The Grandmaster's Might

These few were precisely the legion commanders participating in this "Spirit Slaughter" operation, all genuine Grandmaster Realm Strongers.

"Finally... making their move?"

The remaining squad leaders looked up at the figures in the sky, murmuring under their breath.

The peripheral support units that had been preparing to withdraw also halted their steps upon seeing these experts appear.

Lu Feng, standing at the center of the 115th Legion, couldn't help but look up as well.

He saw that aside from the communicators in their ears, those Grandmasters indeed wore no protective gear whatsoever on their bodies.

At this moment, he finally believed that Grandmaster experts could indeed move freely in extreme environments without relying on any technology.

But since they possessed such formidable strength, why hadn't they acted sooner?

Why wait until such heavy casualties had been suffered before showing themselves?

At the Battlefield Center.

The rampaging Drill Bull Lord seemed to sense the deadly threat as well.

It abandoned its pursuit of the ordinary mecha units, raised its mountain-like head, and locked its violet pupils onto those few tiny figures in the air that radiated a terrifying aura.

"Gentlemen, Quick Battle, clean them up."

The speaker was none other than Zhang Zechuan, commander of the 115th Legion.

His voice was calm, without any amplification device, yet it reached every ear on the battlefield with an unquestionable authority.

Before his words faded, five or six figures suddenly scattered, Transforming Into streaks of Flowing Light in various colors, charging toward the beast swarm.

One crimson streak of light plunged straight toward a Leader Level Drill Bull. The Colossal Beast roared as it met the attack, its horn—strong enough to tear through alloy—thrusting viciously forward.

Yet that streak of light neither dodged nor evaded; it simply threw a punch.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull, muffled pfft sound.

Under the gaze of countless mecha sensors and naked eyes, the head of that Leader Level Drill Bull, harder than steel, burst apart like a watermelon crushed by an invisible force. Its massive body stiffened for an instant, then crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The crimson streak of light did not pause; it shot toward the next leader...

It wasn't just this one spot—wherever the other Grandmasters passed, it was a one-sided slaughter.

Wherever they went, whether ordinary third-tier or Leader Level fourth-tier Drill Bulls, all were instantly killed!

This was the power of a Grandmaster!

Facing Low-level Alien Beasts, they displayed absolute dominance, like a hot knife cutting through butter. The Beast Tide was visibly being cleared, evaporating before their eyes.

Yet the true core of the battle was that Lord Level Drill Bull.

At this moment, three Grandmasters with the heaviest auras surrounded it in a triangular formation.

"ROAR—!"

The Drill Bull Lord let out a deafening roar, its sound waves nearly turning solid. It sensed the lethal threat and launched the first attack.

Its massive body erupted with astonishing speed, belying its size, and like a galloping mountain, it slammed straight toward Zhang Zechuan in front!

"Hmph! With such a massive swarm of alien beasts, only this one Lord shows up—truly a Trash."

Zhang Zechuan gave a Cold Snort, his Qi Energy surging all over. He Raised Hand and swept out a powerful blast of True Qi.

"BOOM—!!!"

A terrifying collision sound rang out. The shockwave exploded in a ring, flinging everything within a hundred meters—whether alien beast corpses or mecha fragments—into the air.

The other two Grandmasters struck simultaneously, sending two surges of mighty True Qi tearing through the air.

The Drill Bull Lord had yet to steady itself and could only endure the blow head-on.

BOOM—!

The Violent Power blasted the Colossal Beast flying backward, crashing heavily into the dense herd behind it.

The impact formed a massive crater, with dust and smoke billowing skyward.

As the dust began to settle, the Lord slowly rose from the pit, shaking the dirt off its body with effort.

"Bullying the few with many... you Alien Race are truly treacherous!"

Through Luo Lin's translation, this furious roar filled with anger spread across the entire battlefield.

After saying this, the Lord leaped, crossing several li in an instant, and fled into the distance.

"Where do you think you're going!"

How could the Grandmasters let it escape? They immediately turned into streaks of Flowing Light and gave chase.

"KILL—!"

At that moment, the full-channel comms erupted with a sky-shaking battle cry!

The tens of thousands of Legion Warriors from the other three planets participating in the "Spirit Slaughter" operation pressed forward on all fronts, as if receiving a unified command.

Combined with the three Grandmasters still sweeping across the battlefield, the Battle Situation had completely reversed.

After the Drill Bull Lord fled, the beast swarm utterly collapsed.

Countless Drill Bulls fled in a mad stampede, only to be mercilessly annihilated by the human legions that had arrived.

A Legion Commander's order came through the all-channel frequency: "All units on Tianlan Star, halt and stand by for further orders. You are not required to participate in subsequent battles."

Hearing this command, Lu Feng felt an indescribable sense of wrongness.

He switched his Mecha to standby mode, keeping only the life-support system running. As he digested the surging energy within his mark, he spoke in the squad channel:

"Captain, why was it only our Tianlan Star legions fighting in the earlier battles? If those Grandmasters had stepped in sooner, so many people wouldn't have died!"

More and more, he felt that the entire battle had been orchestrated in advance.

The forces of Tianlan Star seemed to have been used as bait from the very beginning, luring out the Drill Bull Lord.

"That's right!"

Yu Le from the Skyfire Club couldn't help but chime in, "Even if the Grandmasters were reluctant to act, if those dozens of legions from other planets—tens of thousands of people—had come to support us sooner, Tianlan Star wouldn't have paid such a heavy price."

Lu Feng's question plunged the channel into a brief silence.

Gao Zhan's heavy voice finally rang out:

"In the eyes of the Expeditionary Force's Senior Officials, we really are just pawns. Their goal was never simply to wipe out the Exotic Beasts, but to lure out and severely wound that Lord, thereby seizing the entire Sudali Plain and establishing a Temporary Starry Sky Station."

"Setting up the Starry Sky Station is only the first step of this expedition. Once all the starships have landed and we have a secure foothold, we can gradually clear all the Exotic Beasts from Planet Caro 9. Only then can we officially begin surveying for Star Source Ore—that's the ultimate goal of this operation."

He paused, his voice laced with suppressed anger: "As for the Casualties... on the strategic scale, they've always been the least valued bargaining chip."

Hearing this, the squad channel fell into dead silence.

Especially those Warriors participating in their first expedition—they had originally harbored hopes of improving themselves through this campaign, but now they realized that what awaited them ahead was an abyss that could devour their lives at any moment.

Lu Feng said nothing more.

In his heart, he understood completely: in the eyes of those Stronger, these ordinary Warriors were nothing more than Stepping Stones on their path to higher realms.

To change such a fate, he had to grow stronger on this Martial Path as quickly as possible, until he possessed enough power to truly control his own destiny.

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