Chapter 940: Setting an Example
Chapter 940: Setting an Example
Gosimi wasted no time, flying at full speed toward the spatial rift above him.
During the flight, he even took out a life-saving potion he had kept for years and drank it in one gulp.
The potion immediately boosted his speed to a whole new level, giving him the ability to fly at a speed that rivaled the peak burst capabilities of a Divine Rank powerhouse!
His body transformed into a red streak, shooting straight into the spatial rift from the base at an invisible speed, vanishing in an instant.
He was risking everything, even using his life-saving potion, primarily because the recent battle between the Skrull and the Earth forces had heated up.
If he were caught by the Earth forces, surrendering wouldn't be an option. As the base commander, he would likely be executed to set an example.
Thus, without hesitation, he downed the life-saving potion, believing that preserving his life was more important than anything else.
Seeing Gosimi's actions, the other six Skrull Seventh-Rank powerhouses followed suit, ignoring everyone else and flying toward the spatial rift at their fastest speeds.
Out of the remaining seven Seventh-Rank powerhouses, three used speed-boosting life-saving items, significantly increasing their flight speeds, similar to Gosimi.
The remaining four either lacked such items or believed they could escape without them, so they flew slower compared to the others.
The Sixth-Rank Skrull powerhouses also did their best to escape through the spatial rift, using their life-saving items if they had them.
After all, if the peak Seventh-Rank Gosimi used a life-saving item, they, the Sixth-Ranks, dared not be overconfident.
However, they couldn't guarantee their success. They could only do their best and leave the rest to fate.
As for the Fifth-Rank cultivators, they were more realistic.
Fifth-Rank cultivators had a very slow flight speed, and the distance from the base to the spatial rift was several kilometers, which would take them 20 to 30 minutes to cover.
With the protective barrier now unattended, how could it withstand 20 minutes of intense bombardment by the Earth forces?
If they tried to escape through the spatial rift, they would likely be intercepted by the Earth forces before reaching it.
So, they didn't even think about escaping. Instead, they landed on the ground, discarded their weapons, and surrendered.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the spatial rift, Plante stood motionless, watching the rift.
He wouldn't risk his life by going to the Kilimanjaro Spring, as he knew nothing about the First Emperor's strength or whether he possessed any artifacts or techniques that could counter him.
Plante was uncertain if he could survive a three-hour assault by the five Earth Divine Rank powerhouses, so he definitely wouldn't go to their aid.
However, he didn't want to leave just yet, so he remained standing in the spatial rift area.
After about half a minute, a red light flashed beside him, and Manina III appeared, stepping through the void.
"Plante, how about we go together?" Manina III said, hands behind his back, looking at Plante. "If we go together, we should be able to hold off Cao Cao and the First Emperor."
The spatial rift could allow two or more Divine Rank powerhouses to pass through, but doing so would significantly extend the time it took for the rift to close.
If one Divine Rank went through, the rift would take three hours to close; if two went through, it would take six hours.
Plante shook his head. "It wouldn't work. Even if we can hold off Cao Cao and the First Emperor, what if they retreat to other springs?
The Langesberg Spring is 3,300 kilometers south of Kilimanjaro. If we go to Kilimanjaro and they retreat south to Langesberg, wouldn't we look foolish?"
"Hmm, you have a point," Manina III nodded, looking at the spatial rift leading to Kilimanjaro and sighing. "The Earth humans are enhancing their strength too quickly! We need to tighten our defenses."
"Yes," Plante agreed, his voice heavy. "We should try to minimize our losses before the final battle. As for the personnel at Kilimanjaro, their survival will depend on their own luck."
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Above the Kilimanjaro Spring, the Earth forces launched their strongest attack on the protective barrier.
Su Yu drank a bottle of [Divine Craft Mana Restoration Potion], restoring his mana to a quarter of its capacity.
He then began casting [Powerful Wisdom Blessing] and other buffs on his teammates, followed by a series of [Dancing Flame Burst] spells, concentrating them on a single point of the barrier.
