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This feeling was wonderful.

It was as if you could sense the surrounding Branded Monsters, and without needing to speak, you could control their actions through your consciousness.

At this moment, Cao Xing quickly took control of the entire battlefield.

He had all the Branded Minotaurs form a suicide squad and directly used [Horn Charge] to rush into the Survivor army!

The other Branded Scorpions had a skill called [Crystal Assault].

They could drill directly into the crystal earth and then reach the enemy's rear at extreme speed, achieving a backstab effect.

Therefore, Cao Xing organized a large army of Branded Scorpions and had them gather together.

Then, they all dove into the crystal ground and vanished in an instant.

When they reappeared, they were already behind the Survivor army.

This was precisely where the mages, archers, and other ranged units were gathered.

As soon as the Branded Scorpion swarm appeared, they began frantically attacking these squishy targets with their stingers, disrupting their formation.

"Pfft! Pfft, pfft!"

These squishy mages screamed as they were stung, and large swaths of them fell in an instant.

"Damn it! Branded Monsters have charged into the back of our camp!"

"Damn it, fall back and defend, fall back! We're being attacked from behind!"

A portion of the melee units began to turn around to help the squishy units in their team and deal with these Branded Scorpions.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing overlooked the entire situation from mid-air.

Seeing their formation fall into chaos, he quickly commanded the ranged Branded Blasters, Branded Winged Birds, and other monsters.

They continuously unleashed waves of ranged attacks, focusing fire on the Survivor army!

"Boom! Rumble!"

The Branded Blasters, which looked like oversized stink bugs, spat out Branded bombs from their abdomens, which landed among the crowd and unleashed violent explosions.

The Branded Winged Birds kept flapping their wings, launching blades of wind that instantly tore through the Survivors' formation.

"Bang! Rumble!"

A massive amount of ranged attacks came rushing in.

The Survivors were sent flying one after another.

The Branded Monster army, which had originally been at a disadvantage, instantly turned the tide.

The Survivors' defensive line was torn apart one after another!

Then, a large number of Boss and Leader-level Branded Monsters charged in to slaughter!

The Survivors fell in droves.

The army of over a hundred thousand Survivors had been completely stunned!

"Motherfucker! Can someone tell me what is going on!?"

"Why are these Branded Monsters acting so fierce, as if they've taken drugs, the moment those humanoid monsters appeared?"

"I don't know, it's damn hellish!"

At this moment, one of the legion commanders said.

"It's not that these Branded Monsters have become stronger; it's that they've become intelligent."

"They are actually coordinating tactics. Do you think someone is controlling the entire Branded Monster army?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately realized something!

Everyone's gaze instantly locked onto the figure in the air.

"It's him!"

"This guy is controlling the entire Branded Monster army. He is likely the mastermind behind all the Branded Monsters and the commander of those humanoid creatures!"

"We must kill this guy, otherwise the threat is too great!"

Instantly, a large number of Survivors wanted to launch an attack on Cao Xing.

However, as a Lord, how could Cao Xing not consider his own safety?

He not only had Liu Muxue, Braum, Renice, and Elisa riding Crystal Griffins to protect him.

But he was also flying at an altitude of a thousand meters.

This was a place that these Tier 3 and 4 Survivors could hardly reach.

If they wanted to attack Cao Xing, they would first have to break through the Branded Monsters' defensive line.

However, whenever they wanted to organize an offensive to besiege Cao Xing.

That group of Branded Monsters would swarm over like a tide, holding the surrounding Survivors back tightly!

After several attempts, not only did they fail to tear through the Branded Monsters' defensive line, but they also lost quite a few people.

"Damn! We can't get through! There are too many of these Branded Monsters, and they're all acting like they don't value their lives."

"Damn it, forget about that weird guy, my formation is about to collapse!"

"That group of strange humanoid legions is about to rush out, help!"

"Holy shit! They're already here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked over at the same time.

They saw the legion composed of Ascalon Warriors and Wild Boar Warriors, among other melee units, advancing like a hot knife through butter!

And they began charging towards them.

