Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

After the individual matches, it was time for the team competition, which was a randomly combined and matched mode.

It followed the rules of professional God Fighters, using teams as the standard.

Xu Luo didn't want to reveal too much of his strength, so in this mode, he just casually fought and let himself be eliminated.

After all, he was alone, facing teams composed of multiple third-year students. Even if he could win against multiple species' units combined, it would be very difficult and require using all his trump cards. His main goal was to secure a qualification spot, so the team competition wasn't necessary.

Xu Luo's defeat was unexpected yet understandable.

No one thought he would form a team by himself to participate in the competition.

However, even so, he still put up a "tenacious" resistance against strong opponents, achieving an impressive record.

In the eyes of his supporters, it was a glorious defeat.

He was still young, with great potential for future development, and his achievements would only grow.

A large number of people consoled him online, telling him not to be sad. His popularity not only didn't decline due to the defeat but actually surged because of it.

This was definitely something Xu Luo hadn't anticipated - losing but gaining a surge in popularity.

Not everyone participated in the team competition; many were self-aware and directly withdrew.

Most people, like Wang Xiaoling and Cha Lei's small team, were just playing for fun and were eliminated in the first round.

This time, No. 1 High School's lineup was incredibly strong.

Fang Shuo and Qianqian, two aces together, plus three top third-year students.

This team just standing there had already won seven or eight out of ten.

After the competition ended, Xu Luo went home and continued his grand plan.

In the novice Divine Domain, he acted as a "mercenary," helping people "solve problems" everywhere.

With his current strength, using facehuggers for tasks like minor retaliations, he could easily complete many orders. Only those requiring direct action to destroy competitors' Divine Domains needed more attention.

Although it had only been a short time, he had already completed quite a few orders, and his reputation had spread, resulting in more orders pouring in.

For some he couldn't handle, Xu Luo would distribute them to capable Umbrella members. Their increased income meant his future cut would be larger.

Xu Luo didn't have time to stay in his Divine Domain constantly to handle these orders, so he set a boundary, simply classifying tasks. For minor retaliations, his personal assistant would handle them, directly dispatching the appropriate facehuggers. He only managed tasks above that level. This greatly saved his energy while also allowing timely processing of task requests from other aliens when he wasn't in his Divine Domain.

Although the consumption of Zerg eggs was significant, the income increased substantially, accelerating the evolution of the Leviathan.

[You have a new email!]

While Xu Luo was training in the arena, his personal assistant's prompt sounded.

This prompt only appeared when there was a task the assistant couldn't handle.

Xu Luo calmly finished off his current opponent, raising his citywide ranking a bit more, then didn't continue ranking matches. He chose to exit the arena and enter his Divine Domain.

Opening the unprocessed email, there was only simple information.

It included the civilization, approximate star region coordinates, name, and price.

There was also an accompanying deposit.

As long as he accepted the task, he could directly receive the deposit. If not accepted, it would be returned as is.

"Pica Civilization..." Xu Luo pondered. This was a level-two civilization bordering the human civilization.

When his Divine Domain had just opened, he had invaded several from the Pica Civilization.

"Number 64 is also from the Pica Civilization!"

Previous tasks weren't really related to him personally; generally, he just helped others strike at competitors, and most civilizations didn't border humans.

But now it was different. The Pica Civilization not only bordered human civilization, but Xu Luo also had members from this civilization under his "protection."

Now someone was placing an order to eliminate someone from Pica, which made him think more.

"Whatever, attack first, think later!"

The reward for this task was too generous; Xu Luo couldn't bear to refuse.

He was confident in his strength. Without deploying all his forces, about one-third should be enough.

If things went wrong, he could still escape.

After accepting the task, Xu Luo began to mobilize his Zerg.

He wouldn't go himself. After nearly having his main body located through his avatar in the Titan God's Tomb, he was scared and no longer dared to casually send out his avatar.

There were many methods similar to locating the main body through an avatar, and he currently had no means to interfere. It was best not to risk himself.

