The situation on the battlefield was ever changing. A minute was enough for Lan Qing to arrange many things.
The right flank was blocked by the swamp, while the left flank was bombarded by the allied forces. Large swathes of the creatures at the front were vaporized.
It produced a great deal of lethality.
In terms of overall strength, the aliens had the upper hand. They outnumbered the Paragons by a wide margin.
However, after the last battle, the number of these monsters, second only to the strongest, had been greatly reduced.
The humans weren't at a disadvantage.
On one side, there was the "swamp" blocking, and on the other side, there was the all-out attack of the human army. The battle had just begun, and the humans already had a certain advantage.
A dark golden light flared to life on the right flank. A voice called out, "Grow! Grow! Grow!"
The light grew brighter and brighter until it was a giant metal pillar. Five words flickered across its surface.
Like!
Will!
Gold!
Hoop!
Rod!
The pillar grew to tens of thousands of meters in length. It fell down in a single direction, then swept across!
The right flank was affected by the swamp and had no choice but to avoid it. Their formation was more spread out, and most of them were concentrated above the swamp.
As the pillar swept out, the aliens in the lead were crushed to pieces by the crushing force.
There was no other energy in the pillar, only pure, terrifying power. A power that could collapse space itself.
Total Annihilation!
Simple and direct.
Jueti's face was cold. His body was covered in dark golden fur, and his aura flickered in and out of existence. The Ruyi Jingu Bang was under his control.
From the start, Lan Qing knew that if they fought head on, it would be the same as the last battle.
The human army's chances of victory were slim.
Even if they won in the end, they wouldn't have enough power to destroy the home worlds.
Therefore, he used a completely different tactic today.
The aliens were intelligent creatures, that much was true.
However, there was one thing different from humans.
Their intelligence was focused on killing, devouring, and improving themselves.
Humans weren't as persistent.
However, humans had their own culture. In every field, humans had different degrees of research.
Such as the art of war!
As early as ancient times, China had a long history of military books such as Sun Bin's Art of War and the Thirty-six Stratagems.
The art of war recorded in these books was not outdated even in the current era.
What Lan Qing used today was actually a mutated version of Tian Ji's Horse Racing Method.
Don't you have a lot of top-notch experts?
In this respect.
We are indeed inferior to you.
In that case, I will play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses, using my strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
Humanity's greatest advantage was its range. Even an Infinite-level Adept couldn't compete with a Bastion ship.
This was something Jueti had told Lan Qing a long time ago.
In terms of the number of top-tier Arcanists, the humans were at an absolute disadvantage. The human army did not have much of an advantage either.
Compared to the regular aliens, the difference wasn't that great.
Under such circumstances.
Lan Qing's strategy was to first eliminate their claws and teeth, isolate their experts, and then concentrate his forces to destroy the top aliens.
Tyrannosaurus' main cannons were there to distract them.
Roxanne was the only Paragon on Middle Heaven.
Jueti was already hiding in space, waiting for his chance.
As for the other Paragons …
When the 12 fleets of the Allied Army had finished firing, a number of illusory figures appeared on the left flank of the alien army.
Every one of them pulsed with terrifying power.
The two Positron Cannons exploded almost at the same time, as if two small suns had appeared in the universe.
The Wine Master, Clockmaker, Terminator, Pontiff, Pauper, Driver, God of Wine, Gourmet, and other Paragons joined the fray.
They unleashed their power without reservation.
Paragons had the advantage over the aliens. They could inflict heavy losses on their foes.
All they had to do was expend energy.
This series of changes happened in just a few dozen seconds.
By the time the Violet Prince and Princess realized what was happening, both sides of the alien army had suffered heavy losses.
Since the beginning of the war, the aliens had always had the upper hand. This had caused them to lower their expectations of the humans.
This was especially true after the battle with the eight bastions, which ended in heavy losses for humanity.
Lan Qing's three bastions didn't pose much of a threat to the aliens at first. As time went on they gained some success, but in the Violet Prince's eyes everything was under control.
