With a flick of his finger, he sent a cultivator at the Gathering Yuan Realm flying! Everyone stand up and salute the great one!

Lin Yuan's words weren't loud, but they were like a depth charge, detonating in the hearts of all the experts on the entire flight deck!

"Do those guys from the Divine Court dare to come here to die?"

How arrogant! How domineering!

One had to realize, this was the Divine Court! A terrorist organization that had lurked in the shadows of the world for thousands of years, one that even the White Eagle Country and the Oulu Alliance found troublesome!

Yet in his words, they seemed to have become a group of ants that could be crushed at any moment!

In an instant, a blazing flame ignited in everyone's hearts.

Fear? Unease?

In the face of absolute power, these emotions seemed so ridiculous!

"Hahaha! Well said!"

Ivan, the burly man from the North Bear Country who resembled a giant bear, was the first to laugh out loud. He slammed the massive alloy war hammer in his hand heavily onto the ground!

"Thud!"

With a loud bang, a shallow pit was smashed into the hard alloy deck.

"I've long found that bunch of rats from the Divine Court hiding in the gutters to be an eyesore! This time, we're going to wipe out their whole nest!"

Ivan's voice was filled with wild Battle Intent.

However, not everyone had such simple thoughts as he did.

The Deputy Director of the White Eagle Country, "Falcon" Barton, let his sharp gaze linger on Lin Yuan for a moment before a trace of imperceptible contempt flashed through it.

He admitted that the intelligence from the Dragon Summer Country was astonishing.

But intelligence was, after all, just intelligence.

Could a kid who looked even younger than his own son really possess that kind of world-destroying power?

He was more willing to believe that this was exaggerated propaganda by the Dragon Summer Country to compete for dominance in this Alliance.

A true expert should be like him, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression, with every move manifesting power!

And not like this young man in front of him, who was as lazy as a college student who hadn't woken up yet.

Just then, an old man with gray hair and a resolute face, wearing the uniform of a Shield Island Commander, walked over with large strides, escorted by a team of fully armed guards.

He was the Commander-in-Chief of Shield Island, General Adams, codenamed "Captain."

"Welcome everyone to Shield Island!"

General Adams' voice, transmitted through the amplification equipment, clearly spread across the entire flight deck.

"I presume everyone is already clear on the purpose of our gathering here today. The Divine Court, this cancer of Human Civilization, has reached the moment where it must be completely eradicated!"

His words were sonorous and powerful, filled with determination.

"According to the intelligence gathered from all sides, the core headquarters of the Divine Court, the 'gate of the divine kingdom,' is hidden at an unknown coordinate somewhere in the Vast Sea. Our primary mission is to find it, and then... destroy it!"

"To this end, we need to establish the most efficient and powerful command system! I propose that the initiators of this operation, the Dragon Summer Country, the White Eagle Country, and the Oulu Alliance, jointly form a temporary command headquarters to be responsible for all matters of this 'God Slaying War'!"

General Adams' proposal was approved by most people.

However, Barton suddenly stepped forward at this moment.

"Your Excellency General, I have a better proposal."

Everyone's gaze instantly converged on him.

Barton looked around, a trace of an arrogant smile on his face. He first glanced at the Oulu Alliance's Saintess Isabella, then looked at the Dragon Summer Country side, at Lin Yuan, who was still looking around, seemingly searching for something.

"War is not child's play. A Commander, even more so, cannot be someone who only talks on paper."

"I admit that our friends from the Dragon Summer Country and the Oulu Alliance have both sent their elites. However, among those present, who is the strongest, and who is the most qualified to lead us, needs to be spoken for with strength!"

His words were full of provocation.

Isabella just glanced at him indifferently, her staff emitting a faint elemental glow, but she did not speak.

On the Dragon Summer Country side, Yan Wu Xiaolie and the others instantly frowned, expressions of indignation appearing on their faces.

What does this guy mean?

Is he trying to challenge Consultant Lin's authority?!

"Oh?" General Adams raised an eyebrow. "Then, Deputy Director Barton, how do you suggest we prove it with strength?"

Barton smiled confidently. He suddenly raised his silver mechanical arm, aiming it at a huge reef hundreds of meters high on the distant sea surface.

"Very simple."

"Hum—!"

The energy patterns on his mechanical arm instantly lit up with a blinding red light!

A violent energy rapidly gathered in his palm!

"Use this!"

"Boom—!!!"

The next second, a thick, crimson energy beam exploded from his palm!

The beam, carrying an aura of absolute destruction, instantly cut through the sky and precisely slammed into that huge reef kilometers away!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a teeth-grinding "hiss" sound.

Under everyone's shocked gaze, that huge reef, hundreds of meters high and like a small mountain, was actually completely melted through from the middle by that crimson energy beam!

A huge, smooth, circular hole appeared in the center of the reef.

Molten lava slowly dripped from the edges of the hole into the seawater, stirring up large clouds of steam.

The power of a single strike was terrifying!

The entire flight deck fell into a dead silence.

Everyone was completely stunned by this move from Barton!

An expert at the Late Stage of Gathering Essence Realm truly lived up to their reputation!

The power of this strike was enough to rival the main battery volley of a battleship!

"Beautiful!"

A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the White Eagle Country's team.

Barton slowly lowered his arm, the red light in his palm gradually fading, and the arrogant look on his face grew even more intense.

He looked at Lin Yuan with the posture of a victor.

"Consultant Lin Yuan, right?"

"I've heard of your deeds and admire them. However, I still feel that seeing is believing."

"Why don't you demonstrate as well? Let us all open our eyes."

His words seemed polite but were actually full of coercion.

He just wanted to suppress Lin Yuan in front of experts from all over the world, thereby securing the supreme command of this operation for the White Eagle Country!

The faces of Su Li, Gu Ningxue, and the others instantly darkened.

This Barton was going too far!

However, facing this blatant provocation, Lin Yuan's reaction once again exceeded everyone's expectations.

He didn't even look at Barton, nor did he look at the melted reef.

He just frowned and asked Su Li impatiently.

"Are there any vending machines here? I want to drink cola."

"Pfft—"

Gu Ningxue couldn't hold it in and almost laughed out loud.

As for the others, they were completely dumbfounded.

Someone is flexing their muscles here, fighting for the Commander-in-Chief position!

You... you are actually looking for cola?!

What a level of disregard!

The smile on Barton's face instantly froze!

A fire of humiliation rushed straight to his head!

He, the dignified Deputy Director of the White Eagle Country's "Empire Shield," an expert at the Late Stage of Gathering Essence Realm, was actually ignored to this extent by a kid!