In a desolate universe belt in the Flickering World.
A secret stargate station was hidden in the north of a desolate planet. It was the stronghold of the Church of Arcana's stowaways. This stargate was equipped with all kinds of cloaking devices to hide its energy reaction and maintain its stealth state, preventing any type of radar from detecting it.
The Arcane Church's technology was not inferior to the dynasty's, but they each had their own strengths. During this period, the dynasty's exploration team had been tracking the stowaways of some Supercluster civilizations, but they had never found the secret stargate of the Arcane Church and the Radiant Federation.
In order to maintain its secrecy, the Arcane Church would not frequently send military forces through the secret stargate. This stargate station was in a silent state most of the time.
However, today, this stargate station was activated. The spinning blue space energy in the stargate ring suddenly accelerated, and battleships passed through the stargate one after another.
These battleships were not the standard vertical disc-shaped spaceships of the Arcane Church but quadrangular pyramid-shaped spaceships. The edges of the spaceships flowed with red light, and the outer armor was pitch black.
These quadrangular shuttle-shaped spaceships were one of the dozens of advanced armed spaceships commonly seen in the galaxy. They were sold on a large scale in the market, so it was impossible to identify them through their model. There were also no emblems on the surface of the spaceships to identify them.
The stargate continuously spat out more than a million battleships. It was a huge fleet.
The Arcane Church officer in the stronghold watched this scene silently. He did not know the origin of this fleet. He only knew that this was a direct order from the upper echelons, telling him not to do anything and just to let this fleet leave.
This mysterious fleet had no intention of communicating. The stronghold officer watched as this fleet turned around and quickly left, turning into a stream of light and disappearing from sight.
"I wonder what secret operation the upper echelons are planning. A million battleships … are they going to war with the dynasty?" the stronghold officer could not help but mutter.
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The stargate station disappeared from the fleet's vision. In the command room of this mysterious fleet, a hooded man raised his head. It was an EsGod doppelganger.
"Humph, Arcane Church." The EsGod doppelganger snorted. EsGod's main consciousness was controlling this doppelganger.
This fleet was one of the Fallen Ark's divisions.
EsGod's organization was located in between the gaps of the Central Galaxy and would not leave easily. In order to quickly cross multiple Star Fields to reach the Flickering World, they could only use stargates. In order to allow EsGod to deceive everyone, the Arcane Church had secretly built a stargate in the desolate universe belt of the Central Galaxy a long time ago, secretly providing stargate services to EsGod's troops … of course, this was only temporary.
This team used the stargate of the Arcane Church and quietly came to the Flickering World. Although both sides were temporarily cooperating, EsGod did not trust the Arcane Church easily.
In order to prevent the Arcane Church from ambushing him, he only sent a doppelganger and a branch fleet to scout the way. The mission of this branch was to build his own secret stargate in the Flickering World and control his escape route.
Stargates were the technology of Star Cluster Civilizations, but the purpose of the black market was to allow people to buy things that could not be bought through normal channels. EsGod had spent a huge amount of money to purchase the stargate equipment from the black market. This was because in the entire universe, there were quite a number of Star Cluster Civilizations, and stargates were not a secret.
EsGod's main body would only personally come to the Flickering World when he had a way out.
"Open the star map."
The subordinate beside him operated the 3D star map, which was the star map of the Flickering World. This was the information that the Arcane Church had sent to them.
Although this was the dynasty's star map, the Arcane Church had a way to get their hands on the star map. However, this star map did not show the dynasty's military layout in the Flickering World. This was a secret, and the Arcane Church would not be able to figure it out so easily.
However, the dynasty's outpost, Planet Lighthouse, was highlighted on the star map. There were about three million battleships stationed on the planet, and there were more than a million patrol battleships around it.
The dynasty had already invested a few hundred million battleships into the Flickering World, but most of them were on the exploration mission. Naturally, they could not all be stationed on Planet Lighthouse. With more than four million battleships as a permanent garrison, Planet Lighthouse was already the dynasty's strongest planet in the Flickering World.
"Four million … looks like we need to send more people over."
The EsGod doppelganger's tone was calm. The Fallen Ark was said to have sixty million battleships, but the actual number might be even higher. There was naturally a reason why the three Universal Civilizations were wary of him. In terms of strength, he was also one of the largest armed organizations in the galaxy.
