Age of Evolution#

Chapter 1019: Chapter 1022: The Wind Fills the Building as the Rain in the Mountain Approaches_1 Chapter 1019: Chapter 1022: The Wind Fills the Building as the Rain in the Mountain Approaches_1 At the time when the Ground Clans were marshalling their forces in preparation for battle, the Endless Species were just as busy.

The newly ranked number one in the Hall of Fame, Earth Treasury, ordered his entire army to take positions along the Heavenly River frontline.

According to Earth Treasury’s original plan, the strategy was to concentrate their forces to break through the center line guarded by Nine Profound, and then march straight into and breach the Holy City.

In that case, the major defeat of the Ground Clans would be inevitable.

But while he was formulating the plan and getting ready to delegate tasks, he received a communication from the Dimensional Universe from one person.

The person he was talking to was the Emperor of the Skies.

“Earth Treasury, the ultimate objective is not just the capture of the Holy City.

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If we let the elite forces of these Ground Clans survive, they are bound to become gods and will inevitably cause countless troubles for us in the future.

I ask you to inflict as many casualties on the enemy as possible and decimate their military potential.”

Although Earth Treasury didn’t completely agree, the Emperor of the Skies’ argument was sound, and he accepted it.

“And…

some people must not be allowed to survive.”

After receiving the message, Earth Treasury altered his plan.

“Nine Profound, you’re hoping to use the human sea tactic to eliminate our living forces, aren’t you?

Well then, I’ll do as you wish, I just hope your human sea can hold out for a few more days, otherwise it would be too boring.”

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The war was on the verge, and the war of words between both parties had already begun in the Dimensional Universe.

Some reporters who loved to stir up trouble conducted interviews with the soon-to-be combatants from the Hall of Fame.

The first one to be interviewed was the genius Moro from Endless Species.

Moro was the “star of hope” of the Endless Species.

In the last Hall of Fame battle, he was once considered a favorite among the top ten.

Even some hidden deities stated that Moro definitely had the strength to be in the top ten.

However, Moro encountered Lin Zhen halfway through.

After a bitter battle, Lin Zhen narrowly beat Moro, keeping him outside the threshold of the top ten.

Decades passed, Moro didn’t disappear but instead bounced back.

This time, he was the first to be interviewed and directly declared war on Lin Zhen.

“Respected Mr.

Moro, the Skyfire War is dangerous with a chance of death near seventy percent, why do you still insist on participating?”

“If I were to put it nicely, I’m fighting for the Endless Species.

However, what I anticipate the most is killing Lin Zhen in a head-to-head combat.”

Moro didn’t even give the reporter another chance to speak and directly stood up: “Lin Zhen!

Wait for me, this time I will personally take your head to avenge my defeat in the last Hall of Fame battle!”

In the camera shot, Moro looked crazy and powerful which stunned the reporter into speechlessness – anyone could see that Moro has become far more powerful over the years.

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After Moro was interviewed, the second one was also from the Endless Species, a person named Prince Ye.

During the last time, for the sake of executing tactics, Prince Ye purposely self-detonated, thoroughly eliminating Lin Zhen’s avatar, which somewhat weakened Lin Zhen’s fighting strength.

However, people generally agreed that Prince Ye was definitely not Lin Zhen’s match.

This time, Prince Ye, who has promoted from the Vampire Grand Duke to an actual Prince Ye, also challenged Lin Zhen in front of the camera and expressed his desire to drain every drop of Lin Zhen’s blood.

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In addition to these two, Clown King, another person blocked by Lin Zhen from entering the top ten, also declared war on Lin Zhen, grinning eerily into the camera.

“Lin Zhen…

I will personally come to find you!”

Also, the Red Widow, the Element Controller, all these powerful beings from the Endless Species who had once lost to Lin Zhen, didn’t forget to show off to Lin Zhen when declaring their intentions to fight.

And there was Tian Zhuo, this newly emerging figure in the top ten of the Endless Species Hall of Fame, who openly expressed his disdain for Lin Zhen.

“Lin Zhen is despicable and shameless.

We had a fight in the bar once.

He wasn’t even my match, but he used underhanded tactics and was luckily the victor for one round.

During the Hall of Fame arena fight, I’ve been itching to go toe-to-toe with him, but he was lucky enough to never encounter me, otherwise, he would never have made it to the top three.”

Tian Zhuo also straightforwardly declared war: “Lin Zhen, you’d better pray your luck keeps running.

If you are in the same battle zone as me, consider your life to be on a timer.”

Not just these people, even some warriors with grudges against each other took opportunities during their verbal tussles to bring up Lin Zhen.

In their view, allowing Lin Zhen to advance smoothly to the top three was a disgrace to the Endless Species which had to be washed away.

Even the Endless Species ranked third, Edward, and second, Tiannie, both showed a strong interest in Lin Zhen.

If they get a chance, they wouldn’t mind stepping in personally and putting an end to the Lin Zhen myth once and for all.

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Lin Zhen ignored the taunts of these people.

He had already followed his troops to the Eighth Battle Zone of the Heavenly River.

The Eighth Battle Zone is located on the right side of the Heavenly River, close to the tail end.

On the left is the Seventh Battle Zone guarded by Ye Xingcai, and on the right is the Ninth Battle Zone guarded by the veteran Demigod Strong, Duobi.

