The journey back to the territory was not short.

Given Su Bai's previous physique, carrying An Ruoyun on his back would have been impossible, let alone carrying her to the territory.

Even halfway there, you'll be exhausted from climbing the vegetables.

An Ruoyun tried several times to get Su Bai to put her down, but Su Bai wouldn't let go at all.

As they were about to reach the territory, Su Bai's expression remained unchanged, showing no signs of fatigue.

This is the benefit of the Lord's Mark being greatly enhanced; not only have new skills been added.

Physical fitness will also be significantly enhanced.

After awakening the Lord attribute.

Aside from the enormous mental energy consumed by unleashing a massive corpse explosion, Su Bai's current attribute panel is comparable to that of some combat units.

Especially intuitive attributes like strength and speed.

Upon returning to his territory, Su Bai instructed all the injured insect soldiers to receive treatment and rest.

Because An Ruoyun's injuries involved the Dark Sword, Su Bai specifically summoned Uther.

Uther's Holy Light attribute is naturally effective against Dark Sword, which is a dark attribute.

Just as Su Bai had expected, An Ruoyun's injuries recovered quickly with treatment.

After Uther finished casting the Holy Light to heal, he turned to look at Su Bai.

"Don't worry, the Dark Sword didn't cause any serious damage to Miss An Ruoyun."

"Her external injuries are almost healed, and now all she needs to do is rest and recuperate."

"That's good. Ruoyun, you should go back and rest now."

Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief and instructed An Ruoyun to go and rest.

The one who should be worried now is Wang Zhenguo.

After Dehaka returned to his territory, at Su Bai's behest, he arranged for Wang Zhenguo to stay in a small stone house in the center of the territory.

Su Bai quickly brought Uther and Abathur to Wang Zhenguo's bedside.

Upon entering the room, Su Bai discovered that the normally well-lit stone house was now enveloped in a hazy, dark energy.

"Uther, how are you?"

After observing the dark energy for a while, Su Bai asked Uther, who had just released holy light to heal, with anticipation.

Uther's expression was grave.

She sighed softly.

"Holy Light Healing has no effect on the sword wounds inflicted by the Dark Sword."

Uther's aura weakened, and he clasped his hands together in front of his chest.

"My lord, the Holy Light will surely protect you."

Su Bai rubbed his forehead and turned his gaze to Abathur, who had come to participate in the treatment.

"Abathur, do you have any ideas?"

"Or, could we revive Colonel Wang, just like we did with Zhao Ganwu?"

Abathur shook his head and pointed to the dark sword wound on Wang Zhenguo's chest.

“A very strange dark energy is lurking around the sword wound, making it impossible for the wound to heal.”

"This dark energy has been constantly eroding, causing cells to die continuously, so it is impossible for him to be resurrected like Zhao Ganwu."

Even the holy light energy, which is most effective against dark energy, was defeated at this moment, and the atmosphere in the room became much more oppressive in an instant.

Dark energy?

Su Bai found the key point.

"Does this mean that as long as this dark energy is removed, Colonel Wang can be reawakened?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Once the dark energy is eliminated, the sword wound will naturally heal, and the necrotic cells will be quickly repaired, so this human will naturally wake up."

Eliminate dark energy.

Su Bai and Uther exchanged a glance simultaneously.

Uther said, "Since it's dark energy, we need to go to the central island of the Cursed Isles to save them."

"The purest Dark Heart extracted after completely slaying the Lord of Darkness."

Can the Heart of Darkness dispel dark energy?

Su Bai thought of the Cursed Islands because it was an old territory and contained many treasures related to the power of darkness.

“That’s right, the Heart of Darkness’s ability to draw in dark energy is undeniable,” Uther nodded.

Su Bai squinted and gazed out the window.

"It seems I must revisit this place."

Looking at Wang Zhenguo lying on the bed, Su Bai asked Abathur beside him.

"How long can Colonel Wang hold on in his current condition?"

Abathur seemed to have anticipated this.

"My lord, I can use a special biomass essence to replenish this human's life force."

"Judging from the current rate at which his life force is being depleted, he can definitely hold on for a month, and that's a conservative estimate."

"That's good, there's still plenty of time."

With his heart finally at ease, Su Bai gave Abathur some instructions and left Wang Zhenguo's room.

The battle at the front was completely quelled, and the tens of thousands of undead survivors, along with any werewolves and orcs that managed to escape, were all wiped out.

This can be described as an astonishing victory.

650,000 undead and 200,000 werewolf troops.

An army of one million orcs, 60,000 half-orc troops, and 20,000 Terran and demon soldiers.

Of the total army of two million, almost all were wiped out, with only a handful managing to escape.

Even high-ranking officers of the U.S. Far East Military District and several Japanese lords perished in the desolate wilderness.

The report on the losses of the insect swarm has also been compiled.

Nearly 300,000 springtails have died.

More than 100,000 hydralisks died.

More than 200,000 cockroaches died.

The casualties among the saboteurs were the fewest, but still approached 100,000.

As for the exploding bugs, they were all used up.

The casualty ratio is close to 3:1.

If it weren't for the Lord's Mark being strengthened at the crucial moment, turning the tide of the battle with a massive corpse explosion.

It seems that the swarm will be completely wiped out today.

The series of large-scale corpse explosions had also exhausted Su Bai's mental energy long ago.

Now that the tension has eased temporarily, dizziness and a stinging sensation in the head follow.

Su Bai, who originally intended to set off for the Cursed Islands immediately, had to temporarily give up his plans.

After all, the Cursed Isles are fraught with danger and are known as one of the ten forbidden zones of the Land of Redemption.

Even with thorough preparations, there are still unpredictable risks.

The swarm had just gone through a fierce battle, and its various subordinate units were either wounded or exhausted.

Rest is now urgently needed.

After giving the order to rest, Su Bai tentatively decided to set off for the Cursed Islands tomorrow.

Everything was arranged, and I was just about to lie down and get a good night's sleep.

The sound of the ground trembling grew louder as it approached, the violent rumbling echoing throughout the entire territory.

At the horizon, a massive army of giants lined up in a row came into view.

Its massive body, tens of meters tall, marched forward in unison, raising a continuous cloud of dust that blotted out the sky.

The giants were equipped with all kinds of weapons and exuded a murderous aura. Judging from their numbers, there were almost hundreds of thousands of them!

"Enemy attack!"

"It's the army of a foreign lord! Quickly prepare the defensive lines!"

Zhao Ganwu was the first to discover the faction to which the giant army belonged at the outermost edge of the territory.

Su Bai, on the other hand, was completely numb.

All I see are giants starting at level 90. How am I supposed to fight this battle?