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However, the Immortal Cultivators were in obvious confusion too. They waved their electromagnetic whips for a long time, but they failed to find a target to land them on.
The massacre on the light beam was still going on, unstoppable and full of the gratification of resistance and revenge.
After a long daze, a few Immortal Cultivators jumped to the crystal processors, ripping apart the crystal processors as well as the light beams.
The Loyalty Room was immediately caught in darkness, with nothing but the heavy and disordered panting of the Immortal Cultivators left.
"Some-some sordid and cunning enemy disrupted our signals and displayed tremendous false videos that were made up!"
The Immortal Cultivators shouted drily, "The loyalty education is now suspended. Everyone… Everyone shall return to your respective chamber immediately. No talking, no moving!"
Gao Xiaojian and his workmates were silent under the waving, spluttering electromagnetic whips, as if they had become the most docile machines as they had always been. They lined up orderly.
However, when Gao Xiaojian peeped at his workmates next to him, he discovered that his workmates were also looking at him with weird faces.
Their man-made eyes were flashing nonstop, and they could both tell each other's astonishment and confusion.
Are the Lord Immortal Cultivators… scared?
They were eager to ask each other the question, but eventually, they simply swallowed their confusion deeply and buried it together with other questions.
However many of their organs had been replaced by the crystals and cold machines, the numb miners had their own brains and their souls.
Deep inside their brains, countless questions were bubbling up like the leakage of the high-pressure gas deep inside the mines beyond their control.
Were the pictures real?
Was… Was the expert who looked like a God of War really a Cultivator?
Who is he exactly? What is this all about?
The thousands of questions congregated into Li Yao's roar again—
"THIS IS WHAT CULTIVATORS DO!"
The same picture was displayed in the many planets in the many worlds of the many space zones in the entire Imperium at the same time.
Wuying Lan and Li Lingfeng went through all the trouble to establish the slaughter stream platform and to build up the information channels leading to the billions of terminals in different worlds for the purpose of etching their image deeply into the eyes, the brains, and the hearts of the billions of people of the Imperium.
However, it was now the shiniest state for Cultivators and for Li Yao.
While the Immortal Cultivators were in a flurry to cut off the Spiritual Nexus, to block the picture, to disrupt the signals, to smash the crystal processors, and to let out the roars of embarrassment and fury, hundreds of thousands of workers, farmers, and even bottom-level Immortal Cultivators had already seen the picture of Li Yao's invincibility. They saw how "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was riddled with holes under his attack, and how countless Immortal Cultivators were shuddering in fear under his feet, only to be blown into nothingness in screams!
"What… What is this about?"
Countless people took off their virtualization helmet and screamed desperately.
"What… What kind of monster is this? Such a tough Cultivator!"
Buildings that were similar to the "Loyalty Room" were mired in chaos, with exclamations of disbelief echoing nonstop.
"False! False! Everything is false!"
Some of the Immortal Cultivators were so shocked that their hearts were almost exploding. They kicked their crystal processors to the ground and blew it apart brutally. But a moment later, they immediately regretted their action and searched everywhere for new terminals that had access to the "slaughter stream".
"Accident! A super stream accident!"
The governors of countless planets gnashed their teeth in utmost fury.
Wuying Lan and Li Lingfeng had always wanted to impress them with the power of the Spiritual Nexus and the media. Now, they couldn't have learned it better, in such a ridiculous, weird, and unimaginable way!
In about ten seconds to half a minute, all the information transmission channels of the slaughter stream platform were shut down.
Some resource planets even resorted to extreme measures including "global blackout" to completely eliminate the import of the "poisonous information".
But it was too late.
The shocking performance no longer than half a minute was enough to implant something into the hearts of countless people of the Imperium and to awaken something else, making them realize that the Immortal Cultivators were not invincible and that they totally had a different choice other than doing obediently what they were asked to do!
The power of the Spiritual Nexus couldn't have been better shown at such a moment.
The pictures of a few seconds long disseminated quickly among the various nodes of the Spiritual Nexus of the Imperium virally.
The nobles, the Sectors Masters, and the sect leaders could stop slaves and part of the hominoids from bulls*iting in cyberspace.
However, a lot of middle-level and low-level Immortal Cultivators also saw the pictures and were deeply interested in the mysterious Cultivator.
A mysterious and formidable enemy was always particularly eye-catching. It was impossible for the Imperium to deprive all the Immortal Cultivators of their right to surf on the Spiritual Nexus, right?
In less than five minutes, Li Yao had become the star on the Spiritual Nexus that had the highest attention and became the topic of discussion for everyone. Nobody could've been more popular than him.
His declaration had shocked the entire universe!
Chapter 2110: Focus of the Entire Imperium! |
In no more than one minute and three seconds, all the Sectors had cut off the information transmission to the slaughter stream platform of the Heavenly Eye Group.
