Chapter 880: Complete Evacuation
In the front line of the battlefield, sensing the sudden shift in the dark beast tide, the Overseers swiftly ordered a retreat.
Instead of scattering the army and proactively attacking the dark beasts, they fell back, turning from attack to defense.
With the tide of dark beasts suddenly turning toward them, the Overseers could only react and retreat to cover.
Returning to the edge of the Central Chaos Region, they formed a tight defense, blocking all the dark beasts coming their way.
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Meanwhile, as they defended the position with their lives, all other Planes and beings in the outer chaos region began to retreat inside the barrier to the inner chaos region.
Having fought together for tens of millions of years, their friction had long vanished.
The barrier of the Inner Chaos Region had long been open, allowing everyone to enter.
However, since most were already accustomed to living in the Outer Chaos Region, they hadn’t bothered to cross inside besides taking a few visits.
To solve this, the Overseers and the Archons even agreed to expand the barrier, fully erasing the divide between regions.
If not for the dark beast tide suddenly diverting toward them, the Outer and Inner Chaos Regions might have slowly merged into one.
Unfortunately, before they could steadily grow, the tide of dark beasts abruptly shifted.
Moving millions of planes inside the barrier, they began to crowd together, hoping to weather the storm.
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Soon, as one Plane began to retreat after another, the pressure on the defensive line began to increase higher and higher.
"Huh~ This is war, our last stand against the dark disaster."
"Can we even survive this battle? Aren’t we just wasting time? We should escape while we can!"
"Are you kidding? Escape where? Unless an Archon personally takes us, we’ll only die in the endless chaotic void!"
Seeing the countless dark beasts rushing toward them, they couldn’t help but fall into despair.
If not for being used to facing such dense enemy numbers, their knees might have collapsed before they could even fight.
"Damn! Kill these dark beasts! Don’t chicken out!"
"Retreat? No retreat! We either die here or live trying!"
"Keep going! Don’t let a single one through! Everyone’s still behind us!"
"Just hold on a little longer. After everyone goes back into safety, we can also take shelter!"
Cheering themselves up, they continued to fight, killing every dark beast in their sight.
In front of them, the Chaos Void Outpost also stood strong, killing all Tier 13 dark beasts and giving them the much-needed breathing space.
Behind them, the Shadow Void Land still stood tall, reminding them of a safe haven to return to once they were tired.
Furthermore, the Archons and even the Overseers weren’t merely watching the battle but were directly barging into the fight.
Containing all the Origin Dark Beasts that came, they were the key reason the defensive line hadn’t collapsed.
Now, the only remaining factor for their successful defense was whether the Black Sigil would take action.
Fortunately, as if regaining their conscience, not a single member of the Black Sigil appeared.
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Soon, hundreds of thousands of years later.
Under their all-out defense, disregarding everything to prevent a single dark beast from passing through, all planes and beings successfully retreated inside the barrier.
"RETREAT!"
Seeing that all beings had already retreated inside, Luxion quickly ordered everyone to retreat.
Having successfully provided cover, it was time for them to hide from the storm of disaster.
Heaving a sigh of relief, all survivors boarded the Chaos Void Outpost and the Shadow Void Land to retreat.
Soon, as they took cover inside the barrier, the weight on their hearts began to dissipate.
"It’s finally over..."
Remaining alive and well after such an onslaught, they couldn’t help but close their eyes, reflecting on the battle they had just endured.
Hundreds of thousands of years of continuous high-intensity battle seemed longer than the tens of millions of years they had been fighting the dark beasts.
The pressure, massacre, despair, and deaths of trillions of overlords felt like bullets riddling their bodies.
"Everything is over... Everything will be alright..."
Comforting their wounded souls, they couldn’t help but look outside, seeing countless dark beasts pounding away at the barrier.
At this moment, they realized it was not over; they still couldn’t rest. It was only the beginning.
"Now what do we do? Do we even have a chance to repel these dark beasts or escape?"
"Hah~ We can’t hide forever in this barrier, can we?"
"How pitiful... even we, the Overlords, are at the mercy of such a natural disaster..."
"Alright, stop mulling over things. For now, we rest, get into top form, and wait for orders from above."
"That’s right, we’re mere Overlords, not even pawns in this battle. For our future, we can only wait for the Overseers to decide."
"Hmm, since they didn’t flee and instead gathered us here, they must have a contingency plan."
"Since we’re not abandoned, instead of despairing, we should prepare."
Knowing they could do nothing but wait, they quickly returned to their planes to rest and recover.
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Meanwhile, in the Shadow Void Land, the Overseers and Maximus held another gathering.
Facing the full force of the dark beasts suddenly, even they had no solution.
"How long can the barrier last? Can you estimate it?" Maximus asked first.
With the barrier shielding them from the dark beasts, there was still hope.
"At the current rate of chaos energy depletion, it should last thousands of epochs," Aointh calculated.
The barrier, which protected them, could directly convert chaos energy for its own use, granting it unmatched defensive power.
Even if the dark beasts’ attack intensity surged a hundredfold, the barrier should be able to hold on indefinitely.
Unfortunately, the unique nature of the dark beasts prevented the chaos energy from regenerating naturally.
As if sealing everything inside, no matter or energy could enter, turning chaos energy into a finite resource.
Slowly but surely, as time passed, the chaos energy around them would dissipate, transforming the area into a dead chaos zone.
Perhaps their only energy source was the dark beasts themselves.
Yet, compared to the energy they collected, the chaos energy they spent was on an entirely different scale.
Learning that they had only thousands of epochs before the inevitable destruction of the Planar Chaos Region, their hearts were full of gloom.