That Moment, Truth Filled the Skies

Faced with the full force of Feng Xiao's Divine Sense, every professional who could see him felt suffocated.

It wasn't that the pressure was overwhelmingly powerful. It was the suppression of his very standing, as if they were facing a god!

"The Alchemy Alliance..."

Watching Feng Xiao, who looked like a god, and the fleet blotting out the sky behind him, Commander Atel was utterly stunned. He stood there in a daze.

Humans!

This mysterious and powerful Alchemy Alliance was actually made up of humans?

How was that possible!

The mighty alchemical fleet filling the sky—Atel refused to believe it could exist without a hundred Alchemy Masters and a Grandmaster. Surely the entire Autses Continent didn't have a hundred Alchemy Masters?

Ordinary professionals and civilians might not understand what an Alchemy Master meant.

But he knew all too well their strategic importance!

Any Alchemy Master, given enough time to prepare, could produce an elite force of alchemical creations powerful enough to contend with a million troops!

Some of those elite creations could even defeat high-level professionals.

Yet for the major powers, the most terrifying thing about an Alchemy Master was their core creation.

There was only one, but after extensive alchemical modification and optimization, a core creation could fight two-digit numbers of Epic-level powerhouses at once!

It could even hold off a transcendent powerhouse who had just entered the Legendary level!

A Grandmaster was even more terrifying. According to legend, the Goblin Race's ancestor had been a Grandmaster who could fight several Legendaries at once without losing.

If not for the Goblin Race's low average strength and weak army, with only a couple dozen Alchemy Masters at the Epic level,

they would probably have become a peak race long ago.

"May I ask, sir, are you human..." Atel asked respectfully, bowing his head. Even now, he still found it hard to believe that Feng Xiao and the others were human.

Humans had been mediocre fighters among the powerful races for as long as anyone could remember. For a powerful, mysterious force capable of raising humanity to the ranks of the peak races to suddenly appear—

It was more unbelievable than a dream. One moment, their race was on the brink of extinction; the next, he was being told humans could even stand against the peak races...

No one could believe that so easily.

"The Alchemy Alliance is an entirely human organization. You can rest assured. But this conflict doesn't seem to involve only the various Orc tribes; the Demon Race and other powerful races are involved as well.

Even if we join the battle, we can't end the war quickly, nor can we help you launch an attack without conditions.

We'll only help you secure your defensive line."

Feng Xiao's tone was cold, but his words sounded wonderful to Commander Atel.

"Understood. As long as humanity can continue to survive and develop, I won't ask for anything else.

May I ask about the chain of command...?"

Feng Xiao rose higher into the air, his voice carrying from afar. "There's no need. You'll remain in command, but our fleet will act independently to support you."

Atel looked around at the people who still hadn't recovered from their shock. He let out a long breath, his spirits soaring. "Soldiers, the enemy is upon us, and our race is in peril!

"I thought we would have to fight alone, but countless hidden organizations that could have stayed out of this without a second thought have revealed themselves and entered the battlefield!

"And now, an immensely powerful human force has come to help us!

"Humanity will prosper! How could we lose?!"

"We won't lose! We won't lose! We won't lose!"

Countless soldiers raised their weapons and roared. Their conviction and fighting spirit spread across the entire Eastern Front!

The fleet Feng Xiao had brought provided not only ample high-level combat power, but also the confidence that the Autses Continent could win!

Inside the Star Origin's control room, Wang Hao watched Feng Xiao return, his face full of envy and regret.

"What a chance to show off! I missed out because my ability wasn't suited for it. What a waste!"

"Enough. I'm really not cut out for acting. Those 'ancient people' staring at me like that made my skin crawl.

"Let's hurry up, finish the mission, gather resources, and get back to our work in the Blood Cloud Sector." Feng Xiao made a sour face.

The Orc army's camp...

Several Orc Chieftains at the peak of the Epic level gathered together. Their powerful bodies and vast life-energy auras filled the area with an oppressive force.

The Golden Lion-Man Chieftain at their head stood five meters tall. His surging blood aura came close to the standard lv50 aura of the Star Sea.

Or, to put it another way—Legendary level!

The Tauren Chieftain rumbled, "When are we going to start the war? Why talk about timing? When you're strong enough, any time is the right time!

"If you ask me, we should charge right in. Great Orc warriors fear no battle!"

"Don't think with your muscles. Humans may be weaker than us, but any powerful race has trump cards. The Demon Race and the Sea Race didn't contact us for no reason. The Orcs won't be anyone's cannon fodder!"

The Werewolf Chieftain sneered from nearby, his narrow wolf eyes full of cold menace.

"Humans are certainly creative. This Eastern Front alone can hold back almost half our Orc tribes."

The Epic-level Shaman, concealed beneath his cloak, toyed with a skull. He looked toward the looming city walls in the distance, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"We won't lose! We won't..."

The distant shouts made the Orc Chieftains freeze. Then they flew into a rage!

"What's going on? How dare the humans still act so brazenly!"

"Looks like the humans are fired up. They actually dare to say they won't lose? Forget waiting for those hundreds of millions of kobolds and pigmen. Get ready to attack at once!"

"Pass down my order! The army advances!"

Nearly every Orc Chieftain bristled with fury.

The humans' defiance was the gravest insult they could offer, but the fighting spirit radiating from the entire human front also made the Orcs' hearts pound.

Then came boundless fury!

The Golden Lion-Man Chieftain stood up, his bare upper body covered in markings, and roared in rage.

"Mobilize the army at once!"

With the distance and the Alliance fleet deliberately masking itself, the Orcs hadn't noticed the enormous fleet blotting out the sky. They gathered their forces without fear.

A sea of Gnolls roared. Alongside millions of Wolf Cavalry and Elephant Cavalry, they launched an attack on the first line of defense along the Eastern Front!

Thousands of Shamans gathered vast amounts of energy and, through strange means, infused it into the Orc army.

In almost an instant, all the Gnolls and Wolf Cavalry went berserk. Their eyes turned blood red, their auras grew more violent, and they surged toward the front like a tide.

Tens of millions of soldiers charged, covering a hundred-mile stretch in a black mass as they rapidly closed in on the front line.

The magical alarm blared at once. Millions of elite soldiers on the first line of defense rushed into position, while thousands of Magic Energy Cannons and Alchemy Cannons gathered power.

Then they fired with a thunderous boom. Streaks of brilliant energy flashed into the Orc army in the blink of an eye!

Flames and energy engulfed a vast area. Explosions and shock waves wiped out more than a hundred thousand Orcs.

But those casualties meant nothing to the Orc army. They even gave the Orcs and Shamans the chance to pinpoint the Magic Energy Cannon positions on the first line of defense.

"Why is the first wave already at the level of a decisive battle?" The commander on the first line of defense was appalled as he watched the Orc army surge toward them like a tsunami.

Even though the first line of defense was strong, it probably couldn't hold back that sea of tens of millions of Orcs.

They might not even last ten minutes!

Just then, the adjutant came to the commander with a strange look on his face. "General, Command Headquarters has ordered us to cease fire. Powerful reinforcements will arrive shortly!"

"Powerful reinforcements?" The commander stared blankly.

At the prow of the Star Origin, the Alliance Military's warships shifted into position, ready to fire, and opened their missile bays.

"All light warships, lock your energy missiles onto the enemy army. Fire!"

In the next instant, thousands of energy missiles broke the sound barrier, streaking across the sky. Under everyone's curious gaze, they vanished into the distant Orc army!

At that moment, truth filled the skies!