In the picture behind Su Changfa, Wuying Qi's Black Crystal Suit was gradually upgraded. It was bigger, more glamorous, and more hideous.
The top of the helmet of the Crystal Suit protruded like a skull, forming a crown of thorns!
The black arrowheads that represented Wuying Qi's forces were spreading everywhere and rampaging in the Empyreal Terminus Sector.
Countless starships collided in the space zones near the capital planet. Thousands of Cultivators perished like mosquitoes in winter. It was the first time that the Cultivators felt the strength of the Immortal Cultivators, which was far more powerful than they had ever imagined!
The capital of the Star Ocean Imperium and the current Star Ocean Republic, as well as the entire Empyreal Terminus Sector, had fallen into the hands of the Immortal Cultivators!
Although Li Yao was highly vigilant, he was still deeply awed by Wuying Qi's counterattack.
From the execution ground to the parliament, from a prisoner on death row to the first president of the Star Ocean Republic, Wuying Qi's life could only be described as magnificent and soul-stirring!
However …
Thinking for a moment, Li Yao asked suspiciously, "Wuying Qi has only controlled the capital. I'm afraid that it is not enough. There are so many other Sectors in the Star Ocean Republic. Is nobody against him? More importantly, what about the most elite central army that was responsible for guarding the capital? "
"Fellow Cultivator Li, you are indeed smart enough to see through the key!"
Su Changfa said gloatingly, "Of course, it is not enough to control the capital. We need to intimidate the local forces with thunderous approaches. To achieve that, the most important thing is to annihilate the central army as quickly as possible!
"The central army at this moment does not know that the capital has fallen into Wuying Qi's hands yet. After a long journey, they have finally reached the borderland that Wuying Qi has been working on for more than ten years.
"Although the central army is well-armed and righteous, they are not familiar with the local environment. They do not know where the cosmic storms are, where the space jumps are, where the spiritual and magnetic fields are different from other places, where the stars boast special spiritual waves that will interfere with the navigation of the starships, and so on …
"The universe is too vast and mysterious. There are too many dangerous factors that can affect our navigation. Without the guidance of a guide who is familiar with the local environment, even the largest starship will find it difficult to move forward."
"Also, they couldn't have been more arrogant and underestimated the enemy. They did not consider the operation as a battle mission at all. They thought that the border defense army and the locals would surrender and beg for mercy the moment your army arrived. They were only here to recruit them!"
"More importantly, even the central army has been seriously infiltrated by the Salvation Syndicate. A lot of Immortal Cultivators have been sent to Wuying Qi's side incessantly."
"The arrogant Central Army not only underestimated the combat power of the Border Defense Army, but also underestimated the resistance of the native army of the vassal worlds! It must be noted that those local magnates only rose to power because they purged the original interest groups with Wuying Qi's support. It means that they have all submitted their 'pledges'. The blood on their sabers hasn't dried yet. Once the central faction wins, the old interest groups will definitely counterattack, and they will die without a burial! "
"Therefore, the vassal worlds that were loyal to the capital in the past are now loyal to Wuying Qi!"
"The central army knows nothing about everything."
"What they know is only the false information sent back by the internal Immortal Cultivators!"
"Under the interference of the false information, the central army mistakenly thought that Wuying Qi's remaining forces had collapsed and that the border defense army and the vassal worlds were having internal strife. Then, the vassal worlds were all on the capital's side again!"
"The central army, overjoyed, accepted the 'native army of the vassal worlds' without any wariness and attacked the border defense army together with them. As they expected, the border defense army was forced to abandon a lot of starships and flee in panic!"
"Hehe. Those greedy Cultivators who are as stupid as pigs deserve to be killed! Wuying Qi's subordinates were merely repeating the same trick and repeating the scheme on Karan. They were caught unprepared and were fooled! "
"Right when they went to pick up the remaining starships of the border defense army, the crystal bombs hidden deep inside the starships, as well as the arsenals and the engine compartments of the starships, all exploded, turning the entire space zone into a burning ocean!"
"The broken remains filled up the entire sailing route and blocked the elites of the Central Army."
"The battlefield was carefully selected by the border defense army and the local army in the first place. At a certain time, because of the collision and friction of the two nebulas, an enormous, highly intense cosmic storm will take place. The locals call it 'Wing of Death'. It is not hard to imagine how terrifying it is from the name!"
"The elites of the central army were attacked by suicide explosions at first and then passed by the 'Wing of Death'. It is not hard to imagine how heavy the damage was."
"When the defeated soldiers finally survived the scourge of the Wing of Death, the border defense army and the local army, which had been engaged in a fierce battle, suddenly marched out from the two flanks and gave the most advanced, most powerful, and most glorious central fleet of the Star Ocean Imperium a critical blow!"
"At the same time, the news that Wuying Qi counterattacked in the capital, disbanded parliament, arrested the representatives, and announced that he was going to be the president reached the ears of the central army too."
