by <unknown>
"Two hundred years ago, the remnants of the Far East Demon Kingdom, as well as the last forces of the Alliance of Demons on the Grand Desolate Plateau, gathered here. More than five million demon soldiers were concentrated in this place!
"The federation summoned all the forces nationwide, too. The federal army and the elites of the major sects had an epic battle with the demons in exactly this place!
"Human beings secured a glorious victory in the Battle of Broken Wind. The last organized demon forces were kicked out of the Heaven's Origin Sector. Since then, the Grand Desolate Plateau has been under the government of the federation, and human beings have occupied the entire Heaven's Origin Sector!
"Those weapons, tanks, and warships were all left in the Battle of Broken Wind. Look. There are even teeth and claws marks of the demons on them now. Our ancestors' undying souls are still around!
"For five hundred years, the pioneers have shed their blood and paid everything they had to banish the demons and establish a prosperous country that dominated the Heaven's Origin Sector!
"It is the foundation of the Star Glory Federation to slay evil! I will not allow any scoundrel to tarnish the spirit of the federation, wreck its foundation, and destroy our motherland!
"Just look. All the souls of the martyrs below the sky will not allow you, either!" Zhou Hengdao roared crazily. The fire of his life was soaring to the sky. All the debris floating in the sky seemed to be encouraged by him and gathered around him quickly!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Sabers ran into sabers, swords crashed into swords, firearms entangled with each other, and the broken crystal tanks pressed into the broken crystal warships. Like a snowball, they grew larger and larger still. Eventually, all the debris of war was concentrated into a super large saber hundreds of meters long!
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
Zhou Hengdao's telepathic thoughts were transformed into electric arcs, which were flowing on the saber that was even more magnificent than a crystal warship, holding all the different parts of the saber together. His four arms were stretched out to the maximum before they suddenly slammed downward.
"Wake up, Li Yao!"
Boom!
The super large saber made of the ancient weapons two hundred years ago, surrounded by an overwhelming aura almost a thousand meters long, flew toward the ground in such a brutal attack that it seemed as if the planet would be destroyed!
It was like a waterfall from the galaxy that had rushed close faster than light and blown everything around Li Yao to smithereens!
After a thunderous roar, the land hundreds of meters nearby was crumbled. The aura of the blade dashed out of the holes that looked like spider webs. Pillars of light were shooting at the sky from the earth!
Even the overwhelming thunder, clouds, and lightning were eclipsed by the brilliant of the attack!
After only one second, the attack pierced almost a hundred meters into the ground. Li Yao was completely suppressed and drowned deep beneath the soil!
The earth went peaceful again. His scent could no longer be sensed!
Huchi! Huchi! Huchi! Huchi!
The Iron Commander breathed heavily in midair. His four arms, because of the excessive spiritual energy, seemed to be melting as if they had just been picked up from a furnace.
"Hehe. Hehehehe. As it turns out, my path…"
Before he finished, Zhou Hengdao's smile was frozen.
He clearly sensed that, under the suppression of the super large saber, an uncanny force was rising higher and higher, getting stronger and stronger!
Zhi! Zhi! Zhi! Zhi!
The super large saber was pushed up inch by inch from underground!
"It's impossible!" Zhou Hengdao roared. His Basaltic Fighting God Battlesuit turned into a cannonball as he stomped on the grip of the super large saber.
His spiritual energy surged out and almost burst the legs of his crystal suit. The super large saber pressed downward again, only to be held back by the uncanny force after it descended only one inch!
Soaring upward from the gaps of the saber along with the force was Li Yao's burning resolution!
"You're wrong, Iron Commander!
"I never tarnished the spirit of the federation. I never violated the vows the pioneers made. Everything I have been doing is to defend the country and the spirit of the Star Glory Federation!
"You think that slaying evil is the spirit of the federation? You are terribly mistaken! Slaying evil is just an approach. 'Protect the homeland and all ordinary people' is the true spirit of our nation!
"You and Lu Zui are both lost in the approach. You consider the 'approach' as the 'purpose' itself!
"Of course, I remember the war where the pioneers marched to the Grand Desolate Plateau and how they shed their blood and killed the demons in the Battle of Broken Wind!
"But I remember the purpose of the expedition more clearly. It was much more than for the expansion of territory. Most importantly, hundreds of millions or ordinary people were living in the demon caves and demon cities on the Grand Desolate Plateau, enslaved!
"We marched to the Grand Desolate Plateau to save those ordinary people!
"It is recorded as such clearly in every history book of the federation. It is also believed by every citizen, every federal soldier, and every Cultivator of the Heaven's Origin Sector! At the very least, I have no doubt about it!
"The Star Glory Federation was founded to protect the ordinary people and to preserve humanity! Even when we were at the weakest moment after the country was just established, our predecessors never thought to stay safe in their territory but cast their eyes to the entire world!
"Our predecessors' weapons were directed toward wherever there was slavery and oppression. They never hesitated to rescue ordinary people, even if it meant a war against the Far East Demon Kingdom, the strongest nation at the time!
