Frontline

The Tang Kingdom were even more cunning than Li Qi had imagined, and their methods were far more unpredictable than Li Qi had anticipated.

Right under their noses, an army vanished.

At the same time, it also restrained Li Qi, the main general, and suppressed Shen Shuibi, the Balancer, and the Fu Tian Yan Jie Zhu, all of whom were fifth-rank!

They themselves only lost a few dozen people.

While Li Qi had been trapping this army for three days, the Tang army had already quietly bypassed Li Qi's senses and entered the interior of the World Cluster Formation!

Li Qi could have noticed it. He could have seen the Tang Kingdom quietly enter. Using the perception of the World Cluster Formation, plus the analytical ability of True Knowledge Dao Charm, he could have given an early warning. Not every Human Way army has that level of stealth capability.

However, his True Knowledge Dao Charm that for the past three days, he had been entangled with this Tang Kingdom detachment, and by such a slight margin, the Tang Kingdom were able to successfully sneak in.

He was just a hair's breadth away from realizing something was wrong.

Now that Shen Shuibi has deactivated the Golden Core Formation, and Li Qi has refocused his attention elsewhere, he realizes that the Tang Kingdom have already advanced and will soon launch a successful surprise attack, forcing the other worlds in the world cluster to engage in battle!

Therefore, Li Qi immediately issued the order, "Quickly! Everyone, get ready, the Human Path raid is about to begin!"

Right after Li Qi issued the order—

It only took a few Chen.

The real battle has begun.

It's no longer the kind of special operations or missions that involved a 10,000-strong detachment launching a surprise attack.

It was a real war.

Through the World Cluster Formation, Li Qi sensed that millions of worlds were simultaneously emitting a hiss!

If you count carefully, there are 9,327,235 worlds that are at war at the same time.

These warring worlds simultaneously served as a warning to Li Qi to engage in combat, and they also observed traces of Human Path.

This was pre-arranged so that the world that first discovers traces of Human Path could bypass the hierarchy and report the information directly to Li Qi through the formation, making it easier for Li Qi to receive the news as soon as possible.

However, the sheer volume of information, numbering in the tens of millions, still gave Li Qi a bit of a headache.

He immediately ordered, "Lower the priority of the warnings and let each of our respective superior worlds handle them. The war has now officially begun. All units, prepare."

Then, Li Qi stopped paying attention to the outside world and decisively immersed himself in the formation, focusing all his attention on processing the information.

Countless worlds, countless battles.

Human Path is not for everyone; they also have other worlds, and there are worlds that are willing to follow Human Path.

These were few in number, but without exception, they were all elites, from worlds at least at the level of the Fu Cao Yi Realm, with many powerful individuals and extremely firm fighting spirit.

Soldiers fighting for a meal are the weakest, and may desert at any time; if their casualties reach half, they may rout.

Soldiers who fight for money or profit, i. e. mercenaries, are slightly better, but they are still unwilling to risk their lives and can generally hold out until they suffer 10% casualties.

Soldiers fighting to defend their homeland are better off; they are more organized and can generally hold out until they suffer more than 30% casualties before fleeing.

Soldiers who gather for a greater cause, for the noble ideals of others, or to build a better world—very good, very good. Although they may grow weaker over time, they often fight to the last man.

Soldiers who fight for their principles, their beliefs, and their unwavering ideals can face death without regret, advancing wave upon wave without ever retreating.

Although Li Qi currently controls many worlds, most of them are for personal gain, and a small portion are for 'others' grand ideals' or for the goals of Shaman Path.

Only a very small number of people can reach that final level, for the sake of their own path.

But Human Path is different.

The entire Human Path army, including those worlds that follow Human Path, are the type who would rather die than regret it.

That's terrifying, extremely terrifying.

Even though the Human Path army was not large, roughly only one-tenth of Li Qi's, the combination of the Human Path military formation created an overwhelming advantage on the main battlefield.

It was truly overwhelming. After Li Qi took over the entire battlefield, in just one Chen, more than a million worlds had been defeated and damaged.

It wasn't that they couldn't win, but rather... they ran away.

Li Qi couldn't control them at all. These people didn't have a strong fighting spirit. The Human Path army was surrounded by ten times the number of troops, but they still fought to the death. However, these troops often started to get out of control when their casualties exceeded 20%.

