Chapter 1258: Two Consecutive Win Points! Yellow Spring Falls!

Chapter 1258: Two Consecutive Wins! The Fall of Yellow Springs!

With the demise of Lord Great Fang and the death or surrender of the vast majority of the goblin warriors under his command.

Lines of text prompts appeared before Zhou Zhou's eyes.

[Congratulations, you have defeated Lord Great Fang of the Green Field Star Goblin Race, securing victory in this stronghold defense campaign!]

[You have obtained all of the opponent's Hegemony Points and Hidden Lord Shop Points!]

[You have received the rewards for this stronghold defense campaign: 1,000 Hegemony Points and 100 Hidden Lord Shop Points!]

[Your current updated Hegemony Points are: 20,602,091,200 points;

Your current updated Hidden Lord Shop Points are: 1,601,100 points!]

[You have completed today's stronghold defense campaign and earned 1 Win Streak Point!]

[The accumulation of Win Streak Points will allow you to obtain more Hegemony Points and Hidden Lord Shop Points after the campaign, but it will simultaneously match you with more formidable opponents, and may even pit you against the native lord factions of the event universe!]

[You still have one major base assault campaign unfinished within today—please complete it promptly!]

"Is that it?"

Zhou Zhou shook his head slightly.

Indeed.

The first campaign itself was bound to be trivial in difficulty.

"I'll begin the today's major base assault campaign right away."

Zhou Zhou spoke calmly.

He would quickly finish these two campaigns today, then send his duplicate to lead the troops into battle.

The prestige points from both the base defense and base assault campaigns, along with the hidden lord shop points, were still far too insufficient for him at present.

After all, the Universal Clans' Lord campaign was only just entering its second phase.

The points in hand were meager.

Only in the final few days would the surviving chieftains of the myriad races see their point totals begin to rise.

[Matching...]

[Match successful!]

[Your opponent is the Three-Headed Fire Serpent Chieftain of the Fire Serpent Clan, Fire Python!]

[This chieftain holds 381,000 points of dominance!]

[This chieftain possesses 9,900 hidden store points!]

[This chieftain's consecutive victory count: 1!]

[From this moment forward, you will act as the attacking force, launching assaults on the enemy's stronghold until the end of today—success in capturing the enemy's base is required; otherwise, you will be declared defeated!]

[The stronghold assault campaign has officially begun!]

Zhou Zhou looked at this winning condition, his mind stirring with quiet contemplation.

The attacking side had to meet a harsher condition if they were to win.

They must actually conquer the defending side to claim victory—otherwise, they would lose.

Unlike the defenders.

Even if they couldn’t match His boldness in launching an assault, as long as they held firm and simply endured, defending until the end of the day would still count as victory.

He shook his head, not dwelling on it.

…

The three Fire Serpent Lords heard themselves called mighty.

In truth, neither in troop strength nor in power did they surpass the just-mentioned Giant Tooth Lord.

In less than a moment—

Bai Yun once again led the soldiers back in triumphant glory.

Meanwhile.

The notification of victory manifested.

[Congratulations, you have defeated the Three-Headed Fire Flood Dragon Lord of the Fire Python Clan from the Fire Python Star, emerging victorious in this base-camp offensive campaign!]

[You have plundered all the hegemony points and hidden lord shop points possessed by your opponent!]

[You have received the rewards for this base-camp defensive campaign: 5,000 hegemony points and 500 hidden lord shop points!]

[Your current updated hegemony points total: 20,602,477,200 points;

Your current updated hidden lord shop points total: 1,611,500 points!]

[You have completed today's base-camp defensive campaign war, earning 2 win-streak points!]

[You have completed all offensive and defensive campaigns for today. You may now choose to venture out and invade the racial territories of other lords to amass even greater hegemony points and hidden lord shop points!]

"It seems we can no longer continue matching."

"The remaining resources will have to come from external invasions into the territories of other lordly races."

Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

Then, without delay, He immediately dispatched his two major avatars, Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu, to lead the armies and deities aboard the Eternal Mother Ship, following the celestial map's markings to invade the domains of other alien lordly factions across the active universe, beginning the conquests to earn dominance points and hidden lordly shop points.

He himself returned to the Supreme Continent, entering the Palace of Reincarnation to continue meditating upon the principles of lordship.

Zhou Sheng, meanwhile, led the vast imperial forces of the Supreme Continent, beginning their expansion from the surrounding territories of the Prajval Empire.

No delays!

Time flew by swiftly.

