Published: February 13, 2025
Earth.
Li Daqian sat on a high hill, looking out at the calm sea in the distance, and between the sea and the hill, various terrifying marine creatures occasionally appeared before his eyes.
He had made a decision earlier to give up the nine-star evolution potion that Cloud Summit Villa had given him. Instead, he exchanged that single potion for ten eight-star evolution potions and ten pieces of crimson condensation level equipment to enhance the overall strength of Ten Thousand Beast Manor.
Compared to a single top-tier evolution potion, his demands seemed modest. However, Li Daqian knew that these... were just right.
In terms of military merit, Ten Thousand Beast Manor, led by Li Daqian, was not much within the Cloud Summit Villa system. Even though he had made significant contributions in recent battles, it was still far behind those who had fought hard for Cloud Summit for many years.
The reason he could obtain a nine-star evolution potion was primarily because... Chisel Fang had died in battle.
That powerful battle beast, which had been nurtured in Ten Thousand Beast Manor's large beast pool under the control of many, had previously held the top rank in the national district for a long time, was killed in the war between Cloud Summit and the sea beasts.
This was the first time a top-tier lifeform had died in Cloud Summit's history.
Even though over two months had passed, Li Daqian still could not forget the scene from that time.
The surging waves, the sky filled with attacks, the swarming monsters, and the interlacing lights and shadows, along with the overwhelming figure that seemed to exist since time immemorial.
That was the first time Li Daqian had seen the full form of the demon whale, leaving the deepest tremor in his soul.
Once, Chisel Fang had been a source of pride for both him and Ten Thousand Beast Manor. Even in a place where numerous top-tier lifeforms at Cloud Summit could be counted on two hands, it had secured a place among the top ten powerful battle beasts. However, due to a little arrogance, it had strayed just a hundred meters from the main line and was seized upon by the demon whale, which claimed its life.
The entire hunting process took less than five minutes.
Because of that hundred-meter distance, the other top-tier lifeforms in Cloud Summit were entangled by the enemy and did not arrive in time. Chisel Fang was thus brutally crushed by the demon whale.
Since then, Cloud Summit and the entire national district unifiedly referred to the demon whale as a super ninth level being.
After Chisel Fang's death, there were still nineteen top-tier lifeforms remaining in Cloud Summit. Even the most recognized strong ones, such as the spirit woman and black cat duo, the red-haired undead fish dragon duo, Yama Tree, Mo Ye, Xia Bai, and the red dress guard duo, only had less than a thirty percent chance against the demon whale in a one-on-one scenario.
Let’s not forget, the demon whale was an existence almost equivalent to the Sea King, and it commanded a considerable number of top-tier lifeforms, not to mention the greater numbers of other levels of life.
On this coastline, which spanned over several thousand square kilometers, the number of sea beasts was estimated to exceed forty million, five times the eight hundred thousand warriors of Cloud Summit.
Eight hundred thousand warriors from the Cloud Summit faction; this was already the maximum number Cloud Summit could muster.
In addition to maintaining around fifteen top-tier lifeforms, this was barely enough to stabilize the frontline.
Apart from the Radiant World Army and some territories in the resistance area, Cloud Summit had effectively occupied the entire national district, representing the most prosperous era. Yet, facing these sea beasts, it was incredibly strenuous.
In such a situation, Li Daqian understood that the top-tier evolution potion could go to Tong Hu, Young Master Yun, Sister Rong, Tang Tian, or even Liu Zhenghong and Le Da Yuan, but he could not accept it.