Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 287 Tech War
The depiction of the teleportation array was not difficult. Although he had only studied it once, Li Yao had strong array mastery to support him, so it was quite decent.

As for the coordinates for transmission, he chose Beidou without hesitation. After committing the bad deed, his first thought was to run home.

If conditions permit, we might be able to replicate the Southern Demon's cunning tactics and lure the Eternal Fleet into a battle with the ancient races.

To be honest, this is quite feasible.

With the arrogance of the Eternal Starfield, what wouldn't they dare to do?

In the original work, they dared to attack not only Fire Scale Cave and Blood Phoenix Mountain, but also the Primordial Ancient Mine and Undying Mountain. Their audacity was truly boundless.

However, these thoughts were fleeting and were quickly put aside by Li Yao.

These methods all carry risks, and if one is not careful, they could lead to catastrophic disaster.

Moreover, setting up a plan is a waste of time. With that energy, he might as well focus on his cultivation and then sweep through the enemy with an honorable and straightforward approach.

When it comes to playing mind games, no one can guarantee that things will always go as planned. Once a deviation occurs, things will take a different turn.

For example, although the Undying Mountain and the Primordial Ancient Mine didn't react much in the original work, who can be 100% sure that this time the two forbidden zones of life will be dealt with lightly, just like in the original work?

It is important to understand that this is the real world. Everyone is whole, and their inner thoughts are constantly changing. Sometimes, even the slightest difference can lead to completely opposite decisions.

It doesn't matter if he can cover the bottom line; no matter how the situation changes, he can suppress it with his own strength. But when it comes to matters of life and death, any change is beyond what he can currently cover.

Putting aside everything else, just the emergence of any quasi-emperor would bring about a massive bloodbath and unpredictable changes.

The probability of this happening is one in ten thousand, but once it does happen, it will be devastating.

Therefore, it's best to avoid touching anything that involves forbidden zones of life, at least until the Chaos Body is fully formed, and try not to attract the attention of these forbidden zones.

As for the Chaos Body after it is fully formed... then naturally, Kou can go there, and so can I!

Rather than facing unknown risks, Li Yao prefers to have everything under control.

But he wasn't in a hurry, because it wasn't difficult for him. As long as he continued to grow stronger at this astonishing rate, he would soon be invincible.

Time is always on his side!
Li Yao vanished into the void, stepping on the Xingzi Secret Technique, moving away from this star field and approaching one of the satellites of the Eternal Star.

But just then, a violent fluctuation suddenly came from ahead, and a blinding divine light shot up, illuminating the desolate universe.

The darkness and desolation of the starry sea were shattered, and terrifying energy fluctuations spread everywhere; this place was no longer static.

Li Yao stopped, hiding in the void, and began to observe carefully.

In the distance, a massive fleet is engaged in battle, its style quite different from the fighting between cultivators. Instead, it's a clash of spaceships and cannons, full of science fiction flair.

Each beam of light shot out from the spaceship was incredibly powerful, enough to destroy some asteroids.

This is a battle on the technological side, with each side traversing the sea of ​​stars, beams flying wildly, and once hit, almost nothing will be left.

Of course, there are exceptions. Some special spaceships have a protective shield on the outside to block beam attacks.

Some spaceships, once hit, were like the sun exploding, their blinding light illuminating the entire star field as if it were daytime, dazzling and spectacular.

This is a battle different from that of ascetics; it lacks variety and leans more towards a contest of absolute strength.

If you hit me, I die; conversely, if you don't, I die.

It's simple, direct, and powerful; this combat style is practically a killing machine at lower levels.

Each beam of light emitted by a spaceship is equivalent to a full-force attack from a late-stage Dao-Slaying cultivator, while the cultivators controlling the spaceships are merely Great Power cultivators, with the better ones only at the initial Dao-Slaying level.

These are just the most ordinary warships. Some Saint-level warships can unleash beams of light powerful enough to terrify even a Half-Saint. And the cultivators piloting these warships are nothing more than Dao-Slaying Kings and powerful assistants.

This lineup, when put together, can unleash such terrifying combat power!

Is this the power of technology?!
Li Yao was somewhat bewildered but impressed. This was the first time he had witnessed a large-scale spaceship battle, which refreshed his understanding of combat.

It's like watching an epic science fiction movie, complete with energy barriers, planet-destroying cannons, energy networks, and more.

