Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”Formation complete, all units please confirm.”

”Confirmation complete.”

”Order: Form the Xianmen Third-rank Military Formation with the company commanders and officers of all levels at the core.”

Under the methodical command of Jin Lingfeng, war machines each shot out scorching white rays, with prisms intersecting and revolving around a core, Array Patterns emerged in the void, naturally drawing in the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi from within a radius of more than ten kilometers.

Within three seconds, the majority of the formation was complete, achieving the average level of Xianmen’s elite troops.

It was only three years of training.

This was an army assembled by the top-tier academies, Golden Pill seeds gathered together, each individual far from a match for the top-tier of the same rank from the Nine Great Immortal Sects, but when united, they could compete with them.

Only five spots were slightly flawed, clumsily linking the Array Patterns, drenched in sweat.

Yet they were still unable to quickly form the overall military formation.

No one urged them, waiting silently.

”Hua Bing, don’t rush, and the rest of the students don’t need to panic. It’s just our first time working together, and we’re not used to it yet. A few more training sessions and it’ll be fine. We still have time.”

Jin Lingfeng’s soft voice involuntarily relaxed everyone.

”Thank you.”

Hua Bing said gratefully, took several deep breaths, and his Divine Sense and mana operated at high speed, controlling the war machine to complete the Array Pattern connection of the Quasi-Three-Tier Formation after four seconds.

The others did similarly.

Hum!

The war machines’ dazzling white light prisms crisscrossed, shaking the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, as three powerful auras emerged and stirred the winds and clouds.

A few moments later, the light prisms disappeared, and one hundred and eight Air-Space Warplanes formed into three combat groups, entering the atmosphere in a ’品’ formation.

”From now on, we enter wartime status. The Third-rank Military Formation must be maintained at all times until the end of the war.”

”I urge all students to comply with military regulations...”

Jin Lingfeng’s voice clearly reached everyone’s ears, constantly reminding them of some details.

Jiang Ding concealed his form, flying among the three Air-Space Camps, his speed by no means inferior to theirs, which was amplified by the Military Formation, and he moved with ease.

Beside him, Lin Hai swiftly passed by, with tree trunks thick enough to be entire buildings occasionally appeared in front of him, piercing the sky or extending to the distant, unseen edges.

The higher they flew, the higher they went.

The air gradually thinned until they left the troposphere and entered the stratosphere, finally arriving at the mesosphere over fifty kilometers above the earth’s surface.

Here, with little ozone and strong convection, fierce winds were ubiquitous and temperatures remained below freezing throughout the year. Without an Air-Space Warplane, a Cultivator at the Foundation Building Stage would be forced to maintain a shield at all times to survive here.

The sky-covering banyan remained lush and green, its leaves rustling in the strong winds.

Their view suddenly widened.

A Steel Floating Island hundreds of kilometers in size appeared before everyone, lifted by layers of banyan trunks and branches, with a tsunami-like influx of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi.

”So many people...”

A student exclaimed in amazement, looking out through the war machine’s hatch.

Jiang Ding was also greatly shocked.

Here, Air-Space Warplanes gathered in abundance, while giant iron battleships hundreds of meters long and tens of meters wide, laden with various materials, flew towards this place, descending to one corner of the steel floating land, unloading mountains of supplies.

In front of these Giant Iron Ships, the Air-Space Warplanes seemed like little birds.

”These Air-Space Battleships and Air-Space Warplanes are also heading to the Canghai Small World. Some are supporting the Outer Realm Battlefield, facing off against the Xuanwu tiangong cultivator legions, while a small part is also participating in quelling the rebellion.”

”Most of them are transporting military materials and bringing back the Canghai Small World’s mineral resources and elixirs, and other raw materials to the logistics fleet of the Immortal Sects.”

An Siyan explained to everyone in the group’s communications.

”And here I thought it was just a few of us going to save the crisis in the Canghai Small World and earn a heroic reputation in the history of the Immortal Sects, remembered by the annals of history.”

Someone lamented, their fantasy shattered.

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”How could that be possible? Cross-realm transportation consumes a huge amount of resources, and even though the Canghai Small World is just one world, it’s immensely vast. We might influence a local area, but it’s very small in comparison to the whole world.”

”For these matters, we must rely on Immortals of Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation Celestial Beings.”

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While everyone was chatting, the voice of the Steel Floating Island’s Array Spirit came through.

”Please have the First Temporary Sky Celestial Group of the Third Brigade of the Ninth Army of the Third Military Cluster from Canghai, proceed to District B, No. 574 for landing, and await transportation.”

”During cross-realm transportation, stabilize your mind, do not use mana, refrain from casting spells, retract your Divine Sense, and do not extend it outside your body.”

A pale green guiding arrow appeared in front of everyone.

”Yes!”

Jin Lingfeng immediately responded.

The Sky Celestial Group followed the arrow, landing on a corner airstrip at the edge of the Steel Floating Island, lining up neatly, and shutting down their engines.

”Please wait, transportation will begin in three days.”

Three days was nothing to a Foundation-building cultivator, simply time enough for one session of cultivation.

Jiang Ding found a spot to sit cross-legged, a bit away from the other war machines, to avoid being suddenly crushed by a starting wheel.

No sooner had he closed his eyes than he opened them again, looking towards the sky.

Group by group, Jiao-645s appeared on the horizon. There were exactly one hundred and eight, forming three Sky Celestial Groups. Moments later, another four waves of Jiao-645 arrived, but just a single Sky Celestial Group.

”Beidou University’s Temporary Sky Celestial Group has arrived. The group leader is Liu Mei. The other four Sky Celestial Groups are made up of students from ten other universities. They aren’t with us, but they’re carrying out similar tasks in nearby regions.”

”I plan to go and exchange feelings.”

Jin Lingfeng’s voice came through, then asked, ”Jiang Ding, are you going?”

”Not going.”

Jiang Ding instinctively responded, his mana circulating, again strengthening his Concealment.

”Okay then.”

Jin Lingfeng sounded slightly disappointed, but she had expected it. Together with An Siyan, she joined the other interested students to visit their newly landed peers from the other schools.

Her social skills were frighteningly strong. It took her only minutes to blend in with Liu Mei and others from Beidou University, laughing and talking.

She even pulled in students from the other ten universities, playing games, chatting, discussing profound topics, and the atmosphere gradually warmed up, buzzing with activity.

”Where is your Dari Swordsman? Isn’t he participating in this term’s finals?”

Liu Mei, in a proper emerald-green robe, with skin like jade, enchanting and lovely, searched the surroundings with her Divine Sense over and over again and found nothing, expressing her surprise.

”He has social anxiety.”

Jin Lingfeng chuckled.

”Unless necessary, he doesn’t meet with any strangers.”

”Social anxiety?!!”

Liu Mei was startled, incredulously saying, ”When I saw him during the College Entrance Exam, he was chopping us all to pieces without any hesitation. Even the cultivators from the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace.”

”You aren’t fooling me, are you?”

She looked at Jin Lingfeng with skeptically.

”I’ve asked him, and he says it’s different.”

An Siyan couldn’t help but laugh.

”Straightforward combat doesn’t trigger social anxiety. You just need to think about how to attack or retreat; it’s simple. But social interactions are much more complex, and a real hassle.”

”This...”

Liu Mei was at a loss for words.

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