"At 1: 22 p.m., Vulture Li Yao's spiritual waves were detected by the first blocking squad. The two parties made contact three minutes later. Li Yao executed seven of them, heavily wounded nine of them, and broke through the defense line!
"At 1: 39 p.m., Li Yao reached the second defense line. He turned the temporary mobile anti-air base into an ocean of fire and destroyed twenty-five anti-air crystal tanks. It is impossible to estimate whether or not Li Yao was heavily wounded!
"At 1: 55 p.m., Vulture Li Yao encountered 'Wild Sand', a crystal warship of the third blocking squad. 'Wild Sand' was pierced through from the front to the back. The bridge, the engine compartment, and the warehouse of crystals were all seriously damaged. It has completely lost its mobility and combat ability!
"So far, in half an hour, Li Yao has broken through three defense lines in a row. He has reached the edge of the Dark Desolate Domain!"
The message that was sent back through the secret communication channel of the Patriots Partnership cast the three of them into silence. Looking at each other, they all saw a shadow that was as aggressive as fire in each other's eyes, a shadow that was rushing unstoppably in the middle of thunder and lightning and killing everything in its way!
Nothing seemed to be able to stop the shadow that was as deep as ink and as red as blood from marching into the deepest part of the Dark Desolate Domain!
As the captain of the guards and the Chief of the General Staff of the Union Army, Zhou Tieyi was an expert in the Core Formation Stage. He had been through hundreds of battles large and small over the past decades and crawled back from the brink of death countless times. He was a tough man who would make a ringing sound if he was thrown into a pot of boiling oil!
Even so, after seeing Li Yao's accomplishments, thick sweat was still leaking out of the tough man's forehead. As if he had just recovered from a serious disease, he stammered, "Major Jiang, how — how is it possible? He single-handedly penetrated the three layers of defense lines that we carefully set up within half an hour? "
"Exactly!"
'Major Jiang', the liaison officer sent by Lu Zui, nodded gloomily. "According to the latest intelligence, Vulture Li Yao has probably advanced into the Quasi Yuanying Stage. Also, he has an extremely fast flying sword. Neither our armed shuttles nor our Exos can catch up with him. That's why he tore through three defense lines in a row!
"Right now, he is rushing forward at the edge of the Dark Desolate Domain. Although he may be slowed down in the thunderstorm, it is very likely that he will find us in two to three hours if we do not stop him.
"By then, it will be quite troublesome whether the fights around Burning Prairie or if he sends the message to Burning Prairie and the nearby legions!
"Fortunately, his speed is fast, but his companions can't be as fast. According to the feedback of our spies on the wasteland, he is the only one who is in the front. The people behind him are at least three to four hours behind. This time difference is enough!"
"He can't be unharmed after breaking through three defense lines by brute force. As long as one of him is killed, there will be enough time for Burning Prairie to complete the jump. Our plan is destined to work out!"
Zhou Tieyi opened his mouth wide. He looked at Major Jiang and then at Zhou Hengdao, not knowing what to say.
Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao smiled. "Yes. As long as Li Yao is killed, everything will go smoothly. That's what you said from the very beginning!
"However, in the square of the Federation, in the forsaken refining factory, deep inside the East Ocean, when we had two Yuanying Stage Cultivators and more than ten Core Formation Stage Cultivators, when did we ever kill him?
"Right now, the three defense lines have been torn apart by him. Our strength is running dry. Most of the remaining 'patriots' have to control the troops and block the communication. How can we have more hands to kill Li Yao?"
"Iron Commander!"
Major Jiang narrowed his eyes. Intense killing intent was leaking out of his every pore. He gnashed his teeth and said, "Don't forget that we still have five boxes of cannonballs of the 'Demon God Virus' that can be used in a real battle!
"Activate the final plan! Mobilize a legion to block Li Yao. When the two parties reach each other, bombard the legion with the 'Demon God Cannons' immediately. All the soldiers will be transformed into 'uncontrollable mutants'!
"By then, Li Yao will be infected by the Demon God Virus, too!
"Even if he is lucky enough not to be infected by the virus, he will still be harassed by thousands of 'uncontrollable mutants'. It will be impossible for him to break free in only a couple of hours!"
The plan was like a gloomy wind blowing from the deepest level of hell. Zhou Hengdao and Zhou Tieyi both shuddered hard.
Zhou Hengdao stared at Major Jiang in a daze. Fury, disappointment, hesitation, and disdain filled his eyes. He seemed to have seen the real face of Major Jiang for the first time, and he seemed to have seen the real face of all the 'patriots' including Lu Zui and himself for the first time!
"You — you want me to attack thousands of brothers of the Union Army and turn them all into 'uncontrollable mutants'?"
Zhou Hengdao stepped back and mumbled.
"There's no time to hesitate, Iron Commander!"
Major Jiang slashed his hand down brutally. "This is the last sacrifice. As long as we can stall Li Yao for a couple of hours, we will be victorious! We can definitely shift the blame to the demons later! After all, this place is so close to the Blood Demon Sector. It will not be a problem to claim that the Demon God Virus leaked from the Blood Demon Sector! "
"I won't do that."
