At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

"Either that bastard Sora is deliberately avoiding me, or the man who brought me here tricked me! Anyway, I've completely lost contact with that bastard Sora now!"

"I'm not putting up with this anymore! I'm not looking anymore! Do whatever you want!"

Ying grew increasingly angry as she spoke, and before she could stop herself from stomping her foot on the spaceship's deck. With a loud thud, the kilometer-long spaceship trembled slightly.

"Oh dear! Luminous, don't be angry! If the spaceship breaks down, we'll have to pay for it!" Paimon grabbed Luminous's arm in a panic. "Last time on Ceres, you caused an underwater volcano to erupt, which killed a whole area of ​​coral and fish. We had to pay so much money, even half of my personal savings, sob sob sob."

"This spaceship looks so expensive that we can't afford it. We mustn't act impulsively!"

"What's wrong! What's wrong! What happened?!" At this moment, Olga Marie, the president of the Adventurers' Guild, ran over in a panic.

She and Ying have known each other for over fifty years and are very close friends. The Adventurers' Guild has been helping Ying search for her brother all these years, but unfortunately, they haven't found a single trace of him.

In addition, Ying is a ninth-tier transcendent being, a god among mortals, and the only nine-star adventurer in the Adventurers' Association, so she has always been the Adventurers' Association's golden brand.

It's a pity that Ying didn't officially join the Adventurers' Guild; she was only a figurehead. Otherwise, the Adventurers' Guild would have directly obtained a council seat in the 'Pan-Human Federation'.

Olga Marie looked at the obvious dent in the spaceship deck beneath Ying's feet and said resentfully, "Ying! What are you doing! Are you trying to damage my spaceship?!"

"I have already pre-borrowed a full five thousand industrial ships and one hundred and twenty Star Destroyers."

"Although the cost of purchasing the warships lost after the war was only 1%, all of these loans were taken out in my personal name!"

"That's why I'm so poor now I'm practically eating steamed buns!"

"My dear sister! Whether I can escape eating steamed buns for the next thousand years of my life depends on you! Can you do it?!" Olga Marie pressed down on Ying's shoulder aggressively, her back teeth grinding together.

"You absolutely must kill the aliens seriously, and do everything you can to protect my rented warship from being destroyed. Can you do that?!"

She knows her best friend all too well; she's a master at stirring up trouble, especially trouble. Wherever she goes, something big happens.

But when it really comes down to it, she's very reliable, which is why she went all out and took out a huge amount of debt in her own name.

Ying: "Um... I'll try my best?"

Olga Marie instantly tightened her grip, her fingernails almost digging into Ying's shoulders: "Try... um?"

"Eek—" Paimon was so frightened by Olga Marie's expression that he immediately hid in a corner, trembling: "Wow...an angry student council president is so scary!"

Chapter 271: The Space Wormhole Opens, Interstellar War Begins

"Definitely, definitely, I promise I won't let you eat dirt, President." Ying quickly raised her hands to assure him.

"I'm relieved to hear you say that, after all, you're universally recognized as a freak." Olga Marie let go of Ying and breathed a sigh of relief, then patted Ying's shoulder with obvious confidence.

"Freaks... I don't think I qualify." Ying's lips twitched slightly. There were many, many strangers in this world than her; she had encountered more than two hands' worth of them.

For example, the hero-king of Mesopotamia had an endless supply of all sorts of wonderful things in his treasury. Or consider Emperor Nero of the Roman Federation in Europe, who could acquire any skill he desired—it's all too exaggerated.

Even her best friend, the president, although she appears to be at the seventh rank, can actually unleash god-level power. Her incredible magic can cover an entire country, directly using the concept of stars to create a meteor shower. Even she wouldn't dare say she could escape unscathed from such an absurd attack.

"Not really? Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about yourself?" Olga Marie poked at Ying Gu's bulging chest with her finger until it dented.

"Which superhuman is as unreasonable as you?"

"You don't need a divine core; you can contain divine power directly with your body, and there are seven of them. You have mastered all seven elemental powers."

"Seven powers! That's outrageous! Even gods at the level of ascending to godhood need to reach the peak to have so many powers. In fact, most gods only have two or three powers when they advance to the next god rank."

"Ahem, to be precise, it's eight and a half powers." Ying coughed awkwardly.