But by then, the mental devil had already completely grasped the Spiritual Nexus bases in "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky". The pictures of Li Yao's invincible killing spree had been compressed into data packages and fabricated in multiple layers before they were sent to the various nodes of the Spiritual Nexus in the Imperium as well as all the addresses that could be found in the database of the crystal processors in the space fortress.
The nodes and the addresses on the Spiritual Nexus could be a certain professional academic forum in the Imperium, or the public mailbox of a certain export, or even the official website of a certain deep-sky fleet.
As an enormous country that included hundreds of Sectors, thousands of planets, and billions of people and spanned the entire universe, the Imperium of True Human Beings could not neglect the merits of the Spiritual Nexus however secluded and autocratic it was.
A hyperlight-speed communication network in space was the basis for the existence of a universal country and the tool for its governance. It was absolutely impossible to shut down the entire network.
If the Imperium of True Human Beings truly lost the Spiritual Nexus that connected all the Sectors, it would definitely fall apart in twenty-four hours.
Therefore, after the mental devil sent the videos of Li Yao's battle, or massacre, to the nodes on the Spiritual Nexus of the Imperium, nothing could possibly stop it from spreading out exponentially.
"What a terrifying speed. What unstoppable moves. What a marvelously-made crystal suit. Since when do the Cultivators have such an expert?"
"It's too amazing and unbelievable. Is he one of the… Cultivators who used to dominate the entire universe before the appearance of the Immortal Cultivators?"
At this moment, including the young officers of the army of the Imperium, countless Immortal Cultivators recalled again the days when the entire universe was governed by the Cultivators, and that the founders of "Star Ocean Republic", the one and only superpower in the universe in the old days, called themselves "Cultivators" too!
The Immortal Cultivators searched for Li Yao's information on the high-level private forums and intelligence websites. Any expert couldn't have just popped out of thin air. For a man as strong as Li Yao, there must be traces about him in the past.
But as it happened, after countless Immortal Cultivators shared their intelligence with each other, they couldn't find out Li Yao's origins at all. The only thing that kept spreading out nonstop was the slice of the battle pictures of the mysterious expert!
What a mysterious, mysterious Cultivator!
Even some of the leadership of the Imperium, including many sector leaders, elders, Sector Masters, and lords, had noticed Li Yao in great surprise.
The real upper class, the controllers, and the manipulators behind the curtain in the Imperium had been focusing on Li Lingfeng at the beginning.
In their eyes, the Cultivators who fought like caged beasts and who could never be annihilated like cockroaches and rats were really not too much of a headache. Compared with the heated, fierce war in the frontline, the minor military operation in the rear mattered little to the foundation of the Imperium.
Their interest was more on Li Lingfeng than on "Starlight", the resistance group of the Cultivators.
Li Lingfeng was among the best Immortal Cultivators in the prime generation of the Imperium. It was said that many elders in the Li family had high hopes for him. He had a good chance to take a leap upward in the future or even become the leader of the Li family and one of the four Kurfürsten.
Maybe, in the near future one or two hundred years later, Li Lingfeng would be qualified to squeeze into the circle of the big shots, chatting and negotiating with them to maintain the balance of interests with each other.
The operation of "Dying Light" could almost be considered as a minor test given by the experts of the older generation of the Imperium for Li Lingfeng, in order to check if he was truly qualified to be a prominent "Kurfürst" and to enter the supreme hall where the stars and the cosmos were at his disposal!
Therefore, the Li family did not launch all the available resources or give Li Lingfeng full support. It was meant to see if he could resolve the problem of the Cultivators neatly with only his own abilities.
In the eyes of the many big shots of the Imperium, including the leader of the Li family, the Cultivators were nothing more than turtles in a tank, or loaches that had bitten the hooks.
Even though Li Lingfeng was not capable enough to command an operation of the scale of "Dying Light", the battle would've only been protracted, which would significantly reduce its promotional value, or maybe a few small fries might've escaped. Nothing worse could possibly happen.
Little did they anticipate that a "Vulture Li Yao" would jump out of nowhere and shoot right through the heart of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky". As a result, Li Lingfeng's game had completely collapsed, and he couldn't have been more devastated!
Bam!
In the picture, the chest of one of the Immortal Cultivators burst out abruptly again. Through the bleeding, twisted hole in the middle of his internal organs, countless Immortal Cultivators could clearly be seen dancing crazily on fire, as well as the black crystal suit that looked like a fiend.
At this moment, the elites of countless Immortal Cultivator families had been gathered in "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky". A lot of them were among the most distinguished ones in the younger generation. As the hope of their family, they were instructed by the big shots of their family out of good intentions to grow more experience on the Land of Sins.
But at this moment, they were all killed miserably by Li Yao or the mutated beasts in the ugliest way.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Now that all the moving targets had been executed, Li Yao began to barrage the wall of the cabin crazily, blowing up all the units that could've been blown up.