The Eighth Battle Zone is home to thirty Hall of Fame masters, led by Lin Zhen and Augustine, Dragon King being one of them, and the remaining are Lin Zhen’s unfamiliar faces.

For these two assistants, Lin Zhen didn’t hold much hope.

Augustine would not collaborate with Lin Zhen, and Dragon King, despite being helpful, was too weak to rely on heavily.

Perhaps the most reliable were the numerous ordinary martial artists in the Eighth Battle Zone.

The tactics of overwhelming numbers may not be sophisticated, but they are certainly effective.

No matter how strong the Endless Species’ individuals may be, it is impossible for them to defeat the billions of people on their side in a short amount of time.

Arriving at the edge of the Heavenly River, he let his spiritual power spread downwards, sensing the thickness of the Skyfire Continent.

The thickness of the earth beneath his feet reached hundreds of thousands of kilometers!

The hardness of this land exceeds that of steel, filled with a variety of metallic minerals.

This is the birthplace of the Original World, the solidity of its land and space being beyond human comprehension.

Gazing into the distance, fiery curtains reaching as high as the skies were burning intensely at the horizon.

These fires, characteristic of the Skyfire Star System, would instantly incinerate any low-realm martial artist attempting to fly in the open space, as they couldn’t survive within those fires.

Typically, these fires would permeate the Skyfire Continent and surrounding starry sky.

However, for the start of the Skyfire War, the Deity has activated a major spell, arranging a formation that expanded these fires to the boundaries of the Skyfire Continent.

In doing so, there are no longer fires on the Skyfire Continent, making battles more convenient.

The area outside the Skyfire Continent in the starry sky now had an intensity of fire which increased tens, or even hundreds of times.

Even the average Deity would find it difficult to navigate through the Burning Sky Fire.

Plus, with the protection of the formation, neither party needs to worry about a surprise attack from behind the Heavenly River bypassing the barrier.

This added determination to both sides’ commitment to the struggle at the Heavenly River, a river of life and death that could not be lost.

Lin Zhen stood on the edge of the Heavenly River, looking across this river which divided the Skyfire Continent.

Calling it a river is a misnomer as it didn’t contain any water.

It would be impossible to hold such a great amount of water on this world.

This water-carrying capacity of the river would be like dropping a droplet of water into a lake when compared to the Pacific Ocean.

The so-called ‘border river’ is actually a stream of gale-winds filled with fragments of celestial bodies flowing in between two continents.

This used to be where Skyfire City connected the continents into a single landmass, but with its demise, a giant crack appeared in the middle of the continent.

As a result, asteroids from nearby space started rolling in, creating a flowing river of celestial bodies.

After the formation of this border, these broken star disks nestled in here, producing a misty layer.

From a distance, the Heavenly River looks like a rolling sea of clouds.

The sea of clouds was endless and incredibly broad, stretching tens of millions of kilometers.

Standing by the border of the river, Lin Zhen was joined by Dragon King at his side.

Settled behind them, countless God Transformation Period elites had already been deployed.

From a distance, it was an ocean of warriors, a sight too vast to describe accurately.

If these warriors were placed on Earth, they would probably fill the entire European continent.

Dragon King looked at Lin Zhen beside him, admiration flashing in his eyes.

In his view, Lin Zhen was an absolute genius.

Although he only ranked among the top three in the Hall of Fame, his infinite potential suggested a dominant future.

If he advances to the Divine Stone Period, he would arguably have few opponents among everyone below the Deity level.

Despite the veteran Dragon King being older than Lin Zhen, he harbored no envy.

His true form was the Golden Dragon, and Lin Zhen’s, the Black Hole Beast.

Both of them belonged to the cosmic beasts, and they shared a kinship.

Hence, Dragon King had requested to be assigned to the same battle zone as Lin Zhen.

Building a closer relationship now may prove beneficial in the future.

Noticing Lin Zhen observing the Heavenly River of clouds, Dragon King took the initiative to speak, “Brother Lin, the battle will begin in three days.”

“Oh!

Only three days left, eh?”

“Yes, the forces of the Endless Species have also completed their deployment.

Initially, I thought that they might concentrate their forces for a breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, they have spread out their troops in a fan-shaped formation, ready for a life-and-death duel with us on the Heavenly River.”

Lin Zhen looked at Dragon King, “Brother Dragon, what do you think would be the best way to fight this battle?”

Dragon King pondered for a moment, “Even though there are billions of soldiers on both sides, I think the outcome will be decided by a showdown between the masters.

Whichever side has the strongest masters, capable of inflicting maximum casualties on the enemy masters, will significantly boost the morale of their own forces.

That will be the determining factor of victory.”

Lin Zhen nodded slight, “Indeed, the Hall of Fame warriors on both sides have been expanded to 300 this time.

Given the battle’s live broadcast, a significant number of masters are bound to fall.

Inflicting meaningful kills is critical.”

At this point, Dragon King expressed some worry, “Our opponents are from the second battle zone of the Endless Species, which is reportedly their preferred zone.

Many have voluntarily chosen to come to this battle zone, specifically targeting you, Brother Lin.

You must be careful!”

Lin Zhen silently nodded.

This time, all of his enemies would be making their entrance.

An inevitable clash of grudges, of revenge.