Consolidation

Wei Changkong and the others gasped for breath, their eyes gleaming with an unprecedented light.

Three hundred years of passive defense, three hundred years of repression, were ignited at this moment.

"You are now fully responsible for the daily military command of the node."

"I need to go into seclusion for a long time to solidify my foundation."

"Don't worry, sir!"

Wei Changkong straightened up abruptly, gave a standard military salute, and spoke in a firm and powerful voice.

"During your seclusion, at the Thirteen Nodes, your Battle Saber will never be sheathed!"

Chen Fan nodded, turned and walked into the Quiet Chamber, the heavy Alloy Gate slowly closing.

Time slips away quietly as the Milky Way shifts.

Four months passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Quiet Chamber, Chen Fan seemed oblivious to everything around him.

His mind was completely immersed in comprehending the Miniature Universe within his Dantian, perfectly merging the immense power of the Ninth Tier with himself, bit by bit.

At that moment, a familiar Light Screen appeared before his eyes without warning.

Chen Fan slowly opened his eyes and looked at the countdown on the Light Screen, which had already reached zero.

He celebrated his sixteenth birthday since he came into this world.

[Bite!]

[Annual talent tally complete!]

[Martial Dao Talent +327680]

A warm current, far more powerful and vast than ever before, surged into his limbs and bones, eventually merging into the Origin Source his Divine Soul.

Chen Fan immediately looked at the most crucial section on the system panel.

[Martial Dao Talent: 491510 (The Great Dao Bearing)]

The golden characters, which were originally unique throughout the ages, flashed wildly for several breaths before finally settling into two even more profound new characters. "The Great Dao Bearing!"

However, the next second, Chen Fan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Because this power originating from the system directly transformed into the most Origin Source creative power, it surged entirely Qi Sea his Dantian, into the quietly floating Divine Kingdom in the Palm.

Boom!!

A tremendous roar, seemingly from the very beginning of the universe, exploded within his body!

Within the Divine Kingdom, chaos erupted, with Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind raging and surging.

Stars are born from nothingness, and brilliant galaxies are forcibly shaped. Countless Star System are like chess pieces placed precisely on the dark cosmic chessboard by an invisible hand!

From a speck of dust to a nebula, and then to a complete Star System.

From deathly silence to the birth of the first ray of life.

Billions of years of cosmic evolution were compressed into this brief moment, and it all unfolded completely within his body!

At that very moment, the energy fluctuations released from this intense internal evolution instantly penetrated the layers of barriers in the Quiet Chamber, detonating the entire Thirteenth Garrison Node!

Boom!!

A deafening roar erupted without warning from the deepest part of the Thirteenth Garrison Node, at the location of the Garrison Envoy's residence!

Immediately following, a terrifying energy storm, a fusion of the boundless vitality of creation and the deathly stillness of the end of all things, two completely opposite yet perfectly blended forces, swept wildly in all directions like a supernova that had been detonated!

Buzz!!

The entire steel fortress, suspended in the Annihilation Star Domain, trembled violently under the impact of this energy.

A piercing buzzing sound echoed in every corner, and the blood-red highest-level alarm light, like the most rapid heartbeat, flashed wildly in all the passageways and cabins.

At the same time, the composite energy defense Light Screen on the outer perimeter of the fortress, which was strong enough to withstand the attack of several Ninth Tier experts, automatically overloaded and activated under the terrifying energy stimulation, even before it could be manually activated, and burst out with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!

Inside the Command Center.

Wei Changkong, who was working out a new round of extermination plans in front of the giant Star Map, suddenly turned ashen-faced.

That oppressive force...

It penetrated the layers of barriers in the Command Center and directly affected the Origin Source of his Divine Soul!

It was a vastness and desolation that completely transcended the existing laws of the universe, as if an ancient deity from a higher Dimensions had opened its eyes that disregarded all living beings.

Faced with this aura, he, a newly promoted Eighth-Order Late Stage powerhouse, was as insignificant as an ant that could be crushed at any moment, and his soul trembled instinctively!

"Enemy attack!!"

Wei Changkong's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he let out a roar that seemed to be about to burst.

"All personnel on high alert!!"

The roar, transmitted through the fortress's public communication network, exploded in the ears of every soldier like thunder.

It's him!

It must be an even more terrifying existence behind that Ninth Tier ancestor of the Shadow Clan who was frightened away by the adult!

They traversed endless Star Seas, sparing no expense, and forcibly descended upon the node, all for revenge!

Rumble!

Before anyone could react, an even more terrifying scene unfolded.

The starry sky above the fortress was torn open by the overflowing energy storm, creating a massive chaotic rift tens of thousands of kilometers long!

Earth, fire, water, wind!

The four most primordial Universe Origin forces, like wild horses, raged and surged in the vacuum, transforming into a massive energy tsunami that blotted out the sky, whipping up shattered Stars and meteorites, and slamming them against the fortress's defensive Light Screen time and time again!

Each impact caused the entire fortress to shake violently.

On the Light Screen, billions of dazzling bolts of lightning surged wildly, their crackling sounds like the death knell of the universe.

"Form ranks!!"

"Fight to the death!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Wei Changkong was the first to rush out of the Command Center and soar into the sky.

Following closely behind, more than ten figures, also exuding the terrifying aura of Eighth-Order powerhouses, soared into the sky from various parts of the fortress.

They are the core members of the Thirteenth Node, the group of veterans who followed Chen Fan!

"Ignite my Qi and Blood and forge my military spirit!"

Wei Changkong's voice was hoarse and resolute.

Without hesitation, he and more than ten veterans ignited their own Qi and Blood and Origin Source. Their immense power converged in mid-air, forming an unparalleled killing formation with iron will as its backbone and unwavering belief in certain death as its soul!

A towering phantom of a war god, tens of thousands of feet tall, wielding a battle spear and clad in tattered Battle Armor, materialized in the starry sky, radiating War God overwhelming fighting spirit that would never retreat even in the face of death!

They knew very well that against an enemy of this caliber, any defense would be futile.

The only option is to fight to the death!

With their own bodies as blades and their Divine Souls as fire, Human Race, for the sake of the Garrison Envoy commander behind them who was currently in seclusion, to buy even a single breath of time!

Click...

Just as the phantom of the God of War God was taking shape and Wei Changkong was about to lead everyone in a desperate charge, the seemingly indestructible defensive Light Screen was finally covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

However, at that very moment...

The energy storm that swept across the starry sky, seemingly about to drag everything into chaos, suddenly... paused slightly.

It was as if an unseen, invisible hand was gently adjusting the pointers of time.

The next second, a scene that Wei Changkong and the others would never forget appeared.