Chapter 550: Chapter 258: Return, Clash Among the Absolute Peaks! (Request for Monthly Votes)
The 23rd Brigade did not encounter any large armies on the road ahead.
However, they still came across several Earth Star army brigades numbering four to five thousand soldiers each.
Faced with such a scale of enemy forces, the 23rd Brigade naturally crushed them without suspense.
Just like that, the 23rd Brigade advanced quickly towards their set target.
Half an hour later.
Xu Zhou could already see the border line five thousand miles away.
The reason it is called a "border line" is because up ahead, Xu Zhou could vaguely see a sea of black, the large army of Martial Artists from Earth Star.
Beyond that border line, the rules of the Blue Star Universe no longer held any force.
"Are we setting up camp there?"
Zhong Qiang, seeing the immense Earth Star army, had a face that instantly turned somewhat ashen.
Beyond the border line, the Earth Star army was at least a hundred thousand strong!
"Don’t panic," Xu Zhou said, "Other Vanguard Armies will also converge here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a roar of army formations trampling through the void came from behind.
Zhong Qiang turned his head to look, and indeed as Xu Zhou had said, several other Vanguard Armies had arrived as well.
One of these armies was the 156th Division they had encountered before.
According to the Military Department’s orders, more than ten Vanguard Armies were advancing from different directions, eventually serving a destination shaped like a gourd.
The purpose of doing this is to clear out the entire Earth Star army in this region as much as possible.
"Once all the Vanguard Armies have arrived, we can set up camp."
Xu Zhou let out a long sigh of relief, "This mission is considered complete."
As he spoke, he turned to Zhong Qiang and asked, "How many Earth Star units did we annihilate in total?"
Zhong Qiang immediately reported, "During this vanguard mission, our army annihilated a total of twelve Earth Star units!"
"Among them, there were seven Earth Star units with fewer than five thousand soldiers, and five units with more than five thousand soldiers! There was one army of over ten thousand!"
Xu Zhou nodded slightly, fully annihilating twelve Earth Star units was indeed a considerable achievement.
"After this, my personal war merit will absolutely reach over five million."
He grew more eager in his heart.
Such rich war merit would surely be enough to help him break through to Seventh Grade!
Thinking of this, he could hardly wait to return to the Military Department to claim the war merits.
"Unfortunately, we still have to set up camp and guard here. Who knows when the war merits can be settled..."
Xu Zhou sighed softly in his heart.
Suddenly—
"Hmm?" Xu Zhou was slightly taken aback.
Just now, he suddenly felt a tingling numbness on his scalp, as if a terrifying crisis was about to descend!
Such a crisis was even more terrifying than when he encountered Lan Yu in the third-grade realm back then!
However, strangely, this feeling came and went quickly, disappearing almost as soon as it appeared.
"Is someone harboring ill intent towards me? Moreover, someone vastly superior in strength?"
Xu Zhou focused his mind, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.
After reaching Sixth Grade, his spiritual senses became increasingly acute, and any intuition was not without cause; there had to be a source.
"Could it be an Earth Star expert beyond the border line?"
Xu Zhou gazed towards the direction of the border line, his eyes narrowing slightly.
...
What Xu Zhou didn’t know was.
Right at this moment, high above him, thousands of miles in the sky.
Two majestic figures were facing each other from afar.
"Three-eyed King, you have trespassed!"
Di Jun stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the silhouette ahead with silver hair and a menacing vertical eye at the center of the brow.
Though it was just a silhouette, with the other’s realm, if desired, it could arrive here in an instant with a single thought.
Upon sensing the other’s presence, Di Jun immediately stepped out of the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool and arrived here in a flash.
"Great Three-eyed King, you have lowered yourself to this, attacking a younger generation?"
Di Jun looked at the silhouette, amusement in his eyes.
Not far away, the Three-eyed King with a vertical eye at the brow was expressionless, not surprised at Di Jun’s appearance.
Though the world rumored this Absolute Peak expert from Blue Star had long met his demise and laid in the yellow springs.
For an entity like the Three-eyed King, however, he knew Di Jun was not dead, reaching such a realm, they were aware of the duration of their fate, and he knew Di Jun had some time left.
The Three-eyed King looked at Di Jun and said faintly, "He killed someone he shouldn’t have."
"Shouldn’t have killed?" Di Jun chuckled softly, "Ye Hong was outmatched, couldn’t contend against the prodigy of our Blue Star, and was killed, so be it, what’s impossible about that?"
The Three-eyed King frowned slightly, his voice cold, "Di Jun, do you really want to stop me?"
Di Jun replied calmly, "You can feel free to try it!"
The Three-eyed King’s gaze grew increasingly icy, but he said nothing more.
Yet beside him, two more silhouettes appeared.
One of them was surprisingly Ming Ji, and the other was also an Absolute Peak expert from the round table.
Three towering silhouettes stood high in the skies, confronting Di Jun, their terrifying gazes nearly becoming tangible.
Di Jun remained composed, as if in a place with no one else, smiling faintly, "Three Absolute Peaks, such a grand display, feel free to try and see if you can cross this realm!"
His eyes shone brilliantly, directly meeting the terrifying gazes of the three opponents, awe-inspiring and world-shocking.
In an instant, the void exploded, the sea of the world ebbed and flowed.
They were engaged in a gaze confrontation, although no fumes of war came forth, it was intensely fierce.
This was a confrontation among Absolute Peaks, even a gaze could annihilate a Ninth Grade living being, dominating the land.
One step beyond the Peak of Ninth Grade is the Absolute Peak, which is not merely the Ninth Grade, but rather beings of another level, though still far from that realm.
Despite this, the might of the Absolute Peak could not be challenged below the Absolute Peak.
Moments later, the Three-eyed King and Ming Ji, along with another person, finally withdrew their gazes, but their eyes carried a look of dread.