I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

"It's the shop owner!"

"The shop owner is here!"

"It really is him!"

He's at the very front!

"................."

The sounds on the communication channel went from sporadic to dense, from suppressed to out of control, erupting in wave after wave of noise.

Qi spoke softly, "I hope you can live up to their trust."

Wang Wei smiled, unsure whether it was acceptable.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze fixed on the end of the starry sky ahead.

The color of the starry sky is gradually deepening.

Under Wang Wei's light, the scene hundreds of millions of miles away appeared as clear as if it were right in front of him.

Endless dark red orbs of light filled the depths of the starry sky, forming a continuous expanse like a slowly surging sea of ​​blood, stretching to the very edge of the horizon.

"They're here," Wang Wei whispered, his voice ringing in everyone's ears.

The warships of the eighteen empires were ready to launch the moment those two words were uttered.

The charging light from the muzzle went from dark to bright and then to dazzling, all in less than two seconds.

Millions of cannons lit up simultaneously in the starry sky, their lights so dense that they covered the front of the entire battle line, like a glowing wall.

It started as a thin, dark red line stretching across the horizon.

The line expanded steadily in everyone's sight, from a thin line to a band, and from a band to a dark red sea of ​​blood that covered the entire field of vision.

Its advance was amplified by the spatial distance, but under Wang Wei's gaze, it was pressing toward the Imperial front at a constant, terrifying speed.

The details of the churning sea of ​​blood gradually became clearer as the distance drew closer.

The entire starry sky emitted a low hum as it moved forward.

The monitoring instruments in the Joint Fleet's central control room simultaneously entered the highest alarm state.

All the readings on the holographic projection were jumping wildly: energy readings, spatial curvature readings, mass density readings...

— Each value continued to climb after exceeding the upper limit, until finally they all stopped at the maximum value line.

The order for the Imperial fleet to fire a salvo was given at this moment.

The combat system of the Eighteen Empires Alliance automatically triggers synchronized firing commands across the entire array based on preset conditions.

The main guns, secondary guns, and missile launch arrays of every warship completed their charging simultaneously.

Billions of energy beams left the cannon muzzle at the same instant, shooting out from different positions and converging in the same direction.

The light curtain covered the entire starry sky.

The beams of light were so dense that they were almost impossible to look at directly; the energy density was so high that the light itself was distorted.

The light of the stars paled in comparison, and even the dark red light clusters on the surface of the sea of ​​blood briefly faded to gray under the beam of light.

The beams of light collided with the edge of the sea of ​​blood.

The energy burst from the impact spread through the void, and the shockwave pushed in all directions, scattering all matter within millions of kilometers.

The salvo lasted for twenty seconds, during which the Imperial fleet unleashed more than half of its reserves.

But after the beam stopped, the sea of ​​blood only rippled on the surface.

Under the monitoring equipment, the turmoil subsided.

The surface of the sea of ​​blood returned to its state before the volley, and continued to advance at the same speed.

The Joint Fleet's main control room fell into dead silence.

Wang Wei stood at the forefront of the battle line, watching the sea of ​​blood that was continuing to approach.

"Step back a little," Wang Wei said to Qi, turning to the side.

Qi glanced at him and then moved backward a short distance.

"You..." Qi couldn't help but ask.

"It's better for me to come alone at this time," Wang Wei interrupted.

"Huh?" Qi was taken aback.

Wang Wei offered no further explanation.

He turned around and faced the sea of ​​blood.

The movement was very subtle, but as he made it, the eyes of all the portholes, all the monitoring instruments, and all the soldiers on the battlefield within hundreds of thousands of kilometers behind him were focused on him alone.

At this moment, how could anyone else share his spotlight?

This time, Wang Wei did not draw his sword, did not gather his strength, and did not make any unnecessary movements.

He simply took a step forward, then extended his right hand and slowly swung it down from shoulder height.

The movement was very light, like brushing away a non-existent speck of dust from a sleeve.

The hand fell. The void cracked open.

A golden crack that stretched across the starry sky spread outwards from where his hand landed.

The crack cut into the surface of the sea of ​​blood, like an invisible knife slicing into the water.

Wherever it passes, the space itself is neatly divided in two.

The crack spread outwards from the point of entry, extending longitudinally through the entire sea of ​​blood.

The dark red curtain was split in two and slowly pushed open to both sides, revealing a blank passage in the middle that was tens of thousands of kilometers wide and stretched to hundreds of millions of kilometers in length.

There was no dark red light in that passage, only a clean, deep black, normal starry sky.

However, the blank passage lasted for about ten seconds before the sea of ​​blood on both sides began to close again.

The dark red orbs of light regrouped, filling the space in the passage, and returned to their previous state within seconds.

Not a single mark was left on the surface of the sea of ​​blood.

Wang Wei frowned slightly as he looked at the sea of ​​blood that had closed up again.

He stood there, his gaze fixed on a spot deep within the sea of ​​blood.

Pray to return to his side.

She followed Wang Wei's gaze into the depths of the sea of ​​blood. Her expression remained unchanged, but her right hand began to slowly clench, her knuckles turning white.

A moment later, she said, "They're back."

Light appeared from the depths of the sea of ​​blood.

It wasn't a dark red light, it was gold.

Golden light slowly seeped out from inside the dark red vortex.

Then, a golden figure burst out from the sea of ​​blood.

The golden light emanating from his armor left a thin trail behind him.

He held a broken spear in his right hand, the tip still stained with dark red dirt.

A second figure rushed out immediately afterward.

The third one

The tenth

The hundredth one...

Thousands.

Tens of thousands.

They broke through the surface of the sea from different locations deep within the sea of ​​blood and appeared in the starry sky.

Those golden figures all bore the marks of battle.

The sea of ​​blood surged behind them, then closed up again from the spot where they had been torn apart.

Golden figures lined up in front of the sea of ​​blood, forming a neat horizontal line.

Golden light shone simultaneously, its dazzling brilliance spreading like a golden city wall across the starry sky, stretching to the horizon.

Thirty-two thousand soldiers of the Yu Dynasty, who had fought for ten thousand years without dispersing, returned after breaking through a sea of ​​blood.

Yu Jun stood silently between the sea of ​​blood and the imperial fleet, his murderous aura pouring down from him and covering the entire starry sky behind him.

All communication channels under the starry sky fell silent at that moment.

Everyone was watching the golden figures emerging from the sea of ​​blood.

The figure at the very front raised his head; part of his face was obscured by a mask.

But the pair of eyes that were exposed looked at the Imperial front, paused for a moment at Wang Wei's position at the very front, and then moved past Wang Wei to Qi.

"Father!" Qi exclaimed excitedly.

The golden figure nodded, then looked away and returned its gaze to the sea of ​​blood.

Thirty-two thousand golden-armored soldiers performed the same action at the same moment.

He turned around and faced the sea of ​​blood.

Their murderous aura poured down, confronting the sea of ​​blood under the starry sky.

"It seems... my limelight has been stolen..." Wang Wei narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the next instant, countless figures emerged from the depths of the sea of ​​blood light.

A deep voice boomed under the starry sky:

"It's...the aura of ancient Tang Dynasty..."