"What?!" Olga Marie's eyes widened instantly: "Eight and a half!!!"

"Recently, I regained some power, condensed the power of purification, and a little bit of the power of light," Ying said shyly, but she couldn't hide the pride and smugness on her face, and her chest puffed out involuntarily.

“Strange, monster…” Olga Marie felt her throat was a little dry. Her ‘Starlight Power’ was still a small fragment, only 32% away from true divine power, and there was still more than half to go.

But instead of feeling discouraged, she became even more confident.

"Hmph, as expected of my best friend. I believe that from now on I will not only stop eating steamed buns, but I will also be able to eat fish and meat every day."

"And little Paimon, I'll have to ask you for help too~" Olga Marie said with a smile as she looked at Paimon, who was trembling in the corner.

Paimon is also a monster. He advanced to the ninth rank along with Luminous, and no one knows what powers Paimon possesses yet.

Paimon is too mysterious. Even Luminous doesn't know exactly what Paimon's power is, but he's definitely not much weaker than Luminous.

"Okay, okay, but I can't guarantee it. I'm not as good as Ying." Paimon scratched his head, looking unsure of himself.

"..." Ying looked at Paimon suspiciously. If Paimon was worse than her, Paimon always put a lot of pressure on her. Paimon must be very strong, she felt stronger than her, but Paimon was very timid when faced with danger.

However, his unexpected 'loyalty' to her, never abandoning her no matter what, and having spent decades together, Paimon had long since become an inseparable part of her.

We need to toughen Paimon up a bit, otherwise he won't even know how to fight.

Thinking of this, Ying's expression turned disdainful.

"Paimon, you go first, and I'll cheer you on from behind."

"Huh???" Paimon was stunned: "Luminous, are you going to kill me?"

……

The southern flank of the Ort-Yunnan front.

All the combat forces below the level of the two major Martian civilizations, Liyue and Sumeru, have gathered here.

A truly bizarre scene is unfolding aboard the command ship.

Tianquan Star Ningguang and Yuheng Star Keqing are staring at each other.

"So Guoba is the legendary Hearth God Maxius, one of the three Demon Gods of Liyue." Ningguang said somewhat absurdly after regaining her senses, and quickly clasped her hands in a bow: "I am truly sorry for my rudeness. I did not know your identity before and offended you. Please forgive me."

Ningguang felt incredibly embarrassed. She often went to Xiangling's place to enjoy delicious food and would always unconsciously touch Guoba's head. At the time, she only regarded Guoba as some kind of elemental creature with a little intelligence.

Now she was told that this was actually the infamous Demon God of the Stove, a supreme god, which made her so angry she almost tore her toes through her shoes.

"Oh well, ignorance is no excuse, it's no big deal." Guoba waved his hand and sighed regretfully, "Now I have no choice but to take action. I wonder how many people will know my identity. It will be troublesome for me to wander around the world in the future."

Now that his identity has been exposed, things won't be as easy as before. Xiangling will find out too, and he won't be able to get along with her like before. The good days are gone forever.

"..." Ke Qing's expression also became a little tense, because she had also touched Guoba's head, and now what should she do? This was no longer just disrespecting the immortal master, but disrespecting the gods.

Even if Maxius didn't care, she would still feel incredibly embarrassed whenever she thought about it.

“You two girls shouldn’t look so timid. Marcus’s identity is transparent to all the immortals and gods, but it’s not appropriate for mortals to know it,” said True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, with his hands behind his back.

"Now that you two have advanced to the sixth level, you would have been considered immortals in the past. You will know these secrets sooner or later."

"That's right, the Emperor values ​​you two very much. You must strive to reach the seventh or even eighth rank after the war," said True Monarch Xiaoyue Zhuyang earnestly.

"We will obey the Emperor's decree." Ningguang and Keqing quickly bowed.

"Now, under the protection of the Emperor and the immortals, Liyue is thriving. Many holders of the Eye of God have reached the fifth or even sixth rank. We will certainly not let the Emperor down."

Liyue is now truly teeming with talent. Although it cannot yet compare to Earth's Xia Kingdom and the European Federation, it firmly holds the third position among the 'Pan-Human Federation'.

Not to mention Gan Yu, the secretary of the General Affairs Department who has already become a god, and Shen He, the immortal disciple who recently reached the seventh level.

