Chapter 1170: Another Peak Saint
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It took Lu Qingshan three days to completely refine the power contained in the first half-holy fruit, and the same was true for the second one, but when he refined the third, Lu Qingshan's speed couldn't help but slow down, and it took seven days.
When seven days had passed, the power contained in the third half-holy fruit had been completely consumed, but Lu Qingshan still had no intention of stopping, and continued to cultivate.
Finally.
When a few more days passed, Lu Qingshan opened his eyes, and there was a trace of regret in his eyes.
"Sure enough, on the first day of refining the third and a half holy fruits, the vitality in the sea of qi was sanctified to ninety percent three, and the remaining six days were partially sanctified, and then I practiced penances for a few days, which was only a little short of ninety percent four.
Pity.
In the realm of semi-saints, every step is a shackle, if you want to cross this thread and sanctify to the point of ninety percent and four, in the absence of heaven and earth elixir and spiritual fruit, I am afraid that it will take water grinding work.
But.
Having said that, I really have to rely on my own water mill to sanctify it to ninety percent of the four, and it takes about a month, relatively speaking, a month is still relatively fast!"
Wow!
Lu Qingshan stood up.
Right now, there are obviously no terrifying fluctuations on its body, but a wisp of aura that inadvertently emits seems to be able to affect the void.
"There is some improvement in cultivation, but it is not easy to converge, after all, it is still a little too impatient, but after spending a quarter of an hour, you should be able to converge freely. ”
Lu Qingshan said to himself with a smile.
Soon.
A quarter of an hour later, the aura on Lu Qingshan's body had all converged, and he looked as if he was an ordinary person, but if he really ran into Lu Qingshan, who could really treat Lu Qingshan as an ordinary person?
Follow.
Lu Qingshan took out the storage bag of the Saint Realm giant and began to count the items in the storage bag, after a long time, Lu Qingshan couldn't help frowning and sighing.
"Why are these saints of extraterrestrial beings all poor? Is there a misunderstanding somewhere? A giant of the Holy Realm, there are only more than 3,000 holy stones in his storage bag, and the rest are all worthless things. Well, no, the Earth Sacred Spring Water is still quite valuable. However, other than that, there really are no more valuable treasures!"
Lu Qingshan fell into deep thought, and always felt that there was some misunderstanding.
As a saint, although he is a saint among the creatures outside the sky, he is all poor jingle.
"Is it my bad luck that I happened to meet a relatively poor saint?, or is it that all the saints are so poor?" Lu Qingshan thought secretly, but unfortunately there was no answer.
"That's it! Thinking about it so much is useless after all! The next time I meet Tang Yan, I should know if I ask Tang Yan, but I always feel that Tang Yan should not be a rich saint, because he always wants to rob me!"
Lu Qingshan frowned, followed, his eyes raised, looked into the distance, and said secretly: "Tang Yan is refining the finger bones of the Saint Realm giant, I don't know if half a month has passed, has it been successfully refined?"
While thinking, Lu Qingshan walked out in one step and went straight into the distance.
This time of cultivation, the time can't help but pass almost half a month, half a month is not much, but in the wood demon world, every day that passes, a lot of big things will happen, and now that half a month has passed, I don't know what will happen?
An hour later.
Lu Qingshan suddenly stopped, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, there was a long dragon there, a long dragon composed entirely of people.
"Hmm, what's going on? Those people seem to be migrating?" Lu Qingshan frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something not very good had happened.
Meantime.
Lu Qingshan also noticed that the migration of these people was organized, and there were still many monks around them to maintain order, and even Lu Qingshan sensed dozens of demi-saints.
couldn't help but have some guesses in Lu Qingshan's heart, these people wouldn't all have migrated from the edge of the outer region, right?
After the last time he left the customs, Lu Qingshan had heard that the marginal areas of the outer regions, such as the Holy Willow City, the Holy Python City, and the Holy Kwai City, had been lost, and they were all occupied by extraterrestrial beings, and there was also a peak saint among the extraterrestrial beings, whose strength made the Holy Court Elder Qin Yang very jealous.
Immediately.
Lu Qingshan's figure flickered, and he immediately approached quickly.
