Xu Qing was disdainful. "Are you crazy? Do you really think that you're a savior?
That you can save those people?
I can clearly tell you that once the war starts, the Great Eastern Alliance will be finished. How many people can you send to their deaths?
It's just a futile effort. "
"How much do you know about my Great Eastern Alliance?" Lu Yin asked.
Xu Qing sternly replied, "I don't need to know. My opponents have always been the entire Human Domain. No matter how powerful your Great Eastern Alliance is, can you unify the entire Human Domain?
The Hall of Honor doesn't have time to care about you, so they just need to confirm this. Alliance Master Lu, there's still time. Give me your technique and retreat with the Great Eastern Alliance. I can order the astral beasts to try their best not to harm ordinary people. "
"Try their best?"
"That's already the limit of what I can do. I'm not lying to you. Beasts have their instincts, and you humans have massacred many planets in wars. The number of deaths is uncountable. This is an interstellar war, so think carefully. This is your last chance. I've already reached the Primal Zone, and the only reason I haven't moved out yet is to give you a chance."
Lu Yin took a deep breath. Had he reached the Primal Zone?
Then the war would begin in the asteroid belt. "There's no need to give me a chance. From the moment you started massacring the Human Domain, you and I will not rest until one of us is dead."
"Then just wait to be crushed." Xu Qing ended the call.
Lu Yin lowered his hand. Liu Huang and the Second Nightking were behind him.
"What do you guys think? Did I do the right thing?" Lu Yin asked as he calmly looked out into space.
The Second Nightking's eyes narrowed, but he did not speak.
Liu Huang spoke up. "The Great Eastern Alliance might be wiped out in this war. Have you thought this through?"
Lu Yin smiled. "Of course."
"You don't seem like a ruler," the Second Nightking said in a strange tone. His understanding of Lu Yin had constantly changed. At first, he had thought that Lu Yin was despicable and shameless, but after seeing Lu Yin unify the Innerverse, he had felt that Lu Yin was ruthless and decisive, and that he had many tricks up his sleeve. He had originally thought that Lu Yin was an ambitious person like the First Nightking, but Lu Yin's decision to start a war with the Astral Beast Domain made the Second Nightking realize that Lu Yin was not an ambitious person, but a fool.
In a galactic war, countless people would die if they moved, so this was very normal. If it were him, he would not care about the lives of these people. There were too many people in the universe, and these people were just a drop in the ocean. It was not worth it to risk the Great Eastern Alliance that he had worked so hard to build for them.
However, that was exactly what Lu Yin had done. When he'd found out about Lu Yin's decision, his first reaction had been disbelief. Who would be so stupid as to use their own resources to fight against the Astral Beast Domain?
If they won, all the benefits would go to the Sixth Mainland. If they lost, they would lose everything, and the Sixth Mainland would suffer no losses at all. This was an absolutely money-losing deal.
Based on his understanding of Lu Yin, this person should not have allowed himself to be taken advantage of, but that was exactly what he had done.
"Yeah, I don't look like a ruler, I look like an idiot, haha."
Emperor Liu let out a rare laugh. "Respectable fool."
Lu Yin suddenly turned back to look at the Second Nightking. "The Third Nightking is still in the Great Realm of Nothingness. Perhaps we can use this battle to release him."
The Second Nightking calmly replied, "There's no need to tempt me. The chances of winning this battle are extremely slim. Both you and I might die, so how can we save him?"
"That might not be the case. Let's give it a try. Perhaps there'll be a turn for the better?" Lu Yin's lips curled up, and his eyes lit up.
No one knew Lu Yin's true thoughts. Although he seemed impulsive, he had his own plans. Regardless of whether he won or lost this battle, he had to experience it.
Great Eastern Alliance
The various Emissaries were scattered in all directions.
Liu Qianjue quietly looked outside, as participating in the battle against the Astral Beast Domain would not benefit him at all. He had only come because the Sword Sect had already joined the Great Eastern Alliance and had no choice but to participate. Another reason was Liu Hao. Lu Yin had promised that as long as Liu Qianjue participated, he would give Liu Hao to the Sword Sect once the battle was over.
How could Liu Qianjue not care about the Cosmic Tree? He cared about the sword stele, and he had to obtain Liu Hao.
This time, Lu Yin had gathered the strength of the Great Eastern Alliance, and even though they were facing off against the Astral Beast Domain, Liu Qianjue did not think that they would definitely lose. It all depended on how much power the Astral Beast Domain could bring out.
If they lost, Liu Qianjue would at least try to protect himself and leave. It was impossible for him to fight to the death for Lu Yin. This was not just Liu Qianjue's opinion, but also Ling Qiu, the Mountain God, and the others. They would not die for the Outerverse's commoners.
A few days later, 150,000 large spacecraft from the Great Eastern Alliance entered the asteroid belt. At the same time, at the border between the asteroid belt and Ironblood Weave, countless astral beasts roared as they rushed over. War was about to break out in the asteroid belt.
As the name implied, the asteroid belt was filled with asteroids. Some were as small as spacecraft, while others were as large as planets.
White smoke drifted through space and wrapped around a meteorite as it headed northeast. After the meteorite traveled a certain distance, the white smoke dissipated and wrapped around another meteorite before carrying it off into the distance.
No one paid attention to the white smoke.
They were slightly south of the center of the asteroid belt, and the smoke-wrapped meteorite continued to head northeast. Suddenly, it stopped moving and then shattered.
Even further away, the old smoker's eyes widened. "I can't see anything. It's the Yin Guai. They're coming." He then quickly returned.
