Chapter 1 Tianxin Small Rain, Quiet Wind and Snow

Seven crimson figures lined up, assuming a stance with their blades.

Atop the high tower, the Gray-Winged Traveler slowly swayed its long tail, its bronze-iron eyes coldly staring at the "lifeless" battle machines before it. The chilling gaze was extremely penetrating.

Gu Shen felt as if his soul was being seen through by this Gray-Winged Traveler. "Central City reinforcements have arrived at the northern frontier."

Bai Xiu's voice echoed in his mind.

Gu Shen calmly hummed in acknowledgement, feeling slightly more at ease.

Lin Lin and Zi Yu were safe, and the resources of Initial-0 had been successfully delivered. Half of this mission could be considered complete... As for the remaining half, it was how to resist the Traveler clan's assault. Gu Shen manipulated the crimson figures, casting his gaze into the distance. Outside the massive walls of Gubao Fortress, more and more low-level Travelers were gathering, but they were not rushing to launch another attack.

This was the most terrifying thing. Liquidized silver!

But now, the crimson figures seemed to vaguely comprehend a path that belonged only to them. "Crack!"

"You have eight Majestics left..."

The current me can only control a few war machines.

A wisp of mental energy comprehending the fire seed in the Pure Land, a wisp practicing breathing techniques, a wisp deciphering ancient texts. But there was no increase in combat power.

And no matter how much tacit understanding...

"Isn't mental cultivation useless then?"

Xue Ao muttered softly, "How can the crimson figures be so powerful when fighting while controlling war machines?" In this situation, dividing mental energy was meaningless.

He sighed deeply.

The Heavenly Dog, who was usually extremely refined and never revealed any surprise, asked in a murmur, "How much mental energy does it take to achieve this step?"

But the Traveler clan's "main force" was also gathering! No matter what... it was still a quasi-divine throne.

"Swoosh!"

Arriving in the outer world... the Majestic's combat power had dropped several levels, far from the terror it displayed during the Ice Sea Ruins exploration mission. The crimson figure, seated within Initial-0, extended a palm.

Facing such transcendent life, one must not be impatient. If one reveals any weakness, they would be immediately pounced upon... One war machine. He currently had seven, corresponding to the number of fingers on the crimson figure's palm.

Seeing this scene, the crimson figure seated in Initial-0 frowned. The current Majestic had already successfully fused with Netherflame.

Lin Lin was carrying out strategic deployments.

Before today, everyone thought that the war between the Three Continents Alliance and the Deep Sea would break out in the Southern Continent, but now they knew... that the real first battle was on the northern frontier!

Usually, outbound missions were carried out in a team of three as standard. "Sizzle!"

One plus one is greater than two. It was those before them! "Bang!"

"Are you saying... these war machines are all controlled by the crimson figure alone?"

But the crimson figure's grasp of "mental energy" at this moment was, it must be said... far surpassed his own. This wasn't a difference in quantity. In terms of the flexible application of mental energy, even the Silver Fox General at his peak was far inferior to the crimson figure now!

"Mental energy... perhaps it needs to be cultivated to a very high level to unleash such an effect?"

They also couldn't compare to transcendents who possessed "mental energy." The crimson figure controlled these few war machines to fight as if he were controlling his own left and right hands.

He subconsciously looked at the war machine standing beside him. Four wisps of mental energy?

Zi Yu held a cup of warm tea, blew on it, and watched the images of the Gubao battlefield with a complex expression. Mechanical life didn't have organs like the seven emotions and six desires.

Faced with large-scale transcendent events, the three major Eastern Continent schools would form a team. The minimum configuration for this team was three people, with different divisions of labor. And the more difficult the transcendent event, the more likely it was to be paired with a "commander."

But the Majestic's "source energy core" had just been struck by the tail! That's right.

His fingers danced in the void.

Afu reminded, "That fellow's tail strike likely contains the intent of domain. Once this power penetrates the war machine's body, it will cause extreme damage. Si Yu guessed correctly, the 'internal organs' of that war machine have already been completely shattered." "Clang!!!"

Bai Xiu's spirit was within that war machine.

The war machine's final action before "death" was to recall the battle blade that had been thrown away. At this moment, the blade spun and pierced into the Gray-Winged being's back!

