60: Chapter 60 Fifth-Tier Battle

The thirty-second match.

The moment the passage opened, Su Bai sensed a difference.

The speck of light on the opposite side was far brighter than any previous opponent.

It wasn't the brightness of the light itself, but a deeper sense of oppression.

He had only felt that kind of pressure from the Ghost King.

Rank 5.

At the other end of the passage, a figure slowly emerged.

It was a man wearing a deep green robe, his expression cold and his eyes as sharp as knives. Behind him was a vast world projection.

Continuous mountain ranges, dense forests, and deep swamps.

Three distinct terrains were perfectly integrated.

Three races.

[Opponent Number: 02743]

[World Rank: Rank 5]

[World Type: Alien Civilization (Triple Race Alliance)]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: A+]

[Battle Record: 47 Wins, 6 Losses]

[Current Rank: 1421st]

The man was also sizing up Su Bai.

When he saw Su Bai's excessively young, almost boyish face, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

"A Rank 5 world, thirty-one consecutive wins, climbing from rank ten thousand to rank three thousand."

Su Bai didn't respond, merely watching him quietly.

The man said no more, simply stepping slightly to the side to reveal the world behind him.

"My world is called the Three-Race League."

"Mountain Giants, Forest Elves, and Swamp Poison Pythons. Three races, one hundred and twenty thousand units, coexisting for three hundred years."

"My hero is called the King of the Mountains. Rank 5."

He spoke in a calm tone, without boasting or provocation. He was simply stating facts.

"And you?"

Su Bai looked at him and softly spoke two words:

"Netherworld."

The man raised an eyebrow.

Netherworld?

He had heard many world names: Way of the Sword, Ice Phoenix, War Demon, Zerg, Mechanical, Elemental...

But Netherworld was a first.

He didn't ask further.

He just nodded.

"Then let us begin."

"Let me see what right you, a newcomer, have to fight your way to the top three thousand."

As soon as he finished speaking, the world behind him stirred.

Mountain Giants stepped out from the mountains, ranging from ten to thirty meters tall with skin of blue-gray rock; with every step, the void trembled. Their numbers were few, only about ten thousand, but every single one was Rank 3 or higher.

Forest Elves swarmed from the woods, small in stature and light on their feet, with transparent wings on their backs. They were the most numerous, totaling seventy thousand, densely packed like a plague of locusts. They held wooden bows or staves and could fly freely in the air.

Swamp Poison Pythons slithered out from the marshes, ranging from ten to fifty meters in length, their bodies covered in dark green scales and their fangs glinting with a faint blue light. There were about forty thousand of them, winding through the void like countless massive ropes.

One hundred and twenty thousand units.

They blotted out the sky.

Su Bai's expression remained calm as he watched the approaching army.

He raised his hand.

Behind him, the gray-white Yin Qi of the Netherworld World surged like a sea.

Five portals opened simultaneously.

The first portal came from the Shadow Demon Abyss.

One hundred and twenty thousand Shadow Demons poured out from the abyss, scattering into the void. Their eyes were gray-white, and their bodies existed between darkness and Yin Qi, as if they could blend into shadows at any moment. They did not form neat phalanxes but scattered everywhere like hunters lurking in the dark.

Shadow Blade hovered at the very front, his gray-white eyes coldly staring at the opposing army.

The second portal came from the Mycelium Deep Forest.

One hundred thousand Mushroom People emerged from the forest, forming neat phalanxes. Their caps were gray-white, blending with the Yin Qi. Spores drifted around them like gray-white snowflakes.

The Mushroom King hovered at the front of the phalanx, his purple eyes narrowing slightly.

The third portal came from the Extreme Cold Ice Plains.

Twenty-three thousand Ice Crystals swarmed from the ice plains, standing behind the Mushroom People. Their bodies were transparent Ice Crystals, flickering with a faint blue light within the Yin Qi.

The Frost King stood at the very front, his silver eyes reflecting a bone-chilling coldness.

The fourth portal came from the Deep Blue Sea Abyss.

Two hundred thousand Naga poured out from the ocean, occupying the other half of the void. Silver-gray scales and pale gold eyes, they were packed so densely they looked like the ocean itself.

