It was a fiery assault in the chaotic area between the Great Qian Dynasty and the Dark Cloud Prairies.
However, the roles of the attackers and the defenders were completely reversed.
In recent decades, the army of the Great Qian Dynasty had been defending the frontline most of the time. The Dragon Wolf Cavalry of Ghost Qin, on the other hand, had been harassing the enemy from all directions with the advantage of being fast and stealthy. Last year, they even turned the harassment into a real assault. Their vanguard even reached the city wall of the Divine Capital, crushing the emperor's army in the Great Qian Dynasty.
After the battle, the border of the Great Qian Dynasty was even more panicked and perilous. All the defenders were scared of the enemy and did not dare to come out at all, simply allowing the cavalry of Ghost Qin to gallop freely.
However, today, it was the magnificent army of the Great Qian Dynasty that marched forward unstoppably today. It was the 'Divine Vanguard Battalion', the best troop of the court that had been defending the Divine Capital for hundreds of years and was as famous as the 'Thunder Striking Battalion'.
It seemed that they were determined to fight a head-on battle against Ghost Qin without caring about the cost.
What was even more surprising was that on the flanks of the Divine Vanguard Battalion, a lot of Cultivators who were flying the flags of various sects flew to the midair unhurriedly and lunged at the soldiers of Cloud Qin who were fleeing in all directions like dense locusts.
The few Ghost Qin Cultivators deployed at the rear of the Ghost Qin's cavalry managed to fly to the sky to resist, only to discover that the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty were not bluffing and fending off the enemy as they had been in the past. Instead, they were truly aggressive and fearless, risking their lives at the cost of their spiritual gas.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't the army of the Great Qian Dynasty just suffer a great failure last year? How can they regroup and attack so quickly? Why are they so determined to die together with the enemy?"
"Also, don't the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty cherish their lives more than anything else? Why are they so ferocious all of a sudden?"
Before they perished like raindrops, many Ghost Qin Cultivators bulged their eyes and stared at the soldiers of the Great Qian Dynasty who were completely different from the past in bewilderment, having no idea what was going on even in their dreams.
Similar scenes were happening almost everywhere in the Great Qian Dynasty at the same time.
The army of the Great Qian Dynasty and the entire world of Cultivators seemed to have woken up abruptly. They launched unparalleled attacks in the southeast, the northwest, and the north without bothering about the cost.
Not only were Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army and Wan Mingzhu's White Lotus Cult both unable to raise their heads like rats on the street, they had also successfully stalled Ghost Qin's soldiers and Cultivators, preventing them from being mobilized to the north to establish the supply route to the Land of Eternal Night.
Meanwhile, the source of all this was a floating fleet made up of several five-toothed warships. They circled around the Dark Cloud Prefectures from the Northeast Sea, drawing a long arc as they flew toward the Evernight Prefectures from the equator.
Li Yao was on the deck of one of the ships.
Gazing into the distance, all he could see was a vast expanse of white sea. He could no longer see the outline of the Land of Six Seas. The sea breeze that blew in his face gradually carried with it an eerie chill.
The warship was more than a hundred meters long. It was propelled by a combination of sails and wind manipulation rune arrays.
Because they were sailing in the sky, sails could be set up on all sides of the ship, making it look like a round shuttle with many colorful flags on it.
The sails were connected to each other by ropes that were even more complicated than the strokes of rune arrays. Countless skilled and bold sailors were crawling here and there like spiders at the altitude of hundreds of meters.
This five-toothed warship was carved into the shape of a roaring dragon. Four giant anchors that looked like dragon claws extended from each side of the ship. These anchors could be used to anchor the ship to the ground during fierce winds. Most of the time, these anchors were used to tightly entangle the ship with its prey during boarding battles.
Although the flying boats of this era could more or less fly, and some remote magical equipment such as' Fiery Crow Ballista 'and' Godly Powered Cannons' were installed, it was barely possible for them to hit the enemy from thousands of meters away because of the underdeveloped detection and locking technologies.
Thousands of meters, on the other hand, were already within the effective attack range of the Cultivators.
Therefore, the 'sky battles' of the Ancient Sages Sector were still mainly about boarding. Even the seemingly magnificent warships were essentially air platforms for transportation and supplies. The combat ability of the warship did not depend on the warship itself but on the strength of the Cultivators on board.
The dragon head of this five-toothed warship was painted a bright golden yellow.
There were five claws on each of the four dragon claws, indicating that it was a 'Five-clawed Gold Dragon'.
The unique features all suggested that it was a royal warship dedicated to the Imperial Guards.
The fact that the royal warships of the highest level of the Ancient Sages Sector were mobilized, including the stormy attacks of the Great Qian Dynasty in the past month, was naturally the result of the 'communication' between Qi Zhongdao and the emperor.
That day on the desolate island in the East Ocean, after the five Yuanying made a plan and established an alliance, Qi Zhongdao went north to the Divine Capital to discuss the matter with Emperor Phoenix.
