The Second Act of the Military Exercise
The marching formation of Azure Cloud Master's disciples only advanced five hundred meters before disappearing from the screen.
This short 500-meter stretch allowed other sects across the land to witness the cohesion and willpower of the Azure Cloud Master disciples.
That's enough.
Zhang Yang achieved his goal.
He wanted to show all the other sects in the world how united the Azure Cloud Sect was.
The drumming stopped, and Zhang Yang whispered, "Master, please switch my camera angle."
As he stepped out, his image was displayed on the screen.
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "The appearance displayed by the Azure Cloud Sect disciples just now was the first part of the military exercise."
There are relatively few older members in our Azure Cloud Sect, and everyone is quite familiar with them, so we won't show their appearances.
Next, we will proceed with the second part of the military exercise.
The people on the observation platform had recovered from the shock of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
Upon hearing that the Azure Cloud Sect was about to showcase its newly crafted treasures and weapons, everyone sat up straight.
Because that's exactly what they came for.
While the willpower of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples is awe-inspiring, most of them are only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
A single slap from a cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm could kill countless people.
What truly interests everyone is the weaponry.
Zhang Yang, displayed on the screen, raised a gun and addressed the crowd. "This is the first Law Treasure we've showcased in this military exercise, and we've named it... 'Rising Spear'!"
As for its power, the third part of the military exercise will fully demonstrate it to everyone."
He showed the gun to everyone, because its core components had been hidden, and there was no way to tell from the outside.
After making sure everyone had seen it clearly, he put the gun away and replaced it with a larger "gun".
"This looks like Rising Spear, but it's much more powerful, so we named it a cannon... we call it the Rising Cannon!" Zhang Yang said without changing his expression.
He knew very well that only with a unique name could these things be easily remembered by everyone and spread further among people.
After displaying the cannon, Zhang Yang went to a specially made metal platform, on which sat an iron rod about ten feet long and as thick as a large bowl, covered with various runes.
"This weapon is the Starfall One, Space-Based Weapon developed by our Azure Cloud Sect!" Zhang Yang said solemnly. "You will all see how powerful this celestial weapon is in a moment."
Next, we will show you the last weapon...
Within the light screen, a disc appeared that was over two zhang in diameter, three or four chi thick.
On the surface of the disc, many runes were constantly flowing.
Everyone on the observation platform had a very solemn expression.
What could such a large object contain?
What is this weapon?
"We'll name this last weapon Destroyer One!" Zhang Yang said very seriously. "For this military exercise, our Azure Cloud Sect has only brought out these four weapons for everyone to observe."
All of Zhang Yang's words were carefully crafted.
For example, if we have the Destroyer One, will there be Destroyer No. 2?
For example, only four weapons were displayed; how many more were not shown?
"Weapons need a reference point to be effective," Zhang Yang said, pointing to two mountains in the distance. "In the third part of the military exercise later, we will launch a military strike against those targets!"
The first target is a sect with seven Primordial Spirit Realm, and dozens each at the Nascent Soul Realm and Golden Core Realm.
Since there are no specific people to refer to, we've used "Law Treasure" as a substitute for all of them.
Inside the Strike Target One, there is a Spirit Artifact as the base of the formation, six fifth-grade Treasure Artifact as auxiliary artifacts, and a total of twenty-four other Law Artifact and low-grade Treasure Artifact, forming a sect-protecting formation.
I think this protection is roughly equivalent to the strength of a sect."
On the observation platform, many people wore awkward smiles.
Because, on this observation platform, there are quite a few second-rate sects.
They carefully considered the strength of their sect's defensive array, and realized it was even weaker than the defensive capabilities of the first target in this military exercise!
Afterwards, Zhang Yang displayed Law Treasure various Spirit Artifact and Treasure Artifact belonging to the Strike Target One to everyone, indicating that the Azure Cloud Sect had not fabricated anything.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yang arrived at an even higher mountain, stepped on the ground, and continued, "This is Strike Target Two."
The Strike Target Two was set as two Dao Integration Realm, ten Primordial Spirit Realm, and many others at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages.
We used four Spirit Artifact as the base of the array, and added many other Law Treasure to form a protective array.
The third part of the military exercise was to use our weapons to destroy two targets.
On the observation platform, many people looked very uncomfortable.
They now fully understand that the Azure Cloud Sect's first target in this military exercise is a second-rate sect!
Moreover, they are among the top-tier sects in the second-rate sects.
The second target was a sect comparable to a top-tier sect.
The fact that there are two Dao Integration Realm cultivators puts them in the middle range among first-rate sects.
Just as the Myriad Spirits Sect and Langya Sacred Land possessed those Tribulation Realm, the High Antiquity sects with long histories were sects of a super level.
The reason everyone looked grim was that they all understood the significance of the Azure Cloud Sect's military exercise.
That's intimidation and threats!
If the first and second targets are destroyed, wouldn't all second-rate and first-rate sects in the world be within the Azure Cloud Sect's destruction range?
Moreover, they don't even need to show their faces; they can destroy you with just one weapon!
After understanding the Azure Cloud Sect's intentions, everyone was speechless: Inviting us to observe a military exercise was just a ploy to intimidate us?
The expressions of the crowd turned cold and stern. They wanted to see just how powerful these weapons the Azure Cloud Sect was researching really were.
Furthermore, who exactly uses these weapons?
If it were used by Azure Cloud Master at the Tribulation Realm, then there would be no need to discuss it, because he is at the Tribulation Realm, a level even super sects would be wary of.
"Have you all seen it carefully?" Zhang Yang looked at everyone. "If you have, then we will proceed with the third part of the military exercise."
On the observation platform, everyone nodded in agreement, some even showing signs of impatience.
They were eager to see the third part and find out just how powerful the Azure Cloud Sect really was.
Zhang Yang didn't waste any time and immediately started the third part.
At this moment, the 20,000 disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect had already gathered around the Strike Target One.
The images on the screen were now all focused on Strike Target One.
Zhang Yang's voice came from the light screen. "Li Er, two disciples guarding the mountain gate have been spotted. To prevent them from relaying information, eliminate them!"
"Yes!" Li Er lay prone on the ground, aiming at the two Nine-Rank Magic Artifact defensive armors above and below the Strike Target One.
Azure Cloud Master, who was controlling the light screen, frowned.
If he displays the Strike Target One on the screen, he can't show Li Er's image; if he shows Li Er's image, he can't show the Strike Target One's image.
On a sudden impulse, he displayed both images together on the screen.
This amateur "director" has actually learned how to use split-screen!