emperor of the North's real identity was Yassin's third son, and it was well-known that [God's Son] Messi killed Emperor Yassin. As Yassin's son, now that Human Emperor of the North had the power and ability to avenge his father, it wouldn't make sense for him not to do so. If he didn't do it, people might look down on him.

Besides, countless Zenitians died in Messi's hands.

After St. Petersburg was conquered, many Zenitian civilians were killed, many families were broken, women were assaulted, and children and seniors were buried in scorched soil. The person who caused all this was this man who had a shy smile on his face.

"Before you move, how about having a drink first?" Messi looked at Fei and pointed at a stone chair on the other side of the table.

Fei thought for a moment and sat down in the end. He nodded and said, "Alright."

Then, Fei grabbed the winecup in front of him and chugged down the liquor.

After doing that, Fei's eyes stayed on the sword that was on the table. He sat down because of this sword.

This sword was the only weapon that Emperor Yassin liked to carry with him when he was alive. Although it wasn't a god-tier combat weapon, it was very meaningful.

Now seeing this sword intact and beside Messi, Fei seemed to have realized something.

"It is a sharp sword, isn't it?" Messi grabbed onto the handle of the sword and knocked the blade with his knuckle, and a dragon-roar-like sword cry resonated in the palace.

At this moment, it seemed like Emperor Yassin's unyielding Dragon Fist was howling in the world.

Fei turned silent.

Messi caressed the blade of the sword with his fingers, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

While looking lonely and regretful, he asked earnestly, "If I tell you that Emperor Yassin wasn't killed by me, would you believe it?"

"Then, how did he die?" Fei looked calm.

Messi placed the sword back onto the table and sighed, "He returned to the stars' embrace on his own will for the Azeroth Continent."

Chapter 1242: The Secret That Was Covered by False Images (Part One)

Fei's body shivered, and a trace of shock and depression flashed in his eyes.

"Could it be that there is a shocking secret hidden behind Emperor Yassin's death?"

After all, Messi wasn't someone who would lie to survive. The [God's Son] of Barcelona had his pride, and he wouldn't lie to stay alive. Even his nemesis, [Battle God] Ronaldo of Madrid had high praises for Messi and never tried to tarnish the latter's reputation.

"Continue." Fei was waiting for Messi to say more.

Messi grabbed the winecup before him and chugged the liquor in it. Then, he smiled and said, "This secret has been hidden in my mind for too long. You know that a person could easily become insane once holding a secret that could change the fate of the continent for too long… I have to start from more than 20 years ago. At that time, I was feeling great as I just stepped into the Demi-God Realm; I felt proud and invincible. I even wanted to challenge Continental Martial Saint Maradona to earn myself the title as the most powerful master on the continent."

Fei nodded.

About 20 years ago, Messi was only about 20 years old, yet he entered the Demi-God Realm. He was above many masters since he broke the cultivation speed record in the last 1,000 years. With his shocking strength and momentum, it was normal for him to want to challenge Maradona who was the most powerful man alive.

"However, just as I was about to issue the challenge with confidence, a mysterious master came to me to challenge me. This battle took place in secret, and only the two of us know about it. At first, I thought that I could easily take care of this man. To my surprise, this mysterious figure's strength was beyond my expectations. We fought for half a day, yet I couldn't defeat him. In the end, I used my demi-godly strength for the first time…" While saying that, Messi shook his head with a bitter smile on his face. "Who could have expected that I was the one who got defeated."

Fei's brows twisted; he seemed to have guessed who this mysterious master was.

"That is right. He was the Emperor of Zenit, Emperor Yassin who stated that he was inferior to no one," Messi sighed and said, "To be honest, ever since I stepped into the Demi-Godly Realm, I thought that only the Pope of the Holy Church and the Continental Martial Saint could be my opponents. I disregarded all other masters on the continent. Even [Battle God] Ronaldo of Madrid got suppressed by me a little. I didn't think that it was possible for the little emperor of a level 1 empire to defeat me."

Messi looked reminiscent as he recalled what took place a long time ago.

Then, he continued, "I was unwilling to accept the result of the battle. At that time, Emperor Yassin was only at peak Burning Sun Realm, and he wasn't a demi-god yet. However, he defeated me with a lower realm. Later, I challenged him more than ten times in secret, but I lost all of them. Then, I had to accept my defeats and promised him that I would do one thing for him."

"Do what?" Fei was curious.

"I was curious at the time as well, but Yassin wasn't willing to tell me. He only told me that when the time is right, he will tell me. However, during these many challenges, I admired his talent and character, and we became friends. It was at that time when I learned about the existence of Polluters for the first time," Messi said slowly.

A glint flashed in Fei's eyes, and he asked, "Emperor Yassin told you about them? So, Emperor Yassin knew about Polluters from long ago?"

Chapter 1242: The Secret That Was Covered by False Images (Part Two)

"That is right. Yassin sure was a generational genius, and he had the bloodline of ancient gods and demons. His talent was unparalleled, and he grasped the most important secret of the continent. His charisma and character made me believe everything that he told me. He said that if an item that he had fell into the wrong hands, the fate of the continent will be tragic as it will fall into a bottomless abyss." Messi recalled. "Yassin's identity was mysterious, and he already noticed the force that wanted to destroy the continent was waking up and looking for this item. The enemy force was powerful, and perhaps even the Holy Church couldn't protect it. Therefore, he placed his hope in me."

"I see." Fei seemed to have understood something.

Before Dicanio died, he told Fei the real identity of the Continental Martial Saint. The latter was a hidden chess piece of the God Clan, and he had the bloodline of the gods. Dicanio also seemed to hint that the Demon Clan set up plans on the continent as well.

"Messi just said that Emperor Yassin had the bloodline of ancient gods and demons. Could it be that Emperor Yassin was a descendent of the Demon Clan?"

If this was the case, then it made sense that Emperor Yassin had a unique item from ancient times that could change the fate of the Azeroth Continent.

However, Emperor Yassin sure was a great figure. More than 20 years ago, he detected the existences such as Dicanio, and he guessed that the Polluters' force had corrupted the Holy Church. As a response, he started to plan many years ago.

Compared with Emperor Yassin, Maradona who was known as the most powerful human on the continent fell into Dicanio's trap and almost did something that he would regret for the rest of his life. This showed how brilliant Emperor Yassin was.

"Our relationship was like that between two friends and a master and a disciple. However, we only interacted with each other for about a few dozen days. Except for the two of us, no one in this world knows that we are acquaintances." Messi drank another cup of liquor and continued, "Emperor Yassin's talent was unparalleled. Although he had been suppressing his strength and didn't advance to the god-level, he already figured out how to break the threshold between demi-gods and true gods. He taught it to me without hiding anything."

Fei nodded and said, "Therefore, you later broke that barrier between mortals and gods, becoming a true god."

"That is right." Messi nodded and replied, "According to our agreement, I didn't hide my strength and acted arrogantly. Of course, this was to attract the Holy Church's attention. Since the Barcelona Empire and the Holy Church had been close, I became close with the Deputy Pope of the Holy Church. This was all for figuring out more information about the Polluters, but a war changed everything."

Fei inhaled deeply and asked with an earnest expression, "You really couldn't stop Barcelona's invasion of Zenit?"

"I couldn't stop it. Most people believe that the war between Barcelona and Zenit was waged because of you, but only a few people know that it was waged by the section of the Holy Church that was corrupted and controlled by the Polluters; they were trying to find that key. In other words, they already discovered some clues and suspected Emperor Yassin," Messi sighed, "I couldn't stop it. My identity, my status, and my standpoint didn't give me a single reason to stop this war."

"That was why Emperor Yassin must die?" Fei understood something.

Chapter 1243: Emperor Yassin's Battle Plan (Part One)

"I have tried to save Emperor Yassin. After all, he was a warrior who I admired. He was able to defeat me, a demi-god, as a peak Burning Sun Lord; his martial talent was even greater than mine. Although we fought fiercely more than ten times, he was the only person who I considered as a true friend," Messi sighed, "However, even the methods that I thought were perfect without shortcomings were rejected by Yassin."

Fei was surprised as he asked, "He rejected them?"

Messi nodded and said earnestly, "That's right; he rejected my proposals. To protect that key, he decided to seek death. You are a smart man; you should be able to guess why he did it."

Fei was silent, but he soon understood the entire situation.

Emperor Yassin was a genius and a legendary ruler. Even the Continental Martial Saint seemed slightly inferior to him.

Emperor Yassin sought death only for one reason, and it was to protect the key that Messi mentioned.

According to the prior speculation, Emperor Yassin had the bloodline of the Demon Clan, and he shouldered the ancient demons' wills and responsibilities to protect this secret item that concerned the fate of the continent. When he was still alive, he detected that the Polluters' hidden force on the continent was moving, and the situation was getting out of control.

