It wasn't just the prisoners of Prison Peak who were dumbfounded. Even the people of the Ask Dao Sect hadn't expected the Zhutan Civilization's fleet to come straight to their doorstep.
Therefore, their first reaction wasn't anger or any other intense emotion, but sheer bewilderment.
"Isn't that the Zhutan Civilization fleet they talked about in the papers? How did they end up over here?"
"Did I go mad while practicing? Why does it feel like they aren't that strong?" The Ask Dao Sect disciples chattered among themselves. This wasn't what they had heard at all.
"It must be a feint."
"Reporting to the commander, the neutralization field has failed against the energy beams at maximum power."
For some reason, the commander felt vaguely uneasy and inexplicably irritated. His subordinate's question sounded incredibly stupid to him, and he ordered coldly, "I'm not blind. If one shot isn't enough, fire ten. If ten aren't enough, fire a hundred. If that still doesn't work, mobilize the entire fleet's beams. I refuse to believe that two hundred beams can't blast this place open!"
No one could stop him from seizing the spirit stones and earning this merit!
"Yes!" The subordinate stood at attention and saluted before hurriedly contacting every ship captain, ordering them to warm up the energy cannons.
Rumble—
Ten maximum-power energy beams fired at once, striking the Ask Dao Sect's Sect Protection Array again and raising ten ripples—but that was all.
"They dare attack us at this level?" The Ask Dao Sect's elders were astonished. Even the Grand Elder rose from his coffin, ready to take action.
Did they really look down on the Ask Dao Sect that much?
"Don't move. Let me handle this!"
"Why should you? As the eldest brother, shouldn't you give your younger brothers a chance?"
"The enemy