As fierce sounds rang out from the Sky Screen, the people of both planets had turned their eyes toward it.
The people of Huaxia Star had already begun recalling the past.
Having received a historical education from childhood, they knew all too well what it meant to see these actions born of the old war to defend their homeland.
It was a history almost carved into the very bones of Huaxia civilization.
It was also an era of war that countless Huaxia people had learned about again and again through textbooks, documentaries, and virtual historical projections.
Yet when the expeditionary fleet that had once existed only in historical records truly appeared on the Sky Screen, the shock still far exceeded anything they had imagined.
"Is this the great expedition from the history books?"
"So that's it. If I remember correctly, that great expedition truly established our Huaxia Federation's fearsome reputation!"
"That's right. It was an incredibly important war in our Huaxia Star's history."
"I never imagined we'd one day see it with our own eyes on the Sky Screen."
Across Huaxia Star, countless people looked up at the sky.
Some were excited; others were filled with emotion.
Others had already opened the Virtual World Exchange Forum and dug up every historical record they remembered.
For a time, discussions of this great expedition surged straight to the top of the virtual forum.
"The Huaxia Federation back then didn't have technology as powerful as ours today."
"I heard the expeditionary fleet was developed through countless failures."
"War drove the development of soul tool technology, and soul tool technology, in turn, drove improvements in the war machine. That was how today's Huaxia Star came to be."
"That's why history is never meaningless."
Huaxia Star citizens buzzed with discussion.
But to the people of Douluo Star, this scene evoked an entirely different feeling.
The Soul Masters in particular watched the densely packed Cosmic Warships on the Sky Screen and truly realized for the first time that war could be fought this way.
There was no need for Soul Masters to charge, no need for soul beasts to fight, and no need for the strongest warriors on both sides to stake their lives on the battlefield.
A single fleet crossing the starry expanse could deliver destructive power tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of li away.
This was warfare belonging to another era.
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang was already completely engrossed.
His gaze remained fixed on the Sky Screen.
Huaxia Federation Cosmic Warships swept through space, their enormous hulls reflecting cold light.
Their precision was so extraordinary that Yu Xiaogang could scarcely look away.
"Such exquisitely refined soul tool technology..."
Yu Xiaogang could not help murmuring.
"It truly takes one's breath away."
A hint of fervor gradually appeared in his eyes.
"If I could master this technology, perhaps..."
"Perhaps I could build soul-powered warships this powerful too!"
As his words fell, his surroundings suddenly went quiet for a moment.
Then, an instant later.
"Pfft!"
Oscar nearly burst out laughing.
"Seriously, Grandmaster? You mean that?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression stiffened.
But Oscar could no longer hold himself back.
"Grandmaster, you're not even a Soul Elder, and you're thinking of building Cosmic Warships like these?"
"These are super soul tools capable of crossing the stars!"
"You think you can do that?"
Beside him, Ma Hongjun also grinned.
"Oscar's right."
"Even an ordinary Titled Douluo might not understand soul tools of this caliber. Stop dreaming, Grandmaster."
"If you actually built one, it would probably explode before it even got off the ground."
"Hahahaha!"
Their laughter spread, and Yu Xiaogang's face immediately flushed crimson.
The looks from the other members of the Shrek Seven Devils made his face burn all the more.
He wanted to retort, but when the words reached his lips, he forcibly swallowed them.
He knew that although Oscar and Ma Hongjun's words were harsh, they were not without reason.
He was not even a Soul Elder, and these super warships capable of crossing the stars were already far beyond his understanding.
For the first time, a fierce sense of resentment stirred in Yu Xiaogang's heart.
Why? Why had Huaxia Star been able to develop this far?
Why could the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent only fight over the so-called title of strongest under heaven on a single planet?
He gazed at the Sky Screen, his eyes growing complicated.
Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong did not join the argument.
The two women simply gazed quietly at the sky.
As they watched that enormous fleet, different thoughts arose in their hearts.
Huaxia Star's soul tool system was already this powerful.
Then just how powerful was their space fleet?
The thought had only just occurred to them.
The scene on the Sky Screen abruptly changed!
Boom!
A deep rumble echoed through the stars.
The Huaxia Federation fleet traveling through space had finally reached its destination.
Ahead, enormous alien planets hung silently, one after another.
Different civilizations existed on these planets.
Some aliens also possessed terrifying combat abilities from birth.
Yet now, all of them had become targets of the Huaxia Federation's Expeditionary Force.
At the very front of the fleet, Chi You stood with his hands behind his back.
Standing aboard the flagship, he looked toward those distant alien planets without the slightest ripple in his eyes.
Everything from the past seemed to resurface in his mind.
Those cities destroyed by aliens, those Huaxia citizens who had fallen in the war.
And the countless forebears who had paid with their lives.
Today, blood debts would be repaid in blood.
Chi You slowly raised his hand.
The next instant, his icy voice spread throughout the entire fleet.
"All forces, attack."
"Leave none alive."
The order was issued.
In an instant, the entire starry expanse seemed to boil.
Tens of thousands of Cosmic Warships activated simultaneously, and mechanical structures began unfolding along both sides of their hulls.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
Accompanied by the scalp-tingling grind of machinery, the enormous warships spanning thousands of meters actually began to change.
Their bows split, their hulls extended, and enormous armor plates flipped over layer by layer.