Under such a situation, the most terrible thing happened; this dark force detected the existence of the key and where it was. Therefore, it directly waged the war against the Zenit Empire.

If Emperor Yassin decided to escape, this force would chase after him.

The Zenit Empire wasn't stronger enough to fight against the Holy Church which was controlled by that dark force. Although Emperor Yassin was a talented figure with exceptional power, he couldn't make sure that the key would be safe if many masters attacked him at the same time. If the key fell into the hands of this dark force, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, Emperor Yassin used a secret plan. He handed the key to Messi, a person who he completely trusted, in secret.

Messi's identity was unique, and the Holy Church would never place suspicion on him.

Then, Emperor Yassin used the Zenit Empire and his death to cover everything.

After Emperor Yassin died and the Zenit Empire got conquered, the dark force had no clues left after unable to find the key in the empire, and it couldn't continue its investigation.

Fei sighed.

To protect this secret, hundreds of millions of Zenitians died under the blades of Barcelonans, and Emperor Yassin died in front of Messi under the watch of people like Busquets, Alves, Pedro, and secret masters of the Holy Church.

This was a tragedy.

It was hard to say that Yassin was cruel to let hundreds of millions of Zenitians die with him to protect this secret. Perhaps from Yassin's perspective, this price was worth it to protect the secret item that could dictate the fate of the continent.

Even Emperor Yassin's beloved second son Dominguez died in this cruel war.

"Before he died, he laughed and believed that you will avenge him one day. Now, it seems like his trust in you wasn't wrong. Perhaps even Yassin couldn't imagine that you are now ruling the continent in such an invincible fashion." Messi smiled and said, "'Yassin is inferior to no one.' Although Yassin died, he planned everything. Your current domination proves that the price that he paid was worth it."

Fei didn't know what to say.

Fei had a unique attitude toward this man who was only proved to be his father after the latter died. He truly admired this master who was charismatic and wise.

Chapter 1243: Emperor Yassin's Battle Plan (Part Two)

In terms of the father-son relationship, there was only a sliver of emotion, and it came from when Emperor Yassin's imperial power of faith turned into Fei's power and inspiration when the latter was cultivating in the [Banished Land].

After all, Fei's soul was a young man from Earth.

The real Alexander had died long ago and disappeared from the world.

Fei had thought about seeking revenge; he had considered wiping out the Barcelona Empire and killing the members of the Holy Church who were close with Platini and Blatter. However, after thinking about the bugs that were going to descend in ten days, Fei suppressed his murderous spirit and only took out the evil and cruel leaders.

Today's meeting with Messi surprised Fei; he didn't know this giant secret at all.

"After you returned from the [Banished Land] with dominance, the Holy Church created several plans against you and Chambord, yet they all failed. The Holy Church gradually couldn't handle you. I'm sure that the appearance of the goblins, Platini, and others in the Southern Region are all related to this. Since I must safeguard the key, I needed to act low-key before I could get a good read of the situation. When the meeting at the City of San Siro took place, I still decided to hide to see if the Holy Church was purified like what Stabila had said. It is good that you now control everything."

While speaking, Messi opened one of his hands, and a streak of golden light slowly floated up through his palmar creases. He continued, "This is the key. Now, I need to give it back to you since you have controlled the continent."

The streak of golden light slowly flew to Fei and landed in his hand.

This streak of golden light wasn't tangible; it was a streak of mystical energy. It condensed together, containing an amount of power that even scared Fei. It was fortunate that this power was warm, gentle, and not aggressive. Otherwise, Fei couldn't even handle one strike from it.

"This is… a power seal beyond the Supreme God Realm." Fei was stunned as he thought, "Could it be… this is the gift from the God of Creation from the primeval time?"

The only power above the Supreme God Realm was that of the God of Creation.

"Except for this key, I have another good news for you." Messi smiled and said, "Emperor Yassin prepared another gift for you. With this key, you can open a path across the endless mist and abyss. There is a godly primeval island, and on it are two exceptional commanders who you can completely trust and one million soldiers."

…

-Two days later-

On this beautiful and mysterious island, Fei saw the one million Zenitian soldiers who had disappeared before Barcelona invaded Zenit.

When St. Petersburg was conquered by the enemies and Emperor Yassin and Second Prince Dominguez died in battle, Elder Prince Arshavin and Elder Princess Tanasha who were in charge of more than 70 percent of Zenitian military mysteriously disappeared with close to one million soldiers. They weren't heard from again.

Fei didn't think that he would see them again at this place.

"Royal Father already expected this day to come." The Elder Princess looked at Fei with a complicated expression and said, "Royal Father said that we can't choose the Azeroth Continent as the battleground when fighting the Polluters. Otherwise, we will lose for sure."

"Not on the Azeroth Continent… then where? Could it be…" Fei suddenly thought of something.

The Elder Prince nodded and added, "That is right. We must attack them head-on and ambush them on the way! We must destroy… or at least defeat them before the Polluters land on the continent."

Chapter 1244: The Battleground In Space (Part One)

"Ambush them on the way in space?" Fei was shocked. "How can it be? Only the masters who have reached the True God Realm can go above the sky and survive in space. Now, how many true gods are there on the continent? It is impossible to fight like this. After all, the Polluters are coming with many bugs, and we can't replenish our troops in such battles."

"Royal Father had thought about this. In fact, more than 1,000 years ago when the God Clan and Demon Clan were pushed to the brink of destruction, they also thought about this issue," the Elder Princess said, "If the battleground is on the Azeroth Continent, the Polluters can devour creatures, continuously increase their powers, and rapidly evolve. If we cut them off in space, we can greatly reduce the threat that such evolution poses. Besides, the Lord of the God Clan and the Lord of the Demon Clan once stated that the Polluters seemed unable to evolve in space."

"The biggest issue is that most of the forces on the Azeroth Continent can't battle in space," Fei said with a frown, but he soon thought of something and added, "Wait… perhaps… but the number isn't enough…"

Messi suddenly smiled and said, "Alexander, I know what you are thinking about. However, I have to remind you not to forget the key that you now have."

"The key?" Fei summoned that streak of golden energy and asked, "Could it be that this power…"[Support the real translators and read on Noodletown Translations for free.]

"According to what Yassin told me, this key can open a giant spatial tunnel that leads to a battleground in space. This battleground in space has a unique environment. In this place, warriors who are above Five-Star can survive on their own." Messi shrugged and added, "As to how to use this key to open the battleground in space and how to lead troops there, you have to figure out the answers to these questions. You must merge with this key to completely understand its secrets and the information that it holds."

"There is such a thing?" Now, Fei finally realized that he underestimated the ancient God Clan and Demon Clan.

These two clans must be extremely powerful as they called themselves the gods and demons and they had been on the continent for many eras. They were raided by the bugs and were destroyed by the bugs' unparalleled speed of evolution, but they left the opportunity to defeat the bugs for the later generations before they got wiped out. They created a giant plan that lasted for 1,000 years, quietly waiting for the bugs to reappear.

In the last 1,000 years, even though the continent seemed calm, hidden currents were rushing everywhere, and ordinary people couldn't see them.

The God Clan, Demon Clan, and Polluters were the three high-level forces that were changing the continent. The seemingly invincible Holy Church was only a tool that these three forces controlled in turn. The most terrifying battles occurred in hidden places, and now it was about time for the final battle.

The battleground in space…

The mysterious key…

This island that was hidden for more than 1,000 years…

Zenit's God of War Arshavin who was born to be a commander…

Zenit's Goddess of Intelligence Tanasha who was exceptionally wise…

One million meticulously-trained soldiers…

It seemed like all these were prepared for the world-ending battle that was going to take place in seven days.

Although the remaining forces of the God Clan and Demon Clan that survived the bugs more than 1,000 years ago had gradually died off, the plans and setups that they created were going to battle the bugs once more.

"I got it." Fei nodded and glanced at Messi, Arshavin, and Tanasha. He said calmly, "Then, prepare for battle."

As soon as Fei said that, he disappeared from the island.

Chapter 1244: The Battleground In Space (Part Two)

The next day, Fei went to many places and started to get the final preparations ready.

The news about the Polluters' return was proven to be true in the high-level circles on the continent, and Alexander, who was the supreme ruler of the continent and had officially changed his title to Human Emperor, didn't hide most of the information. He called upon all the masters on the continent, asking them to answer the empire's summons and get ready to protect the continent.

The elite troops of the former super empires and ancient empires quickly mobilized.

Many commanders, advisors, and strategists came together and created many plans, and these detailed steps of preparation were passed to every corner on the continent under the powerful push of the Northern Region Empire.

This time, Fei didn't show any mercy to the short-sighted people who tried to benefit from this imminent catastrophe and those people who were cheering on the destruction of Azeroth. A new policy was implemented on the continent; anyone or any forces that tried to disturb the current situation on the continent would be charged with a new crime – a crime against humanity, and they would be executed.

Now that the war machine was started, many masters answered to Fei's summon.

