First Round: Draw Five, Kill One

Europa had 150,000 regular standing troops, the kind of fully armed field army group equipped with the most complete military structure and weaponry. It looked ready to fight a full-scale war.

Europa was not the only one. Every territory under the Azure Government, including Earth, the Moon, and even the distant Kuiper Belt observation stations, maintained fully armed forces at maximum strength.

This was a lingering consequence from the Azure Government's founding. Although the Biochemical Beast Tide at the end of the Third War had been resolved by the Azure Organization, which had led human civilization through a second revival, even after centuries had passed, the Azure Government still treated many secrets surrounding the Biochemical Beast Tide as deeply taboo. Even some of its most powerful families and leaders knew little of the details.

There were also frightening rumors circulating among the upper ranks: the Biochemical Beast Tide had not truly ended, but had merely paused for other reasons. Thus, throughout the Azure Government's rule, its standing forces had remained on high alert.

So when the chaos caused by Wu Pifu erupted, the standing legion stationed on Europa immediately activated its emergency response plan. Automated weapons launched the first wave of attacks, while the military rapidly recalled personnel and initiated its counterattack procedures.

Then... there was no then.

Within ten seconds, Wu Pifu cleared out every airborne automated weapon in Europa's star city. Without slowing, he reached the airspace above the military district, which was still mobilizing, within seconds. Below him, the district's surface-to-air defenses immediately activated, and a barrage of high-explosive, low-penetration weapons blasted toward him.

These weapons were immensely powerful. Even Wu Pifu's hundred-zhang qi barrier could not withstand them in the slightest. Dodging would have been effortless, but he was here to intimidate everyone. How could he