Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”That’s too little, can we spend a bit more?”

Someone asked.

”I’m very sorry, Commander...”

Ship Spirit Cloud Day’s face turned red, she lowered her head, her fingers entwined, looking quite embarrassed as she said, ”This is already my limit.”

”How about, we try some skins?”

”They’re super cool!”

”Extremely cool!”

She suddenly became excited, ”There’s a Moon Palace Misty Robe Battleship skin that, after this coating is added, each cannonfire resembles a Moonlit Fairy dancing amid the mist and dense clouds, as beautiful and enchanting as a mortal’s fairy tale, as if a Fairy herself has descended...”

”And there’s the Green Forest Spirit skin, as the warship unfolds, a green forest realm appears instantly, and numerous spirits dance...”

”Plus, the vintage style CS skins, during cannon fire, there are sounds like ’Fire in the hole!’ ’OK, let’s going on!’ Double kill, triple kill, godlike… and other effects…”

”We’ll buy a hundred sets of skins, changing one set each day...”

She spoke more and more excitedly, her little hands waving wildly, describing these skin effects. She’d obviously been longing for these, having added them to her shopping cart countless times.

A genuine internet addiction girl.

”No way.”

Jiang Ding flatly refused and no longer paid attention to her cries and pleas.

He continued calculating.

”Twenty-five billion, plus ten and a half billion from Scorching Sun Spirit Iron and synthetic Gengjin, that’s thirty-five and a half billion Low-grade Spirit Stones a year, which my current savings could cover...”

”Commander, that’s not right.”

Cloud Day tilted her cute head to the side, reminding, ”It’s thirty-five and a half billion, it seems your Divine Soul is seriously injured… So, how about a set of Green Forest Spirit Battleship skins? The description says it can add calming and healing formations, so it’s not entirely decorative.”

”No way.”

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes.

Not entirely decorative—that’s just like adding ten health points, completely useless.

”Thirty-five and a half billion Low-grade Spirit Stones each year, that could last for about one hundred and one years... I don’t like this number, donate thirty-five and a half billion Low-grade Spirit Stones to the Banyan Tree Scholarship.”

”That would make it an exact hundred years, perfect.”

”Good, let’s do that.”

Jiang Ding was satisfied.

Earning enough to cover a hundred years’ expenses at once was still a novel feeling for him.

After dealing with this floating wealth, Jiang Ding looked toward the center of the Black Cloud Space.

Just like Zhong Yuanzi’s First-order Immortal Tao Ecosystem, there was also a First-Order Underworld Ecosystem here, Tongue-Ripping Fierce Ghost, Drowned Ghost, Charred Fierce Ghost, Cauldron-charred Fierce Ghost… all sorts of unheard and unseen ghost types.

They had different auras, varying strengths, and diverse habits - a complete mess.

Yet, these tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of ghost types combined gave off a certain sense of harmony and naturalness. There was killing, there was devouring, but they didn’t harm this Underworld Ecosystem.

On the contrary, as the ghosts fought, reproduced, died, and were reborn, this First-Order Underworld Ecosystem became even more stable.

”It’s like this again.”

Jiang Ding felt a sense of déjà vu.

”If anyone else calls it a coincidence, they could be immediately apprehended and sent to the Xianmen Sect prison, undoubtedly a spy from the Immortal Sects, without a doubt.”

”How does this relate to Refining Nothingness?”

All kinds of thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Clearly, this First-Order Underworld Ecosystem was purely of research and Enlighten the Dao value, practically useless, the ghost armies summoned by the Shadow Demon were not from here.

He had many conjectures, but they were just conjectures, on how to realize them, there was not a clue in sight.

”Leave it to the seniors.”

Jiang Ding sighed.

Thinking about how to break through Refining Nothingness was really too difficult for him, having absolutely no academic foundation.

No different from the baseless theories of pseudoscience.

All the spoils of war had been dealt with and put away.

Jiang Ding then prepared to enter a deeper level of seclusion to heal his wounds. Before that, due to his responsibilities as the commander of the Air Space region, he planned to grasp the current situation of the war.

”Commander!”

”You look much better now, at least you’re in human form.”

Ouyang Hui saluted and laughed.

She keenly noticed that their Dari Swordsman had returned to normal, entering a stable phase, and she breathed a sigh of relief, daring to joke now.

”Thank you for your concern.”

Jiang Ding was somewhat embarrassed.

During the battle where he burned his essence, the Electromagnetic Stealth Robe, his Third-Rank Top-Grade Magic Treasure companion for many years, was completely shattered; he was nearly naked.

Fortunately, his skin was all burned off, so it wasn’t considered indecent.

After exchanging a few words, the two quickly got to the point.

”Commander, currently, the remaining enemies within the Spirit Fire Realm have been almost entirely cleared, and the damaged boundary formations, both land-based and space-based ship cannons, have all been repaired.

The fleet is on standby 24 hours, ensuring the security of the Spirit Fire Realm’s Boundary Formation, affecting neither the Outer Realm’s Starry Sky Army Formation nor the operation of formation methods.”

”In the case that the seven Great Daoists all failed, the possibility of an accident occurring is very small.”

Ouyang Hui said excitedly.

Jiang Ding was also pleased.

Thereafter, their expressions turned solemn again.

”We’ve done everything we possibly could to the utmost; there’s no more to be done.”

Ouyang Hui looked towards the sky:

”Next, we can only rely on the seniors from beyond the realm. I’ve already reached out to the higher echelons of the troops. When necessary, we can also join the Starry Sky Army Formation to contribute what we can as instructors,” she said.

”Just don’t let us die by the hands of the Masters of Refining Nothingness after the overall situation has been settled.”

”If we must fail, please let us die on the battlefield.”

”Naturally.”

Jiang Ding replied calmly.

In the Outer Realm’s Starry Sky Battlefield,

the two armies were still in a standoff.

The Nine Great Immortal Sects’ landing operation had failed; they had no choice but a direct assault, with no other cunning tactics available.

Undoubtedly, if the eight Masters of Refining Nothingness were willing to fight to the death, taking the risk of falling, they could achieve this.

At that time, the Eight Great Immortal Sects would completely dominate this domain.

Those who fear death die; those who do not, do not.

The eight Great Experts wholeheartedly disregarding casualties, closely cooperating with one another, ’I, for others and others for me,’ could unleash immense power. Perhaps not a single one would die, accomplishing their strategic objectives.

In the misty starry sky,

under the illumination of the Taiyin Divine Light.

Eight breaths as vast as planets, terrifying yet as eternal as stars, having survived tens of thousands of years, still exist, watching the cycle of heaven and earth, the birth, aging, sickness, and death of all beings, the day-after-day repetitive cycle.

The branches and leaves of Heaven Green God Tree’s phantom swayed, cleansing the Star River.

A delicate jade hand parted the azure green foliage, reaching into the Star River, like touching the cool water flowing by a village’s creek.

Moments later,

she fished out a withered, yellow-leaved branch devoid of any green, holding it in her palm.

She carefully evaluated the yellowed branch.

Long time passed without her speaking.

”The juniors dare to fight to death, are in battle, have battled to the death, while we hesitate, indecisively, it’s really...”

A sigh of Space Spirit echoed through the Star River.