Endless desires seethed incessantly in Grade's body. As these intense desires seethed, the rings' energies that he could borrow also grew increasingly stronger. As the rings' energies in his body grew increasingly stronger, his desires also grew increasingly intense.
There had never been a moment when he wanted something so intensely.
However, without the side effects of engulfing the souls of the dead, he still maintained the last hint of rationality at the bottom of his heart despite being almost engulfed by his greedy desires.
'The current me is still not a match for him. ' The corners of Grade's lips curled up into a hint of an excited smile. 'But it's fine. After I snatch all of them, you'll be able to get back my sword.'
The image of the 13 colored rings flashed in his mind, and the greed in his eyes grew even stronger.
Just as Grade was silently increasing his powers, a gray light flashed past the top floor of the world's tallest building in the extreme north — the Heaven-Connecting Tower that symbolized the Gray Army's rule. It was Hui He's ring, which had traversed several thousand lis and returned to his side.
Looking at the ring before him, Hui He's countenance was extremely grim. Compared to Grade, who had used the engulfing souls of the dead to fend off the calamity for himself, Hui He was not so lucky. He had taken on an attack from the Panwei Sword head-on.
Although he had not gone over with his physical body, he had used his will to cross a distance of several thousand lis with the help of the rings' energies. This attack had dealt his will serious injuries.
Most of the warriors in the 13 armies still maintained their mortal bodies. They could only circulate the rings' energies, or be like Grade, who had only left behind their consciousness. Their bodies were completely formed from the rings' energies. Only then would they not be afraid of physical attacks.
The circulation of the rings' energies depended on one's temperament and will.
It did not matter how much of the rings' energies were depleted from the collisions of energies and all sorts of attacks. It was because these energies came from different rings, and they would recover on the next day.
Only the damage to their will would cause their strength to drop tremendously. It was because after their will was damaged, the amount of energy they could draw from the rings would be reduced, and the recovery speed of their will would be extremely slow.
Grade's luck was good. He had used the engulfing souls of the dead to negate the damage from this sword attack. Although he had depleted a tremendous amount of energy, his will was almost unharmed. This was also a blessing in disguise. He had single-handedly taken over the entire Black Army's rings' energies.
However, Hui He was not so lucky. Right now, his will was seriously injured, and his entire brain was aching as if someone had shoved a nail into it. The energy that he could draw from the rings' energies had also been reduced by at least half.
Sensing the condition of his body, his expression became even more gloomy.
"Fang Xingjian, you've won this round. The next round won't be so easy." After saying that, he waved his hand and gestured to the secretary beside him, saying, "Inform all the commanders of the other armies that I want to call for a Level 1 Alert meeting."
The secretary was stunned and said hesitantly, "Isn't it too serious?"
A Class 1 Alert Conference was a conference that could only be held when the Legion Commander discovered a crisis that concerned the survival of the entire Earth.
This was a rule set by the 13 heroes after the first onslaught. But until now, this level one alert meeting had only been held once.
Hui He let out a cold laugh and said, "Fang Xingjian violated the One-Three Agreement and killed a great general of our Gray Army, instigating a civil war in the army. Don't you understand the concept of a civil war? How could this not be a matter of life and death for the Earth? Then what is? "
…
As the news of Fang Xingjian repelling Grade and Hui He's joint forces spread across the entire world like a typhoon passing by, what followed was an extremely peaceful calm. It was like the calm before the storm.
However, almost everyone understood that it was impossible for the Gray Army to back off just like that, and it was also impossible for Hui He to end things with Fang Xingjian just like that.
Therefore, everyone held their breaths, regardless of whether they were ordinary humans or extraordinary humans. They quietly waited for the arrival of the storm.
Within a short few days, the international food prices kept on rising, and all sorts of rumors of war and world wars kept on spreading. Countless ordinary humans started to hoard food, water, electricity, and petroleum. It was as if they were waiting for the end of the world and for the era of wastelands to descend.
A large number of wealthy people boarded private planes and flew toward the various military bases in various countries. They were like migratory birds that were moving.
Even the most ignorant people seemed to gradually realize that a great change was about to arrive.
In the various armies, countless warriors trained day and night, and all of them were in the highest state of alert. The various troops were gathered, and countless missions were forcefully paused. Even the lowest level warriors — privates — were gathered and were on standby at any moment. It was as if they were preparing to participate in a war.
The various countries' governments were also on full alert. Many aircraft carriers and tanks were driven out, and almost all the countries were armed to the teeth at this moment.
"J Country's special forces are training and fighting in an extremely cold environment …"
"The international food prices have once again reached a new high. The government is appealing to the citizens to purchase food rationally and not be incited by rumors."
"Over 20,000 people have arrived at the Kunlun Mountains to protest against the White Army's Commander, Fang Xingjian's previous terrorist actions."
"C Country's replica T98S submarine has been exposed. They are conducting a joint act with A Country in the Pacific Ocean …"
The atmosphere across the entire Earth seemed to be getting increasingly tense. However, in the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, in the Sacred White Crevice, everything was still in order. It was as if no one cared about the solemn atmosphere in the outside world.
Fang Xingjian was floating in the hall, and a page of the Book of Wisdom was floating quietly before him. Countless data and words seemed to be flashing on it.
After a long while, the page fell, and Fang Xingjian slowly exhaled.
"I've finally completed another page."
During the few days that he had been staying in the Sacred White Crevice, Fang Xingjian had been deciphering the contents of the Book of Wisdom. After all, the White Army had a total of 12 pages of the Book of Wisdom, including Jessica's page.
After deciphering one page, he put out his hand and beckoned, and another page floated before him.
As Fang Xingjian stared at it, many lines of words appeared on the Book of Wisdom.
A 100-meter-long troop was advancing. The messenger walked from the back of the line to the front, and then from the front to the back. This troop had advanced exactly 100 meters. It was known that the troop's speed and the messenger's speed remained the same! 'How many meters had the messenger walked? '
'Mathematics? '
When he was deciphering the first few pages of the Book of Wisdom, Fang Xingjian discovered that each page of the Book of Wisdom had to answer questions in various domains. Moreover, as the questions were answered, the questions would get increasingly difficult. The first question on almost every page would be the easiest.
After answering all the questions, he would be able to obtain the contents of this page of the Book of Wisdom.
As the questions appeared, Fang Xingjian's brain started to circulate at high speed. His brain, which was comparable to that of a supercomputer, allowed him to easily solve these questions. Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed slightly, and the answers appeared on the Book of Wisdom. Then the next question appeared.
As the questions got increasingly difficult, Fang Xingjian's gaze gradually turned grim.
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