Seeing someone approaching, the faces of the monks who maintained order immediately changed greatly, and even the two demi-saints were ready to fight, but when Lu Qingshan approached, after seeing that Lu Qingshan was a Terran monk, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, have you all migrated from Holy Willow City, Holy Python City, and Holy Kwai City?" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but ask, according to his guess, nine times out of ten, this is the case.
These three holy cities have been occupied by extraterrestrial beings, and there are a large number of Terran monks in the holy city itself, in addition, there are also a large number of human races within the ruling area of the holy city, if these people do not move, the final result is that they will be captive by extraterrestrial beings, or killed.
Now.
As soon as Lu Qingshan asked, a monk immediately smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Holy Willow City, Holy Python City, Holy Kui City and the surrounding human races have already migrated, and we are from Holy Yang City. ”
"Shengyang City?"
Lu Qingshan clearly remembered that Shengyang City was the sixth Holy City, and now that these people were moving, wouldn't it mean that even Shengyang City had been lost?
At this time, Lu Qingshan noticed that these people were dressed completely differently from Saint Willow City, Saint Python City, and Saint Kwai City, and they looked like they should be people from Saint Yang City.
Really.
The monk who had just spoken, glanced at Lu Qingshan, and continued: "Half a month ago, the battle of saints broke out in Shengyang City, and the casualties were extremely heavy, the city lord has already ordered that the totem personally send us away, and when we reach a safe place, we will be led by the demi-saints in our city to continue to move, I heard that there is a Holy Court Elder Qin Yang in the Holy Song City, and our destination is the Holy Song City, I hope that when we get there, we can block the invasion of extraterrestrial beings!"
"Is the situation so serious now?" Lu Qingshan didn't know the situation in the outer frontiers, and when he heard it, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
Who wants to move unless they have to?
"Very serious!"
Suddenly, a demi-saint came over, and seeing that Lu Qingshan had an extraordinary temperament, he took the initiative to speak, and said: "At first, only the Holy Willow City, the Holy Python City, and the Holy Kui City were lost, but a few days ago, there were many more saints among the extraterrestrial beings, and they should have rushed to support them from behind, so that the gap between them was widened at once, so that even the Holy Yang City was lost."
When we came over, we saw that the Holy Bird City seemed to be about to move, and nine times out of ten, even the Holy Bird City was about to be abandoned. ”
St. Finch?
Lu Qingshan knew that it was the seventh holy city, and its totem was a holy sparrow.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky, a huge barbarian bird actually spread its wings, and a huge phantom appeared around it, and the phantom was full of people, there were monks and ordinary people.
Soon.
The wild bird appeared in the sky above everyone, and at this time, everyone saw that the wild bird was actually a bird.
"That's the totem of the Holy Sparrow City, Lord Saint Sparrow......" The Demi-Saint glanced at Lu Qingshan and slowly spoke.
In fact.
As early as when Lu Qingshan saw it for the first time, he had already recognized it, after all, Lu Qingshan had come from the edge of the outer realm at that time, how could he not take a look at the Holy Bird City from afar?
Then.
Lu Qingshan sensed the breath of the Holy Sparrow, wrote it down, and then continued to go deeper, until he came to the outside of the Holy Song City.
Soon.
The Holy Sparrow put down the people he was carrying, and immediately the monks in the Holy Sparrow City came forward to maintain order, organized the people, and went to the Holy Song City.
As for the holy sparrow, it has already spread its wings, and I don't know whether to send more people over or to fight. However, Lu Qingshan felt that the Holy Sparrow should be going to send more people over.
The outer realm is far away, and it is not realistic to want everyone to rush over, and only when the Holy Realm comes forward can some people be able to send some people over.
As for whether he could send them all, Lu Qingshan felt that he was afraid that he couldn't.
The energy of the saint is also limited, how can he do it if he wants to send it all?
The ruling range of each holy city is thousands of miles in a radius of thousands of miles, and the population is so large that it is impossible to do it.
"With Elder Qin Yang in the Holy Pine City, it should be relatively safe, and besides, I heard from the city lord that the Holy Court will send someone over soon, and when the time comes, everyone will be almost safe!"
The demi-saint spoke again, not knowing whether he was comforting Lu Qingshan or himself.
Lu Qingshan was silent.
The situation has become more and more serious.
