The final cry from Gu Han as he faced death still echoed in Jun Moxie's ears: Jun Moxie! Do not forget the charge this old man gave you! Jun Moxie could discern the deep paternal affection and Gu Han’s desperate plea contained within that final shout.

At that moment, the charge Gu Han spoke of was his daughter, Qiao Ying! Only Qiao Ying was the final, singular concern, the only tether remaining before his heroic sacrifice! Yet, he never uttered the words—daughter—until his last breath.

For if he had spoken them, everyone would have known he meant Qiao Ying! He kept silent, wishing his daughter to live on happily, unaware of his existence.

He would rather his daughter never know she had a father than cause her pain! Regret! In the final moments of his life, Gu Han finally let loose the paternal devotion suppressed in his heart for over a thousand years.

But now, he could never act upon it... "I promise you! I will take good care...

of her! Rest assured!" Jun Moxie vowed silently in his heart. "But do you know the tremendous dilemma you have placed upon me? You do not want your daughter to suffer heartache, yet how can I bear to let you depart with regret in your heart? What am I to do?" Gu Han would now never be there to answer his question...

The unprecedented, earth-shattering explosion was followed by an inexplicable silence across the battlefield! Gu Han's choice to sacrifice himself rather than seek personal safety not only stunned every warrior of the Heavenly Punishment Legion but also silenced every surviving member of the alien race! Watching the towering mushroom cloud ascend, all stood mute, utterly still! A single, piercing shriek tore through the quiet.

Qiao Ying rushed out as if driven mad, only to be instantly seized by Mei Xueyan.

She struggled violently for a moment, then her whole body went slack, followed swiftly by collapse; a gout of bright red heart's blood violently spewed from her mouth...

Though Qiao Ying still did not know that the venerable senior who just perished was her biological father, her only remaining kin in this world, the care and cultivation Gu Han had bestowed upon her, and her own deep filial devotion, were perhaps not far removed from true father-daughter love.

Seeing the person closest to her die so suddenly, how could she bear it? How could her heart not be torn asunder, leaving her utterly devastated? Mei Xueyan held Qiao Ying tightly, tears streaming down her own face like rain.

Suddenly, she swept her slender hand, and the majestic roar of the drums thundered once more from the Heavenly Punishment battle formation! "Our comrades in the Three Territories sacrificed their lives for ultimate honor; why should we of the Heavenly Punishment Legion cherish our own bodies?!" Mei Xueyan roared. "Bear King! Crane King! Wolf King! Tiger King! Order your four clans to strike together, push them back at any cost! All others, stand ready! We will never disgrace the name of the Heavenly Punishment!" The Bear King and the others, their blood already boiling from witnessing the brutal battle, felt as if their very chests might burst.

Hearing the command, they erupted in sky-splitting roars, and the four teams swiftly charged forward! The two forces surged toward each other again like a tidal wave! That inherent ferocity, the courage residing only in a warrior's blood, was fully ignited at this moment! Whether from the Heavenly Punishment or the alien side, everyone felt their blood burning in agony! This fire could not be soothed except by a decisive battle! Only the blood of the enemy could extinguish it! Attacking from the left and right flanks simultaneously, contact was immediate, and a fierce battle exploded instantly! Behind all the warriors on both sides trailed billowing clouds of dust; they charged forward with insane yells! A battle of no quarter, of death or victory, commenced forthwith! Mount Tianzhu was gone; the continent possessed no barrier.

Only by utterly annihilating the alien race in this fight could they secure lasting peace! The aliens held the exact same view! The world of opportunity lay before them; if they failed to conquer the continent this time, they would likely have no hope in the future! They were prepared to shatter their pots and sink their boats, fighting a battle with no retreat! Both sides were in the same desperate predicament, in the identical position! The alien warriors, pouring forward like a river of floods, advanced with utterly savage faces.

Countless piercing, strange shrieks, laced with indescribable resentment and fury, echoed across thousands of miles in every direction! The earth trembled because of it! The heavens wailed because of it! The two formations collided like celestial lightning drawing forth earthly fire, erupting instantly into a sky full of flying blood mist! All fighters shared one thought, one action: pressing forward with all their might, roaring, hacking, trampling.

Behind every single person lay nothing but a pool of spilled blood, a crimson mire...

With a fierce roar, Jun Moxie’s Yan Huang Blood leaped again into the air, instantly traversing hundreds of miles to join another fray! And here, Jun Moxie himself was like the sharpest, peerless divine blade! Every part of him was a killing edge! Wherever he passed, one could barely discern his movements, yet enemies fell away in swathes behind him...

The Bear and Tiger Kings, leading their warriors, followed him in a wild, savage, sweeping assault! With a deafening boom, the power of Earth was unleashed again; the ground beneath the charging alien warriors abruptly split open into a pit several yards deep...