The mechanical structures hidden inside their hulls worked furiously.
In just a few breaths, a super warship that had stretched across the stars transformed into a gigantic mech that blotted out the sky and sun!
The gigantic mech descended, and the planet's surface shook violently.
Its enormous body could even obscure the sky.
At that moment, everyone on Douluo Star stared, dumbfounded.
"The warship... turned into a mech?"
"What kind of soul tool technology is this?"
"A mech that big?"
"How are you supposed to fight that?"
One Douluo citizen after another stared wide-eyed.
Even many Soul Masters could not help drawing sharp breaths.
This was no longer a soul tool in the traditional sense.
Instead, an entire Cosmic Fleet had been transformed directly into an enormous Mecha Legion!
And that was not the end. Thunderous sounds continued ringing out as more and more Cosmic Warships began transforming.
At last, amid the vast expanse of stars, a terrifying Mecha Legion had emerged, formed from transformed super warships.
They entered the alien planets, and the ground shook beneath every step.
Above them, the remaining Cosmic Warships continued hovering in the sky.
Their cannons opened, and soul guidance energy gathered furiously.
Humm-
A dazzling light flared inside a cannon's muzzle.
The next instant, countless Soul Guidance Beams poured down from the sky.
Like a river of stars crashing down, the bombardment engulfed the entire alien planet.
Mountains and rivers collapsed, cities were annihilated, and the earth was torn apart.
Before the Alien Experts could even organize an effective resistance, the cannon fire raining from above had completely scattered them.
The airborne fleet provided covering fire, while the gigantic mechs advanced on the ground.
Working together, the entire combat system functioned like a precisely operating war machine.
This was true three-dimensional warfare.
Sky and ground, ranged combat and close quarters-the Huaxia Federation controlled it all.
A gigantic mech raised its arm, and a terrifying Soul Cannon instantly took shape.
An enormous pillar of light blasted out, reducing the alien troops across dozens of li ahead to ash within its radiance.
"Kill!"
"Huaxia Expeditionary Force, advance!"
"Repay blood debts in blood!"
Shouts echoed through heaven and earth.
Countless mechs continued advancing.
The Cosmic Fleet in the sky also continued thundering.
Under the blanket of cannon fire, alien planets began falling one after another.
City after city was breached, and alien civilizations lost all ability to resist.
No one could stop them, nor could any aliens endure firepower of this magnitude for long.
At that moment, what the Sky Screen displayed was no longer a war in the ordinary sense, but a one-sided crushing.
On Douluo Star, everyone fell silent.
They had originally thought they might find some weaknesses in Huaxia Star's technological system.
But now, there was no point. The gap was so vast that it inspired despair.
"Ah..."
A Soul Master let out a long sigh.
"Our Douluo Star truly cannot withstand Huaxia Star."
"A war like this..."
"What could we possibly fight it with?"
Once those words were spoken, no one nearby argued.
Everyone could see it clearly: if this fleet descended on Douluo Star...
The Douluo Continent's so-called cities, sects, and even kingdoms would likely fail to withstand a few rounds of bombardment.
As for ordinary Soul Masters, facing these war machines from the stars, they could not even get close.
And just as the people of Douluo Star sank into shock...
In the Divine Realm, waves of divine might began descending from the realm.
The Asura God was the first to open his eyes, his expression no longer calm.
The power Huaxia Star had displayed had made the gods of the Divine Realm feel a hint of genuine danger.
If they continued letting it grow unchecked, who knew how far Huaxia Star would develop in the future?
Thus, they finally decided to enter the fray.
Divine decrees descended from the Divine Realm, one after another.
Across the Douluo Continent, the churches of the gods that had remained hidden for so long finally reappeared before the world.
"The gods have issued divine decrees!"
"The gods are really going to act!"
"Was the Divine Realm finally going to intervene on the continent?"
Countless people were shaken. The already chaotic situation on the continent changed completely at that moment.
The divine factions lurking in the shadows began to surface.
They sought spokespeople, selected successors, and propped up various powers.
They even began directly interfering in the continent's future order.
The Asura God had long since made his arrangements.
In Slaughter City, Tang Chen slowly raised his head.
His figure appeared on the Virtual World Exchange Forum.
Immediately afterward, he published a message for all to see.
[The unification of the continent is inevitable.]
[No one can stand in its way.]
The instant the message appeared, the entire continent erupted.
The gods had entered the fray!
This time, it was not a scene within the Sky Screen.
It was divine intervention in reality in the truest sense!
Countless people began discussing it, and countless factions began taking action.
Every major kingdom, sect, and Soul Master faction felt the immense pressure from the Divine Realm at that moment.
The Douluo Continent seemed to be entering an era of divine rule, step by step.
Yet, just as winds rose and clouds shifted across the entire continent...
In space, near Huaxia Star...
Chen Tian stood in the void, his gaze piercing the endless starry sky toward Douluo Star.
Even across that boundless distance...
The changes on Douluo Star still could not escape Huaxia Star's detection network.
The gods had entered the fray, the Divine Realm had intervened, and one divine faction after another began to emerge.
Chen Tian listened to the reports coming in from the virtual world, yet there was little surprise on his face.
A moment later, he merely chuckled softly.
"Oh?"
"So the gods are going to enter the fray?"
"What a pity..."
As Chen Tian murmured, the Sky Screen had already entered its final stage.
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