It's important to understand that in large-scale military operations like this, discipline and formation are paramount.

Once the formation begins to crumble and the formation cannot be maintained, then no matter how many times or even hundreds of times more people there are, they will only face certain death.

Despite having only one-tenth the number of soldiers, they managed to achieve a casualty ratio of one to one thousand.

For every Tang Kingdom killed, there are thousands more casualties.

It should be understood that in the Dao Path cultivation, the Human Path is good at gathering the strength of many people, while the Shaman Path is more about going it alone.

At this moment, the Human Path is full of elites, while the Shaman Path has a large number of people, of varying quality.

It makes it seem like Shaman Path is the one that "relies on the power of the masses".

However, this is actually the essence.

The requirements for 'the masses' in the eyes of Human Path are far too high.

Those who are recognized as human by the Human Path are considered the elite among the elite in all the heavens and myriad realms.

On the contrary, because the Shaman Path believes that all things are equal and each has its place, those worlds that are regarded as natural resources by Human Path can also participate in the war.

Li Qi controlled the World Cluster Formation, maintaining suppression of the light band, and at the same time gave the order, "Hold on, everyone hold on! If the formation collapses, you will all die. Do not collapse out of fear. You have all cultivated to the ninth rank, can't you distinguish between this advantage and disadvantage? Hold on, and we can surround and kill you! We can form a numerical advantage on all battlefields!"

Then, he quickly released a map showing the distribution of forces in the siege, ordering all worlds to proceed to designated strategic locations to cut off the overall Human Path movement.

This order was passed down to the fifth-rank realm lords, and then passed down layer by layer, until it was broken down into specific combat tasks that were carried out by the soldiers.

Li Qi was so engrossed in the command system that he completely lost all awareness of the outside world.

Outside, Shen Shuibi began issuing orders.

She said to the Lord of the Bound Heaven Realm, "Find someone to send him back to the central army."

Then she said, "We... continue forward. The combat mission has been issued, and we must proceed to the Bing Chen Shuo Zone."

The Balancer and the Lord of the Bound Heaven Realm bowed and said yes, then received their missions and left.

The war has begun.

Millions of worlds have been engulfed in war. Of course, the civilians have already been relocated, and these worlds have long been transformed into War Fortress.

On the Human Path side, there is no such thing as a world; all that exists are enormous War Fortress floating in the void, with World-Class Giant Ship serving only as patrolling guards beside these fortresses.

These fortresses are a combination of offense and defense, resembling celestial Heavenly Palace floating in the void.

At this moment, the reconnaissance team from the Jiayin Three Realms is watching from afar the front line where Human Path is gradually 'spreading'.

This reconnaissance team consisted of three people, all of whom were typical Jiayin Three Realms people: slender bodies, silver-white hair, and owl-like faces.

They had been lying in wait for a long time before finally arriving at the front line. However, upon arriving at the front line, one of the scouts felt his body go weak.

He stared in disbelief at the scene before turning to his captain, his voice trembling, and asked, "Captain, is that what we're facing?"

It's true, that thing can only be described as 'spreading'.

At the very center, there seems to be the Human Path city of 'Gansong'. There, countless Law Treasure surge forth, towering high into the sky. Around this center, at intervals of about 20,000 miles, there is a sphere. This sphere is the Law Treasure production line, constantly devouring matter and producing brand new Law Treasure.

These Law Treasure will be picked up by the transportation agencies below and transported to the border, where they will begin to be assembled. At a speed of several miles per second, they will gradually expand into the void, as if they are... growing.

Now look at this entire War Fortress—

This is a fortress even larger than the world's capital, and its style is a typical example of Human Path with flying eaves and painted walls.

Flying eaves and roof ornaments, jade-painted steps and black plaster, green lacquer and red steps, rafters and inscriptions.

Amidst the misty smoke and golden tiger, amidst the jade and bronze goblets, light illuminates heaven and earth, and the aura of the Ox and the Dipper surges forth.

Layer upon layer of roofs and eaves, endless pavilions occupy the blue sky, stretching outwards without end.

If we broaden our perspective even further, we can see that within a range measured in light-years, the stars hang in the sky, and all worlds are swept away.