Even those nobles and masters of the various ancient empires who were still hostile toward Fei understood that it wasn't the time to hold personal grudges. If they couldn't survive through this catastrophe, all creatures on the continent would be wiped out.

During this day, Fei went to visit other races such as the Elf Clan, Dwarf Clan, Gnome Clan, and Behemoth Orc Tribe, convincing them to unite with humans and form allied troops, getting ready for the war.

There were only some issues when Fei visited the Dragon Clan.

This proud and arrogant race was instinctively hostile toward humans due to the massive war that they had against the Holy Church, and some small confrontations occurred between Fei and a few dragons.

Fortunately, Fei's strength had reached low-tier Supreme God Realm, and he was invincible on the continent. Also, the dragons participated in the war against the Polluters from more than 1,000 years ago, and they knew how terrifying the enemies were and the danger of extinction that they faced. In the end, they signed the covenant with Fei and joined the alliance.

This covenant was known as the [Initial Understanding] by the later generations, and it was also called the [Covenant of the Godly Emperor].

The summary of this covenant was the following; the dragons agreed to join the alliance formed by the humans and other races. If the Azeroth Continent won the war, the dragons would get the claim over all the islands on the lakes and inland seas, and they would accept the construction of dragon knight legions.

This covenant allowed humans and dragons to reach an initial understanding.

The more detailed plans were handed to the Imperial Military Headquarters to complete.

After all that was done, Fei ventured deep into the seven seas. Under the guidance of the beautiful Empress of the Sea Tribe at the Sea of Fragrance, Fei met the Emperors of the Seven Seas as the Human Emperor; this was the first meeting between a human and the Sea Tribe.

Although the process was tough, the tribes at the seven seas that experienced the terrifying power of the bugs finally agreed to Fei's proposal and were willing to send the most elite troops to the battleground in space to ambush the bugs.

This was the first agreement that humans and the Sea Tribe had in the long history of killing each other.

Fei had to thank the bugs for their instinct of killing all other races. This allowed the races on the Azeroth Continent to drop all grudges before the threat of extinction and work together.

After all that was done, Fei came to the most southern location on the continent and entered the now desolate Goblin Realm, finding the thing that he needed.

Chapter 1245: The Torn Continent (Part One)

Fei quickly went to the former Anji Empire and dashed into the Capital of the Orc Military District. Then, he entered the sealed space underground and temporarily moved all the giant seal eggs that weren't broken into his grand godly realm.

Now that Fei's degree of fusion with the grand godly realm had reached 80 percent, he had long surpassed the Godly King Realm and reached level 1 Supreme God Realm. With such power, even though Fei wasn't able to completely crush all these sealed demons, he could suppress them and make them unable to escape.

Fei took away these sealed eggs so that when the top-tier masters fought the bugs on the battleground in space a few days later, they didn't have to worry about other things.

After doing all that, two days had passed.

Only about five days were left for the war to come.

Fei tore open the spatial barriers and arrived on Earth.

Now, Earth was completely transformed and looked different from before.

The damage that the bugs left on Earth mostly disappeared. With the help of the god-level masters from the Azeroth Continent and the push from the Joint Laboratory, Earth quickly transformed from physical technology to magic technology.

In the laboratory where time permanently flowed much slower compared to the outside world, many products that went beyond the imagination of humans were created.

The thing that excited Fei the most was that the thousands of corpses of the motherships of life had all been modified.

These motherships of life evolved based on the form of high-tech spaceships, and they had 80 percent of the internal and external structures of spatial battleships. Therefore, not a lot of work was required for this project.

For humans who were in a tight race, it was impossible to do all this if it wasn't for the Mad Scientists' Laboratory that had access to the spaces where the flow of time was different.

The atmosphere on Earth was better compared with that on the Azeroth Continent.

After having experienced the terror that the bugs brought when they appeared, most of the people on Earth had overcome the fear in their minds. The pain of losing their loved ones and their homes and the hatred that they had toward the bugs allowed them to stick together and wait for the imminent war to come.

The most important thing was that Cain and Akara didn't disappoint Fei this time as well. They achieved several breakthroughs in the research of the rare mineral on Earth that could corrode the spirit energy of the bugs.

The Joint Laboratory on Earth used this type of mineral and created a ton of improved white mist, and a series of advanced weapons were derived from such mist.

The humans on Earth were insanely talented in designing and creating weapons; no one could doubt that. Even Cain and Akara who were knowledgeable had to admit this.

Due to the changes in the laws of nature on Earth, the physiques and strength of people on Earth drastically increased.

In a short time, many powerful figures rose to the top. The superheroes who only existed in movies and comics appeared in real life, becoming the representatives of the new humans on Earth.

Fei had placed traces of his godly power in thousands of people who were righteous and just, and these people's strength increased the most. Especially people like Wang Jian and Jian Jie; they were already equivalent to Five-Star Warriors on the Azeroth Continent. Except for the masters from the Northern Region Empires on Earth, these people were the most dominating figures in this new world.

China benefited the most from this transformation since in this new power pyramid, many figures on top were Chinese due to Fei's help. However, with the changing laws of nature, more and more people were awakening their potentials, and there were inevitably geniuses in every group. It was clear that a fascinating new era awaited the people on Earth.

Chapter 1245: The Torn Continent (Part Two)

Right now, with a close connection to the Northern Region Empire, China was able to be the host of international meetings and make calls that only the United States was able to make before.

After a quick meeting, the forces on Earth started to prepare for the imminent war in an orderly fashion despite the intense atmosphere.

Now, Fei had completed a series of preparations, and he returned to the Azeroth Continent to start his cultivation in seclusion.

For a few days, Fei stayed in the Godly King Palace on the central mountain at Sky City, solidifying his foundation and strength and trying to comprehend that streak of power inheritance from the God of Creation which was named the Key.

All races on the Azeroth Continent and Earth were preparing for the war with a little anxiety. It seemed like the time was flowing by slowly, but it was fast in reality.

In a flash, three more days passed, and only less than three days were remaining before the final battle.

Fei came out of his cultivation.

At that moment, he received a piece of good news. After ten months of pregnancy, Queen Angela gave birth to a boy and a girl.

Fei was elated.

When he held his crying son and daughter in the Royal Palace, he suddenly had the urge to cry in joy.

Fei thought to himself, "This pair of cute children have my bloodline."

Three years had passed since that glorious wedding in Chambord City, and both Angela and Elena didn't get pregnant for a long time, making Fei doubt himself. Now that he was a god, he wondered if he cultivated wrong and turned himself infertile.

Now, the creations of love between him and Angela were finally born.

Fei became a father at this troubling time. Seeing his two children soundly asleep in Angela's arms, Fei felt like the burden on his shoulders became even heavier.

This was something that he had never felt before.

Fei became even more battle-hungry as he felt the blood connection between him and his children, the responsibility coming from his heart, and the urge to protect his children regardless of what it took.

Unfortunately, time was extremely scarce at this moment. Fei didn't have much time to spend with his children. After spending about half an hour beside Angela and his children, he stood up and disappeared, doing the last bit of preparation for this war that concerned the life and death of all races on the Azeroth Continent.

After the cultivation, Fei had obtained some traces of information from the Key, and he found the accurate spatial coordinates of the so-called battleground in space.

He had to go there and get himself familiar with the battleground.

…

The vast universe was mysterious.

The many stars that had different distances away created a magnificent scene.

The universe that was dark, deep, and forever desolate seemed like an endless abyss, devouring everything.

The universe was eternal and contained many secrets and laws that mortals couldn't comprehend.

In this endless universe, most masses were in the shape of spheres.

However, there was this giant continent that looked like an island on an ocean as it floated in space. It was so large that it was several times bigger than the huge planets around it, and its unique gravity pulled in hundreds of planets and made them cycle around it in orbits, forming a unique star system.

This desolate continent was the center of this star system.

A light flashed in space, and Fei appeared above this continent.

Chapter 1246: Before the War (Part One)

"Is this the legendary battleground in space?" Fei was shocked when he came here according to the spatial coordinates.

It was surprising to see such a continent floating in space. Looking from afar, this continent covered a portion of the universe, and it was dozens of times larger than the sun. Even though the sun emitted radiant light, it was like a sesame seed before a watermelon when compared to this continent. Even though Fei was millions of kilometers away, he could sense the ancient age and the magnificence of this land.

"From its shape, it seems like this continent was torn off by a force. It feels like it was taken from somewhere. However, it somehow floated in space and created this star system. This is unimaginable!" Fei sighed. Then, with a thought in his head, he landed on this continent in the next second.

The continent was mostly flat, and it was full of hard rocks and craters left by meteorites. Also, layers of stardust that had been accumulated throughout the ages lay over top of everything.

With each step that Fei took, he covered several hundred kilometers. His spirit energy was spread out like waves, carefully sensing this mysterious continent.

