My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Additionally, Li Xiang still needed a suit of armor. After condensing several suits—all of them Divine Tier Spirit Armor—he picked one out and put it on. He also gave each of the women a suit of Divine Tier Spirit Armor.

Divine King Level items were rare, after all, so they couldn't be handed out to everyone just yet.

With his injuries healed and the women's equipment all upgraded, Li Xiang led them back into the fray.

All warfare is based on deception. Even though Li Xiang already had an absolute advantage, he still opted for a sneak attack.

He appeared abruptly and brought his staff down with a crash. Space rippled from the impact, and Chaos Material churned. The Star Pillar-Breaking Stick claimed its first kill, obliterating the head of the outermost Divine King Realm Exotic Beast—the one that had been injured before.

The beast's injuries had been more severe than Li Xiang's. He had the women to help him heal—especially with the Spirit Dew Rain from Zhao Xueqing's Tail Vine Bud, a sacred healing remedy. In contrast, this Divine King Realm Exotic Beast could only 'lick its own wounds,' so it recovered far more slowly.

Deep within Mars, in the Dark Cosmic Space, the two remaining Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts roared in fury at the sudden ambush. However, their rage couldn't change the course of the battle.

After a world-shaking battle, the aftershocks finally subsided. Li Xiang collected the two Tier Forty-Eight Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts into his Otherworldly Warehouse.

Never mind the other spoils from retaking Mars; just in terms of corpses, they had acquired a total of eight Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts.

Once converted, Earth would gain eight new Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ships.

The Divine King Level Spiritual Soldiers for Jiang Cai'Er and Luo Feifei were also ready.

Gazing at the Heart of Mars floating in the Dark Cosmic Space, Li Xiang felt a pang of regret. The women at his side had not yet reached a high enough Realm to attempt Fusion with this Great Planet Spiritual Energy. As for himself, even if he did fuse with it, the power boost wouldn't be enough to break through to a new major Realm. Therefore, he decided to save it for someone else.

If Luo Feifei returned, he could give it to her. If not, he would hold onto it and see which of the seven women with him progressed the fastest and could claim this opportunity first.

As for Jiang Cai'Er, her path to advancement was unique. Building enough Supercomputing Centers was the most suitable method for her. The Heart of Mars wasn't a particularly good match for her Technology Attribute.

Strictly speaking, these were two different paths.

Mars also had two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but they were too small for anyone to bother with. So, Li Xiang took the women and flew to Jupiter.

Jupiter has over ninety moons, but only four of them—Jupiter's Moon I, Jupiter's Moon II, Jupiter's Moon III, and Jupiter's Moon IV—were particularly massive. The rest were small fries, some even smaller than Deimos, so the group wasn't interested in them.

After another campaign, Li Xiang cleared the Space Exotic Beasts from these four moons. "Who wants these four moons?" he asked.

"Why don't we draw lots?"

"Yes, let's draw lots. It's the fairest way. No one can complain then."

So, Li Xiang set it up. He casually formed seven Star Pills. Four of them were marked for Jupiter's Moon I, Jupiter's Moon II, Jupiter's Moon III, and Jupiter's Moon IV. The other three also had marks, but they were blank.

With Li Xiang's power, none of the seven women could see the marks inside; to them, every Star Pill felt exactly the same.

And so, they drew lots one by one.

In the end, Erin, Chiba Yuki, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui drew the winning lots.

Yao Yao felt quite dejected. Both Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui had drawn a moon, but she hadn't. 'My luck is just terrible,' she thought, secretly resentful.

"Here, why don't you take mine?" Seeing Yao Yao's disappointment, Chiba Yuki offered her Star Pill to her.

Yao Yao was stunned. "How can I possibly accept this?"

'Whoever gets resources first has a chance to be the first to reach the Divine King Realm, and then they can fuse with the Heart of Mars. And yet, Chiba Yuki is giving up such a precious opportunity.'

'It's not like I've been particularly good to Chiba Yuki, either,' Yao Yao thought. 'I just gave her some of that fine Bubble Spirit Wine from Los Santos a while back.'

The others all looked at Chiba Yuki, astonished.

Chiba Yuki glanced at Li Xiang, then at her two daughters. "I'd rather stay with my girls," she said. "Saturn has plenty of moons in its orbit. The three of us will go there."

Li Xiang nodded, so Yao Yao accepted it.

"Sister Yuki, thank you so much," Yao Yao said. "If you ever need help with anything in the future, just ask. You don't have to be polite with me!"

"Of course, I will," Chiba Yuki replied with a faint smile, pulling the Twin Gouyu into an embrace. Mother and daughters had relied on each other for so many years; of course they didn't want to be separated for anything.

And so, Erin, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui stayed behind to fuse with their respective moons of Jupiter. Meanwhile, Li Xiang took Chiba Yuki and her daughters and sped toward Saturn.

At his speed, he could travel between Jupiter and Saturn to provide support in an incredibly short amount of time. Furthermore, the four moons of Jupiter were relatively close to each other, so the women could provide mutual aid if anything unexpected happened. Their safety wasn't a major concern.

Saturn actually has more moons than Jupiter—274 in total. However, only one of them was a large moon with a diameter exceeding five thousand kilometers: Saturn's Moon Titan.

There were also six medium-sized moons with diameters between 400 and 1,500 kilometers, as well as eleven smaller ones with diameters under 300 kilometers. The rest were just small fries.

The largest of them, Saturn's Moon Titan, naturally went to Chiba Yuki.

The Twin Gouyu chose Saturn's Moon Rhea and Saturn's Moon Iapetus, respectively, both with diameters of around 1,500 kilometers.