The portable grandfathers that appear are all problematic.

But that's all.

As the dimensional sword was drawn, Xue Dinglu immediately unleashed his aura.

“Interesting.” The centaur knight said, his chain sword suddenly transforming into a longsword, blood flowing on its surface. His gaze towards Xue Luding was filled with fighting spirit.

The terrifying charge came again, the centaur's body and nearly 4-meter height bringing unparalleled acceleration and a sense of oppression.

It was like a runaway truck.

until……

The moment they made contact, the skeletal centaur's pupils constricted, and half of his body vanished instantly. As the charge paused, he turned around, only to see Xue Dalu standing motionless in place, though he had nearly died.

"What kind of monster is this..." he muttered as he looked at Xue Dinglu.

But for some reason, a surge of power and fighting spirit appeared in his body, the lost half of his body visibly recovered, and his aura soared once again.

"As expected, this is the kind of war that I find interesting! I came to this land precisely because of strong individuals like you!" He laughed wildly and attacked Xue Dinglu once again.

"This is my decisive blow, watch closely!"

But Xue Luding frowned, because in that instant, the opponent had become stronger.

It wasn't the kind of sudden power surge that comes after a burst of power; rather, it was a sudden increase in a person's strength, several times over. Previously, they were in the upper-middle tier of 4, but now they're about to reach the peak of tier 4.

This sudden increase in intensity makes it hard for Xue to avoid thinking about biased refereeing.

So when they realized they couldn't defeat the demons, they shamelessly started increasing the stats, huh?

Xue Luding thought of the other heroic spirits in the demon race. Indeed, the ones he encountered at the beginning were all very weak, but they became stronger and stronger. Now, with the sixth heroic spirit he had encountered, it was already close to the quasi-5th rank.

Or is it this kind of direct, face-to-face alteration of values ​​without any pretense?

Sure enough, the more this was the case, the more it proved Xue's theory that this great expedition was merely a sacrificial ritual for the divine tree, where the losers became nourishment for the tree.

The records they made about how harsh the Demon Realm was, including the poisonous gas and how surviving was a struggle, are actually far from accurate. The truth is that the losers become the Divine Tree's buffet restaurant.

The poisonous gas might be pollen from the sacred tree. It's already given its all to survive because the ground must be full of tree roots. Anything that violates the rules of the sacred tree will become its snack.

This is the truth about the Great Crusade: a war manipulated from behind the scenes, offering hope to both sides.

Perhaps for the defeated demons, their only hope lies in the Great Expedition held every hundred years. If the Great Expedition is successful, they will reclaim everything they once had.

We must reclaim those flowers, that sky, and that land where life is normal.

However, even with strength approaching that of a near-fifth-tier cultivator, for Xue Lude...

"Dimension, Guillotine!" The Dimensional Blade was swung violently, and a terrifying halo of light appeared.

The next second, the centaur that was running like a dump truck was split in two, as if it were a roadside road.

So-called biased refereeing has no deterrent effect in the face of overwhelming numerical superiority.

Xue Dinglu also lamented that he too had become a numerical monster one day, truly a case of the wheel of fortune turning, and finally it was his turn to crush others with numerical superiority.

Chapter 334 represents the four gods: power, life, strategy, and love.

The towering centaur was easily split in two, a fact that shocked both the centaur warrior who was not yet completely dead and those who learned of this through mysterious academic means.

Especially the prince in the palace at this moment, he even forgot about the issue of procreation that existed in the country. You know, he felt fear when two of his country's heroic spirits were easily killed just now.

If reproductive issues could lead to the empire's demise in a few decades, then a failed Great Expedition could result in the immediate destruction of the nation.

The royal family has countless more records about the failure of the Great Expedition than other places. They saw the hardships and suffering the emperor had recorded when the continent was still the "Demon Realm," so they wanted to win no matter what.

Not talking about it would be like living in a living hell, an environment that is absolutely unacceptable to them now.

In this way, the enemy has basically lost its fighting power, and only the last group of master and servants survives in the entire demon realm.

The prince, who was far away, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

We're going to win! Finally, after this great expedition, we can spare no expense to start researching how to solve the breeding problem.

However, just as he was indulging in fantasy time and began to think about the distant future.

Unexpected events often arrive before fantasies do.

……

The Land of Judgment, on the initial island of the Demon Realm.

The Mad Viscount immediately sensed something was wrong. He had originally thought that with his and the Golden Emperor's strength, he could easily kill the demon's heroic spirit and capture the demon's host to use as experimental material.

