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Chapter 330 -330-Faction War, Divine-grade Cannon Fodder

"I wonder how far the Astral Realm has developed by now?"

There was a hint of inquiry in Daniel’s voice.

"It is already nearing its final stage. In a few more years, it should be ready to open."

Dustin’s tone was calm and gentle.

"A few years will pass very quickly."

"I heard that the Astral Realm only exists for a hundred years. Is that legend true?"

James asked curiously.

"Absolutely true."

Dustin nodded slightly.

"The Astral Realm is a newborn star system, and it will only exist for one hundred years. After a hundred years, all its laws and cosmic mysteries will have evolved to maturity and completion, and the star system will begin to take shape."

"After being washed by the passage of time, this starfield will gradually stabilize and transform into an eternal, indestructible star system. That is why the hundred years in which the Astral Realm blooms are like the brightest morning star before dawn—fleeting, yet brilliant enough to illuminate the entire night sky!"

"In other words, after the Astral Realm opens, we can take away all the essence within it."

"As for whether the chick can break out of its shell afterward, that will be a matter for later."

Camille suddenly understood.

"Exactly."

Dustin continued, "The hundred years from the Astral Realm’s birth to its maturity are an opportunity bestowed upon us by the universe."

The Astral Realm was the initial form of a newborn star system. Only after a hundred years would it grow into a complete star system.

During these hundred years of development, countless opportunities and fortuitous encounters would be born.

Divine-grade powerhouses needed to construct their sage rank, and constructing a sage rank required vast amounts of top-tier precious materials and sacred intent. The Astral Realm contained precisely such supreme opportunities.

Therefore, every time the Astral Realm opened, it would mark a golden age in which top quasi-Sages broke through to the peak of Divine-grade one after another.

The Astral Realm would also attract countless top quasi-Sages from outer universes to come and explore. Even Divine-grade and Oracle-grade beings would be drawn by its radiance!

"What benefits us most is that the first ten years of the Astral Realm are its gestation period. No living being is allowed to enter."

"For the first thirty years after that, only quasi-Sages can set foot inside. Afterward, it will gradually open to Sages, peak Divine-grade beings, and Oracle-grade beings in sequence..."

Daniel smiled.

"In that case, no matter what Rank one belongs to, everyone has the chance to obtain an opportunity that suits them."

The group exchanged their understandings and guesses regarding the Astral Realm.

"This Astral Realm is somewhat similar to the Starlight Rankings tournament back then."

James said thoughtfully, "That tournament gathered nine-star powerhouses from across the entire universe, while this place gathers the most elite quasi-Sages from various universes."

"More or less."

Dustin said softly, "The Astral Realm does not have competition rules. It relies more on opportunity, strength, and teamwork."

"Oh? Is there some particular strategy involved?"

Daniel asked.

"Some opportunities may not suit oneself, but may happen to suit another person perfectly."

Dustin explained, "For example, if I happened upon a fortuitous encounter related to the Law of Causality in the Astral Realm, but I have never cultivated causality arts, then that opportunity would not be very useful to me."

"However, that does not mean it would be useless to you, Faustus. The key is that such opportunities are extremely rare. If you fail to obtain it, it will be seized by other powerhouses!"

"One more friend means one more source of Strength!"

James nodded repeatedly.

Daniel also nodded, falling into thought.

"Since the Astral Realm has not opened yet, shall I take all of you to the war front to have a look?"

Dustin suddenly suggested.

The eyes of the other four powerhouses lit up!

...

The frontline of the war between the two great factions.

Daniel and the others stopped not far behind the rear lines.

Their field of vision clearly reflected the formations of the Order faction—countless supreme-grade powerhouses had formed one massive army after another, all of them supreme-grade without exception!

Those supreme-grade powerhouses were merely pawns at the front. Although they might have been pillars of talent or prodigies in their own worlds, here, they were only cannon fodder at the very bottom.

Within every supreme-grade army, there were also large numbers of quasi-Sages mixed in. These demi-sage rank powerhouses were at the same Rank as Daniel and the others, yet they could only serve as mid-to-low-level Strength within the army.

Even now, with the Astral Realm about to open, they were not qualified to participate.

Those qualified to set foot in the Astral Realm were all quasi-Sages with extraordinary potential!

Potential was everything!

"Over there is the Divine-grade army!"

Camille cried out in surprise.

Daniel turned his head and looked over.

"Hiss... An army composed entirely of Divine-grade powerhouses."

Daniel’s heart churned with shock.

Back then, a mere low-grade Sage had been enough to firmly block the advancement path of the Aetheria humans.

Yet now, a single army actually contained millions of Divine-grade powerhouses, and they had been reduced to consumables of war just like those supreme-grade beings!

In truth, not much time had passed.

Those Divine-grade beings who had once stood far above him now would not even last a single second in his hands!

"The upper ranks of the supreme-grade armies are Divine Radiant-level powerhouses."

James said calmly, "The upper ranks of the demi-sage rank armies are Divine Sovereign-level powerhouses, and the upper ranks of the Divine-grade armies are Divine Lord-level powerhouses!"

Before a war of this cosmic scale, the supreme-grade armies were cannon fodder in the truest sense, led by a small number of Divine Radiant-level powerhouses.

The demi-sage rank armies were only slightly stronger than cannon fodder, led by a small number of Divine Sovereigns.

The true main force was the Divine-grade army, commanded by a small number of Divine Lords.

Divine Descendant-level powerhouses possessed a great deal of strategic autonomy, mainly targeting the enemy’s high-end combat forces.

As for Oracle-grade beings, they were the key figures who directly determined the outcome of the battle!

"So many Oracle-grade beings..."

Within Daniel’s field of vision, he could see dozens of Oracle-grade beings alone.

Oracle-grade beings were top-level combat forces, capable of directly influencing the direction of the war.

In a cosmic-level war, each faction had dozens of Oracle-grade beings participating in battle. Added together, both sides had more than a hundred.

"And this is still far from the moment of the final decisive battle."

Dustin’s gaze was complicated.

"When the true great battle descends, Oracle-grade reinforcements will continue arriving without end. In a single campaign, it is common to see over a thousand Oracle-grade beings fighting on the same stage."

Hiss—!

Everyone could not help but draw in a cold breath.

What kind of noble existence was an Oracle-grade being?

Yet there were actually over a thousand of them slaughtering one another in war.

The scale of war in the Chaosverse was not inferior in the slightest to an all-out war between universes!

"How tragic."

A trace of sorrow appeared on Dustin’s face.

"Even in wars between universes, there are actually very few occasions where so many Oracle-grade beings take part."

"Yet in a single internal war within one universe, over a thousand Oracle-grade beings can end up slaughtering one another."

His voice was heavy.

"We Chaos Humans have lost quite a number of Oracle-grade beings in this internal war."

Daniel and the others fell silent.

For any race or force, the fall of even a single Oracle-grade being was an immeasurable loss.

As a member of the Order faction, the Chaos Humans were involved in battles where over a thousand Oracle-grade beings fought. It was only natural that some of their combat forces had fallen.

People were bound to die in war!

But war was also the furnace that tempered powerhouses!

The Chaos Humans had grown rapidly amid endless flames of war, and Dustin, too, had been forged within that very furnace.

"The other side also has this many armies and powerhouses."

Daniel’s gaze turned deeply toward the Chaos faction.

The configuration on that side was almost identical to the Order faction’s. After all, these were the only two great powers in this universe.

The combat strength of both sides was evenly matched.

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