During the three months on Iron Plateau, Li Yao had been living in the open like a barbarian. After he arrived at the Furious Bears Tribe, he had been training in the craziest way. Therefore, his appearance had changed a lot.
To prevent himself from being recognized, he had been adjusting his facial muscles bit by bit with his spiritual gas every day. After two months, he looked like a completely different person.
But right now, he had relaxed the muscles that had been twisted by force and resumed his original appearance.
Also, the cunning brilliance in his eyes made Lei Dalu's eyes widen after a moment of confusion, as if he had seen a ghost. "You — you —"
Li Yao lowered his voice and said, "Captain once gave me an Eight-Armed Crystal Suit. When I left the Great Horn Exo Society, it was you who saw me off, too. At that time, we chatted while Gold Horn was being maintained in the dock. I remember the content of our conversation clearly. Do you want me to repeat it so that you can confirm my identity?"
Lei Dalu took a long breath and smiled. "That's unnecessary. It's not that I don't trust you. I'm just — I'm just surprised. Why are you here and … dressed like this?"
Li Yao replied, "You know what kind of place this is, too. If I were to dress like a Cultivator, wouldn't I be tired of living? But you, on the other hand, landed on Iron Plateau with a bunch of fully-armed Cultivators and had conflicts with the natives of Iron Plateau. You were asking to be killed! "
Lei Dalu frowned and said, "A batch of important hostages were hiding on Iron Plateau. We were here to rescue them. But it seems that you saved them first!"
Li Yao waved his hands and said, "Time is of the essence. The main troops of Iron Plateau will surround us very soon. They are the real elites of Iron Plateau above the 50th level of the Refinement Stage. Ordinary Building Foundation Stage Cultivators in the low level of the Building Foundation Stage are more than child's play for them! Let's talk about the details later. I only want to know two things.
"Firstly, why were you here to rescue the hostages?
"Secondly, are the main troops of the Cultivators on their way to Iron Plateau?"
Lei Dalu nodded and said, "The hostages are all students of Flying Star University and Heavenly Saints Institute. Their parents are the core members of the major sects and noble families. One of them is even the granddaughter of the leader of the Burning Sun Alliance! The news that they had been kidnapped shocked the entire Flying Star Sector. If we can't rescue the hostages, the consequences will be immeasurable! "
"Therefore, the six great sects and the aristocratic families all sent their elite forces to rescue them. If the rescue failed, they would not be able to escape. Then … take revenge! "
"As for us, we were contacted by them as the first rescue force because we arrived in the Iron Plateau Space Zone earlier than them!
Li Yao found it strange. "What are you doing in the Iron Plateau Space Zone? Also, wasn't the Great Horn Exo Society crushed a few months ago? It was rebuilt so quickly? I don't seem to recognize any of these members. Although they don't seem to have any combat experience, their strength isn't weak! "
Lei Dalu coughed dryly, scratched the back of his head, and said, "They are all little fellows from the Tiger Killer Camp. They are the orphans we adopted in the past. I've heard that the Great Horn Exo Society has been crushed. Everybody is gathering and rebuilding the Great Horn Exo Society!
"As for why we came to the Iron Plateau Space Zone earlier … We were here for you.
Li Yao stared blankly for a moment. He instantly understood the cause and effect of the situation. His eyes suddenly became somewhat hot.
No wonder the Great Horn Exo Society was the first to arrive on Iron Plateau.
As it turned out, their original purpose was not to rescue the hostages but to … rescue him!
Taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Li Yao said quickly, "Alright. Let's talk later. I don't want to expose my identity right now. Please give the order, captain! The situation right now is on the verge of breaking out. If we are careless, the fire of war will be ignited! There is only one way to save our lives and resolve the conflict! "
Lei Dalu asked anxiously, "What is it?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and said, "Dig a hole!"
…
At the same time, in the deep space outside of the Iron Plateau Space Zone …
More than ten colorful exhaust flames were interweaving with each other. They seemed to be extending from the end of the universe.
In the front of the exhaust flames were more than ten magnificent, intimidating warships!
Six different battle emblems had been painted on the heads of the warships. Some of them looked like laughing suns and moons, some of them were furious bears, some of them were serpents with wings, and one of them was two crossed axes.
Furious Bears Union! Burning Sun Alliance! Feathered Snakes Brotherhood! Heavenly Wolves Fortress! Silver Moon Clan! Giant Axe Hall!
The main warships of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City, the six strongest sects of the Flying Star Sector, rushed forward and pierced into the Iron Plateau Space Zone!
Since the granddaughter of the leader of the Burning Sun Alliance had been kidnapped, the Burning Sun Alliance had sent 'Blazing Sun', the warship of the highest level in the sect, as the flagship of the coalition fleet.
Blazing Sun was the sister warship of 'Blazing Sun', the flagship of the Burning Sun Alliance. It was not hard to imagine how powerful it was!
At this moment, on the bridge of Blazing Sun, more than ten core members of the six sects and the major families were having a meeting.
"There's no news from the Great Horn Exo Society yet …"
A middle-aged man in a captain's uniform, whose eyes were sunken and whose hair was mixed with red streaks, mumbled.