This place was extremely desolate. As if it had been asleep for many eras, no signs of life could be sensed from it. There was no source of water, no greeneries, and not even a streak of wind. There were only rocks, sand grains, empty mountains, and many craters.

"This is like a land of the dead." Fei was slightly startled.

"The laws of nature on this continent are similar to the Azeroth Continent, and it seems like a streak of power is engulfing the surface of this land. There is also oxygen that humans need to survive. Although it is thin, masters above Five-Star can manage to survive for a while in this environment. No wonder Emperor Yassin believed that this place can be the battleground in space where we can ambush the bugs."

This discovery calmed Fei a little.

This was indeed a perfect battleground. It was desolate with no life, and it was vast and open. Masters could unleash their full power and didn't have to worry about injuring the innocent.

"Huh? What is that?"

Fei's spirit energy suddenly sensed something; it seemed like some buildings appeared before him.

Fei flashed forward and appeared in the location in the next second.

"This… could it be that lifeforms once existed at this place? There are deserted structures here?"

There was a large stretch of rocky surface, and stardust that was half a meter thick covered it. However, if someone paid close attention and observed the area, they could see that the rocky surface was a group of deserted stone structures. Although some structures collapsed due to the collision with meteorites and the passage of time, Fei could still imagine how this place looked in its prime.

Fei waved his hand, and a streak of power gushed out, pushing away the stardust on top of these structures.

Just as Fei expected, there were many tower-like structures and godly-palace-like buildings, and some giant godly statues could be vaguely spotted. There were many dents on the statues, and they were discolored. It was hard to tell what they were from their appearances; they looked like stone pillars that collapsed onto the buildings around them.

It was evident that this was once a fancy and prosperous city, but its glory was long gone. It was buried in the river of time.

"What destroyed this city? War? Natural disaster? Or the bugs?" Fei searched around carefully, but he didn't find any clues that the bugs would leave behind.

Inside these buildings, Fei didn't find any skeletons, and the gold, silver, and iron tools that he found were corroded; it was hard to spot the patterns on them.

Chapter 1246: Before the War (Part Two)

It was impossible to tell what race lived here before, but Fei somehow felt like this city was a bit familiar.

"The appearances of these structures, their sizes, and their placements are similar to the ancient ruins on the Azeroth Continent. Could it be that there is a connection between the two?"

"How did Emperor Yassin and the ancient God Clan and Demon Clan come to know about the existence of this continent?" Fei had many questions on his mind.

With those questions in mind, Fei spent half a day to travel around the continent and measured this battleground in space that was almost as large as the Azeroth Continent. He memorized those important terrains as well.

After doing that, Fei didn't spend more time on exploring the ancient ruins on this continent and returned to the Azeroth Continent.

The last preparation started.

The thing that Fei needed to do next was to transport the strongest forces on Earth and the Azeroth Continent to the battleground in space. Then, they would battle with the bugs to the death when the latter got close to this place.

[TL Note: I would assume that the humans on Earth would rely on technology to survive on the battleground in space since the strongest humans there were only equivalent to Five-Star Warriors.]

It wasn't tough to transport the troops.

Fei had mastered the laws of space, and he had saint items such as the Throne of Creation and Sky City. Also, there were many powerful masters on the Azeroth Continent, and various godly teleportation arrays were created by the Mad Scientists' Laboratory.

It wouldn't be a problem to move many troops onto the battleground in space in the next day.

In terms of energy, the 21 Worldstones that Fei obtained in Diablo World were more than enough to complete this mission.

From Dicanio's mind, Fei already learned about the path that the bug troops were taking to get to the Azeroth Continent, and it was extremely close to the star system that the battleground in space was at. In terms of location, it was highly possible to ambush the bugs.

Of course, Fei had to come up with a way to lure the bugs to the battleground in space!

This was going to be a tough war.

In the vast universe, there were many dimensions and races.

Perhaps there were categories of dark and evil races and kind and orderly races.

There had never been a race that could dominate the entire universe, but this didn't stop some dark and evil races to have the ambition of conquering the universe.

The bugs were an example.

This race was crazy at plundering others. They would take all energy, kill all lifeforms, and raid all civilizations. The race was built on the destruction of other races. Using their unique ability, they could conquer and absorb the advantages of other races by rapidly evolving. Like viruses, they could continuously evolve and improve. Like locust, they brought destruction and decay everywhere they went.

No one knew how the bugs were created.

Even the bugs forgot their history and how they used to look like due to the giant leaps that they took on their path of evolution.

They had encountered numerous wars on their way, and the bugs were the victors almost every single time.

However, in the last war, they encountered terrifying enemies, and they were almost wiped out. They had to scramble and rush back to their ancestral place where their journey of rising began, resting for 1,000 years.

Now, they were on the move again! They were going to bring death and destruction to their enemies.

It wasn't just because of hatred; they were greedy over the energy on this continent that would allow them to evolve to their peak!

Chapter 1247: Endless Killing (Part One)

Like a group of crazy locusts, the planets on the bugs' path in the universe would be completely plundered.

After many years of evolution, even the weakest bug could survive in the vacuum of space.

The countless bugs seemed like the many stars in the universe. When they passed by, the sheer number was enough to cover a star system. The low-level bugs parasitized some big planets, and giant bugs pushed these planets and moved in the universe.

Looking from afar, it seemed like a giant star system was moving and touring in space.

The way that the bugs moved was almost identical to the super spaceship fleets that only existed in legends. Periodically, high-level bugs would come together and unleash their power, creating many giant wormholes and allowing the bugs to use hyperspace teleportation.

On the way, the bugs encountered resistance when they ran into planets that had intelligent lifeforms on them, but all resistance was useless before these vicious predators.

The planets got conquered one after another, and countless lives were destroyed. During the cruel and destructive plunders, the bugs gradually recovered their energy, and their strength became stronger and stronger. More species of bugs appeared, and their movement speed increased repeatedly.

As the supreme ruler of the bugs and the entity at the peak of the pyramid, the mysterious and powerful [Mother Empress] stayed in the center of the bugs' formation.

As they got closer and closer to their destination, the spirit energy frequencies that were surging in space became more active and amplified. Even the mysterious [Mother Empress] let out a series of roars of excitement, seeming to create tornadoes in space.

…

Fei and Maradona appeared in space.

They were wrapped inside the endless universe, and the stars in the distance shone with brilliance, making everything seem beautiful and mysterious.

"Is this the place?" Maradona glanced around the universe and calculated for a while. Then, he said, "This is millions of kilometers away from the battleground in space. If your calculation got the wrong spatial coordinates, all our prior preparations would be wasted."

"According to the information that I obtained from the memory of that bug named Dicanio, this should be the place." Fei nodded with confidence and suddenly seemed to have detected something. He smiled and added, "Huh? Be prepared. Our guests are about to arrive."

Before Fei could finish, a series of light vibrations appeared in space.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Tens of thousands of light dots appeared in the dark universe at the same time. As if tens of thousands of waterdrops smashed onto the surface of a calm lake, many ripples appeared in the area and grew larger. A streak of invisible power tore open the dark universe, and chaotic spatial elements rushed out of the cracks like water gushing out of a water well.

The bugs were about to arrive!

As soon as these wormholes appeared, the giant herds of Polluters were going to descend!

Even though Fei and Maradona were all dominating figures, they became a little nervous at this moment.

The appearance of the Polluters meant the beginning of the war.

Just as they expected, when the chaotic spatial elements gradually calmed down and the wormholes stabilized in space, streaks of bright light dots flew out of the wormholes that each had a diameter of more than 100 kilometers and had radiant light waves around them.

They were low-level bugs!

There were so many low-level bugs that they seemed like sand grains in a desert. They covered a portion of space, and their dark color brought people a sense of suffocation.

More and more bugs passed through the wormholes.

In just a few seconds, tens of millions of bugs had appeared in this area.

Fei and Maradona stood in space and hid their auras. These bugs couldn't detect them when they went in stealth.

"Should we attack?" Maradona asked with a serious expression on his face.

Fei shook his head and said, "We should wait. Regardless of how many such low-level bugs we kill, we couldn't harm their foundation, and they wouldn't feel any pain."[

Time slowly passed by, and more and more bugs appeared in this star system.

The low-level bugs were still attached to meteorites, planets, and some giant bugs, and they all slowly exited the wormholes. These bugs seemed extremely aware, and they gathered around each wormhole in formations before gradually moving outward and occupying more space.

Unfortunately for these bugs, they were too weak and couldn't discover Fei and Maradona.

After about an hour, this star system was almost completely occupied by the bugs.

The weakest bug was on the star-level, and the bugs' body composition allowed them to survive in the vacuum of space. Those giant bugs that were more than 1,000 meters long were equivalent to peak Full Moon Elites.

Over time, more and more high-level bugs showed up.

"It is about time. Let's clean a group of them." Fei nodded and started the operation.

