The determined eyes, the solemn face, the tall and straight body that seemed to be made of iron, and the 'Emperor's Blade', which was the most brilliant and glamorous Super Crystal Suit under the illumination of the flames of spiritual energy, all outlined the burning image of a 'perfect Immortal Cultivator' in the hearts of the political prisoners who had seen the light of day again.
While overjoyed, many of them communicated with each other in confusion. "Who is this' Vulture Li Yao 'exactly? Why haven't I heard of him before?"
It was true that, of the five categories of Cultivators, the 'battle-type' had always been the most dangerous and had the highest casualty rate. Also, it was easy at first and difficult later.
In the cruel hellish battlefields, it was not too difficult for the common warriors to advance into the Refinement Stage or the Building Foundation Stage if they had enough luck and resources.
But above the Core Formation Stage, especially in the Jin Dan Stage, the Nascent Soul Stage, and the Divinity Transformation Stage, it was a different story.
When they reached the critical juncture of their training, not only would they be agitated, their combat ability would also be affected.
Also, as the vanguard or commander of the highest level on the battlefield, they would be the target of the enemy's concentrated fire. All the cannons and bullets would be aimed at the cultivators above the Jin Dan Stage first.
Therefore, most of the cultivators would stagnate after they advanced into the Jin Dan Stage or the Yuanying Stage. If they wanted to continue the advancement by force, they would either perish on the battlefield or be heavily wounded. Their veins, nerves, and soul would be seriously corrupted, and they would stop there.
Besides, compared with management, research, literature, and other fields, the battle-type cultivators were more affected by their 'longevity'.
A research-type Immortal Cultivator could still maintain a high intelligence when they were three to four hundred years old and make up for the decline of their computational ability with their abundant experience.
However, the battle-type Immortal Cultivators would often decline all the way after they passed the peak of their cultivation two to three hundred years old. The hidden wounds that had been accumulated deep inside their bodies and souls in the past two to three hundred years would all burst out. The nourishment of the pills and medicines would not help at all. Not only would their minor levels plummet, it was not uncommon for them to fall from the Divinity Transformation Stage to the Yuanying Stage or from the Yuanying Stage to the Core Formation Stage.
The many elders in the Council of Elders of the Imperium, for example, were all famous experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage who had destroyed the world a hundred years ago. But right now, they were all old and senile, and it had been decades since they blew out the highest level of the Divinity Transformation Stage. It seemed that even if they maintained the level of the Divinity Transformation Stage for one second, their soul and flesh would be burnt up, turning them into dry bodies. Were such elders of the Imperium still "experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage"?
This was the natural law of birth, aging, illness, and death. It was the cruelest and fairest restriction on human beings.
Considering all the factors, battle-type experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage in the prime of their lives were few and far between in the Imperium of True Human Beings after a thousand years of bloody wars.
Every battle-type expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage was a strategic weapon of great importance that everybody in the Imperium knew.
However, Li Yao seemed so young and unfamiliar, and he had been following "God of War" Lei Chenghu closely and calling himself the "new Imperium" …
The big shots in the past who had been smart enough immediately marked Li Yao in their hearts. They all came to the conclusion that this "Vulture Li Yao" must be a capable general of the "new Imperium" and Lei Chenghu's trusted subordinate!
Little did they know that the most evil voice in Li Yao's heart was tempting him. "Hey, this is perhaps the last great opportunity for you to kill Lei Chenghu. After he returns to his own Thunder Fleet, it will be like a tiger returning to the mountain. You may not have a chance to chop off his head in the middle of thousands of soldiers again. Are you sure you don't want to kill him?"
Naturally, the mental devil was instigating him.
Thinking quickly, Li Yao asked in a low voice deep inside his brain, "To be honest, what do you think about me compared to Lei Chenghu?"
"About that …"
The mental devil said, "To be honest, 'God of War' Lei Chenghu's personal charm, tactical deception, and brutality have all been trained to the highest level. He can abandon his son without any hesitation, he can take down a flagship of the Imperium without blinking, and he is even bold enough to gamble with his life when he clearly does not have any good cards, and yet he pretends that he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Tsk, tsk, tsk. He is a real hero and the out-and-out expert of the civilization of mankind!
"Compared to him, both your silver tongue and your clever tricks are nothing more than the most clumsy tricks that you can't show in public. They are —"
"Hey, are you exaggerating? Don't be so honest as a mental devil, alright?"
Li Yao paused for a moment and said, "Of course, I admit that there is an insignificant gap between me and Lei Chenghu right now. Speaking of which, what do you think about me compared to Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium?"
