"This is a fourth-tier fierce beast!"
Many from the Ninth Battle Zone went to support various battle zones. Gu Qingyang, from the perspective of a believer, could clearly see the sea monster resembling an octopus appear, its tentacles, so to speak, being the octopus's arms, densely packed and horrifying.
Although he couldn't truly feel the power of the octopus fierce beast, just by observing its tentacle swings, which could stir up massive waves, Gu Qingyang deeply understood the terror of this beast.
Low-grade fourth-tier!
No.
It's more than just a low-grade fourth-tier; it's very likely it has broken through to middle-grade fourth-tier, or even to a higher level.
"It seems the descent of Celestial Blood not only allowed these beasts to break through to the fourth tier, but some powerful beasts directly stepped into the middle-grade fourth tier, or even the high-grade fourth tier.
If no fourth-tier evolvers appear on the Human Federation's side, it will likely be very difficult to withstand it..."
Gu Qingyang looked solemn.
Then.
Gu Qingyang observed the battlefield quietly, and as expected, he saw the octopus fierce beast display great prowess, and all the third-tier evolvers in the Fifth Battle Zone were mobilized, yet they were no match at all.
Among them, the marshal of the Fifth Battle Zone, Yang Yan, was severely injured by the octopus fierce beast. If not for a large amount of firepower covering him, he would likely have already perished.
With the defeat of the top evolvers, the beast tide could no longer be held back. Gu Qingyang saw the beast tide break through the Great Wall interception, a blood-red mouth appearing in his view, and then the screen cut off abruptly.
Clearly.
As the believer from Gu Qingyang's perspective, he had fallen into the mouth of a fierce beast.
Gu Qingyang quickly switched to another believer's perspective, only to see the entire defense line of the Fifth Battle Zone collapse, fierce beasts successfully landing, dealing a crushing defeat to the Human Federation.
Immediately after.
Gu Qingyang switched again to the believers' perspectives of the Third and Seventeenth Battle Zones, and as expected, the situations in both zones were very much like that of the Fifth Battle Zone.
Several fourth-tier fierce beasts acted as the vanguard, and the Human Federation was utterly incapable of resisting.
Even continuous bombing by planes and tanks could hardly scratch the fourth-tier fierce beasts, and third-tier evolvers were as weak as ants before the fourth-tier fierce beasts.
The army retreated in defeat.
The beast tide raged.
Before long, when Gu Qingyang wanted to switch perspectives again, he found that he could only see the scenery outside the Kunlun Mountain Range.
Looking at the Faith Threads again, he only saw that of more than five thousand Faith Threads, many had now sharply reduced, indicating that all those who had gone to the front line had fallen to the beast tide.
"The Human Federation is probably done for!"
Gu Qingyang felt extremely heavy-hearted.
From this beast tide, he had witnessed so many dangerous and terrifying fierce beasts, and the Golden Feathered Eagle, considered the top overlord in the Kunlun Secret Realm, was nothing compared to these fierce beasts.
After all.
The Golden Feathered Eagle had not broken through to the fourth tier, stopping just at full third-tier.
If the Golden Feathered Eagle broke through to the fourth tier, that would be a different story.
Then.
Gu Qingyang turned his attention to himself.
...
Name: Gu Qingyang
Essence: Ancient Tree
Lifespan: 15/10000
Rank: Low-grade third-tier (153020/200000)
Divine Kingdom: Not Developed (17840/1000000)
Innate Divine Techniques: Ancient Tree Roots (Third-Tier), Spirit Root of Ancient Tree (Third-Tier), Divine Fruit (Third-Tier), Divine Whisper (Third-Tier), Eye of True Sight (Third-Tier), Divine Domain (Third-Tier)
...
"Gaining twenty Evolution Value passively in four days, averaging five Evolution Value per day, this is the role of the Spirit Root of Ancient Tree!"
Gu Qingyang mused.
Compared to the capabilities of Spiritual Energy Affinity and Vigorous Growth, the role of the Spirit Root of Ancient Tree was undoubtedly much greater.
Five Evolution Value per day.
Three hundred sixty-five days in a year means eighteen hundred twenty-five Evolution Value.
In this way.
Even without any additional Evolution Value gains, Gu Qingyang could break through to middle-grade third-tier in twenty-five years.
Don't think twenty-five years seems long, but if calculated based on his ten-thousand-year lifespan, a mere twenty-five years is negligible.
As long as there is a safe environment, Gu Qingyang was confident he could grow to a very high level.
But right now.
With the Human Federation utterly defeated, Gu Qingyang felt there wouldn't be an opportunity for stable growth, making it so that the talent of the Spirit Root of Ancient Tree couldn't truly be utilized, which was quite regrettable.
What remains.
Is that the amount of Faith increased by forty points.
Gu Qingyang could clearly feel that the Evergreen Ancient Tree was sending a stream of Faith Power into his body every day, so these forty points of Faith originated from the Evergreen Ancient Tree.
This change let Gu Qingyang roughly understand the role of believer levels.
"The primary role of believer levels is to provide the frequency of Faith support. Once a believer generates Faith, it is not a one-off event; every certain period, they will provide me with Faith again.
How often General Believers provide Faith is unknown for now, but for a Saint Apprentice, it should be once a day!"
Faith once a day.
If the previous more than five thousand believers had all been at the Saint Apprentice level, Gu Qingyang would have had nearly twenty thousand Faith income every day.
Of course.
That is impossible.
A Saint Apprentice without extremely devout Faith is utterly impossible to promote.
Moreover.
Many believers have died now, and those who truly believed in Gu Qingyang only numbered about three thousand.
There was a moment where Gu Qingyang wanted to use all his Evolution Value to cultivate beings like the Evergreen Ancient Tree.
One hundred fifty thousand Evolution Value was enough to nurture intelligence in thirty Ancient Trees, making them his believers.
In this way.
Gu Qingyang could secure a daily Faith baseline of three hundred points, accumulating over ten thousand Faith a year. It wouldn't take ten years to gather the Faith needed to develop a Divine Kingdom.
He had a premonition.
If he could develop a Divine Kingdom, he would undoubtedly undergo a tremendous transformation.
If in a safe place, without saying, Gu Qingyang would certainly first cultivate a batch of Ancient Trees comparable to the Evergreen Ancient Tree.
Though in the short term, this approach seemed unprofitable, in the long run, it was a guaranteed no-loss trade.
Unfortunately.
The current environment won't allow Gu Qingyang to do this.
Unless an Ancient Tree stronger than the Evergreen Ancient Tree appeared, Gu Qingyang would use the Divine Fruit to nurture it.
After all.
The Faith provided by third-tier and second-tier entities is entirely different, with a tenfold difference between the two.
If there existed an Ancient Tree with a third-tier foundation, Gu Qingyang wouldn't mind spending some Evolution Value to nurture its intelligence, making it his Saint Apprentice.
However—
Throughout the Kunlun Mountain Range, the foundation of the Evergreen Ancient Tree was among the very best. To this day, Gu Qingyang had not found any other tree that could compare to the Evergreen Ancient Tree.
As a result.
Gu Qingyang naturally wouldn't waste Evolution Value, as every point of Evolution Value was a testament of strength.
"Hope the Human Federation can hold on for a while longer, but seeing the current situation, it's unlikely..."