Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 270 Declaration of War, Siege

Three warships traversed millions of kilometers of ocean and appeared in the waters of the Flying Star Islands, immediately attracting the attention of local players. A large number of players followed the fleet, very curious about the purpose of the Thousand Star Palace fleet's sudden appearance in this place.

The two major local guild alliances also received the news, and many people were asking the leaders of the two guild alliances, but the two guild alliances did not respond at all, and continued to do what they were doing without taking any action.

Therefore, most people knew that these three giant ships were just passing by.

The warship flew past the north side of Flying Star Island, attracting a large number of players to follow behind.

In the Blue Mountain Islands, most of the main warships of the guilds that live by rivers or the sea are Tier 6 Giant Wooden Ships or Poison Dragon Ships. Although these warships are huge, they can only sail on the sea. Only Tier 7 and above warships can take to the air and fly, and can go anywhere.

Such advanced warships are extremely rare. Most large guilds don't even have them; only top-tier and hegemonic guilds possess them, and even then, they usually only have a handful, mostly seventh-tier floating immortal ships.

Only the major sects in the entire Blue Mountain Islands possess eighth-tier floating immortal ships; apart from the Thousand Star Palace, no other guild has an eighth-tier floating immortal ship.

The fleet soon arrived at the edge of Shattered Star Island, 280,000 kilometers north of Flying Star Island, and stopped.

Below the fleet was the edge of the island's coastline, and below that was a port where a giant wooden ship and two angry whale ships were moored.

There was a simple town on the shore, without even city walls.

The fleet anchored above the town, immediately drawing a strong reaction from the city, with a large number of players flying out as if they were about to flee.

However, after Ding Lingyu flew out and explained, the crowd immediately cheered.

"The Thousand Stars Palace is a dominant guild that is no less powerful than the Celestial Gods Guild. With the help of the Thousand Stars Palace, we will surely be able to retake our headquarters."

"The Celestial God Society only has one Sky Strike Warship, while the Thousand Star Palace has two plus an even more powerful floating immortal ship. They can definitely do it."

The Thousand Feathers Guild channel was filled with fervor, as members unleashed their pent-up frustration and hatred. They excitedly discussed their plans to take revenge on the Heavenly Gods Guild.

Inside the Heavenly Punishment Warship, Ding Hao, the guild leader of the Thousand Feathers Guild and Ding Lingyu's father, led the guild's senior members aboard and met Gu Zhi Qiu.

Six or seven years ago, Ding Hao was the high-ranking vice president of the Thousand Feathers Society, while Gu Zhi Qiu was just a low-level cultivator who was lucky enough to obtain an exquisite Gu Dao technique. It was difficult for him to even speak to Ding Hao.

Six or seven years later, Ding Hao was the leader of a small guild who was being chased to the brink of despair by his enemies, while Gu Zhi Qiu was already a high-ranking member of a dominant guild that controlled a region, with the power he wielded being ten times that of the Thousand Feather Guild.

What goes around comes around. Now, Ding Hao has to look up to Gu Zhi Qiu, let alone Su Yu.

Normally, the guild leader of such a small guild wouldn't even get to see Su Yu. This time, Su Yu only sent Gu Zhi Qiu to communicate first.

On the surface, Gu Zhi Qiu's expression was serious, but inwardly she was secretly pleased.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute, bowing towards the direction of Ten Thousand Poisons Island in the east, and said in a deep voice:
"By order of the Chairman, I will now take charge of the war against the Heavenly God Society. Chairman Ding will be responsible for cooperating with me."

Ding Hao nodded quickly and said:

"Commander Gu, rest assured, the entire Qianyu Society will fully cooperate with Chairman Su and Commander Gu's orders."

"Ok!"

Gu Zhi Qiu continued:
"Your son should have told you that our Chairman Su intends to crack down on the cancerous Heavenly God Society, but a full-scale war requires a suitable reason to declare war, so he proposed that your society be merged into our society to obtain a pretext for war, and then you can withdraw after the war."

Ding Hao said loudly, somewhat impatiently:
"I have already convinced everyone in the guild that we can merge at any time."

