143: Chapter 143 The alien races retreat, Li Fan emerges from seclusion!

Meanwhile, among the high-level officials of Great Xia...

Their emotions were just as intense as the general public's.

"Damn it! These foreign races are simply inhumane!"

"We can't tolerate this any longer!"

"Duke Yu, are we sure we're still not taking action?"

"Duke Yu, I can't take it anymore. This is going too far!"

...

Inside the conference room...

It was now filled with grief and indignation.

If it weren't for Duke Yu's delay in giving orders, they would have rushed to the front lines long ago to kill every last one of those foreign lackeys!

"Enough, everyone quiet down!"

At that moment, Duke Yu's voice rang out, silencing the originally noisy conference room.

"I know you are all very angry."

"I feel the same as you."

"But right now, it is still not the time to act. The timing isn't ripe yet."

"Remember, our goal is the Assessment!"

"As long as we win the Assessment, all debts can be settled at once!"

"You all know the foreign races' objective. Stay calm; if we hold out a bit longer, the foreign races won't be able to handle it either."

Duke Yu spoke slowly, and the people present gradually began to regain their reason.

However, it was impossible for the anger to subside just like that.

"I don't care about all that! If the foreign races don't restrain themselves in two days, I will absolutely make sure those beasts never return!"

A dark-faced man stood up, slammed the table, and then stormed out of the room.

Immediately following him, several others said similar things as they left.

In the past...

No one present had ever contradicted Duke Yu like this.

Now...

This was the first time.

On Duke Yu's face, not a trace of displeasure could be seen; there was only helplessness and exhaustion.

He understood those people's emotions better than anyone.

But what needed to be done now was still to keep a cool head.

...

In the blink of an eye...

Another day passed.

On the current front lines...

The morale of the human side was unprecedentedly high.

That fearless aura made the hair on the foreign races' bodies stand on end.

One would fall and another would take their place, each more crazed than the last.

In their eyes...

Compared to before, these humans seemed like entirely different people.

They had become unafraid of death and pain.

They were simply more terrifying than monsters!

Consequently...

Within a single day...

The foreign races' battle line was pushed back frantically until the coastline was almost visible.

It could be said...

This was an unprecedented and complete defeat!

If someone were looking down at the coastline from a god's-eye view, they would see that many foreign races had already begun retreating into the sea.

Another day passed in an instant.

This day was a very unusual one.

Because the foreign races on the front lines were now fleeing in swarms, even abandoning the coastal battle lines.

The only ones still charging forward were those low-intelligence fierce beasts.

And naturally, these beasts did not pose a very great threat to humans.

At least, their threat level was far lower than that of the foreign races.

...

In the deep sea...

"Those useless wastes!"

An angry voice came from within the building.

The faces of everyone present were currently quite unsightly.

Because just today, a large number of deserters had appeared among their foreign races, spreading demoralization.

It was precisely under the lead of these deserters that a gap was torn open, causing the foreign army to collapse like a mountain falling.

However, this was also related to the resentment that had long been building up in the hearts of the ordinary foreign races.

Why didn't the members of those Great Clans have to go to the battlefield?

Not going to the battlefield was one thing, but those Great Clans even wanted their family members to go to the battlefield as well.

"Enough, enough. Since things have come to this, we should appease the people."

"This round, consider it a win for the human side!"

"I didn't expect that even with us doing this, the opponent's decision-maker could still keep their cool, and those ordinary humans' combat power even inexplicably became stronger. In the end, we can only blame ourselves for studying humans too little."

"There are less than ten days left until the Civilization Assessment. Everyone, focus your minds."

"As long as we win the Assessment, all these problems will be gone."

At this time, an old man with a turtle shell on his back spoke slowly, calming the situation.

Hearing the old man's words...

The people present didn't say anything more. Carrying a trace of resentment and unwillingness, they left one after another.

They lost this time.

But when it came to the Assessment, they absolutely could not lose!

...

Turning our gaze back to Great Xia...

With the gradual retreat of the foreign races...

Great Xia finally won this War of National Defense.

However...

Looking at the ruins along the coast, the widespread sorrow, and those shocking towers of severed heads...

No one in Great Xia felt much joy over this victory.

What they felt more was endless resentment.

Now...

Most people didn't even care about the outcome of the Civilization Assessment anymore.

They only cared about whether they could get revenge.

...

Three days before the Civilization Assessment.

The base.

Inside the gravity room of the Dark Star.

Li Fan slowly walked out.

His current aura was many times more terrifying than before.

His gravity tolerance limit had also reached a staggering fifty thousand times!

"The remaining time should be just enough to absorb the energy stones!"

Li Fan lay in the Nutrient Pod of the Dark Star, calculating his next plan.

During this period...

He had spent almost all his time on the Dark Star.

Every day, besides training in the gravity room, he was recovering in the Nutrient Pod.

With the two complementing each other, his progress could be described as incredibly rapid.

Now, his physical fitness was already capable of withstanding energy stones.

And compared to beast cores...

Absorbing energy stones was clearly much faster in terms of efficiency.

Only three days remained until the Civilization Assessment.

He had to race against time!

However, to absorb energy stones, he had to go to his dormitory or a cultivation room.

The reason was simple.

That was, the Dark Star's energy was insufficient again.

Regarding this...

Li Fan was also helpless.

But having lasted until now, Li Fan was satisfied.

When Li Fan left the Dark Star and walked out of the gravity room...

He immediately noticed that something was wrong with the Senior Students' emotions.

After some inquiry...

Li Fan finally learned about the foreign races' invasion of Great Xia.

He opened the internet.

Looking at the shocking news reports one by one...

Li Fan was also fuming with rage, and endless killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Soon...

Li Fan opened his communications and contacted his friends.

Fortunately...

Most of his friends were safe.

Di Yun, Luo Cheng, and Gu Quan had gone to the front lines in a surge of passion; although they had suffered some heavy injuries, luckily, their lives were not in danger.

Gu Ling had also intended to go to the front lines.

But fortunately, she was stopped by Gu Song and was currently very safe at home.

"You won't have died in vain."

Looking again at the citizens who had passed away in the news, Li Fan took a deep breath and said softly.

Immediately after, Li Fan once again shut off all communications.

Next...

Li Fan prepared to begin absorbing the energy stones.

But just a second before he was about to start...

Li Fan had a sudden thought, put on his helmet, and arrived beneath the inheritance pagoda.

This time...

He wanted to try the fifth floor!