Light Fortress Chapter 2033 - 68: Slaying the Red Dragon

"Hit! Hit them hard!"

At the mention of a fight, Rust Bone’s whole presence changed, his energy surging.

Back when he was stationed at the North Continent Fortress, he had always been in the pro-war faction, and more than once had advised His Majesty to lead the legions and take charge of the southern campaign!

Rust Bone might be belligerent, but he never fought a battle he wasn’t sure of winning.

The "target of war" he had asked to attack back then wasn’t the Source Tower... it was precisely the South Continent Storm Church!

The Storm God’s Throne harbored sinister intentions; long before the self-detonation incident at the Ice Sea, Rust Bone General had already seen that the Storm Church would one day become a poisonous thorn in North Continent’s flesh, and the sooner this thorn was pulled, the better!

But unfortunately.

Lin Lei did not agree to Rust Bone’s remonstrance.

War is not something that can be launched on a whim... Even though North Continent had the hard strength and confidence to defeat the Storm Church, they still did not dare rashly start a war.

In the tense situation of those years, Deep Sea had already faintly turned its spearhead toward North Continent, watching North Continent’s every move. Once Lin Lei agreed to Rust Bone’s advice and chose to go to war with the Storm Church, the Source Tower would immediately stand in the camp of South Continent’s allies. Because North Continent would be the one to initiate the war, it would face enormous public pressure, and the expected "sweeping momentum" would be completely blocked by the Source Tower. This war would be dragged into an endless stalemate, and North Continent would lose a great deal of economy, manpower, resources, and popular support.

Once the sanctions from Central Continent descended.

North Continent would迎来 the most brutal "Winter" in its history!

Now, Rust Bone had finally waited for the opportunity to declare war on the Storm Church! And this time... there would be no more strategic scruples!

"Just the two of us for this battle?"

Rust Bone took a deep breath, rubbing his fists, and slid the bronze sword back into its sheath.

"Yes, just the two of us. We move fast and finish it quickly."

Gu Shen turned back to look at the starship he was on.

He wasn’t planning on waking his senior sister... Right now, his senior sister and teacher were in a critical moment of "comprehension," and even if they joined this battle, it wouldn’t make much difference.

Gu Shen made an estimate of the Storm Church’s strength.

Even if Red Dragon had signed a soul contract with the Storm God’s Throne and received the Original Gift of the Storm Spark, there would at most be two Origin Strong People on that starship.

With Rust Bone General’s strength, taking on two at once was no problem at all.

His own starship needed his senior brothers to guard it, and at the same time find a good place to hide.

The enemy was in the open, while he was in the shadows! Gu Shen had never considered himself some upright gentleman; now was the perfect chance to launch a surprise attack on the Storm Church!

He reckoned that no matter how the Storm God’s Throne calculated, it would never expect that a casually discarded corpse in the Old World would bring such a powerful and terrifying enemy down on the Storm!

Rust Bone suddenly thought of a question. Suppressing his battle intent, he asked in a deep voice, "It’s just... how are we supposed to find the Storm Church?"

Finding a starship in the void was not easy.

Yes, starships were huge.

But the void of the Old World was even vaster!

An Ice Sea stretching ten thousand miles, and a giant whale lurking beneath; no matter how huge the whale’s carcass, compared to the Ice Sea... it was just a drop in the ocean.

"Since we’re going to fight, of course I have a way."

Gu Shen smiled faintly.

He stretched out his palm.

"Boom!"

Chi Huo mixed with Netherworld Fire appeared in Gu Shen’s palm. By now this cluster of firelight was no longer the weak little flame of years past that could be snuffed out by a gust of wind. The icy gale in the void that was enough to extinguish souls blew against the blazing flame in Gu Shen’s palm, and not only did it fail to blow it smaller, it instead drove it into even greater surges!

Gu Shen gently raised his palm.

He recalled the surplus Heart Flow Power from the Time Dojo and fused it into the Netherworld Fire.

"Go!"

With a sharp shout.

Gu Shen infused six strands of Heart Flow Power into this cluster of flame. The firelight spread rapidly in the void, turning into fine, long fire-lines that instantly shot out thousands of meters, longer and longer—

Rust Bone was stunned at the sight.

He, too, was a man who had witnessed Divine Miracles.

The Empress’s spiritual power could easily envelop the Central City, sensing every rustle of wind and movement of grass.

But even a Divine Throne’s spiritual power had its limits!

Gu Shen releasing these countless fire-lines was equivalent to weaving a gigantic spiderweb in the Old World... This kind of trawling method was the most clumsy approach.

How do you fish out a particular fish you want from the sea?

Gu Shen’s answer was.

Weave a net.

As long as the net was big enough... you could catch it!

"You’re really planning to find the Storm Church like this?"

Rust Bone’s expression was complicated. Everywhere his eyes and Divine Thought reached, there were only the "fire-lines" Gu Shen had spread out.

All he could say was that Gu Shen’s spiritual power was far too strong compared to his!

"Yeah."

Gu Shen’s expression was calm as he said softly, "Since there’s a turbulence belt, it means the Storm God’s Throne’s starship isn’t far from us. There’s no clever trick to locking onto a moving coordinate in the Old World... This method can help me find a second corpse, a third corpse, and from there pinpoint the position of the Storm Starship."

Rust Bone’s eyes lit up.

So that’s how it was... If the spiritual power Gu Shen had dispersed ran straight into the Storm God’s Throne’s starship, that would be ideal. But even if it didn’t and instead swept up other corpses, those could also serve as clues!

"There it is."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Second corpse, forty-seven li to the southwest."

He extended his palm and gently pressed it on Rust Bone’s shoulder.

A wisp of light and fire burned in the void, wrapping around the two of them.

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"Red Dragon is this arrogant! This is beyond tolerable!"