Leaning against the window, Li Yao stared at the ship in a daze. Suddenly, an indescribable epiphany popped up in his heart.
Since they were about to arrive at Red Lotus City, they could be attacked by the demons at any moment. The spiritual shield and plate armor of the crystal warship were very weak.
Therefore, the crystal warship was flying at a low altitude, dozens of meters above the ground, in order to avoid the detection of the demons.
Cultivators had amazing eyesight. Li Yao could see every old man, woman, child, wounded man, soldier, nurse, and teacher who was leading a large group of children like a mother hen protecting her chicks …
Everyone's blackened faces, tattered clothes, and ghastly wounds were all clearly visible to him.
There was a little girl in the crowd. Her entire right arm was covered in thick bandages, and her left hand was clutching a burnt teddy bear.
She was mimicking the adults. Her round eyes were bulging as big as they could be. She puffed her cheeks, raised the teddy bear high, and waved it hard.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes.
Thousands of thoughts were congregating and condensing inside his brain like thousands of translucent drops of water, turning into something entirely different and extremely solid.
The little girl's figure was gradually pulled away. She melted into the long, dark snake and could no longer be seen clearly.
Only the bright red that appeared once in a while in the middle of every snake was still shining stubbornly in his eyes.
It was the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag, the national flag of the Xing Yao Federation. It was fluttering in the surging heat.
Li Yao retreated his eyes and looked at his hands.
Two flames of spiritual energy were taking shape in his palms. He clenched them so tightly that they were almost solidified.
He had never felt so lucky that he was a Cultivator as he did at this moment. He felt lucky that he had not wasted a single moment in the past three years. He had spent all his time fighting, killing, and refining, trying his best to break through his limits and reach the peak.
Once upon a time. In countless exhausted and painful nights, he had laid on the grass and looked up at the starry sky. He had asked himself what the meaning of Cultivation was and why he was torturing himself so crazily.
Before he became a Cultivator, the answer was simple.
For money. For fame. To be worshipped by thousands of people. To fulfill his father's last wish and to become the best refiner.
However, he really did become a cultivator and even made a small name for himself. He had a wealth that ordinary people might not be able to accumulate in their entire lives. He became perplexed again.
Perhaps, the ultimate meaning of cultivation had to be found in the depths of the boundless sea of stars.
However, at least at this moment, as a powerful cultivator, his fist could easily explode a demon beast's head.
That was enough.
In the depths of Li Yao's brain, the enlightenment turned into a transparent crystal. Then, in an instant, it exploded between his internal organs. It had become an unfathomable black hole, releasing an incomparably strong desire.
The peak of the Refinement Stage was still too weak!
Become stronger, become stronger, he longed to become stronger and release an even more dazzling light!
His body was getting hotter and hotter. The spiritual energy hidden in the depths of his limbs and bones were all swallowed by the black holes between his internal organs, and slowly compressed into a completely different form of energy.
This was the sign of Foundation Establishment.
The Foundation Establishment was the path to the heavens leading to the sea of stars.
Only by stepping into the Foundation Establishment stage could one truly open that mysterious and unfathomable Gate of Stars!
Li Yao had a vague premonition.
He was definitely going to be in this battle. A perfect Foundation Establishment!
"Come on!"
Li Yao mumbled to himself, "In the Battle of Seven Cities, I will test the fruits of my hard work over the past half year with the flesh of demon beasts and step into the Building Foundation Establishment Stage!
"Only after stepping into the Building Foundation Establishment Stage can I enter the Occult Orbs, explore the secret treasures and secret arts, speed up my training, and soar into the sea of stars!
"Even if I die of cultivation, I will leave the name 'Vulture Li Yao' in the sky of the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector!"
At this moment, the crystal airship of the Grand Desolate War Institution was less than fifteen kilometers away from Red Lotus City.
Three other crystal airships were drawing close. They were Cultivators from three combat sects on the Grand Desolate Plateau.
Dozens of crystal airships were following behind them. Hundreds of crystal airships were still coming.
As if they were responding to the tributes of the civilians and soldiers on the ground, the four crystal airships shivered slightly. Their spiritual shields emitted glamorous brilliance. The emblems on the shells of the crystal airships that represented the organization they belonged to gradually disappeared.
The Fist of Fury badge of the Grand Desolate War Institution was gone.
The blue flame badge of the Azure Sun Sect was gone.
The crystal heart badge of the Spirit Heart Society was gone.
The three-headed dragon badge of the Mystic Dragon Mountain was gone.
Half a second later, in the place where the four badges had disappeared, a crimson red rippled out like blood and congregated into a new pattern.
The Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars Flag!
In the sky and on the ground, countless Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars Flags were flapping.
At this moment, there was no such thing as the Grand Desolate War Institution, the Azure Sun Sect, the Spirit Heart Society, or the Mystic Dragon Mountain.
All the Cultivators had only one identity.
Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector!
"Five minutes to go. We will enter the battlefield!"
Inside the cabin, Xiong Baili, president of the Grand Desolate War Institution, roared like the clashing of swords and sabers.
He had been heavily wounded in his early years of fighting and had been converted from a battle-type Cultivator to an admin-type Cultivator. There was no need for him to go to the frontline.
But he had come anyway.
It was less than twenty kilometers away from Red Lotus City.
From here, the panoramic view of the city could be seen clearly.
