Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1719 - 969: Exhausting Military Strength, No Retreat nor Surrender
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
Having lost all its strategic worth, many of the formidable experts who once supported the Jupiter Star Group have now departed.
Such is the ruthless nature of the dark starry sky; once value vanishes, abandonment is instantaneous, regardless of how united they were against a common enemy or how close their previous ties seemed.
No faction is willing to be shackled by a useless weight.
The exit of these powerful beings was noted by the Jupiter Empress, whose eyes were stained with tears of blood, yet her expression remained one of desolate grief, empty of any other feeling.
However, as these great clans from the star nebula took their leave and the Jupiter Empress sat in a state of exhaustion high above Jupiter,
none realized that her Holy Spirit Body of wood, which had just begun to fracture, was slowly mending and evolving amidst the profound silence and desolation.
Among the Star Sky Great Clans, the Mu Clan remains the most enigmatic, possessing a nature that is nearly eternal and indestructible.
The vitality of wood is present everywhere; whether flowers are blooming or wilting, or seasons are flourishing or decaying, the life force of wood remains unbroken.
Even the Jupiter Empress herself came to understand, as she struggled until the final moment on the verge of death—consumed by sorrow and silence—
that her Holy Spirit Body of wood was experiencing a deep transformation and rebirth.
While the Holy Spirit Body of wood is already viewed as an unmatched constitution, awakening its hidden potential could turn it into a terrifying physique capable of intimidating all star nebula cosmos.
Nevertheless, achieving such a transformation is incredibly difficult.
After all, seizing victory while on the brink of death is a feat few can accomplish,
nor does everyone find themselves in such a state of mournful, deathly silence following a win.
Crucially, this deep awakening of potential is merely the start; a road of unknown length still lies ahead.
As the Jupiter Empress underwent this unnoticed rebirth and evolution, time flowed by without a sound.
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Time passes swiftly, and a century has vanished in the blink of an eye.
For an ordinary Exotic Beast, a hundred years represents an entire lifetime or even several, but for a Heavenly Boundary Species, it is nothing more than a fleeting moment.
The time required for many mighty Exotic Beasts to recover often spans thousands of years.
This is because the energy and resources they demand are staggering in scale.
Throughout these hundred years, the fires of the third super star war have continued to burn.
The conflict over the Bright Day System involved the heaviest concentration of military strength and was the most savage.
The combined forces reached nearly fifteen trillion in military power, including more than several billion experts of the Heavenly Realm.
Such force truly rivals a quasi-Star Nebula Great Clan and is comparable to half the total power of the Ice Dragon lineage.
Over this century, the military resources of almost the entire system have been pushed to the point of exhaustion.
The Jupiter Star Group suffered the most; the battle a hundred years ago resulted in the near total loss of its high-level leadership.
Rumors suggest that the gravely wounded Jupiter Empress used her remaining luck to summon the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly. She allegedly handed over the star source of Jupiter to this female powerhouse—who was once as brilliant as herself—before vanishing into the Stellar System.
The whereabouts of this female Emperor, who incited such massive chaos, remain unknown.
However, every species is aware that the Jupiter Empress has definitively retired from the struggle for the Bright Day System.
Her entire foundation is spent; even if she made new promises, no one would trust her or follow her into the fray again.
Ultimately, those who trusted, adored, and served her with the most loyalty perished in this super star war.
Some claim the Jupiter Empress utilized the Netherworld Wood Platform, sacrificing the war souls of the Mu Clan branch to contact the true Mu Clan direct lineage, begging them through tears to eradicate the Huangwei Tree Clan.
Other rumors suggest a Peak Heavenly Venerate from the Fire Clan branch was the one to take her away.
Regardless, these are merely speculations; the current location of the Jupiter Empress is a total mystery.
The Jupiter Star Group has fallen into total anarchy, and even rogue experts fear to trespass within its borders.
Only the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly eventually arrived with the Wolf Group New Army to scavenge the battlefield and collect a massive amount of Blood Food Resources.
Furthermore,
the past century has seen major shifts across the various fronts of the third super star war.
On the Mars battlefield, it was unexpected that nearly sixty percent of the Hao Ri Clan’s billion-strong army was wiped out, over thirty percent surrendered, and less than ten percent managed to escape as remnants.
Even the elite Heavenly Realm army of over twenty million under the Emperor’s Son of Hao Ri was completely annihilated.
The Emperor’s Son of Hao Ri only managed to fight his way out and return to the Radiant Sun Star by utilizing several top-tier killing artifacts left by his father.
Upon his return, however, he discovered that the Lord of the Radiant Sun had been suppressed by the Wolf Lord; the entire Hao Ri Clan was draped in funeral white!
In the conflict at Mercury,
the Serpent Emperor assumed command of the pursuit. Supported by the Shadow Demon leading the Heizi Tribe, the Undead Army Group, and other Bright Day System experts, they shattered the final defenses of the Hao Ri Clan.
Hao Qing, the master strategist, also met his end in this engagement.
Yet, it was his desperate command of the massive military forces that allowed many of the Hao Ri Clan to retreat to their home world; without his efforts, the third super star war might have concluded already.