vncnus Chapter 89: The Shift in Offense and Defense
Chapter 89: The Shift in Offense and Defense
Hong snapped out of his thoughts and calmly closed the box lid again.
"Qiu Jian".
He called out in his heart.
A faint light flashed on the auxiliary light brain on his wrist, and Qiu Jian's black-clad virtual projection appeared beside him.
"Retrieve all remaining star chart data and compare it with this set of coordinates."
Hong transmitted the message directly.
The data stream swept rapidly through Qiu Jian's electronic eye, and he quickly drew a conclusion.
"Master, according to the analysis of the remaining star map fragments in the database, this is a special coordinate frequency band hidden in an independent spatial interlayer. Only immortal-level beings can usually hide coordinates in this way. This is very likely a treasure left behind by the Sword-Devouring Star Lord in some unknown cosmic secret realm before his disappearance."
Upon hearing the words "cosmic secret realm," Hong's eyes remained completely unmoved.
He knew very well that going to such a place with his current strength would be tantamount to suicide.
The most pressing task at hand is to deal with the main fleet of the Nolan Mountain family, which will arrive in three months.
Without further thought, he stored the space ring containing the cosmic crystal and three energy cores, as well as the chip recording the heritage of the Sword-Loving Star civilization, into his own space ring.
All strategic materials have been obtained.
Hong and Taino did not linger and returned along the same route through the blue light tunnel.
As they stepped back into the central hall, the purple-light armor instantly sensed their life force. The crimson light in the empty eye sockets of the helmets shone again, and a violent killing intent locked onto them.
Taino stepped out from behind Hong and faced the armor that exuded a powerful aura. Following the inherited records he had just obtained, he quickly activated the genetic energy originating from his body.
A drop of essence blood, shimmering with purple light, was forced from his fingertip and precisely shot into the core array pattern on the chest of his battle armor.
"Buzz—"
The energy groove on the chest of the battle armor frantically absorbed the drop of blood essence the moment it came into contact with it.
Immediately afterwards, the entire dark purple battle armor burst forth with intense light, and the cold metal parts seemed to be given life, rapidly disintegrating into hundreds of streams of light.
Arm armor, breastplate, boots, helmet... streaks of light swirled rapidly around Taino's body, then covered his body completely.
"Click. Click. Click."
With a crisp metallic sound, the battle armor was assembled in a few seconds.
A powerful surge of primal energy emanated from Taino and spread outwards.
Cosmic level third order.
Under the impact of this force, the small metal fragments on the hall floor were blown away and scattered in all directions.
Hong looked at the subordinate in front of him, whose aura was completely different, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
With Taino fully armed, it was time for Hong to reveal his most important trump card for this trip.
He took out the sealed capsule containing the C5-level humanoid puppet from his spatial ring.
"laugh--"
As Hong operated the controls, the sealed chamber slowly opened.
The deep red puppet stood quietly in place, its metallic surface dull and lifeless, like a lifeless sculpture.
Hong flipped his hand and took out a rhombus-shaped energy core that he had just obtained.
He strode up to the puppet and pressed a very discreet buckle on the puppet's chest armor.
With a faint mechanical friction sound, the heavy metal breastplate slid open to the sides, revealing the complex and precise internal energy conduction circuits, which were now completely at a standstill.
Hong held the core, which was emitting astonishing energy fluctuations, aligned it with the main control card slot, and pressed it in forcefully.
"Click".
The moment the energy core made contact with the conduction circuit, the crimson puppet's dim mechanical eyes suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.
Inside the chest cavity, those previously dormant energy circuits were being lit up one by one at a visible speed.
The pale blue energy flowed through the metal pipes and traveled throughout the puppet's entire body in just two seconds.
An aura surpassing even the Purple Light Battle Armor descended with a deafening roar, causing the entire ruins of the war fortress to tremble violently.
Qiu Jian's figure appeared immediately. He used the auxiliary light brain to directly write Hong's biological information and highest-level commands into the combat center of the puppet that had just been activated.
The yellow light in the eyes of the deep red C5-level puppet quickly turned into a blue light that represented obedience.
It lowered its menacing metal head slightly towards Hong, indicating that the transfer of supreme authority was complete.
"retreat."
Hong gave the final order.
Taino took one last look at the war fortress that buried the last glory of the Sword-Loving Star, his eyes filled with complex emotions, but he did not linger and quickly followed Hong's steps.
The two quickly left the ruins and returned to the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship hovering in space. Hong turned his head and glanced at the war fortress. The space inside his current spatial ring was too small to hold the war fortress. He would collect it after the crisis at Nolan Mountain was resolved.
"Return to base."
Hong stepped into the control room and directly issued the order to return to base to Qiu Jian and Babata.