"Well …"
The mental devil thought for a moment and said, "Although Li Linghai appears to be paranoid and simple-minded, and she seems to be a gambler who is ready to make a gamble, it is not necessarily her real self. It is probably a camouflage that she has been disguising herself for a long time.
"Besides, leaving all her schemes and tricks aside, she has inherited the legacy of the Supreme Emperor, the greatest expert of the civilization of mankind. She boasts the terrifying strength that can slay an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage in one attack. It is very likely that she has advanced into the legendary 'Divinity Branching Stage'. We are no match for her at all!"
"Yes. Both Li Linghai and Lei Chenghu are behemoths that we can barely compete with right now."
Li Yao said with a cunning smile, "That's why I cannot kill Lei Chenghu but have to reach a subtle balance between Lei Chenghu and Li Linghai so that the two monsters will be wary of each other. That is the only way to ensure the stability at the center of the cosmos after the collapse of the four Kurfürst families!
"Besides, didn't you and I vaguely feel that something is wrong about Li Linghai? She must've been hiding something of paramount importance from us, except that we couldn't figure it out on our own?
"You have seen what kind of person Lei Chenghu is with your own eyes. If Li Linghai does have a scheme and is preparing to set him up, she will certainly regret it. What we cannot find out, Lei Chenghu will certainly be able to help us find out!
"Tell me, how can I bear to kill him?"
The mental devil sniffed. "Your plan is not bad, but you must be careful not to screw it up. Both Li Linghai and Lei Chenghu are not people that we can control easily. You may be caught in your own trap if you play with fire!"
"So be it if I screw it up. After all, it's not the first time that I screwed it up."
Li Yao sniffed and said, "You can tell from the actions of the Holy League that they are very scared of Lei Chenghu and are determined to eliminate him at any cost. Here comes the question. If the Holy League has truly been crushed and fled back to their nest, why did they waste so much effort to kill Lei Chenghu? After all, the next great battle may not happen for decades!
"Therefore, there can only be one truth. We guessed correctly when we were in the Federation. The Holy League is not as crushed as it appears to be. They are still planning fatal attacks in secret, and Lei Chenghu is one of the greatest obstacles in the eyes of the Holy League!
"The worst-case scenario is that the army of the Holy League breaks the defense line of the Imperium's army, savages the center of the cosmos, and even releases the Pangu clan that has been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years. However hard I try, I can't get a worse result than that, can I?"
The mental devil stopped talking and sank into the deepest part of Li Yao's brain again.
In less than half an hour, all the political prisoners who were put on trial in public and those who were put under house arrest without any trial were set free.
Other than the few "survivors", most of the captives of the Holy League had been executed by the criminals too.
The search on the ground yielded results, too. Dongfang Lei was indeed not dead. With his high vitality, he fell to eighty kilometers to the east of the Godly Might Prison with the help of a ragged stealth escape capsule, catching his last breath in the snowy world.
Of course, he was as dead as a doornail at this moment. Not even part of his soul was left.
As the four reactors in the No. 1 energy base resumed their functions, every part of the Godly Might Prison glowed. The defense rune arrays unleashed dazzling electric arcs again, restoring the basic defense ability.
At this point, Lei Chenghu had controlled every major "vein" and "nerve" of the Godly Might Prison. He was able to welcome Li Linghai's arrival as the "master of the Godly Might Prison".
Naturally, Li Linghai did not expect that the Godly Might Prison would undergo such drastic changes in only half an hour.
Even though the Godly Might Fleet was under Lei Chenghu's control and did not need the Deep Sky Fleet to fight half a brutal battle, the queen of the Imperium was still frowning like a pool of stagnant water.
The first question she asked after she reached out to Li Yao was, "What is going on exactly?"
"What is going on?"
Bulging his eyes, Li Yao bellowed, "I want to know what is going on, too! Didn't you say that everything was under control and that every procedure was as precise as possible and that nothing could go wrong? Then, I would like to ask you a question. Where did so many spies of the Holy League come from?
"You have no idea how awkward and dangerous the dilemma that I was faced with was. Hardly had I snuck into the Godly Might Prison when the alarms of the Godly Might Prison were already ringing. Countless prisoners and war captives immediately popped up like lunatics!
"I truly risked my life and almost burnt up my own soul before I managed to rescue General Lei Chenghu. Then, due to the circumstances, I had to make the best of my courage and wisdom while I fought the forces inside and outside of the Godly Might Prison with wisdom and wisdom. In the end, I reversed the situation on my own and convinced all those guys, accomplishing the mission perfectly!
"I am not saying that I have made great contributions, and I am not asking for any rewards at all. However, the flawed, perilous operation has truly consumed more than twenty years of my Cultivation. I cannot be more feeble now. I don't know how many marvelous pills and medicines in the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum will be required to make up for my loss.
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