Chapter 918 - - 614 Primordial Tao Fruit_2

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Not until Emperor Guard One completely disappeared from his sight did the reluctant farewell in his heart fade substantially, but whenever he remembered, that indescribable twinge of sourness would still surge in his heart.

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The War God Ship traversed the first spatial node, and all communication devices were fully restored.

The warriors of the Heavenly Gods Clan busied themselves rapidly, receiving information from all directions, ready to respond to any sudden situations.

Birmingham reported the situation of the Origin of Mankind to the Divine King, mentioning the promise to Duge.

After watching the battle footage between the War God and Duge, the Divine King recognized Duge’s combat capabilities, generously bestowing upon him the title “Desolate War God,” provisionally placing him under the command of the War God, and promising to officially grant him enfeoffment and allocate his fief once they had safely escorted the Origin of Mankind back to the Heavenly Gods Clan.

In front of the Divine King, Duge pledged his loyalty profusely, expressing his yearning for the Heavenly Gods Clan and his fervent promise to live up to the Divine King’s expectations by taking the lead bravely in the upcoming war against the Thorne Divine Tribe, ensuring the title “Eastern War God” was truly deserved.

Birmingham was left utterly astounded by such a performance.

Then, using the potential interception by the Thorne Divine Tribe as a pretext, he requested reinforcements from the Divine King, who, unsuspecting, readily agreed.

Everything was developing exactly as Duge had predicted, not missing the mark by the slightest.

After cutting off contact with the Divine King, Birmingham looked towards Duge, who had regained his composure and was smiling at him; almost as if possessed, he gave a nod, and the bud of ambition within him grew considerably once more.

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The largest communication network in the universe is known as the Star Network, controlled by several Divine Clans, its signal nodes covering all locations of high civilizations.

All civilizations in the interstellar space can post information on it; it’s essentially a large public platform.

At this moment,

The news on the Star Network was still revolving around the Origin of Mankind.

There were information on Duge’s auction, the threats of the Thorne Divine Tribe, and the exorbitant bounties on the black market for the Origin of Mankind…

At present,

The latest piece of news was issued by the Saine Mercenary Corps: “Heavenly Gods Clan War God Birmingham and Emperor Star Guardian fought fiercely for one day and one night, ultimately reaching an agreement, with the Emperor Star Guardian joining the Heavenly Gods Clan, and War God Birmingham acquiring the Origin of Mankind.”

This news had barely been released when it immediately caused an uproar.

Almost every comment below concerned the forthcoming war between the Heavenly Gods Clan and the Thorne Divine Tribe.

Everyone was afraid.

Everybody knew what the Origin of Mankind meant to the Thorne Divine Tribe, and the Heavenly Gods Clan acquiring it first signified that war was inevitable.

As expected,

Shortly after the news of the War God acquiring the Origin of Mankind was released.

The Thorne Divine Tribe gave the most vehement response: “We hope the Heavenly Gods Clan will return the Origin of Mankind voluntarily, otherwise, the Thorne Divine Tribe will declare war on the Heavenly Gods Clan directly.”

The wording was tough, leaving no room for retreat.

This was expected by all,

Before Duge could respond, the Divine King of the Heavenly Gods Clan arrogantly issued a declaration of war, with just three words: “Bring it on.”

As the Divine King responded,

Duge awakened his second Chaos skill:

Source of War: The scale of wars you incite is directly proportional to your attribute growth.

After the second skill awoke,

Even though the two civilizations hadn’t actually started fighting, Duge’s attributes had already doubled.

As expected,

Causing chaos across multiple civilizations had far more influence than on a single indigenous planet.

Duge felt that, at this moment, were he to engage in combat with Birmingham again, he could probably take him down within a few rounds; Divine Power might not break through Birmingham’s armor in a short time, but physical strength could…

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The War God Ship command room.

A massive Star Map displayed spatial nodes and the locations of various civilizations.

“My lord, General Raite of the Thorne Divine Tribe’s First Fleet excels in rapid strikes. Space node number 456 in the Dana Galaxy will be our first encounter point with the First Fleet, and the second encounter point is at space node number 487,” the First Chief of Staff, Kayle, illuminated two coordinates on the Star Map, and continued, “No matter which coordinates we choose? Raite will opt for delaying tactics to trap us. If he manages to hold us for two days, the Third Fleet of the Thorne Divine Tribe will arrive. Once both fleets encircle us, we will have no escape.

Therefore, the most correct tactic would be to break through at all costs. Once we pass through space nodes 456 and 487, we will have more operational routes to choose from, especially here, where we have space nodes 879, 1098, 895. If Raite makes a mistake in his judgment, then no one will be able to stop our return path anymore.”

“Good,” Birmingham turned to look at Duge and ordered, “After encountering the Thorne Divine Tribe’s First Fleet, everyone should avoid engaging too deeply, concentrate fire for a breakthrough. Kayle, inform the Divine King of our battle plan, and have the reinforcements meet us at space node 336.”

“Yes,” Kayle responded.

As he spoke, the communications officer looked up: “My lord, we’ve just received a message; the Thorne Divine Tribe’s Second, Seventh, and Eighth Fleets have set off towards three different space jump routes. No matter which route we take, we may encounter one of them.”

No sooner had he finished speaking,

than many more bright spots appeared on the Star Map of the War God Ship.

Three of them were moving towards their direction, while the rest were converging on the star systems of the Heavenly Gods Clan.

All the intelligence systems of the Heavenly Gods Clan were shared, and all combat troops would synchronize with the latest battlefield information they had obtained.

Kayle, looking at the Star Map, furrowed his brow: “My lord, it seems that the Thorne Divine Tribe is hell-bent on obtaining the Origin of Mankind. I’m afraid our reinforcements will not be able to reach us in time.”

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