Since the 'Infuriation Plan' had been activated five years ago, Professor Mo Xuan and the other spectral Cultivators had collected critical data during the first thorough examination of the star brain. After much research and analysis, they had figured out a way to hack into the crystal processor and paralyze the star brain instantly!
Li Yao and Sparkle had a short-distance point-to-point communication method similar to 'Great Goose VII', too. Also, it was heavily encrypted and defended, making it very difficult to be jammed or eavesdropped.
However, such a method of communication would trigger intense spiritual waves, which could easily be discovered.
Therefore, Li Yao had not used such a method in the past day.
Right now, Heavenly Saints City was in chaos. Countless telepathic thoughts were wandering in space. Naturally, he did not need to worry that somebody would notice anything wrong.
"Professor, what's the situation on your side? You haven't been invaded by the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, have you? When can we hack into Heavenly Phantom and paralyze the star brain? "
Professor Mo Xuan's voice was filled with anxiety. "The fleet of the Glorious Sunlight Group and the Great Horn Exo Society are fighting the Grand Illusionary Soldiers near the fourth space ring. However, the third space ring, which is the base of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, has been completely blocked. It will take some time for us to break into it.
"As for the star brain … We are still cracking the barriers of Heavenly Phantom!"
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. "What? Didn't you say a few days ago that you had cracked the thirteen barriers of Heavenly Phantom and that you could hack into the star brain in five minutes? "
"Yes. That was the case a few days ago."
Professor Mo Xuan said helplessly, "However, the moment the rebellion broke out in Heavenly Saints City, a new, more thorough barrier appeared outside of Heavenly Phantom. It is like a one-way light membrane. It enshrouds the entire crystal warship, and the information and telepathic thoughts inside can be transmitted out without any hindrance. However, the telepathic thoughts and information from the outside world are all reflected! "
Li Yao was dazed. "Reflected?"
"The specific theory. I don't have time to explain it to you. You can imagine that Xiao Xuance has covered Heavenly Phantom with a layer of 'mirrors' that will reflect all the 'rays' that we shot at it! "
Professor Mo Xuan smiled bitterly. "Xiao Xuance truly deserves to be called the best expert of the Flying Star Sector. Only now did I realize that the originally complicated thirteen layers of restrictions were just bait. He had intentionally released them so that others could break them! This mirror-like unidirectional light film is his real defensive measure! "
Li Yao asked anxiously, "Then, how long do you think it will take to break the one-way light membrane?"
"Very difficult."
Professor Mo Xuan said, "This barrier is different from all the defense methods of crystal processors that we've encountered before. I vaguely have a feeling that something is wrong. Its style is entirely different from the barriers of the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Flying Star Sector!
"I've never seen such a weird barrier before. I'm trying my best to calculate and analyze it. However, by my most optimistic estimation, it will take us six to eight hours to figure out the structure of the one-way light membrane and another six to eight hours to adjust our virus to the form where it can penetrate through the 'mirrors' directly! "
"Then, it will take us an entire night!"
Li Yao's face immediately turned greener than a cucumber. He gnashed his teeth. "Absolutely not. The central area will certainly be smashed into smithereens by the Immortal Cultivators overnight! "
"We don't have that much time. The star brain must be disabled in two to three hours! "
Professor Mo Xuan said, "The computational ability of the five 'star spirits' is far superior to most crystal processors. It is far more advanced than most super crystal processors. But even if the five of us join our hands, unless we attack the star brain directly from the inside, it will be impossible for us to finish it in three hours. Such a unidirectional light membrane that we have never seen before is too weird! "
"Attack it from the inside?"
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. Then he put on a determined smile and said, "Professor, please pilot Sparkle to the tenth space ring immediately!
"Right now, you are still maintaining the appearance of a ragged carrier, which will not attract the attention of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers. Their primary targets will definitely be the main-force warships with powerful firepower!
"In the meantime, warm up slowly and prepare to activate the real form of Sparkle, especially the drill of mystic rays that we've modified for seven years!"
Professor Mo Xuan was silent for a moment. Then he raised his voice and said, "Understood!"
Li Yao took a deep breath. He felt that every inch of his skin was burning.
His fists seemed to be holding two clusters of fire, which were burning him.
As the flagship of the Grand Illusionary Group, the control center of all the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, and the commanding ship of the coalition army of the Cultivators in the battle of Spider Den, Heavenly Phantom was the well-deserved best crystal warship of the Flying Star Sector!
Heavenly Phantom was also one of the trump cards that Xiao Xuance was bold enough to flip the table.
Heavenly Phantom alone was enough to suppress half of the central area. Even when dozens of common crystal warships bombarded it, it would not be affected at all!
What would happen when such a behemoth ran into Sparkle, which had been modified by Professor Mo Xuan and other 'star spirits' with the body materials of Skeleton Dragon and countless scraps of ancient magical equipment?
Li Yao was going to discuss more details with Professor Mo Xuan, when noises suddenly echoed in the communication channel, indicating feeble interference.
Li Yao was dazed. "What happened?"
Professor Mo Xuan's voice was somewhat heavy. "The Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers have just broken into 'Cloud Soaring', the main-force warship of the Empyrean Sect. Master Cloud Spirit, the leader of the Empyrean Sect, happened to be on Cloud Soaring. He broke into the engine compartment with his remaining disciples and detonated all the fuel in the warehouse, completely blowing up Cloud Soaring. He died together with the enemy and sacrificed himself for his cause!
