Now that he thought about it, Lan Qing's strategy had been correct. He had taken advantage of the fact that the aliens were trying to protect the home worlds from evolution to concentrate their firepower on a single point. The aliens had thought victory was within their grasp, so they didn't think too much about it. All they had to do was delay the humans.
Once the home worlds' evolution was complete, the entire human race would be theirs to eat.
Because of this, even though they were clearly weaker than the aliens, Lan Qing was able to move his troops like an extension of his own body. He was able to chip away at the enemy's strength, and in several direct confrontations they won. He was careful not to be greedy.
When the humans retook the seven planets, Kang Hui felt for the first time that there was hope for humanity. There was a chance they could stand against the alien invasion.
His mind began to race, and he paid close attention to Lan Qing's commands. He did his best to cooperate.
Lan Qing was right. His stubbornness and intellect led humanity to miracles. Little by little they pushed toward victory.
Although they hadn't completely defeated the aliens, at least humanity was no longer on the defensive. In fact, they were on the offensive.
If the alien planets needed more time to evolve, then their final assault would be enough to wipe out these abominable aliens.
Miracle, this was truly a miracle!
Lan Qing deserved to be called the Miracle Marshal. Kang Hui had nothing but respect for him.
Middle Heaven was strong, but without Lan Qing's skill it wouldn't have been able to achieve such feats.
Now, let me carry out this battle to the end.
No matter what, they had to end it on Europa. They couldn't let the war spread to any other part of the human world. Humanity had suffered too much already, they couldn't afford to suffer any more.
Tyrannosaurus had also finished recharging its batteries. Heron was on the left, and Neptune was on the right.
Middle Heaven was behind Tyrannosaurus.
Although it wasn't the main force, it was still in its most important position. It was also the most heavily guarded.
Lan Qing was there, along with many of the Paragons.
It was also home to the most powerful Bastion in human history.
True enough, after this battle Middle Heaven's reputation as the strongest bastion had been acknowledged by all.
Even Poseidon's bastion was a fraction weaker in terms of raw power.
After all, Poseidon was no match for Middle Heaven in a frontal assault, even in shapeshifted form.
Middle Heaven's Ultima Ray was a terrifying weapon.
According to Kang Hui's calculations, no Bastion's shields could withstand Ultima's Ray.
That was the true ultimate.
The four bastions were getting closer and closer to Europa. Along the way, the bastions were constantly being repaired and repaired.
According to the latest data, Middle Heaven was at sixty percent full, and Poseidon at fifty percent. However, it couldn't transform again.
Tyrannosaurus had eighty percent of its power.
Heron was unscathed.
Ten combined fleets had eighty percent of their power.
Of course, other than Heron, the other three bastions had suffered heavy losses. They only had a third of their original strength.
Heron, on the other hand, could only carry three thousand ships. It was the least of humanity's Bastions.
Lan Qing's face was cold as ice. He clasped his hands in front of his chest, and the light in his eyes flickered.
Both he and the Pharmacist had broken through to Nirvana. With the help of Zhou Qianlin's Queen of Heaven Domain, their protogenia had stabilized.
Now the four of them sat around a vital crystal.
They quietly absorbed the vital energy.
The vital crystal had been replaced with an Infinite-level entity.
What they were absorbing was none other than the Violet Princess' vital crystal.
Compared to the other Vital Crystals, this one contained much purer energy.
But it was also more active, and difficult to control.
The Tear of Neptune was half gone.
Across from Lan Qing sat Lan Jue. Zhou Qianlin and the Pharmacist sat on either side.
Behind each of them floated a divine sword that belonged to them.
As they absorbed the vital crystal, they also felt the mysteries of the Banishing Strategy.
The mysteries of the Banishing Strategy far surpassed anything they knew about energy systems.
In some ways it was.
The Celestial Eradication Sword Formation itself was a law. However, it was not any kind of law in the universe. Instead, it was a law that was completely created, or rather, it was a law that came from another space.
