Published: February 13, 2025
Earth.
Xia Lei was in a good mood today; she personally cooked several small dishes and, together with Miya, held a simple gathering in their villa. Also invited were Mo Ye, Zhao Xiangxue, and Tang Guo, who had almost recovered.
“Delicious! Sister Lei, is it because Brother Tonghu has woken up?”
In the battle at the Titan Secret Realm, aside from Tang Tian who died in action, Tonghu and Tong Steward were also severely injured and fell into a coma. A few days ago, Tong Steward woke up and gradually began to recover, so returning to being a nine-star evolver should not be a problem.
However, Tonghu had yet to awaken, which had become a concern for almost all the Cloud Summit People.
In the Cloud Summit faction, Ye Zhongming was the leader; he was the soul. Xia Lei was the heir, the big sister. Le Da Yuan and Liu Zhenghong were held in high regard. The others had their own characteristics and feelings; some blended well with their soldiers, others appeared strict but were warm behind the scenes, while some were harsh internally but protective externally.
But if anyone could truly be seen as a brother to the soldiers without any airs, it was Tonghu. In this regard, Little Tiger and Young Master Yun fell short.
Tonghu was genuinely the kind of person who did not consider his status significant, someone who, even over a decade into the apocalypse, still believed in equality among all.
His extreme loyalty to Cloud Summit and Ye Zhongming made it impossible not to like him.
For such a well-liked person to suddenly lie in bed as a vegetable, falling from being a nine-star evolver, how could it not be heart-wrenching?
So during this time, even though Cloud Summit achieved victory in the Twin City defensive battle, and in recent days, the Cloud Summit air force and other troops had launched assaults, winning several battles and eliminating hundreds of thousands of beastmen, the mood was still somewhat suppressed.
In Tang Guo’s view, only Tonghu waking up could make Xia Lei this happy.
Xia Lei smiled and said, “Little clever one.”
“Yeah, Tonghu has woken up, although the situation is far from as optimistic as Tong Steward’s. Sister Hong said he might... fall in rank and only be able to remain at the eight-star evolver level, but at least he is alive, right? What we need is not only a comrade who can stand on their own but also a simple and lovable friend.”
Hearing Xia Lei’s words, the others nodded. Indeed, whether Tonghu's strength was restored or not was not the most important; the key was that he could wake up.
“Also, Zhong Ming just sent back a batch of ninth-level magic crystals. Coupled with what we’ve accumulated during this period, we turned the wheel, and luck was on our side—three bottles of nine-star potions were obtained.”
Everyone's eyes brightened at the mention of three bottles of potions, which represented three nine-star evolvers. This would greatly compensate for the strength gap left by Liang Chuyin, Yama Tree, and others who had departed.
Moreover, don't forget that Cloud Summit, although unable to produce evolution potions, had formed a relatively complete system in nurturing battle pets. They developed various battle pet feeds and training methods centered around Storm Glaze, even equipping dozens of beast pools. This allowed the evolution speed of Cloud Summit's battle pets and beasts to surpass that of the evolvers significantly in the past year.
Originally, the comparison was that battle beasts were meant to be faster, and this time it was even more apparent.
Li Daqian had mentioned to core members a few days ago that within three months, there should be two that could break through to the ninth level, and within the next year, five ninth levels should be achievable. Even if luck was dismal, four could be guaranteed.
By then, the top-tier combat power that left Cloud Summit for the All Races of the Universe could be completely compensated.
“Sister Lei, recruitment is progressing smoothly. We've absorbed from the previous peripheral teams into the core team and taken in other warriors as the periphery. Because we set this strategy early, the speed is fast, and we are basically... no longer afraid of conducting a large-scale war.”