The two War Boats were selected. After an hour of preparation, everyone boarded them, then immediately set off at full speed and charged into the battlefield.
The Insect Race's command structure was relatively chaotic, but there was still some form of command.
The War Boats had barely started when the Heavenly-Eye Insect Race issued a warning. "A strange aircraft is rapidly approaching from over a million li away!"
However, the Insect Race's command was truly only marginally better than none at all. Once they learned that the other side was using aircraft rather than flying in the flesh, all kinds of attacks were directed straight at the aircraft.
The War Boats' defenses did not look as exaggerated as the warships of this plane. At the very least, there was no obvious energy shield. Spiritual energy was invisible and intangible, so when all kinds of attacks struck, there was no visible reaction.
But those attacks clearly enraged the cultivators from Heavenly Zither. Even Hua Sheng True Immortal, who had a relatively mild temper, could not help speaking up. "What did we do wrong to deserve such an attack?"
To be fair, the Insect Race's attacks... really were quite powerful!
They lacked organization, and their individual combat abilities were weak, but there were simply too many of them. The Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths had always been known for their vast number of disciples, yet no matter which sect it was, they only had a few hundred thousand Golden Core cultivators in total.
This wave of insects numbered seven or eight hundred million, with over a hundred thousand Golden Cores among them. More than twenty thousand Golden Cores alone were blocking the Seventh Army.
The result of so many Golden Core attacks striking two War Boats was easy enough to imagine. Even