"Okay, you can apply in the name of the president!"

Just then, Su Yu, who was far away on Wan Du Island and about to leave, suddenly received a request, which turned out to be a merger request from the Qian Yu Society.

He smiled slightly, confirming his agreement, and merged the Thousand Feathers Guild into the guild, dividing it into an independent brigade.

This is temporary; once the war ends, we will regain independence.

After dealing with this, Su Yu left the guild alone and headed to the Flying Star Islands.

Chu Xinyue, her second brother, and her second sister-in-law did not participate in this operation.

The second brother and sister-in-law are continuing to mobilize and prepare. Right now, they are only dealing with a branch of the Heavenly God Society and do not need to participate. They will only participate when they destroy the Heavenly God Society branch and launch an expedition to the Heavenly God Society headquarters.

Chu Xinyue had a conflict with Ding Hao and his group when they were in the Thousand Feather Society. At that time, Ding Hao suppressed Chu Xinyue's succession to the position of leader in order to secure the position of leader. It was already good enough that he didn't object, let alone help her.

Perfect, we can leave her to guard the house then.

As he set off, Gu Zhi Qiu's fleet had already set off again. An hour and a half later, they appeared on the north side of the island and could see a large river flowing from east to west across the island, which was covered by dense jungle, before flowing into the sea on the north side of the island.

There was a large city at the river mouth, with more than a dozen warships of varying sizes moored in the port. In the air, many players from the Celestial Gods Guild were curiously watching three floating warships flying in from the horizon.

"Which guild is this? They actually have three floating immortal ships."

"Is it the Flying Star Guild Alliance or the Divine Boat Guild Alliance? As far as I know, these two forces are the strongest in the Flying Star Islands, each with several floating warships."

"It shouldn't be, right? I remember that these two guild alliances only have the Flying Star Giant Ship and the Raging Sea Divine Ship, which are only Tier 7 warships. The giant one in the center of these three floating warships should be Tier 8, right?"

At this moment, some well-informed people in the channel spoke up:
"The news from the Flying Star Islands indicates that this fleet belongs to the Thousand Star Palace of Ten Thousand Poisons Island."

"The Hall of a Thousand Stars?"

"This dominant guild must be millions of kilometers away. What are they doing here?"

"I heard it's related to us."

"???"

The three warships slowly came to a stop, but then remained still.

By this time, the members of the Celestial Society inside the city had probably figured out what was going on, and those who had been hovering in the air retreated back into the city to prepare for battle.

After waiting for more than twenty minutes, a streak of light flew in from overseas, and a group of people immediately flew out of the Central Heavenly Punishment Warship to greet him and saluted him.

"President!"

The newcomer was Su Yu. He waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for formalities, then turned his gaze to Ding Hao, a smile appearing on his face:
"It's been several years, Chairman Ding, how have you been!" Ding Hao smiled bitterly to himself, and clasped his hands in a gesture of respect with extremely complicated emotions.
"Ding Hao greets the Chairman and thanks Chairman Su for upholding justice for me and my son!"

He adopted an extremely humble posture, showing no sign of slackness whatsoever due to their past relationship.

To be honest, it's incredible that a newbie from back then has already built a high-grade Dao Foundation in just a few years and developed a small branch of the guild to such an extent. It's simply a miracle. I feel incredulous every time I visit.

With his current cultivation level and the support of the Thousand Star Palace, he dared not imagine how far he could grow in the future.

Su Yu laughed heartily:

"No need to be polite. I'm helping you to repay the kindness of the Qianyu Society in nurturing me back then, and also for another purpose. We each get what we need."

Ding Hao smiled wryly:
"The original Qianyu Association has nothing to do with the current Qianyu Association. I am unworthy of this title."

Su Yu smiled and said nothing more, then changed the subject to Gu Zhi Qiu:
"You two go and inform the Celestials Guild that we are formally declaring war on them in the name of the guild."

After saying that, he turned and entered the Heavenly Punishment Warship.