At noon,

Zhou Zheng, who was midday handling state affairs in the Central Imperial Palace, suddenly received a message.

"Has the Yellow River Dock been constructed?"

Zhou Zheng stared in astonishment at the virtual scroll before him.

"Excellent!"

"With the Yellow River Dock established, we can recruit the deceased and have them reclassify as Yellow River fishermen—fishermen who can then reel in the Yellow River fish from the depths of the river."

"The Yellow River fish are rare divine artifacts capable of enhancing one's spiritual potential, even aiding in the awakening of willpower."

"Though I have already awakened my willpower, and have reached the peak of the Will as Light stage—only a single barrier remains before I can transcend into the second stage of Will, the Will-to-Be-Deity state!"

"Yet, the Yellow River fish still possess a subtle effect of strengthening willpower. Perhaps, the very key to breaking through that final barrier lies precisely within these fish."

Zhou Zheng smiled.

Though he now possessed not just one, but multiple inheritances of willpower—

even some fragments of the inheritance leading to the Will-to-Be-Deity stage.

But for some reason unknown to him, He had remained stuck at the realm of will as light, unable to make any breakthrough.

He wished to see if this Yellow Abyss Fish could aid him in breaking through.

If He succeeded in ascending to the realm of will-as-divine, then among the many conditions required to become the Supreme God, He would have fulfilled one.

Moreover, He hadn't forgotten—

His subordinate divine artifact, the Nine-Deep Yellow Abyss Spear, had been borrowed by that Yellow Abyss Lord.

At the time, the other had claimed that calamity was descending upon the Yellow Abyss.

That statement might be true, yet he had no idea what exactly the Yellow Abyss calamity entailed.

At that very moment,

a young man's voice suddenly rang out.

"Has the Emperor Sovereign truly been thinking of me?"

Zhou Zhou looked up and saw a man dressed in yellow robes facing away from him.

A phantom river of the Yellow Springs flowed around him, making him appear more mysterious, majestic, and terrifying.

"May I have the honor of addressing you, Lord of the Yellow Springs," Zhou Zhou said with polite restraint.

"There is no need for formality," the Lord of the Yellow Springs replied.

"I have heard many tales of your deeds."

"With your current strength, we may address each other as equals."

The Lord of the Yellow Springs spoke, his tone tinged with a quiet sense of admiration.

Who could have imagined.

It had only been a short while since then, yet the once frail Emperor Sovereign now stood on equal footing with Him, the Lord of the Yellow River of the Afterlife.

"Very well, then—I shall follow your lead."

Zhou Zheng gave a faint, calm smile and asked, "How does the Nine-Deep Yellow River Spear feel?"

The Lord of the Yellow River said nothing, but before Him materialized a fearsome holy spear radiating with the essence of the Yellow River.

The very Master Artifact—the Nine-Deep Yellow River Spear!

Zhou Zheng's expression flickered.

For in His perception, the aura of this Nine-Deep Yellow River Spear had grown immensely stronger, now reaching the pinnacle of Master God-level master artifacts.

And upon its surface, an enigmatic presence lingered—something indescribable, something even Zhou Zheng could scarcely comprehend.

A quiet shock stirred within His heart.

He was, after all, a Lord of Law Deity, master of the 'King', the 'Ten Thousand Dharma Stellar Palm', and countless bloodline inheritances; there were precious few things left in this world unknown to him. Yet now, this spear bore a mystery he could not pierce, and how could that fail to strike him with dread?

"The spear is a fine spear, naturally."

"As expected of the supreme treasure birthed from our own Yellow Springs." The Lord of the Yellow Springs lightly caressed the weapon, his tone thick with a complex emotion. "Tragically, it cannot safeguard my Yellow Springs."

"What is the meaning of this?!"

Zhou Zheng's brow furrowed.

"Emperor of the Common People!"

For the first time, the Lord of the Yellow Springs turned around, revealing a face of void and ruin. His voice, stripped of its former gentle warmth, rang out with sharp severity: "The Yellow Springs have fallen! The calamity of the grand universe begins from this very moment!"

"You bear the title of the Emperor of the Common People; you must protect the myriad lives of our world!"

"Remember this above all: you must never allow the outsiders to usurp our homeland!"

With those final words, he fell silent.

In Zhou Zheng's stunned gaze, his divine form subtly shattered, dissolving into the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

And with it, the Supreme Divine Artifact of the Master God—the Nine-Deep Yellow River Spear held in his hand—transformed into scattered specks of yellow light, then vanished without a trace.