278: The passage was destroyed, and the fighting temporarily ended.

Nether Clan Frontline Headquarters.

"Attention, the Demon Clan Ancestors are preparing to strike the channel again. We cannot let them get close; repel them."

The Nether Clan Second Ancestor spoke up once more to remind the other Nether Clan ancestors to remain vigilant.

In a short three-year span, the Demon Race's Foundation Level experts had mobilized over ten times, each time targeting the Nether Clan channel, only to be repelled every time.

This time, the Nether Clan habitually assumed it was just another ordinary raid, another futile attempt by the Demon Race that would end in failure.

However, some changes happen within the ordinary.

The Foundation Level powerhouses of the Demon and Nether Clans clashed, each facing their chosen opponents. For a time, both sides fought in areas far from the main battlefield, neither able to gain the upper hand.

This time, the Demon Race would officially begin their plan.

The Demon Race's Thirty-Eighth Ancestor had long ago ambushed an External Body on the battlefield, positioning it right on the front lines of the engagement with the Nether Clan.

The moment all the Demon Race Foundation Level ancestors moved out and the positions of the Nether Clan Foundation Level ancestors shifted would be the moment this half-step Foundation Level External Body struck.

The External Body did not have to wait long for this moment.

In just five days, the positions of all Foundation Level experts from both clans were exposed. The Nether Clan Foundation Level experts guarding the channel were forced to act to intercept the charging Demon Race Foundation Level experts.

It was at this precise moment that the External Body moved.

With a single step, it broke through countless restrictions and forcibly crashed into the Nether Clan channel.

What followed was a self-detonation without any hesitation.

When doing something big, there can be no hesitation.

By the time the Nether Clan Foundation Level experts reacted, a self-detonation comparable to a full-power strike from an early-stage Foundation Level expert had already erupted within the Nether Clan channel.

Even though the Nether Clan channel had been reinforced, it still could not withstand a self-detonation of this caliber; it instantly snapped into two segments, and the extending channel began to collapse.

Like a water pipe buried in the ground, when a section in the middle explodes, the force cannot escape into the soil and can only surge toward both ends along the pipe.

"It's a success!"

The Foundation Level experts of the Nether and Demon Races stopped fighting, all watching the collapsing Nether Clan channel.

The faces of the Nether Clan Foundation Level experts were very grim. Despite all their precautions, the Demon Race had still found an opportunity to destroy the Nether Clan channel.

"Get back to your doghouse."

"Now that the channel is broken, it will be hard for you lot to return. If you don't scramble, believe it or not, we will join forces with the other great races to keep you here in the Main Universe?"

..."Nether Clan, you have lost. You were outmaneuvered by a single move. Accept your defeat; it's more dignified for everyone."

The Demon Race Foundation Level experts began their mockery, as if venting all the frustrations of the past few decades.

The Nether Clan Foundation Level experts could only seethe in impotent rage as they watched the channel completely destroyed, leaving only a few fragments to prove that a spatial channel connecting the Nether Clan Sub-Dimension and the Main Universe had once existed there.

"Your Demon Race is ruthless enough, but my Nether Clan has not lost!"

The Nether Clan ancestors acted to take their kin from the battlefield. After leaving a harsh parting word, they tore through the universe's barrier without looking back, entering the void to return to the Nether Clan Sub-Dimension through it.

Seeing the Nether Clan retreat, the Demon Clan Ancestors also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one liked an uncontrollable war breaking out at their doorstep, especially when the Demon Race needed rest and recuperation most and could not afford to be dragged down by war.

"The Nether Clan might still have a backup plan. It's impossible for them to retreat so easily."

"We all know this. It is nothing more than the strategy of 'openly repairing the plank roads while secretly marching through Chencang'; they have definitely built a new channel secretly somewhere."

Since the Nether Clan retreated so easily, the Demon Race naturally suspected a plot.

However, even if they sensed a plot, there was no way to prevent it. Just as when the Nether Clan wanted to start a war, the Demon Race could only respond passively and could not avoid it.

The war between the two clans had only ended temporarily.

Next time, a prepared Nether Clan would certainly not be defeated as easily as they were now, and the Demon Race would no longer be able to quickly end the war by striking a weakness.

The super great races paying attention to the Nether-Demon war were somewhat disappointed.

Why didn't they have a fierce, all-out war? It had only been a few decades; how could the war end so anticlimactically?

This was also why the other five super great races had been watching from the sidelines and had not intervened.

When the two clans went to war next time, the five super great races staying out of it would definitely interfere to make the war last forever, continuously draining the strength of both clans.

Now, what they needed to do was use various means to find out where the exit of the channel the Nether Clan was building in secret would be located.

Knowing the new channel's exit meant knowing where future wars would break out. At least it would allow each race to prepare in advance—whether to get a piece of the pie or to enter the fray personally, this kind of information needed to be collected beforehand.

The Immortal Clan, located in the southern part of the universe, was the most concerned about this.

In the eastern part of This Universe, the Demon Race had declined and was being targeted by the Nether Clan; these two clans no longer posed a threat and had no future to speak of.

In the overall rankings, they had consciously placed themselves in the sixth and seventh positions, belonging to the level of the bottom two races.

The Human Race had suddenly gone into isolation, and even their pace of external expansion had stopped, giving off a sense of self-sabotage. Even if there was some plot, the growth of the Human Race had truly come to a halt.

Even if they were ranked second or vying for first, their ranking was effectively defaulted to decrease, though they were still better off than the Demon and Nether Clans.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Clan's growth had not stopped and was even accelerating.

This special period would be the best time for the Immortal Clan.

As a result, the Immortal Clan's ranking might go a step further, becoming the great race in the east that rivaled the Yisha God Race, moving from third place to second or even first.

After all, the Immortal Clan had no wars. Among the seven super great races, they were the only one that didn't need to fight with other super great races, allowing them to preserve their strength to the maximum, and their growth would not be affected by war.

Therefore, the Immortal Clan was the most active, hoping to truly establish their position as the top power of the eastern universe during this special period.

After their ranking rose, they would naturally look toward the universe and prepare for the great cause of hegemony.

As for the western universe, the Mechanical Clan and Insect Clan paid some attention to this side, but not much. They were more focused on uniting against the Yisha God Race; the two were evenly matched and belonged to the fourth and fifth-place levels.

And since the Yisha God Race could fight two at once, their strength naturally went without saying. Thus, in the eyes of the two clans, the Yisha God Race's development had to be contained and crippled into a useless race like the Demon or Nether Clans.

Otherwise, the Mechanical Clan and the Insect Clan would never be able to occupy the western region of the universe, let alone mention the future great cause of hegemony.

Finally, back to the Human Race. Regarding the current external situation, how did the Human Race see it? Naturally, they watched with ease.

The Human Race was waiting for their teammates to reach god-like levels, so the chaos of the outside world was just a small ripple on the road to unifying the universe, not worth mentioning.

The current silence was only so they could still treat it with a calm heart when facing the magnificent waves of the future.

From the moment Lin Chen began to stand out, the Human Race had already stepped onto a different development path from the other Super Great Races; their levels were already different.

No matter what, the Human Race was secure.