Outside the Imperial Palace of the Eternal Winter Empire, all the Beastmen looked despairingly at the sky, the Star Gate tearing open the firmament, slowly opening like a death gate to Hell, unleashing a grim reaper to harvest lives.

Their attacks gradually ceased, hope draining from every heart.

The invasion from the Alien Star had arrived, and this continent was heading toward destruction.

They had tried their best, but it changed nothing.

"It’s over, all over, the continent will be destroyed, everyone will die."

"We are simply no match for the aliens, what is the point of struggling?"

"We’ve failed, resistance is futile, we can’t escape the fate of annihilation!"

The morale of the army was disintegrating, leaving no strength to resist.

Shen Tang looked at all of this, her heart shrouded in despair. Was everything they did truly in vain?

No, it’s impossible.

Until the last moment, there was still a chance to turn the tables.

At such a time, as a leader, she could not give up.

She leaped to a high place, looked at every figure on the battlefield, her gentle yet resolute voice reigniting the flames within their hearts, "Soldiers, we have not failed! Everything we have done has meaning!"

"Everyone see? The Star Gate is not yet fully opened, it has already been partially damaged, we still have a chance to completely destroy it!"

Indeed, the Star Gate was not fully opened, just a small passage had been torn open.

The frame of the gate was full of cracks, the originally slowly rotating starry river was like a shattered screen, several areas had already darkened, only one section had been forcefully breached from inside, allowing aliens and experimental subjects to escape.

But the main body of the Star Gate had not opened, the alien army could not swarm out, only entering wave by wave — they still had a chance to turn the tides! Still a chance to destroy the Star Gate!

Shen Li also spoke slowly, "Xiao Tang’er is right, we still have a chance to close the Star Gate."

The words of this revered Fox Emperor were like a strong stimulant, hitting everyone’s hearts, rekindling a thread of hope within their despair.

"R-really?"

"Please tell us, what should we do?" Grasping at straws, they urgently sought hope.

Shen Li retrieved the long-lost Earth Core from the space.

It was no longer the dull gray it once was, now dazzling with brilliance, seemingly containing infinite energy, bursting with vitality.

"This is the Earth Core of the continent. If the earth veins are the blood vessels of this continent, then the Earth Core is the heart connecting the vessels. This heart once stopped beating due to various reasons, but I used the Fox Clan Secret Technique to gather the Power of Earth Veins anew, restoring its vitality."

Shen Li’s face was no longer the gentle charm of the past, he calmly surveyed the myriad Beastmen on the battlefield, his deep voice carrying a reassuring power, "I was fortunate to learn the method to close the Star Gate from ancient texts."

"It is precisely by harnessing the power of the Earth Core to quell earth movements, unilaterally sealing the passage between two realms, completely shutting off the Star Gate!"

Everyone was thrilled by the news, unable to detect the trace of heaviness concealed within his tone.

"His Majesty Night Glow and the Fox Emperor are right! It’s not over yet, we haven’t lost, everything is still possible!"

"I, the General, will lead my troops to resist to the death!"

"Haha, if anything, it’s better to die on the battlefield, at least it’s a worthy death!"

"Exactly, if we’re going to die, might as well take a few damned aliens down with us!"

"At worst, perish together, no one gets to live!"

"Fight to the death, never admit defeat!"

With a clear goal, hope reignited in every heart, and they rediscovered the courage to move forward fearlessly.

The soldiers picked up their weapons again and clashed with the alien army.

The battle was fierce, casualties were everywhere.

The aliens were an overwhelming existence against the continent’s Beastmen.

The war was so brutal it seemed destined for defeat, yet not a single person backed down. They fought with all their might in the crevices between the lights of swords and sabers, doing all they could to attack that accursed Star Gate.

Even if it meant consuming their origin power, it was worth it!

Under the price of life from the Beast World Continent, more cracks indeed formed on the Star Gate.

The Beastmen’s confidence received a tremendous boost, desperately continuing their attack.

But merely destroying the Star Gate was not enough. The Star Gate was just a door, the truly important part was the passage behind it connecting the two realms.

The passage must be completely sealed to thwart the alien star’s grand invasion plan. Otherwise, even if this door were destroyed, they could create another, and the apocalypse would never end.

According to Shen Li, the prophecy book of the Blood Clan documented the method to close the Star Gate: at least one Primordial Beast Tier Beastman must activate the power of the Earth Core to seal the Star Gate completely!