During the casting, he didn't forget to bring out the [Monkey War God Statue], which provided a group buff to all allies within 50 meters.
Other players also took out items that could grant group and individual buffs to use on those around them.
Group buffs were generally released in the most densely populated areas, while individual buffs were uniformly thrown to the First Emperor and Chancellor Cao.
In Evolution, there are many support classes, such as the Bard, Aura Knight, and Shaman (the class of Fujiwara Chika), all of which can grant numerous buffs to allies.
They kept throwing individual buffs to Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor.
Amid the myriad buffs and auras, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor were enveloped in a dazzling glow, as if they were wearing a suit of "armor" that was highly reflective and dazzling. Although this "armor" provided only a marginal boost to their strength, they could feel the players' goodwill.
Determined to do their best, they began to attack the Skrull base's protective shield with all their might.
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Soon, the base's protective shield, already strained from the attacks of the Blue Planet's main force, began to flicker and tremble.
Without the high-level Skrull cultivators to maintain it, the shield's overall defensive capability was severely compromised.
With the relentless and unreserved attacks from Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor, the shield quickly began to falter.
Creak—Creak— The shield emitted a series of "cries" as it struggled to hold.
About two minutes later, the originally solid gray-black shield was sliced open by the final swing of the myriad Swords of Oaths, creating a massive gash over ten meters wide.
"Move!"
Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor knew exactly what to do.
They simultaneously flashed, reaching the space rift's entrance in mere seconds, blocking the rift's path.
The space rift was the Skrull high-ranking officials' only escape route. By blocking it, they would be cornered like fish on a chopping block.
But some Skrull high-ranking officials had already escaped through the rift before the two minutes were up.
In those two minutes, six of the eight Skrull seventh-rank officials had fled, along with eleven sixth-rank officials. The rest were trapped outside the rift.
The remaining two seventh-rank officials, one without the means to escape and the other hesitant to use it, immediately showed signs of regret upon seeing Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor.
But they had no time to regret.
The First Emperor didn't hold back.
His golden-yellow scroll spun in the blur in the sky, and in an instant, the heavy aura of the mountain transformed into an impenetrable, razor-sharp blade.
Whoosh!
The Skrull seventh-ranker didn't even realize what hit him, only feeling a cool sensation in his abdomen, followed by his body splitting in two at the waist.
His protective aura shield was also sliced into two hemispheres by that single strike, and he was dead instantly.
Chancellor Cao was equally formidable.
The tens of thousands of miniature swords split from the single handle, each targeting the other skrull seventh-rank official. The miniature swords flew out in unison, aiming for their target.
The Skrull seventh-ranker quickly reacted, maximizing the defensive power of his aura shield and using all his life-saving items.
But the gap in levels between them was too great.
Even Chancellor Cao, a peak god-tier, would require full concentration to engage a seventh-rank official, let alone a lower-tier seventh-rank.
In the rain of swords, the Skrull seventh-ranker was quickly pierced through like a porcupine.
Due to his inadequate physical strength, his body exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
The two seventh-rank officials were instantly killed by Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor, and the air was thick with the scent of blood.
The shockwaves from the battle also affected the surrounding Skrull sixth-rank officials, causing heavy casualties.
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Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor's swift execution of the two seventh-rank officials was to serve as a warning. Previously, Blue Planet humans had only captured Skrull high-ranking officials, without killing or even mistreating them. For instance, the seventh-rank strongman, Hayden Solaris, enjoyed good treatment and freedom in the Blue planet's prisoner camps, even visiting human cities.
Perhaps the Blue planet's treatment of captives was too len, and the Skrull expeditionary force had no concept of pain or the consequences of opposing the blue planet.
Now, with Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor executing those two, they were sending a clear warning to the Skrull people.
In the spring, the sixty or so Skrull Sixth-Rank beings who hadn't managed to escape were utterly dumbfounded.