The most terrifying power of the Celestial Eradication Sword Formation was the huge amount of energy produced when this special law repelled the laws of the universe in the outside world. This energy would be drawn into the Celestial Eradication Sword Formation, and from there, it would unleash an extremely powerful and terrifying lethality.
This was the source of the Strategy's power.
It could borrow the power of universal protogenia, how terrifying!
As they felt the Strategy's mysteries, their understanding of universal protogenia and their own protogenia underwent an earth-shattering transformation.
They could even vaguely feel what the Immortal World of the ancient humans was like.
The human realm of immortals had been incredibly powerful.
The Banishing Swords had been divine weapons of the highest order.
It would have taken the combined power of Yuanshi, Taishang Laotzu, and the others to break it!
Lan Jue hadn't been particularly interested in the Immortal Realm, but after learning about the Banishing Strategy, he'd learned a great deal about it.
The world of immortals wasn't as simple as it seemed. It was a world of interwoven protogenia. Not only did it shield itself from the universal protogenia outside, it also created its own.
It was a dimension, but also a universe.
A parallel universe within the universe.
It grew stronger and stronger. When it reached a certain level, it would be discovered by the universe it resided in. This process was, in a sense, irreversible.
The protogenia and protogenia it formed had to absorb the protogenia and protogenia of the outside world. Once the process was complete, it couldn't be interrupted. Otherwise, the world of immortals would collapse.
That was why the immortals of the time controlled the process. They did their best to slow it down. They didn't want to go against the universe as a whole.
Of course, no one knows what the final outcome was. Ultus wasn't recorded.
But the human realm of immortals no longer existed.
How else could a weapon as powerful as Ultus have fallen into the hands of humans?
Lan Jue now understood why Jun Yongye had said he could call upon one percent of Captus' power after becoming a Paragon.
Now, it seemed that such a statement was an exaggeration. Even though he had reached the level of Nirvana and sensed the mysteries of the Immortal Banishing Sword Formation and fused with the Immortal Trapping Sword as if it was alive, he could not be certain that he had even mobilized a hundredth of the sword's power.
The Banishing Swords' true power could only be unleashed by those at the level of Da Luo or higher!
Could they really set up the Banishing Strategy?
The four of them did not dare to be certain. Even though their cultivation levels were continuously rising, it was the same. The feeling that the Celestial Eradication Sword Formation gave them was like a bottomless abyss.
The stronger they grew, the stronger the abyss became. But it was still bottomless.
All they could do now was continue to work hard and improve their cultivation. They wanted to see how far they could go.
In the end, how much of the Banishing Strategy they would be able to do was up to the heavens.
Li Ke's face was dark. As the spirit of Ultus, he could feel the Banishing Strategy's power as well.
It was more terrifying than he had imagined, and its power was also greater. The Number One Killing Formation of the Heavenly Dao lived up to its name, but at the same time, the aura contained in the Number One Killing Formation of the Heavenly Dao was too terrifying, causing the pressure the four of them had to bear was too great.
If they couldn't control the sword formation by then, there was only one other way to complete the sword formation.
But the price they would have to pay was …
Li Ke's eyes couldn't help but flash with deep sorrow when he thought of this.
In the distance, Europa was finally in sight. The planet's wriggling appearance had undergone tremendous changes over the past few days.
The alien home worlds around it were still purple, but they had shrunk to a third of their original size.
Europa, on the other hand, had doubled in size. It wasn't solid, though. Instead, it was shrouded in a purple mist that obscured the planet's surface. The mist was lighter than the alien home worlds, but it gave the impression that the planet had been reborn.
The malevolence had completely disappeared, and this purplish-red planet had a special kind of beauty.
Kang Hui's heart sank at the sight of this.
The home worlds were in the final stages of their evolution. Even if they weren't finished, they weren't far off.
"All battleships, listen to my orders. All weapons on board are to be charged and ready. Don't rest. Prepare to attack." Kang Hui was decisive and gave the order.
They couldn't afford to wait any longer. The alien planets could finish their evolution at any moment, so they had to strike first. If they didn't, they wouldn't stand a chance.
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