Light Fortress

The umbrella defense line was slammed open, creating a huge breach... Any perfect entity, once it has a gap, will spread and expand, eventually completely collapsing and shattering. At this moment, the umbrella defense line is like a setting sun, with most of it sinking below the horizon, and the remaining half continues to "sink," causing the floating board to tremble in the bitter cold wind, exerting its last effort to release its glow.

The grey-winged creatures flew all the way, stumbling and bumping, eventually crashing against the edge of this broken umbrella.

The sound of wailing came to an end just like that.

The battered grey-winged creatures died at this moment.

The red shadow, which was straddling the neck and back of the grey-winged creatures, still tightly gripped the battle knife, piercing through the chest of the grey-winged creatures, with sword energy from the knife shredding its heart... But this wasn’t actually the main cause of its death; from the umbrella defense line to Gu Castle Fortress, this path that took just seconds on the way there, consumed a hundredfold of time and a thousandfold of effort on the return.

Its body, tough as iron, was full of countless gaps.

Each of these scars was carved by the sword energy from the red shadow!

The four red shadows closely following the grey-winged creatures now stood amidst the overwhelming wave of "locusts."

They raised their heads expressionlessly, looking at the portal outside the umbrella defense line.

In the depths of the void, a giant gate larger than hundreds of portals combined was slowly opening, space collapsing, wind and snow tearing apart, revealing a long narrow, cold eye.

Just one look, and Gu Shen knew what existence lay behind this portal...

It was the Black Snow Mountain Giant bearing the Traveler’s True Body!

Upon seeing this giant gate, Little Xiuzi’s spirit suddenly tightened.

After leaving the Shattered Continent, he never had the chance to return due to the lack of original combat power, preventing the alliance of the three continents from rescuing Silver Fox General.

In Bai Xiu’s heart, he always hoped for Silver Fox’s return.

But now his hopes were completely shattered... The Black Snow Mountain Giant appearing behind the door indicated it had won this battle.

Indeed.

Silver Fox had to face not just an evenly matched opponent, but an entire tribe!

"Gu Shen..."

A deep thunderous sound echoed in the void.

Behind the giant gate, a faint laughter could be vaguely heard.

"We meet again."

The speaker was not the giant, of course.

It was the "Traveler Corpse" carried by the giant.

In the torn void, the Black Snow Mountain Giant’s pupils spun around, observing the world through this sliver.

Gu Shen did not respond to the voice within the portal.

But...

The overwhelming wave of low-level Travelers suddenly stopped attacking the red shadows controlled by Gu Shen.

They dispersed autonomously, creating a wide space for these red shadows to stand.

Just seconds ago, Gu Shen had just slain a Grey Wing Leader, and the anger embedded in their blood urged them to charge at the red shadows, intent on mutual destruction, but now with the command disseminated, they no longer had this thought, as if the red shadows before them were merely air—

The hierarchical system of the Traveler Tribe is extremely strict, yet very simple.

Subordinates obey their superiors.

These low-level creatures, with lifespans as short as autumn cicadas, only need to be responsible for dying, without considering anything else; hence when the orders from the higher-ups are given, even if the red shadows wield swords to kill them, they would not retaliate.

Amidst the overwhelming roar.

An invitation sound from Deep Sea came from beyond the portal.

"Since it’s not the true body, why not come in for a talk?"

This voice was extremely grand, shattering the void all the way, reaching the position of the Initial Number.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Gu Shen opened his eyes, his expression uncertain, and felt a light touch on his shoulder.

Little Xiuzi solemnly reminded: "Although you’re controlling the red shadows, the invitation from Deep Sea is definitely not a good thing..."

Bai Xiu, always cautious.

He was very worried that by accepting the invitation, Gu Shen would encounter misfortune upon entering the door.

Gu Xiaoman also held onto Gu Shen’s sleeve, the meaning evident without words.

However, Gu Shen remained silent for several seconds.

He shook his head, calmly saying, "No matter, I will act cautiously."

After the battle code Lion Awakening.

He quite wanted to meet Deep Sea again... It’s just that after the outbreak of war, this opportunity no longer existed.

Judging by the current structure of the Five Continents...

If Gu Shen meets Deep Sea again, the war would likely be over.

Either the alliance of the three continents had already been defeated, allowing Deep Sea to completely rule over humanity; or Upper City had fallen, allowing Gu Shen to execute Deep Sea’s main machine at any moment.

Gu Shen left one red shadow, dispatching the other four red shadows back towards Gu Castle Fortress city gate location, assisting the North Continent Fleet in halting the Traveler Tribe’s assault.

And the remaining one walked slowly towards the umbrella defense line.

The sinking sun shattered amidst the dark radiance.

Carrying a long knife, the red shadow finally arrived before the giant portal, looking at the cold large pupil, drew the knife, and stepped inside.

...

...

"You actually dared to come."

This was Deep Sea’s first remark after the red shadow stepped into the portal.

"What’s there to fear?"

Gu Shen controlled the red shadow, glancing around... The last time he saw the Black Snow Mountain Giant was in the depths of the Old World on that drifting land, but the surrounding environment had changed, full of gloom, with no trace of light, clearly indicating Deep Sea had shifted the position of the Black Snow Mountain Giant through the portal.