What was the end of the world?
Earthquake?
Tsunami?
Volcanic eruption?
Biohazard?
Planets colliding?
Solar storm?
Black hole devouring?
These things that usually seemed very powerful were not considered the end of the world before this Skyfire War.
The real end of the world was war, a war that swept across the entire universe!
The Holy Capital was the last hope of the surface races. This city carried the fate of too many people. Once the Holy Capital was breached, no one would be able to stop the endless armies from advancing. At that time, all the cities around the Endless Battlefield would fall!
After the Endless Battlefield, it would be the Primordial Realm's surface races. These countries were not strong enough to fight against the masters of the endless races.
Then it would be the New Territories. The New Territories were an extremely weak civilization that would be easily conquered.
By then, trillions of people would be reduced to slaves. The endless races were a cruel race. Expecting them to treat their captives well was undoubtedly an extravagant hope.
But the people had no other choice.
The Holy Capital was now surrounded by the armies of the endless races. Even a large number of troops were deployed at the edge of the Skyfire Continent to prevent the surface races from sending reinforcements.
In fact, the surface races did not have much strength to send reinforcements. The defeat at the Skyfire River had greatly damaged the combat power of the surface races at the Divine Transformation stage. More than 100 billion warriors had died in the battle.
Those who had died in the previous battle were the main forces. Even if a temporary team was organized, they would only be slaughtered by the enemy.
The Holy Capital was surrounded on all sides and was on the verge of collapse.
Near the Endless Battlefield, people had already migrated. Spaceships could be seen everywhere in the starry sky.
However, these ordinary people's spaceships were not very reliable. Instead, there were many air accidents, which added a lot of casualties.
The helpless people could only hope for a miracle and that the Holy Capital would not fall.
*****
In the temporary official residence of the Holy Capital, the Hall of the Exalted of the surface races gathered.
When the Hall of the Exalted had just been expanded, there were 300 people here.
But now, the seats were empty. All the Hall of the Exalted gathered together, there were less than 100!
In the battle at the Skyfire River, more than 200 Hall of the Exalted had fallen. Especially before the last line of defense collapsed, the endless races attacked and left many Hall of the Exalted powerhouses in the chaos.
Ksitigarbha and Dong Xuehan had joined forces to kill more than 30 Ancient Warriors of the Hall of the Exalted in the battle of the Fifth Theater of Operations!
If it weren't for the Hall of the Exalted's desperate protection, Commander-in-Chief Jiuxuan might have perished in the Heaven Realm River.
Among the top ten of the Hall of Fame, only Xiong Jing and He Ying were left.
The Giant Dragon King was dead. Ye Xingcai was dead. Lin Zhen was dead. The Heavenly Swordsman was dead.
Even Augustine betrayed the surface races and went to the side of the endless races.
Jiuxuan's gaze swept across the faces of the remaining Hall of the Exalted. Everyone looked a little dispirited.
The Holy Capital had been completely sealed off, and even the surrounding space had been locked down. The other party was monitoring it day and night, and there were no gaps or blind spots. No one could break out of this sealing array.
Moreover, it was impossible for them to rush out. Where would they go if they rushed out?
Wandering in the starry sky? No one wanted to do that.
The atmosphere in the room was oppressive. After a long time, Jiuxuan spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Have the losses been tabulated?"
"Commander-in-chief, the statistics have been tabulated. In the battle of the Heaven Realm River, our side had a total of 150 billion people. We lost 126.7 billion people, including 206 Hall of the Exalted powerhouses and 1.55 million Regal powerhouses …"
The muscles on Ksitigarbha's face twitched a few times. After a moment of silence, he said, "What about the endless races?"
"The endless races have relatively fewer people than us. We were betrayed, and too many people died in the process of the great defeat. Their losses will not exceed 40 billion people. Only more than 90 people from the Hall of the Exalted died in the battle, which is less than half of ours."
Hearing these numbers, Jiuxuan's heart kept sinking.
The other side had more than 200 people from the Hall of the Exalted, and more of their powerhouses were preserved. It was a sharp contrast to their side.
From Jiuxuan's point of view, there were three main reasons for the failure of this battle.
The first was the comparison of the overall strength of both sides. After so many years of comfortable life, the surface races had become lazy.
On the other hand, the endless races had endured hardships and worked hard to develop. In the end, they had cultivated so many powerhouses. In terms of overall combat power, they were slightly higher than the surface races.
The second was the strength of the other side's high-end combat power. The surface races only had three perfect powerhouses, but the endless races had five perfect powerhouses.
