Let's go back a year to the time on the Pan Emperor Continent, before Chen Mu entered the Kunlun Secret Realm.
At this time, A Huo was still fighting on the northwestern border of the Chen Kingdom. His mission was to wipe out the remnants of the Heavenly Puppet Sect and completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Heavenly Puppet Sect on the Pan Emperor Continent.
Inside a well-organized military camp, A Huo was meditating cross-legged in his tent.
Around his body were dozens of World Crystal emitting a soft glow. These World Crystal were sent by Chen Hongjie specifically to help A Huo improve his cultivation.
Since embarking on the path of cultivation, A Huo has been diligent in his studies and practice without ever slacking off. As a result, his foundation is very solid. Even though he has now used the World Crystal to quickly raise his cultivation to the Mid Saint Level, he does not appear weak at all.
"Report!"
A scout walked in from outside the tent, knelt on one knee, and reported loudly.
"Lord Nangong has discovered a mysterious valley emanating from which unusual spatial fluctuations are emanating. He says it is very likely the entrance to the Heavenly Puppet Plane we have been searching for."
Upon hearing the scout's words, A Huo immediately opened his eyes and gave the order.
"Assemble the army immediately; we will depart in fifteen minutes."
"Yes!"
After the scouts left, A Huo waved to collect all the World Crystal around him before slowly getting up and stretching his limbs.
In the past few months, he had already almost completely eradicated the Heavenly Puppet Sect's power on the Pan Emperor Continent. The reason he hadn't withdrawn his troops yet was to find the Heavenly Puppet Sect's dimensional gate.
He knew very well that as long as the Heavenly Puppet Sect's dimensional gate was not destroyed, the Heavenly Puppet Sect's forces could appear behind the Chen Kingdom at any time, which Chen Kingdom absolutely could not tolerate.
A quarter of an hour later, in the military camp, tens of thousands of soldiers were fully equipped and ready to go, all eager to move and in high spirits.
"Set off!"
A Huo stood in mid-air, pointing his sword, and tens of thousands of troops marched in perfect unison toward their destination.
Once the dimensional gate is established, it cannot be moved in a short time, so A Huo made no attempt to conceal himself and led his army straight to the heart of the enemy, advancing towards the valley discovered by Nangong Feng.
They marched at breakneck speed, crossing mountains and valleys, and it took them more than ten hours to finally approach their destination.
"Halt! Rest in place for three hours, then launch a general attack on the valley."
After A Huo arranged for the troops to set up camp, he joined up with Nangong Feng's team.
"Boss! I guarantee this time, this is definitely the Heavenly Puppet Sect's dimensional gate, no doubt about it."
"If we hadn't run fast yesterday, we would have been killed by those old bastards."
Nangong Feng still felt lingering fear when he recalled the perilous situation yesterday. If Taichu hadn't intervened in time to pull them out of the valley, their Demon-Slaying Squad would likely have been reduced to ashes.
"Did the plane master of the Heavenly Puppet Sect make a move?"
A Huo asked.
Nangong Feng's Demon-Slaying Squad is the most elite among the Demon-Slaying Sword. Although it only has a hundred members, they are all cultivators at the King Level or above. When they form a battle formation, they can completely contend with ordinary Sage.
And the only one in the Heavenly Puppet Sect who could prevent them from even putting up a fight was probably that mysterious plane master.
"It must have been that a huge energy vortex appeared in the valley at that time, trying to suck us in."
Hearing Nangong Feng say that, A Huo breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason the other side resorted to this method was clearly because they couldn't kill them directly on the Pan Emperor Continent; they could only harm them by absorbing them into other planes.
"You don't need to worry too much. Currently, the strength of God Level experts on the Pan Emperor Continent is still suppressed. Even if the other party is a plane lord, it's impossible for them to project all their power onto the Pan Emperor Continent."
A Huo comforted them for a few words, and then told everyone to sit down and rest.
The Dimensional Gate is the most important foundation of the Heavenly Puppet Sect on the Pan Emperor Continent, so the Heavenly Puppet Sect would never give up without any resistance. What they will face next is inevitably a bloody battle.
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The Chen Kingdom army possessed top-notch wilderness survival equipment, so after resting for three hours, they were full of energy and had recovered to their peak condition. Even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, they would have the courage to brave them.
"All troops, attack!"
"Long-range artillery team, commence long-range strikes!"
The Chen Kingdom is now accustomed to the Chen Kingdom's semi-intelligent command system. They are divided into different teams according to their attack range, such as close combat, medium range, and long range, and they advance into the valley in an orderly manner.
Boom boom boom, clang clang...!
Sure enough, as the shells flew into the valley, a powerful defensive barrier suddenly rose up inside, blocking all the shells.
Boom... Whoosh...!
As the Chen Kingdom army approached, a sudden gale arose in the mysterious valley, and a peerless array was reactivated, summoning countless thunderbolts, gales, and flames to resist the Chen Kingdom army's attack.
"Machine Legion, charge!"
The military strength of the Chen Kingdom has developed very rapidly in recent years. This is not only due to the open atmosphere, prosperous economy, and good treatment of soldiers in the Chen Kingdom, but also because the development of the machine army has played a crucial role.
In each war, high-risk and high-casualty operations are assigned to machine legions. As a result, human soldiers can continuously gain experience and tap into their potential in each war.
Veterans who have experienced more than a dozen battles are extremely rare elsewhere, but they are commonplace in the Chen Kingdom. Those who have fought countless battles would be considered super soldiers elsewhere, but here they are just ordinary elites.
This time, A Huo brought a robot army of the latest models, including tanks that excel at assaults, agile and versatile eight-armed spiders, humanoid combat robots, and more.
There are over five thousand robotic soldiers here. Each one is no less powerful than Qi Nourishing Realm cultivator when taken out individually. Under the control of the intelligent command system, they can unleash a combined attack effect comparable to a battle formation.
Crack! Boom!
After the machine army rushed into the valley, it immediately encountered fierce resistance. However, they showed no fear and mechanically obeyed the AI's commands, charging into the depths of the valley like madmen.
"Beep... Enemy detected: three True Spirit Realm cultivators and five Qi Nourishing Realm!"
"Enemy detected! One Core Formation Realm cultivator!"
Within the enemy's formation, the transmission of the Spirit Magnetic Wave signal will be somewhat interfered with, but this is not a major problem for the intelligent command system. It can deduce enough information based on only a portion of the data.