The Ice Emperor looked at Shao Yangxun and signaled with his eyes that the Humble Corps could not leave the Royal Frost Continent.
Shao Yangxun was placed in a difficult position. On one side was Lu Yin, and on the other was his homeland.
The Ice Emperor's heart sank, as any hesitation would be seen through.
Lu Yin sneered. "Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. Goodbye."
The Ice Emperor was helpless. "Alliance Master Lu, the Humble Corps can help you."
Lu Yin smiled and looked at the Ice Emperor. "Senior, you're not helping me. We're helping each other."
The Ice Emperor nodded helplessly.
"Since senior is willing to help each other, then I have something that I would like to ask the Humble Corps for," Lu Yin said.
Ku Wei looked at Lu Yin strangely, as this was premeditated.
The Ice Emperor was stunned, as he had not expected Lu Yin to be waiting for him here.
Shao Yangxun was not surprised, as he understood Lu Yin well.
"What does Alliance Master Lu want to do?" the Ice Emperor asked.
Lu Yin smiled. "The Blaze Realm is too much of an eyesore. I want to get rid of them."
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On this day, exactly thirteen years after Lu Yin had embarked on his path of cultivation, a major event occurred in the Innerverse and Outerverse: the Astral River Ark had been stolen.
The Astral River Ark was connected to the Innerverse and Outerverse, and it did not belong to a single person or power. At most, it was supervised by the Blazing Mist Flowzone.
The Astral River Ark had originally been the Blazing Mist Flowzone's cash cow, but ever since the Great Eastern Alliance had been established, the Astral River Ark had been jointly supervised by the Great Eastern Alliance and the Blazing Mist Flowzone. The Blazing Mist Flowzone could not completely control the Astral River Ark, and it was no longer as domineering as before, where a Limiteer could force an Explorer to kneel.
The Blaze Realm had been extremely dissatisfied with this, as they had suffered the greatest loss from the Astral River Ark. This was also one of the reasons why the Blaze Realm had been trying to break up the Great Eastern Alliance.
However, on this day, when Aden boarded the Astral River Ark, a historical event occurred.
The Blaze Realm's cultivators stationed on the Astral River Ark were exterminated, and the Great Eastern Alliance took complete control of the ark.
Thousands of people looked at the surrounding troops with unease. They were cultivators who had come from the Outerverse to the Innerverse, while the surrounding troops were all from the Great Eastern Alliance, there was still blood that had yet to be wiped away...
"Everyone, there's no need to panic. We're from the Great Eastern Alliance, and we've temporarily sealed the Astral River Ark. Please return to the Outerverse in an orderly manner. We've delayed your journey to the Innerverse," Aden said loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in the crowd was displeased. "I've saved up enough money to board the Astral River Ark, and you want us to go back just because you want us to? What about the losses?"
Aden's sharp gaze made the man panic.
"I don't intend to stop you, but I would like to ask that you wait for a period of time before heading to the Innerverse. Please return to the Outerverse. Thank you for your cooperation."
During this period of time, Aden had shockingly broken through to the Enlighter realm, becoming the first Enlighter among Lu Yin's subordinates. Aden already possessed the strength to challenge Enlighters, and now that he had broken through, his strength had increased by leaps and bounds.
No one dared to resist. Following Aden's imposing manner, everyone got off the Astral River Ark one after another.
Not long after, everyone saw the battleships boarding the Star River Ark. They had a feeling that something big was about to happen.
In the crowd, a bearded man said helplessly, "I can't even fish properly. This world is really troublesome." With that, he left.
In the Blazing Mist Flowzone, flames swept through the heavens and burned the universe, forming buildings made of fire. There were doors, houses, and even seas of fire.
This was the Blaze Realm, and it had been peaceful for countless years. It had always been the Blaze Realm that had invaded other places, and it had never been invaded. Only the Sixth Mainland had attacked, and the Blaze Realm had retreated. As for the Fifth Mainland, the Blaze Realm had never been invaded.
The Blaze Realm's disciples were high up in the Blazing Mist Flowzone, and it was not easy for anyone to enter the Blaze Realm.
"Senior Brother, it's a good thing that we didn't go to Planet Gu. Otherwise, we might not have been able to return. Even Elder Si and the others died. I heard that the frost froze everyone," a disciple outside the Blaze Realm said with lingering fear.
Beside him, the senior brother sighed. "Yes, the Royal Frost Continent is not to be trifled with. According to historical records, that place once withstood an attack from the entire Blazing Mist Flowzone."
"I wonder if that secret technique is real."
"Of course not, I've never heard of it. It's just a trap. It's not just the Royal Frost Continent, but many other places have legends of secret techniques. I even heard that a secret technique appeared in the sylvan dragon's nest. It's right under a sylvan dragon's butt, and I heard that the dragon's butt was almost smashed apart by the Dragon Lord."
"Anyway, the rumors seem to be true. More and more people are heading to Planet Gu."
"It's useless even if they go. They can't even break into the Blaze Realm. Those trash can't even find the door."
"I wonder how the Sect Master is doing. I heard that he's been heavily injured."
"Shhh! That's not something we can discuss."
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"Um, Senior Brother, did any large fleets return today?" the junior brother suddenly asked.
The senior brother was puzzled. "I don't think so. Why are you asking?"
His junior brother blinked, and then let out a shrill cry, "Enemy attack!"
