ccnovels #304 - The strongest one appears!
#304 - The strongest one appears!
This mount is truly remarkable!
Wang Dao-zhang's main body comfortably reclined on the highest peak of the Pillar Blade Beast's back, enjoying the exhilarating sensation of rapid movement.
Looking up, he could see the light blue sky, surrounded by fluffy white clouds.
He felt a sense of freedom, like soaring through the heavens on a sword, laughing at the world below.
Except…
Zheng Shiduo, despite enveloping himself in spiritual energy, couldn't help but chatter his teeth, his entire body trembling.
"Wang… Brother Wang, are we really just going to charge into Lingneng Capital like this?"
"Otherwise?"
"Shouldn't we prepare some high-sounding reason? Will this be convincing enough?"
"The Pillar Blade Beast is attacking spiritual cultivators; what does that have to do with our D5 Integrated Combat Zone?"
Wang Dao-zhang smiled leisurely.
He used his alien soul to glance at the situation inside the Blissful Sky Curtain.
Number Five's soul was sitting firmly on the throne, having activated all defensive measures.
Number Five's body was currently embedded in the outer shell of the Pillar Blade Beast's back, safely hidden.
In other words, the current Pillar Blade Beast was a super warship controlled by Number Five.
On the back of the Pillar Blade Beast, thousands of high-level mechanical bodies were standing by, their commander being Mudan.
Surrounding the Pillar Blade Beast were hundreds of aircraft, semi-human mecha units from various combat zones, acting as 'supervisors,' trailing behind the beast.
High in the sky, several space carriers transported troops from the space fortress.
Currently, no one was stepping forward to stop this Pillar Blade Beast.
It wasn't about political stance;
The higher-ups of all human factions were waiting for the spiritual cultivator civilization to reveal its traces.
Fu Jian's side, having seized control of the Pillar Blade Beast, now held extremely high authority.
"What a pity," Zheng Shiduo lamented, "This is just a trial card, only usable for two days in total, then the hibernation circuit will put the Pillar Blade Beast back to sleep."
Wang Ji Xuan laughed, "Being able to use it once is already good."
"What about the other Pillar Blade Beasts?"
Mudan asked softly:
"Can this model be extended to other Pillar Blade Beasts?"
"It's difficult," Wang Ji Xuan poured cold water on the idea, "Being able to deal with this Pillar Blade Beast this time was purely because it was careless and underestimated us, relying on its thick skin and tough flesh to charge up alone.
Humanity spent a lot of resources to prevent the Blade Beast tide from merging with it.
Blade Beasts have learning abilities; they will inevitably avoid this situation from happening again."
Mudan clicked her tongue in regret, "If we could easily deal with these Pillar Blade Beasts, the commander's name would definitely be written into human history."
Dao-zhang squinted and smiled.
He extended his spiritual sense, pondering a hidden danger in his heart.
A Blade Beast god had already been killed by them.
Would the Blade Beasts send reinforcements later?
Wang Ji Xuan thought of his previous conversation with Number Five, and his mood also sank.
At that time…
"More than six hundred Pillar Blade Beasts! They are frantically replicating themselves! This is truly astonishing!"
"Can we win?"
"We can't win; our civilization is already destined to lose, probably."
Number Five's expression was full of dejection, leaning against that control console throne, unable to say a word for a long time.
Wang Ji Xuan encouraged her at the time: "No matter how many enemies there are, the upper limit is still like this, right?
Where there's a will, there's a way.
There's no need to give up directly just because the enemy is too strong."
"More than six hundred Pillars, more than six hundred Pillar Blade Beast tides, the kind of battle situation I showed you in my memory, they used more than two hundred Blade Beast groups to defeat our spiritual cultivator civilization.
Now they have developed to three times the number, and we only have remnants and stragglers…"
"No matter how many Pillar Blade Beasts there are, their strength has an upper limit.
If you can reach the pinnacle of power, their numbers will seem very ridiculous in front of you."
"Our spiritual cultivator upper limit is actually just like that."
Number Five said dejectedly:
"Relying on the core circuit, we can easily have higher strength, high lower limit but also low upper limit.
All spiritual cultivators have great difficulty exceeding their predecessor's strength."
"I do have some… uh? Why do I feel like you are trying to trick me, wanting to get some cultivation methods from me?"
"You feel wrong," Number Five glanced aside, "I'm just being pessimistic, and I must remind you that this cloak Garrono has been substantially killed.
We can't be sure whether it sent out a signal before it died.
The seven Garronos active on this planet must have captured this information… The Blade Beast civilization already knows about the situation here."
This time it was Wang Ji Xuan's turn to be silent.
He asked: "When the interdimensional portal opens, can you sense it?"
"Of course, we can sense it, that is also a spiritual energy circuit, and the commotion will be very big."
"That's fine.
We'll meet soldiers with generals and water with earth.
We can't shrink back and not kill just because the enemy is too strong… Actually, I didn't expect this cloak Garrono to be so fragile.
At that time, I thought that these souls could only consume its power."
