usenovelgroup Chapter 7, Part 2: The Thorn Ape?
Chapter 7, Part 2: The Thorn Ape?
"The demon race and the orc race were also prepared..."
Hidden within the grand formation of the Tengxiang Guard camp, Tang Yao clenched her fists, gazing at the distant, interwoven black and red light: "Luo, are you really not going to break camp?!"
Commander Luo Sheng of the Tengxiang Guard glanced at his watch expressionlessly: "By order of the Chief of Staff, we are to establish a defensive line here. No unauthorized movement is permitted!"
"The Commander-in-Chief is in trouble, and you're not doing anything?"
"I am acting on the orders of the Chief of Staff!"
"You're being foolish!"
"I am acting on the orders of the Chief of Staff!"
"you!"
"Forget it." Liu Ying pulled back the impulsive Tang Yao: "The Chief must have her reasons for doing this."
"But the Tengxiang Guard is one of the Chief of Staff's elite units, the most skilled among them, and equipped with the most advanced weapons. Even without the Chief of Staff's orders, we shouldn't stand idly by..."
"Alright!" Liu Ying interrupted Tang Yao, but seeing her displeased expression, she didn't feel impatient.
After all, Tang Yao became the commander of the Imperial Guard precisely because she was so expressive and a little slow-witted.
Liu Ying didn't say much, but looked at Luo Sheng, who kept glancing at the time, and asked, "Commander Luo, does the Chief of Staff have any other orders?"
"No comment." Luo Sheng glanced at the time one last time, then turned to his adjutant and said, "Pass on my order: open fire in thirty seconds! Mech battalion, advance!"
"yes!"
Tang Yao was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed: "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Luo Sheng ignored Tang Yao's words and stared expressionlessly at Longxing Island in the distance. Half of the twelve guards directly under the Chief Commander were ready to go under orders. He was not convinced that he could not take Longxing Island!
Although the Chief of Staff is still on Longxing Island at the moment, she must have her reasons for doing this.
All I need to do is follow orders and attack on time!
Thirty seconds later—
Tang Yao looked at Longxing Island with anticipation, and then... one, two, three...
"How about launching?"
She turned to look at Luo Sheng, whose face also looked grim: "What happened?!"
"The equipment has malfunctioned... There's strong psionic interference..."
"What?"
Luo Sheng looked incredulous. With technology developed to the point that it was difficult to interfere with, and the sage who was stationed here had not found any strong people of the same level, so how could he be interfered with?
"Use inertial guidance..."
Luo Sheng turned around and continued to give orders, but before he could finish speaking, the alarm sounded first.
But this did not attract their attention; instead, the increasingly bright firelight not only illuminated their faces but also lit up the night.
Luo Sheng and the others quickly took to the air and saw a 'sun' close to the earth, heading straight towards the direction of Longxing Island.
The earth shook violently, and the deafening noise was deafening.
"What is that?"
"Psionic energy, powerful psionic energy."
Looking at the exploded detector in her hand, Liu Ying wondered if this was a trump card that the Chief of Staff had prepared in advance.
Thinking this, the 'sun' in his sight seemed like a shooting star, crashing into Longxing Island at an extremely fast speed.
boom!
In an instant, the world seemed to be torn apart by three voices.
One is the whistling of bullets, another is the hum of magic, and the last is a heavy, steady roar, like the roar of an emperor's engine.
That was the sound of Li Xingzhou's heartbeat.
Although Jiangzhou and Longxing Island are both within the Qiming Realm, the distance between them exceeds 5,000 kilometers. Having determined his location, Li Xingzhou traveled at breakneck speed, from day to night, and arrived at this moment.
Along the way, he also tried to transform his spiritual power into energy suitable for his hometown, but unexpectedly, the process was more difficult than ever before.
This means that the laws governing nature in my hometown are not only perfect, but also extremely stable.
Such a perfect world is rare.
Therefore, after discovering that converting spiritual energy was quite difficult, Li Xingzhou did not let the dormancy of spiritual energy distract him for a moment and immediately mobilized all his primordial energy.
But primordial energy alone is not enough.
Because only through the continuous circulation of essence, energy, and spirit can a cultivator's human universe be formed.
Therefore, although Li Xingzhou had improved upon a certain immortal Lu's "using the body as a seed" body-refining method, the amount and recovery speed of his primordial energy were limited when spiritual energy could not be used.
So he refined his primordial energy again and again, layer upon layer, until it formed the great sun at this moment—
This is the moment we've been waiting for!
The moment Wan Jun saw his sister Jiang Wanzhao's figure in the crowd, he did not hesitate or shout. He directly cut into the overwhelming firepower woven from the orc army and advanced weapons, carrying his surging Yuan Qi.
The demons' artillery fire and the orcs' arrows... all bombarded the great sun that had pierced through Longxing Island.
