Not many High-Tier Cultivators had been assigned to Yunlai—only eight in total. Apart from Wu Eiwei, most were Seventh-Tier Cultivators. Only one was Eighth Tier: the Sword Master of the Sword Sect's seventh direct disciple, Zhang Suannai's seventh senior brother. He had reportedly only recently reached Eighth Tier.
There were also several High-Tier Cultivators from Yunlai itself.
That was already a formidable force.
At sea, a Seventh-Tier Cultivator from a top sect could match the overall combat strength of an Escort Ship commonly used by the navies of today's major powers.
An Escort Ship in this world, that was.
Only with Spirit Power materials, artifact-forging technology, Formations for reinforcement, Spiritual Power Barriers for protection, and weapons and Hunter Aircraft developed specifically to counter High-Tier Cultivators could such a ship hold its own against a Seventh-Tier Cultivator—or even defeat one.
Drop a Seventh-Tier Cultivator into Chen Shu's previous life, and as long as no nuclear weapon hit them, wiping out an aircraft carrier fleet would be no great challenge.
A handful of people like that were immensely powerful.
Now they were gathered in a command room, listening as the commander explained Yunlai's situation and the plans ahead.
"Yunlai's problem isn't too serious, and the operation should be relatively straightforward. What you need to watch out for is the severe corruption in Yunlai's military. In recent years, it has also received a large quantity of relatively advanced anti-Cultivator weapons and equipment from our country, including Hunting Missiles. We've checked the inventory, and the numbers no longer add up. Yunlai's army is also one of the areas most heavily infiltrated by the Dream Moon Cult, so those weapons may well have fallen into the hands of the Dream Moon Cult Core."
"We won't be fighting the regular army, will we?" asked a Seventh-Tier