The Aynais has formidable firepower; its main cannon, once fully charged, is powerful enough to destroy a planet. However, the cost is also enormous, but the Garden can afford it.
Seeing this behemoth descend upon the battlefield, even the battle-hardened Elder Ge turned pale. Having witnessed the glorious era of the Garden, he naturally knew the power of this behemoth. Without exaggeration, before the Antenna was invented, the Aynais was the Garden's pillar of strength.
Now, this pillar of strength has reappeared, and its target is their Alliance Army.
" The Aynais, one of the pillars of the Garden, its firepower is enough to destroy a planet!"
Upon hearing this, Wanmeng and the others also looked grim, thinking about the destruction of the planet.
Aside from powerful individuals at the Emanator level, some exceptionally strong Pathstrider could also achieve this. Wanmeng believed that with her current strength, she could destroy a planet even if she exerted all her strength, but after going all out, she would be nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter.
But this starship can actually destroy planets, and the only cost is energy, which is exactly what the behemoth that the Garden has no shortage of.
Dong Tian stood at the bow of the Aynais, looking at the sky with a smile on his lips as if waiting for something. The next moment, a golden light streaked from outer space and hovered directly in front of Dong Tian.
As the light faded, Xiahou Chan appeared, wielding his halberd, his eyes coldly fixed on Dong Tian. He hadn't expected Dong Tian to have such a trump card—a mobile star-destroying force. To maintain balance, he had to show himself.
As expected, Dong Tian burst into laughter after seeing Xiahou Chan appear, seemingly mocking Xiahou Chan's powerlessness.
However, Xiahou Chan simply held up his halberd and said, "What are you laughing at? You think that if you force me out of here with this broken tortoise shell, we won't have any high-end combat power? Don't you know that Daiyu not far from here now? Besides, you don't actually think that with a weapon that only has the combat power to destroy stars with a full-force attack, plus you, who can only destroy stars with a full-force attack, you can defeat me, a genuine Emanator."
Please, war isn't like the formulaic reasoning of you scientists. In war, might makes right and strength is the only true measure of victory. War is never a simple mathematical equation like 1+1=2, nor is it about numbers. Weakness is weakness. Scientists like you should stick to logistics and gadget research.
When facing enemies, Xiahou Chan never hesitated to hurl his scathing remarks and look at them with disdain.
That's exactly what he's doing now.
Hearing Xiahou Chan's words, Dong Tian still wore a smile, but it was a forced, insincere smile, as if he was suppressing anger beneath it.
" General Youding quite the silver tongue. I hope your abilities match your eloquence."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Tian's figure vanished from the spot. The next moment, he appeared in front of Xiahou Chan Xiahou Chan, his fist clenched, the power of Path gathering on his fist as he slammed it towards Xiahou Chan.
Xiahou Chan had anticipated this, and he gathered the power of his Path in his forearm and raised his hand to block it. The collision of the power of Path immediately generated ripples.
"Not bad, but still a bit lacking!"
A long halberd appeared in his right hand, and he swung it toward Dong Tian's neck with murderous intent.
Dong Tian felt a strong killing intent. The next moment, he struck Xiahou Chan's forearm with his other hand, which was blocking the attack. He used the force to create distance between himself and Xiahou Chan. Xiahou Chan's halberd missed, but the shockwave from the swing still knocked Dong Tian back.
"As expected of General Youding of Daiyu, your strength is indeed extraordinary, but if that's all, it's not enough to kill me."
"Really? How will we know if we don't try?"
Xiahou Chan wore a dangerous smile, as did Dong Tian; the seemingly peaceful atmosphere vanished in an instant.
The two weapons clashed in the blink of an eye. Dong Tian's weapon was a triangular dagger, but unlike ordinary triangular daggers, Dong Tian's triangular dagger was thin and long, about longer than an adult's arm. The blade gleamed coldly, and there were densely packed small holes on the blade.
The moment Xiahou Chan saw this weapon, his eyes turned cold. If he were to be stabbed by this thing, the amount of bleeding would be terrifying. These densely packed small holes were for bleeding out, and once stabbed, the amount of blood loss would be terrifying.
"Such a vicious weapon is quite fitting for your character."
"Hmph! If a weapon can kill, then it's a good weapon, who cares if it's vicious or not."
Xiahou Chan snorted coldly, and the power of Path in his hand surged again, knocking Dong Tian back with a single strike.
Xiahou Chan followed up without hesitation, launching a high-frequency, fatal attack while his opponent's old strength was exhausted and new strength was not yet generated. This was a common tactic of Xiahou Chan's, even when he was sparring with Daiyu and Qingzhu.
After all, they were on the Path of Existence, would they be afraid of death? Especially those of them who were given special care by the Lord of Existence, they weren't afraid at all. So whether it was his sparring with Qingzhu or the daily military training, everyone treated it as a life-or-death struggle.
The effect was obvious: while fierce battles raged in the sky above, the Alliance Army on the ground were already fighting the people in the Garden to the death.
The soldiers of the Manifest Existence Army, in particular, were all in an extremely frenzied state. Their madness was so intense that even the Pathstrider in the Garden felt their scalps tingle.
"Aren't they... aren't they afraid of dying?"
A new recruit in the Garden shot and killed the Alliance Army soldier in front of him, then spoke tremblingly. However, as soon as he said this, a Manifest Existence Army soldier immediately fixed his gaze on him.
"Merit! It's merit! Hahaha! Mine! It's mine! Don't try to take it from me! For Lord Arbiter of Life Ming! For merit!"
The Manifest Existence Army soldier charged forward with a howl, and in the next instant, Garden recruit's head fell to the ground. Before he died, the recruit saw a person in green and gold armor charging towards him in the face of an energy beam.
Of course, not every Manifest Existence Army is Pathstrider; this recruit was just unlucky and happened to be one. In fact, there aren't many people among the original inhabitants of Xianzhou Daiyu who can walk the Path of Existence and become Pathstrider. Apart from Qingzhu's own personal guard and Xiahou Chan's personal guard, there are more or less some in other Antimatter Legion.
However, due to the merit system implemented within the Xianzhou Daiyu army, every enemy commander is considered a meritorious officer. Therefore, the current situation is that the soldiers of Xianzhou Daiyu, even ordinary soldiers, have their eyes light up when they see the enemy, like wild beasts that have been starving for a long time seeing food.
After all, in their eyes, these were not Garden soldiers, nor were they ferocious cyborgs. These were all adorable military achievements, stepping stones to their positions in Daiyu, stepping stones to promotion, and stepping stones to a better future!