Li Yao was silent for a moment. Then he asked softly, "What's the situation inside? Select a batch of important intelligence and send it to me. "
Professor Mo Xuan stopped replying. An enormous stream of information flowed into Li Yao's crystal processor.
Right now, Heavenly Saints City was like a pavilion in the sky that had been swallowed by surging tides. It was quickly disintegrating in the swirls of iron and fire!
Since the first second after Xiao Xuance's secret order was sent out, all the Grand Illusionary Soldiers in Heavenly Saints City had become the sharpest sabers for the Immortal Cultivators.
Most of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers had been loaded into the warehouses of the crystal warships, ready to be shipped to the Spider Den Space Zone.
Therefore, the crystal warships were the first to bear the brunt and suffered the heaviest damage.
Dozens of enormous fleets were launched. Brutal melee battles took place. Dazzling exhaust flames and fireballs burst out of the tranquil starships one after another. It was as if they had been attacked by an invisible enemy force.
Crystal warships were controlled one after another. They launched bombardments at their allies nearby. But the space in the spaceports was too small for them to dodge. Almost every attack hit the target.
Some of the starships were even destroyed by the self-detonation of the Cultivators or the Immortal Cultivators. The blast swept across everything. Every spaceport was like a burning iron graveyard!
It was especially so at the periphery of the central area. The moment the secret order was sent out, Xiao Xuance had commanded Heavenly Phantom to open fire at the crystal warships nearby that had not been infiltrated by the Immortal Cultivators.
Caught unprepared, countless crystal warships completely lost their combat ability under the blossoming red lotuses.
However, crystal warships were behemoths after all. Although they were riddled with holes, it was impossible for the billions of tons of materials inside them to vanish.
A large number of warship wreckages were strewn all over the place, blocking the Heavenly Phantom's path.
Besides, not all the crystal warships were occupied. They were all under the control of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers.
Many assault warships and assault warships were not large in size but had tremendous firepower. To ensure that there was enough space to carry the magical equipment and ammunition, there were no warehouses. Therefore, no Grand Illusionary Soldiers were loaded.
They soon came back to themselves from the riot.
Although they did not know what was going on, they launched counterattacks out of instinct when faced with Heavenly Phantom's attack.
Under the scourge of the fierce bombardment, it was impossible for Heavenly Phantom to perform a space jump and jump to a safer, more inconspicuous place outside of Heavenly Saints City.
All in all, the situation in space was quite good. The Immortal Cultivators were in their favor.
As planned, they seriously disrupted the crystal warships of the Cultivators. The space between the fourth space ring and the third space ring was mostly blocked. The Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers in the third space ring were able to attack freely. The meeting hall of the Meeting of the Next Millennium and the warehouse of magical equipment easily.
However, the attack on the ground did not go so well.
The biggest trouble came from the Glorious Sunlight Group.
Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan had speculated that something was wrong with the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project five years ago. Over the past five years, although Professor Mo Xuan could not stop the Grand Illusionary Soldiers from being equipped, he had been secretly developing magical equipment that could interfere with the Spiritual Nexus.
With the enormous resources of the Glorious Sunlight Group, Professor Mo Xuan had produced a batch of special Spiritual Nexus jamming bombs in secret. They were similar in size to the grenades and could be used in the same way. As long as they were thrown out, they would explode and disrupt the Spiritual Nexus within dozens of square meters for several seconds.
Several seconds were more than enough for a well-trained Cultivator or qi-trainer to do a lot of things!
Therefore, when the Immortal Cultivators attacked the meeting hall of the Meeting of the Next Millennium with a large batch of Grand Illusionary Soldiers, they discovered that the defense of the meeting hall was much stronger than before. Two Exo Societies that they had not expected had popped up.
Then, when they were engaged in a fierce battle with the two Exo Societies, three thousand qi-trainers marched close from the flank. The barbarian warriors from Iron Plateau were not only carrying heavy sabers but also the Spiritual Nexus jamming bombs that they had just deployed.
The situation in the first space ring was exactly the same.
There were three warehouses of large magical equipment and crystals in the place. They were all arsenals prepared for the final battle. In Xiao Xuance's plan, they were also strategic locations that had to be controlled first.
However, when the Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers attacked the arsenals, they ran into the qi-trainers from Iron Plateau, too.
The highest commander of the qi-trainers was Yan Chihuo from the Burning Sun Tribe.
Five years ago, Yan Chihuo's biological brother Yan Chifeng and his uncle Yan Xibei had killed Yan Zhengdong, his father and the chief of the Burning Sun Tribe. A total war between Iron Plateau and the six sects of Heavenly Saints City had almost been raised.
In the incident, Yan Chihuo, who had always been short-tempered, had been the first to suspect Xiong Wuji. A great disaster had almost been caused.
After the truth was revealed, Yan Chihuo had been mired in self-blame. He had even considered killing himself once to clear his name!
After Xiong Wuji learned the matter, he had talked to Yan Chihuo through the night many times. Later, he had even recruited Yan Chihuo as his disciple.
In the five years that followed, under Xiong Wuji's tutelage, not only had the temperament of the hot-tempered young man changed drastically, he had also been training crazily with the mentality of 'atonement'.
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