Li Yao did not expect that Blackstar the Great's fatal moves would be so dense and brutal. They were as incessant as a flood, not giving them any chance to catch their breath at all. In the only half a day that he was in a coma, the situation had undergone drastic changes.
His admiration for Wuying Qi from the bottom of his heart rose spontaneously again, corrupting his brain like fatal venom.
The magnificent image of Wuying Qi pointing at the sea of stars from the high throne seemed to be popping up in his eyes. He couldn't help but worship Wuying Qi.
"Damn it!"
Li Yao spat hard, his saliva penetrating through Wuying Qi's illusion.
The illusion collapsed like a glass palace into thousands of dancing butterflies. On the back of every butterfly was a pattern that looked like a swirl. When the two swirls were combined, they happened to be Wuying Qi's eyes.
Even though Li Yao closed his eyes, he could not move away from Wuying Qi's aggressive eyes in his head.
He could only slap himself hard twice in the face in order to hold back his awe and admiration for Wuying Qi.
"Well —"
Li Jialing was shocked by Li Yao's abrupt action. Looking at the two bloody handprints on Li Yao's bulging cheeks, it was obvious that he had really slapped himself hard. The young lion was dumbfounded. "Brother Yao, what are you doing? Even if you are truly wrong, you don't have to blame yourself like that. We … We can always find another solution."
"Who says that I'm blaming myself?"
With a nosebleed, Li Yao grimaced. "I was merely refreshing myself with special techniques to resist Wuying Qi's dominance. The specific mechanism is too mysterious to be explained for the time being. Don't be surprised if I have to slap myself again later.
"Also, take me to Jin Yuyan immediately. Wuying Qi planned the whole thing on his own, but that's not the end of it. He must've had other backup plans!"
Li Jialing found it hard to believe. "How do you know, Brother Yao?"
"It's very simple. With the current situation, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors will collapse if nothing changes!"
Li Yao said, "I believe that it was definitely not Wuying Qi's intention. At the very least, it was not Wuying Qi's only purpose. The sudden collapse of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors did him no good at all. If I were Wuying Qi, the greatest benefit would be for the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and the four families to die together.
"Therefore, I don't believe that Wuying Qi's scheme is so simple. There will definitely be more changes. Hehe. He won the previous round. It will be our turn to counterattack now!"
Li Yao and Li Jialing activated the Crystal Suit and flew to Jin Yuyan's command center in two streaks of brightness.
On their way, they saw countless soldiers on the streets and alleys of the Seven Seas Grand Market. Barricades had been established at many critical places. A lot of battle shuttles, spiritual puppets, and Exos were patrolling and alerting in midair, as if they were faced with a great enemy.
Many streets and alleys seemed to have just been through fierce battles. A lot of bomb craters, debris of crystal tanks, and Crystal Suit could be found. Some of the soldiers were even dragging the bodies out and piling them into piles of blood, adding to the solemn ambiance.
The citizens who lived in the Seven Seas Grand Market and the merchants who came to trade only dared to hide behind the glass windows, revealing their panicked eyes as they watched the world outside that was burning in war.
The pictures that were filled with the smell of rust, blood, and smoke made Li Yao sigh in his heart.
Although Jin Yuyan had controlled the situation with iron fists for now, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had already lost half of the battle judging from the intense situation in the central district.
Compared to the four Kurfürst families and Blackstar the Great, the greatest advantage of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was "freedom". People could travel in and out of the place freely. At the very least, they were not supervised by anyone on the surface. As long as they obeyed the basic rules, they were absolutely free. They could come and go as they pleased, and they could do whatever they wanted.
"Welcome to the freest place in the entire universe", the light beam floating at the periphery of the Seven Seas Space Zone pointed out the greatest value of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors.
Thousands of Immortal Cultivators were fighting for "freedom", too.
But right now, Jin Yuyan had suffered unexpected changes. In his desperation, he had stomped on the freedom that the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had always claimed and suppressed the merchants who did not belong to the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors with violence. They were only there for trade and were trying to escape from the fire of war. Was Jin Yuyan qualified to stop them from leaving?
It was a classic case of quenching thirst with poison.
In terms of "violence", even ten Business Alliances of Ten Thousand Sectors combined were no match for the four Kurfürst families, not to mention Blackstar the Great.
If they were really going to submit to violence, why would they submit to Jin Yuyan instead of the four Kurfürst families or Blackstar the Great?
The Seven Seas Grand Market at this moment was like a volcano that had been suppressed. Even though Jin Yuyan could control the situation for now, it would not be long before the chaos burst out a hundred times more intense.