Anyway, with the Butterfly General commanding, the effect would be better than if he went himself. If he was curious, he could watch the battlefield through his believers' perspective and close the transmission channel if things went wrong.

Following the usual procedure, he searched based on the name, using a star region as the standard. Knowing the opponent's name and civilization made it relatively easy to search. After finding them, he directly used a positioning card to locate, construct a transmission channel, and send his forces over.

He had gone through this same process countless times. Xu Luo just followed the Zerg's perspective to observe the opponent's Divine Domain situation.

Directly destroying the opponent meant all the spoils would be his. If there were valuable items, he could earn extra.

However, as soon as he transmitted his units over, Xu Luo found the area around the transmission channel densely packed with units.

There were all sorts of creatures, not like they belonged to one family, but more like a hodgepodge.

"They're waiting for me!" Xu Luo sneered.

Someone really was restless, coming up with this trick to deal with him, trying to escape his control.

He had obtained a trace of the other's Divine Domain core aura. Although he didn't have much sanctioning power over the other party, he could know their location and directly locate them through their mutual connection.

If the other party didn't obey, he could directly transmit his units over and destroy them.

The reason many didn't dare to resist was that they couldn't beat him and feared angering him would result in direct destruction.

But because disobedience didn't immediately lead to destruction, there were still ways to resist.

For example, seeking powerful helpers, or like now, setting a trap for him.

Knowing what he was going to do, they preselected a target, prepared on it, just waiting for Xu Luo to walk into their trap.

As long as Xu Luo suffered heavy losses, they could then not only break free from control but even invade him in return, destroy him, and even seize other people's Divine Domain core auras to become the controller themselves.

Now, Xu Luo's army was surrounded.

Although his Zerg were strong, the other side dared to plot against him knowing his strength, so they naturally had made thorough preparations.

On the field, Gold-tier units were used for individual strikes, with Silver-tier as the main force. There were basically no Bronze-tier units, guarding against his fairy butterflies' charm ability to prevent Bronze-tier units from having no resistance.

The opponent came prepared. As soon as the Zerg appeared, they fell into the encirclement. Various pre-prepared spells and magic crystal cannons all conducted indiscriminate attacks, causing heavy losses to the Zerg immediately.

The other side didn't know where he would appear, so the entire setup was spread throughout every corner of the Divine Domain. Wherever the Zerg descended, they would receive the same treatment.

Moreover, a large number of units surged into Xu Luo's Divine Domain through the transmission channel, with a force trying to locate him.

The other side was forcing him to make a choice.

Either directly disconnect the transmission channel connection, but he would lose the forces sent out, losing so many at once would satisfy the other side.

Or keep the transmission channel, but correspondingly, his home territory would be invaded.

No matter what he chose, the other side wouldn't lose.

Obviously, the other side had been preparing for this for more than just a day or two.

They only acted now because they weren't ready before.

"Vivi!" An authoritative voice echoed throughout the Divine Domain!

"My God, please command!" Vivi, who was resting in the Zerg hive, also learned of the Divine Domain invasion and quickly prepared for battle.

"Kill all enemies!"

"Yes!"

Without any hesitation, Zerg were mobilized under the Butterfly General's command and dispatch.

After issuing the divine edict, Xu Luo didn't manage the specific matters.

The Butterfly General would handle these.

At this moment, he revealed his God body, looking at the dozen or so Demi-God avatars floating in the air of the Divine Domain.

"What a grand gesture!" Sensing the powerful auras of these Demi-God avatars, Xu Luo's expression became solemn.

These weren't the high school students he encountered in the competition, but powerful alien Demi-Gods.

Below, the battle between the invaders and the Zerg had already begun.

The other side had lured out a portion of his units, so the remaining forces wouldn't be too many, basically the old, weak, women, and children. But they didn't know that all Zerg were soldiers; there was no concept of larvae or old Zerg.

Now, crashing into the Zerg's main camp, although the invaders were numerous and strong.

