High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 708

Chapter 708: Chapter 379: The Coming War_3

“Dongfang Ji is not present!”

“Did Dongfang Ji perish? Or is Dongfang Ji trapped somewhere, unable to return to the Seven Star Civilization?” Yan Lin Pseudo-God thought to himself, a new thought suddenly emerging: “Or perhaps, is Dongfang Ji laying out a plan?”

Separated by such a distance, with limited intelligence, Yan Lin Semi-Divine could only guess, unable to confirm which possibility was more likely.

“Pass down the order.”

“Keep a close watch on the conflict between the Myriad Demons Civilization and the Seven Star Civilization,” instructed Yan Lin Pseudo-God.

“Yes!”

…

Regarding the Myriad Demons Civilization, they were not the only power on the side of the Immortal Ruins Civilization.

“Could the Myriad Demons Civilization truly be gearing up for war again? Do they have some information?”

Within the Tianliang Civilization, a large group of demigods led by ‘Jin Liang Semi-Divine’ also received the news swiftly.

Their relationship with the Myriad Demons Civilization was close.

“Don’t rush.”

“Keep monitoring.”

“The Myriad Demons Civilization hasn’t called us to join the war yet,” Jin Liang Semi-Divine said, “we cannot act as cannon fodder either. How many demigods do we have in our entire civilization?”

“Keep a close watch.”

“If there’s a chance, we will apply to join the war with the Myriad Demons Civilization,” Jin Liang Semi-Divine said.

“Right!”

“Let the Myriad Demons Civilization take the lead; we will assess the situation. Order that our Second Level Star Realms and Third Level Star Realms bordering the Seven Star Civilization not engage in any provocative actions in the near future.”

…

Inside the Seven Star Civilization, on Black Dragon Star.

In a void obscured by clouds and mist, stood a rock tower, unmodern in its architecture, filled with an ancient aura.

This stone tower, soaring over three hundred meters high, was like a mountain of stone, a holy site of Black Dragon Star.

“Yan Ming Semi-Divine,” Li Yuan said, “among these Divine Artifacts, have you chosen any?”

In front of Li Yuan floated a small temple, but inside the temple was a different world altogether, suspended with artifacts emitting powerful auras.

It was the Divine Artifact Chamber.

Li Yuan had left Blue Star for more than a day, first going to Feixing to collect Star Technique World, the Divine Artifact Chamber, and the All-Gods Inheritance Cave.

After that, he tried to subdue the suppressed alien-race demigods at their peak… all attempts failing.

This was within Li Yuan’s expectations.

Without time for discouragement, Li Yuan immediately proceeded to Heavenly Sea Star to collect another ten Semi-Divine Peak Puppets.

Finally, he began traveling to various planets, allowing the remaining demigods to each select two Divine Artifacts.

In the past.

Ordinary demigods within the Seven Star Civilization, due to their lack of wealth and treasures, many did not possess demigods.

This war, for them, was also an opportunity.

“Vice Alliance Hierarch, I’ll take these two Divine Artifacts,” said a man in a fiery red robe not far away.

Whoosh! Whoosh! With a thought from Li Yuan, two streams of light flew out as Divine Artifacts, landing in front of Yan Ming Semi-Divine.

“Thank you, Vice Alliance Hierarch,” Yan Ming Semi-Divine said, bowing slightly.

“To give thanks, thank Dongfang Alliance Leader,” Li Yuan said with a light sigh, “all of this is what Dongfang Alliance Leader left behind.”

Only after truly taking control of the Divine Artifact Chamber, the All-Gods Inheritance Cave, and so on… did Li Yuan realize what kind of foundation Dongfang Ji had left for the Seven Star Civilization.

“Yan Ming Semi-Divine,”

“Among the demigods guarding Black Dragon Star, you are the strongest,” Li Yuan said solemnly, “besides two Divine Artifacts, I’ll also leave a group of Flying Heaven Puppets for you to command, to help you safeguard Black Dragon Star.”

Whoosh!

With a wave of Li Yuan’s hand, the void immediately revealed densely packed hundreds of silhouettes.

“Four hundred Flying Heaven Puppets?” Yan Ming Semi-Divine was surprised.

“The might of these puppets, each lies at the peak of the Flying Heaven level,” Li Yuan said, “they will follow your commands… Black Dragon Star is in your hands.”

A total of 3000 Flying Heaven Puppets.

On Blue Star and Heavenly Sea Star, Li Yuan left 800 Flying Heaven Puppets each, they were the two most important planets.

The other four planets were each allocated 300-400 Flying Heaven Puppets.

“Understood, Yan Ming will not fail the trust placed in me,” Yan Ming Semi-Divine said earnestly.

“Hmm,” Li Yuan nodded slightly.

The demigods left guarding the major planets… were all considered by Fang Hai and Cloud Elder to have extremely low probabilities of being spies after their repeated deliberation.

Like the Seven Demigods of Blue Star, they chose two from Xia Country to stay behind.

Therefore, Li Yuan dared to entrust them confidently with the Divine Artifacts and so many Flying Heaven Puppets.

Swoosh!

Li Yuan soared into the sky, and a huge green light quickly burst through the clouds, carrying him far away.