Of course, I just found it novel; I wouldn't say it was truly shocking.

The spaceship's combat power has an upper limit. Even if the size were a hundred times larger, it could be easily destroyed.

After observing for a while, Li Yao roughly understood the current situation.

The massive fleet of warships was divided into two forces. One of them was already showing signs of being overwhelmed and was slowly collapsing. One ship after another exploded, turning into a rain of light, like fireworks blooming.

This scene was magnificent, a wonder of the universe, but also cruel. With each spaceship that exploded, the cultivators inside had no chance of survival, turning to ashes along with the spaceship.

Finally, the battle drew to a close as time passed, ending with the two Saint-class warships determining a victor.

The silver Saint-class warship was badly damaged and captured by a giant purple energy net, while the purple Saint-class warship was completely intact. The outcome was obvious.

Upon defeat and seeing their main ship captured, the enemy lost all will to fight and fled in a streak of light.

But this was clearly wishful thinking. Countless beams of light crisscrossed the vacuum, and spaceships exploded one after another, rising up in blinding light.

"It's you bandits again! So brazen! Aren't you afraid of being purged by the Xianyu family later?" Atop the damaged silver warship, a silver giant several dozen feet tall roared, his entire body radiating extremely strong energy fluctuations.

In the distance, Li Yao's eyes flickered with interest as he opened his third eye and looked at the silver giant.

The silver giant is clearly a feature of the Eternal Starfield, a mecha forged from various divine metals, and he also wields a silver battle sword.

The holy might surged through the sea of ​​stars, as if a true ancient saint had personally descended!

"Amazing technology! A cultivator at the seventh level of the Dao Cultivation Realm can actually wield a sacred artifact so easily!" Li Yao thought to himself.

He could see clearly that the deity of the Saint-level mecha was fully awakened, and the power to revive it was not the pilot, but the energy core within the mecha. The pilot only needed to expend a small amount of magic power to control it.

There are similar operations for sacred weapons, such as reviving a sacred weapon with divine energy. However, that method also requires the operator to use their own magic power as a guide to revive the sacred weapon and absorb energy, which consumes a great deal of energy.

The only function of the divine source is to reduce that kind of consumption.

Unlike mechs, which only require a small amount of mana and the rest is handled by the mech itself, cultivators simply control them without consuming any mana.

These two methods are completely different; the former is dominated by mechs, while the latter is dominated by cultivators. They are entirely different approaches.

It has to be said that the convenience of technology has truly opened Li Yao's eyes.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. Such convenience often leads people to become addicted to it, dependent on external things, and neglecting their own evolution.

It's not fair to say this path is wrong. If resources are plentiful, you can have all the evolution fluids for the seventh, eighth, and ninth tiers. That would be pure blissful cultivation.

However, the truth is that even across the entire universe, the materials needed to make seventh or eighth-order evolution fluids are extremely scarce.

Without stronger evolution fluid and stronger mechs, stagnation in cultivation is to be expected.

In other words, this path is very dependent on the environment. In a place like the Immortal Realm, even if we can't say for sure that Great Emperors would be produced in large numbers, Quasi-Emperors would definitely be produced in large numbers.

Stagnation in cultivation? Not at all. As long as you keep consuming the evolution fluid and comprehend the fragments of laws within it, your cultivation will naturally improve.

Even if the environment weren't as harsh as the universe of Shrouding the Heavens, it wouldn't be impossible for Great Emperors to be mass-produced.

The level of cultivation depends entirely on the level of technology. If the technology is advanced enough and the resources are good enough, then the legendary ninth-order evolution fluid will be followed by the tenth-order and eleventh-order evolution fluids!

Of course, all of this is just speculation. The truth is that even in the Immortal Realm, it is most likely impossible to mass-produce ninth-order evolution fluid. The quantity is definitely limited and can only be used by a portion of the population.

Li Yao's thoughts raced, but in the outside world, it was only a fleeting moment. Upon hearing the silver giant's words, the people on the purple holy-class warship burst into laughter.

"Haha... Revenge? Heaven is not to be trifled with. What is there to fear from revenge? Today you shall admit defeat. Hand over the Primordial Life Stone, and I will spare your life. That would be giving the Immortal Feather family face."