"Don't you understand, Iron Commander? In the eyes of our predecessors, the federation does not have a boundary, and there are no limits for our citizens, either. Ordinary people in the heartland, ordinary people on the Grand Desolate Plateau, and the ordinary people in the Blood Demon Sector are the same! All of them are the targets that our predecessors aimed to liberate and protect!
"That is the real spirit of the federation!
"Since you are aware of the 'same-origin theory', you should know that the millions of low-level demons, namely the ignorant black-blood demons and chaotic-blood demons, were all transformed from ordinary people in the beginning! Are they any different from the ordinary people enslaved by the demons of the Grand Desolate Plateau in the past?"
"Shut up!" Zhou Hengdao roared. "How are the bizarre-shaped b*stards in the Blood Demon Sector even qualified to be compared to the ordinary people of the Grand Desolate Plateau in the past? The Heaven's Origin Sector belongs to the federation and mankind. I will not allow any foul creatures to corrupt her!"
"You mind is too narrow, Iron Commander!" Li Yao's voice was louder and louder; even the bombardment of the super large saber and the thunder could not stop it. It exploded right inside Zhou Hengdao's brain clearly. "If you insist on 'those who are not my people will certainly betray me in the end', if you only pay attention to the ordinary people on our planet but turn a blind eye to, if not loathe, the ordinary people in other places, then our federation will be confined in this tiny world forever until we breathe our last breath!
"When the stronger forces crush over, we will be destined to doom if we are alone. In the end, we can protect nobody!
"This minor world at the edge of the cosmos should in no way be a shackle for the federation. Instead, it should be a starting point for the federation! The destiny of the Star Glory Federation should be the broader universe and the entire sea of stars!
"The federation has succeeded in protecting the ordinary people of the Heaven's Origin Sector. Now, we will rescue and protect all the ordinary people in the Blood Demon Sector. Then, united, we will explore more worlds and liberate more o
rdinary people who are enslaved and oppressed under the ideology of our pioneers!
"One day, when we do encounter the Imperium of True Human Beings, we will also rescue the billions of ordinary people in the Imperium of True Human Beings. We must awaken their strength and count on them!
"Only in such a way can we defeat the strong enemy while we are significantly weaker. We will dissolve the Imperium of True Human Beings from the inside and illuminate the center of the sea of stars with the brilliance of the Star Glory Federation!
"And the foundation of our cause is the real spirit of the federation, the ideology that ordinary people must be protected!"
Chapter 1152: One Attack to Settle Everything! |
Boom!
The super large saber that was stabbed deep into the ground suddenly shone in crimson brilliance, as if the undying flames at the core of the planet were flowing up through the gaps inside the saber!
After a momentary impasse, the super large saber expanded abruptly and exploded in a deafening noise!
The thousands of weapons of the past, after being burnt to thousands of degrees, were melted into an orange river of iron. They were dispersed and floating in the river again!
Even Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao was blown away. His Basaltic Fighting God Battlesuit was riddled with holes by the scraps of the weapons. One of the arms had been chopped off, too!
When he finally stood on his feet again, he discovered, to his surprise, that Li Yao had soared out of the ground and stopped at a higher altitude than his!
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit on Li Yao's body was beyond recognition now. Part of the scraps were even deeply embedded into his flesh and blood. Even his facial cover was half broken, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes!
He seemed to have just been picked up from magma. Steam was popping up from every inch of his skin that was exposed to the air, just like his intimidating aura, expanding crazily at a speed that Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao could not comprehend!
The war debris from two hundred years ago was attracted by Li Yao's surging spiritual energy and danced around him like the asteroid around a planet. They were colliding, melting, and taking a new shape!
It was… the shape of an unparalleled saber!
"It's impossible! It's impossible! Ahhhhhh!"
Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao burnt his life and soul without caring about anything. His spiritual energy was boosted to such an extent that it was beyond the limits of his crystal suit!
In the intense electric arcs and flames of light, the super crystal suit was collapsing inch by inch!
With his broken crystal suit as the cost, his will stretched out in all directions like an octopus.
More ancient weapons rose up and flew to him, only to be pressed into a saber that was larger and more dominating than the previous one!
Two hundred years ago, the debris of the magical equipment through which the federation won the Battle of Broken Wind two hundred years ago now became the best weapons for the two Cultivators in the middle of a bloody fight!
In the wind, storm, and thunder, two hundred-meter-long sabers—surrounded by their will, beliefs, and strength—took quickly shape!
"Iron Commander!"
Brilliance that eclipsed the lightning beamed out of Li Yao's bloodshot eyes. He roared, "It is not me who sullied the spirit of the federation and corroded its foundation but you, the guys who call yourselves 'patriots'!
"You claimed that you were not blinded by hatred and that everything you did was based on careful calculation and repetitive deduction in the best interests of the federation.
"If so, why did you not dare to put your plan forward in parliament? Why were you scared of telling the people the whole truth?
"It's simple! Because you were very clear that, when the people found out the truth, learned the 'same-origin theory', and knew that the Pantheon of Demons was going to surrender, they would never agree to your conquest plan. They would never agree to fight a war that would only be a recipe for disaster at the cost of the lives of countless their compatriots, for nothing more than turning the ordinary people of a different world into slaves!