Countless beams of light shot towards the Blaze Realm from afar. Outside the Blaze Realm, many cultivators who had been stationed there were instantly crushed. The beams of light had come from warships, and each beam had a power level of over 10,000. This was nothing to powerhouses, but not every cultivator could withstand an attack with a power level of over 10,000. After all, there were very few cultivators who could reach the space-exploring realm.
The entire Blaze Realm was enveloped in flames as countless attacks descended and bombarded the flames. They then pierced through the flames and shot towards the interior of the Blaze Realm.
The entire region of space seemed to be collapsing.
In the distance, Aden's expression was solemn. They had taken advantage of the Astral River Ark's ambush during their journey here, but now that they were here, they could no longer do so. Their next opponent was one of the Eight Great Flowzones, the Blazing Mist Flowzone's third power: the Blaze Realm.
It was not that they had not fought with the Blaze Realm before, but they had only fought on a small scale. Their goal had been to stall for time and prevent the Blaze Realm from supporting the Daynight Flowzone. The real battle in the Daynight Flowzone had been with Leon's Armada.
This could be considered the Great Eastern Alliance's first real battle against the Innerverse.
There were close to fifteen thousand battleships that filled the heavens. This number was comparable to the number of battleships that the Sixth Mainland had used to defend against the Outerverse's invasion. This was the plan that Lu Yin had left behind before heading to the Daynight Flowzone.
The Great Eastern Alliance had been preparing to invade the Innerverse since the beginning.
A single round of attacks was equivalent to 15,000 Explorers attacking at full power. Even if all of the Explorers in the Blazing Mist Flowzone were added together, they would not be able to match up to this number.
The outermost layer of the Blaze Realm's flames were destroyed, and many planets were instantly destroyed.
These planets belonged to the Blaze Realm's cultivators, and they were also where the Blaze Realm's warships and various resources were stationed.
Countless attacks were launched continuously, and one figure after another appeared in outer space. There were more than ten of them, and they were all space-exploring cultivators from the Blaze Realm. The most powerful of them all was Kun Ban.
Because of what had happened on the Royal Frost Continent, he had been punished to guard the outskirts. As a Hunter, he could completely ignore the attacks of Explorers, and no matter how many of them there were, they would not be able to harm him.
"Attack!" Kun Ban barked. Behind him, more than ten cultivators from the Blaze Realm attacked in unison. Flames condensed to form a giant fireball that flew towards the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces.
Several figures walked out from the allied forces and raised their hands. All sorts of attacks descended and dispersed the fireball.
Kun Ban was stunned. "Hunters?"
What happened next shocked Kun Ban even more. One Hunter after another walked out, and in the end, a total of fifty Hunters stood in a row in outer space. Kun Ban was so shocked that his face turned pale. "Why are there so many Hunters?"
The next moment, the Hunters' attacks descended and drowned out Kun Ban and the others. When the attack ended, there was nothing but a giant crack in outer space.
Inside the spacecraft, Aden's lips curled up. This was the strength of the Great Eastern Alliance, a rapid response force formed by the Outerverse's experts. These Hunters had come from the Outerverse's seventy-two weaves.
Fifteen thousand warships headed towards the Blaze Realm.
The Blaze Realm had long since descended into chaos. Under the leadership of the sect's powerhouses, all of the space-exploring cultivators charged out. Spacecraft after spacecraft took to the skies to meet the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces. At the same time, the flames that surrounded the Blaze Realm suddenly transformed into a long whip that slashed towards the Great Eastern Alliance.
Aden leapt out and combined his innate thunder shield with his Thunder Mountain Technique and nine lined battle force to resist the flaming whip. However, he was sent flying by a single blow, and his thunder shield shattered. Aden spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale.
Within the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces, the dozens of Hunters were overwhelmed with shock. Their combat rating monitors continuously beeped, and from time to time, machines would explode.
This flaming whip's power exceeded 400,000, and it was already close to the level of an Envoy. However, that was not all, as it was not the full power of the flames.
Aden was lucky that the flaming whip had just formed. Otherwise, if it had been just a second later, its power would have been completely different, and a single blow would have been enough to kill him.
The Hunters who had thought that they would be able to smoothly attack the Blaze Realm and did not care about the Innerverse's great powers, as well as the leaders of the Outerverse's various powers who were watching the battle from the Outerverse, were all speechless. Just this layer of flames was not something that the Great Eastern Alliance could break through.
This was the difference in their power levels.
The Great Eastern Alliance's low-level power levels far surpassed the Blaze Realm's, and they even surpassed any of the Innerverse's sects. However, they did not have enough Enlighters, and there were almost none with a power level in the hundreds of thousands.
Within the warship, Wei Rong's eyes narrowed. He was personally leading the troops in this battle.
He looked at the flaming whip that was raised high in the distance, and he felt helpless. He could not make up for the difference in power.
A woman's voice rang out from behind him. "This is the Blaze Realm's defensive power. You should have expected this. The Outerverse's myriad cities, Taimo Temple, and the Dark Phoenix Clan all have powers that can resist Envoys, so how can the Blaze Realm not have any?"
Wei Rong calmly replied, "It's time for you to play your role, Lilyrose."
This woman was Lilyrose, and she was the one who had told Lu Yin about the Astral River Ark. She was also the one who had helped Lu Yin contact the Tinder Alliance. She was also the one who had told Wei Rong that the Blaze Realm's defenses were at their weakest. Otherwise, the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces would not have been able to reach this place so easily, and the Blaze Realm's defenses would not have been so low.
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