With a massive outpouring of energy, it took Zhulong the better part of a day to finally recover and break free from its petrified state.
"How is the recovery going?" Ye Chen asked immediately upon seeing Zhulong appear.
"Our energy losses have been fully recovered, but we still have the strength to fight!" Zhulong said.
"It's alright, continue recovering. There aren't many dark gods left. Even if one or two more mid-level ones appear, it won't affect the overall situation. It all depends on whether the official support can arrive!" Ye Chen said in a deep voice.
Now, most of the day has passed, and there are less than five dark gods left, and they are all very powerful. Even if Zhulong can take down one of them, it won't make much difference. Once the two mid-stage seventh-tier gods make their move, they will be able to change the entire situation. If the official support doesn't come, their only option is to retreat.
Fortunately, by killing the Dark Fishmen in the past half day, Ye Chen had accumulated tens of millions of merit points again. The existing energy was barely enough for him and Fatty to return to the Blue Star plane. As for more people, he was powerless to help them.
Of course, this is only the worst-case scenario. If he could repel the darkness, he would prefer to stay, as it is the responsibility of every lord.
With Ye Chen's approval, Zhulong glanced at the starry sky outside, but did not insist. He returned to Zhangwei Mountain to continue his recovery. This star field was full of the strongest sixth-order dark creatures. With Taishan and the others, they were more than capable of dealing with them, it would just take more time.
Ye Chen was right when he said something: fighting is the fastest way to grow. This applies not only to him, who has just become Zhulong, but also to Taishan and the others.
The reinforcements gathered by Wang Xinghe have been arriving one after another, but there are just too many star fields where dark creatures have appeared this time, and the manpower that can be gathered is very limited. They can only slowly wear them down through a long battle of offense and defense.
"How is it going?" Ye Chen turned his head and asked the fat man's projection next to him.
"We don't have enough manpower. We've been working ourselves to the bone for most of the day, and we've only cleared less than half of the area. At this rate, it'll probably take several more days, and we still don't know what's inside. If another demigod-level dark creature is born, then we're in for a world of trouble!" the fat man said helplessly.
In the depths of darkness, only Zhulong could venture deep in at this moment, but no matter how strong he was, he could not sweep through all areas, and there would always be some that slipped through the net.
"A few days is fine. If reinforcements really come, a few more days won't make a difference. It's just a matter of time. I asked you to set up alarm points in those two star systems. Have you done it?" Ye Chen asked again.
"It's all taken care of, otherwise why would I have come back? It was so dark in there, I was terrified that I'd been targeted by some dark god, and then I wouldn't even have anywhere to run!" the fat man replied, looking terrified.
Those two completely fallen star regions are home to mid-stage seventh-tier dark gods. They are like pillars of strength for the dark creatures, and currently, none of the lords have the power to contend with them.
What Ye Chen asked the fat man to do was to set up surveillance cameras around these two star regions so that they could keep track of the other side's movements at all times. Once the two dark gods left the star regions, they could react immediately.
"What a coward! Those two gods are currently in a hurry to pollute the entire star field so that their strength can grow even higher. They don't have time to care about a little lord like you right now. At most, the dark creatures on the periphery will cause you some trouble!" Ye Chen said irritably.
Unlike the gods on the lord's side, dark gods can rapidly grow in strength by polluting planets, star fields, and even planes. If a dark god in the mid-stage of the seventh rank can completely pollute a star field, the star field energy it provides could probably push him directly to the late stage of the seventh rank. At that time, it would be even more difficult to deal with him.
Even a formal seventh-tier lord might not be able to deal with a late-stage seventh-tier dark god, since dark creatures are often stronger at the same level. As for eighth-tier units, not all seventh-tier lords can possess them; that would be enough to elevate a seventh-tier lord to the eighth tier.
Therefore, at this moment, the two dark gods are still in a hurry to pollute the star field they occupy. Conquering it does not mean completely polluting it. Right now, it is just that the dark energy is more concentrated and there are more dark creatures. The entire star field has not completely lost its vitality.
It's a pity for those low-level lords who were previously stuck in the star field; those who didn't escape at the last moment have almost all fallen in this wave.
The dark creatures' ability to cleanse living beings is similar to that of a lord. To reclaim a star field, the first thing to do is to wipe out the dark creatures in that star field.
"What if! What if! What if? You don't know, my heart is pounding like crazy, and it hasn't stopped yet. Don't believe me? Feel it!" The fat man said to Ye Chen, sticking out his fat, which made Ye Chen speechless.
"Get lost, you dead gay!" Ye Chen said irritably, continuing to stare at the war in the star field.
His clansmen were mostly deployed elsewhere; aside from those stationed to guard the territory, the rest were engaged in constant battles in the shadows, bringing Ye Chen a large number of merit points. However, looking at the countless Time Caves, he could only sigh helplessly and resign himself to fate.
Let alone the Time Cave, he doesn't dare to exchange for anything else right now. He's keeping all his merit points in hand to exchange for energy crystals. These are his life-saving items and his and Fatty's last resort. He won't dare to try to exchange for more things unless he has some left over.
After arguing with Ye Chen, the fat man continued to watch the surveillance cameras he had painstakingly set up, while Ge You lay on his old-fashioned chair, looking like a security guard in a guard booth.
But as they looked, they discovered that several surveillance cameras had gone dark. The fat man sat up in confusion and summoned several goblins to examine the cameras in detail.
His surveillance cameras were placed on the outer edges of those star fields. Even in the darkest of nights, they would not be completely dark unless swallowed by darkness and no light could penetrate. If that were the case, it could only mean that the other party's dark god had been mobilized.
"Buzz~~~" Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from the black screen, and then the screen went blank, without even a black screen. This meant that the surveillance camera was completely broken.
"Darkness! It's darkness! A large number of surveillance cameras are being swallowed by darkness and then corroded!" The goblins operating the cameras suddenly shouted, their eyes filled with fear.
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