"To kill this Gray-Winged being, each wisp of mental energy needs to be perfectly integrated to form a coordinated effort."

The Traveler clan had already locked onto the coordinates of the Northern Continent frontier. As long as they opened the portal, they held the power to attack at any time. Da Xiu Zi's expression was very refined at this moment.

Turning many people into one person. The next moment! A muffled bang!

The Gray-Winged being was very fast, but in the crimson figure's mental perception, every frame of its movement as it flew out of the high tower was captured by the blazing fire.

A splash of bright red blood splattered on the snow! The war machine's greatest advantage was its powerful physical body.

He only needed to step forward with his main body and clench his fist at the target to quell all trouble. Hiss!

Now that he had fused with Netherflame, he could incinerate the Gray-Winged being with a wave of his hand! All along, the Majestic's mental energy had been operating separately and independently.

Perhaps mental cultivation could amplify Gu Shen's strength!

For the crimson figure to actually play with a Traveler clan transcendent life, comparable to a low-level titled expert, between his palms! The war machine controlled by that crimson figure had been killed in one exchange...

Uniting the spirit is the first step from zero to one.

The Gray-Winged being's bone claws were instantly corroded, and a large amount of white smoke rose from the snowfield. He also cultivated mental energy and controlled a war machine.

If it went in the opposite direction.

That arm was instantly struck, smashed to pieces—a large amount of fluid gushed out from the war machine's chest.

The war machine just now was deliberately sent to its death by the crimson figure. It had to be stopped here!

The seven war machines displayed extremely high mobility and combat proficiency.

For the Silver Fox, who grasped the origin, dividing eight wisps of mental energy to control eight powerful bodies to fight... was simply laughable.

However...

"Or perhaps..."

Ghostly figures constantly clashed. The Gray-Winged being lost its rationality under the "siege" of the seven war machines, becoming increasingly ferocious and frantic, but more and more like prey being played with by a hunter.

In the main艇command room, the Heavenly Dog wearing a mask spoke in disbelief.

Accompanied by angry and shrill roars, the Gray-Winged being launched a frenzied massacre... But the remaining seven Majestics moved extremely strangely. Their every raid was extremely ingenious. They seemed to want to decide the victory with the Gray-Winged being, but they didn't engage it head-on at all.

If the main body couldn't defeat it, then only the Divine Throne could.

For a time, the eight war machines scattered. In previous battles against the Traveler clan's high-level members, they were all "fighting on their own" with little contact with each other. But at this moment, they were connected by the crimson figure's mental energy.

Long tail swept up!

His power was restricted by the divine infant body. But looking at it now...

High-quality, strong-logic materials possessed "destructive capabilities" against all transcendent powers in this world!

The Gray-Winged being's long tail heavily struck the war machine's lower abdomen like a meteor hammer, knocking it off its feet and plowing a nearly hundred-meter-long trench in the snow!

But if one day in the future, his mental energy was elevated to an unprecedented level and could be invested into every wisp of soul in the Pure Land...

Even the war machine's body was spinning in the air, but the long blade was successfully thrown, drawing a whistling sound as it cut through the air. Unfortunately, the strike missed. The Gray-Winged being moved very quickly. It did not let go of this active attacker. After the tail slammed out, it took advantage of the momentum to soar into the air, and a claw struck towards the Majestic's chest with extreme sharpness and speed.

Si Yu had done his best, but even after completing the "parry," the Majestic still couldn't withstand the Gray-Winged being's attack and was sent flying.

"The Majestic's defense is very strong. Whether it's a broken arm or leg, they can continue to move, but their combat power will be reduced. But if the internal structure is damaged, then they need to be 'repaired'..."

They had all seen the intelligence from the Ice Sea Ruins.

At this moment, the crimson figure seemed to have suddenly realized something.

That was indeed a power possessed by low-level titled experts.

He alone possessed an entire transcendent combat team.

This was also what the Silver Fox General said... the reason why mental cultivation had little effect on actual power improvement. "Swish!"

"A single strike... can cause the Majestic to lose its combat power?" "...Yes."

Naganohara's trump card combinations could often complete high-difficulty transcendent missions beyond their level.

Da Xiu Zi paused and said, "Oh, that's not right... he just successfully broke through. Now it should be four wisps of mental energy. That seventh step... isn't difficult!"

