As the cold voices of the demon emperors echoed, sharp red lines gradually appeared on the model of light and shadow in the middle of everybody, surrounding and even tearing the skyscrapers into pieces.
Those were their expected routes of attack.
The highest government offices in the capital city, the headquarters of the major sects, the colleges, the Spiritual Nexus stations, the broadcasting towers, the largest warehouse of crystals in the Federation …
All the strategic locations had been locked onto by the demon race!
After the demon emperors, there were dozens of demon kings.
Their missions were more trivial, but they were also more inconspicuous and fatal. They were like poisoned daggers that were stabbing at the softest critical parts of the Federation.
"Jin Wuxu!"
When Jin Tuyi read the name, gentleness beamed out of his face, which was rare for him.
A tall young man, who looked similar to him but had an additional air of dominance, stood up and declared, "Commander, I will lead the most elite troop of the Feather Clan, the Mirage Falcons, to lunge at the Hexagram Array in the capital city as soon as possible!
"The Hexagram Array made of thirty-six thousand unmanned flying swords is the main air defense force of the capital city. I will destroy it quickly and neatly so that the following troops, especially Blood Demon, can arrive at the sky of the capital city under the most favorable conditions!"
Jin Tuyi looked at his son in appreciation and said solemnly, "Alright. That will be the first attack mission. I will personally command the assault fleet including Blood Demon and appear above the capital city through the second teleportation in five minutes!
"By my estimation, in the first half hour, we will be able to teleport thirty demon emperors, more than three hundred demon kings, and a hundred and fifty devilish warships, including the ten or so legions that they can carry!
"This is an invincible force. This is a force that can destroy everything!
"Remember, after the strategic locations in the capital city are occupied, do not hesitate to pay any price. Activate the star beacons and establish the teleportation arrays immediately!
"As long as enough star beacons and teleportation arrays are established, we will have the most precise coordinates of the teleportation, and we will be able to teleport to the critical locations in the capital city at will.
"It will be like a dagger. It will stab into the enemy's chest and stop one millimeter away from the enemy's heart!
"With the strength of our lone troop, it is neither possible nor necessary for us to occupy the entire Tian Yuan Realm anytime soon.
"As long as we occupy the enemy's capital city and maintain the ability to project the following troops, we will have the upper hand. We will be in control of the situation!
"By then, the Heaven's Origin Sector will have to succumb to the invincibility of our race and allow us to take whatever we want. even if they have to hand over the most advanced magical equipment and technology.
"After we exploit everything that the Star Glory Federation has and even collect tremendous intelligence about the Flying Star Sector, it will be their doom!"
Silent laughter echoed in the secret meeting room. The eyes of all the demons were burning with ambition and greed. The model of the capital city seemed to be burning.
"Our race has been sinking for too long."
Jin Tuyi stared at all the demon emperors and said slowly in a hoarse voice, "Since our defeat ten thousand years ago, our race has been defeated, driven away, and butchered in one Sector after another. We have lost the important space zones and eventually the entire sea of stars. We have to huddle on this tiny, isolated island at the edge of the sea of stars.
"I don't know, in the boundless sea of stars. How many worlds are there that are completely under our control?
"Even if there are, they must be struggling to survive in the most barren lands like us, right?
"Destruction, rebirth. Immortality! This is the unshakable belief of our race! I hope that the war will allow our race to be reborn and embark on a glorious path of immortality! "
Jin Tuyi raised his right hand high, clenched his fist, and smashed it down resolutely. He seemed to have smashed the lackluster old demon race into pieces and created a brand-new, vigorous demon race that was entirely different from the past!
His feathers were like swords that were slowly being unsheathed. They stood up one by one and emitted a cold brilliance.
"Hoooo!"
Inside the Tian Yuan Realm, all the demon emperors and demon kings were roaring and bellowing, unleashing their wild fighting will.
…
At 2: 33 p.m. on May 12 …
There were eight hours to go before 'Blood Demon's Smile' took shape.
The bloody tides above the bloody lake had reached almost a hundred meters in the sky.
Deep inside the Eye of Blood Demon, Li Yao had just finished a complicated debugging. Pretending that he did not see the owl gnashing its teeth, he closed his eyes and took a nap.
But he was thinking about something in his heart.
Jin Tuyi shouldn't have noticed anything wrong, right?
His every answer had been carefully considered. There was no way that he could have made a mistake in the details.
His heartbeat, his blood flow, and even the frequency of his muscle trembling had been perfectly controlled, too.
Unless Jin Tuyi was a prophet, there was no way that he would have noticed anything wrong.