If the battle in space could not be reversed, Li Yao estimated that the Seven Seas Grand Market would be completely chaotic in a couple of days at most.
However —
Right when they were about to return to the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, tides of cheers suddenly burst out around them. The soldiers who were panicked and frustrated a moment ago were jumping and dancing in joy as if they had been injected with excitants.
"What's going on?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. Knowing that unexpected changes must've taken place again, he did not need to ask the cheering soldiers and simply walked into Jin Yuyan's command center.
The command center was a mess, as if it had just been through a small-scale chaos. The broken crystal processors and the broken crystal wires were scattered on the ground. There were also small craters and traces of explosions in many places. Some soldiers were even wiping the blood stains quickly.
However, the leadership and the military commanders, including Jin Yuyan, were all in high spirits. They were so "high" that they were almost excited.
Their eyes were bulging and bloodshot, and they bit their lips hard. Their hands were shivering beyond their control. Flames of anxiety spread out of their bodies, making them feel that they were having a fever.
Li Yao had seen their faces on countless gamblers before.
They were exactly the gamblers who were caught in desperation after losing all their belongings, only to suddenly get an unexpected fortune and bet it on the table again.
Jin Yuyan saw Li Yao walk in, but he did not have the time to ask him the critical questions such as where he had been and whether or not the mastermind of the explosion or his wife, Wuying Qinxin, had been captured. He simply stared at the hologram of the space zone without blinking.
It was almost like the information on the hologram of the space zone was more important than "Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King".
"What's going on? Are those people crazy?"
Li Yao looked at where they were looking. On the hologram of the space zone, the blue spots that represented the garrison of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors were indeed not in a good situation. Most of the blue spots were surrounded and harassed by the red spots that were multiple times larger than them, indicating that the fleets of the two parties were engaged in a fierce battle.
What was even more frightening was that, far away from the blue light spots, there was a large area of red light spots condensing into a dazzling red light ball. Furthermore, there were even more red light spots converging into the red light ball from all directions, causing the red light ball to grow larger and larger. It was so large that it was about to swallow the entire star field.
The red ball of light should be the main force fleet led by Yun Xuefeng.
Judging from the flashing data next to it, Yun Xuefeng had gathered quite a few Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships. The torrent of destruction was about to take shape!
All the blue spots were basically harassed and dragged by the red spots. It was impossible for them to stop Yun Xuefeng's fleet before it was completely formed. They could only watch Yun Xuefeng's fleet grow bigger and bigger like an abnormal tumor.
However, Li Yao noticed something weird. Not far away from Yun Xuefeng's fleet, on the orbit of a planet that was opposite the battlefield, a few triangular light spots were flashing quickly. Also, the three triangular light spots constituted a new triangle.
It was a sign that the space gate was slowly opening!
The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had opened another space gate in such a perilous situation. Who were they guiding? Were there reinforcements?
Even if the fleets of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors that were scattered in the sea of stars were about to jump back, wouldn't they be blown up if they were so close to Yun Xuefeng's main force fleet?
That was asking to be killed. What were they doing exactly?
Li Yao dashed to Jin Yuyan and pulled him aside. He asked in a low voice, "Director Jin, what happened exactly? Why did you open a new space gate? Who are you guiding to jump over? Even if there are reinforcements, they are too close to the enemy's main force fleet, aren't they? At such a distance, the reinforcements will be discovered and destroyed by Yun Xuefeng soon after they jump over! "
Rolling his eyes rigidly, Jin Yuyan was stunned for a long time before he put on a helpless expression and said in a low voice, "They won't. Perhaps the other reinforcements will be blown up by Yun Xuefeng's Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships, but this fleet certainly won't. They're our last hope to win the battle of Seven Seas!"
Li Yao bulged his eyes and asked, "Are you serious? Does the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors have such a tough garrison fleet? Who are the reinforcements exactly?"
"Not the garrison fleet of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, but Lei Chenghu, Marquess Liaohai."
Jin Yuyan said solemnly, "Lei Chenghu's Thunder Fleet has come to reinforce us in person!"
"What!"
Thunder exploded inside Li Yao's head, illuminating his every brain cell. Wuying Qi, Li Linghai, Lei Chenghu, real Immortal Cultivators, loyal Immortal Cultivators who had sworn loyalty to Blackstar the Great. All the clues and pieces were mixed together. He seemed to be enlightened, but he was caught in confusion again. Before he figured out the whole picture, he subconsciously shouted, "No, you can't let Lei Chenghu's fleet jump over. Close the space gate now. This is a scheme!"
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