The starry sky was distorted as invisible creatures stepped on the meteorites and spread out. Outside the northeast, countless astral beasts were heading toward the southwest. Among them were the Void Thunderbeast, the Sky Foothill Ice Phoenix, the Flying Flame, the Void Wanderer, and many other strange creatures that had never been recorded. These creatures did not make a sound as they swept across the starry sky. Their eyes were filled with excitement and killing intent.
In the southwest, within the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet, Lu Yin received a report from the old smoker that there were Yin Guai lurking in space. "Yin Guai, Void Wanderers, and perhaps even more strange creatures. Pass down my orders. Launch a volley of attacks."
Against the many strange creatures from the Astral Beast Domain, Lu Yin would not play around with the lives of his cultivators. He planned to use the warships to clear the way and launch volley after volley of attacks.
Following Lu Yin's orders, the large spacecraft moved aside, and the warships arranged themselves in an orderly manner according to Shui Chuanxiao's orders. They arranged themselves into a fixed formation and then, "Launch."
As soon as he finished speaking, the light beams lit up and shot toward the northeast.
Boom!
Boom!
…
The entire region of space was illuminated, and countless meteorites were shattered. The beams of light started from the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet and headed northeast. They covered a huge area and did not miss a single corner. Any astral beast that approached would definitely be struck by the beams of light.
After a volley of attacks, an area of meteorites was cleared, and the fleet continued heading northeast.
In the direction that the fleet was heading, which happened to be outside the range of the warships' beams, the void distorted to reveal a pair of eyes that were filled with lingering fear. This pair of eyes seemed to exist on its own without a body, and it headed northeast.
The fleet continued heading northeast, and every time they traveled a certain distance, the warships would launch a volley of attacks. There were 6,000 warships, which was equivalent to 6,000 attacks that could threaten an Explorer.
Throughout the universe, there had never been so many warships in the history of the Outerverse. The consumption of energy was astronomical, but Lu Yin had done so.
The Great Eastern Alliance's fleet and the Astral Beast Domain's countless astral beasts drew closer and closer.
Sometimes, humans could not compare to certain strange creatures when it came to scouting. For example, the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet had been exposed to Xu Qing's eyes, but the countless astral beasts had not been exposed. Lu Yin knew that those astral beasts were definitely in the northeast, but he did not know their exact location.
The universe was too vast, and the direction that they were heading in was just one of the many routes. If they wanted to scout the entire asteroid belt in one direction, then the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet would have to scatter.
The lack of information caused the battle to fall into a passive state.
Xu Qing ordered all the astral beasts to stop moving forward, as he did not plan on directly attacking the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet.
"Commander Xu Qing, is there a need to be afraid of a mere Great Eastern Alliance?
Just a few of us are enough to slaughter the entire fleet, "a Flying Flame spoke up. It had the power level of an Envoys, and the Celestial Beast Empire had attached great importance to this invasion of the Outerverse. Almost all of the Flying Flames were present, as well as the Yin Guai, the Sound Guai, and so on. Even Xu Qing did not know the full power of the Outerverse invasion force, as there were still hidden reinforcements.
This was also the source of his confidence.
"Lu Yin is not someone who will throw his life away. Although the Great Eastern Alliance is nothing to be afraid of, we still need to test them. What if this is a trap set up by the humans?"
"A trap?
How can you tell? "Another voice came from the Celestial Ice Phoenix. Her voice was crisp and pleasant, but it also carried a hint of arrogance.
Xu Qing replied, "Just do as I say." The incident in Ironblood Weave had been too strange. The person who had poisoned the corpse keeper had not joined the Astral Beast Domain, so why had that person poisoned the corpse keeper at that time?
Personal grudges were impossible, and the empire had also guessed that the culprit might have been from the Neohuman Alliance, but they could not be sure. This was what Xu Qing was most worried about.
Lu Yin's Great Eastern Alliance's reinforcements had been too decisive, which had deepened Xu Qing's misgivings.
In Xu Qing's opinion, Lu Yin was not an idiot, and it was impossible for him to be willing to destroy the Great Eastern Alliance that he had worked so hard to establish. If that was the case, then why had he taken the initiative to participate in this battle?
Xu Qing was afraid that this was a trap set up by the Hall of Honor and the Daosource Sect. Thus, the empire had hidden a power level that Xu Qing was not aware of, and he would do his best to minimize his losses.
"Lu Yin, if you want to play, then I'll play with you. Let's see who can afford to play," Xu Qing muttered to himself as his eyes turned cold and flashed with lightning.
The Great Eastern Alliance's fleet advanced in an orderly manner towards the northeast, firing volleys from time to time to ensure that there were no Astral Beast Domain ambushes ahead.
Lu Yin frowned. Based on the location where the old smoker had discovered the Yin Guai, they should have encountered the astral beasts, but there were still no signs of them. Had Xu Qing stopped?
Suddenly, an alarm sounded, and a screen appeared in front of Lu Yin. "Alliance Master, the rear of the fleet is under attack. It's a giant white skeleton."
Another screen appeared. "Alliance Master, the right side of the fleet is under attack."
"Alliance Master, the left side of the fleet is under attack."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "Follow the plan and attack." He then punched the control panel. The battle had officially begun.
At the rear of the Great Eastern Alliance's fleet, a giant white skeleton smashed towards the fleet. The skeleton was covered in a type of self-destructing bug, and after the bugs self-destructed, their blood would explode, creating a chain of explosions. Although the explosion was not very powerful, the white skeleton had long since been covered in poison. Once it exploded, the poison would quickly corrode the entire Great Eastern Alliance's fleet.