The moon and sun look left and right, hanging in the Heavenly Palace, the bright moon in the blue sky, a pool of dark purple and clear blue, calmly watching the myriad stars align with the Big Dipper.

It truly is... a multitude of stars paying homage to the heavens.

Countless stars, pulled by the gravity controlled by the Divine Ability Technique Method of the War Fortress, were 'falling' from the void toward the War Fortress. However, they would not reach the ground, but would be torn apart and swallowed by the floating Law Treasure production line along the way.

This is why Human Path needs to modify the Great Way and eliminate all World Barrier.

Because of the existence of World Barrier, matter is encompassed within these World Barrier, which makes it 'very difficult to digest' for the Law Treasure assembly line.

Yes, it's that simple.

So once you peel the fruit, the rest is easy to eat.

Even if this would directly cause countless worlds to collapse, and all life within them to perish in the outer void.

What does it matter if everyone is dead? Aren't corpses matter?

Similarly, Demon Beast corpses are used daily to Law Treasure, and various plants are often used to make tools, such as the most typical wooden sticks.

If all of these are acceptable, why can't the corpses of other living beings be included?

It doesn't matter; they're all material things.

Thus, these substances were scattered, then compressed and condensed by gravity, becoming stars, which were Human Path pulled down by the hand of 'gravity', forming this magnificent scene of 'ten thousand stars vying for supremacy'.

To be honest, if you ignore the reasons behind it and just look at the scenery on its own, it is truly breathtaking, almost exceeding all the expectations of the three-person team in front of them.

It's hard to describe the scene before me—such a dense array of stars, such a dense galaxy, as if the Milky Way had fallen from the heavens and scattered across the earth.

What do you mean by 'likely the Milky Way falling from the heavens'?

Sorry, there's no 'suspected', this is the real deal, countless Milky Way falling down.

The falling Milky Way splashed up countless ripples of starlight, but eventually these ripples dissipated, leaving only the Human Path War Fortress.

Hearing his subordinate's words, the captain of the Jiayin Three Realms gave a wry smile, "Yes, this is the enemy we are facing, but... fortunately, we have someone just as strong behind us. Look at the challenge letter from last time, we successfully accepted it, didn't we?"

Hearing this, the remaining two team members relaxed a little.

The giant phantom from last time did give them some confidence, but... not quite enough.

Because they had personally witnessed, or even experienced, the scene where the Emperor's handwritten letter shook the heavens and subdued everyone.

The Emperor's aura was so terrifying that even though it was just a handwritten letter with no lethal power, it still caused such terrible consequences.

However, the giant phantom image, although it accepted the challenge, was rather bland, lacking any strange special effects or terrifying sense of oppression.

Although they all knew in their hearts that accepting the challenge meant that the gap between the two sides was not that big, for these ordinary seventh-rank scouts, the sense of pressure and the scope of influence were more tangible than the so-called 'essence'.

"Alright, now that we've confirmed the rate of Human Path expansion, let's go, but don't get too close," the captain said, then his body blurred, transforming into a beam of light and swiftly disappearing.

This is a special ability of the Jiayin Three Realms people. As pure Yin Qi spirits, they can transform into Qi and use this to develop a whole set of rapid escape techniques.

However, halfway through their escape technique, they suddenly felt themselves being bound by something.

This terrified the three men!

We've been discovered!?

If discovered by Human Path, they would likely suffer a terrible death.

During this period of war, the reconnaissance soldiers have suffered heavy losses.

They stopped immediately, abandoning any attempt to escape, as it was pointless. They figured they might as well fight to the death and perhaps die with some value.

However, what puzzled the three-person team was that after they stopped, they were not met with a Human Path attack.

It was a message.

The squad leader first looked around, then carefully opened the communication device.

Since we're all going to die anyway, we might as well see what's really going on.

However, after opening the message, he was overjoyed.

"It's a world where Human Path is being bullied," the captain said to the other two.

This letter was left by those who still refused to surrender in the Human Path area; they must have been searching for the Shaman Path's scouts for a long time!

Yes, Human Path has destroyed so many worlds, but there are always some high-level cultivators, such as sixth- or fifth-rank world lords, who have not all died out.

Instead, they have gathered behind enemy lines and are now calling upon the Shaman Path to prepare for a joint operation!