Others who reached Tier 6 include Beidou, the captain of the Liyue Starship Fleet; Yelan, the special intelligence officer of the General Affairs Department; Hu Tao, the 77th head of the Hall of Rebirth; and Bai Shu, the physician of the Bubu Lodge.

There's also the medicine boy Qiqi from Bubulu, who is suspected to be above the sixth rank.

According to the information Yelan learned from the immortals, Qiqi and Keqing's family are related by blood. Qiqi has lived for nearly two thousand years and is also an immortal, bestowed with the titles "Resurrecting Child" and "Saving from Suffering True Lord" by the immortals.

In addition to those who reached the sixth rank or above, there were more than ten who reached the fifth rank.

Xingqiu, the second young master of the Feiyun Merchant Guild; Chongyun, the current head of the Fangshi family; Yanfei, the Liyue Law Master; Jiaming, the lion dance swordsman; Lanyan, the president of the Handicraft Guild; Yaoyao, the disciple of the immortals...

Just then, a figure in emerald green appeared before them, and a soft yet authoritative voice rang out.

"Have the Liyue immortals and the Seven Stars not discussed how to cooperate yet?"

"Greetings, Lord of Sumeru." The immortals and the Seven Stars of Liyue quickly bowed.

"We've already discussed it and there are no changes to the original plan," said True Lord Li Shui Die Shan.

“Well, that’s good.” Nasita nodded. “We gods will act first, leaving the remaining ones and the areas we can’t reach to the mortals.”

"If we consider the scale of an alien civilization with more than 10,000 star destroyers, even I, who has reached the peak of the main god realm, would not be able to take care of them all."

"This will be a long war."

Ten thousand Star Destroyers may not seem like many, but in reality, the distance between each Star Destroyer is very far. The area covered by an array of ten thousand Star Destroyers is extremely large, even exceeding ten thousand astronomical units.

One astronomical unit is the distance from Earth to the Sun. Pluto is nearly 40,000 astronomical units from Earth. One can imagine how vast the interstellar space would be for interstellar warfare.

While a full-force attack from a peak-level Goddess could shatter a dwarf planet the size of the moon, the vast interstellar battlefield meant that even with her ability to teleport freely within the solar system, it would be impossible for her to destroy most of the star destroyers in a short time.

Even if all the gods below the level of God-King in Liyue and Sumeru went all out, it would take several days to completely clear out such a large interstellar battlefield.

This is assuming those interstellar warships remain stationary.

Those interstellar warships were equipped with warp drive technology. Even if the gods did their best to destroy most of them, the remaining ones were enough to enter the inner solar system within that time.

"Lord of Sumeru, please rest assured. I believe that the allied forces of Liyue and Sumeru will never allow any alien fleet to cross the battle line." The voice of the Great Sage Xiao was full of murderous intent.

“I have great confidence in the strength of the Liyue Immortals.” Nasita nodded, though she was actually quite nervous.

This was her first war since taking over Sumeru, and such a massive external war at that. It was not only a test for civilization by the gods, but also a test for her.

She wanted to prove herself to her mother and father that she was now a mature and excellent deity, and the words her father had once spoken to her now seemed to echo in her ears.

'Sigh...' Nasita sighed silently as she looked at the Liyue Immortals.

Compared to Liyue, Sumi is far behind. If she hadn't been in seclusion for 500 years, Sumi would probably be in the same situation as Liyue now.

Now, apart from her, only the Grand Disciplinarian Seno has advanced to the ninth rank by inheriting the power of the Demon God. The remaining ones are only Tina, Elhesen, and Dishia, who have reached the sixth rank.

The number of Tier 5 characters is far less than in Liyue, currently only including Korra, Candice, Lyra, Falushan, Nel, and Sesos...

“There are less than thirty hours until the start of the war. We gods must prepare ourselves,” Nasita said solemnly.

"Yes." The immortals nodded solemnly.

The gods do not participate in command; their only task is to launch an attack on the alien fleet as soon as possible.

……

The battlefront beneath the Oort cloud.

More than three thousand element-powered star destroyers have been fully deployed, forming a uniform defensive network across more than two thousand astronomical units of interstellar space.

The central command ship of the Star Destroyer array didn't seem serious at all; on the contrary, the atmosphere was quite cheerful.

Vulcan, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu are drinking heartily at the table.