Translator: Yukidaruma Translations Editor: Yukidaruma Translations
Hearing the Crown Princess’ question, Fang Xingjian said, “Don’t worry, there are weapons to deal with Xiantian Realm cultivators, so there will naturally be other weapons to deal with the cultivators from the Disha Realm, Tiangang Realm, and Great Dao Realm respectively.”
Then a hint of sword intent rose up from his fingertip. It was the Light Pursuit’s sword intent.
“Today is a day to trade martial techniques again, right?”
The Crown Princess nodded. A stream of light shot out from her forehead and into Fang Xingjian’s consciousness.
An hour later, the battle on the other side had completely ended. Fang Xingjian and the Crown Princess sent the small team of victorious Imperial Guards back to the Divine Capital.
Wang Tian and the others felt a series of light and shadow flashing before them, and they appeared in a factory that was built from pure metal.
At present, Fang Xingjian’s weapon factory had become more advanced than before. A large number of squid-like robots could be seen moving to and fro as their tentacles kept working on modifying and producing.
Many machine tools, apparatus, parts, and production lines were quickly formed in their hands. Seeing this, Wang Tian and the others were all stupefied.
If their gazes could see through the metal armor plates and the soil in the ground, they would be able to discover that the current weapon factory had become like a giant wasp nest. There were densely-packed robotic squids working everywhere.
These robotic soldiers that the Divine Emperor made in the past were now being used by Fang Xingjian as workers. Meanwhile, Fang Xingjian released his powers to do other more important things such as create the Universe Knight Systems and androids, derive the Great Dao’s Testimony, and cultivate the Royal Heavenly Great Art.
After Wang Tian and the others appeared in the factory, many cylindrical spaces suddenly appeared on the ground.
“Go in.”
Fang Xingjian’s voice rang out in their minds, and Wang Tian and the group immediately entered the cylindrical spaces. Then, under their nervous gazes, many robotic arms reached out from the space and quickly removed the exoskeleton armor and electromagnetic rifles they had on them.
In the blink of an eye, these warriors from the Imperial Guards who had been fully equipped were returned to having the appearance of ordinary people. When they walked out from the cylindrical spaces, their minds were still in a bit of a daze.
Fang Xingjian’s voice continued to ring out in their minds, “You guys will be staying here for the next few months to help me test out some new weapons. If you have any requests, you can voice them now…”
The thing that awaited them was a long period of training in improving their operation of the electromagnetic rifles and exoskeleton armor. They would also be testing out other newly added weapons.
Everyone responded actively toward this chance that was hard to come by. They were naturally very willing to become the members who were personally led by the Emperor and could use terrifying weapons like the electromagnetic rifles.
Fang Xingjian named this experimental troop ‘Sharp Swords’. It was a special troop for helping him test out the latest top-notch weapons.
Therefore, many battlefields of varying scales spread out amongst the different influences across Middle-earth. As Fang Xingjian sent out the Sharp Swords team time and time again, they immediately attracted the Three Mountains Four Peaks’ attention.
In a forest on a mountain in Min Region, the entire place was filled with broken corpses and the remnants of battle armors.
This was the territory belonging to the world’s greatest rebel—Liang Bo. These corpses were from Liang Bo’s army. Yet right now, most of them had been torn into pieces, with a small portion of them being incinerated into dried corpses.
Xiao Shen’s brows furrowed once again as he looked at these corpses. A young man who was following next to him could not help but retch.
The young man vomited while cursing, “What the hell, even if they wish to kill, did they have to make it so disgusting?”
Xiao Shen’s gaze swept by the many corpses. Suddenly, he beckoned with his hand, and the remnants of a bullet landed in his hand.
‘It’s this thing again.’
He said, “They didn’t intentionally make it such that there are shattered pieces of flesh everywhere. It’s just that their weapon produces such an effect in the first place.”
“Weapon?” The young man did not understand.
“In the past one month, a total of 21 similar events have occurred in multiple regions in Middle-earth. A group of people wearing black armor were assaulting the various military forces,” Xiao Shen said, waving the bullet in his hand. “This is the unique hidden weapon that they used.”
“There aren’t many of them, only about ten to twenty people. Each time around, they would initiate an attack against an army of several hundred or even 1,000 men and kill a tremendous number of Xiantian Realm cultivators before leaving.”
“Who has such great guts? Is the person thinking of waging a war against the entire world?”
Xiao Shen shook his head. “Only three regions—the Serene Region, the Jing Region, and the Beiyuan Region—had not encountered similar attacks. The number of deaths in the remaining regions has already exceeded 10,000 people in total.”
“It’s the imperial court? For ten or more people to kill over 10,000 people… They must be an elite team consisting of Disha Realm experts?” Hearing this, a gleam flashed past in the young man’s eyes, “Hmph, is that Fang Xuan really out to try everything because he’s in a desperate situation? Recklessly going to war and killing people will only turn everyone into his enemies.”
Xiao Shen nodded. Although logically, this was how things would turn out, his intuition—as well as a voice from the world—seemed to keep on warning and telling him that things were not that simple.
However, when he turned to look at the young man next to him, a hint of joy still broke out on his face.
This person was a heaven-blessed cultivator that the Three Mountains Four Peaks had discovered in the Min Region. Therefore, Xiao Shen had come rushing over and found him.
After a round of testing, he ascertained that this person was a heaven-blessed cultivator.
In such a critical period, every heaven-blessed cultivator would be a tremendous power. It was because they represented a future Great Dao Realm cultivator and would increase their chances of victory in dealing with Fang Xuan.
Based on the latest news, there were also many traces of new heaven-blessed cultivators being discovered in other places. This made Xiao Shen feel even more confident toward the future outcome.
‘Are the heavens trying to help us out as well?’ While thinking about this, he turned to the young man behind him and said, “Loree, I know that you have a grudge with the Great Jin Dynasty’s royal family. However, don’t underestimate Fang Xuan over this feud. This person’s strength and shrewdness are deep and unfathomable.
“Ever since he ascended the throne, he put in great efforts into running the country, defeating Prince Xin, and subduing the Demon Sect. He took down three regions in one go and leaped up to become the world’s top influence. The Demon Sovereign from 300 years ago is probably the only one who can match with his martial arts and intellect.”
Hearing this, although a hint of resentment appeared on young Loree’s face, he did not raise any objections. It was true that the recent achievements of the young Emperor in the north had been extraordinary. Although Loree was not willing to admit this, he could not deny it either.
“There’s no need for you to feel dejected. Although this person’s martial arts and intellect are great, he has exhausted his resources in building up military forces and he is a headstrong and self-opinionated person. It’s just wishful thinking for him to want to go against everyone in the world on the righteous path with the power of a single clan.
“Moreover, with the appearance of heaven-blessed cultivators like yourself, it seems that even the heavens want to annihilate him.” Xiao Shen smiled. “Let’s go. You still have a few more companions waiting for us.”