It wasn't until the last two battles, when the pressure from the humans increased, that the Prince began to take them seriously.
He hadn't expected the humans to employ such cunning tactics.
In fact, Lan Qing's original plan had been a bit more complicated, and wouldn't have been nearly as effective.
But the Violet Prince had been too eager for quick success. He'd ordered one of the behemoths to self-destruct, giving the humans an opening.
Who was Roxanne?
She was one of the founders of Skyfire Avenue. She'd placed the orb of light in the right place, giving the humans the perfect opportunity to strike.
The Violet Prince roared in fury. The ten elite aliens who hadn't been part of Tyrannosaurus' attack launched themselves into the fray. Three of them flew toward Jueti, while the others flew toward the Paragons.
They were trying to stop their advance.
Tyrannosaurus' main cannon was weakening. The Violet Prince's eyes were cold and cruel.
If the enemy could break into their ranks and slaughter them, then he could do the same to the human fleet.
However, right at this moment, a hazy blue shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. Six huge blue light balls appeared out of thin air in front of him.
Neptune's Soft Water Cannon!
Because of Tyrannosaurus's powerful cannons, the aliens couldn't pinpoint Middle Heaven's location. The first thing the Violet Prince needed to do was find out where the most dangerous enemy was.
Before he could do so, however, Poseidon's Soft Water Cannon was already upon him.
You want to move?
Not so easy!
Six Soft Water Cannons were much more powerful than Tyrannosaurus' main cannon.
The materials required to make them were extremely expensive.
They also contained life energy, which made them even more dangerous to the aliens.
Before the Violet Prince could react, he was faced with another bastion's main cannon.
Tyrannosaurus' main cannons were still firing, and he couldn't dodge even if he wanted to.
He felt like he'd been caught in a trap of his own making. He should've dodged when Tyrannosaurus fired the first shot. At least he wouldn't be in such a passive position.
Middle Heaven's main cannons fired just before the Soft Water Cannons reached them.
This time it was Lan Qing himself who took control of the main cannon.
If one looked closely, they'd see that Middle Heaven was enveloped in a layer of golden light. This wasn't the bastion's own power, but the manifestation of Lan Qing's Vairocana.
In the history of humanity, there had never been a Paragon who had become the commander of a bastion. Lan Qing was the first.
He was the only one who could combine his Discipline and protogenia with a bastion.
Middle Heaven's main cannon was different from the ones it had fired before.
About a third of the bastion's beehive cannons were activated, and a dense torrent of orange light burst forth. The beams arced through the air before converging at a single point. When they did, the orange became a strange hue.
There was a hint of orange in the pink, and it also faintly emitted a faint golden halo.
If one had to describe it, it would be best to say it was orange.
The orange light was bright, but not transparent.
This condensed beam was only as big as the diameter of an ordinary beehive muzzle. It was crystal clear, and when it was shot out a second time, it gave off the feeling of an orange-gold crystal path.
Of all the mists known to man, this was the most beautiful.
But those who truly understood it knew that it was also the most destructive.
This attack had a name, Terminal Ray!
Back on An Lun, Middle Heaven had expended a great deal of energy to develop such an attack. It had taken nearly a decade of research and development before it was complete.
Compress but not explode. Concentrate and sublimate!
These were the words that best described Terminal Ray.
Lan Qing had dared to bring Middle Heaven to attack the home worlds, so he had to have the strength to back it up.
Middle Heaven's tactics were varied, and its true power was what he relied on.
The Hanhai Group had poured all of their resources into Neptune.
No expense was spared, no expense was spared.
Middle Heaven was the product of the Eastern Alliance. No expense was spared, no expense was spared!
Because of An Lun's unique environment, the Eastern Alliance's scientists had carefully analyzed and analyzed the situation. They had come to the conclusion that this bastion would be a nightmare for the Northern Alliance.
At the very least, it would be as strong as five of the Northern Alliance's bastions combined.
(To be continued.)