Published: February 13, 2025
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Little Tiger closed the door behind him, and Xia Lei looked through the gap, seeing Tang Guo lying on the bed, exhausted and blankly staring at a bowl of her favorite yellow peach syrup.
Although everyone who has survived until now has a clear understanding of the brutality of the apocalypse and is prepared to face death at any moment, it's not so easy to accept when it happens to oneself.
When the news of Tang Tian's death in battle came, Tang Guo's mood was understandably devastated.
This was the first time a core member had died in Cloud Summit.
Perhaps it was because Cloud Summit had previously seemed invincible, so when the news of Tang Tian's death spread, many people's feelings were complicated.
"Spend more time with Tang Guo recently; there’s no need for you to deal with the finishing touches,” Xia Lei said to Little Tiger.
Little Tiger shook his head.
"The situation here in the Titan Secret Realm is still not very good. I was part of the pursuit team and clearly saw the arrival of their subsequent forces. Just like the reconnaissance information before, there are at least six to seven million of them. With these reinforcements, our achievements are not as great as imagined. I think, before long, these beastmen will return, after all, to them, we are intruders invading their homeland."
Little Tiger had participated in the three-day pursuit and was among the first to learn of Tang Tian's death because he arrived at the scene first and captured the traces of the beastman general who killed Tang Tian.
Little Tiger spent three days killing that beastman general, giving Tang Tian and Tang Guo some closure.
It was precisely because he had pursued for such a long time that he had his own assessment of the situation. During these days of pursuit, Cloud Summit indeed achieved significant results. Out of the more than twenty million beastman warriors that came here, it was estimated that casualties exceeded three-quarters, which could be considered crippling.
If Cloud Summit had suffered such casualties, it would have nearly led to their extinction.
But for the beastmen, these casualties were not enough to make them give up their attacks on Cloud Summit.
With the incoming reinforcements and the gathering of scattered individuals, they could regroup a team of over ten million, which still gave them an advantage in numbers against Cloud Summit.
After all, Cloud Summit could not possibly place all their battle teams in the Titan Secret Realm; having a standing army of two to three million here was already the limit.
With such significant losses this time, Cloud Summit's troop strength was even more stretched.
Little Tiger's battle team sustained relatively fewer losses in combat. Whether they continued to conquer the world on Earth or defended against the beastmen's return in the Titan Secret Realm, they were an absolutely essential force.
Moreover, the guiding sun was approaching, and several top experts from Cloud Summit would be leaving. These individuals had achieved complete victories in this top-level battle; even Yama Tree had single-handedly killed two, later teaming up with Mo Ye to take down another.
Their departure would have a significant impact on Cloud Summit.
Although Tong Steward and Copper Pot were not dead, they were severely injured. Sister Hong had assessed their condition and indicated it was not optimistic; they would likely wake up with reduced strength, which meant Cloud Summit would suddenly be down two top-tier existences.
Given these circumstances, Little Tiger certainly wouldn’t let himself rest.
Xia Lei pondered for a moment, "Then you should head back to Earth and solve the problems in Europe. Take Tang Guo with you."
Little Tiger nodded; he understood Sister Lei's concerns and didn’t want Tang Guo to stay in the place where Tang Tian had lived and sacrificed, which would likely affect her recovery.
"Take good care of Tang Guo and the child."
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After leaving Little Tiger, Guangyao was already waiting for Xia Lei.