Qin Shi Lei had also considered whether to leave some subordinates behind and occupy Budolong first.
However, upon further thought, it was entirely unnecessary.
Budolong currently did not even have a single expert at the Golden realm.
Once he reorganized his army, he could retake the city at any time.
When Qin Shi Lei returned to Hope City, a command also spread throughout the entire territory of King Qin An.
"King Qin An will soon lead a million-strong army to advance into Tianzhu. All cities must dispatch their elites to Hope City as soon as possible to await orders."
Hope City, King Qin An's Mansion, Meeting Room.
Kong Zhendong, now also at the Golden realm, asked with a frown, "Shi Lei, are we really going to attack Tianzhu? Attacking another country without cause might draw international condemnation."
"Condemnation?" Qin Shi Lei chuckled, "We are going to rescue tens of millions of Tianzhu survivors who are in dire straits. Why would they condemn us?"
Zhang Xiaoli stated bluntly, "Uncle Kong, if condemnation were effective, the United States would have collapsed long ago. We don't need to pay attention to these things."
Seeing Kong Zhendong still wanting to persuade him, Qin Shi Lei explained, "I have killed two avatars of their deity, which has forged a mortal enmity. The only way to resolve this now is to completely destroy Shiva's temple, cut off the source of his faith, and delay the arrival of a more powerful avatar to Blue Star. Otherwise, our entire Great Xia might be annihilated by him."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the meeting room was greatly shocked.
Tan Anguo asked with a frown, "Do deities truly exist? Is this Shiva as powerful as in the myths?"
Qin Shi Lei said indifferently, "I don't know if the deities in our myths exist, but Shiva does. He is at least Diamond realm or above. The two avatars I killed were at the Silver and peak Golden realms, respectively, but their combat power was comparable to high Platinum."
Tan Anguo frowned, "Since war is unavoidable, then we should prepare for it with all our might. However, for the sake of our reputation, we need to find a pretext to justify our actions!"
With that, he instructed the think tank to quickly prepare something like a declaration of war.
Now that he had subordinates to handle these matters, Qin Shi Lei did not mind engaging in some superficial diplomacy.
After conveying his campaign objectives and general combat plan to everyone, he left them in the meeting room to discuss specific matters and returned to his small space.
The biggest obstacle for this expedition was the possibility of Shiva's avatar appearing again.
To ensure no room for error, he had to first break through the opponent's spatial blockade, a unique skill.
Spatial blockade was likely a high-level technique accessible only to absolute experts above the Diamond realm, and it was impossible for Qin Shi Lei, who was only at the Golden realm, to break through this restrictive technique.
However, the scroll that fixed the attribute and the Enlightenment Tea gave Qin Shi Lei a great opportunity.
Qin Shi Lei sat cross-legged on the grass, picked up the teacup beside him, and drank the Enlightenment Tea in one gulp.
His brain seemed to become a hundred times more active.
He took out the scroll of spatial blockade and meticulously studied its mysteries.
Teleportation and Thunder Escape were both spatial techniques, and Qin Shi Lei's understanding of space was not entirely nonexistent.
Coupled with the significant boost to his comprehension from the Enlightenment Tea, he slowly began to understand the spatial seal.
He drank cup after cup of Enlightenment Tea, and three days quickly passed.
Qin Shi Lei's mastery of Teleportation and Thunder Escape had greatly improved.
The distance of each Teleportation had increased from five hundred meters to one thousand meters, and the distance of Thunder Escape had increased from ten kilometers to twenty kilometers.
However, he still could not fully comprehend the spatial seal.
It was as if there was a crucial point he could not see through.
"Spatial blockade, how does it strengthen the space of a certain area and make teleportation ineffective?"
Qin Shi Lei muttered softly.
Why not go to the spatial rift to gain some insight?
Qin Shi Lei suddenly had an idea.
He immediately left the small space and went to the spatial rift north of Hope City.
Spatial rifts were areas where space was very thin, allowing people to travel between two worlds.
Qin Shi Lei shuttled back and forth between the two worlds, carefully experiencing the unique characteristics of the spatial rift.
Then, he compared it with his existing knowledge of space.
Slowly, he felt a sudden clarity about the principle of the spatial blockade scroll in his hand.
Following suit, Qin Shi Lei attempted to form hand seals and seal the surrounding space.
His internal Yuan Qi surged outwards, and after consuming half of his Yuan Qi, the seal was finally completed.
Teleport!
He instantly appeared a hundred meters away.
After a series of tests, he could indeed successfully perform the spatial blockade technique, and his personal panel also indicated this skill.
However, its effect was somewhat unsatisfactory.
Spatial Blockade: Blocks the space within a radius of 200 meters. All spatial skills within this range will be affected to a certain extent. (Evolvable)
After learning the spatial blockade technique, Qin Shi Lei began to sense the weak points in the surrounding space and use them to teleport.
Another day passed, and after drinking countless cups of Enlightenment Tea, he could finally teleport freely within the spatial blockade he created.
When Qin Shi Lei returned to King Qin An's Mansion again, Mu Ziping had already brought all the Night members back to Hope City.
The million-strong army had also assembled in Aya City.
Tan Anguo personally delivered a battle plan and a declaration of war.
Qin Shi Lei glanced at them briefly and then put them away. "Good, it is an auspicious time. Prepare to march!"
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West Gate of Hope City.
Numerous generals stood in solemn formation.
Qin Shi Lei flew into the air and said in a deep voice, "More than a month ago, under the coercion of the evil deity Shiva, the country of Tianzhu invaded our Great Xia's Xinluo City, causing the sacrifice of over a thousand of our compatriots.
After we annihilated the invading enemy, they still showed no remorse and launched another attack with a hundred thousand troops a few days ago, attempting to invade our territory.
This is intolerable! Today, I, King Qin An, will lead a million-strong army to conquer Tianzhu, and we will surely destroy the evil deity Shiva and avenge our fallen compatriots."
"We will return in glory or not at all!"
As Qin Shi Lei finished speaking, the crowd below also shouted in unison, "We will return in glory or not at all!"
"March!"
With Qin Shi Lei's command, the numerous generals immediately returned to their respective legions and led their subordinates to march towards Tianzhu.
The million-strong army advanced into Tianzhu in three routes.
Cities under the jurisdiction of King Qin An's Mansion each left two Golden realm experts to guard them, while all other Golden realm experts accompanied the army.
Including those who had been promoted in the past few days, there were a total of 509 Golden realm experts on this expedition.
Qin Shi Lei and An Qian, leading the 301 Golden realm experts of Night, were the first to fly into the country of Tianzhu.
An Qian, who was proficient in fire abilities, was one of the main forces to deal with Shiva on this journey.
Zhang Xiaoli and Kong Qingshu remained in Hope City and Junhai City to oversee operations.