Gu Zhi Qiu nodded, turned and strode away, channeling his magic into his voice, and shouted loudly:
"On behalf of President Su Yu of the Thousand Stars Palace, I hereby declare that the former owner of this place, the Thousand Feather Society, is a branch of my Thousand Stars Palace. The Heavenly God Society has launched an attack without warning, and this society considers it an undeclared war on our Thousand Stars Palace by the Heavenly God Society. By order of the President, we hereby accept the challenge!"

"From this moment forward, the Thousand Star Palace is launching a full-scale war against the Celestial Gods!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the members of the Celestial God Society gathered below were stunned, and the expressions of many high-ranking officials of the Celestial God Society changed drastically.

"what happened?"

"Why would the Thousand Star Palace declare war on us?"

"When did the Thousand Feather Society become a branch of the Thousand Star Palace?"

"Vice President, what should we do?"

Chaos erupted within the channel as all the officials turned to look at Jiang Lang, the vice president in charge of the branch.

Su Yu did not see the leader of the Heavenly God Society, otherwise she would definitely recognize Jiang Lang, an old acquaintance, who was the one who led the siege of the Demon Cave in the Endless Forest Demon Ape Kingdom.

Since that incident that caused the guild great losses, Jiang Lang's status in the Heavenly Gods Guild has declined, and he has now been ostracized and assigned to the Construction Branch.

Faced with this sudden declaration of war, Jiang Lang pondered for a moment before issuing the order:
"Immediately activate the city's protective formation and send someone back to headquarters for reinforcements."

At this point, a senior executive asked:
"Should we negotiate with them to see if there's a mistake?"

Jiang Lang said coldly:
"It's no use. They can't possibly be unaware of the name and strength of our Heavenly God Society. Since they dared to declare war, it means it was premeditated and they must have made thorough preparations. This battle is bound to happen."

"They have three floating immortal ships that we can't defeat. We might not even last until headquarters sends reinforcements."

"Even if we can't win, we have to fight. We can't just surrender."

"But we can retreat, and break out in batches before their encirclement is fully formed."

"You want to abandon the branch altogether? I disagree."

“You’re risking our brothers’ lives, and I don’t agree to that.”

"I am the vice president and the head of the branch."

"Even the vice president can't let his brothers die."

"This is insubordination!"

"Think what you want, I'm leaving now."

"grass!"

With a wave of his sleeve, Jiang Lang shattered all the furniture in the room.

Five minutes later, a large group of Celestial Society members flew out of the base in an attempt to escape.

However, the Thousand Star Palace was prepared. At Gu Zhi Qiu's command, teams of members flew out from the void warships and pursued the fleeing players. At the same time, the divine thunder turrets of the Heavenly Punishment Warship and the Heavenly Strike Warship lit up and charged one by one, and a few dense divine thunderbolts were fired to intercept the fleeing Heavenly God Society players.

"Main guns are charging!"

The dark muzzles of the three warships rapidly contracted inward, and surging energy began to converge.

The city's protective array lit up, isolating the inside from the outside and preventing players inside the city from escaping.

"boom!"

The six Sky Strike main cannons fired simultaneously, causing ripples to spread across the city's protective barrier.

A few of the main cannons of the Heavenly Punishment had completed charging, and a thick beam of light, as dazzling as the aurora borealis, shot out from the bow of the ship and struck the city's protective barrier. The terrifying energy pressed a huge dent into the barrier's light screen.

Following closely behind, the four thousand gate towers of the Thunder God, one large and two small, fired simultaneously, causing countless thunderbolts to explode and the shields to shake violently.

"withstand!"

The city's defenders continuously poured their magical power into the great formation, forcibly withstanding the frenzied attacks of the three giant ships.

The combined power of a round of artillery fire directly broke through nearly half of the defensive power of the city's protective array. However, during the fifteen seconds that the Divine Thunder Tower was on cooldown, a massive amount of mana was injected into the city's protective array, which quickly restored its defenses to full strength.

"Mediocrity in defensive capabilities!"

Su Yu remained completely calm, turned to look at Gu Zhi Qiu, and commanded:
"Get the team in position!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)