But the Zerg weren't pushovers either.

earth dragon zerg and other Silver-tier units had strong combat power, and there were Gold-tier units like soul butterflies. Although soul butterflies themselves were fragile and not strong in combat, their soul impact when released was a huge threat to the opponent.

The other side had Gold-tier units, but this side also had Vivi, a Gold-tier 4 Monarch, who had merged with the dream ability of the Jade Dragon from the same system as herself.

In addition, there were ten Silver-tier 9 lord-level butterfly queens, which could be treated as weak Gold-tier units. There was a huge gap between Silver and Gold, naturally unable to win, but they could still hold them off.

"Zero, release my Divine Domain core aura and compensate for my losses. I can back down this time; I don't want to affect the qualification selection!" Among the dozen or so Demi-God avatars, one spoke up.

"Number 64?" Xu Luo looked at him.

"Want the Divine Domain core aura? Then come and take it from my hands! As long as you have the ability, others' will be yours too!"

The other's goal wasn't just the Divine Domain core aura, or rather, not only the core aura. He didn't believe that knowing he had a large number of other civilization aliens' Divine Domain core auras, the other side wouldn't want them.

"Then don't blame me!" The group of Demi-God avatars looked at each other, preparing to take action.

None of them were fools; naturally, they knew from the start it wouldn't be easy to achieve their goal. Conflict was inevitable.

Seeing that the opponent's Gold-tier units were being held off below, with Vivi even killing an invading Gold-tier unit, and Silver-tier completely suppressing the opponent, Xu Luo was no longer worried.

Without Gold-tier interference, the Silver-tier units would soon be killed off.

The terrifying nature of soul butterflies facing a group of Silver-tier units without interference could only be understood after experiencing it.

Moreover, facehuggers were most active in such situations, displaying strength even more powerful than earth dragon zerg.

"Then please be quiet." Seeing those Demi-God avatars wanting to intervene as they saw their units suffering heavy losses, Xu Luo smiled and directly tore open a scroll, enveloping them all within it.

"This is the God of Justice's Peace Contract. Don't waste your efforts."

Bathed in dense divine light, Xu Luo spoke calmly.

"The Peace Contract can only last at most half an hour. You can only ensure your own safety. What will you do after half an hour?" A Pica Demi-God asked, puzzled.

A scroll personally made by a God was extremely valuable and incredibly powerful.

The God of Justice, as a Main God, could be said to be one of the most powerful Main Gods.

The Peace Contract, as the God of Justice's signature divine spell, had a very domineering effect. During the spell's duration, all beings enveloped by the divine light couldn't fight.

Generally, a Peace Contract scroll could only last half an hour.

What puzzled them was that Xu Luo could protect himself for at most half an hour. After half an hour, when they broke free, the result wouldn't change.

"Who said I only protected myself?" Xu Luo smiled but didn't explain.

By trapping these Demi-God avatars here, he not only protected himself but also restrained them, preventing them from interfering in the war. Otherwise, if they fought, even with geographical advantage, Xu Luo could at most restrain three avatars; he couldn't stop the others.

Moreover, Demi-God avatars fighting within the Divine Domain would cause too much destruction.

Now he avoided battle losses, didn't have to pay additional battle expenses, and prevented the other side from participating in the battle. It was a win-win situation no matter how you looked at it.

As for after half an hour?

By then, the Zerg would have already killed all the opponents. Why would he still fear them?

On the battlefield, the butterfly queens, who were originally just restraining the opponent's Gold-tier units and assisting Vivi in battle, suddenly became frenzied, completely disregarding their own safety, adopting a life-for-life fighting style. Even if they died, they would severely injure the opponent's Gold-tier units.

Seeing this battle style, the dozen or so Demi-God avatars were dumbfounded. Was there such a way of fighting?

They really didn't care about Silver-tier lords at all!

Pitifully, although many of them possessed Gold-tier units, they really didn't have many lord-level creatures. Some didn't even have a single lord.