After pausing for a while, the EsGod doppelganger took out his communicator and contacted the Arcane Church's agent liaison. The upper echelons of the Arcane Church would not personally contact a criminal like him, so the middleman would be a secret agent of the Arcane Church. The advantage was that they could claim that there was no such person in their organization at any time.
"My vanguard troops are already in position. When will you move?"
"In twenty days. We will inform you of the exact time in advance. We need you to cooperate with our troops."
The EsGod doppelganger said with a playful tone, "How do we cooperate?"
"According to the upper echelons, we will not appear together, so we have to split up. You will attack from the front and attract the defending troops of Planet Lighthouse. We will launch a sneak attack."
The EsGod doppelganger nodded. He understood the concerns of the Arcane Church. He also did not think that the Beyond Grade As of the Arcane Church would move together with him. Splitting up was within his expectations, and the strategy of the Arcane Church was also within his expectations.
However, Planet Lighthouse's security perimeter covered the entire sector. His troops would not be able to avoid the dynasty's surveillance, and the Arcane Church would not be able to do so either. A true sneak attack would not exist, and EsGod felt that this was just an exaggeration. It was just a matter of time for him to attract more firepower, and the Arcane Church would then enter the battlefield from another direction.
EsGod was also not worried that the Arcane Church would watch him attract the firepower because the moment his troops triggered the security perimeter of Planet Lighthouse, the dynasty would send the surrounding fleets to reinforce him. As the dynasty's outpost, Planet Lighthouse was the node of the stargate network. The troops exploring outside would be able to rush back quickly, and he felt that the Arcane Church would not miss this opportunity.
However, EsGod did not know that the plan of the Arcane Church this time was very different from what he had expected.
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A round table was placed in the dark room. There were more than a dozen seats, and at this time, only six of them were occupied.
Calling them 'people' was not too accurate. These six figures were all remote projections, and one of them was Sisko.
Each of these seats represented the Beyond Grade A combatants of the Arcane Church.
For this operation, the Arcane Church had sent out six Beyond Grade As at once!
These six people were the majority of the strength that the Arcane Church could send out in the short term. The other Beyond Grade As all had their own responsibilities, so they could not move stealthily without attracting attention.
The Arcane Church still had an additional external aid, EsGod, and their opponents were only Black Star, Milizaus, and Beyoni. The difference in strength was completely overwhelming, and the Arcane Church was planning to deal a thunderous blow to the enemy!
At this time, the six of them were casually chatting.
"Such a big operation, I haven't seen one in a long time."
"Milizaus … This dragon isn't easy to deal with. I've fought him before, but we couldn't kill each other and ended up in a tie. However, this time, he even used the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter. His chances of survival are very slim."
"The Arcane Church is crazy. Are they planning to start a war? Killing three Beyond Grade As from the Red Empire in one go, how can the Red Empire just take this lying down? It might turn into an all-out war. "
"This is what the Radiant Federation wants to see. That's why they agreed to help and even allowed us to borrow their Universal Treasure."
The few Beyond Grade As shook their heads. This time, the Arcane Church was clearly going to make big news.
What they were worried about was not the result of the operation. With such a huge difference in strength, it was basically impossible for them to fail. What they were worried about was the impact of the operation succeeding.
It was foreseeable that killing three Beyond Grade As from the dynasty would result in a direct conflict between the Arcane Church and the Red Empire. As participants, they would be retaliated against by the dynasty.
Although they were allies of the Arcane Church and were not afraid of the Red Empire, some of them had territories in other Star Fields. If they were targeted by the dynasty, they would be in trouble. Thus, some of them were not very willing to participate in this operation.
However, as allies, they had received so many benefits. Even if they were unwilling, they could only helplessly respond to the call of the Arcane Church.
"If Sisko didn't lose the Evolution Cube, this operation wouldn't have happened." Someone snorted and pushed the blame to Sisko.
Sisko glanced at him and confirmed that he was someone he could not beat, so he did not refute.
"Since the Arcane Church has launched such a large-scale operation, even if they get the Evolution Cube back, they won't return it to you," another person said with a deep voice.