On the other hand, assuming that Jin Tuyi had indeed noticed anything wrong, there was no reason that he would have let him go!
Even if he was in the command center, he could've launched an assault after he left the command center.
In such a narrow space, with a couple of demon emperors blocking the front and the back, he would not have been able to escape even if he were a divine being.
So, I've fooled Jin Tuyi!
Li Yao snapped his fingers in his heart and began to design the explosion plan again.
After his modification, the stabilization system of the double helix structure would only be more convenient than before.
After dozens of simulations, he was absolutely confident that he would blow up the Eye of Blood Demon when the tidal force reached the maximum!
Next, it was time for the escape plan.
Deep inside the Eye of Blood Demon, other than the teleportation arrays and the lifts, there were also very solid emergency escape channels. After all, the workers there were all seasoned specialists in various fields. They were the most precious wealth of the Blood Demon Sector. If they were all annihilated in an accident, it would be a blow that he would not be able to recover from even if he vomited blood.
The moment the Eye of Blood Demon was destroyed, the tidal force would spread out and raise surging tides. Even the mountains would shake and the earth would be in chaos.
By then, he would simply disguise himself as a member of the Coalition Army of Demons or a specialist and act according to the circumstances!
Li Yao smiled and focused on the world in his head again, pondering how to make the explosion larger, more glamorous, and more brilliant!
…
At 4: 25 p.m. on May 12 …
There were six hours to go before the Blood Demon's Smile took shape.
The clouds were rolling. The setting sun was as red as blood. Three weird crescent moons were vaguely visible behind the broken clouds.
Jin Tuyi and his eldest son, Jin Wuxu, were standing on a protruding platform on the left side of Blood Demon. The father and son were appreciating the splendid view in silence.
"In half a day, there will be clouds made of smoke and fire above the capital city of the Xing Yao Federation. They will be as splendid as this one. No, they will be a hundred times more splendid, Dad!"
Perhaps because of the excitement before the expedition, Jin Wuxu called out 'Dad' instead of 'Father', which was rare for him.
His call seemed to have reminded Jin Tuyi of something from a long time ago. He shivered and was silent for half a minute before he said softly, "Ah Xu …"
It was a title that had not been used for a long time, too.
"Dad, what can I do for you?"
Jin Wuxu stood straight and said earnestly, "In the Red Tide Operation, my Mirage Falcons will certainly do their best to defend the glory of the Feather Clan!"
Jin Tuyi smiled and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he put his hand on his son's shoulder and said, "Nothing. I only want to say that you must be careful. Don't … die!"
Jin Wuxu was dazed. He did not expect that his father, who had always been cold and ruthless, would say something like that.
Jin Tuyi scratched his aquiline nose, somewhat bitterly, and took out a vintage jade chip from his pocket. His voice was even hoarser than before as he said, "This is a secret full-body examination, especially the brain tomography, that I performed more than a year ago. Take a look."
Jin Wuxu stuck the jade chip between his eyebrows suspiciously. After scanning it, he was greatly shocked. "Brain — sclerosis?"
"Exactly."
Jin Tuyi said casually, "The biochemical technology of the demon race is highly developed. If it is just a malignant tumor in the brain, a rupture of the cerebral vessels, or even the atrophy of the brain cells, there are ways to treat it.
"But cerebral sclerosis is an incurable disease of my race. It involves the deepest part of the genes and even the mysteries of the soul. Nobody has been able to figure it out in the past thousands of years.
"We only know that it has something to do with the genetic mutations of my race. If the brain is highly stressed for a long time and thinks nonstop for decades, it is possible that one will be afflicted with the disease.
"Hehe. In the past decades, I've been thinking hard about the Red Tide Plan. My brain is boiling every second. It is not strange that it wants to 'cool down' right now."
"Dad!"
Jin Wuxu had mixed feelings and did not know what to say.
"Rest assured."
Jin Tuyi smiled and squeezed his son's shoulder neither too heavily nor too lightly. "Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the laws of nature. Even for the Cultivators who pursue immortality, how many of them can survive ten thousand years?"
"Besides, I am not dead yet. It is just that my brain cells will slowly wither, and my computational ability and intelligence will decline in the next few years.
"If I am treated in time and maintained properly, and if I never reach the peak of computational ability that is beyond my limits, maybe I will still be able to live the rest of my life with the intelligence level of a common demon!
"Most importantly of all, the Red Tide Plan has been completed before my intelligence declines. My race is about to be reborn and embark on a path that is entirely different from the past!
"Also, I have found the most suitable successor, the one who is most suitable to lead the Feather Clan and even the entire demon race on a new path of rise to the sea of stars!"
"Successor?"
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