Wherever they passed, no one could slow their pace.

"Swish! Swish, swish, swish!"

The battle blades in their hands danced, carrying the sound of cutting through the air.

Along the way, they left behind a large number of corpses!

And within the crowd, there were also powerful existences continuously slaughtering the creatures of the four camps.

The Witch slapped down, creating a massive shockwave. Over a dozen Survivors below had damage numbers of nearly twenty thousand appear above their heads, and they died on the spot!

Assam's sword energy swept across, and likewise, a line of Survivors perished.

On the other side, Sarah, under the buff of the Dominion Domain, had completely gone berserk!

She often threw out a [Shadow Shatter] followed by [Killing Flurry], killing a large group of Survivors.

Then she slashed twice with her blades, the splash damage killing five or six more Survivors, and her skill cooldowns were reset on the spot!

Then, it was [Killing Flurry] followed by [Shadow Shatter] again!

After becoming a Dominion-level creature, this woman not only saw her strength skyrocket but also compensated for her lack of area-of-effect abilities.

She had truly become a killing machine on the battlefield.

Of course, the most terrifying was the Dragon Speaker!

At this moment, she was directly controlling two dragons, continuously spewing dragon breath.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Wherever the intense Crystal Dragon breath passed, the ground was instantly covered in a layer of crystal-clear, crystal-like substance, which contained a strong Branded aura.

The Survivors who were hit had their bodies instantly stiffen, and then they shattered on the spot.

Seeing this scene, a chill rose down the spines of all the Survivors!

Even in the system's live broadcast room, countless Survivors clicked to zoom in, focusing their vision on the battlefield where Cao Xing was.

The barrage in the live broadcast room was flying by!

"Brothers, look at the battlefield on the Wind Goddess camp side, that group of Branded Monsters has gone crazy!"

"These brothers are so miserable, they have no ability to resist at all."

"This is too damn ridiculous, they're treating us Survivors like mobs to farm!"

"Brothers of the Wind camp, mourning for you…"

…

After a few minutes of stalemate.

The Branded Monster army controlled by Cao Xing had lost about five thousand.

And the creatures of the four major camps had already lost over twenty thousand people.

Seeing that those terrifying humanoid monsters were still slaughtering frantically!

One of the legion commanders shouted: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

"Get out of here, these are just a bunch of monsters, there's no way to fight them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he led his subordinates to flee backward.

Just as mentioned before, once one person retreats, it triggers more people to flee.

In an instant, a large number of Survivors began to retreat!

"Whoosh…"

From all directions, the army of over a hundred thousand Survivors retreated like a tide.

The massive amount of Branded Monsters, including those Ascalon legions, followed behind to pursue and kill.

And after Cao Xing saw this scene, he directly gave the order.

"All return."

Hearing the order, it wasn't just those warriors.

All the Branded Monsters stopped in their tracks and returned at the fastest speed.

Then, they lined up, waiting like a group of well-trained soldiers.

This scene made the Survivors watching the live broadcast feel even more shocked and terrified!

A chill rose up their backs!

They didn't fear a powerful enemy; they feared an enemy that was powerful and also had a brain!

In a situation with equal numbers, if the Branded Monsters had a commander, the Survivor army could never be their opponent.

And this humanoid creature flying in mid-air could clearly command the entire Branded Monster army.

At this moment, a thought arose in everyone's mind.

That was, the four major Survivors currently on the battlefield were going to be in trouble!

…

Cao Xing looked at the number of teleports on the crystal.

"There are 9 teleportation charges left."

"The distance between each crystal stronghold is too far…"

"It is certainly impossible to defend them all."

"I can only choose some key nodes and try to delay the offensive of these Survivors."

Therefore, he led everyone to start teleporting again!

Next, the same situation played out repeatedly.

At first, the Survivors were still using their numerical advantage to crush the Branded Monsters, and everyone was happily farming points.

But when a humanoid creature riding a Mammoth appeared, bringing his legion, the battlefield immediately became one-sided!

No matter how they resisted, in the end, they would be crushed by the Branded Monster army commanded by this humanoid creature!