But now, he was wrong; the opposing Heroic Spirit was terrifyingly strong.

That seemed to be a barbarian who could summon any beast, yet he was such a simple guy. The two of them were already sweating profusely from the fight.

At first, the opponent seemed very strong, but they were no match for the Golden Emperor. They were beaten up like a grandson.

The Golden Emperor can be considered the strongest Heroic Spirit among humans. Although the Mad Viscount believes that this title of strongest was exaggerated by later generations, at least in his Heroic Spirit form, he is incomparably powerful.

According to Xue's Law, this is the peak of the fourth tier, and for the people of this world, it has a special name: "demigod"!

Things started as he had imagined: the big golden guy pinned his opponent to the ground and beat him up, and he took the opportunity to sneak up to the demon host.

He only needed to deal with the green-skinned creature protecting the demon host; he didn't even consider such a lowly being a threat.

However, the next second, an unexpected event occurred. The barbarian who was being brutally beaten by the golden giant suddenly had his combat power soar from the standard combat power of someone who had just entered Tier 4 to the peak of Tier 4 within a few seconds.

In less than two and a half minutes, he went from being completely outmatched by the Golden Emperor to being evenly matched with him.

A little over a minute later, at this moment, the barbarian seemed to stop pretending and directly soared to the level of a near-5th rank. Even the giant deer beside him had a strength close to that of a near-5th rank.

This is like the Golden Emperor fighting against Er Gou from the neighboring kindergarten in the ring. In the middle of the fight, Er Gou from the kindergarten suddenly turns into Kamen Rider by tapping his belt and stops acting instantly.

The problem is that this is not the end. The two-man Kamen Rider, not satisfied with his power level, directly summoned five mechanical dinosaurs to combine into the 100-meter-tall Electric Dinosaur Machine King, while he was just a human emperor.

Damn it!

Even the goblin protecting the demon host evolved from a roadside creature casually crushed by the Mad Viscount to a goblin king who had to be taken seriously, and then to a goblin superman, all in just a few minutes.

No, even in the most fantastical grand expedition stories of the empire, the protagonist only unleashes his power in critical moments or when a friend is sacrificed, shouting a slogan like "We are the human expeditionary force!" to kill the enemy.

You guys don't even make sense when it comes to stories, you just increase your strength exponentially, right?

The Mad Viscount is numb.

The next moment, the golden emperor on whom he had placed his hopes was blasted away, his golden armor almost pierced through, and he was about to return directly to the underworld.

The Mad Viscount immediately abandoned his target, went to the Golden Emperor's side, and said, "Something's wrong! Retreat!"

"Then we..." The Golden Emperor seemed to want to continue fighting, but was quickly stopped by the Mad Viscount.

“There’s something wrong with them. Their strength has increased tenfold in such a short time, it’s like… it’s like God directly enhanced their combat power… They can’t even be bothered to shout ‘friendship, bond, dream’.” The Mad Viscount’s words immediately silenced the emperor.

He thought again of the great expedition he had led to the founding of the nation, when his side was at a complete disadvantage, but inexplicably the enemy suddenly started fighting amongst themselves, even to the point of brain damage.

Their forces united and their strength increased dramatically, allowing them to sweep away the infighting demons and usher in a new era.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

But now, it seems that I am on the opposite side.

Their own side was constantly fighting amongst themselves. If it weren't for another heroic spirit disguised as the Mad Viscount resolving the contamination, who knows what even bigger powder keg might have exploded.

Meanwhile, the opponent seemed to have received an infinite boost, and now they didn't even need to pretend anymore, directly and forcibly elevating this guy who was much weaker than themselves to the level of "demigod".

Sure enough, the outcome of the so-called Great Expedition was merely a matter of whether the other side wanted it or not; whoever that invisible hand wanted to win, would win.

To be or not to be, they had no choice.

"Let's go find them!" The Mad Viscount immediately led the Emperor, and in the next instant, magical light rose from his feet, covering them with a thick fog that blotted out the sky, instantly creating a fog field with a radius of hundreds of meters.

By the time the barbarians came chasing after them like madmen, the Mad Viscount and the Emperor had long since disappeared from the spot.

……

On Xue's side.

"Sorry, I'm a little late." Xue Luding carried the two heroic spirits who had joined forces with him to the same place.

Despite not having much interaction, they still kept their promise to Xue, and even in the most dangerous moments, they thought of stalling for time rather than abandoning Lana and running away alone.