The simple and swift execution of two Seventh-Rank beings had a profound impact on them!
What should they do? Would they be next?
However, there was no way they could escape now. How could these Sixth-Rank beings possibly cross the gap to the rift, let alone escape from two peak Divine beings?
They had only one option left—surrender immediately.
"Powerful Blue Planet humans, I surrender."
"We surrender."
"I surrender, please don't kill me."
The Sixth-Rank beings shouted their surrender in clear Mandarin, dropping their weapons and raising their hands to show their sincerity.
Chancellor Cao's cold gaze swept over the faces of all the Skrull Sixth-Rank beings.
Each time his gaze landed on someone, they visibly trembled.
But neither he nor the First Emperor had any intention of killing these Sixth-Rank beings.
The deaths of the two Seventh-Rank beings were warning enough for the Skrulls. Capturing the remaining Sixth-Rank beings as prisoners would allow them to negotiate for resources, making it a waste to kill them.
"We surrender!"
"I surrender."
From the base below, the cries of surrender echoed one after another.
The defensive weapons in the base fell silent, and the ordinary soldiers and Fifth and Sixth-Rank high-ranking cultivators gathered in the square, surrendering to the Blue Planet humans.
At this point in the war, even if they didn't surrender, they couldn't harm the Blue Planet humans. Moreover, most of the troops in the base were Runkte people, and no one was prepared to die for the expeditionary force, so they surrendered without hesitation.
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Meanwhile, in the top-floor video conference room of Skrull Star, there was complete silence.
Among the various video feeds, the one with the darkest expression was undoubtedly the Runkte Divine-level Stiem.
All the casualties in this battle were his subordinates! And most of the captured Fifth and Sixth-Rank cultivators were his disciples.
Seeing his two Seventh-Rank subordinates instantly killed by the First Emperor and Chancellor Cao, he felt his heart bleed!
He had sent his subordinates to Mount Kilimanjaro to defend the area because participating in the defense meant they would receive seventy percent of the spring's spiritual energy.
Now, with two Seventh-Rank beings dead, the loss was enormous!
Even if the captured Fifth and Sixth-Rank beings could be ransomed by the united government, this battle had still been a devastating blow!
After about half a minute of silence, Stiem gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go to the rift zone and check on the condition of my subordinates."
With that, his video feed went black, and he left the conference room.
The other participants in the video conference looked helpless, not expecting the Blue Planet humans to be so ruthless, executing two Seventh-Rank beings outright!
After all, there were only 84 Seventh-Rank cultivators among the Skrull people, each one a top-tier figure on the planet!
Losing two at once was a significant blow. If this news got out...
Thinking of this, Manina took a deep breath. No matter what, this news must not reach the outside world!
The Runkte Speaker Kusman added, "Your Majesty Manina, news of this battle must be suppressed. No information about the deaths of the two Seventh-Rank beings can appear in any media! Especially not in the hands of the anti-union organizations."
"I understand," Manina nodded and instructed the AI Syblue, "Syblue, notify all those who know about this battle. Without my permission, no one is to reveal any information related to this battle! Any leaks will result in the maximum penalty!"
"Understood, Your Majesty," the AI Syblue responded.
At this moment, Manina's eyes flickered. He suddenly thought of something else—this situation might be useful.
He instructed the AI Syblue again, "Syblue, another task. Monitor the internet closely over the next few days. If anyone spreads true information about the battle, notify me immediately!
Especially during the first few days when the Blue Planet humans arrived on Skrull Star. They will likely spread information about the battle. Anyone who does so is undoubtedly a traitor!"
Manina had long suspected that there were traitors among the Skrull people, especially those anti-union organizations in Beker. He suspected they might be in league with the Blue Planet humans.
However, he had no concrete evidence to confirm his suspicions.
Perhaps this would help them track down the traitors.
"Understood, Your Majesty!" the AI Syblue responded again.
(End of Chapter)
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