Finally, after tens of thousands of deaths, they were forced to flee.

As one crystal stronghold after another was taken by Cao Xing, driving these Survivors back.

In the blink of an eye, twelve hours had passed.

They had been fighting from 6:00 in the morning until past 6:00 in the evening.

And after Cao Xing used up his ten teleportation charges.

Now, there were still more than five hours until the Crystal Dragon woke up at 00:00 midnight.

After Cao Xing could no longer teleport, he could only take his warriors, rely on their own legs to run wildly across the crystal land, and look for those smaller Survivor legions to attack.

And the Survivors watching the live broadcast outside, for most of the day, their attention had been focused on this group of terrifying humanoid monsters.

Their battles were simply too stunning, much more exciting than the battlefields where other Survivors were!

Whenever they appeared, it was an absolute crushing victory!

Various powerful existences, sweeping through everything, with a wave of their hands, a thousand people would die.

There was no battle cooler than this in the entire crystal land.

Moreover, the Survivors watching the live broadcast also discovered one thing.

That was that the crystal points chosen by this humanoid army were very particular.

The number of people gathered at these strongholds was around one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand.

If it was a crystal stronghold like the ones that had already gathered hundreds of thousands of Survivors, and the Branded Monsters had been killed off by more than half, these humanoid creatures would not appear.

This made them have to wonder, did this group of humanoid monsters know that they couldn't beat hundreds of thousands of Survivors, so the crystal points they chose were all ones with fewer people?

However, even if they got this information, what use would it be?

After all, this group of monsters was simply too terrifying.

The Survivors of the Wind camp were a little worried, wondering if they would encounter that group of humanoid creatures while they were fighting.

Now, upon receiving the news that this group of humanoid creatures had finally stopped teleporting and were looking for targets on the crystal land.

Some Survivors actually breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Time soon reached 23:00 in the evening.

A system prompt appeared.

[Attention all Survivors! The first day of the Battle of the Oracle is about to end, and the Crystal Dragon: Krakatoa will wake up in one hour.]

[Furthermore, it will launch dragon magic to cleanse the entire crystal land. Please return to the main city as soon as possible!]

…

Because the world was so vast, it took a lot of time for Survivors to travel.

So the system also made the announcement one hour in advance.

In an instant, across the entire crystal land, a massive number of Survivors stopped fighting and, like ants returning to their nest, flocked back to the four main cities.

In just one day, thanks to the sheer volume of Survivors, they managed to destroy over five thousand Crystal Strongholds.

Aside from the Survivors of the Wind Faction, the Survivors from the other three factions were sharing their gains in the chat channel.

"This Battle of the Oracle feels quite simple. Even though those Branded Monsters have thick health bars, they aren't that powerful. I've gained quite a few points today, enough to redeem two sets of blue gear."

"Yeah, thanks to the last Zhuo Mas Claw challenge, we all have experience in team combat, so dealing with these Branded Monsters this time has been quite easy."

"Haha! I followed the Aquarius Legion from our Eight Great Districts, and we gathered a full million people! We've been unstoppable, killing gods if gods block us, and killing Buddhas if Buddhas block us—it's just so satisfying!"

"Wuhu! I've already harvested over two thousand points today, so awesome!"

It was clear that the Survivors of the Goddess of Order Faction, the Goddess of Life Faction, and the Goddess of Nature Faction had gained a lot.

Only the Wind Goddess Faction was filled with curses.

"Damn it, I'm so pissed. How did such a monster legion appear on our Wind Goddess Faction's side?"

"It's hellish. And these monsters are fixated on attacking our Wind Faction. Ten consecutive crystal points have all been on our side."

"Damn! They're treating us people from the Wind Goddess Faction like mobs to be farmed."

The Survivors from the other three major factions learned of this news and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Brothers of the Wind Goddess Faction, don't be sad. You've made it through today. Maybe they'll keep camping you tomorrow, hahaha!"

"The guy above, are you a devil?"

Hearing this, the Survivors of the Wind Goddess Faction became even angrier.

A moment later, a large legion commander snorted coldly.