In the last battle of the Heaven Realm River, the other side's four perfect powerhouses raided the first and ninth command. Shadow Killer and the others could not resist, leading to the defeat. Moreover, Dong Xuehan suddenly joined in and joined forces with Ksitigarbha. They beat Jiuxuan until he was injured. This was one of the main reasons for the failure. No one could resist the other side's top powerhouses.
Another reason was Augustine's betrayal. There were some clues about this matter from the beginning. After Lin Zhen died in the battle, Augustine naturally took over the command of the eighth war zone, which led to the tragedy.
Jiuxuan thought that he was at fault. Augustine and Lin Zhen did not get along well, but he wanted to put the two of them together. In the face of the righteousness of the race, they could bury the hatchet.
However, during the Hall of the Exalted Challenge, Augustine had used the Devil Clan's means. Obviously, he was related to the endless races.
Because Jiuxuan was an Ancient Warrior, he did not care much about the past Hall of the Exalted. This was also one of the reasons for the tragedy.
It seemed a little late to summarize the lessons learned. The gods were forbidden from interfering in the Heavenly Fire War. The existence of the gods could only ensure that the race would not go extinct. Other things had nothing to do with them.
Victory and defeat were not related to the gods. They were people from another world.
Only the Hall of the Exalted were the sinners of the war.
Looking at Jiuxuan's silence, Shadow Killer asked, "Commander-in-chief, what should we do next?"
Jiuxuan thought for a while and exhaled deeply.
"Do we have any other choice?"
No one answered. Everyone knew that the current situation was so bad that there was no good way out.
Other than defending the Holy Capital and fighting the endless races to the death, they could not think of any other way.
Could there be a super strong person below the level of a god coming to the Holy Capital to relieve the pressure here?
Perhaps in the entire universe, there was no such strong person.
Looking at everyone's expressions, Jiuxuan smiled. "It seems that everyone is very clear about the current situation. Then I'll tell you what I think."
"Everyone, don't expect to surrender. We've been fighting with the enemy for so long. Even if we surrender, we won't get any preferential treatment. Also, don't expect to escape. The Heavenly Fire Continent is almost in a state of neither leaving nor entering. It's impossible to escape."
"The war is like this. I, Jiuxuan, don't have the face to return to my hometown. My only thought is to do everything I can to defend the Holy Capital. Even if I die in battle, I will die here!"
Jiuxuan stood up with some excitement. "We have to stay here and do our best to consume the enemy's strength. As long as we kill one more enemy, the pressure on our compatriots in the future will be reduced. The longer we delay, the better. This is the only thing we can do!"
Jiuxuan's passion also infected many people. These warriors stood up one after another, expressing their determination to live and die with the Holy Capital.
"Okay, next I'll assign tasks. Everyone, take turns to guard the Holy Capital's walls … Also, find your friends in the Dimensional Universe. When the Heavenly Fire Continent was defeated this time, in order to chase down our main force, many of the scattered soldiers were scattered. They must still be in the Heavenly Fire Continent now. Contact them and let them form a force to harass the people of the endless races from behind and relieve the pressure on the Holy Capital!"
These Hall of the Exalted agreed in unison and went to do their own things.
After Jiuxuan finished speaking, he sat on the chair somewhat dejectedly. He didn't know how long his arrangements could last, but at the moment, he could only hold on for one more day. If he delayed for one more day, some miracle would happen.
He could only think so.
*****
The endless races did not immediately launch a general attack on the Holy Capital.
This was because they also had a lot of things to deal with, such as stabilizing the border of the Heavenly Fire Continent and preventing the surface races from sending reinforcements.
For example, subduing the surrendered troops brought by Augustine to prevent these surface races from causing any trouble.
For example, sending people to search the Heavenly Fire Continent for the scattered surface race warriors.
When the Heavenly Fire Continent was defeated, too many surface race warriors were scattered. They did not stay idle. After gaining a foothold, they attacked the army of the endless races from various places.
There were even two groups of warriors that gradually formed into a team of millions of people.
However, they also had a fatal flaw, and that was the lack of a leader. The leader was a King level powerhouse, but in the end, they were attacked by the people sent by the endless races and ended up being completely annihilated.
It was difficult for a disorganized army to achieve great things. As time passed, they gradually lost the ability to restrain the endless races.
Everyone knew that when the endless races' front was stabilized, it would be time to launch the final attack on the Holy Capital.
Perhaps the fate of the surface races was really going to enter a countdown.
*****
In the depths of the sea of clouds in the Heavenly Fire Continent, a little light flickered in the vast clouds.
If one took a high-powered magnifying glass of the highest level civilization and carefully observed this place, one would find that there was a little dust in the air.
The dust was so fine that it was difficult to detect. It was countless times smaller than normal dust, but it did exist.
It was infinitely compressed dust, and under normal circumstances, it was impossible for it to exist.
Only the power of a black hole could do this.
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