Chapter 604: Weapon of War!

The entire sprawling theater of war relied on transmissions to orchestrate its movements.

Evidently, these cultivators possessed such a foundation from before, whether in reality or within the game.

Nurtured by the influence of StarCraft, they had already set about refining these communication-type spiritual artifacts for the battlefield.

Whether it was the army of the Grand Jin State or the great clans, families, and even independent cultivators of Lingzhou, none were fools; they had long since organized their ranks and command structure.

Soldier against soldier, general against general—the most conventional of frontal clashes, as the six strongest knights and three god-speakers under the Thorn of the Earth went out to meet their respective adversaries.

Gu Tingyun was no novice commander, not in the game and certainly not in reality.

Even if there were minor uncontrollable variables, such as Gabriel and his cohort already charging up toward that floating celestial temple, it remained entirely within the realm of the acceptable.

For a true grand cultivator, expanding one's divine sense across the battlefield with the amplification of spiritual artifacts was no difficult feat at all.

Thus, it was no mere coincidence that Zhu Yanxiao had stepped in to rescue those few civilian martial artists on the outer battlefield of the Grand Jin State.

Consequently, the counterattack spoken of by Zong Wu was by no means a sudden whim.

Seated within the command vessel, Fairy Qingyun pinched her slender, scallion-like jade fingers; looking for all the world like a salted fish, she was in fact still like a salted fish as she calculated the unknown, volatile perils of the battlefield: "Oh dear, my spiritual energy is running low."

She took a sip of iced black tea.

Fanning herself with a small fan, she wiped the beads of sweat from her brow and continued.

These individuals dedicated to the behind-the-scenes work clearly had no leisure to gallop through the fray like the others.

Amidst the clash, roll after roll of enemy intelligence lay spread across Gu Tingyun's desk.

By cross-referencing information transmitted from several other battlefields, it appeared for now that the enemy forces on the Lingzhou front were the strongest—after all, Lingzhou boasted the vastest collective of cultivators and martial artists with the highest overall cultivation bases on the continent.

...

"A counterattack?" The two great families of the Thorns and the Flame Birds had never imagined for a single moment that these natives would still have the mindset, let alone the residual strength, to counterattack.

His face grew as grim and dark as an ice cellar.

Indeed, it was time for them to display an even mightier prowess and reveal more of their hidden trump cards.

Amidst furious roars, the foreheads of those strongest knights flickered with light, and a terrifying power began to spread across their entire bodies from the golden glow at their brows.

Meanwhile, the remaining three god-speakers disengaged from the battlefield, uniting in midair to form a brilliant, triangular golden array.

As the voices left their lips, sounding like celestial music, the overcast sky suddenly split open, and the world between heaven and earth seemed to transform into a sea of gold.

Divine light bathed the earth, and all the knights and mages of the Judgment Judgment Temple, washed in this sacred glow, found their entire legion dyed in gold.

These knights and mages instantly felt their once-failing strength surge back in a ceaseless torrent, far more potent than it had been before!

Divine magic! Moreover, it was divine magic of war!

"Divine power... this truly is divine power!"

The knights of the Thorn Family, who had already shown signs of rout, instantly halted their retreating steps as several knights raised their greatswords high: "Kill!"

They charged forward with incomparable ferocity.

A knight clad in silver armor adorned with golden patterns took the lead, spearheading the charge with an utterly savage aura.

Jiang Xiaoyue was currently treading upon a small, delicate treasured sword, intending to charge into the fray alongside Yue Bai, Mu Qing, and Li Lanruo.

Who would have thought...

"Ah...!? How are they charging back up again?!" Not only had they charged back, but they now seemed even more ferocious than before!

That silver-armored knight, leading several elite riders, caught sight of these delicate women and saw them as nothing more than tender white lambs; he raised his greatsword high and bellowed, "Judgment!"

It was not just them; at this moment, others were encountering the exact same situation, as these knights and mages resembled a golden torrent, a surging and tumultuous wave that gave one the illusion it would crush the army of cultivators and martial artists.

Even the knights battling Zhang Hao, the Vice Principal of the Haotian Academy, and the several family heads and elders of the other clans grew vastly more powerful under the blessing of this strength!

"Oh! What a magnificent sight to behold. Can anyone truly defeat a legion like this?" Luther watched the scene, smiling placidly.

In the next instant, with a delicate cry from Li Lanruo, a massive circular barrier of Nen qi heavily shielded the group.

Aboard the command vessel: "Seniors, a little assistance?"

Simultaneously, across the entire battlefield, Nen barriers bloomed like thousands of lotus petals in full, splendid flower!

Beneath this golden torrent, these Nen barriers stood like rocks in midstream, dividing the entire golden wave into countless fragments!

"Weapon of Light!"

"Breath of Wind!"

"Nen Beast: Tiger Flash!"

"..."

Spell after spell flashed around everyone's bodies.

The knight who had been so insufferably arrogant a moment ago slammed his sword against the Nen barrier, but now, the spear in Jiang Xiaoyue's hands and the sword in Yue Bai's grip erupted with a staggering brilliance.

"Palm of Falling Flowers!"

"Light and Shadow Slash!"

With an explosive force nearly double what it was before, sword qi cleaved forth and palm strikes blasted out; those few knights who had just launched their assault were thrown backward violently, as if struck by a siege battering ram!

Across the entire battlefield, the weapons of all the Lingzhou cultivators and martial artists now leaped with a striking, incandescent white light; showing no fear whatsoever, they did not retreat but instead used the Nen barriers to stabilize their footing, subsequently tearing that golden tide to shreds!

Almost simultaneously, the horn for the counteroffensive was sounded in the Desolate Sea Realm.

Sword light swirled beneath her feet as Nalan Mingxue held the Snow-Drinking Wild Blade; its icy edge cut like a bolt of silk, and a silver-armored knight fell in utter horror before this terrifying blade-light.

Song Qingfeng laughed heartily, raising his Blazing Flame as his fist, carrying scorching heat, brutally sent the knight before him flying with a single punch!

Xu Zixin poured forth a barrage of ice bullets, completely undaunted by such a battlefield.

A few years ago, they had still been somewhat shy and green youths, and for many, this was their very first time on a battlefield.

"They have already fought their way toward that suspended palace," Nalan Mingxue said, her aura chillingly grim. "Shall we fight our way up there as well?"

Whether it was Wilson, the Thorn of the Earth on the Lingzhou battlefield, Austin, the Morning Star of Blazing Flame in the Desolate Sea Realm, or Alex, who directed the Morning Star Sea Realm battlefield, none of them could sit still any longer.

They had entirely lost their previous composed and calm demeanor, their eyes filled with nothing but cold detachment.

"Since it has come to this, do not blame me."

Buzz!

With a low, deep drone, a strange array of scripts lit up around the muzzles of the three giant cannons atop that massive stone palace; those scripts seemed like the language of gods, yet also seemed to align with certain laws of heaven and earth, or perhaps... these scripts were the laws themselves.

A terrifying vortex of spiritual energy coalesced within those dark muzzles, and inside the pitch-black barrels, a light suddenly flared—it was the magical light of destruction!

Not only on the Lingzhou battlefield, but the other battlefields had each deployed one such giant cannon!

The dark muzzles aimed at the advancing Nalan Hongwu and his companions, as well as at the crowd from the various sects of the Morning Star Sea Realm who were about to breach the palace.

"They have actually deployed the Destroyer Cannons!" Luther exclaimed. "Oh, damn it, to use such a thing against these wretched natives!"

They had clearly not intended to use such super-weapons of war originally, but now...

"Let us show you the true gap between us and you wretched ants!"