Maradona looked excited, and he replied, "Haha! I have been waiting for you to say this! Let's start the slaughter!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they turned into two streaks of light and dashed toward the herds of bugs that seemed countless.

The terrifying energy waves instantly unleashed their radiance.

The bugs only discovered their enemies when about 100,000 bugs on the edge got turned to dust under the energy waves of Fei and Maradona.

For a moment, all kinds of supersonic screams and aggressive spirit energy frequencies filled the area.

The bugs instantly started to counterattack.

The herds of bugs that were the closest to Fei and Maradona charged toward them like beasts and surrounded them.

"Haha! Let's separate and kill these bugs as soon as we can."

"Sounds good."

Fei and Maradona unleashed their murderous spirits and didn't hold back their strength. They transformed into light beams and wiped out the bugs in herds. This was a one-sided battle.

The powerful energy waves seemed like endless tsunamis. The low-level bugs were turned to dust as soon as they got within 1,000 meters of these two, let alone to counterattack.

The energy flames around Maradona grew brighter and brighter, and it seemed like he turned into a moving sun. Wherever he went, the crazy bugs were turned into nothingness.

Fei also unleashed his power. Every time he punched out, a giant energy fist would create a huge cylinder-shaped vacuum that had a diameter of several kilometers and a length of several hundred kilometers in the countless herds of bugs. Millions of bugs were killed each time he attacked.

Out of the bugs that appeared in this star system so far, the most powerful one was only a demi-godly giant bug, and it was nothing before Fei and Maradona. Facing the terrifying energy fists that Fei created, this demi-godly bug was no different compared to low-level bugs. It was instantly killed.

"Roar!" Fei shouted, and the bugs within thousands of kilometers of him were shattered into masses of green blood foam.

"Haha! This is thrilling! I like killing these bugs this way!" Maradona turned into a brilliant light beam and dashed through the herds of bugs, instantly cleaning out a space that was tens of thousands of cubic kilometers.

Chapter 1248: Test of Strength (Part One)

While Fei and Maradona stopped the bug troops from moving forward, the masters and troops from the Azeroth Continent were getting used to the battleground in space that was millions of kilometers away, getting ready for the upcoming battle.

This would be a war that no one could predict the result of.

It was hard to tell how many of these beings on this battleground were going to survive and return to the Azeroth Continent.

Perhaps they would all die and wait for the Azeroth Continent to be destroyed so that they could unite with their loved ones' souls. This was the worst-case scenario.

In front of the powerful enemies, the human soldiers who once belonged to different super empires and had deep hatred toward each other dropped all grudges and prepared for war alongside each other.

The beings who could come here were all at least equivalent to Five-Star Warriors.

The atmosphere on the battleground in space was heated. Before the bugs arrived, some defensive structures had to be built, and magic arrays had to be set up. All of this was required for the intelligent creatures from the Azeroth Continent to maximize their advantages on the battleground.

No one complained, and no one slacked off.

The warriors became hard labor, and they sweated and used warrior energy to carry giant rocks, showing their strength. The aloof mages worked so much that they stuck out their tongues like panting dogs, looking fatigued. Under the instruction of demi-godly masters, they created various magic arrays and engraved magic paths on the ground tirelessly by using their magic energy without holding back.

The elves who were clean and tidy traveled on the battleground in space that was covered in stardust, and such dust got onto their bodies, making them look like they were made of mud. However, they didn't have time to clean themselves, and they set up many elf magic arrays and looked for terrains where the elf archers could have the most advantage.

The dwarfs started to create underground structures such as caves and traps. They were great at this, and their unique ability could perhaps counter the bugs that also liked digging holes in the ground, preventing the latter from sneak-attacking the united troops on the ground.

The gnomes and elves reached an agreement during the preparation of the upcoming war and were placed into one legion. These good-looking shorties had firearms, all kinds of probes, and other war machines. Their combat style could complement that of the elves, and the overall combat strength could increase by multiple folds.

Now that Fei passed the Dragon Clan's test and signed a new covenant with them, the qualified human, elf, and gnome warriors became powerful dragon knights. Currently, they were flying in the air while riding on dragons, inspecting the terrain and monitoring the area.

The god-level masters already started to place fist spiritual spatial seals around the battleground in space. Streaks of invisible power were sealed into the dark sky above this continent in space, waiting for the arrival of the Polluters.

The battleground in space was the only and the last line of defense of the Azeroth Continent.

Once this place was conquered, the only fate that awaited the Azeroth Continent was death and destruction. Everything that these beings treasured and wanted to protect would be destroyed.

The command center of these various united troops sat in a hidden location on the battleground in space.

The most talented mages, strategists, and generals of every force and tens of thousands of advisors were using their intelligent brains to allocate and move troops around.

The masters were fulfilling their responsibilities and calculating, again and again, making sure that they didn't miss any critical details about the imminent war.

Chapter 1248: Test of Strength (Part Two)

Elder Princess Tanasha, Demonic Woman Paris, [Zenit's God of War] Arshavin, [Demonic General] Mourinho, [Scholarly General] Wenger, [Godly General] Ferguson, [Iron General] Capello…

These famous generals who once belonged to the super empires used to battle each other to the death. After experiencing many conflicts and wars, these figures sat together to create plans and strategies. This was a first for many of them.

These talented figures laughed and put all the grudges behind them, and they valued each other greatly. However, these figures also argued with each other on the details of plans.

Time slowly passed by while the preparation continued.

…

Boom!

Fei punched out, shattering all the bugs within 1,000 meters of him.

In the next moment, he flicked his fingers, and many golden and silver sword energies of order flew out, capturing the giant bugs that were on and above the Demi-God Realm and refining them into masses of energy.

Then, these masses of energy flew into Fei's hands and merged into his body.

On the other side, Maradona was also harvesting the bugs' lives.

Fei and Maradona had stalled the bug troops at this location for half a day, and they had already killed countless bugs. Giant mountain-like corpses of the bugs were everywhere. More than 100 demi-godly bugs were killed, and more than 80 percent of them were refined and devoured by Fei, becoming his energy.

"We are almost done here. Maradona, you should go back now." Fei passed this message to Maradona.

"Haha! Can you hold them off on your own?" Maradona laughed.

Except for buying time for the united troops, Maradona and Fei were also blocking the Polluters to figure out the different types of bugs in the enemy troops and their real combat strength. In the last half a day, several hundred types of bugs with different levels of combat strength appeared in this star system, and Maradona had recorded everything with a divy crystal.

According to the plan, Maradona should return to the battleground in space and pass the information back to the military commanders who were preparing for the upcoming war. With more accurate information, these intelligent figures could create more effective battle plans and increase the chance of victory for the united troops in this war.

"Even if I must defend this place for half a day, I can do it. You should return now!" Fei's thunderous laughter resonated in space, and the sound waves shattered the bugs around him into dust.

"Ok." Maradona turned into a streak of light and dashed away. After the light flashed in space, he disappeared from the area.

Fei's expression didn't change. While golden energy flames burned around him, he punched out repeatedly, and the terrifying energy fists broke more than a dozen wormholes as if these energy fists were swords of judgment.

The chaotic and violent spatial energy surged in the area, and the low-level bugs within 100 kilometers of these wormholes disappeared.

Now, Fei's doppelgangers all returned to his body due to the time constraint.

"Summon! Barbarian warriors! Battle for me!" Fei shouted and summoned 15 wild and vicious barbarian warriors. This was a skill that he obtained from Diablo World. Now that Fei was a supreme god, the barbarian warriors that he summoned were all at level 6 True God Realm.

These 15 barbarian warriors shone like 15 radiant suns as they dashed into the sea of bugs.

The battle continued.

After about two hours, Fei used his spirit energy and detected that the barbarian warriors gradually started to die in battle.

Chapter 1249: A Supergiant Bug (Part One)

"A total of 15 level 6 true gods can only last about two hours…" Fei gasped in his mind.

The 'bug sea attack' was terrifyingly powerful. The bugs that appeared so far were only the herald legions, and the most powerful and largest bugs were only at level 8 True God Realm. The legendary and mysterious [Mother Empress] hadn't even shown up yet. Even though this was the case, the enemy force was strong enough. More than 1,000 years ago, the God Clan and Demon Clan got conquered in less than two months; it wasn't because they had bad luck.

The fate of Azeroth was now covered in a dark shadow.

It was fortunate that the 15 barbarian warriors were made of pure energy, and they didn't have flesh and physical bodies. Therefore, the bugs couldn't get the necessary fuel to evolve. Furthermore, according to the information that Fei obtained as well, it seemed like the bugs couldn't evolve in space, so Fei wasn't worried that the masses of energy that these barbarian warriors left behind would be devoured by unique bugs.

Fei could only summon these barbarian warriors three times per day. After testing the strength of these bugs, he didn't summon more barbarian warriors.

