Siege

"So fast!"

Xie Yusheng, piloting the Chengying mecha, immediately noticed the twelve Dawn Goddess large drones rapidly approaching.

"When did Blue Star develop such terrifying drones?"

Not just Xie Yusheng himself.

Because every move of the Cheng Ying mech attracted the attention of everyone in the world, almost all countries with advanced detection capabilities received the information at the same time when twelve Aurora drones soared into the sky to intercept the Cheng Ying mech.

The powerful states of Jin, Huanglong, and Zhongtu in the East immediately engaged in heated discussions.

Before long, they had come to a startling conclusion.

"A conspiracy! A conspiracy! This is a conspiracy!"

"Their previous provocations in the name of the Tianhuang Kingdom were to test whether we had any connection with Lu Ya of the Qianxing people, or rather, to provoke Lu Ya and make him reappear. For this moment, the Xingyao Federation, and even the entire Blue Star Federation, have made full preparations and carefully laid a trap!"

"We have relevant data on the Aurora drone, but the original Aurora was definitely not this fast... It seems that the Blue Star Federation's level of cooperation is much higher than we imagined. They have even shared the most cutting-edge technologies, almost making the Blue Star Federation a political community."

Zhao Tianfeng, Dong Xuanyuan, Han Guanglie, and others received the news and immediately went to find Xie Yusheng.

It seemed they wanted him to try to contact the Qianxing person Lu Ya and retreat temporarily to avoid falling headlong into the Blue Star Federation's trap.

Pity...

Xie Yusheng, who was controlling the Chengying Mech in his True Spirit form, did indeed know about the Blue Star Federation's conspiracy.

But...

Both sides have been fully exposed to each other's view.

If he retreats now, he will inevitably take these Aurora drones back to Middle-earth as well.

Will the Kingdom of Middle-earth help him intercept them or not?

If intercepted...

Regardless of whether they can stop them, even if they do manage to intercept them, the Blue Star Federation will inevitably seize the opportunity to launch an attack, and if things go wrong, war will break out on the land of the Middle Kingdom.

If it couldn't be intercepted...

Needless to say.

Riding on the prestige of forcing back the Cheng Ying mech, other countries on Blue Star will inevitably side with the Blue Star Federation. At that time, they will gain absolute control over the Blue Star Federation, and awaiting the outcome of the Three Kingdoms Alliance will be nothing short of a slow suicide.

Therefore, he cannot back down under these circumstances.

"Fortunately, I haven't been completely idle over the years."

Xie Yusheng muttered to himself.

Over the past year, he has used Lu Ya's name to embezzle a large amount of materials, and to this day, he has created the second Cheng Ying mech.

The new Chengying mech utilizes nuclear-powered materials and boasts superior performance compared to the "Thunder" type Chengying mech, making it akin to the "Thunder" II.

If this Cheng Ying mech is really shot down, he can simply send out the "Thunder" Type II Cheng Ying mech.

"Unfortunately, the True Spirit Manifestation Technique is too difficult to master. I haven't fully mastered it yet. If I could master the True Spirit Manifestation Technique, I could control two Shadow Mechs at the same time. Then I wouldn't have to let the Shadow Mechs get surrounded by twelve Dawn Goddess drones like we are now."

Xie Yusheng felt a pang of regret.

Recently, his status and position have been elevated, and he has too many things to do. He no longer has that undisturbed environment, which has slowed down his cultivation progress considerably.

After a moment of distraction, he quickly refocused and aimed at the twelve Aurora drones that were getting closer and closer to him.

By the time the drones approached, he had already controlled the ion cannon to lock onto them one by one.

But at that moment, twenty-four streaks of light shot out simultaneously.

With a roar of flames, twenty-four missiles, each about four meters long, launched their tail flames...

No!

It should have been accompanied by a roar that caused the flames to erupt.

Amidst these bursts of flame, the missiles accelerated to speeds almost impossible for atmospheric missiles to achieve, shooting towards Xie Yusheng's Cheng Ying mech like streaks of light at speeds exceeding twenty times the speed of sound.

"This kind of missile!?"

Xie Yusheng's pupils contracted. "This is bad."

That's too fast!

Moreover, there are far too many missiles.

He didn't have time to operate the ion cannon to shoot down all twenty-four missiles one by one.

"It's too late!"

The next moment, Xie Yusheng quickly placed his hand on the armory in front of his chest, and with the injection of energy, bursts of lightning frantically gathered on his body.

In just a moment, a dazzling burst of lightning erupted, spreading wildly in all directions from him.

Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon - Thunderstorm!

The lightning spread, forming a vast area that instantly enveloped a radius of dozens of miles.

Of the twenty-four missiles that rushed into this area at extremely high speed, more than a dozen of them flashed with lightning and fell to the ground, while several others were directly exploded by high-powered lightning, forming dazzling fireworks.

However...