Zhou Hengdao seemed to have just broken free from a nightmare that he had been indulging in for a long time. Taking a long breath, he shook his head and said, "Major, no matter how you look at it, we are crossing the line. Very far away from the line!"
"Iron Commander, are you going to fail at the last moment?"
Major Jiang took off his hat and shook it hard. He said solemnly, "So many brothers have paid the price of blood, sweat, and honor for us to reach this point and the edge of the war. Right now, we only need to pay the last price, and we will succeed! Are you going to retreat at such a moment and let the traitors such as Li Yao and Jiang Hailiu laugh to the end? "
"Major!"
Zhou Tieyi stepped forward and stood between him and Zhou Hengdao. He roared, "Watch your attitude! You are talking to a general! "
"Yes, general. Please reconsider!"
Major Jiang's face was red. Like an animal that had been pushed to a dead end, he roared crazily, "There is no retreat for us now. The future of the Federation is on our shoulders! If we cherish the lives of thousands of soldiers at such a moment, the lives of billions of our compatriots will be the price we will pay in the near future! Give the order. My men are already preparing the Demon God Cannons. They will definitely be able to stop Li Yao. Absolutely! "
Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao looked at Major Jiang in silence. His eyes were more and more indifferent and tranquil. Half a minute later, he shook his head slowly but firmly and said, one word after another, "No, Major Jiang. I cannot give such an order! Right now, as the Chief of the General Staff of the Union Army and the leader of the Patriots Partnership, I order your men to stop the preparation of the Demon God Cannons immediately and refreeze all the cannonballs that contain the Demon God Virus! "
Major Jiang stared at him for a long time. His sharp canine teeth pierced into his lips so deeply that black blood was flowing out. He did not say anything but burst into fury.
"Major, carry out the order!"
Zhou Tieyi roared next to him. "Are you disobeying the order?"
Major Jiang was so angry that he laughed. There was a hint of mockery on his face, and there was undisguised disappointment in his eyes. He said coldly, "I didn't know that at the critical moment when the future of our motherland is about to be decided, the Iron Commander is still thinking about his own reputation and position! Fine. Iron Commander cares about those things, but we, who have sworn to follow Director Lu, don't!
"Iron Commander, just prepare for the space jump. You don't need to dirty your hands. The 'patriots' of the Secret Sword Bureau will do it on their own!
"By then, all the infamy will be on us, and all the glory will be yours and the Union Army's!"
Without even saluting, he turned around and opened the door in fury.
"Captain Zhou!"
Zhou Hengdao shouted subconsciously. But before he did, Zhou Tieyi, the captain of the guards, had already lunged at him!
Everything that happened next happened in only half a second!
Zhou Tieyi had lunged at him bare-handed, perhaps only because he wanted to control Major Jiang.
But Major Jiang, who had run out of options, was like a heavily wounded animal and became extremely dangerous.
Realizing that the wind was blowing at his back, Major Jiang drew a lightning saber that carried a hundred thousand volts of electric current from his waist out of instinct and slashed it upward along Zhou Tieyi's ribs!
Qualified to be the liaison officer of the 'patriots' between the Secret Sword Bureau and the Union Army, Major Jiang was Lu Zui's trusted subordinate and an expert who had received decades of cruel training in the Secret Sword Bureau. His attack was soundless, but it pierced right into Zhou Tieyi's heart brutally!
Perhaps, his movement was still mainly for intimidation and did not really mean to pierce through Zhou Tieyi's heart. He was only trying to push Zhou Tieyi back.
After all, they were both 'patriots', and it was such a critical moment!
But the answer was already impossible to tell.
It was because, the moment he turned the dagger upside down and was about to slash it backward, Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao had already appeared next to him as fast as lightning. Two iron hands grabbed his jaw hard and twisted it slightly.
Kacha!
His cervical vertebra completely exploded. Major Jiang's head was turned 180 degrees to his back. He stared at Iron Commander and his captain of the guards in desperation.
Gulu! Gulu! Gulu!
Pink bubbles of blood popped out of his wide open mouth. The bubbles seemed to be carrying a series of questions and condemning Iron Commander's betrayal.
Zhou Hengdao held Major Jiang. He closed his eyes first and helped him turn his head back. Patting his shoulder softly, he said, "Take a rest, brother. Perhaps we should all take a good rest."
Pa da!
The body cramped and collapsed to the ground helplessly.
Looking at the body, Zhou Hengdao and Zhou Tieyi looked at each other in bewilderment, lost for words.
The mini crystal processor on the wrist of the body was still sending messages from Li Yao incessantly.
Vulture Li Yao was drawing closer and closer.
"Iron Commander, what do we do now?"
After a long silence, the captain of the guards smiled bitterly.
Zhou Hengdao stared at the red spot on the light beam in a daze.
For a moment, his aura was so feeble that Zhou Tieyi thought that he was about to surrender.
However, in the next moment, dazzling brilliance beamed out of his crystal cameras and his eyes of flesh and blood at the same time. His aura flooded out like a torrent and condensed into an invisible domain around him, making him look like an indestructible pillar that was holding up the sky!
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