Lu Qingshan couldn't figure out why a Wood Demon Realm had attracted so many extraterrestrial beings, but there were relatively few Terran cultivators, most of whom were still indigenous Terrans in the Wood Demon Realm.
Lu Qingshan couldn't figure it out.
At this moment, a huge whirlpool appeared in the distant sky, and the moment the whirlpool appeared, a terrifying holy power immediately spread with a roar.
"You're looking for death!"
In the direction of Saint Song City, a roar suddenly came, and at the same time, a sword light came instantly, slashing towards the whirlpool, as if trying to collapse the whirlpool.
But a blood-colored hand poked out of the whirlpool, blocking the sword light vividly, and then, a blood-colored figure walked out of the whirlpool and appeared in mid-air.
It was a saint of the undead blood.
When Lu Qingshan saw the other party, his eyes couldn't help shrinking, and he lost his voice: "It's actually a peak saint!"
When the demi-saint on the side heard this, his face suddenly turned like ashes, as a demi-saint, he could naturally also sense that the immortal blood saint on the sky was a terrifying existence that was not inferior to the Holy Court elder Qin Yang.
Meantime.
The whirlpool continued, and there were nine more saints out of it, and there were more than fifty demi-saints, whether they were saints or demi-saints, there were different races, including undead blood clans, giants, black demons, and so on.
These extraterrestrial beings have come across the void, and their purpose is self-evident.
Rumble!
Elder Qin Yang's figure suddenly appeared, suspended in the sky, and the aura in his body spread out instantly, and he began to confront the peak saint of the undead blood clan.
"Gaimeng, you're going to kill them all!" As soon as Elder Qin Yang appeared, he couldn't help but speak coldly, and the sword intent on his body soared into the sky, as if he would cut out the sword light that would destroy everything at any time.
Among the extraterrestrial beings, except for the peak saint of the undead blood clan, Gaimeng, the rest of the people all showed a strong and extremely jealous intent in their eyes, if it weren't for Gaimeng's leadership, they wouldn't have come here if they were killed.
The name of Qin Yang has been spread, one knife slashes three saints, three swords slash nine saints, and the sword extincts vitality.
At the same time as Qin Yang spoke, many saints came from all directions, in addition, there were many totems, such as the holy willow, the holy python, the holy kui, the holy yang, and even the holy bird that had left just now went and returned.
Gaimeng's gaze swept over the dragon-like Terrans on the ground, and said with a smile: "These are our rations and resources, we can't let you all take them away! Elder Qin Yang, this saint is for your sake, as long as you are willing to leave all these people behind, this saint can allow you and other saints to retreat!"
"Impossible!" Qin Yang refused, and said, "They are all blessed by my Holy Court, and this seat will not give up on them." ”
"Since that's the case, then don't blame Ben Sheng!" Gai Meng sneered, looked at Qin Yang, and said slowly: "Qin Yang, you and I are equal in strength, let's go practice?"
Between words.
Gaimon spread his blood-colored wings, and his wings covered the sky and the sun, and in an instant he rose to the sky, as if he was about to go straight out of the sky.
"Good!"
Qin Yang carried a long knife and followed in an instant.
Soon.
Above the entire firmament, a sea of blood filled the air, the sword light flickered, earth-shattering, and sometimes there would be aftermath.
Meantime.
The totems of the three Holy Cities struck one after another, rolling up a large number of Terrans and sending them in the direction of the Holy Song City, they were huge, had the means to reach the sky, and were extremely fast.
The rest of the Holy City City Lords, as well as some totems, were saints who had killed beings outside the sky.
In mid-air, the battle of the saints broke out.
Lu Qingshan stood outside the long dragon, watching this scene with his own eyes, his heart was extremely angry, if he had the power of the Holy Realm, Lu Qingshan would have killed it a long time ago.
It's a pity, but no!
But.
Lu Qingshan's gaze swept over and fell on the demi-saints of those extraterrestrial beings, with a terrifying killing intent in his eyes.
The Saint Yang City Demi-Saint beside Lu Qingshan noticed the killing intent in Lu Qingshan's eyes, smiled bitterly, and said: "Young man, your strength should be okay, but those are all Half-Saints, and they are not something you can resist, so let's leave it to us old guys! As for you, you should try to flee to the side of Saint Song City, so as not to be affected by the battle for a while!"