The entire Red Lotus City was enshrouded in a thick black fog. Mushroom clouds were expanding crazily. They were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye like a deformed monster.
Half of the black fog was caused by the explosion, and the other half was intentionally released by the demon race.
It could disrupt and block the Spiritual Nexus of human beings and block the detection of the Mystic Rays, so that the long-range magical equipment of human beings could not lock onto the target.
Inside the black fog, ivory pillars of light soared into the sky and pierced into the dark clouds.
It was as if a magnificent and majestic palace had been built between the heavens and the earth.
Xiong Baili roared.
"The pillars of light are the teleportation arrays that the demon race built with the immense spiritual energy contained in the mother lodes below the ground.
"The space barrier between the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector is already fragile and riddled with holes. After being bombarded by the pillars of light for a while, it will be very easy for the barrier to be torn apart and form wormholes, which will allow more demons to flood into the Tian Yuan Realm.
"The situation right now is like a beach landing in ancient times.
"The purpose of the demon race is. They want to occupy seven cities and establish a 'beachhead' in the seven cities. In the meantime, they want to activate the wormholes and let in more demon soldiers.
"Needless to say, we need to take back the seven cities and kill every demon in our sight. More importantly, we need to destroy the teleportation arrays of the demon race!
"Behind us are our family, compatriots, and home!
"But ahead of us is the boundless Dark Desolate Domain and the Blood Demon Sector, which are waiting for us to conquer!
"Let's fight. Let these demons, ghosts, ghosts, and monsters see it. The strength of the Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector! "
"Beep!"
Li Yao turned on his mini crystal processor. He logged into the Cultivators' Nexus of the Heaven's Origin Sector and opened the War Quest System.
Some of his files were stored in the system, including the videos of his battles in Devil Flood Dragon Island, Verdant Tarn City, the Thunderbolt Cup, and the Flying Crystal race in the Magical Equipment Exposition.
As for the video of the military bidding meeting, it was not recorded in the system because it was confidential.
However, it was still recorded together with a lot of text information.
In the War Quest System, Li Yao's evaluation was as follows:
"Li Yao, a third-year student of the Grand Desolate War Institution, nicknamed Vulture. A hybrid-type Cultivator. Talented in both fighting and creation. One of the youngest high-level Refinement Stage Cultivators in the Xing Yao Federation and one of the youngest registered refiners in the Xing Yao Federation. "
"Good at the maintenance and modification of magical equipment, as well as the production and use of explosive magical equipment."
"Good at driving and modifying a Crystal Suit."
"Good at guerrilla warfare and ambushes in complicated terrains. Strong individual combat ability. Lacks coordination and commanding ability. Recommended for missions such as' scout ',' infiltration ',' maintenance ', and' sabotage '."
Li Yao hesitated for a moment. Then he gritted his teeth and corrected the system in his mini crystal processor.
A moment later, the system notified him automatically:
"Corrected!"
"Li Yao, a member of the Grand Desolate War Institution. He has reached the peak of the Refinement Stage and is now one of the youngest peak Refinement Stage Cultivators in the Xing Yao Federation! "
His capability would determine the danger level of the recommended missions.
Missions at the peak of the Refinement Stage were definitely more dangerous than those at the high level of the Refinement Stage.
However, Li Yao didn't care about it.
He even craved for it.
The Windcutter Battle Saber in the scabbard made a whining sound. It was already unable to endure the waves of spiritual energy coming from him.
A hundred kilometers away from Red Lotus City, there was a heavily guarded military camp.
More than ten magnificent crystal warships were floating in the sky. The camp was surrounded by defense rune arrays and large flying sword bases.
Other than that, the most eye-catching buildings were the strengthened Spiritual Towers that surrounded the military camp.
The Spiritual Towers were the cores of the Spiritual Nexus.
It was the command center of the battle of Red Lotus City.
Inside a giant tent, a circle of advanced crystal processors was placed.
521 admin-type Cultivators were sitting in the middle of the crystal processors. Countless crystal wires extended from the crystal processors to the special crystal helmets on their heads.
The computational ability of the 521 admin-type Cultivators and the 37 super crystal processors had been maximized.
The strengthened Spiritual Towers pierced the waves of the Spiritual Nexus into the black fog like tentacles and spread them to every corner of Red Lotus City to ensure the coverage of the Spiritual Nexus.
The soldiers, Cultivators, and beast puppets fighting in the city were transmitting the real-time battle situation to the command center through the crystal cameras that they carried with them and the Spiritual Nexus.
Based on the pictures captured by thousands of crystal cameras and the reports of countless soldiers and Cultivators in the communication channel, the command center quickly sorted out and analyzed the battle situation. Strategic objectives were worked out, and the strategic objectives were divided into tactical objectives.
At the same time, the most suitable soldiers or Cultivators for the missions were selected and sent to them.
This was how the War Mission System worked.
Li Yao soon received the three recommended missions from the system.
They were the missions that were most suitable for him according to the analysis of the battle situation by the five hundred admin-type Cultivators in the command center.
In the western district of Red Lotus City, in a ruin, there was an artillery base of the Union Army. A Taiyi Lightning Railgun had been set up there, but it had been seriously damaged in the fierce battle.
Li Yao's mission was to break into the western district, repair the Taiyi Lightning Railgun, and destroy a teleportation array of the demon clan one block away! (Not yet)
To be continued
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