"Hmph! This group of humanoid monsters won't be arrogant for long. Tonight, our Wind Faction will organize a wave, and tomorrow we'll directly wipe out this humanoid legion."

"That's right! This guy only picked on groups of two hundred thousand people all day, which shows he doesn't dare to take on too many people. Once we gather a few hundred thousand, we'll just steamroll him!"

"Well said! Tomorrow is the time for our Wind Faction to wash away our shame!"

The other three major factions didn't doubt this either.

Today, although the performance of Cao Xing and his team was eye-catching.

But they only killed a little over two hundred thousand people in total.

Compared to the billions of people here, it was completely insignificant.

The Survivors didn't take the humanoid legion controlled by Cao Xing seriously.

"Brothers of the Wind Faction, come on, take them down!"

"Killing a boss-level Branded Monster gives 100 points. If we kill this kind of humanoid legion, the rewards will probably be even greater!"

"Holy crap, that's right! These special monsters might even give some special rewards."

"Is it too late to go to the Wind Faction now?"

…

Amidst the discussions, most of the Survivors had already returned to the four major main cities.

Over half an hour later, there were hardly any Survivors left on the entire Crystal Land.

However, a small group of stubborn guys, as if they hadn't heard the system prompt, continued to wander outside the main cities.

When the time reached 00:00.

Everyone heard a terrifying roar!

"Roar—"

This roar, like rolling thunder, instantly spread from the center of the Crystal Land across the entire world!

The sound seemed to come from an ancient beast, carrying endless majesty and fury!

Those stubborn Survivors who were still on the Crystal Land had their bodies instantly explode the moment they were swept by this sound wave!

Blood mist filled the air; they were dead beyond dead.

Not only that.

Along with this terrifying roar, it was as if the entire earth had been activated!

The Crystal Land was trembling slightly, and the whole world was emitting 'crackling' explosive sounds!

At this moment, the Survivors who had returned to the four major main cities were shocked beyond words.

"Holy crap! Was that just the roar of an Ancient Dragon? It's so terrifying!"

"I feel like if we weren't in the main city, just this roar alone would have wiped out all of us millions of Survivor lords."

"It's too outrageous. It's worthy of being true god-level power!"

Meanwhile.

The Crystal Land outside the main cities was completely boiling!

Dark purple lightning rose from the earth, and the entire Crystal World was shrouded in this terrifying lightning.

This was a scene that could be called world-ending!

Under this might, a sense of insignificance couldn't help but arise in the hearts of all Survivors.

Their hearts were also shrouded in pressure.

If not for the four major main cities, they might not have lasted even a second on the Crystal Land before being instantly vaporized!

At the same time, the city gates closed, and an invisible defensive barrier shrouded the four major main cities.

All the Survivors breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Just now, under the shroud of that apocalyptic aura, everyone was like a leaf on the ocean, at risk of capsizing at any moment.

Now they finally regained their composure.

…

Meanwhile, Cao Xing was leading his army, standing on the 'crackling' purple earth.

This terrifying electrical current, which could even cause Legendary powerhouses to fall, caused them no harm at all.

Then, a system prompt appeared before him.

[The first day of the Battle of the Oracle has ended. The livestream feed has been closed.]

[Calculating your point rewards.]

[5,423 Dragon Crystals have been destroyed. Remaining Dragon Crystal count: 94,577. Remaining Main Crystal count: 1.]

[Based on the remaining crystal count * days, you have gained 94,577 points. You have gained 1 gold point.]

"Not bad, another ninety-plus thousand points in the bag, plus 1 gold point."

But this also made Cao Xing realize a problem.

"In just one day, over five thousand crystals were destroyed by the Survivors."

"At this rate, based on the remaining number of crystals, it might not last a month…"

After all, today was just the beginning; the Survivors were still adapting to this large-scale combat.

As time passed, large-scale legions would appear one after another, and the speed at which they flattened the crystals would become faster and faster.

According to estimates, the 100,000 crystals might last at most 20 days…

After reaching this conclusion, Cao Xing's mood became slightly heavy.

