In the No.3 Temporary Dock … Books to Read
The place was connected to a backup spaceport, which had been prepared for the Edge Sharpeners' Meeting, but it had been temporarily requisitioned and turned into a military port.
The spaceport was a mess because of the unexpected event. It was impossible to find so many crystal warships in such a short time. Therefore, even the barges and civilian carriers between the space rings of Heavenly Saints City had been summoned.
The shuttles of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City were transporting the battle-ready magical equipment stored in the sects to the spaceport.
Fully-armed Cultivators in Crystal Suits were also coming. Most of the Cultivators had chosen to go to the tenth space ring, their eyes bloodshot. In the end, the crystal processors had to draw lots to decide who would stay and protect the central area.
On the enormous light beam floating in the sky, information streams surged out like surging tides and connected to the tactical crystal processors of all the Cultivators. The Cultivators were guided to different areas, where they were equipped with the magical equipment specifically designed to deal with the extraterrestrial devils. Then, they boarded the starships separately and went to the battlefield.
The situation was not chaotic. The Cultivators soon got over the blow of the failure of the 'Mist Clearing Operation' and joined the new battle.
In the somewhat depressing atmosphere, everybody was gritting their teeth. Nobody was shouting or yelling. The only thing that could be heard in the spacious No.3 Dock was the collision of the Crystal Suits.
"Master Sand, the command center has grouped you and me into a team. When we reach the tenth space ring, you must follow me closely and do not act on your own."
Ye Hongfei glanced at the 'Gold Wolf Battlesuit' on Li Yao and hesitated. "Extraterrestrial devils are different from demon beasts. It is not easy to deal with the ordinary people who are possessed by extraterrestrial devils. Most of the devilized people can be recovered. Therefore … you must follow me. Do you understand?"
Li Yao gave no comment. He frowned and said, "Master Ye, the assassins of the Temple of Immortals are probably lurking in the tenth space ring and pretending to be ordinary people who have been possessed. Right now, the tenth space ring is filled with demonic flames. The spiritual energy is chaotic. Even if the assassins leak some of their spiritual energy, it will be hard for them to sense it.
"They were waiting for an opportunity to assassinate you when you were saving the ordinary people. I'm afraid that this is the real purpose of the Temple of Immortals. We … "
Ye Hongfei smiled bitterly. "At this point, who wouldn't have guessed? So what? We can't just sit by and watch the tenth star ring fall, right? "
"Ordinary people are possessed by Heavenly Demons. Within a day and a night, there is still a chance of saving him. "
"If we don't act now, the ordinary people in the tenth star ring will either be killed by the demons or enslaved by their killing intent forever!"
"Knowing that the Temple of Immortals has set up an ambush in the tenth space ring, I have no choice but to try my luck!"
The two of them were talking. Suddenly, an ear-piercing sound of metal scraping could be heard from not far away.
Li Yao looked up and saw an army of over a hundred metal skeletons. They puffed out their chests and marched forward in large strides.
These metal skeletons were all made of the best alloys and covered in layers of armor. On the surface of the armor, colorful streaks of light were vaguely flashing in the glamorous spirit tattoos. They were covering the units below that were as delicate as the components of a clock.
All the metal skeletons were equipped with sharp sabers, swords, and powerful guns. Crimson ghostly fire was beaming out of their dark eye sockets.
Ghastly and murderous!
Li Yao was shocked. He asked subconsciously, "Spectral Cultivators?"
"Exactly!"
Ye Hongfei said proudly. "This is the 'Ghost Legion' in Heavenly Saints City. The battle-type Cultivators of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City will join the 'Ghost Legion' if they can turn into spectral Cultivators after they die and continue to contribute to the cause!
"In the Flying Star Sector, we are plagued by Heavenly Demons. Extraterrestrial Devils are energy entities, and so are spectral Cultivators. Therefore, spectral Cultivators are the best soldiers to deal with the extraterrestrial Devils.
"Such troops of spectral Cultivators can be found in every major town of the Flying Star Sector. When the extraterrestrial Devils invade, they will lead the charge!"
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. "Can spectral Cultivators fight, too? I remember that spectral Cultivators are very vulnerable and unstable, aren't they?"
The fleshly body was the best carrier for the soul. Without the fleshly body, the soul would be extremely feeble.
Even if they hid inside an artificial body, they would be easily disturbed by light, heat, radiation, and spiritual waves.
It was often the case that a cosmic storm or a sunspot explosion would be enough to obliterate the soul of a spectral Cultivator.
Therefore, the spectral Cultivators that Li Yao knew all lived in seclusion in the anti-radiation buildings. They did not like to go out. What they were doing was purely thinking work that was far away from the interference of spiritual energy, too.
Even Professor Mo Xuan and the other four 'star spirits' could hardly get rid of such a pattern.
Most of the time, they lived inside the mainframe crystal processor of Sparkle.
Even though they had been battle-type Cultivators when they were alive, after they turned into spectral Cultivators, they would often change their professions to some research work, such as creating new Cultivation arts or practicing new martial arts. Few of them would fight bare-handed with their weapons.