This is already at the level that Xue's Law considers them "comrades-in-arms".

"Sigh, I thought my strength was enough to protect myself in this war..." the female pirate said mockingly, "but in the end, I was just being narrow-minded."

The other archer didn't speak, but she looked at Xue Dinglu silently and only opened her mouth slightly: "There's no point in saving us now. The core is completely shattered, he's already dead. Go do what you need to do."

"We were all dead to begin with, but even in death we are not allowed to rest in peace and are dragged out and used by incompetent descendants," the female pirate added.

But it was clear that the archer was no longer in the mood for joking.

"Wait a minute, I have other ways to keep you alive, at least to keep you in this world for a few more days. I may need help later." Xue Dinglu immediately interrupted the two of them who seemed to be about to say something sentimental.

In an instant, he took the two of them into his consciousness space. The next moment, the two, who had just prepared to say some sentimental words and leave, were stunned when they saw the densely packed crosses in the consciousness space.

The vast majority of them were demons who had been captured by Xue's laws.

But when they saw Zeus and Typhon, they were completely stunned, their worldview utterly shattered.

The knots on the insect-eating tree began to twist and gather, eventually transforming completely into the forms of these two heroic spirits.

"Evil spirit reincarnation!" Xue Luding pressed his hands to the ground, and the two twisted shapes formed by the divine trees began to move.

The summoning of heroic spirits from their own world was no longer enough to save them, but Xue Dinglu also had the reincarnation of the same type of evil spirits from another world!

That was the method of summoning evil spirits through the power of the sacred tree, which I had developed with countless partners in Salem, a small town near Boston.

The next moment, the two died completely, but then, in the wooden figures that had condensed on the insect-eating tree, the two of them opened their eyes.

"We succeeded." Xue Dinglu smiled, and he saw the end of this war.

Next, he will have to face a character who is given a cheat code by the mastermind and doesn't even bother to act anymore, as well as the real mastermind.

When the pirate woman and the archer were reincarnated into the "evil spirit" rank bestowed by the divine tree, they represented complete death among the original heroic spirits.

That means Xue's Law can continue to summon more heroic spirits through illegal means!

"Please continue to protect Lana. Don't worry, I'll finish everything before dark," Xue Dinglu said with a smile.

The three of them instantly left the consciousness space, and at the same time, they were all sent back to Lana's side to become the little girl's bodyguards. Xue Dinglu began to draw the heroic spirit summoning formula again.

He had come to understand that no matter how he summoned, he could only summon heroic spirits representing the "concept of reproduction" in this world.

Now that Zeus and Typhon have appeared, who are the remaining two gods representing fertility?

He rubbed his hands together eagerly.

Two runic incantations appeared on the ground, and soon, the bodies of two divine trees became the sacrifices within them.

The cursed blood began to spread, and the spell to summon heroic spirits began to unfold.

No, this technique is merely a "summoning of heroic spirits" in the hands of the locals, but in Xue Dinglu's hands, a more accurate description is...

Outer God Summoning!

The next moment, a robust old man holding a trident rose from the offerings of the sacred tree, his pupils filled with endless desire, as well as wisdom and conspiracy.

Breeding Poseidon, hereby reported!

As Xue Lude predicted, he could only summon beings that represented reproduction when he used the Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique of this world.

Whether it's Zeus, Typhon, or Poseidon, they all embody the concept of reproduction.

The last Outer God to appear will be...

This time, it was not a male god who appeared, but a goddess, a woman of unparalleled beauty and allure. When her body completely emerged from the trunk of the divine tree, the whole world seemed to dim.

Breeding... Aphrodite...

That is, the famous Venus from Roman mythology!

Xue Law: "..."

The last person was someone he never expected. He even thought it would be Dionysus, the god of wine who represents indulgence and revelry, the eye-catching chubby Smurf who appeared at the Paris Olympics.

He even considered that it might be the goddess Hera.

But no one expected that the last goddess representing fertility would be Aphrodite.

That is, the Greek god of love and beauty.

However, this is actually due to the changes in mythology. Aphrodite essentially represents the concept of "reproduction." She simultaneously governs love, reproduction, and growth. After all, in some mythologies, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, is the god who was transformed from the castrated second brother of the previous god-king. Her essence is the underlying theme of reproduction and desire.

The power of the goddess Hera actually lay in marriage, not in procreation, or rather, the sovereignty over reproduction was not in her hands.