This curse is something even the Cursed Blood cannot remove. Although the curse might sever their contract with the Heroic Spirit, their genes have already solidified, and this is a disaster that the Cursed Blood cannot resolve.

Furthermore, in a world dominated by the Ninth Apostle's gene pool, could it be that the grand expedition's magical ritual is actually a resurrection ceremony for the Ninth Apostle?

The situations of various rituals are wonderfully bizarre, just like when the Mystic Scholar Blington in Boston once couldn't believe that Xue Dili could turn into a Light Giant through a simple ritual named 'To the Brilliance'.

To an outsider like Xue Dili, the rituals occurring locally might far exceed his understanding.

Yet, Xue Dili feels that, in the most likely scenario, this is just a ritual for the Divine Tree to absorb more nutrients.

By using this war named the grand expedition, they determine which side will ultimately become the Divine Tree's nourishment.

The winning side's Divine Tree allows them to recuperate, while the losing side will be endlessly extracted by the Divine Tree.

And if one side keeps winning, greatly exceeding the Divine Tree's best-recommended recuperation time, the overseer starts making biased calls, forcibly making them lose.

This is also a possibility.

However, there are also genetic problems and other issues, and it seems like more and more problems in this world are flooding into Xue Dili's mind.

He hasn't even encountered the true clan of the Ninth Apostle yet, but the problems he's already encountered are giving him a headache.

"Can the Interstellar Corps solve problems of this magnitude?" Xue Dili pondered, gauging the timing, and the Interstellar Corps should also have obtained the coordinates of this world from the Ninth Apostle's corpse.

Are they not ready yet, or are they delaying for a while?

In any case, Xue Dili came alone, though this also meant he faced the headaches first.

At this moment, suddenly the Archer relayed information through the contract, stating "There are enemies."

The connection between the Heroic Spirit and the contract holder isn't particularly strong; relaying information over such a long distance only gives the opposite side a vague sense, like suddenly becoming distracted.

Even this small influence can transmit a lot of intelligence.

The established rule by Xue Dili was to immediately notify if encountering enemies and if the enemies are difficult to fend off, notify again promptly.

However, upon seeing the enemy's strength on the demon race's side, Xue Dili suddenly felt he might have been overthinking.

So far, within the five teams he controls, only the last one has some strength, but even that is just pre-Tier Four power.

Even though he was restrained by the barriers of this world, and the Insect-devouring Tree inside him was mostly sealed, Xue Dili could still easily exceed Tier Four combat power.

Therefore, even the pre-Tier Four Heroic Spirit clad in skeletal armor couldn't affect him in the slightest.

Thus when the Archer relayed the information back, Xue Dili didn't think much of it, believing the two pre-Tier Four Heroic Spirits should easily protect Lana.

Who would've thought, in an instant, the Archer relayed information again.

This momentarily stunned Xue Dili, prompting him to draw out the Dimensional Blade and activate the Teleportation Gate.

"Are there enemies above Tier Four on the demon race's side?" Xue Dili immediately abandoned his ongoing research.

After all, the research can be continued anytime, but Lana's life is only one.

Though she was casually chosen to gain the ticket to this grand expedition, Xue Dili wouldn't abandon her.

...

Land of Judgment, the descent point for the original human side.

At this instant, the female pirate and the Archer appeared like cats with their fur bristling.

Opposite them stood only one enemy, seemingly a skeletal Centaur Knight holding a Chain Sword, yet despite this, the aura emitted by the Heroic Spirit was exceedingly strong!

Terrifyingly strong, evoking a feeling of completely surpassing the Blood Duke.

They couldn't even believe why such a strong Heroic Spirit would exist within the demon race.

During the former grand expedition against the demon race, they learned some intelligence—pre-Tier Four was basically the ceiling, and true Tier Four power was the divine battle on that ceiling.

Therefore, when the Tier Four Blood Duke appeared, many thought things were settled, and after Xue Dili easily killed the Blood Duke, even when short-staffed, the Prince thought they had nothing to worry about.

The disparity in power was too vast, and now, seeing this skeletal Centaur Knight, the Archer promptly revealed herself and hurriedly notified Xue Dili.

The opponent wasted no time, the hooves began to accelerate into a wild sprint, swift as a ghost.

"Waves, heed my command!" A surging water tornado spiraled around the female pirate, vast waters like a tsunami rushed towards the centaur.

Her thought was that this extensive wave could at least delay for a dozen seconds, during which Xue Dili would arrive.

The Archer swiftly drew the bow and notched an arrow, enchanting it with the wind as it shot out in an instant. The wind and tsunami formed an overwhelming water whirlwind, obscuring visibility, kicking up surrounding dust and mud, forming a massive compound magic.

Under such compound magic, it should at least delay for several dozen seconds.

However, in the next instant, the female pirate's pupils constricted.

Behind the water tornado's assault, the skeletal Centaur Knight's figure was nowhere to be seen. Where could it be...