"It's just that you encountered means that we don't understand, and you were even able to turn those souls collected by the Pillar Blade Beast against it, becoming a powerful force to bury Garrono."
Number Five sighed with emotion, looking at Wang Ji Xuan with a bit more aggressiveness.
Dao-zhang estimated that she would go to any lengths to learn some of his methods later.
Actually, well;
Since he had already taken his first registered disciple, Dao-zhang wouldn't resist too much even if he had multiple registered disciples from different civilizations.
Is this a kind of collecting hobby?
"Now we are just waiting for the Blade Beast civilization's reaction."
Wang Ji Xuan broke away from his recollection, pillowing his hands behind his head, looking at the sky, thinking about how to go next.
Directly in front, the Lingneng Capital's satellite city 'Lan' blocked the Pillar Blade Beast's advance.
It was already deserted, with only a small number of automatic weapons still operating.
The Pillar Blade Beast directly trampled over it;
Wang Ji Xuan didn't even feel the slightest bump.
This large-scale military facility of the Lingneng Capital was flattened in a few minutes.
The Pillar Blade Beast rested here for a while, waiting for its spiritual energy to be replenished, and then continued north.
No obstruction;
No resistance;
unstoppable.
The Pillar Blade Beast began to move in a zig-zag pattern, easily flattening seven empty military fortresses.
There were autonomous weapon systems everywhere, but the ridiculous thing was that the vast Lingneng Capital didn't even have a few nuclear bombs.
Wang Dao-zhang almost laughed.
From this, it can also be seen that although many integrated combat zones had politically sided with the Lingneng Capital, they still adhered to principles militarily and did not share nuclear bombs with the Lingneng Capital.
"Commander, the Lingneng Capital is ahead, the Pillar Blade Beast can probably only move for another ten hours."
Mudan said quickly.
Wang Ji Xuan sat up and looked forward with his own eyes, seeing a snow-covered world and clusters of light shields standing firmly in the wind and snow.
One by one, the protective shields were like mushroom houses, enveloping the only above-ground super-large city in the human world.
The Pillar Blade Beast's huge body finally had a bit of a 'fragile' feeling.
Buzz.
Shen Qionglin's voice came from the communication channel:
"Are we going to attack directly? I can sense that there are a large number of spiritual energy users inside, as well as a dozen very powerful spiritual energy forces."
"Our Pillar Blade Beast doesn't have a Blade Beast tide, and we don't have enough mechanical bodies.
Charging in should cause them a lot of damage, but we followers had better avoid it in advance."
Wang Ji Xuan said with slight regret: "They don't want to come out and meet us?"
"That requires a heroic SS-level spiritual energy user," Shen Qionglin's voice was lazy, "This group of people must all be thinking about how to escape now…"
"Something's not right."
Zheng Shiduo's voice came from the communication channel—although he was right next to Wang Ji Xuan.
He said quickly: "According to the intelligence we obtained before, a large number of spiritual energy users are frantically fleeing the Lingneng Capital, hiding in nearby military fortresses."
Ji Xiao's voice rang out: "Our latest spiritual energy radar shows that there are fourteen SS-level spiritual energy users inside, six of whom are concentrated in the central area, and the others are in the south of the city.
Eight SS-level spiritual energy users have built a defense line… The Natural Faction's SS-level is also inside."
"Natural Faction?"
Dao-zhang wondered:
"Are they stupid?
In this situation, we definitely want to severely damage the Lingguan Association and the Lingneng Capital ruling faction.
They don't need to take action, just sit on the sidelines and…"
"There should be irresistible forces," Mudan analyzed, "For example, the spiritual cultivators directly issued an order."
Wang Ji Xuan stood up, standing on the highest peak of the Blade Beast, looking down at the front.
Lingneng Capital, he had finally attacked it!
It's just that he didn't expect it to be in this way.
"Let's get on the aircraft first, notify all units to pay attention to keeping their distance from the Pillar Blade Beast.
If the spiritual cultivators directly take action, then comprehensively collect the spiritual cultivator's data."
"Yes!"
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Wang Ji Xuan's main body hid far away, but not too far.
He had to keep his alien soul within the range of his main body's spiritual sense exploration, so that he could contact Number Five in real time with his alien soul.
Like Number Five, Wang Ji Xuan also buried the war puppet in the Blade Beast's subsequent healing exoskeleton, very close to Number Five's body.
That way, if they were forced to abandon the Pillar Blade Beast later, they could retreat together.
After groping all the way, Number Five had completely mastered the operation of the Pillar Blade Beast;
At this moment, she was still sitting on that throne, with four huge curved screens appearing in front, behind, left, and right, observing everywhere without blind spots, and directly locking on to some powerful spiritual energy reactions.
On the curved screen directly in front, a slender figure stood in the air.
At this moment, it was impossible to lock onto this figure with the naked eye or satellite images.
Wang Ji Xuan's spiritual sense range was limited, and he couldn't see her at this moment.
"Who?" Wang Ji Xuan asked.
“Sabina, the number one spiritual practitioner you mentioned,” Number Five said, a hint of eagerness in her eyes, “She’s about to make a move.”
