Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1857 - 1038: Fall of the Star Sand Master!
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
The projection of the Squad Leader from the "Unspeakable" branch vanished, but Qing Ming's thoughts swirled restlessly for an extended period.
Though she lacked the Squad Leader's insight to fully grasp the intense showdown at the thirty-sixth barrier of the Sea of Star Sand, Qing Ming understood perfectly that the Wolf Lord had claimed victory in that clash!
Without that triumph, the Squad Leader would never have dispatched such a potent spiritual message.
"How could this be? Even the Illusion God couldn't overpower him?"
Qing Ming struggled to accept it.
During her last exchange with the Illusion God, the Wolf Lord's true nature had slipped out unintentionally,
serving as a subtle hint to the Illusion God that slaying the Wolf Lord would pave the way to joining the investors, even if not immediately as the third.
After all, the Wolf Lord's repayment of the "Unspeakable" debt had drawn sharp rebuke and discipline upon her as the intermediary and voice, fueling a grudge deep within her against him!
Still, Qing Ming never imagined the Wolf Lord would actually prevail in this confrontation!
This outcome shattered the gathered intel and strategic breakdowns from the "Unspeakable"!
Yet, what remained hidden from Qing Ming was the fact that no genuine fight had erupted between the Wolf Lord and the Illusion God!
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Meanwhile, above the thirty-sixth barrier in the Sea of Star Sand,
the Star Sand Master, having scorched his very essence for decades without pause, at last depleted all reserves and fell to the Wolf Lord's scorching Blazing Flame Sword, his core drained of any Essence Blood or Sinful Karma Fire.
This revealed the desperate extremes to which the Star Sand Master had pushed himself!
Gazing upon this architect of the wicked regime and ruler of the Star Sand meeting such a desolate and pitiful end, Su Lin felt no real elation stirring inside him.
For he caught a glimpse of something familiar in the Star Sand Master, a reflection of his own path.
The ties binding the head of a faction to its warriors ran profoundly deep in the Wolf Pack Civilization as well.
If Little Lone Wolf, the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly, Red-tailed, Xiao Hui, and the rest battled to their final breaths just to buy him time to flee, would Su Lin truly abandon them?
Despite sensing his growing chill and ruthlessness, he lacked a firm resolve on that question!
Much like the Star Sand Master, whom all viewed as a merciless fiend or specter indifferent to Exotic Beast lives!
But in this very conflict, he displayed greater loyalty and honor than any other!
For these prisoners had trailed him across endless epochs and cycles, emerging as the most maligned and isolated villains across the cosmos!
Only their fellow fighters truly comprehended their essence.
Hence, their connections eclipsed those of any rival power!
In this showdown, every prisoner at the Sea of Star Sand's thirty-sixth barrier perished without exception!
Over those decades, they etched with their sacrifices a profound loyalty between ruler and allies!
Still, their fighting prowess shone brilliantly throughout the fray.
The disciplined Undying Cockroach Army Group, excluding units that pinned down the Sea of Star Sand's local powers and the Seven-headed Ghost-faced Bat Clan, saw almost its full remainder wiped out.
The Undying Cockroach Army Group's might plunged sharply from exceeding twenty trillion Ancestor-level troops to under fifteen trillion, while even the initial New Species Level and Quasi-Ancestor Level units endured heavy cuts!
The Wolf Pack Civilization's premier assault force, the Star War Army Group, suffered a thirty percent wipeout, with another thirty percent gravely hurt, and nearly every survivor bearing injuries!
The Hundred Battles Army, commanded by the Lonely Wolf Emperor, proved the fiercest and most relentless, spearheading the breach of Forbidden God Star's inner barriers, unleashing endless slaughters, and ultimately aiding the Roach Emperor in felling the second Peak Heavenly Venerate, without a single break.
Even as every segment of the Wolf Pack Civilization poured forth maximum effort, victory came only through the Nightmare Army, Mercenary Army Group, and the Black Gold Demon Ape's Wandering Army Group, overwhelming with supreme elite forces!
Without them, the Wolf Pack Civilization might have triumphed eventually, but at far greater length and steeper tolls.
So, compelling the Wolf Pack Civilization to this brink with just a few trillion convict warriors truly warranted their boastful pride.
Rumble!
Once Su Lin fully devoured the soul bone, Mystic Bones, and ten Heavenly Boundary Marks bequeathed by the Star Sand Master, the entire Stellar Dome shattered amid a majestic dirge of collapsing laws.
This marked the definitive demise of the Star Sand Master, that late-stage Semi-taboo pinnacle entity.
"No! Impossible! The Star Sand Master fell just like that?"
Certain potent local factions, hemmed in for decades yet too fearful to strike, now whispered in dread.
For they had endured the Star Sand Master's dominion across innumerable years, never dreaming this cunning supreme powerhouse would crumble so swiftly.
"We yield! We surrender!"
Countless Exotic Beasts, witnessing the Star Sand Master's utter collapse and the convicts' total rout, with the legendary mightiest hidden force yet to stir, promptly offered allegiance to the Wolf Pack Civilization.
They were, in essence, just stellar powerhouses, lacking the Wolf Pack Civilization's shared conviction and unity.
Thus, when defeat loomed inevitable, none craved pointless death.
After a resounding spiritual proclamation spread, it soon rippled through the over ten billion-strong force encircled by the Roach Emperor's troops, as scattered spiritual intents joined in waves.
These intents, wild and jumbled, merged into an ocean of churning surges.