The picture even jumped out of the interior of the space fortress and was switched to the exterior of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky", allowing all the Immortal Cultivators to see clearly the miserable outcome of the bloody Flower of the Other Shore, where it crashed to the Martial Meritocrats Planet slowly while dismembering, spurting out tremendous metal scraps, and drowned by fireballs.
Demonstration. It was an out-and-out demonstration!
"Who is he? Who is he exactly? I want you to figure it out in the shortest amount of time through whatever means possible!"
Including the four Kurfürsten, the real big shots of the Imperium were all infuriated by Li Yao!
The entire Imperium had been deeply shocked by the storm raised by the flap of wings of a "minor butterfly" that was Li Yao. It was needless to say that the space battlefield right next to "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was where a fierce fight was going on.
The fleet of the Imperium commanded by Li Lingfeng and the coalition fleet of Starlight both received the data packages that the mental devil had sent out crazily. The most splendid and bloody pictures were displayed on the public channels.
"This is—"
The Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators who were engaged in a fierce battle found it hard to believe their eyes. The scorching battlefield was frozen for three seconds because of Li Yao's astonishing action.
They were suspicious for a moment if it were some kind of bad joke.
However, the collapse and fall of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" was an obvious fact that was happening right now.
All the starships had detected the disorder of spiritual energy and the plummet of the orbit of the Flower of the Other Shore.
As the space fortress and the atmosphere rubbed at a high speed, the bloody Flower of the Other Shore was immediately enshrouded in colorful flames. The crazy and futile dance could be clearly sensed even if all of them were hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
One captain of Starlight launched a destructive mystic ray to "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" to test it.
The spiritual shield and the defense he expected, however, did not show up. The mystic rays marched forward unstoppably and hit the target in less than twenty seconds. A giant light ball was raised on the surface of "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky", and when the light ball perished, a torrent of metals erupted out!
"The target—the target's spiritual shield has lost effect entirely!"
"The force field twisting array is now gone too. The crystal railguns and the mystic rays guns can now easily hit the target!"
"'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' is dropping fast. It seems barely able to stabilize in its geosynchronous orbit!"
The amazing discovery overjoyed all the Cultivators.
They were here for a great battle and to die together with "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" at the cost of their own lives in the first place.
Now that the opportunity had presented itself, they had to grasp it no matter how grave the price was. They were determined to shoot down the man-eating nest of fiends!
The starships of Starlight seemed to have received the same instruction. All of them marched at the bloody Flower of the Other Shore relentlessly.
They completely ignored the bombardments that the Immortal Cultivators rained upon them crazily but simply vented their fury and hatred to "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky"!
It was the simplest arithmetic question. The two parties were both dumping the fiercest firepower upon the enemy, but no matter how ragged the starships of Starlight were, they were under the protection of the spiritual shields and the force field twisting arrays. Before their spiritual energy ran out, they could resist at least 70% of the attacks.
"Manjusaka, the City in the Sky", on the other hand, was both too large a target and had lost most of the energy supply, which resulted in complete paralysis of the defense system. It had to shoulder 100% of the Cultivators' attacks.
Which parties would suffer great damages in such mutual attacks?
For a moment, the Cultivators' morale was higher than ever, while the Im
mortal Cultivators seemed rather disorganized. It must be noted that they never considered the quest of "Dying Light" as a real battle but only a game. A game!
Only God knew why this was happening!
"Who is he? Who is the mysterious person exactly?"
Countless Cultivators were crying desperately on their starships.
"Who is he? Is he the Cultivator who has been lurking on the Land of Sins the whole time, the senior who went into hibernation in the heydays of the Martial Meritocrats Civilization a thousand years ago, and the legendary Cultivator who has been lost for a thousand years? Were the legends that we were told when we grew up all true? He does exist?"
Including Gao Kangda, all the Cultivators felt that their blood was boiling.
They could not think of a second possibility however hard they tried to.
A legendary hero arrived out of nowhere at the most critical moment and fought side by side with them, completely changing the outcome of the battle. It was really—
"As long as one of the billions of stars is still shining, there will forever be a Cultivator who keeps on fighting and burning themselves in furious flames that will illuminate the entire universe!"
"The starlight never dies, and neither will the Cultivators. There will always be Cultivators!"
"Let's go now and show the goddamn Immortal Cultivators what Cultivators really are!"
Gao Kangda burst into laughter and tears. Activating the spiritual shield of "Great Mountain", the armed mining starship, to the maximum, he charged at "Manjusaka, the City in the Sky" unstoppably like a shooting star that was tearing apart the sky.
"The legendary Cultivator, let us give you a hand!"
Chapter 2111: Pretend to Be Dead, or Burst Out Again? |
At the center of the turbulence in space and everyone's attention, deep inside the "pistils" of the bloody Flower of the Other Shore, Li Yao pushed away the last Immortal Cultivator in his view. With his left hand behind his back, he raised his right hand and opened his fingers, launching the Cell Obliteration Cannon that blew the unlucky fellow to more than twenty cabin walls away.