Heaven is the name of a group of interstellar pirates, one of the three most notorious raiding gangs in this star field. The reason they are so rampant is that they have a true ancient saint standing behind them.

The one who made the move at this moment was the Brahma Clan, one of the three major raiding groups, whose strength was extraordinary.

On the other side, the Immortal Feather Clan is also a renowned and powerful force. They once produced a Supreme Immortal Body who dominated the entire Eternal Starfield. Under normal circumstances, no one would dare provoke such a force; after all, even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse.

But if it concerns the Primordial Life Stone, it's a different story; all fears will be thrown to the back of one's mind.

This is one of the main ingredients for refining the strongest evolution fluid. No one from Eternal Star could remain calm in the face of such a divine mineral.

Even the Immortal Feather Clan couldn't intimidate these pirates.

"Fan Yu, you've gone too far! Do you really think the Xian Yu family is easy to bully?" From the damaged warship, another mecha emerged, its entire body golden, towering over ten zhang tall, wielding a giant golden sword.

This mecha is even more powerful, with a Saint-level aura stronger than the silver giant, because the mecha's pilot is a being at the eighth level of the Dao Severing Realm.

In the sea of ​​stars, the two giants were covered with Dao marks, surrounded by dazzling divine light, and exuded a terrifying holy might!

These two mechs, if placed in the Big Dipper Star Region, would be virtually invincible below the level of a saint.

Although the fleet was defeated, the two Saint-level mechs were not entirely without the power to put up a fight.

The Primordial Life Stone is the main ingredient for refining the strongest evolution fluid, and it is impossible to give it away even at the cost of one's life.

"It seems you're preparing for a fight," Fan Yu said coldly.

He was tall and imposing, a full head taller than the average person, with red hair flowing down his shoulders and sharp eyes, resembling a wolf king.

"Qiang!"

A metallic tremor resounded, and a purple mecha several dozen feet tall appeared, enveloping Fan Yu. The terrifying shockwave shook the stars.

"boom!"

In an instant, an even more terrifying force swept across, the purple mecha exuded the divine laws of the Great Dao, and the surrounding void collapsed.

Fan Yu's cultivation level is stronger than the two members of the Xian Yu family. He is a Great Completion King, wearing a mecha suit, and the increase in his combat power is more exaggerated than that of the two.

The two sides faced off, and the entire starry sea fell silent. A moment later, the starry sea boiled, and a great battle broke out.

The silver sword cleaved through the void, slashing directly at the head of the purple giant. The sword light burst forth with a beam of light that stretched for thousands of feet, like a silver lightning bolt.

At the same time, the golden giant sword also slashed horizontally, attacking the purple giant's waist and abdomen, unleashing billions of divine powers to cut it in half.

"You think two people can fight me?" Fan Yu roared, his purple spear tearing through the void as it cleaved down, first knocking away the silver sword, and then unstoppably blocking the golden giant blade.

"when!"

The violent collision sent sparks flying, unleashing a blinding divine light. The surrounding starry sky was destroyed, and a massive collapse occurred.

The three powerful figures clashed, much like ancient sages in a fierce battle. The sacred artifacts amplified their combat power to an immense degree.

"boom!"

The golden giant blade swept across, annihilating everything in its path. A star was shattered into pieces, transforming into a meteorite that shot out and destroyed several small spaceships.

Upon seeing this, the Brahma people hurriedly piloted their spaceships away into the distance, not daring to linger.

Even the aftershocks of a clash between experts at this level would be a catastrophe for them.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"...

Three giants, each over ten feet tall, clashed and exchanged hundreds of blows in the blink of an eye.

Each collision trembled the starry sea, and the bursts of divine light caused large areas of the void to collapse.

The battle was incredibly fierce, but the difference in strength between the two sides was obvious, and the two kings of the Xianyu family quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

The purple spear, powerful and heavy, intertwined with the divine laws of the Great Dao, moved like a dragon, quickly leaving a large hole in the silver mecha, almost piercing it through.

That scene was incredibly dangerous. Fortunately, the golden giant attacked where the enemy had to defend, which allowed Fan Yu to draw his spear and block. Otherwise, the silver giant would probably have been pierced through.

In the battle on Eternal Star, once a mech is penetrated, its defense drops several times over, leaving the pilot with no protection.

By then, it will be no different from waiting to die.