Knowing that the bugs before him couldn't provide him with more information, Fei didn't hold back and unleashed all his power. His early-stage supreme-godly strength was used, and terrifying laws of nature and laws of order gushed out of Fei's body and exploded in the area. Like tsunamis, they rushed out and engulfed the entire star system.

Fei was going to clear the area.

The scene was shocking and terrifying at this moment. As if tornadoes blew through many sand sculptures, the destructive and invisible energy instantly permeated the area, shattering all bugs in this star system. Even those bugs that were equivalent to true gods could only whine before turning into small particles like collapsing sand sculptures.

In just a flash, all the bugs that had teleported to this place got wiped out.

Was this the true power of a supreme god? It was unheard of!

Fei controlled his power well. After causing the destruction, he slowly pulled back his force and didn't affect those tens of thousands of wormholes, allowing the bugs to arrive in this star system one after another.

Fei was worried that if he shattered all these spatial teleportation channels, the bugs on the other end of the wormholes might create more wormholes in other places. If that happened, the plan that the Azeroth Continent prepared would be greatly affected.

After killing all the bugs in this star system, the information should be reported to the bugs on the other end of the wormholes, and higher-level bugs should soon arrive.

Just as Fei expected, some giant bugs that were equivalent to true gods already had a certain level of intelligence. After these bugs came out of the wormholes and glanced around, they instantly realized what happened as spirit energy frequencies that contained shock and horror appeared. These giant bugs never expected that after so many of their peers were teleported through the wormholes, they didn't take care of the provokers on this end and got wiped out instead.

Streaks of powerful spirit energy frequencies started to vibrate in space.

Fei didn't choose to attack. Instead, he quietly watched as these giant mountain-like bugs that looked strange and vicious communicated with each other, capturing their spirit energy frequencies.

With the amount of spirit energy frequencies that he knew already, Fei slowly tried to understand the meaning behind these new frequencies.

The bugs only communicated with each other using spirit energy frequencies.

These giant bugs that were shocked quickly passed spirit energy frequencies back into the wormholes. Then, a few of them dashed back into the wormholes to report in person.

Chapter 1249: A Supergiant Bug (Part Two)

Fei moved his mind and summoned another 15 barbarian warriors.

In the next second, these barbarian warriors battled with these more than a dozen giant bugs.

Fei carefully observed the combat style and combat strength of these high-level bugs.

These creatures were all born as killing machines. Every part of their bodies could be used in battles, and their bones were as sharp as god-tier weapons. Their claws, teeth, tails, horns, knees, and even fins could all deal insane damage. Besides, they had different innate abilities that could rival the godly laws of nature. Even when fighting with the barbarian warriors who were true gods, they weren't at a disadvantage. Their combat style was vicious and savage-like, showing no fear of death.

Soon, blood stained the area while roars resonated in space.

Both the barbarian warriors and the giant bugs suffered casualties.

At this moment, a streak of vast energy swept over like a crazy tsunami from the giant wormhole in the center of the battleground, instantly engulfing the star system. Then, the giant foot of a bug slowly reached out of the wormhole. When compared to this foot, those giant bugs currently in battle seemed tiny like mice in front of a tiger.

"Here it comes. A high-level bug that is equivalent to a godly king… is this the legendary [Mother Empress]?" Fei wondered as he waved his hand, sending many golden and silver sword energies of order, killing and refining all the true-god-level giant bugs. Then, he drew back the barbarian warriors and patiently waited for this supergiant bug to get out of the wormhole.

"Foreign race… die!"

A spirit energy tornado shot out of the wormhole. Clearly, Fei's actions enraged this supergiant bug that was about to descend, and this angry bug struck its foot that got through the wormhole toward Fei like a godly spear that spanned across the universe.

"Reckless! Even if you were to fully descend, you couldn't rival me! How dare you act this way? Die!" Fei roared, and the sound waves surged up as if they were tangible, breaking the giant bug foot that was stomping down and making blood shed in space.

When colliding with Fei's force, this giant foot was pushed back.

This strike enraged the supergiant bug more.

The bug sped up the teleportation speed, and another giant foot soon moved out of the wormhole. A streak of cold and vicious presence appeared in this star system, and six pairs of giant antennas that had a cross-sectional diameter of about a dozen meters and a length of about a few hundred meters showed up. Then, it was the mountain-like head and the two giant red compound eyes that seemed like stars, looking terrifying.

Half of this bug's body already appeared, and it almost exploded this giant wormhole.

From the appearance alone, this supergiant bug was like a locust that was enlarged numerous times. However, the black scale-armor-like bone shell, the sharp bone spikes with green glares, the abyss-like mouth, the heavenly-pillar-like teeth, and the corrosive breath… all these things made this bug look like an abyss monster that crawled out of Hell.

This supergiant bug only showed half of its body, yet this star system was filled with a chilly death presence and an aggressive murderous spirit. It seemed like this star system turned into a death zone.

As soon as this monster opened its mouth, ocean-like green flames flew toward Fei.

All the bug corpses that were floating in space got turned into nothingness, and even the small planets that had a diameter of about thousands of kilometers and floating meteorites disappeared after the green flames burned through.

It seemed like this strange fire could burn anything.

In the next moment, the ocean-like strange green flames engulfed Fei.

Chapter 1250: Killing and Ten Days (Part One)

"Anger is something that only the weak would show. Big monster, you can't rival me if you don't completely descend into this star system."

Fei didn't move and only released a streak of provocative spirit energy frequencies. Regardless of how the strange green flames wrapped around Fei, it couldn't even burn a strand of his hair.

As soon as Fei finished speaking, he opened his mouth and sucked all the green flames that were burning through the star system into his stomach as if a whale was inhaling in the ocean. All the green flames were turned into masses of pure energy for Fei to consume.

This level of attack couldn't threaten Fei.

This scene provoked the giant monster that was being teleported through the large wormhole.

A series of crazy and violent roars sounded from this giant locust-like monster's mouth.

It struggled like crazy, and its giant body slowly squeezed out of the wormhole like a fat mole crawling out of its small cave. It took about six minutes to completely exit the wormhole and be freed of all spatial restrictions.

"Roar!" This bug looked up and roared.

Now that its entire body appeared in this star system, its' visual impact was huge.

The green flames burned around this bug, and the violent and destructive energy waves and surges dashed in all directions.

"Poor lowly bug! Die!" The giant monster transmitted its intent to Fei.

The giant compound eyes released green light dots, and they created a net of light, flying forward Fei and trying to engulf him like the invitation from the Grim Reaper. When the net touched the star fragments in space, those fragments got quietly turned into pieces that were about the size of sand grains.

"This seems to be one of the killing strikes of this giant locust-like monster."

Fei sensed a streak of law of nature surging inside this attack that seemed like a laser-net. It was clear that it wasn't a simple net of light made of energy.

"Could it be that during the process of evolution, this bug already merged with the godly laws of nature from the Azeroth Continent?" Fei thought to himself. When the green net of light got close to him, he reached out his hands and lightly ripped it.

As if he was tearing a piece of ragged cloth, Fei easily tore this green net that could instantly kill a low-level godly king into two. Then, a streak of golden light dashed out of Fei's hands, turning the green net golden. After doing that, the golden net flew back toward the giant bug.

"Poor lowly bug! Die!" The giant locust-like monster released a streak of tornado-like spirit energy frequencies, and it repeated the same thing.

The surprising thing was that this series of spirit energy frequencies contained the ancient continental language of the Azeroth Continent.

In the next moment, Fei guessed the reason.

This should be a high-level bug that had participated in the war against the God Clan and Demon Clan more 1,000 years ago. It should have killed many masters of the God Clan and Demon Clan, absorbed its enemies' power and comprehension of laws of nature, and evolved toward this path. Then, it obtained similar techniques and grasped the ancient continental language.

The battle began at this moment.

The bugs saw themselves as the greatest race in the universe, and they didn't view humans as a worthy opponent.

This giant bug moved freely in space even though it was big like a mountain, and its six pairs of antennas whipped around violently, tearing the golden net of light into pieces.

Then, like a mad bull, it dashed across space and stomped toward Fei with its sharp weapon-like front legs while green flames burned around it.

Chapter 1250: Killing and Ten Days (Part Two)

"Hahaha! You want to compete with me in terms of size?"

Fei laughed and dashed forward. His body size instantly increased by more than 1,000 times, turning into a giant who was more than 3,000 meters tall. His giant hands reached out and caught the front legs of the giant bug, and he pulled onto it and spun like a spinning top before letting go and throwing this giant locust-like bug away.

Boom!

The giant locust-like bug struggled like crazy, but it was no use.

Its giant body smashed into a giant wormhole further away and shattered the stability of the spatial elements that weren't firm in the first place.

As the wormhole exploded, the terrifying energy left many cracks on the bug's body, and green blood jetted out of the wounds.

This giant bug was injured by Fei in one move.

