Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1805 - 879: War Begins (Part 2)
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
It was precisely then that the alien vanguard forces snapped awake from their trance, immediately descending into total pandemonium.
Their efforts to respond to the horrifying barrage of cannon blasts erupting ahead were thrown into turmoil by the deceptions from the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, compounded by the extra mirages spawned by the Illusory Spirit Concealing Umbrella, which scattered their ranks completely.
"Second wave! Wipe out the scum! Build on the success!"
The elite armada pressed on without mercy, their vessel guns spinning like the reaper's blade, swiftly reaping the lives of those alien fighters deprived of the Mythical Units' shield and mired in confusion.
Throughout this engagement, the defensive squadron of the Human Emperor City stayed within the walls, offering no support, since nobody could tell if additional spies lurked in the endless Chaos Void outside. Though every scanning technique available to the race detected nothing unusual, the Torch Civilization refused to take the risk, lacking the means to afford it anyway.
After all, a loss in this wager would spell total ruin for the Torch Civilization from that point onward.
For this ambush beyond the walls, besides the Mythical Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, the rest of the participants consisted solely of warship avatars formed from warship avatar parts, maximizing the margin for mistakes.
Nevertheless, even with just the ambush squad in action, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship’s warship avatar managed to hold off the surviving Mythical Void Armor-breaking Beast on its own, turning the fight into a lopsided slaughter.
At last, as a few dim, unknown mythical presences began to surface from the emptiness trailing them, the ambush fleet abandoned heaps of alien debris and withdrew securely to the Human Emperor City.
Surveying the field of battle, aside from the remains of hundreds of thousands of alien vanguard parts, lay the bodies of those two fully slain Void Armor-breaking Beasts; the ambush group claimed them, for to the Torch Civilization, the corpses of Mythical Creatures ranked as invaluable strategic assets, scarce throughout history.
The lone surviving Void Armor-breaking Beast unleashed a roar of dread before fleeing wildly backward with its fragmented followers.
Evidently, this carefully orchestrated ambush yielded a stunning victory well exceeding all forecasts!
A few days afterward, upon the report reaching the trailing main body of the Five Races United Army, it triggered a massive uproar.
With the vanguard almost eradicated and two Tenth Rank mythical entities destroyed, the leaders of the Five Races felt stunned and furious, compelled to reevaluate the guarding strength and resolve of the Human Emperor City.
Their earlier bold and unwavering advance was now compelled to slow to a wary pace, as scouting and testing maneuvers multiplied, unavoidably postponing the push for an all-out offensive.
In turn, the Human Emperor City gained vital extra leeway, essential for both itself and the entire Torch Civilization.
From the ramparts, Jiang Yuan, Ji Heng, and their companions stared at the receding shadow in the remote heavens, but their expressions held little elation.
They understood this amounted to merely a brief triumph; the real challenge awaited them.
Without thinking, all their eyes shifted toward the distant edges of the skyline, where the massive contingent of the Five Races United Army crept steadily closer to the Human Emperor City, invisible to them.
At present, time was their utmost necessity.
Be it the rise of additional High Rank fighters from the Torch Domain or the advancements of Song Chi and Ying Yi, everything hinged on time, which would ultimately determine triumph or downfall.
Inside the secure magnetic wave discussion channel built by two Mythical Immortal Ships, the mood stayed heavy.
"Their primary force will arrive here in no more than a thousand years."
Ji Heng uttered gravely, sensing a handful of strange mythical presences from a distance, including two of Eleventh Rank.
"Next time, we won't get another chance for an ambush."
"A thousand years..." Wilson Aclemon whispered. "Added to the bare minimum of a thousand years we can endure against a total blockade, that makes two thousand years. Fingers crossed it's sufficient."
Like Jiang Yuan, Ji Heng, and the rest, his mind raced collectively to the Torch Domain, to the stellar landmass gradually evolving into the Immortal Qin Continent.
...
In the Chaos Divine Land, a thousand years passes like a blink.
During this vital respite, the Human Emperor City fortified itself completely.
Along the battlements, numerous shadowy energy cannon mounts, radiating ominous lights, had been freshly mounted; the Chaos Energy Shield fused more densely with the glow barriers of the Civilization Great Wall, power flowing without end, nearly solid to the touch; inside the city, every available force stood ready, the atmosphere thick with the choking tension of an imminent colossal conflict.