Qi Zhongdao did not disappoint. Emperor Phoenix's head was rather clear, too. Not only did he believe Qi Zhongdao's words immediately, he also came to the conclusion that the most critical thing in the matter was time. He had to seize every second to reach the Divine Palace before the Four Rapscallions did.
After only one month, he was able to mobilize the army and attack everywhere in the Great Qian Dynasty, especially at the border of the Great Qian Dynasty and Ghost Qin. He was able to effectively stall the enemy's soldiers and Cultivators. He even had the spare time to establish an expedition fleet of a very large scale and prepare all the necessities for the exploration into the ice field. Such resolute approaches and greater control than the previous emperor were indicative enough of 'Emperor Phoenix's' ambitions to revive the Great Qian Dynasty. He was not bragging but truly had his own reasons.
However …
Li Yao glanced at a warship nearby. Other than the bright yellow dragon flag of the Great Qian Dynasty, the flags of the six major sects including the Grand Mystery Sect and the Purple Pole Sword Sect were also on it. He could not help but frown.
The hyenas had smelled the scent and followed him after all.
It could not be helped.
Li Yao did not want the guys who could not accomplish anything but spoiled everything to get involved as' useless teammates' who would only hinder him.
However, the disappearance of the five Yuanying at the same time, the obvious intensification of the court's attacks on various fronts, and the disappearance of the dozens of flying boats in the Divine Capital, none of those things could be kept a secret.
In the world of Cultivators in the Great Qian Dynasty, none of them who were capable of fighting their way out of thousands of soldiers and becoming the leader of a sect were simple-minded fools.
Mother White Lotus' hasty attack on East Peace County had been suspicious in the first place.
Even the leaders who did not realize what was going on at the time would have noticed that something was wrong after pondering for a moment.
Therefore, in less than three days after the battle of East Peace County, rumors were already spreading among the Cultivators.
Although the 'Divine Palace' was not directly mentioned, the 'Land of Eternal Night in the Far North' was clearly mentioned.
With everything coming to this point, it was barely possible to keep it a secret from the entire world of Cultivators.
At the very least, Yan Liren, who belonged to the Purple Pole Sword Sect, and Qi Zhongdao, who was the grand leader of the Grand Mystery Sect, could barely keep silent under the interrogation of their respective sects.
Besides, Han Baling's Ghost Qin, Qi Changsheng's Heaven Battering Army, Wan Mingzhu's White Lotus Cult, and Wang Xi's Ghost Character could more or less gather experts in the Core Formation Stage and the Yuanying level.
Li Yao and the other top warriors, as well as the so-called 'experts of the royal palace' who were loyal to the emperor, were still too weak after all. The middle-level and high-level warriors between the Core Formation Stage and the Yuanying Stage had to be recruited in order to deal with the enemy in the Land of Eternal Night that had no backup in the world of ice and snow.
Therefore, the expedition fleet of the Land of Eternal Night eventually consisted of the five Yuanying Stage experts, the experts of the royal palace, and the six major sects, including the Grand Mystery Sect.
The Cloud Qin Gold Statues, the path to the deities' realm, and the mysterious Divine Palace had almost attracted all the members of the six major sects. Even the elders who had been training in seclusion had broken out of their seclusion without bothering about anything.
The six major sects would share a lot of benefits in the operation to explore the Divine Palace.
In exchange, they would be responsible for suppressing the riots of the smaller sects in the entire world of Cultivators. Also, they would have to send a lot of middle-level and low-level disciples to fight together with the imperial army.
That was why so many Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty attacked fearlessly on the Dark Cloud Prairies.
Although Qi Zhongdao did not like the selfish, independent guys of the six major sects, he had been the 'leader of all Cultivators' for many years after all. Since the operation was unavoidable, he could only keep in touch with Li Yao and the rest of them in secret. He also reminded Li Yao not to disclose all the secrets of the channels in the Divine Palace to the public and that he had to take full control of the operation himself.
Li Yao agreed readily.
He was not the real 'Master Spiritual Vulture', and he had taken part in the operation to explore the Divine Palace for other reasons. He was doing it to examine all the forces in the Ancient Sages Sector and the manipulators behind them.
The bigger the incident in the Divine Palace was, the more forces would be involved, and the more convenient it would be for him to observe and analyze.
Right now, the 'Three Saints, Four Rapscallions, One Monk, and One Emperor', as well as the mysterious' Grandmaster of Great Zhou ', were all involved in the operation. If the spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings were indeed lurking in the Ancient Sages Sector, they would certainly show up in the Divine Palace, wouldn't they?
In the past month, Li Yao had left the Purple Pole Sword Sect for a while with the excuse of 'training in seclusion'. But he had flown out of the atmosphere of the Ancient Sages Sector to the satellite where 'Spark' was hidden. Then, with the components that he had built in the Purple Pole Sword Sect in the past few months, he repaired and strengthened the 'star beacons' and adjusted them so that they could be activated at any moment.
Li Yao had made up his mind. As long as the operation to explore the Divine Palace proved that there were no spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings in the Ancient Sages Sector and that there was indeed an intact production base of the Colossi in the Divine Palace, he would send a message to the Federation and ask his dear motherland to summon a fleet over as soon as possible.
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