He was Wan Liyun, the captain of Blazing Sun. He was also the son of the leader of the Burning Sun Alliance, one of the hostages, and the father of Wan Hongying!
"The environment on Iron Plateau is very complicated. There are strong interferences in the atmosphere and the planetary ring. It is very difficult for telepathic thoughts to be sent out from the planet. Chances are that the Great Horn Exo Society has successfully rescued the hostages and is on their way out of Iron Plateau.
Who knows? "another Cultivator from the Furious Bears Union comforted him. But he was worried himself, too.
His nephew was imprisoned, too, and there was no telling whether he was dead or alive.
Wan Liyun clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth. "Based on the intelligence we've collected so far, Iron Plateau is very likely to be an important base of the Temple of Immortals. Maybe the Iron Plateau natives have been in cahoots with the Immortal Cultivators since a long time ago!
"If it is true, I'm going to burn the entire Iron Plateau into an ocean of fire!"
…
In the Dark Continent of Iron Plateau, not far away from the valley where the Oasis Tribe was located …
The ground bulged slightly, and a small drill bit poked out. It was like a sneaky groundhog, looking around furtively.
The probe below the drill carried crystal cameras and a lot of probe magical equipment, which were collecting the feeble spiritual waves nearby.
Fifty meters below the ground along the drill, Sparkle was crouching in the ground silently.
"Let me see. Let me see!"
"Strange. I sensed that a large batch of Cultivators were fighting the locals here just now. Why did I lose track of them all of a sudden?"
"They must be hiding somewhere nearby. Expand the search range. Don't let go of the tiniest spiritual waves."
Mo Xuan and the other spectral Cultivators had snuck into Iron Plateau three days ago.
Sparkle was a multipurpose exploration starship in the first place. Its original purpose was to explore the major planets. The atmosphere was the most suitable stage for it.
As an exploration starship, it was small in size and equipped with a lot of magical equipment that could allow it to sneak through and pass through dangerous areas. After four days of traveling in the planetary ring cautiously, it had passed through without any damage.
Its last mission was to explore Boneyard, which required it to dive thousands of meters below the ground. Therefore, the cannons of the starship had been modified into a drill of mystic rays. A lot of magical equipment that was suitable for digging underground had also been added to the warship.
Over the past two months, Mo Xuan and the other spectral Cultivators had collected a lot of files on the Spiritual Nexus and learned that Iron Plateau was a forbidden area for Cultivators. Therefore, they did not dare to fly in the sky openly. Instead, they simply dug into the ground with the drill of mystic rays and moved forward stealthily.
One day ago, they had detected the existence of the Great Horn Exo Society and discovered that they were attacking the Oasis Tribe. Out of curiosity, they had followed the Great Horn Exo Society all the way.
However, they seemed to have lost track of the Great Horn Exo Society.
"Master, feeble spiritual waves are coming from the southwest. But the distance is too far away for us to tell whether or not they are man-made. We cannot estimate the distance precisely, either."
"Forget it. Let's go and take a look!"
"Oh no! Teacher, there are several huge Subterranean Sandworms coming at us. We seem to have entered their nest!"
"What? Prepare for battle! "
…
DONG! DONG! DONG!
DONG! DONG! DONG! The drums of the Giant Axe Tribe echoed deafening tunes that echoed in the sky.
Hundreds of tanks and thousands of the most elite warriors of the six tribes of Iron Plateau were marching toward the valley where Li Yao and the rest of them were hiding, their blood boiling because of the drumming.
"War! War! War with the space residents! "
"The space residents are asking for their own destruction if they are bold enough to invade our homeland!"
Inside the cabin of a heavy tank, Yan Xibei, the chiefs of the Giant Axe Tribe, the Feathered Snakes Tribe, the Silver Moon Tribe, and the Heaven Wolves Tribe, an elder of the Furious Bears Tribe, as well as Xiong Zhenzhen and Shi Meng, were all listening to Yan Chifeng solemnly.
Shi Meng's eyes were about to explode, and blood was about to spurt out of his pupils. He bashed the table hard and roared, "Yan Chifeng, say that again!"
"Brother Shi Meng, I'm not lying to you. Sand Scorpion is really a space resident. He is a spy that the space residents sent to us!"
Yan Chifeng's face was as dull as before, but there was a lot of restrained grief and fury in his eyes. He said solemnly, "Earlier, I chased after the tank of the Burning Sun Tribe with more than ten brothers, only to discover that it was Sand Scorpion who was driving the tank. He opened fire mercilessly the moment he saw us. Had it not been for the excellent driving skills of the knights of the Burning Sun Tribe, many of us would've been killed on the spot! You are free to ask him about that. Everybody who chased after him saw it with their own eyes!
"But I was lucky enough to sneak under the tank of the Burning Sun Tribe when he was firing at full strength and focusing his attention on other people. I was not discovered by him!
"I lurked under the tank for a long time. He seemed to think that he had gotten rid of all the pursuers. He chuckled and started talking to the passengers in the tank again.
"It was not until then that I learned that the passengers in the tank were spies sent to Iron Plateau by the space residents. They were here to explore the terrain of Iron Plateau and prepare for their next operation!
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