“That’s a terrifying speed. That must be Li Yuan’s Flying Serpent Spirit Beast,” muttered the Demigod Yan Ming. “I hope Feixing can hold out.”

…

In the void, Liu Bing was rushing to Lantie Star with Li Yuan.

Suddenly.

“Li Yuan, we’ve received covert intelligence. The Myriad Demons Civilization has confirmed the news and is massively gathering Demigods in preparation for the invasion,” Fang Hai communicated directly to Li Yuan.

“Has it leaked?” Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Although he had expected a battle was likely, when war was indeed coming, his heart could not help but tighten.

The Demigods of the Myriad Demons Civilization outnumbered his own side by more than tenfold.

“According to the information we have, the scale of the Flying Heaven Realm forces mobilized by the Myriad Demons Civilization isn’t very large,” continued Fang Hai. “It is estimated that they will focus their Demigods to launch a fierce attack on Feixing.”

“I’ve already instructed the Semidivine Mu Ji and the others to wait at the Star Realm’s entrance. I’ll immediately head back to Feixing once I’ve delivered the Divine Artifacts,” Li Yuan communicated back.

In terms of direct combat strength, Li Yuan was not exceptionally strong at present, after all, his cultivation time was short, and he was only in the Flying Heaven Realm.

But in a battle such as this.

Li Yuan’s Soul Attack was the strongest among the Demigods of the Seven Star Civilization, surpassing even the Lant Semi-Divine and Fang Hai.

“Spear Technique.”

“It’s so difficult to merge the two Laws,” Li Yuan muttered while seemingly flying on his way; in reality, he was constantly deducing the Mysteries of the Laws.

…

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, half a day had gone by.

On Feixing, apart from the six Third Level Star Realms, which still each had one Initial Rank Demigod and a large number of Flying Heaven Warriors to assist in their defense.

The original scattered Demigods from various parts of Feixing had all gathered near the entrance to the Demon Mountain Star Realm.

Whoosh!

A green streak of light flew across the sky and landed on top of a majestic mountain.

“It’s Vice Alliance Hierarch Li Yuan.”

“Li Yuan,” the large group of Demigods stationed in this area sensed his arrival and looked toward the black silhouette on the mountain peak.

Whoosh!

Another streak of light darted across and quickly arrived beside Li Yuan.

“Principal,” greeted Li Yuan as he looked at the newcomer.

“All set?” Fang Hai asked.

“Yes, the Demigods of each major star have received their Divine Artifacts,” confirmed Li Yuan with gravity.

Although the Demigods had not had the Divine Artifacts for long and it was difficult to say whether they could unleash their full might, the overall strength had significantly increased nonetheless.

“Good,” said Fang Hai with relief in his eyes.

“Principal, is that the entrance to the Demon Mountain Star Realm?” Li Yuan looked into the distance.

He saw a nearly hundred-kilometer wide dark passageway on the vast wasteland, inscrutable, as if the tunnel had torn through space and existed on a different spatial plane than the surrounding landscape.

The depths of the passage shone with multicolored light, giving it an extremely mystical appearance.

And around this tunnel were peculiar mountains, encircling it, hundreds of peaks in total.

“Yes,” nodded Fang Hai. “The Demon Mountain Star Realm is incredibly vast, with a diameter exceeding one hundred thousand kilometers and containing many dangers. Since the war on Feixing, neither we nor the Myriad Demons Civilization have stationed Demigods in Demon Mountain Star Realm… we each guard the entrances to our respective Star Realms.”

Li Yuan listened, for this information was not a secret.

However, this was his first time here.

“The Origin Power Array laid down by the teacher covers three hundred kilometers around. Its core is controlled by the Lant Semi-Divine, whose Soul Cultivation Level is the strongest and his realm is exceedingly high,” said Fang Hai. “Once the Myriad Demons Civilization dares to invade, we will immediately activate the Array.”

“Then, without breaking the Array, it would be very difficult for the Demigods of Myriad Demons Civilization to leave this area,” Fang Hai solemnly stated.

“I can feel it,” Li Yuan sensed that beneath the seemingly calm wasteland, a terrifying force lay hidden, as if coming from the vastness of the earth and sky.

This was the Origin Power Array.

The formation that Li Yuan encountered at Lantie Star was clearly inferior to this one.

“This is the Array Command.” Fang Hai flipped his hand, revealing two tokens in his palm. “Refine them, and you’ll be able to wield part of the Array’s power during the battle, summoning an Origin Power Dharma Body or enhancing yourself with the Array’s power… Above all, you must protect yourself.”

“I have only one order for you.”

“Survive! Make it through.” Fang Hai looked intently at Li Yuan. “You and your Spirit Beast are our biggest reliance in the Seven Star Civilization… as long as you live, even if Feixing falls, we’ll have a day when the Seven Star Civilization can counterattack.”

“Yes,” Li Yuan nodded.

Soon after, Fang Hai left, and Li Yuan gave one of the tokens to Liu Bing. The man and his beast waited quietly there.

“The Array is incredibly powerful,” Li Yuan could sense it more clearly after refining the token. “What we’re lacking is numbers.”

At present, the Demigods guarding the entrance to the Demon Mountain Star Realm, including Li Yuan and Liu Bing, totaled only twenty-eight.

Even adding the forty hidden Semi-Divine Peak Puppets.

How many strong ones were there in total?