Lan hovered at the very front of the Naga army, his pure silver scales shining brilliantly in the Yin Qi, his pure gold eyes calmly watching the opposition.

The fifth portal came from the Hall of Impermanence and the world core.

But this time, Su Bai did not let the fifth portal open.

The Ghost King, Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Ghost Bride, Sadako, and Slit-Mouthed Woman did not appear.

For this battle, he only deployed the armies of four races.

And the heroes of those four races.

Su Bai's main focus was on Lan.

Looking at that silver figure, a hint of curiosity rose in his heart.

This leader of the Naga Race, this existence who grew from a low-level orphan to the Chief of the Council, this hero whose combat he had never seen with his own eyes...

Just how strong was he?

The man opposite him saw his pupils contract slightly the moment the Netherworld army emerged.

Two hundred thousand Naga, one hundred and twenty thousand Shadow Demons, one hundred thousand Mushroom People, and twenty-three thousand Ice Crystals.

Added together, there were four hundred and forty-three thousand units.

More than three times his own number.

But he did not panic.

Because he saw that except for the silver Naga, the other Hero Units on the opposite side were not moving.

That young man was using him for troop training.

The corners of the man's mouth curled up slightly.

"Interesting."

He raised his hand, his voice steady:

"Then let me see just how strong your soldiers are."

The Mountain Giants took heavy strides, taking the lead in the charge.

Their target was the Mushroom People phalanx. Individual Mushroom People had the weakest combat power; as long as their formation was broken, the core of the Netherworld army would collapse.

The Forest Elves flanked from the air, targeting the Shadow Demons. Shadow Demons were skilled in stealth and assassination, but the sky was the Fairies' home field.

The Swamp Poison Pythons slithered from below, targeting the Ice Crystals. The Extreme Cold Domain of the Ice Crystals countered cold-blooded creatures, but the pythons' venom could corrode ice.

A three-pronged attack with a clear division of labor.

The man's tactical proficiency was indeed far beyond that of previous opponents.

But Su Bai's army was no pushover either.

Lan moved.

He did not rush toward the Mountain Giants, nor did he intercept the Forest Elves.

He simply raised his hand and spoke softly:

"Naga, form ranks."

Two hundred thousand Naga moved simultaneously.

Instead of scattering to meet the enemy, they quickly gathered to form a massive circular formation. The outermost layer consisted of warriors with tridents, the middle layer was composed of mages with coral staves, and the innermost layer held the elites responsible for command.

The moment the formation was complete, the first wave of the Mountain Giants' charge slammed into it.

BOOM!!!

The violent sound of the impact shook the void.

Those rock giants, ten to thirty meters tall, crashed into the Naga formation, shattering the bones of dozens of Naga, but they also became trapped within the Naga's encirclement.

Tridents stabbed into the crevices of the rocks, mages' incantations vibrated through the seawater, and countless Naga swarmed from all directions, drowning the giants.

At the same time, the battle between the Shadow Demons and Forest Elves had also begun.

Shadow Blade did not personally intervene, merely hovering in mid-air and coldly watching the fairies.

One hundred and twenty thousand Shadow Demons simultaneously activated Space Folding.

They vanished from their spots and reappeared among the fairy swarm in the next second. Sharp claws pierced fairy wings, shadow energy eroded fairy souls, and Space Folding severed fairy bodies.

Though the fairies were numerous, they had no way to dodge in the face of the Shadow Demons' Space Folding.

The battle between the Ice Crystals and the venomous pythons was equally intense.

The Frost King still did not act, simply standing at the front of the Ice Crystal army, his silver eyes watching the approaching pythons.

Twenty-three thousand Ice Crystals simultaneously released their Extreme Cold Domain.

The temperature of the void plummeted to a hundred degrees below zero.

The bodies of the venomous pythons began to stiffen, their speed slowed, and their movements became sluggish. The Ice Crystals took the opportunity to rush into the python swarm, severing their bodies with ice blades and freezing their venom with cold air.

Battle had broken out on all three fronts simultaneously.