However, the only good news was that as long as he defended the Main Crystal, it wouldn't count as a failure of the campaign.

Furthermore, even if he really couldn't hold it and the Main Crystal was destroyed, there would be no penalty for him.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing felt slightly relieved.

Meanwhile, the soldiers stood neatly in place, looking at him with excitement!

Cao Xing chuckled: "Everyone, I am very satisfied with your performance tonight."

"Although, there was a small sacrifice."

That group of Survivors was not like the Ice Nest Monsters; they had all sorts of messy tricks and could coordinate in battle.

So, under one wave of focused fire, even Cao Xing's side had over forty soldiers killed.

But this was insignificant.

Anyway, in just one day, he had gained over two hundred thousand points just by killing Survivors from the four major factions.

Plus the rewards from the crystal calculation just now, Cao Xing's points had already exceeded three hundred thousand.

Resurrecting these forty-plus people would cost at most over four hundred points.

Compared to his accumulated points, it was completely a drop in the bucket!

With a wave of Cao Xing's hand.

[Consume 465 battle merits to resurrect all fallen soldiers?]

"Yes."

Instantly.

Dark purple hexagram arrays appeared in front of everyone!

The phantoms of the fallen soldiers gradually solidified.

When the light faded, those familiar figures appeared once again.

They looked at Cao Xing with pleasant surprise, knowing that it was their lord who had resurrected them.

"Thank you, Lord!"

The other soldiers also laughed loudly: "Lavis, you really have been resurrected!"

"The Lord's power is as mysterious and unpredictable as ever!"

Cao Xing waved his hand.

"Start resting now, replenish your stamina, and then hurry up and get some sleep."

"Tomorrow morning, we will face the second wave of combat."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers' expressions immediately became serious.

Meanwhile.

Liu Muxue quickly took out a large amount of food from her backpack for the soldiers to eat.

Soon, everyone entered a state of rest.

…

…

A few minutes later.

A system prompt appeared.

[Survivors, please note! The first day of the Battle of the Oracle has ended. We are currently tabulating the points of all Survivors, and a leaderboard will be released shortly…]

…

Seeing the system prompt, the Survivors were stunned for a moment, then they all reacted.

"Haha! The point leaderboard is coming out!"

"This time, it's the top ten thousand lords of the entire server; it's not like the small squabbles in the major districts before!"

"Indeed, this is the leaderboard that truly represents hard power. Whoever can reach first place is equivalent to being the strongest among our tens of millions of powerhouses!"

Hearing this, some special existences with powerful auras in the four major factions immediately became nervous.

They were either the number one person in their respective districts, possessed some special abilities, or owned a massive legion.

In their previous districts, they already stood at the pinnacle of most Survivors, with not many opponents left.

But now, this Battle of the Oracle scenario involved the top ten thousand people from thousands of districts competing!

Not to mention reaching first place, even entering the top ten would be a great honor!

And an acknowledgment of their own strength.

A heated discussion broke out in the chat channel.

Everyone speculated about who would be in first place this time.

While everyone waited in anticipation, a system prompt appeared.

[The Battle Merit Leaderboard for the five major factions has been tabulated…]

…

Seeing this prompt, all the Survivors were stunned.

"Hmm? What's going on? Why is it a five major factions leaderboard? Aren't there only four major factions in total?"

"Yeah? Did the system secretly open a faction that we don't know about?"

"Whatever, let's just open the leaderboard and take a look."

After hearing this, everyone quickly opened the leaderboard and started checking it.

The next moment, everyone's eyes widened!

[1st Place: Cao Xing, Cumulative Points: 328,561, Faction: Crystal Dragon Faction]

[2nd Place: Angelina Zorn, Cumulative Points: 48,236, Faction: Goddess of Nature Faction]

[3rd Place: Wang Tao, Cumulative Points: 46,622, Faction: Goddess of Order Faction]

[4th Place: Omar, Cumulative Points: 44,672, Faction: Goddess of Life Faction]

[5th Place…]

[10th Place: Bai Zhi, Cumulative Points: 43,862, Faction: Goddess of Order Faction]

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