“No wonder,” Wang Jixuan chuckled, “Those escaped spiritual energy users have returned because their god has appeared.”
Number Five was clearly in a good mood: “If you want, you can also consider me your god. I can give you the most special spirit slave treatment.”
“That joke isn’t funny.”
The Taoist priest glanced around.
These souls were enjoying the scenery, cherishing their last journey.
Good.
Number Five asked, “How about giving them a little shock and awe first?”
“Do whatever you want.”
“Okay then.”
Number Five agreed crisply, pushing and swiping her small hand, causing the light and shadows in front to sway, and a deep red light curtain spread out.
The next second, the running behemoth suddenly raised its head, and layers of miserable red light brewed on the sharp peaks of its back. This red light suddenly erupted, transforming into a beam of light, and smashed towards the sky above the Spiritual Energy Capital!
Buzz!
Wang Jixuan's aberrant soul felt a strong tremor.
Look ahead!
Because it was relatively far away, the light beam took more than ten seconds to reach the target area, where a strange golden light membrane appeared.
The number one spiritual practitioner manifested!
Her golden hair fluttered backward, the spear in her hand bloomed with dazzling light, and a pair of slender phoenix eyes contained a hint of coldness.
The golden light membrane only lasted for a few seconds before being smashed by the red light. The number one spiritual practitioner, Sabina, flickered at extreme speed, leaving behind several afterimages, dodging hundreds of meters away, and brushing past the red light. A strand of golden hair had already been scorched.
Inside the Blissful Sky Curtain;
Number Five raised both hands at the same time, and bamboo shoot-shaped spikes appeared on the sharp peaks of the Pillar Blade Beast. Each spike was actually tens of meters long, but on the back of this behemoth, they seemed somewhat insignificant.
The spikes continuously erupted with red light, and red light pillars as thick as buckets bombarded the spiritual practitioners in the air.
This was the Pillar Blade Beast's single-person combat system.
Because of the lack of core circuits, the Blade Beast swarm could not use these functions before. This was the true peak combat power of the Pillar Blade Beast.
Unfortunately, there were gains and losses. Without the coverage of the Blade Beast tide, the overall deterrent of the Pillar Blade Beast was greatly reduced.
The number one spiritual practitioner dodged in embarrassment, constantly retreating in the air, her expression clearly showing some surprise.
She probably didn't expect that the Pillar Blade Beast's combat style was completely different from the previous brute force collision.
— The Wings of Light Council was a participant in the Blissful Sky Curtain plan, but they only inherited some intelligence information from the War God Council.
Finally, several beams of red light struck the number one spiritual practitioner, and she groaned, roaring angrily:
“Amina!”
Accompanying her roar, a hundred-meter-high phantom rose from behind her, which was her own image.
Powerful spiritual energy gathered around her.
Golden rays of light bloomed, bombarding the Pillar Blade Beast head-on!
Number Five ignored it, and the Pillar Blade Beast resisted the number one spiritual practitioner's offensive, but the momentum of its rampage was slightly hindered.
“Her strength has recovered at least forty percent,” Number Five said annoyedly, “I’m risking my life for them, but they’re deceiving me in all sorts of ways! This group of hypocritical liars!”
“Be careful,” Wang Jixuan reminded, “There are two other spiritual practitioners, one of whom is an extremely powerful guy.”
“Yeah,” Number Five immediately calmed down a lot, “We will most likely return empty-handed today. If these three guys have all recovered to this level, our single Pillar Blade Beast is no match for them.”
“Didn’t we come here this time to make them reveal their strength?”
Wang Jixuan said easily:
“Forcing them out is a win!”
Number Five suddenly noticed something, and the Pillar Blade Beast's forward speed quickly slowed down, steadily stopping in front of the hidden trap.
On the ice plain ahead, equilateral hexagons were constantly flickering.
Seeing this, the number one spiritual practitioner no longer concealed herself, slowly raising her hands, and eight figures slowly floated into the air, followed by more than one hundred and sixty men and women.
Eight SS-ranks in the front, more than one hundred and sixty S-ranks in the back, and dozens of awakened S-ranks in between…
Is this the foundation of the Spiritual Energy Capital?
Wang Jixuan gently raised his eyebrows.
Number Five asked, “Want to try killing these spirit slaves?”
“If we can.”
“Okay, but we should only be able to kill a few S-ranks. If the SS-ranks are linked with the spiritual practitioners, the spiritual energy can be interconnected.”
Number Five stretched her hands forward, calling upon all the spiritual energy of the Pillar Blade Beast, and a gorgeous shock wave was about to bloom.
“Stop.”
A deep male voice suddenly sounded.
Number Five's soul and Wang Jixuan's aberrant soul simultaneously felt a strong sense of oppression.
Right in front of them, inside the Pillar Blade Beast's operating room, a point of golden light flickered slightly, and a burly middle-aged man revealed a phantom.
The number three spiritual practitioner, Nielda Tamon, the strongest of the six spiritual practitioners who came to Earth.
And his recovery level, in Number Five's feeling, should exceed fifty percent…