"Their last psychological pillar, their righteousness as the emperor's army, collapsed, too!"
"Right now, the border defense army and the local army were the real 'emperor's army'. They became rebels and rootless duckweeds!"
"The central army, which had lost all the supplies and suffered heavy losses, finally collapsed and surrendered to Wuying Qi's border defense army. The most elite troop of the Star Ocean Republic fell into Wuying Qi's hands just like that!"
"Wuying Qi controlled the capital as well as the few most elite troops of the Star Ocean Republic. Everything was almost decided!"
"In the local forces of various Sectors, a lot of Immortal Cultivators from the 'Salvation Syndicate' were active, too. With their cooperation, Wuying Qi was unstoppable, and the local forces surrendered immediately. Very soon, the situation was stabilized. As everybody expected, 'special period' was removed, and Wuying Qi was elected as the real president of the Star Ocean Republic!"
Li Yao raised his thumb for Wuying Qi's thunderous approach in his heart again.
The laymen enjoyed the show, and the experts appreciated the tricks. Su Changfa's story, which had been whitewashed too many times, contained very thought-provoking details that only people like Li Yao could see through!
The whole incident had so many suspicious points and coincidences that it was even more unbelievable than a historical novel!
However, the loophole that was exposed in the most critical part allowed Li Yao to piece together the truth of that day!
The loophole was that such an unparalleled man as Wuying Qi, after slaughtering almost ten million civilians and purging the entire borderland with false edicts, couldn't have foreseen that the capital was determined to kill him?
He was now the biggest warlord of the Star Ocean Republic. As a warlord, he should not wander into the territory of the central government for no reason. Even if he did, he should be cautious and bring as many people as he could. Was it not common sense?
How could he not have foreseen that he would be captured and sentenced to death the moment he returned to the capital?
Su Changfa described Wuying Qi as a kindhearted, selfless lotus who had been forced to do everything. Such bullsh * t could only fool a three-year-old.
Li Yao could guarantee with his head that Wuying Qi had turned into an Immortal Cultivator a long time ago!
Maybe it was the moment when he was thrown into the crater, or maybe it was during the hundreds of years when he wandered in the dark universe. All in all, it was very possible that he had already been an Immortal Cultivator before he arrived at the Star Ocean Republic!
He did not discover the Star Ocean Republic 'by accident'. Since the very beginning, he had been coming for the most powerful country in the civilization of mankind!
Therefore, he intentionally delivered himself to the authorities so that he could be captured and tried!
"I understand it now!"
"Since the very beginning, Wuying Qi's appetite was far from being satisfied by a dozen remote worlds. From the beginning to the end, he had only one target, which was the capital, the Empyreal Terminus Sector, and the highest power of the Star Ocean Republic!"
Li Yao almost shrieked.
With Wuying Qi's ambitions, it was meaningless for him to control a dozen remote vassal worlds and become a warlord.
Even if Wuying Qi stayed in the local world and became a local tyrant, the strategic environment he was in was still extremely dangerous.
In front of him was the Holy League, which had suffered a crushing failure and hated his guts.
Behind him was the central government of the Star Ocean Republic, which was full of hostility.
Besieged from both sides, such a territory was definitely not suitable for long-term development. It would only be a fatal trap for him!
The Star Ocean Republic was a traditional superpower after all. With the scale of the Star Ocean Republic's territory, he would not have the slightest chance of winning against a hundred Sectors if the enemy became serious, entered the state of emergency, and launched a general mobilization!
Therefore, just like how he dealt with the people of the Holy League, he could only finish the battle as soon as possible!
Going to the capital and ending up as a prisoner was a gamble that was even more dangerous than the Battle of Karan for three purposes.
Firstly, to lower the wariness of parliament and make all the Cultivators think that he was nothing more than a fish in a tank with nowhere to run. Then, the country would be stopped from entering the state of full mobilization. It was a stalling tactic.
Secondly, since he was determined to lead the rise of the Immortal Cultivators, other than the bases at the border, the most important base that he had been working on was certainly the capital. Countless Immortal Cultivators must have been lurking in the Empyreal Terminus Sector. He had come in person to lead the Immortal Cultivators who had been lurking in the capital!
Thirdly, he was going to mislead the Cultivators and make the authorities think that the greatest threat right now was the troops that he had left at the border.
Right. It was very possible that he had left the starships and magical equipment of the Holy League that he had captured in the border space zones as invaluable treasures to attract the authorities' attention!
Perhaps, the Immortal Cultivators who were lurking in the darkness were also fanning the flames and manipulating the decisions of the authorities subtly, making parliament send out the central army, which had the highest combat ability, to absorb the border defense army and the starships and magical equipment of the Holy League.
When the three purposes were combined, the most ancient and fatal scheme was completed.
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