……
Meanwhile, on Earth.
In the Pacific Ocean trench.
The golden-horned behemoth lies quietly in the dark, cold seabed.
After continuously consuming massive amounts of metal combinations during this period, its strength increased by leaps and bounds.
"hold head high--"
When it swallowed the last piece of metal, the proto-nuclear world within its body finally expanded.
A massive underwater vortex surged wildly around it.
The golden-horned behemoth let out a deep roar, finally breaking through the rank barrier and officially entering the first rank of the cosmic level.
Almost at the same moment, in the quiet room of the global headquarters of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy, Luo Feng, the Earthling in his true form, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.
His aura had clearly reached the first level of the Hengxing Star, and the quantum computer on his wrist suddenly lit up.
A virtual projection of the demon child Babata appeared.
"Luo Feng. Luo Feng. Hong is back. His spaceship has just left the dark universe and has entered Earth's atmosphere."
Thor, who was practicing his swordsmanship in another quiet room, also received the message at the same time.
The two immediately stopped everything they were doing and rushed toward the underground helipad.
"boom--"
Above the massive circular passage, the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship landed steadily with a low rumble.
"laugh."
The heavy hatch opened.
Hong, carrying a long black spear in one hand, walked with steady steps and was the first to descend the gangway.
Seeing their elder brother unharmed, and whose aura was even more solid than when he left, Luo Feng and Lei Shen finally felt half relieved.
"Brother Hong, you're finally back."
Thor strode forward to meet him.
Less than two months remain until the Noranshan fleet arrives.
Hong did not reply, but simply turned slightly to the side.
The next second, Taino, dressed in a full set of dark purple ferocious battle armor and exuding a cosmic-level third-order fluctuation, strode out from behind the hatch.
Immediately afterward, the C5-level puppet, several meters tall and entirely crimson, followed closely behind with heavy, mountain-like steps.
Two immense, cosmic-level pressures, without the slightest restraint, instantly enveloped the entire helipad.
This sudden surge of power caused Thor and Luo Feng to gasp for breath and take two steps back.
Then a glint of light flashed in their eyes.
……
The core reception room on the top floor of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy.
The three brothers sat around the table.
"Brother Hong, you've really had a very fruitful trip."
Thor said excitedly.
"One is a fifth-tier cosmic-level being, and the other is a third-tier cosmic-level being. Now, let's see what the Nuolanshan family can do against us."
"I suggest we immediately mobilize all our star-level slave guards to cooperate with these two great gods and set up a fire defense line for them directly outside Earth's atmosphere. We can then wait for them to walk into our trap."
Hong shook his head and looked at the excited Thor and Luo Feng, who was also somewhat interested.
"no."
"Second brother, you've miscalculated. The aftershocks of a battle between cosmic-level powerhouses are enough to easily tear apart continental plates. If we choose our own doorstep as the battlefield, even if we manage to wipe out everyone in Norlan Mountain, at least half of Earth's cities will be reduced to ashes in the aftershocks of the battle."
"We cannot gamble the lives of our own family members on the victory of this war."
Thor's smile froze on his face.
Luo Feng also reacted instantly, understanding Hong's implied meaning.
"Brother, you mean...?"
Hong stood up and walked to the projection of the virtual star map.
He stretched out his hand and drew a distance along the expected route of the Norlán Mountain fleet.
"We have the Class C flying saucer-shaped spaceship that we captured earlier, belonging to Bro Nolan. The ship's signal identifier is still the Nolan family's internal identification code. We'll set off on this ship, going against their fleet's route, and launch a preemptive attack."
A cold killing intent flashed in Hong's eyes.
"Catch them off guard in the distant starry sky."
"According to our current intelligence, the strongest combat force of the Noranshan Fleet is that second-tier cosmic-level Pula. On the other hand, in terms of military strength, we have a fifth-tier cosmic-level puppet, a third-tier cosmic-level Taino, plus... your golden-horned behemoth clone that just broke through to the first tier of the cosmic-level."
"We have an overwhelming advantage."
"Take the initiative and annihilate them all beyond Earth."
Luo Feng immediately stood up and nodded emphatically.
"Big brother is right. I've hidden the Golden Horned Beast within my own inner world. As long as we arrive at the battlefield, I can summon it at any time to join the battle."
The strategy was thus finalized.
Without any hesitation, the three of them immediately took action.
Hong Dianqi reunited Taino with the crimson C5-level puppet, and Luo Feng also made contact with his Golden Horned Beast clone.
under night.
The silver-gray saucer-shaped spaceship belonging to Bro Nolan Mountain rose silently.
After the spaceship took off, it plunged into the boundless universe, heading in the opposite direction from where its prey was.