Over a hundred alien soldiers, caught by surprise or simply unable to check their momentum, tumbled in with shouts of alarm, only for the gap to be instantly filled, trampled upon, and turned into a pool of gore by the ensuing rush of their own comrades! Boom! Another pit materialized abruptly, this time in a different location.

Although his spiritual power had slightly recovered, the limit of his Earth Power application could not be sustained for continuous bursts.

Even if it could, Jun Moxie had no intention of using it that way; the alien forces were not foolish and were already on guard.

However, Jun Moxie unexpectedly discovered that if he applied it on a smaller scale, requiring far less spiritual energy, he could manage it.

And such minor applications proved extremely effective.

In the midst of this high-speed charge, as soon as an alien soldier fell into a hole, they would be trampled to death by their own allies without him needing to lift a finger! There were simply too many troops! Even shallow, small holes became advantageous! Those four or five ranks behind had no idea what was happening ahead! All they knew was: Charge! Charge! Charge! Yet, under this mode of frenzied assault, it offered Jun Moxie the opportunity to inflict mass casualties without exerting great effort! Holes appeared one after another on the ground.

Every sudden appearance claimed the lives of dozens, sometimes over a hundred, alien warriors! Yet, due to the sheer numbers of the Funeral Clan participating, even this highly efficient method of attack was insufficient to cause significant damage to their overall strength.

Jun Moxie spread his arms, a purple aura shimmering violently around him, instantly exploding outward.

Within hundreds of yards ahead of him, dozens of similarly sized pits appeared simultaneously.

With the emergence of the voids...

a chorus of panicked screams rose up...

Seeing the strategy succeeding, Jun Moxie did not hesitate but pressed his advantage.

With a wave of his hand, a massive sheet of flame materialized out of thin air, engulfing space covering an area several tens of yards wide! With another wave, he simultaneously conjured nine fire dragons, which roared as they plunged into the dense formations of the aliens! Horrified screams immediately pierced the heavens.

The flames that appeared this time were naturally not Chaos Fire.

While this common fire held little killing power against true Xuan Qi masters, it was quite effective against the common soldiers below the Heaven Xuan level! Thick black smoke instantly rose across the entire battlefield, mingled with the strange, acrid scent of burning flesh, spreading everywhere! Xiong Kaishan and Hu Liedi, leading the Bear Clan warriors, hacked and slashed with impunity behind Jun Moxie.

Killing enemies had become remarkably simple—just point the blade at those disgusting necks and cleave! On the other side, the Flame Poison Blood sang its piercing sword cry, streaking like a meteor’s light sword, piercing the entire alien formation in an instant, then snapping back out through their backs...

A single sword was causing such terrifying devastation! But the sheer number of alien personnel involved in this wave was overwhelming.

Under this suicidal charge where life was disregarded, many swiftly managed to surround the Heavenly Punishment warriors, and even more bypassed the main battlefield locked in close combat, charging toward the Heavenly Punishment main camp! Their intent was to strike at the root—if they could break the base camp, it would open the way into the inner Xuan Xuan Continent, making encirclement nearly impossible later.

Countless alien soldiers swarmed like locusts, howling, their momentum absolutely relentless! The final, decisive battle had finally begun! Having lost the advantage of geographical buffer zones, the alien forces, enjoying an absolute numerical superiority, used sheer numbers to continuously overwhelm wave after wave of Heavenly Punishment warriors sent to intercept them, trapping them in isolated engagements and forming numerous small and medium-sized fighting circles.

Others bypassed these circles on the periphery, driving directly toward the Heavenly Punishment main formation! Mei Xueyan's expression was as cold as still water.

The Heavenly Punishment forces were undoubtedly superior in quality, and if the battle remained a prolonged engagement, they would ultimately win.

But this victory would require time.

Facing an alien army whose strategy relied on a human wave attack, Mei Xueyan found herself in a situation where even the cleverest strategy was useless without the means.

Out of a total of forty thousand Heavenly Punishment warriors, over thirty thousand had already been committed! Those remaining behind her belonged to races less adept at open combat; they were essentially the logistics contingent for this battle, with comparatively limited combat capability! But now, it seemed, there was no avoiding a fight! Mei Xueyan slowly raised her slender hand...

In it now rested a sword gleaming with cold light! It was the King’s Sword that Jun Moxie had gifted her long ago! The sword swept downward violently, drawing forth a chilling sword light that seemed solid.

Mei Xueyan roared, "War is perilous and the fight is critical! Deploy across the entire line! With my life, I fulfill my duty! The lineage of Heavenly Punishment will not lag behind! It is not just the Three Great Sacred Grounds that have guarded the common people of the continent for ten thousand years; we of Heavenly Punishment possess an equally glorious history! For Heavenly Punishment! For the glory of Heavenly Punishment! Brothers, attack!" A white blur flashed, and Mei Xueyan charged out ahead of everyone! A flash of sword light, and she plunged into the alien ranks! The Heavenly Punishment warriors behind her shouted in unison, brandishing their blades, charging forward with ferocious determination!