As though he had seen the uncertainty written on the disciples' faces, Zhang Lie smiled. "Don't worry. I've reviewed the list of rewards. Feel free to exchange your points for anything on the list—if you can obtain enough points, you can even get a dozen disaster-grade cores. I'll find them somehow. This I pledge to you all."

Zhang Lie's pronouncement reminded the disciples of the Zenith Dojo that the man in front of them, their dojo leader, was the king of Limit. He was the monarch of the sole and largest kingdom in the second realm, and he had the power to do as he wanted. Even though he had ascended to the third realm, he still had control of his kingdom in the second realm.

The disciples grew excited fantasizing about the rewards they would be able to obtain by slaughtering these bugs. They grouped up into parties as they discussed how they would take on these bugs.

The expedition to Mars was, by this point, more a hunt than a rescue mission.

Seeing the disciples' greedy stares, Zhang Lie cautioned, "Don't get overconfident. It's not as easy as you think to deal with these bugs. They've managed to take over half of Mars in a...