Fei didn't give this giant bug the time to breathe. He turned into a bolt of lightning and chased after the bug. As if his fists turned into meteors, the punches that were beyond the speed of sound struck the chest and belly of this giant bug.

"Poor lowly bug! Die" the giant bug roared and released a series of spirit energy frequencies.

Its belly was covered with a hard green bone shell. Suddenly, the bone shell opened, and many bone spikes that shone with chilly light shot out. At the same time, its antennas, front legs, and thick back legs all turned around as if its joints were non-existent, tightly locking down Fei.

More than 1,000 years ago, this bug used this trick and killed many gods and demons.

Unfortunately for this bug, its enemy was Fei today.

Fei loved close-range combat since he was the most familiar with the barbarian's combat style. As a close-range combat master, how could he be injured by this? The fierceness of this giant bug ignited Fei's battle-hunger, and he roared and instantly broke this bug's antennas and legs that were wrapped around him with his bulging muscles, completely ignoring the bone spikes that contained laws of destruction and were flying toward him.

A series of shrill screams sounded in space.

Giant bone-structured limbs and flood-like blood formed many giant masses of green light.

The bone spikes disappeared before they could get close to Fei, and Fei's fists almost turned the belly of this giant bug to mush.

This man and this bug battled each other without holding back, and energy waves surged in space.

In the end, Fei pressed the giant locust-like bug onto a meteorite and almost beat it into a meat jam. It was completely killed, and even the meteorite was destroyed.

This peak godly-king-level giant bug died.

Fei released many golden and silver sword energies and refined its remaining corpse, obtaining a massive amount of energy.

"You are a maniac."

Continental Martial Saint Maradona's voice sounded by Fei's ears.

When a silver light flashed by, Maradona returned from his trip.

"Old man, why didn't you help me?" Fei looked at the wormholes that stabilized again and sensed hundreds of presences that weren't weaker compared to the giant locust-like bug that he just killed through them. With a grim expression, he said, "Ok, it seems like these bugs are really going to come here. We will be busy for the next while. Old man, you must be careful. If you get smashed by the bugs, I won't save you."

Maradona pouted and opened one of his hands, and a strangely-shaped curved blade appeared, emitting a terrifying aura.

This was a god-tier combat weapon.

It seemed like the Continental Martial Saint was about to use his full strength.

"Those guys who are known for their intelligence asked us to stall the bugs here for ten days; it is the only way that they can have enough time to set everything up," Maradona said, "If we can't last, they will send reinforcements over soon."

"Ten days?" Fei calculated in his mind and became even more serious.

Even though Fei was now a supreme god and Maradona was also insanely powerful, it was a huge challenge for them to stall the bugs for ten days. Only one day passed, and the enemy already sent over a peak godly-king-level bug.

"What will happen next? Will supreme-god-level bugs come here from the other side?"

Chapter 1251: First Blood (Part One)

In reality, Fei's guess wasn't wrong.

After the bugs were blocked in front of the wormholes for three days, they sent out a supreme-god-level bug. This bug wasn't similar to the giant locust-like beast that was equivalent to a godly king. It was a snake-like bug that was only a few hundred meters long. Its body was tough like a god-tier combat weapon, and it could control lightning.

In this battle, Maradona was severely injured, and Fei was wounded as well.

Fei only took care of this supreme-god-level bug after spending half a day and paying a hefty price.

Although Fei had access to a massive amount of pure energy to replenish his energy depletion, he couldn't absorb it in a short time.

After fighting with the bugs for several days non-stop, Fei's strength was greatly reduced. On the other hand, Continental Martial Saint Maradona received medical treatments from Fei but could no longer battle. The injuries that the supreme-god-level bug left on his body forced him to retreat to the distant battleground in space, getting the rest that he needed.

This was terrible news for humans.

The bugs were only blocked here four days in total, yet they sent over a supreme-god-level existence. It was hard to imagine what kind of forces that the bugs were going to send over next. The situation seemed to show that the bugs didn't lack supreme-god-level entities.

The most worrying thing for Fei was that the [Mother Empress] in legends that controlled the bugs hadn't appeared yet.

According to the information that Fei obtained, he used a little extrapolation and guessed that the [Mother Empress]'s strength was beyond the Supreme God Realm. It was hard to imagine what humans could rely on to win this war once the [Mother Empress] arrived.

As the most powerful human, Fei didn't have the strength to rival high-level supreme gods yet.

The battle continued.

After Maradona retreated to the battleground in space, human reinforcements came to assist Fei.

There were more than a dozen god-level dragon knights and various top-tier masters who used to belong to different super empires. There were [Battle God] Ronaldo of Madrid and [God's Son] Messi of Barcelona.

This pair of nemeses had never imagined that they would fight alongside each other one day.

Fei had used a ton of his godly power. As the most powerful human, he had to rest. This way, if a devastating situation occurred, humans could have the strength to turn the tables and potentially prevent a disaster.

High-level and low-level bugs were shooting out of the wormholes continuously like water jetting out of a pipe, and the human reinforcements joined the battle.

Now, Fei finally got a chance to breathe. He was stationed at the center of this star system, and he helped out when human masters fell into dangerous situations, preventing as many casualties as possible. After four days of high-intensity battle, Fei consumed a ton of godly power, and he needed time to readjust and become stronger since there was a huge amount of pure energy in his grand godly realm that he hadn't had the chance to absorb.

It was fortunate that the overall strength of humans increased drastically.

About a month ago, the technique that could break the barrier between the Demi-God Realm and the True-God Realm was shared by the Northern Region Empire and the Holy Church, and it quickly spread throughout the continent. Furthermore, the laws of nature changed on the Azeroth Continent, allowing many demi-gods who were stuck in their realm to advance and become true gods.

Chapter 1251: First Blood (Part Two)

To prepare for the war, many masters were permitted to cultivate in those unique spaces of the Northern Region Empire where time flowed faster compared to the outside world. Now, many true gods and even godly kings existed among humans.

For example, Messi and Ronaldo were both godly kings.

The tragic battle continued.

The bugs were fighting for the control of the space within 1,000 kilometers of the wormholes. If they were able to obtain the control, they could send troops to this star system continuously without obstacles, and these troops could move around and create larger wormholes to teleport the main forces and the more powerful bugs.

Through observation, Fei noticed that the higher level a bug was, the harder it was for it to get through the wormholes. For that supreme-god-level bug to come here, more than ten godly-king-level bugs burned their energy and sacrificed themselves to create a supergiant wormhole for it to get through.

It was clear that to create a supergiant wormhole, processes had to take place on both ends of the wormhole.

It seemed like the bugs' evolution path tilted toward technology. In the war on the Azeroth Continent more than 1,000 years ago, they didn't get to devour many gods and demons who mastered the laws of space. Therefore, their control of the laws of space was weak, and this weakness of the bugs could be exploited by humans.

As long as human masters could stall the bugs near the wormholes, the bugs wouldn't be able to move forward quickly and teleport their main forces.

Time passed by.

Even with Fei at the center of the star system and overseeing the battle, casualties were unavoidable.

Boom!

An explosive noise resonated in the dark star system. A human dragon knight named Pires who was from the Arsenal Military District on the Eastern Region of Azeroth was surrounded by many powerful bugs, and he suffered unrecoverable injuries. In this situation, he chose to self-detonate. The powerful godly laws of nature spread in the area and turned the bugs that were within 100 kilometers of him into dust. However, the price that Pires paid was the complete disappearance of his soul.

All the human masters who were in battle quietly looked toward Pires' direction, paying respect to their peer who was the first to die in this war.

This was the first blood that humans shed, but it was probably not the last.

However, the human masters who were battling didn't get fearful.

On the contrary, the sacrifice of this peer stimulated their bravery.

[God's Son] Messi and [Battle God] Ronaldo charged into the sea of bugs with their peers behind them.

"Revenge!" everyone shouted in their minds.

Compared to the bugs, these human masters were way more intelligent, could coordinate with each other well, and had more coordination experience. The 30-or-so human masters created two cone-shaped formations, and they moved inside the sea of bugs non-stop, avoiding being tied down by the bugs. Every time they moved, they tried to destroy one wormhole to slow down the bugs' teleportation speed.

Fei could only help when these two teams encountered deadly dangers.

In the meantime, Fei was trying to recover his godly power and absorb the pure energy inside his grand godly realm.

To humans, the good news was that after the first supreme-god-level bug died, there wasn't a second supreme-god-level bug that got teleported over. This was the only way that Messi and others could buy time for Fei.

…

-The battleground in space-

At this moment, the human troops that were busy working saw the tragic last moment of Pires and his dragon through the projected screen of a divy crystal.

Chapter 1252: Terrible News (Part One)

The generals and soldiers of the former Arsenal Empire cried and sobbed.

Pires was a famous general of Arsenal for more than 100 years, and he had great influence in the empire. He was the idol of many people.

