Meanwhile, at the East Blade Mercenary Corps' camp in the Pale Forbidden Land.
As the towering pillar of energy light connecting heaven and earth gradually faded, the celestial phenomenon caused by a thousand newly advanced Star Vortex Rank experts breaking through also slowly subsided.
Then the Star Vortex Rank experts quickly split into exactly one hundred squads of ten.
At the same time, one hundred squads of Star Realm Army soldiers in dark silver armor flew out of the nearby steel barracks, which had already been fully constructed.
Each of these Star Realm Army squads numbered a thousand, and most of their members were at the high tier of Star Core Level.
In the next moment, the one hundred mixed squads—each consisting of a Star Vortex Rank squad and a Star Core Level squad—shot upward from the camp like arrows loosed from a bow. They became a hundred streaks of light in different colors and sped off in all directions.
Lin Yi stood outside the Command Center, watching the lights scatter across the continent like a meteor shower. His gaze was deep.
He noticed that the streaks seemed to be heading toward the royal cities of the various nations.
"The Star Realm Army is as efficient as ever." A calm voice sounded beside him.
Lin Yi turned his head and saw that Advisor Lan He had returned through the two-way passage at some point. He was standing at Lin Yi's side, gazing at the departing streaks of light as well.
"Advisor Lan He."
Lin Yi nodded slightly in greeting.
"No need for formalities."
Lan He smiled, glancing over the now much emptier camp. "This is standard procedure in a new Secret Realm. Establishing a new order always requires demonstrating strength first, so that any potential opposition understands the reality of