"I know." Sisko's expression did not change. "As long as it's not in the hands of others, I can accept it."
"Tsk tsk, if Black Star had returned the Evolution Cube to you back then, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble today. It seems like Black Star is the fastest Super to reach Beyond Grade A in history. He was too greedy. What a pity." Someone shook his head and said with a regretful tone.
"Who told him to take something he shouldn't have? Serves him right," Sisko said coldly.
He knew that after the Arcane Church succeeded, the Evolution Cube would not return to him. However, because the Evolution Cube was isolated by Han Xiao, his Soul Connection with the Evolution Cube was broken. Thus, he lost the enhancement of his psychic energy, so his request was lowered.
Even if the Arcane Church took back the Evolution Cube, as long as his Soul Connection was maintained, Sisko could accept it. And Han Xiao was the cause of all this, causing him to lose the Evolution Cube. Sisko was filled with anger, and he would not let go of this opportunity to get rid of Han Xiao.
Personal grudges were one thing. On the other hand, Black Star's organization was also in the Shattered Star Ring. Because of their hostile relationship, Black Star had become an obstacle to the development of the Star Pupil Protoss. The previous Civilization Conference was an example. Even if it was for the development of the civilization, Sisko had to get rid of this obstacle, Black Star.
A Beyond Grade A sitting beside Sisko seemed to understand what Sisko was thinking. He patted Sisko's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will help you get rid of Black Star."
"Thanks, Dylan." Although Sisko was not in a good mood, he still smiled at this person. "We will deal with him together."
Dylan nodded, and his seaweed-like dark green hair swayed in the wind.
His skin was blue, and his face was covered in small scales. His facial features were a little like a fish's, and he had a pair of big, shiny eyes that would blink occasionally. There was also a crack on his forehead, and there was a striking third eye. His hands and feet had web-like structures, and there was an eyeball in each of his palms. His spine was bent, making him look hunchbacked, and there was a dorsal fin on his back. He looked like an aquatic creature. It was unknown what his ancestors had done to the fish … or perhaps the fish had done something to his ancestors.
Looking like this, his ability was definitely related to water. Dylan was an Esper with the nicknames' Sea Spirit 'and' Ocean Ruler '. His Esper Ability was to control water, which sounded ordinary and did not seem to have much combat strength in the universe. However, there were no weaklings among the Beyond Grade A Supers.
Due to the strength of the ability unique to Beyond Grade As, Dylan could compress water to an extreme, forming an indestructible cutting force that could easily cut through battleships. Not only that, he could also convert water into high-energy laser beams that were comparable to battleship weapons. At the same time, his body could store a huge amount of water, enough to flood the surface of a planet and turn it into an ocean.
Such an Esper Ability was not very suitable for one-on-one battles, but it was good for team battles and was best at control.
After joining the Arcane Church for so many years, Sisko had friends, and Dylan was one of them. He was Sisko's best friend among the Beyond Grade A allies. Perhaps it was because the two of them had many eyes and shared a common language.
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On the mother planet of the Radiant Federation, Federation President Bader was also paying attention to the Arcane Church's actions. It was his decision to provide assistance to the Arcane Church.
"With our help, as long as the Arcane Church does not underestimate the enemy, the success rate of this operation will be higher than ninety-five percent. At least one Beyond Grade A will die on the side of the Red Empire," Bader said confidently.
"Hmm, a Beyond Grade A life is enough to provoke a conflict between the Arcane Church and the Red Empire. This is very beneficial to us."
The Chief Elder nodded approvingly.
The reason the Radiant Federation helped the Arcane Church was because they wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. If the Arcane Church and the Red Empire fought, they would be able to benefit from it.
The Arcane Church also knew this, but they still decided to continue with the operation. Furthermore, cooperating with EsGod was not a good thing, so the Arcane Church did not tell the Radiant Federation. The Radiant Federation had also been dragged into the matter by the Arcane Church, so it would be difficult to use this against them.
Although both sides had their own plans, they had the same goal at the same time, which was to put pressure on the Red Empire and take away their energy. They wanted to test the Red Empire's attitude and see if there was a chance to take over.
As for whether the dynasty's Beyond Grade A that was killed was Milizaus or Black Star, it made no difference to Bader. He did not care at all.
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