The words fell.
The demi-saint aura in his body spread violently, and the rest of the Terran demi-saints all rushed forward.
The people under the demi-saint can go, but they can't go, they all have their own mission, and they also have their own hatred, they can't do anything in the face of the saints in the extraterrestrial beings, but in the face of the extraterrestrial beings who are also in the realm of demi-saints, they have the power to fight.
But.
At this moment, Lu Qingshan suddenly sneered, his figure flickered, and he walked out in one step, directly approaching a demi-saint of the Black Demon Clan.
The Saint Yang City Demi-Saint who was standing beside Lu Qingshan suddenly saw this scene, and immediately opened his eyes wide, and was about to call Lu Qingshan, but he suddenly reacted and said in a lost voice: "I actually looked away, this young man is actually a demi-Saint?"
When he lost his voice, Lu Qingshan had already slapped it, the body of the Black Demon Clan was second only to the giant, but after all, there were still some gaps, Lu Qingshan slapped it, and immediately made his flesh like a vase, and cracks appeared.
Bang!
Suddenly, the demi-saint of the Black Demon Clan exploded directly into a blood mist.
In the audience, the first demi-saint fell directly, and even, when Lu Qingshan made a move, even the soul of the other party had been annihilated, so it can be said that there was no intention of leaving his hand at all.
"Hmm, there is such a young demi-saint among the Terran monks, kill him!" another demi-saint of the Dark Demon clan shouted angrily, and actually directly besieged him with several demi-saints.
Apparently.
They wanted to kill Lu Qingshan as soon as possible.
A young demi-saint was able to kill a demi-saint of the Dark Demon Clan with one blow, this scene was too terrifying.
Even.
Many of the saints who were fighting in mid-air glanced at Lu Qingshan.
"No! That young man is going to be besieged......" The Saint Yang City Half-Saint who had talked to Lu Qingshan couldn't help but exclaim, and his figure rushed out in an instant, heading straight for Lu Qingshan, wanting to rescue Lu Qingshan.
rushed out with him, and there were two demi-saints, a total of three demi-saints rushed over to help Lu Qingshan.
As for the remaining demi-saints, they all killed the rest of the demi-saints among the extraterrestrial beings.
After all.
There are more than fifty Extraterrestrial Beings and Half-Saints who appear here, which is a very powerful force.
Looking at the five demi-saints who came around, Lu Qingshan actually sneered and said disdainfully: "You want to besiege me?
Let's talk about it.
Lu Qingshan turned into blue lightning, but instead of retreating, he rushed forward directly.
Now, with the terrifying speed that Lu Qingshan showed, even if he was a half-saint, he couldn't grasp it.
When Lu Qingshan turned into blue lightning, the half-saints in the audience only seemed to catch a glimpse of a blue light in the corner of their eyes, but this blue light was fleeting, which had to make them wonder if they were dazzled.
Even the five demi-saints who surrounded Lu Qingshan thought so.
And.
Before they could react, they suddenly felt as if the vitality in their bodies was passing quickly, and soon, they understood.
They've been killed.
It's just that in an instant, Lu Qingshan killed five half-saints by himself, and in mid-air, the saints on the side of the extraterrestrial beings were all furious.
One person kills five demi-saints in an instant, they can do the same, but ...... They are saints, they really have such strength, but Lu Qingshan is just a half-saint, how did he do this?
"That Terran demi-saint, the speed is too fast, our demi-saint can't react at all......" a Dark Demon Saint said as he fought.
"Its speed is too terrifying, unless it is a saint who makes a move, I am afraid that there is no opponent among the half-saints......" A saint of the undead blood clan frowned slightly.
Meantime.
The city lords of the holy cities of all parties, as well as the totems, were all overjoyed.
Lu Qingshan, they didn't know each other, but they could tell that Lu Qingshan was a Terran monk, and he was also killing extraterrestrial beings.
That's enough.
"Stop them with all your might, and you can't let the saints interfere in the battle of the demi-saints!" the Saint Yang City Lord laughed, and his shot became very ruthless.
On the ground, Lu Qingshan turned into blue lightning and specialized in killing the demi-saints among the extraterrestrial beings.
Former.