"You knew too well that you'd be standing on the opposite side of the majority since the very beginning! That is why you never dared to tell everything to public and could only achieve your goal through deceptions, schemes, and all the clandestine methods!"
The super large saber in front of Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao grew a few secondary edges that looked like tusks after several cracking noises.
He was too focused on building up the saber to respond to Li Yao's criticism.
"Maybe you are right that we can conquer the Blood Demon Sector with a minimal price should the war begin." Li Yao's will illuminated the dark battlefield. His roars awed the rocks dozens of kilometers nearby like thunder, crushing Zhou Hengdao's soul nonstop. "But what can you get after the Blood Demon Sector is conquered?
"What we will gain is a minor Blood Demon Sector that is far from enough to help us resist the Imperium of True Human Beings, and what we will lose is our trust in each other and the foundation that has supported the Star Glory Federation for five hundred years!
"If you butcher the demons and enslave them, or even their offspring who have done nothing wrong while knowing clearly that demons were transformed from human beings and that the countless bottom-level demons are just ordinary people in a different appearance, the spirit of our country will collapse, and the Star Glory Federation will really be screwed! Everything that we swore to protect and preserve will be wrecked by our own hands!
"That is your path! If you walk down the path, you will only witness the rise of another Imperium of True Human Beings, instead of a great Star Glory Federation!"
Boom!
Their ultimate sabers finally took shape. The two sabers, both hundreds of meters long, absorbing infinite lightning and thunder in the sky, triggered an aura of almost a thousand meters. Deafening noises were echoing as they collided.
Li Yao laughed. In that moment, his brain was clearer and more peaceful than ever, as if he had become one with the entire ancient battlefield. He seemed to sense that countless souls, who belonged to the federal soldiers and the Cultivators in the Battle of Broken Wind two hundred years ago, were standing behind his back cheering for him!
"Do you know, Iron Commander? In my eyes, all the 'patriots' are coward!" Li Yao eyed Zhou Hengdao coldly as if he were looking at the dry bones in a grave. He declared, "You said that I had zero confidence in the federation? No. I am too confident about the federation and the fire of civilization we've ignited!
"I have no doubt that the burning fire will radiate to every corner of the Blood Demon Sector in the decades to come. All the 'demons' will be proud to be part of the civilization of mankind. They will be willing to fight until the end to defend the federation and the fire of our civilization as members of the federation!
"This is my confidence, which none of you have. None!
"You are talking about how great the federation and how glorious the fire of our civilization is. But you are so scared of a minor Blood Demon Sector that you don't even have confidence to assimilate a few demons!
"Your belief is so unsolid. How do you expect to resist the Imperium of True Human Beings in future or even march to the center of the sea of stars?"
"You!" Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao gave up the competition of beliefs completely. His eyes bulged out, and his hair was standing up. He raised the Five Tigers Hell Cutting Saber high with burning fighting will.
In front of him, the hundred-meter-long saber was heaved, too. The aura of the blade dashed into the sky and tore a large hole in the overwhelming clouds.
Li Yao raised the Blood Moon Dragon Hunting Saber high, too. The super large saber in front of them was lifted in the same way.
Hundreds of lightning bolts appeared in the clouds, attracted, absorbed, and activated by the two sabers, adding to the auras of the blades!
In that inst
ant, even the world seemed to be awed by their fighting will and halted for a moment.
Every raindrop was frozen in midair, only to be shattered by the sweeping auras of the blades, turning into a mist covering dozens of square kilometers!
Shua!
In the mist, the two streaks of brightness accelerated to the highest speed at the same time. Like two shooting stars, they crashed into each other destructively!
The moment of the collision was like a soundless painting. There was no anomaly nearby at all except for the two monolithic sabers and the two ragged crystal suits that were at an impasse.
On Li Yao's back, at the axis of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, the cracks on Black Wing further increased, like weird stripes. Infinite spiritual energy rushed out of the cracks and formed black wings almost a hundred meters long!
Then, there was a cracking sound, as if something inside Black Wing broke apart. The wings of spiritual energy expanded to more than three hundred meters all of a sudden, leaving an exhaust flame a kilometer long!
"Ahhhhh!
Something seemed to have broken apart in Li Yao's brain, too. He let out the most thunderous roar, which awakened the entire world.
Wind was blowing, clouds were exploding, rocks were jumping to the air, and the animals hiding in the ground were reduced to smithereens!
The two enormous sabers collapsed at the same time, turning into burning sparks in the sky!
The two streaks of brightness brushed past each other. Their sabers were kept absolutely still in the most perfect posture, like two silhouettes that had been etched into the sky.
At the south of the Dark Desolate Domain, Ding Lingdang and several experts from the capital were marching forward, followed by the troops of the federal army that had received the 'ultimate order' from the Speaker.
Suddenly, Ding Lingdang and the few experts halted, and all stared toward the north in astonishment.
"Such tremendous spiritual waves. What has happened?"