"One wisp." Majestic's expression was incomparably solemn.

Through these few contacts, the crimson figure had completely understood the characteristics of this high-level Traveler clan lifeform.

Yaken Dan Feng raised his eyebrows high. "I heard that the Silver Fox General controlled a maximum of one wisp of mental energy at the same time... is the crimson figure more powerful than the Silver Fox General?"

He lowered his head, focusing on the palm. As if plucking strings.

One Majestic was the first to draw its blade, treading the ground at an extremely high frequency, quickly infiltrating the Gray-Winged being's "blind spot." But for a transcendent lifeform of this level, there was no "blind spot" within a radius of nearly a kilometer. The Majestic's every move was under its control.

To break through Gubao, one only needed to kill the war machines!

To hunt down the Gray-Winged being, those seven war machines were enough.

And from the air came the whistling sound of wind breaking!

If the "negative effects" of the Heavenly Sheath Fragment were not present on this battlefield, then this battle should be handed over to the legion commander... With your strength, dealing with this Gray-Winged being would not be a problem.

The snowfield was swept by howling winds.

Or the suppression of the divine infant was lifted. And the hardest bone to chew.

They were all discerning people and could see that the Majestic's individual strength was worthy of being called a god's creation from the Starship Civilization. Its combat capabilities were indeed powerful.

"That kind of effect can only be achieved by the crimson figure."

Central City reinforcements had arrived.

But there were no ifs in this world. Right now, on the Northern Continent's main battlefield, there was really no one inside Gubao who could deal with this Gray-Winged being... Letting this fellow rush into the Northern Continent would be terrible. This kind of intelligent high-level life, even as a single independent individual, could wreak havoc inland and unleash extremely destructive power. Before the strong who could kill it from the Three Continents Alliance arrived, countless innocent lives would suffer!

But the Traveler clan's high-level lifeforms... had even stronger bodies! Extremely strong point-killing ability.

The good news was that the Gray-Winged being didn't seem to want to break through Gubao either. It was more "interested" in him. And he himself was the "commander"!

Because that was a double-edged sword.

The war machine's combat level fluctuated greatly.

The "Majestic" was known as a terrifying mechanical life that could cut down low-level titled experts, the nightmare of all sixth-level experts. That strike directly caused him to lose his mental connection with the war machine!

With the sound of wind and thunder, the Gray-Winged figure perched on the ruined high tower suddenly moved, faster than the speed of its last attack on Gu Xiaoman's crimson figure. It possessed extremely high intelligence and insight. The attacks of those few Majestics had all been seen by it. The weakest war machine had already been killed first.

Physical strength comparable to metal and iron.

The Gray-Winged being's iron hook claws directly pierced through the Majestic's chest, but then its bronze eyes suddenly contracted! Another muffled sound!

But this time, the war machine no longer used the blade's surface and body as a pillar to parry. It actually reached out its arm to meet the attack head-on! For a transcendent lifeform of its level, only by living could it exert the greatest value for the clan!

But for the crimson figure who possessed the "Pure Land," this was not a double-edged sword. What kind of sight would that be?

Your investigation legion has cultivated many elites, especially skilled in "small team operations." It was just that this news still shocked me.

This was an unprecedented feeling... Few people in the Seven Continents could experience this kind of feeling, because mental energy cultivation was too difficult. Even the talented Bai Xiu had only cultivated two wisps. The vast majority of experts would ignore "mental cultivation." Even the Silver Fox General would not rely on this kind of power to fight.

"I know that mental cultivation can differentiate into 'mental energy' in the later stages."

The war machine that had lost an arm made an extremely strange lifting motion "before its death." The next moment, its chest exploded.

But without the Initial-0 program enhancement. And to bring the spirit together was the seventh step. After saying that, I realized it was inappropriate.

A war machine simultaneously drew the seventh long blade from its waist. The Gray-Winged being crashed into the ground like a meteor, stirring up a vast air wave and cold snow. This time, it still aimed at a Majestic to launch a raid, but the crimson figure's dodge speed was much stronger than that crimson figure. The targeted war machine raised its arm to parry with its blade, almost "predicting" the parry.

As a high-level lifeform, its mission was different from those "cannon fodder" responsible for dying.