Following Xu Zhou’s command, the 23rd brigade army swiftly began to retreat.
Qin Zhenjiang watched this scene and couldn’t help but sigh: "I never expected the Dark Realm Royal Family to step in. It seems we can’t push this front forward unless we deal with them."
Xu Zhou felt a slight movement in his heart and turned his head to ask Qin Zhenjiang: "Has the Dark Realm Royal Family appeared on the battlefield before?"
"Of course they have."
Qin Zhenjiang, being a Seventh-Grade Strong Person and one of the deputy commanders of the 108th division, had a wide range of knowledge: "It seems like we are fighting with the Earth Star Martial Artists, but behind those Earth Star Martial Artists, there is a larger force, which is a royal family of the Dark Realm."
"The Illusion Moon Royal Family?" Xu Zhou asked.
Qin Zhenjiang looked at him in surprise: "You even know that, Xu Shuai?"
Xu Zhou nodded slightly, he only knew it through his avatar.
"The Dark Realm has sixteen royal families, and among them, the Illusion Moon Royal Family is considered a powerful existence."
Qin Zhenjiang said: "As one of the main forces invading Blue Star, the Illusion Moon Royal Family naturally appeared on the battlefield, but the direct lineage of the royal family has appeared for the first time."
"Moreover, the martial artists of the Dark Realm seem to be more heavily suppressed by realm limitations on this battlefield compared to Earth Star Martial Artists."
"But even so, their strength is extremely terrifying. Even the ordinary talents of the royal family have strength surpassing the strongest geniuses of Earth Star."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhou couldn’t help but be a little surprised.
Surpassing the strongest geniuses of Earth Star under immense realm suppression?
This is still an ordinary talent of the Dark Realm; what about the direct lineage talents? Wouldn’t they be even more frightening?
"If that’s the case, why doesn’t the Illusion Moon Royal Family bring their entire force out and directly intervene?"
Xu Zhou asked: "If that happened, Blue Star wouldn’t be able to hold on for long."
He didn’t mention the Two Worlds passage, which should only be known to those above Ninth Grade, as revealing it to too many people would cause great panic.
But in reality, given the strength of the Illusion Moon Royal Family, there’s no need to build a Two Worlds passage; even under realm suppression, they could still suppress Blue Star.
This is what puzzled Xu Zhou the most.
Qin Zhenjiang said: "It’s simple, the higher the realm of the strong, the stronger the realm suppression they encounter when crossing realities."
"Moreover, the realm suppression faced by the Dark Realm Royal Family is already extremely high, and if their Ninth Grade experts forcibly crossed realities, they might even suffer backlash, injuring themselves before the war even starts."
"I see." Xu Zhou nodded.
In this way, the Dark Realm indeed needs to build a Two Worlds passage.
Qin Zhenjiang sighed: "The strength of the Dark Realm is extremely formidable, and it’s said that above the sixteen royal families, there are three Emperor Clans, each a terrifying force beyond our imagination."
Xu Zhou felt a movement in his heart and couldn’t help but ask: "With such strength in the Dark Realm, why do they still want to invade Blue Star? What interests them about Blue Star?"
Qin Zhenjiang looked at him and said in surprise: "Our Blue Star has many treasures."
"Treasures?" Xu Zhou’s eyes slightly moved.
"Hundreds of years ago, Blue Star suddenly expanded, increasing its domain hundreds of times, and it is now generally confirmed that these domains weren’t created out of thin air but have existed since the Ancient Era."
"In other words, many astounding treasures from the Ancient Era are buried within Blue Star."
"The reason why many Ninth Grade experts emerged in the Two Worlds War hundreds of years ago is precisely because of these treasures."
Qin Zhenjiang was envious: "It’s said that the treasures unearthed at that time were only the shallowest, yet they enabled people to break through to the Ninth Grade quickly."
"There are still many deeper treasures on Blue Star, containing incredible benefits, possibly even a path to the Supreme Realm, but they haven’t been discovered yet."
"A path to the Supreme Realm?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhou completely understood.
No wonder even the Dark Realm Royal Family is desperately trying to descend upon Blue Star; they are likely also after that realm.
According to what he knew, even in the Dark Realm, only those in the three Emperor Clans have ever reached such a level of existence, but that’s historical, not necessarily present.
And if someone from the Dark Realm Royal Family reaches that level, they would undoubtedly become part of the Emperor Clan.
Such temptation is incredibly significant for the Dark Realm Royal Family.
"Blue Star itself is an unimaginable treasure."
Qin Zhenjiang lamented: "However, most of the shallow treasures have already been exhausted by predecessors."
"And the deeper treasures, no one has found them."
Xu Zhou nodded slightly, acknowledging his words.
In fact, not to mention the treasures, after Blue Star expanded hundreds of times, there are many uninhabited areas, restricted zones, which humanity has yet to fully explore.
After all, a restricted zone is called so because it’s extremely dangerous, even a Ninth Grade can fall.
In the absence of certainty over the presence of treasures, not even a Ninth Grade would easily step into those areas.
Otherwise, if a dignified Ninth Grade falls in an unnamed perilous place rather than on the battlefield, especially without treasures, the embarrassment is secondary, but the loss of high-level combat power is the most serious issue.
Xu Zhou pondered and suddenly said: "I’ve heard that on Earth Star, there are also similar treasures known as the Ancient Sacred Land, which can also lead someone directly to High Grade or even Ninth Grade?"
Qin Zhenjiang was slightly surprised and shook his head: "I don’t know about that, the matters of Earth Star, even Commander Wang rarely hears of."
"But you, Xu Shuai, seem to know so much?"