In the distance, Li Yao crossed his arms, tapped his fingers on his arm, and shook his head, saying, "The outcome is decided. It was truly a simple and unpretentious contest."

He observed the entire battle and concluded that the fighting style of the Eternal Cultivators, like their cultivation methods, was unique.

The entire battle was almost entirely straightforward, a head-on clash with very little variation.

It's fine that Fan Yu is like this; he is in a strong position, and his strength can overcome any technique, which is the best fighting rhythm in itself.

But those two cultivators from the Immortal Feather Clan, despite being in a weaker position, still insisted on a head-on confrontation.
Dude, are you really that reckless?
Forgive Li Yao for speaking frankly, but any powerful figure randomly selected from the Big Dipper Star would have combat skills far superior to those two from the Immortal Feather family, and by more than a fraction.

Furthermore, the monks of Eternal Star truly rely entirely on mechs; they give off a remarkably similar vibe to gamers controlling characters with a game controller.

"If all the cultivators on Eternal Star were like this, wouldn't my 'Soldier' ​​Secret Technique be invincible?" Li Yao hesitated, feeling that he could be a little more reckless.

According to the original story, Eternal Star was not bad. Various royal families joined forces with many royal families to send troops, but they could not conquer it after a long siege. Finally, the Great Sage Yanqi descended on Eternal Star with the Qilin Staff.

In other words, before Dao Yi used underhanded tactics to kill Yan Qi Da Sheng, the battle between Eternal Star and the Primordial Races was a real and fierce one, without any fluff.

At that time, Eternal Star had just embarked on an expedition to the Big Dipper, suffering heavy losses in places such as the Primordial Ancient Mine, Undying Mountain, Fire Scale Cave, and Blood Phoenix Mountain, and was considered to be in a state of war damage.

Even so, they fought back and forth with the ancient races, and their strength was among the top in the starry sky.

With such strength, who dares to say that Eternal Star isn't powerful?
However, based on what Li Yao understands now, if all the cultivators on Eternal Star rely on mechs in this way, then he really can restrain the cultivators of Eternal Star.

The "Soldier" secret technique controls unparalleled soldiers. Although mechs are technological creations, they are also weapons and are thus countered by the "Soldier" secret technique.

With Li Yao's mastery of the "Soldier's Secret" technique, a Saint-level mecha could intervene with a single thought.

Perhaps due to technological limitations, it cannot be fully controlled, but even the slightest stagnation is enough for him to kill the operator inside the mecha.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that without the mechs, the combat power of the Eternal Star cultivators is greatly reduced, and they are even weaker than ordinary cultivators.

Take ascetics as an example. Weapons greatly enhance their abilities, but that doesn't mean their strength will be significantly reduced without weapons; at most, they will lose their enhancement.

For the cultivators of Eternal Star, who do not possess mechs, if their strength declines, wouldn't the "Soldier's Secret" be a nightmare for them?

All speculation was pointless, so Li Yao decided to investigate himself.

However, he did not rush out in his physical form, but instead manifested a golden deity to act on his behalf.

He did not use the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique. This technique is very powerful, and the Dao body it creates is comparable to the original body, but it has a time limit and is not suitable for disguise.

Although the Dao Palace deities only possess about 30% of their original strength, they can be preserved for a long time. Even if something goes wrong, another one can be created, making them the most suitable for this kind of task.

"Buzz!"

The God of Gold changed his appearance with the Great Art of Changing Heaven and Earth, and then stepped on the Word of Travel, quickly rushing towards the starry sea ahead.

On the other side, the three powerful figures who were fighting were startled and quickly separated, looking into the distance.

The fluctuations from their battle were immense, permeated with various divine laws. Even a fully accomplished king would be torn apart if he didn't have a mecha.

But the golden light that broke into this sea of ​​stars was completely unharmed, traversing the divine laws with a graceful and unrestrained demeanor, exuding an indescribable ease.

"Hmm... Native!" The person in purple armor was taken aback when they saw what the newcomer was wearing.

Such attire is clearly not that of a cultivator from Eternal Star, but rather resembles that of an indigenous person from some ancient life-bearing planets.

"To be able to traverse the starry sky and arrive at the Immortal Feather Star Sea, could it be the legendary Five-Colored Altar?!" Fan Yu's eyes lit up inside the mecha, filled with greed.

(End of this chapter)