A great battle was about to begin on the Red Rock Continent.
High above, more than twenty enormous black Sky Arks stretched across the heavens, advancing in neat formation.
The decks of the Sky Arks were crowded with warriors clad in identical green sword robes, swords strapped to their backs. The wind high above whipped their robes into snapping banners.
Around them, more than two hundred Transcendent Realm powerhouses flew on their swords, escorting the Sky Arks on both sides.
Below, the mountains and forests were scarred with the traces of battle.
Gullies cleaved by blades and swords, huge craters blasted out by Energy Weapons—the land was shattered and desolate. Now and then, the severed limbs of mechas, wreckage from fighter craft, and the remains of Sky Arks could be seen on the ground.
Ahead, a mountain range had been blasted open by terrifying energy, leaving a circular breach several miles wide.
The Sky Arks passed over the range. Hundreds of miles away, countless combat aircraft and mechas stood suspended in the sky, arranged in countless tightly packed formations that blotted out the heavens and the sun.
Behind the ranks, more than a dozen enormous air-and-ground warships hovered silently.
The main cannons aboard the warships were already charged, blue energy flickering across their barrels.
Below the formation, more than a dozen bases stood connected, forming a massive fortress.
A pale blue defensive barrier had been raised over the bases, like an enormous tortoise shell covering the earth and enclosing an area a hundred miles across.
One Energy Weapon after another rose above the walls, while inside the city, terrifying weapons of mass destruction were charging.
Inside the Alliance command hall, dozens of powerhouses and generals from the Thirteen Alliances sat in the observation stands.
Gu Poyue stood on the command