In other words, the spectral Cultivators might be very strong, but they were too 'fragile' to withstand the fierce collisions on the battlefield.
Flames of admiration were flowing out of Ye Hongfei's eyes. He raised his voice and said, "That's right. The combat style of the spectral Cultivators is similar to mutual destruction. It is often the case that countless spectral Cultivators will be obliterated when the extraterrestrial devils arrive. But when the extraterrestrial devils arrive next time, they will still charge forward without hesitation. Perhaps —"
Before Ye Hongfei finished his sentence, his eyes suddenly widened and looked behind Li Yao.
As it turned out, the 'Spiritual Ghost Legion' happened to pass by them. One of the spectral Cultivators had heard their conversation and was walking toward them.
"We are Cultivators."
Flames were blossoming inside the spectral Cultivator's eyes like red lotuses. He clenched his coldly shining metal hands into fists and punched his chest softly.
A weird emblem was painted on his chest. It was a rusted, lackluster flying sword and a ragged saber with countless cracks crossing a skull that was full of cracks.
"Even if we are dead, we are still Cultivators!"
Perhaps it was just Li Yao's imagination, but when the spectral Cultivator said that, his eyes were suddenly dazzled. He felt that what was standing in front of him was not a cold metal skeleton but a young warrior more than two meters tall with bulging muscles and a handsome face.
Blinking his eyes, when he looked again, the spectral Cultivator had already turned around and left in silence. He hurried forward and rejoined the main troop.
In the front of the spectral Cultivators' troop was an iron giant more than four meters tall, who was carrying a black flag on his shoulder.
The emblem of a rusted flying sword, a broken saber, and a broken skull was painted on the flag, as well as the word 'Spiritual Ghost'. The flag was fluttering in the wind.
The spectral Cultivators did not have real bodies. Their artificial bodies were in bizarre shapes, too. There were quite a few enormous artificial bodies almost four meters tall in the troop. Some of them had three heads and six arms, too.
However, no matter how weird their artificial bodies were, the burning fighting will around them was no different from that of the living Cultivators.
Li Yao took a deep breath and clenched his fists beyond his control.
"The arrival of extraterrestrial devils?"
"Very good. Then, let me and my fellow Cultivators, both alive and dead, go to war together!"
In the next hour, countless barges, carriers, and crystal warships, carrying the infuriated and anxious Cultivators, lunged at the tenth space ring from the central area of Heavenly Saints City!
On one of the carriers, Cai Qi, a sword Cultivator from Yuanying, was explaining the situation on the battlefield to the Cultivators who were temporarily under his command.
In fact, most of the Cultivators had abundant experience in dealing with extraterrestrial devils. Most of their words were meant for Li Yao, who was' born on Iron Plateau 'and had never seen the horror of the extraterrestrial devils.
"Remember, there are three kinds of enemies that we are going to deal with!
"Firstly, the extraterrestrial devils!
"The extraterrestrial devils are pure energy entities. They are invisible and hard to capture. They are best at attacking the soul. They have the ability to absorb objects remotely, too!
"However, we have a piece of secret magical equipment named 'Devil Revealing Powder'. Once it is sprayed evenly, the extraterrestrial devils will be separated from the air!
"Once you find the extraterrestrial devils, use more weapons of spiritual energy instead of real magical equipment such as bullets.
"If you are using melee weapons, your saber auras and your sword auras can deal fatal damage to the extraterrestrial devils. But blades and swords won't work so well!
"Secondly, the ordinary people who have been possessed by the extraterrestrial devils, or devilized people.
"The arrival of the extraterrestrial devils has just been triggered. Even if the devilized people are possessed, they are not deeply possessed yet. Our most important mission is to wake the ordinary people up and bring them back to the safe area!
"Just now, you've all received a lot of 'Heart Cleansing Spells', 'Soul Soothing Spells', and 'Exorcism Rune Water'. Such magical equipment and runes all boast excellent exorcism effects. As long as they are not possessed by the devil king, they will be able to drive away most of the devils.
"However, remember, if the devilized people have blue air or even black air above their heads, it means that they are deeply possessed and hopeless. Do not be soft-hearted by then!
"Thirdly, the assassins of the Temple of Immortals!
"The riot in the tenth space ring is obviously not the purpose of the Temple of Immortals. Their real purpose is to lure us to the tenth space ring for an assassination. Therefore, not only are the top assassins such as the 'Eight Blades of Black Spider' likely to be lurking in the tenth space ring, 'Hellsword', who has just escaped, is also likely to run to the tenth space ring and wait for an opportunity to attack us!
"Chances are that there will be a second or third Immortal Cultivator, the Yuanying among them!
"We have no choice but to take a risk when we know that there are tigers in the mountain. Remember, I am the center of attention. Do not act on your own. Report to me as soon as you find traces of the Immortal Cultivators!
"Your responsibilities, the area where we will be active, the comparison of the enemy's strength, and the distribution of the devilized people … All the information has been sent to your tactical crystal processor. Seize the last few minutes to absorb the information!
"We are about to reach the tenth space ring. Any questions?"
Cai Qi looked at Li Yao.
Li Yao shook his head slowly.
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