Lu Qingshan faced the demi-saint and had no power to fight back, and later, Lu Qingshan had the speed of the world, although he was still invincible to the demi-saint, but he had the power to protect himself.
To this day, Lu Qingshan has been able to do it, and in the face of the Half-Saint, he can also kill him with one blow!
This time.
There were a total of more than fifty extraterrestrial beings and half-saints, and their power was very terrifying, but for Lu Qingshan, more than fifty half-saints were actually just spending a little more time.
Unless it was a saint who made a move, otherwise, in the audience, Lu Qingshan was not afraid of anyone.
Lu Qingshan turned into blue lightning and wandered around the entire battlefield, in Lu Qingshan's sight, only the saints were fighting, and the movements seemed to be a little slower, but in fact, the impact was not too great, but the half-saints in the audience had slowed down to the extreme, as if they were going to be still.
Rumble!
Lu Qingshan approached a half-saint of the undead blood clan, his hands reached out directly, tearing off his wings, and then, Lu Qingshan pointed out, piercing his eyebrows.
This finger contained Lu Qingshan's extremely terrifying killing power, and along the center of his eyebrows, it directly destroyed his sea of knowledge, and even had the remaining power, swimming in his body, appearing in the heart, and crumbling his heart.
In this way, the other party will definitely die, and there is no possibility of even struggling.
Rumble!
Lu Qingshan approached a half-saint of the Shadow Demon Clan who seemed to be a shadow, facing the shadow, and it was a half-saint-level shadow, ordinary attacks could not have much effect at all, but Lu Qingshan had a way to defeat the enemy, in Lu Qingshan's sea of knowledge, a huge grinding disc suddenly manifested, and a terrible suction force came out of Lu Qingshan's eyes, and the half-saint soul of the Shadow Demon Clan was directly sucked into the sea of knowledge.
A shadow, even if it is a half-saint level, loses his soul, which is equivalent to falling.
Boom! Boom!
Lu Qingshan quickly approached a half-saint-level giant again, and the giant seemed to react a little, but in Lu Qingshan's eyes, it was still too slow and too slow.
The giant is too difficult to kill, but for Lu Qingshan, the giant is just like that, at most, it just takes a little more time.
Immediately.
Lu Qingshan hit dozens of blows in a row, causing the giant to be covered in bruises, and the giant subconsciously wanted to fight back, but at this moment, Lu Qingshan sneered, and his figure bounced up violently and landed on top of the giant's head, directly obliterating the giant's soul.
Giants, the physical body is incomparable, but the soul is its weakness, but there have always been fewer spiritual power monks, and even if there are, it is difficult to find the opportunity.
"Among the demi-saints, I should be invincible! I will kill the demi-saints, and I will kill them with one blow!" Lu Qingshan snorted coldly and continued to kill the next demi-saint of extraterrestrial beings.
Soon.
The demi-saints who fell into Lu Qingshan's hands had already reached thirty.
There were a total of more than fifty Extraterrestrial Beings and Half-Saints, and they were killed by Lu Qingshan thirty in a short period of time, which shocked the audience, and even the Saints who were fighting in mid-air couldn't help but gasp.
The only thing that made them happy was that after Lu Qingshan had killed thirty extraterrestrial beings and half-saints, he actually stopped, his body was covered with sweat, and his clothes were already soaked.
"He's exhausted, and he won't be able to attack for a while, so he'll kill him quickly!" In midair, an immortal blood saint's eyes shrank, and he immediately ordered.
Such a demi-saint is too terrifying, it is better to click and kill it early.
Immediately.
The remaining twenty or so Extraterrestrial Beings and Half-Saints, dozens of them immediately fought to get injured and leave the battlefield and kill directly towards Lu Qingshan.
This moment.
There is not much holy qi in Lu Qingshan's sea of qi, and in the face of a half-saint, although Lu Qingshan can kill with one blow, the amount of holy qi paid for each blow is massive.
Otherwise, if you want to kill with one hit, you can't just have speed.
Lu Qingshan took out a holy stone, held it in the palm of his hand, and quickly recovered the consumption in the sea of qi, and at the same time, Lu Qingshan raised his eyes to look at the dozens of demi-saints who had killed him.
These demi-saints desperately wanted to get injured and leave the battlefield to kill, which shows how strong their killing intent is!