The Arsenal Empire was now in the history of the Azeroth Continent; the entire continent was controlled by the Human Emperor. The Arsenal Empire turned into the Arsenal Military District, but the Arsenalians' admiration and respect toward Pires didn't change.

In the past, [Lightning's Edge] Pires, [Spear King] Henry, and [Warrior of Ice] Bergkamp created the terrifying trident of Arsenal. Wherever they went, they were undefeated and made a name for Arsenal. As a result, these three figures were looked up to by many people.

Unfortunately, everyone would die one day.

That booming explosion and the radiant light became the last proof of Pires' existence in the world.

[Lightning's Edge] Pires died in space to protect the land behind him.

Even though he died, he chose the most tragic way which was self-detonation, not letting the bugs get anything from his death.

On the vast battleground in space, not only the soldiers and masters of the former Arsenal Empire, but all human fighters and members of other races saluted at the scene that was projected above them by a divy crystal.

Then, a series of dragon roars resonated on the battleground in space.

Tens of thousands of dragons encircled the scene that was projected and roared in anger.

There was a god-level green dragon who self-detonated alongside Pires.

This dragon was an elder in the Dragon Clan who participated in the war more than 1,000 years ago. It was also the first dragon who took a human as its knight. It acknowledged Pires as its knight, and they volunteered to reinforce Fei, killing many bugs. Their deaths were going to be recorded in the history book for this era of the Azeroth Continent.

In the next moment, everyone started to move faster and worked harder, trying to complete the setup on the battleground without needing any motivating chants and phrases.

Everyone knew that if they could complete the setup on the battleground in space one second earlier, the heroes would bleed less in that star system.

…

It was Fei's third time summoning the barbarian warriors today.

These godly warriors who weren't afraid of death coordinated with figures such as Messi and Ronaldo. In the critical moments, they acted as meat shields so that others could retreat safely. With this strategy, casualties were kept at a minimum.

Soon, another day passed.

The bugs were already blocked here for a total of five days, but humans had paid a hefty price.

After [Lightning's Edge] Pires, five more human gods such as [Giant God of Battle] Carol of Liverpool, [Tough Stone] Vidic of Manchester United, and [Rapid Sword of Wind] Ozil of Madrid all died in battle. In the most dangerous times, they also chose to self-detonate, bringing destruction to the bugs even when they died.

At this moment, Fei finally recovered his godly power and completely absorbed the massive amount of pure energy in his grand godly realm.

Now, Fei's degree of fusion with the grand godly realm had reached 89 percent, meaning that Fei's strength had skyrocketed to level 6 Supreme God Realm in only five days. He was able to continuously borrow power from his grand godly realm.

Chapter 1252: Terrible News (Part Two)

To some degree, the bugs who were great at absorbing their enemies' energy and evolving finally met their nemesis. The energy that they left after they died gradually became Fei's energy. Although Fei still didn't know why he could see and absorb this type of primal pure energy, it was a great sign.

When Fei recovered his peak strength, Continental Martial Saint Maradona who had healed up returned to this star system.

People like Messi and Ronaldo were hanging on the last straw, and they finally got the chance to return to the battleground in space to rest.

Before leaving, they collected the broken armor and weapon fragments of their peers who had died in battle. These remaining items could be placed in the cenotaphs of these heroes, and the future generations could pay respect to these brave and honorable elders who sacrificed their lives.

Of course, this could only happen if the Azeroth Continent had a future.

Now back to his prime, Fei could unleash all his power and start the revenge. He showcased his terrifying abilities again, clearing all the bugs in this star system. A massive amount of pure energy flew into Fei's body in the form of light dots. With the increase of his strength, Fei's speed of absorbing this type of mysterious pure energy grew faster.

The battle became a little bit easier, but the situation was still grim.

At noon on the sixth day, Maradona had to return to the battleground in space to rest due to more heavy injuries.

Fei was also injured quite a bit.

The bugs finally unleashed their furious counterattack. By paying the hefty price of the lives of more than 20 peak godly-king-level bugs, they activated two supergiant wormholes and teleported over two supreme-god-level bugs.

It was fortunate that Fei's strength already increased to level 6 Supreme God Realm. After summoning saint items such as the Scepter of Creation and the Throne of Creation, he was barely able to kill these two bugs that were equivalent to level 4 supreme gods.

During this battle, Continental Martial Saint Maradona who was only in charge of inspecting the area was hit by the residual energy waves and got severely injured.

"Damn it. I didn't think that my old bones would be so fragile. Time sure is a killer…" Maradona sighed in sadness before he left.

Indeed, the power of the bugs was far beyond everyone's estimates. This was their first real encounter with the bugs, but the latter showed a dominating advantage in less than ten days.

In the last 1,000 years, Maradona was a legendary figure on the continent, but he could only inspect the area during battles on this level and might die at any time. This was tough to witness.

If it weren't for Fei who was an unparalleled and shocking genius, the Azeroth Continent wouldn't be able to last a second before being destroyed.

Maradona's return to the battleground in space meant that another round of tough battle began in this star system.

Another group of masters from the united troops came to this star system to assist Fei.

This time, except for human masters and dragon knights, there were also senior elf elders of the Elf Clan, dwarf king warriors of the Dwarf Clan, giant whale berserk gods of the Sea Tribe, and grand alchemists of the Gnome Clan.

The battle became long and drawn-out just like before.

Due to his injuries, Fei had to battle while healing himself by absorbing the pure energy in his grand godly realm. Those two supreme-god-level bugs brought Fei a shocking amount of pure energy. If Fei absorbed it, his strength would leap forward unimaginably.

At this moment, terrible news came from the battleground in space

Chapter 1253: Tragedy (Part One)

At the star system where the wormholes appeared, Fei and the masters of various races fought hard to guard this path that led to the Azeroth Continent.

At this moment, a piece of urgent news came from the battleground in space.

The person who came to deliver the news was Golden Elf King Akinfeev.

This low-key and mysterious Gold Saint of Pisces, one of the 12 Gold Saints of Chambord, already activated his golden elf king bloodline, and his strength skyrocketed and reached peak Godly King Realm. He was the most powerful being among the 12 Gold Saints.

However, at this moment, Akinfeev's aura was messy, and a shocking wound could be seen from his right shoulder to his abdomen. He looked to be in terrible condition.

"Something happened. Hyperspace teleportation tunnels appeared around the battleground in space. The Polluters appeared there…" Akinfeev said while panting. It was clear that he went through a tough battle.

"What?" Fei was shocked. "How is this possible? I already paid attention and didn't sense any rapid surges of spatial elements within millions of kilometers. How could it be… how could those bugs know the spatial coordinates of the battleground in space?"

"About an hour ago, a small mutated wormhole appeared, and many high-level bugs showed up. There were powerful beings among them. They dissected the area around the battleground using the laws of nature, and the united troops on the battleground suffered many casualties. Fortunately, we did many preparations in the last while, and we didn't get chaotic. The commander center on the battleground in space tried to notify Your Majesty several times, but the messengers were all killed by the Polluters. In total, six groups of god-level scouts were wiped out. In the end, I finally charged through the enemies, but my golden royal guard team who came with me all died…" Akinfeev looked saddened.

Akinfeev was extremely close with the members of his golden royal guard team. It was painful for him to see them all die before his eyes.

It was evident that the situation on the battleground in space became dangerous. Otherwise, the Golden Elf King wouldn't come here to report to Fei in person.

The situation was turning bad.

Fei waved his hand, and a streak of golden light dashed into Akinfeev's body, healing all the injuries.

Then, Fei thought to himself, "How did it happen? It shouldn't be! For bugs to open wormholes, they need extremely accurate spatial coordinates. Otherwise, any discrepancies might lead to the destabilization and collapse of the wormholes, turning the teleportation tunnels into paths of death. Any creature that entered it would be disintegrated into the primal elements."

The battleground in space was a remote place that the God Clan and Demon Clan prepared for this war. Even the biggest bug spy, Dicanio, didn't know about the battleground in space at all. In the last 1,000 years, this place was well-protected and well-hidden. Theoretically, the bugs shouldn't know about the spatial coordinates of that place. Unless… the bugs just learned about the spatial coordinates! It means…"

Fei gradually figured it out. It seemed like he had underestimated the bugs.

Although the bugs were blocked in this star system by Fei, they used a secret technique and obtained the spatial coordinates of the battleground in space. After all, there were connections between this star system and the battleground in space. Continental Martial Saint Maradona had traveled between these two places, and human masters such as Messi and Ronaldo also made trips. It seemed like the bugs used these connections and found the location of the battleground in space.

"They think that the battleground in space is the place where humans escaped to? What should I do now?" Many thoughts flashed through Fei's mind.

According to the original plan, Fei was going to try to stall the bugs at this star system, waiting for the united troops on the battleground in space to fully prepare. Then, they could battle the bugs head-on in high-spirits and try to win the battle. Now, this plan was messed up.