The standard time of the Flying Star Sector was 7: 58: 36 in the evening.
In the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting in the core area of the first space ring of Heavenly Saints City …
The artificial sky gradually revealed a deep starry sky. The curtain of night was low, and the lanterns were just lit. Ignorant tourists still flowed in an endless stream. The lights were red, the lights were red, and the lights were green, and the sounds of laughter were everywhere.
Many magical equipment conferences and magical equipment experiences were held as scheduled.
In every refining workshop, countless refiners were still practicing and communicating with each other without any distractions.
Everything seemed to be no different from the day before.
However, an impenetrable dragnet was being cast toward the twenty-seven coordinates in the core area without a sound.
Hospitals, shopping malls, transportation hubs, luxury hotels, run-down hostels, air cleaning stations, space ports that had been temporarily established for the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting …
It seemed to be peaceful, but danger was lurking everywhere. The tranquility of the last moment before a landslide was so long that it was suffocating.
The Mist Clearing Operation was about to be triggered.
At the outermost edge of the core area, at the No.55 ventilation tube, Li Yao was crouching behind the complicated tubes, hiding himself in the darkness like a viper that had snuck into a swamp.
His muscles were shivering, and the armor on his body was uttering noises.
All the members of the Mist Clearing Operation had been divided into three groups.
The first group was the strike group, which was responsible for launching thunderous attacks on the Immortal Cultivators such as the Black King and the Eight Blades of Black Spider who had locked onto them.
Most of the members of the strike group were the super experts of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City, including several battle-type Yuanying experts. They had all run hundreds of drills in the virtual Heavenly Saints City built by the Grand Illusionary Land in advance and come up with countermeasures for every possible situation.
The second group was the encirclement group. It was also made of the core disciples of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City. They were well-trained and fearless of death.
Their mission. It was to surround and block the enemy after the thunderous attacks were launched. All the Immortal Cultivators would be locked down.
Cultivators who had reached the Nascent Soul stage were all peerless powerhouses who could command the heavens and earth. They might not necessarily be suppressed by numbers alone.
Perhaps this' Black King 'of the Temple of Immortals might not be as strong as Yuanying of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City, but he must be adept at stealth and assassination.
If this kind of Yuanying wanted to escape, even three to five Yuanying may not be able to stop him!
If he had no way out, he would do something desperate. If he gave up his escape and decided to drag a few people down with him, even ten Yuanying wouldn't be able to stop him from causing a tragedy in the central area of Heavenly Saints City!
Therefore, although the combat ability of the Cultivators was more than ten times that of the Immortal Cultivators, none of them dared to be careless.
The Cultivators of the encirclement group had made up their minds a long time ago. If the Yuanying of the Immortal Cultivators did show up, they would definitely be killed. Even if he had to pay with his life, he had to hold him back!
The third was the leak plugging group.
Including Li Yao. The Cultivators that had been summoned temporarily mostly belonged to this group. They were mainly responsible for guarding the entrances and exits of the first space ring where the enemy was likely to escape. They would form the third defense line.
Heaven Saint City was simply too big. Not to mention the outer ten star rings, just the core city of the first star ring was already a super metropolis of a large scale.
During the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting, the number of people had skyrocketed. In order to cope with the tourists and the participants, countless assets had to be delivered from the other nine space rings to the central district every day. Therefore, a lot of spaceports and docks had been established. Countless barges were shuttling between the first space ring and the other space rings. The terrain was very complicated!
Therefore, the leak plugging group was required to monitor the nodes where the enemy was likely to escape.
The entire 'Mist Clearing Operation' had been simulated countless times in the Grand Illusionary Land before the most perfect plan was deduced with all the factors taken into consideration.
Right now, the guy who was lurking near the No.55 ventilation tube with Li Yao was Ye Hongfei, the young associate professor of the Battlesuit Department and the expert in crystal suits in the Core Formation Stage whom Li Yao was most familiar with and whom he had sparred with the most in Flying Star University.
In the meantime, Ye Hongfei was also Li Yao's teacher in the Crystal Suit.
Two months ago, Li Yao had gone to the management of Flying Star University and said that he had realized the formidability of the super magical equipment platform known as the 'Crystal Suit' after he had been in Heavenly Saints City for a long time. He hoped to learn how to use the Crystal Suit.
As it happened, Ye Hongfei had practiced with Li Yao a few times before. The two of them got along quite well. Therefore, he gladly accepted the request and taught him the basics of the Crystal Suit in his spare time.
"Master Sand, are you nervous?"
Ye Hongfei stared at the dozens of pictures on the light beam, which were all shot by the members of the strike team and the siege team through the crystal cameras, so that the leak plugging team at the periphery could monitor the progress of the Mist Clearing Operation in real time together with them.
"Nervous?"
Bloody brilliance spread out from Li Yao's left eye and formed a weird bloody ring outside of his pupil, which disappeared in a flash. He curled his lips and licked them. "I'm not nervous. I'm just too hungry. So hungry that I'm shivering."