Arrows rained down, tearing through the air; the cannons whistled.
Li Xingzhou could hear the trajectory of bullets and see the gaps in the fire net; this was an instinct ingrained in his bones after countless trials.
But he didn't dodge.
Because he's not the one who should avoid the limelight!
boom--
The explosions, one after another, sent up plumes of smoke and magical light. The green-skinned man standing on the deck looked at the swallowed 'sun,' and before he could even think of 'did it succeed?', a foot enveloped in crimson light stepped out of the smoke.
The moment it landed, the billowing smoke, as if caught in the eye of a storm, instantly transformed into a spiral cloud stretching across the sky.
That blazing sun was like a purgatory, instantly evaporating countless lives in the sky and on the ground.
Through the gaps between the falling starships, he finally made out the figure inside the 'Sun' and roared, "Two-Ape, Tiger Lord, stop him! Open fire, keep firing!"
"roar!"
Orc war cry, morale boosted.
Dozens of kilometers south of Longxing Island lies the starting point of the orc army. Within the dark, imposing line, countless pairs of eyes of different colors reflect the lone figure that has broken through, but—
Before the charge even began, the scorching sun had already carved a molten trench in the earth, swallowing lives whole and leaving no trace of their remains.
The barrage of bullets from the demon race did not make Li Xingzhou retreat even a single step.
If Jiang Wanzhao was an elegant time traveler amidst the hum of spinning guns, then Li Xingzhou at this moment displayed the violent aesthetics of physical sanctification.
He went against the tide of metal and magic, his brocade robe fluttering behind him, the hem slightly dirty.
The 'sun' surrounding Li Xingzhou is shrinking.
The primordial energy he refined was intended to inflict damage on the enemy after penetrating their territory.
The massive crash of the starship and the large-scale death of the orc race resulted in the shrinking of the sun surrounding Li Xingzhou.
The ape-man, the orc commander at the rear, relaxed slightly. The strength of the young human who had suddenly charged into the formation was indeed not to be underestimated, but...
Dude, times have changed!
Not to mention the advanced weapons of the demon race, even if our own army doesn't have those weapons, the swords, spears, halberds, and shields in their hands are all made of top-quality materials.
However, it is rare to see a human with such great strength, especially one who has cultivated his body!
Well, we can't let the ape and tiger tribes suffer too much damage, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when we get back.
"Brother, let's make a move." The ape-man clasped his fists together and said to the burly tiger-like man beside him, "Let's test the strength of this human body cultivator."
"Alright!" Tiger Lord grinned. "Perfect timing to try out the new tricks I recently learned from data on the human species."
"Okay, you go left, I'll go right!"
After taking a deep breath, the giant ape-man and the tiger-man caused the earth to tremble with every step they took.
Her footsteps grew heavier and faster, drawing ever closer to Li Xingzhou, whose aura was growing dimmer.
Before Li Xingzhou even landed, the two beastmen exhaled the breath they had been holding back. One from the left, one from the right, the ape-man's punches were lightning fast, while the tiger-man leaped up, its saber-toothed arms suddenly extending to slash rapidly—
"Ora ora ora ora—"
"Storm Nebula Rift—"
Upon arriving at Longxing Island, Li Xingzhou was momentarily stunned. He had initially thought the "Two-Purple Ape" was a race name, but it turned out to be true...
Anime and Tiger.
So many years have passed, is the orc race really experiencing such a "renaissance"?
Bang, bang!
Li Xingzhou unleashed a double punch, his unstoppable offensive faltering for the first time, but only for a moment.
Thump, thump.
The two orcs, both with penetrating wounds, collapsed one after the other. They felt the faint pulsation of the remnants of their hearts. Tiger Lord looked on in disbelief. Was he really that weak?
The ape-man, disregarding everything else, assumed the posture of Yamcha falling to the ground in his final moments before closing his bell-like eyes.
"..."
Li Xingzhou took another look at the ape-man and was certain that he hadn't misjudged his posture; it was indeed a classic pose.
But it was only at first glance.
At that moment, his vision suddenly vanished.
Behind them lay a devastated battlefield, filled with wails and lingering smoke.
Before them lay a suddenly silent open space and a crimson array.
Li Xingzhou had seen the crimson array that trapped his sister long ago, so as soon as he arrived, he jumped down without hesitation, like a falling meteor.
The initial moment was completely silent, followed by a sinking of the ground within a radius of hundreds of miles centered on the landing, and then a muffled explosion.
Wherever it passed, a giant ring of murky dust and rubble swept across the ground, engulfing the entire crimson array.
The fluttering robes slowly fell down, and Li Xingzhou looked up at the familiar face and figure standing in mid-air.
I have never felt so excited.
He opened his trembling lips, his Adam's apple bobbing, and after a century, he called out the familiar name once more.
"Sister, older sister..."
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