Gu Qijue is dead.

The Blue-Horned Creatures are also gone.

Above the deep crater.

Surrounded by over eighty Deceitful Mutant Creatures, along with the War God Group and others.

Ji Shang, Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Cute Treasure, Xing Emperor, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, Zhao Hu—all of them find it difficult to accept this outcome.

"Why did it have to be like this?!" Huo Lin Nana murmured to herself, her emotions were complicated.

She didn't know why, but her heart felt so low.

Clearly, she had only been with him for a short time.

Could it be that I really did fall for him?

At the scene, there was a moment of silence.

No one spoke.

Oroska looked on quietly, he was also injured, but nothing serious.

In this silent environment, the atmosphere felt very oppressive.

"Ah! What a pity, what a pity, we can only help you this far, farewell!"

At this point, Gui Lan shook his head and left with Deceit.

Oroska sighed lightly and shook his head with a bitter smile, "Ah! Brother Ji Shang, my condolences! We should also head back."

"President, you go first!" Huo Lin Nana was somewhat reluctant.

"Alright, you can come back anytime."

Oroska didn't force her, shook his head, and left with the crowd.

Soon, only Ji Shang, Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Cute Treasure, Xing Emperor, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, and Zhao Hu remained.

The night gradually enveloped the Earth.

Huo Lin Nana exhaled softly and said, "Everyone, President Gu told me that if he died in battle, you shouldn't be sad, as this was the outcome he had long foreseen. I'm sure President Gu wouldn't want to see you like this."

Speaking, Huo Lin Nana jumped into the pit, coming to Gu Qijue's body.

Looking at his pale body, she felt a sudden sharp pain in her heart.

As she squatted down to pick up Gu Qijue's body.

Suddenly, from beneath the ground, a pale claw stretched out, like a dragon's claw, grabbed Gu Qijue's body, and instantly disappeared beneath the ground.

"Damn it, who is it?!"

Seeing this scene, Huo Lin Nana became furious and launched a full-scale attack where the claw disappeared.

But it was to no avail.

The large hand that grabbed Gu Qijue's body had already vanished without a trace.

Ji Shang, who hadn't seen the pit's scene, suddenly had a glimmer in his eyes and said, "Could it be that the Star-Sucking Main Tree took it? If it was, maybe it can resurrect him."

"Really?"

Everyone, hearing this, clenched their fists, a glimmer of hope rising in their hearts.

"No, the one who grabbed President Gu's body was a pale claw, definitely not that Star-Sucking Tree."

When Huo Lin Nana announced the result in grief and indignation, the flicker of hope that had been born in the people instantly went out.

"Damn it! Could it be some other creature from the deep sea?"

They couldn't accept it, releasing agonized screams.

Cute Treasure, in pain, also coughed up a mouthful of blood. Among them, he was the youngest, and he cried out loud.

Afterward, no matter how they searched, they couldn't find any trace of where the claw that took Gu Qijue's body came from; there wasn't a sign left underground.

In the end, they didn't remember how they returned to the safe haven.

Meanwhile.

Roar!!

"How did the third brother die?"

"How could this be, how could there be beings on land capable of killing the third brother?"

"Little Turtle also died, what on Earth happened. Altar, replay the scene for me."

With a boom, that gray altar burst into light, revealing the scene of Gu Qijue fighting fiercely with the Blue-Horned Creatures.

After the two deep-sea creatures lurking there watched, they were silent for a long time.

Perishing together, leaving them with no one to seek revenge from.

Moreover, Little Turtle's death had shattered their plans.

"We... can't go back."

After a long while, a bitter voice sounded.

"We should never have meddled in external matters. Let that Star-Sucking Main Tree drain this planet dry, though we couldn't refine those existences, at least we wouldn't perish here."

"There's absolutely no hope left, prepare to self-destruct and break through this sky! Here, we will be exterminated sooner or later, might as well die grandly and release the nine Blood Dragons suppressed beneath the altar..."

"Alright! Since hope has been extinguished, let's go down in a blaze of glory!"

...

...

Time flew by, and three days later.

He Lianyun visited again.

Satellites couldn't capture the scene around the Star-Sucking Main Tree.

Thus, the world didn't know what the outcome was.

The one receiving He Lianyun was Bai Jingyi.

"Sister Bai, what about President Gu? Was that Blue-Horned Creature killed?"

He Lianyun got straight to the point, as this matter was of great significance.

"President Gu is gone!!" Bai Jingyi said plainly.

"What!?" He Lianyun was slightly shocked.

"You must be pleased, right!?"

Bai Jingyi said expressionlessly, "Now that you know the result, you can leave."

She had no mood to say much to this person right now.

"Sorry, I also feel sad about President Gu's death. President Gu mentioned that if he died in battle, a year later, someone would deliver Mu Xinyu's severed hand, hoping you all can endure this."

He Lianyun sighed slightly, not wanting to disturb any further, he got up and left quietly.

Honestly, he didn't wish for Gu Qijue to die in battle either.

If he were alive, he might have been able to solve the destruction brought by the Star-Sucking Tree,

If he were alive, he would have been the Stabilizing Needle of the Hidden Dragon Empire.

Emotionally and rationally, He Lianyun didn't want him to die in battle.

He left with a heavy heart.

Those who knew Gu Qijue had died in battle were only the War God Group and the high-level officials of the Hidden Dragon Empire now.

They hadn't spread this matter outside.

Just knowing it themselves was enough.

Not spreading it could still deter many rampant monsters.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had already passed.

Ji Shang and the others were slowly walking out from their desolation, embracing a new life.

They established a group in the Hidden Dragon Empire — the Black Dragon Group!

Replacing the former Di Yuan Group.

On this night.

In the center of Cloud City.

The Star-Sucking Main Tree suddenly became agitated.

Without any warning, it rumbled and contracted underground, within less than a minute, leaving behind a massive crater where it originally stood, its sky-blocking figure gone.

At the same time, within the Hidden Dragon Empire, all the Star-Sucking small trees also retreated underground, as if disappearing from the planet's continent. No matter the advanced technology used, their presence could no longer be traced.

Rumble——

Half a month after the disappearance of the Star-Sucking Main Tree.

Beneath the Bermuda Deep Sea, suddenly at around 8 PM tonight, two energy storms capable of destroying everything erupted.

Energy storms more terrifying than nuclear explosions quickly expanded and spread from the Bermuda Sea Region.

Ten miles, thirty miles, eighty miles, a hundred miles, five hundred miles, a thousand miles...

The expansion speed was incredibly astounding.

Wherever the storm went, it destroyed everything, evaporated oceans, and within less than half an hour, it encompassed thousands of miles in radius.

Moreover, it continued to expand at an alarming speed, sweeping across the land, annihilating all.

Countless beings and monsters perished in the sweep of this storm.

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