Ye Hongfei said, "Hungry? I have a few concentrated spiritual energy bars here. Do you want some? "
Li Yao shook his head. "Thank you, but no thanks. I'm not hungry. Spiritual energy bars can't fill my stomach."
Ye Hongfei was dazed for a moment. He smiled. "Got it. You are not nervous. You are excited! When I went to the Heavenly Sword Arena for the first time and participated in the Unlimited Crystal Suit Arena where I signed a life-and-death contract, I was exactly the same!
"You don't understand, Master Ye. This is different from the arena matches that you participated in."
Li Yao rubbed his left temple slowly. There was a weird expression on his face, which seemed to be both expectant and enjoyable. He narrowed his eyes and mumbled, "Master Ye, you are born in a noble family of Cultivators. You have been the center of attention since you were a child. You grew up smoothly and entered the Battlesuit Department of Flying Star University. You stayed in the school after graduation and advanced into the Core Formation Stage without any trouble!
"The most gory battle that you've ever been through was nothing more than the 'Unrestricted Crystal Suit Matches' held in the arena!"
"Therefore, you don't understand what I'm looking forward to at all!
"The Unlimited Crystal Suits that you participated in, where you signed a life-and-death contract but were held in fixed arenas under the watchful eyes of countless spectators, are just children's games in my eyes.
"Let me tell you what a real 'Unlimited Crystal Suit' is!
"With the sky and the earth as the arena, the stars in the universe as my audience, and the sun and the moon as the referee, I will exhaust my soul, exploit my every cell, and burn the last bit of my life. Even death is not the end!
"This is the real Unlimited Crystal Suit. This is the game that I've been dreaming about!
"Right now, the game is about to begin. Tell me. How can I not be excited and hungry?"
Ye Hongfei was dumbfounded.
The Core Formation Stage Cultivator was deeply awed by the powerful, sharp, and mysterious aura that suddenly exploded from Li Yao's body!
For a moment, he even had the urge to shudder in fear.
His face pale, Ye Hongfei stammered, "Master — Master Sand, what's wrong with you? You don't seem to be yourself!"
Li Yao was dazed by the words that he blurted out, too. He was puzzled for a long time. Taking a deep breath, he rubbed his left eye and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Master Ye. I must've been too excited and rash.
"Speaking of which, the location that was arranged for us in the Mist Clearing Operation is too lousy. The entrance of the No. 55 ventilation tube is the safest place where the Immortal Cultivators are least likely to break out. Are we not being looked down upon by the Immortal Cultivators here?"
There was something else that Li Yao did not say.
Since this place was the 'safest' place where the Immortal Cultivators were least likely to break out, naturally, there were no super experts around him.
It meant that, 'if' an unparalleled expert among the Immortal Cultivators, such as the 'Black King', really broke out from the No. 55 ventilation tube 'accidentally', there would be no teammates around him who would be of great help!
"It can't be helped. The Mist Clearing Operation is a real big event. Not just you, even I have never seen so many experts gathered in one place in all my years of living in the world of Cultivators!
"This is a real battle of Yuanying!"
Seeing that Li Yao was back to normal, Ye Hongfei was greatly relieved. He smiled bitterly and said, "Although I'm in the Core Formation Stage, you were quite right that I don't have enough experience in real battles and cannot be compared to the super experts who have been through hundreds of battles. It's only natural that we were arranged in the most remote place!"
Li Yao sniffed. "My combat ability is on par with that of the Core Formation Stage Cultivators. My experience in real battles is abundant, too. Why did you arrange for me to be here, too?"
He had turned on the communication channel and said it on purpose so that everybody in the channel could hear him.
Ye Hongfei glanced at Li Yao's face and found that he was completely normal. He scratched his nose and said, "Master Sand, to be honest, it's true that your secret arts are indeed powerful and can wield more than ten times the combat ability of a Cultivator at the peak of the Building Foundation Stage. Common Core Formation Stage Cultivators are no match for you at all. You can even survive a few attacks from a Yuanying.
"But that's only if nobody is wearing the Crystal Suit!
"The Crystal Suit is the greatest invention in the modern world of Cultivators. It is a super platform for magical equipment and the king of all magical equipment! The combat ability of a Cultivator is completely different whether he is wearing the Crystal Suit or not!
"Although I'm no match for you when I'm not wearing a crystal suit, you've seen what I look like when I'm wearing a crystal suit. You don't need me to remind you of the results of our previous competitions, do you?"
"As for the True Qi armor on Iron Plateau …
"Don't be mad at me. The difference between a True Qi armor and a Crystal Suit is like the difference between a buffalo and a rhinoceros. They look similar, but the enhancement of their combat ability is vastly different!"
Li Yao glared at him. "Hehe!"
Ye Hongfei opened his hands and said, "I wouldn't have said that in front of you. But now, I know that you are an experienced refiner who has participated in the production of the Unparalleled Extension and the Crystal Suit. You must've experienced the formidability of the Crystal Suit firsthand, right?
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have gone to the school in such a hurry to learn how to use the Crystal Suit, would you?
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