But.
Lu Qingshan didn't care at all.
On the side of the human race, Saint Yang City and Saint Bird City all have half-saints, and there are no fewer of them, how can they be killed?
Really.
Before they could get closer, more than twenty Terran demi-saints had already stopped them.
Lu Qingshan stood in place, no one disturbed, quietly recovering the strength in the sea of qi.
The totem in the Holy Yang City is an old poplar tree that is thousands of years old, but it has already ascended to the Holy Realm, which can be called the Holy Yang, and the Holy Yang spreads out countless branches, entwining one person after another, and then sending it to the location of the Holy Song City.
At this time, a branch spread towards Lu Qingshan, ready to send Lu Qingshan away.
But.
Lu Qingshan's figure moved, shook his head slightly, and said, "Seniors, send them away! I still have the strength to fight!"
Sheng Yang hesitated slightly for a moment, and the branches that spread towards Lu Qingshan immediately changed direction and began to send others away.
Lu Qingshan rested for a while, and found that the battle between the demi-saints was still continuing, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly, although these demi-saints were strong, their killing power was too weak, and it was impossible to kill the enemy in a short period of time.
If you can't kill the enemy in a short time, then it means that the aftermath of the battle will spread all around, Lu Qingshan has already seen that even if there are some totems who send people under the demi-saint away, there are still many people injured, and even death.
These are unavoidable, even for saints.
Lu Qingshan's eyes were even more murderous, and he put away the holy stone, and his figure turned into blue lightning again, wandering around the audience.
Immediately.
One after another extraterrestrial beings are half-saints.
This time, Lu Qingshan killed ten people in full force, and then he stopped, stood in the distance and began to absorb the energy in the holy stone and restore the strength in his body.
As for the remaining ten or so Extraterrestrial Soul Demi-Saints, Lu Qingshan didn't plan to make a move, and the Demi-Saints in Saint Yang City and Saint Bird City already had enough strength to kill them.
Immediately.
Lu Qingshan sighed lightly, his gaze seemed to be very complicated, and he walked into the distance.
It wasn't until he reached the distance that Lu Qingshan stopped, looked at the battle in mid-air, and muttered: "These extraterrestrial creatures, so many people have come at once, is it really for these people who are migrating?"
I don't think so.
Although there are many people who have migrated, there are more people who have not migrated, and they should not have this need.
And.
On the side of Saint Song City, there is Elder Qin Yang in charge, and these extraterrestrial beings do not have enough strength to defeat Elder Qin Yang, and it is even more impossible to kill them.
But they still came.
So......
It shows that they may have unknown back-hands!
In this way, it will be explained!
They suddenly crossed the void and came here to kill the Terran saints and totems, including Elder Qin Yang!"
This moment.
Lu Qingshan's eyes were extremely bright.
Suddenly.
Above the firmament, the peak saint of the immortal blood clan laughed loudly and said, "Qin Yang, you will die today!"
"You can't kill me just because of you!" Qin Yang snorted coldly, and the sword light actually cut out the crack in the void.
"That's not necessarily ......"
Gaimeng smiled weirdly, suddenly burst into a shout, and said, "If you don't make a move at this time, when will you wait?"
Click!
The void tore apart, and a cloud of fire flew out of the crack, and as soon as it appeared, it was as if the entire sky was set on fire, turning the sky fiery red.
"The pinnacle saint of the Fire Cloud Clan?"
After Lu Qingshan saw it, his eyes couldn't help shrinking, and now, he finally understood everything.
The extraterrestrial beings who descended to the Wood Demon Realm include giants, undead blood clans, black demon clans, shadow demon clans, and so on, but there is no Huoyun clan.
Right now.
The peak saint of the Huoyun Clan finally appeared, and Lu Qingshan guessed that it should have come from the outside recently.
And these extraterrestrial beings, obviously related to each other, deliberately crossed the void to attract the Terran saints to the fullest, and then showed their back hands, ready to kill the Terran saints!
A peak saint is enough to change the current situation.
Really.
When the peak saint of the Huoyun clan appeared, whether it was a Terran saint or a half-saint of the human race, his complexion all changed, and there was one more peak saint among the extraterrestrial beings, how could this be fought?
Can't beat it at all!
(End of chapter)