Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Summer of the 96th year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

The local defeat did not cripple Dongqi. After being caught off guard, Dongqi quickly mobilized its army and launched a large-scale counterattack.

In order to appease the people and in response to the surprise attack organized by Jun Changping, Emperor Jun Mingle of Dongqi issued an edict dispatching the Tianqi First Legion, which had been responsible for guarding the capital, to the front line in Qingzhou.

The ancient Tianqi warship departed from Jiaozhou Prefecture, accompanied by twelve ships of various sizes as escorts.

The massive air fleet ascended into the sky amidst the watchful eyes of the masses, pierced through the clouds, and traversed tens of thousands of miles to reach the edge of the battlefield.

Jun Mingle greatly admired Jun Changping, a junior who organized the surprise attack, believing that Jun Changping had not tarnished the prestige of their Jun family's royal lineage and possessed the style of a famous general from the past.

But while admiring him, Jun Mingle also planned to teach this junior a lesson.

Times have changed!

Over the past century, the wars in the Apocalypse Domain have entered a new era.

The era of two armies clashing is long gone, and the idea of ​​winning by sheer numbers and cunning has become a thing of the past.

In this day and age, the battlefield belongs to the sky.

Whoever controls the air will dominate the entire battlefield.

When overwhelming power prevails, schemes and tricks are utterly meaningless.

A single Apocalypse Legion could blast an army of millions into mincemeat.

They've been making a scene with these two younger members of Xiqi for so long, it's time to end this farce.

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The four Apocalypse Legions are divided into four groups. The First Legion is formed around the Apocalypse Warships, while the Second Legion was reorganized from the original Cloud Legion.

Both of these were meticulously crafted by terrestrial deities, consuming an immeasurable amount of resources before they were finally completed.

Although it is a relic from the old era, its power far surpasses that of the later-built Apocalypse II and Apocalypse III war fortresses.

Both the fully-equipped First Legion and the Second Legion of Apocalypse possess the power to directly confront terrestrial deities.

Although it lacks mobility, it possesses destructive power far exceeding that of ordinary land-based deities, making it a true imperial weapon and the greatest trump card of the Eastern Qi.

The immense power comes with enormous costs. Even the Great Qi, which once possessed the entire Tianqi Domain, spent a great deal of time building these two warships, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it exhausted the nation's resources.

Now, even though Dongqi is willing to imitate it, it can only lower its standards and build a slightly inferior Tianqi-class warship.

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This was true in the East, and it was true in other countries as well.

Even a powerful empire like the Great Era Empire, led by Ye Lin, has only built one aerial fortress in the past century, comparable to the Apocalypse Warship, named the Immortal Spirit Mothership.

In Ye Lin's simple values, "Bigger is better, more is more beautiful!" and "Caliber is justice, range is truth."

Guided by this concept, Ye Lin overcame all opposition and invested heavily in building the Fairy Spirit-class space carrier.

According to Ye Lin's original plan, the Great Empire needed to have at least ten Celestial Spirit-class space carriers, capable of covering the entire territory within its borders and launching air strikes against any region at any time.

However, due to limitations in manpower and resources, the Great Empire ultimately only managed to build one land-based immortal-level celestial mothership.

The Great Empire currently possesses four Celestial Legions. Apart from the First Legion, the aerial fortresses of the remaining three legions are slightly inferior, placing them on par with Apocalypse II and Apocalypse III.

For example, the Great Spirit Empire, backed by Mu'an, indirectly possesses a profound foundation.

Mu Ling'er received many treasures from Mu An, and Mu Yong also gained a lot of benefits from Mu Ling'er.

One hundred and twenty sand table warships, each over 1,000 meters long, gave the Great Spirit Empire a complete air force system.

If necessary, the Great Spirit Empire's air force can cover every corner of its territory with artillery fire within an hour.

Since the air power was more than sufficient, Mu Yong, who had already achieved his goal, directly abandoned the idea of ​​building an aerial fortress of godlike status on land.

For the past century, the Great Spirit Empire has continued to use the 120 sand table warships built by Mu An, naming them the Five Spirit Warships and forming four air legions, known as the Five Spirit Legions.

While its individual power cannot compare to giant war fortresses like the Apocalypse Warship or the Fairy Mothership, its numerical advantage makes it no less formidable.

Over the course of a century, the Great Spirit Empire replicated the Five Spirits Warships and developed a series of small ship technologies based on them.

The warships that the Datong Empire wanted to purchase from the Daling Empire were the result of this research.

With the advent of the Age of Exploration, the Great Spirit Empire has also completed the initial large-scale production of small ships.

Compared to the costly motherships, small and medium-sized ships ranging from tens to hundreds of meters in length are more popular among the countries of the Nine Domains.

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Perhaps to show off his military might, or perhaps to subdue Xiqi in one fell swoop, Jun Mingle did not mobilize the Tianqi Third Legion, which was closer to the Qingzhou front line, but instead directly used his most powerful Tianqi First Legion.

When the Sky City, which was 24 miles long and 10 miles wide, appeared on the battlefield, the army of Xiqi was completely thrown into panic.

As the pinnacle of the Great Apocalypse era, the scale of the Apocalypse Warship has not been surpassed to this day.

The Cloud Sky Warship, which is eight miles long and four miles wide, would be considered a behemoth even in the Spirit Blooming Realm, but it is still just a tiny speck in front of the Apocalypse Warship.

In terms of top-tier combat power and cutting-edge technology, the Nine Realms are in no way inferior to the Spirit Blossom Realm; however, the glory of the Nine Realms has never belonged to ordinary people.

If the Cloud Sky Warships and later the Apocalypse-class warships were war fortresses, then the Apocalypse Warships, built by the Great Apocalypse at its peak, were a true sky city.

Its design was not simply for war, but to create a miracle unique to humanity, a spectacle symbolizing the authority of the Great Awakening.

Perhaps in terms of firepower and war potential, the Apocalypse Warship was not much stronger than the later-built Sky Warship, but when such a sky city appeared on the battlefield, the panic it brought was far beyond what these weapons of war could match.

Shadows cast down from the high sky, and the magnificent city, so vast that its boundaries were invisible, stood at the edge of the clouds.

The sheer visual impact caused countless Western Qi soldiers to tremble, some even prostrating themselves on the ground, bowing in worship to the magnificent city high in the clouds.

Inside the central army camp a hundred miles away, Jun Changping stared blankly at the enormous creature in the clouds, unable to come to his senses for a long time.

Wei Qiyuan, who used to be chubby but has now slimmed down, let out a scream.

"What the hell?! What is this thing?! How did the city end up in the sky?!"

The entire Xiqi camp was in chaos. Amidst the shouts and cries, Jun Changping instinctively answered.

"The Apocalypse Warship, once a magnificent cloud-top city symbolizing the highest glory of the Great Apocalypse."

A mixture of amazement, apprehension, nostalgia, and pride surfaced in Jun Changping's eyes.

This was the greatest achievement of their Great Qi Dynasty, the great cause that his father, the emperor, had pursued throughout his life. As a member of the Jun family and the grandson of the last emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, Jun Changping was honored.

Jun Changping's thoughts were extremely complex, while Wei Qiyuan's thoughts were much simpler.

Seeing giant cannons emerge from the city above the clouds, and seeing firelight illuminating the horizon, Wei Qiyuan hoisted Jun Changping onto his back and leaped onto a crane with a wingspan of five meters.

"What are you standing there for! Those are enemy property! Run!"

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