Still, as that infinite crimson malevolent energy, at last resembling a wave devouring the Starry Sea, crept over the Chaos Horizon and entered sight, it unleashed inexpressible dread and hopelessness.
Gone were the mere hundreds of thousands of scouts; now came tens of millions of alien combatants!
The array they formed extended without limit, with crimson mists from the amassed foul energy eclipsing the heavens, its immense scope transforming the whole chaotic emptiness into a hellish blood realm.
Don't liken it to the earlier joint assault by demonic apes and Netherworld Souls from multiple races on Human Emperor City with tens of millions of soldiers; the present unified mythical force of over ten million dwarfs that. Yet recall, in this latest coalition of more than ten million mythical troops, the lowliest is a Seventh Rank Dominator, rendering the million-strong full Dominator array utterly superior to past efforts.
Leading this horrifying phalanx were over twenty savage colossal creatures, each distinct in shape but all towering like peaks!
Included was that Void Armor-breaking Beast, once gravely wounded, now apparently healed and fiercer than before.
Hovering silently over these Tenth Rank Mythical Giant Beasts floated four silhouettes. Their presence wasn't deliberately projected, but they dominated the Chaos Void like its core. Just by being there, they quelled nearby Chaos Storms, warping the fabric of space.
Eleventh Rank Myths! Four in total!
The core of the Five Races Alliance Army had at last descended.
"At long last... they've arrived!"
Jiang Yuan positioned himself on the Shenxia Jiuli Ship's command deck, his stare cutting through veils of void to lock onto those four Eleventh Rank Myths, his tone as unyielding as steel.
No negotiations, no talks.
The instant the vast formation steadied, the central Eleventh Rank Myth—a entity wrapped in warped darkness, apparently forged from myriad tormented soul shards—leisurely lifted its "limb."
Then, it slashed downward abruptly!
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It resembled the cosmos's original detonation! Innumerable Alien Race warriors bellowed together, fracturing the void, as the Blood Evil Battle Formation swelled into a deluge of ruin, surging toward Human Emperor City!
Over twenty Tenth Rank Mythical Giant Beasts lunged ahead at once, every stride rending the void, unleashing power capable of pulverizing stars.
Those four Eleventh Rank Myths, despite holding back, loomed like crushing burdens, weighing oppressively on the psyche of each guardian commander.
"Civilization Great Wall! Engage!!"
Ji Heng’s bellow resounded across the city, boosted by Mythical Dark Energy.
Buzz——!!!
The Civilization Great Wall blazed with unmatched splendor. Myriad spectral laws materialized and intoned upon the barrier, as a shield robust as a star fortress abruptly ascended, enveloping the Chaos Energy Shield's exterior!
Right after, the deluge of ruin slammed savagely into the radiant barrier.
In that split second, silence gripped the world.
An unimaginably devastating blast wave raced outward in every direction, demolishing all Chaos Storms, debris, and even minor Chaos Mountain Chains in its path.
The radiant barrier warped and shuddered fiercely, creaking under immense strain, but it endured the opening salvo of the most savage onslaught.
"All squads! Fire at will! Aim for the foe's front lines!!"
Jiang Yuan’s order struck like a frigid stream, rousing the guards stunned by the doomsday vista.
"For civilization!!"
"Kill!!!"
The fury and war fervor, bottled up across ages, burst forth completely in this instant.
Human Emperor City transformed into a gigantic hedgehog, vomiting lethal infernos.
Billions of Torch Warship Main Cannons unleashed together, briefly lighting up the perpetual ashen Chaos Sky Dome, their glare momentarily outshining the Mythical Stars.
Endless streams of energy rays, solid projectiles, and law-infused missiles cascaded like a downpour, raining onto the sprawling, boundless Alien Race formation.
Each moment, scores to hundreds of Alien Race Dominator War Soldiers vaporized, shredded, dissolved into Chaos Dust.
Yet the adversaries numbered far too greatly, as if endless. As frontline foes dropped, rear ones trampled their fallen allies to press the assault.
Furthermore, those Tenth Rank Mythical Giant Beasts endured the intense bombardment, frenziedly battering the Civilization Great Wall’s radiant barrier. Every swipe and impact sparked wild flares across the barrier, with waves rippling outward furiously.
From the outset, the conflict dove into its fiercest, gore-drenched stage of grinding depletion.