Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

With a deafening roar as the Dragon-Slaying Stone shattered, the sturdy walls surrounding the entire Refining Pavilion instantly turned to dust.

A scorching heatwave, mixed with a violent current of purple-gold and crimson, surged wildly from the gaping hole. This force was so brutal that it tore a huge gash through the oppressive aura of the Protoss warships descending from the sky.

The smoke and light dissipated.

Jiang Yining, clad in a magnificent purple-gold robe, her hem fluttering in the fierce wind, remained utterly composed on her exquisite face. Her jade-like hands steadily cradled the core array radiating a two-colored light. Surrounded by the terrifying pressure of a late-stage peak Profound Light Realm expert, she resembled an unparalleled deity who had traversed the nine netherworlds and reigned supreme over all living beings, forcefully breaking through her cultivation barrier.

And half a step behind her.

Although Feng Liuyun's eye-catching red clothes were somewhat disheveled, his strangely handsome face no longer bore any trace of the arrogant and frivolous air that he once possessed as the young master of the Phoenix Clan.

He lowered his head slightly, following closely behind Jiang Yining, his posture extremely humble. His eyes, which usually carried a hint of flirtatious smile, were now fixed on Jiang Yining's back, his pupils surging with an almost morbid infatuation and unreserved fervor.

He obediently followed along, completely disregarding the approaching army and the constant barrage of gunfire. He was a fanatical believer who had been thoroughly brainwashed and regarded Jiang Yining as his only faith.

on the square.

Gu Qinghan, Yu Luofeng, and Ao Lin, who had just been working together to resist the attack from the Protoss, all stopped in their tracks.

These three top-tier powerhouses, whose mere stomp could trigger a tsunami in the Canglan Realm, instantly pierced through the barrage of artillery fire, their gazes like three poisoned swords, firmly nailing themselves to Feng Liuyun.

Gu Qinghan's white robes fluttered in the wind, and the veins on the back of his hand, gripping the Haotian Chunyang Sword, bulged. He looked at Feng Liuyun's completely tamed dog-like appearance, and a cold, malicious smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Heh, the dignified young master of the Phoenix Clan, I originally thought he was a fierce bird that was difficult to tame, but I didn't expect that in front of Ning'er, he was nothing more than a plaything whose spine was broken in a few days." Gu Qinghan's voice revealed undisguised smugness. "Look at his groveling and begging behavior, if the Phoenix Clan's ancestor knew this from the underworld, he would probably be so angry that he would crawl out of his grave."

Seeing his once arrogant rival utterly corrupted, Gu Qinghan felt a surge of intense vengeful pleasure. But then, when he noticed the Nirvana Flame within Feng Liuyun's body, which had become even purer through dual cultivation, a burning jealousy instantly ignited in his eyes.

Why should this random, hapless bird receive such profound favor from Ning'er?

Yu Luofeng snapped the ghost-faced folding fan shut with a "whoosh," a sinister sneer playing on his pale face: "Sword Master Gu's words are incorrect. He's putting in a tremendous amount of effort, even risking his life; he deserves some reward. But with his spineless, spineless self-satisfaction, does he even deserve to stand half a step behind Ning'er?"

Yu Luofeng was so jealous he was practically grinding his teeth to powder. He could clearly sense the strong aura of Jiang Yining remaining on Feng Liuyun's body. The mark left by the deep fusion of spiritual energy was like a resounding slap across the faces of the three of them.

Ao Lin was even more enraged. This hot-tempered demon dragon emperor smashed a nearby stone cauldron with a single punch, his dark golden vertical pupils fixed on Feng Liuyun: "You ignorant, feathered beast! How dare he look at Ning'er with such disgusting eyes? I'll go pluck his feathers right now!"

Four top-tier auras collided violently amidst the continuous barrage of artillery fire above the square.

Gu Qinghan's pure Yang sword intent, Yu Luofeng's extremely Yin ghost energy, Ao Lin's domineering true dragon, and Feng Liuyun's newly reconstructed Nirvana True Fire. These four forces, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, squeezed and rubbed together wildly in mid-air, emitting a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.

Gu, Yu, and Ao instantly reached a strange tacit understanding, regarding Feng Liuyun as their greatest rival at present.

"What, you three defeated underlings, you dare to block my way?" Feng Liuyun not only did not back down, but instead raised his head and gave the three a provocative sneer. "I am now someone personally trained by the island lord. If you are not convinced, you are welcome to come up and try."

On this battlefield filled with the sounds of gunfire and the ever-present threat of city collapse and death, the daily battleground between the four men not only did not subside, but instead resumed, with them locked in a fierce battle of wits, the tension so intense it seemed to ignite the very air.

However, Jiang Yining completely ignored the jealousy and rivalry among the men.

She didn't even spare a second glance for the farce behind her, and immediately took to the air.

The gale whipped up her wide, purple-gold robes, and she rose into the sky like a god reigning supreme, fearlessly facing the massive Protoss war fortress.

"Open it for me!"

Jiang Yining shouted and suddenly exerted force in her arm, slamming the array core in her hand, which was flashing with purple-gold and crimson light, into the hub of the massive immortal ship that was tens of thousands of feet long below, like a meteor falling to earth.

"Buzz—!"

With the dual-color array core precisely positioned, the entire epic mechanical immortal ship was fully activated at that moment.

On the long, dark gold hull, the previously dull surface instantly lit up with countless extremely complex interdimensional array patterns. These array patterns, like boiling blood, surged and illuminated wildly along the veins of the ship.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar erupted from inside the immortal ship, drowning out the thunder and cannon fire that filled the sky, as if an ancient behemoth that had been sleeping for billions of years had finally awakened.

The colossal, suffocating hull rose into the air, blotting out the sky, propelled by a violent gust of air. The blinding light emanating from the celestial vessel dispelled all the shadows cast by the Protoss fleet, and it blatantly entered the enemy's airspace like a dark golden sun.

High in the sky, inside the Protoss war fortress.

The Protoss commander stood in the flagship's command hall, his cold, mechanical eyes frantically reporting errors, the red alarm light casting an eerie and ferocious glow on his face.

"Warning! Unknown high-level energy source reaction detected!"

"Warning! The target's energy level is increasing exponentially, exceeding the critical point of the Heavenly Monarch Realm!"

"Warning! The pressure level is approaching that of a demigod!"

The commander's mechanical arm trembled violently, and his body, crafted from superalloy, actually felt a trace of fear unique to humans. He stared in disbelief at the enormous immortal ship that had just taken off below; the terrifying pressure that transcended the laws of planes had even caused his core engine to malfunction.

How is that possible! How could the natives of a mere lower plane possibly create a strategic weapon of this caliber!

"All troops, heed my command!" The commander's voice, filled with undisguised terror and madness, instantly transmitted to every warship via the mental network. "Main guns charged! Saturation attack! We cannot allow that ship to fully take off! Bomb it to smithereens!"

As the commander gave the order, the bow sections of tens of thousands of Protoss warships in the sky simultaneously activated.

Tens of thousands of main cannons simultaneously lit up with a blinding, eerie blue light, turning the entire sky into an inverted blue sea of ​​fire. Countless beams of destruction converged in mid-air to form a waterfall of death hundreds of miles wide, unleashing a devastating force as it rained down on the newly launched celestial ship.