Countless Star Beasts continued to rush over from the front. The Martial Emperors of the various races continued to attack, engaging in a life and death battle with the Star Beasts. When they had expended too much energy and could no longer hold on, the Martial Emperors quickly retreated back to the stronghold and consumed pills to recover their energy. Then, they would leave the stronghold and kill more Star Beasts.
Chu Mu retreated back to the stronghold and consumed some pills. The Truth Seeking Technique circulated rapidly, absorbing all the Qi in the surroundings. The Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was the main source of energy, mixed with other energy fluctuations. The Great True Wheel was like an ancient millstone, crushing everything that was disadvantageous to Chu Mu and turning it into pure energy.
The Martial Emperor of the Bin Tribe, who had returned to the stronghold earlier than Chu Mu, was also recovering his energy. However, his eyes were filled with coldness and killing intent as he stared at Chu Mu.
Chu Mu could clearly feel the killing intent from the Third Step Martial Emperor of the Bin Tribe. However, he ignored it because there was no need to. If he attacked again, he would definitely anger the Sovereign. At that time, he would probably be killed. It wasn't worth it.
Since that was the case, there was no point in glaring at each other. He might as well focus on recovering his energy and kill more Star Beasts. Even if he couldn't obtain any rewards in the end, he could still earn more contribution points to exchange for useful treasures.
As for the Star Beast Crystals, there was no time to excavate them. Because if he was distracted, there was a high possibility that the Star Beasts would seize the opportunity to pounce on him. It was extremely dangerous. Up until now, the ground outside the stronghold was covered with Star Beast corpses that stretched for tens of thousands of meters. However, no one was excavating the Star Beast Crystals.
"Perhaps, I can let Little Tian control the Celestial Stars Sword to excavate the Star Beast Crystals." Chu Mu was recovering his energy while looking at the piles of Star Beast corpses outside. He suddenly had an idea.
The battle just now was urgent and he didn't have much time to think. Now that he had some time, his mind started to work quickly.
Those Star Beast Crystals were also a huge amount of wealth. They were extremely useful to him.
As his energy recovered rapidly, Chu Mu planned to make a move after he recovered to his peak. His gaze landed on the huge Merit Stele.
The hundred names on the monument were so clear, shining with golden light. It was very dazzling.
Ranked first was a cultivator called Thunder Hell Emperor. It was unknown what race he was from, but his merit points were frightening. He had more than 150,000 merit points, which meant that he had killed at least 6,000 to 7,000 Star Beasts, or even more.
The person in second place was called Great Emperor Motian, and he had more than 130,000 merit points.
Ranked third was the Blood Sword Emperor who had close to 130,000 merit points.
Meanwhile, the number of merit points for the person in fourth place decreased drastically. It was only around 100,000 merit points. Of course, such a number of merit points was enough to make others look up to them.
Chu Mu quickly scanned through each name. Soon, he saw his own name. He didn't have an official title yet. Hence, the stone tablet was marked by his name. This was directly related to the information he left behind when he accepted the mission in the Origin City.
He was quite surprised that his name was on the stone tablet. After all, his strength was only slightly stronger than the average low-level Third Step Emperor Realm experts. There were at least a thousand Emperor Realm experts present who were stronger than him.
However, strength was one thing, and killing star beasts was another.
For example, Emperor A and Emperor B. Emperor A specialized in one-on-one battles, while Emperor B specialized in one-on-one battles. If Emperor A and Emperor B fought, Emperor A would win. However, if they competed to see who could kill the most star beasts, Emperor B would win.
The Thunder Hell Emperor, who was ranked first on the Merit Stele, might not be stronger than the person in second place. However, he was much better at killing groups of people.
Using the same logic, Chu Mu's strength wasn't comparable to those powerful Third Step Emperor Realm experts. However, he wielded a sword in each hand and used the Imperial God Sword Art to control the Allheaven Five Elements Swords. His speed of killing star beasts was extremely fast, and his efficiency was very high. It was possible for him to be ranked on the Merit Stele.
However, Chu Mu's ranking on the Merit Stele was very low. He was ranked ninety-eight. En, he dropped again. Ninety-nine. He dropped again. One hundred places.
Chu Mu looked at his merit points. He had more than 15,000 merit points.
In the next breath, Chu Mu's name disappeared from the Merit Stele. He was replaced.
"My strength has recovered. It's time to kill star beasts." Chu Mu retracted his gaze and muttered to himself. He turned into a stream of light and left the stronghold. He appeared among the star beasts. His two swords vibrated and formed a cross Sword Light. He killed a few star beasts instantly. Then, the Allheaven Five Elements Swords appeared. They spun and sliced, covering an area of a hundred meters.
Seeing Chu Mu recover his strength so quickly, the Weapon Race Emperor was very surprised. The killing intent in his eyes grew stronger.
"Little Tian, form the Allheaven Stars Sword and see if you can dig out the beast crystals of the star beasts." Chu Mu said to Little Tian.