The Blue Star Federation's General Staff seemed to have thoroughly studied the various performance characteristics of the Cheng Ying mech. They knew that some of the Cheng Ying mech's instruments, which had just launched Thunderstorm, would also be affected, rendering them unusable for a short period of time.

Therefore, after using 24 missiles to force out Xie Yusheng's Thunderstorm electromagnetic pulse weapon with near-saturation bombardment, another 12 missiles followed closely behind.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Having made preparations, Xie Yusheng immediately withdrew rapidly, creating distance, and activated his ion cannon.

Under lock-on, seven of the twelve missiles were blown up in mid-air by the near-light-speed projectiles of the ion cannon before they could even get close.

The remaining five...

Just as the arrow was about to reach the Cheng Ying mech, Xie Yusheng had already drawn the ship-slaying sword carried on the Cheng Ying mech.

With his speed already accelerated to more than ten times the speed of sound, he suddenly spun around in the void, unleashing a dazzling and brilliant burst of sword energy with his ship-slaying sword.

Draw your sword! Draw your sword! Draw your sword!

Xie Yusheng's sword strikes were incredibly fast!

Although he did not cultivate any True Qi or Gang Qi, the blade qi formed by compressing the air with his violent power still made the clouds and void within thousands of meters in front of him seem to be shredded by an invisible force.

Before the five missiles could even reach within a kilometer of him, they were all torn apart in mid-air, bursting into iron filings and flames.

"Damn it! We can't get close to him!"

"Using physical force to compress air and turn it into a weapon?! How is that even possible?! That's so unscientific!"

"Those dozens of miles away are intercepted by ion cannons, and those within a few miles will face the blade energy unleashed by the mech... We underestimated this mech's close combat capabilities."

At a military base far away in the Tianhuang Kingdom, twelve operators and their teams were simultaneously filled with anxiety and resentment.

"There's no way around it, this siege has failed. We wasted too many missiles at the beginning..."

A man who appeared to be in a leadership position turned his gaze toward the conference room.

In the virtual projection room of the conference room, Robert and others were watching the situation in this area from thousands of miles away.

At that moment, an aide seemed to say something to him, and he immediately said, "Execute Plan Four!"

"Contingency Plan Four?"

The man paused for a moment, then quickly nodded and relayed the orders from above.

Suddenly, these Aurora drones used high-speed maneuvering to quickly approach and launched missiles from all directions, up, down, left, and right.

Do you really think I'm made of clay?!

Xie Yusheng took a deep breath.

Instead of retreating rapidly, their figures advanced.

Under the control of the True Spirit, the ion cannon seemed to have a life of its own, autonomously selecting one target after another, constantly flashing its light.

He himself would unleash his speed to the extreme, always ensuring that he had enough distance and space to dodge and maneuver.

Under these powerful shells, the approaching Aurora drones had no chance to dodge. Even if they launched missiles, it was meaningless. Missiles and drones alike were all blasted to pieces.

However, this tactic did not deter these drones.

Despite the astronomical cost of each Aurora drone, with many of its components being laboratory products and totaling billions in value, the operators still fearlessly maneuvered them into a relentless charge against the Shadow Mech.

While launching missiles to contain Xie Yusheng, he used himself as a suicide weapon, detonating himself after rushing into Xie Yusheng's vicinity.

Drones are different from missiles.

They become much more agile and faster when manipulated by humans.

In a burst of brilliant flames and a deafening roar, finally...

Three drones suddenly approached Xie Yusheng from two directions, closing the distance to within 500 meters...

Once they were within 500 meters, they did not hesitate for a moment and brazenly activated their self-destruct program.

The next moment, an overwhelmingly brilliant light emanated from the three large drones, as if three dazzling suns had simultaneously appeared in the void, just like...

Nuclear explosion!

This new Aurora drone was designed to launch itself as a nuclear bomb.

At this moment, it approached Xie Yusheng within 500 meters and detonated simultaneously, releasing power almost exactly the same as a close-range nuclear missile!

"It's a success!"

"Good!"

Seeing the three drones finally approach Xie Yusheng and successfully detonate, the operators and staff at the Tianhuang Kingdom military base shouted with surprise and excitement.

Even the bigwigs of the Blue Star Federation breathed a sigh of relief, their faces beaming with barely suppressed joy.

In contrast to the surprise of the Blue Star Federation, the members of the Three Kingdoms Alliance True Immortal Research Institute stood up abruptly.

But when he saw the dazzling flames and blazing white light fill the entire screen, he sat down helplessly.

"It's over..."

"This power... is already comparable to a nuclear bomb with a yield of one megaton..."

"The Blue Star Federation's abuse of nuclear weapons... is too outrageous and too insane!"

Zhao Tianfeng, Dong Xuanyuan, Han Guanglie, and the others all had barely contained anger in their eyes.

Just then...

Amidst the endless blinding light and raging flames, it seemed to be violently torn apart by a raging force, just like...

A passage was forcibly cut open.

In the passage, a figure surrounded by flames shot out, engulfed in firelight, and in the blink of an eye, it soared into the sky and disappeared without a trace.