"Yes, Master. I promise to complete the mission." Little Tian said seriously. Her young voice sounded very interesting.
With the current God Controlling Sword Technique, Chu Mu could only control the five elemental swords at his current level. Any more and he wouldn't be able to do anything. Luckily, he had the sword spirit little Tian.
However, with Little Tian's current strength, it would take some time to form the Allheaven Stars Sword. After three breaths, the Allheaven Stars Sword was successfully formed. Under the control of Little Tian, it turned into a stream of starlight and shot out. There were many star beast corpses in the surroundings. Wherever the starlight passed, it would break open the heads and dig out the beast crystals. It was then carried by the starlight to Chu Mu and into his spatial ring.
At the beginning, it was slow. However, as Little Tian got familiar with it, the speed became faster. However, it could only be done within a hundred meters.
The efficiency of collecting star beast crystals wasn't high, but it was better than nothing. As time passed, the number of star beast crystals in Chu Mu's spatial ring increased. There were low-grade to high-grade star beast crystals.
In addition to the continuous increase of star beast crystals, Chu Mu's merit points were also increasing rapidly. Every time, it would increase by a hundred points.
However, no one knew when this battle would end. That was because the Astral Beasts seemed to have no limit. They kept charging over, wave after wave, like a tide.
The star beasts were constantly being killed. The Great Emperors guarding the stronghold couldn't be unharmed. There were still people dying.
The General-level Star Beasts were blocked further away by the Sovereigns. They were fighting and killing each other. Terrifying energy waves surged in all directions.
The fighting didn't stop. Chu Mu returned to the stronghold to recover his strength before coming out again. This was a total of four times, and his name once again rushed onto the Merit Tablet. He charged into the top ninety, and his merit points reached over fifty thousand.
During this period, Chu Mu faced a life-and-death situation and suffered serious injuries. Fortunately, his life-saving ability was strong and he managed to survive. He activated his rapid recovery ability and healed his injuries quickly.
Chu Mu was already in such a state. Most of the Great Emperors who didn't have life-saving ability as strong as him died.
Such a battle was like a meat grinder. Even if one was strong, they couldn't guarantee their survival. The number of third-step Great Emperors who died was not small.
Although the losses were great, they were still able to resist the star beast tide outside the stronghold.
This battle lasted for a few days. Chu Mu once again felt tired. Continuous battles, continuous battles, even if his body was made of iron, it would be hard for him to endure. Even if he could endure it, his mind would feel tired.
When one's mind was tired, it was easy to be distracted. A slight negligence would lead to death in such a battle.
Fortunately, after a few days of high-intensity battles, the Star Beast Tide seemed to have weakened. This was something that could be felt.
"Is the beast tide ending?"
"It should be."
"Great."
Everyone was overjoyed.
"The beast tide might be ending, but the star beasts are still coming. Everyone, don't let your guard down. Work hard and persevere." A voice sounded in everyone's ears, encouraging them.
It was as if they were walking in a desert without any hope for a few days. When they were on the verge of death, they suddenly saw a patch of green in the distance. The sudden burst of energy was stronger than usual.
Chu Mu was also very happy. It couldn't be helped. Such a battle was indeed too difficult. Although the harvest was great, it was also very dangerous. He also felt very tired.
About half a day later, the last wave of star beasts finally arrived. All of them were high-level star beasts.
The Blood Sword Monarch slashed out with his sword. A thousand meter long blood-red Sword Light turned into a crescent moon, slashing towards the star beast tide.
The Thunder Prison Great Monarch was a human. He waved his lightning staff and countless black lightning fell from the sky, turning into a lightning purgatory.
However, the high-level star beasts were too powerful. If one wasn't a Third Step Great Emperor, it was impossible to fight against them. The First Step Great Emperors could only retreat. Even the Second Step Great Emperors had no choice but to retreat. Chu Mu retreated slightly. He focused his mind and used all his strength to execute the Five Elements Sword Annihilation.
The Five Elements Sword Annihilation's power was shocking. It was enough to kill a mid-level Third Step Great Emperor. It could also kill high-level star beasts.
However, the Five Elements Sword Annihilation consumed a lot of energy. With Chu Mu's current cultivation, he couldn't execute it more than a few times.
After executing the Five Elements Sword Annihilation three times and killing more than a dozen high-level star beasts, Chu Mu withdrew his sword and retreated into the stronghold. The rest of the battle was naturally left to the Third Step Great Emperors.
On the Merit Stele, Chu Mu's ranking was eighty-third. It was quite high. His merit points had also exceeded eighty thousand. As for the star beast crystals, Chu Mu checked them and a happy smile appeared on his face.
After the last high-level star beast was killed, no more star beasts appeared. This meant that the Star Beast Tide was over.
It was finally over. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. They had an impulse to collapse on the ground and sleep for three days and three nights.
Suddenly, there was a ripple in the void. Countless rays of starlight were pulled in and gathered together. They became denser and denser. As the countless rays of starlight were absorbed, a vague outline seemed to appear.
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