279: The strongest emperor, Li Shunchen.

Northeastern sea, Tingtao City.

Tingtao City is one of Kyushu's important ports, separated by sea from Bang Country and the Island Nation.

Due to its proximity to two unsavory neighbors,

Tingtao City has been guarded by Hero Rank Professionals year-round.

Grandmaster Tier experts are even more numerous.

Coupled with Si Zhenfeng's deployment, Tingtao City has now welcomed two Monarch Tiers.

The strongest Necromancer, Chen Moran.

And the strongest Greatsword Professional, Jiang Liyue.

With two powerful individuals stationed there, Tingtao City was already impregnable.

But no one expected the first shot to be fired here.

Boom!

Boom!

Explosions constantly echoed in the sky.

Lasers wreathed in lightning swept across the city wall, cutting out a huge void.

“Has the naval defense line collapsed so quickly?”

Inside the command center, Chen Moran gasped, looking at the disappearing light dots on the screen.

In naval warfare, air superiority is the most crucial factor.

Ordinary Professionals typically only gain flight capabilities after level 40, and even then, they can merely fly; it doesn't mean they can engage in aerial combat.

Tingtao City seemed to have an abundance of powerful individuals, but only 20% of them could truly fight in the air.

However, looking at the combined fleet, there were a large number of Machina Professionals, and these people were most adept at aerial combat.

Less than ten minutes after the surprise attack began,

Tingtao City's naval defense line completely collapsed under the assault of suicide drones, retreating to the coast.

This gave the fleet the opportunity for high-altitude, long-range attacks.

The enemy directly bypassed the coastal defense line, and large numbers of suicide drones, long-range missiles, and lasers exploded directly over Tingtao City.

“This is too passive!”

Jiang Liyue's gaze was solemn.

Neither she nor Chen Moran were skilled in aerial combat.

The two were stationed in Tingtao City only to prevent enemy ground troops from landing and threatening Shangjing City in the rear.

But now it seemed the enemy had no intention of landing; instead, they planned to bring their fleet directly over Shangjing City.

“Let's go, it's our turn to act.”

Chen Moran turned and walked out of the command center.

Jiang Liyue quickly followed, saying, “Your Necromancer army can only fight on the ground, but they won't care about that at all.”

Chen Moran said, “I also have a Bone Dragon, a Legendary Bone Dragon.”

Jiang Liyue's eyes lit up.

Dragons are the proudest magical beasts.

Even in death, they would not bow to humans.

Legendary Dragons, as the strongest among the Dragon Clan, were even more arrogant.

Legend has it that only the Ice Heart Queen 400 years ago could refine a Legendary Dragon into a servant.

She never expected Chen Moran, who was only at Monarch Tier, to possess such a treasure; he was definitely one of the new Four Emperors!

“You've hidden it well; you actually have such a good thing.”

Jiang Liyue said in surprise.

She felt that this junior's strength had already surpassed her own.

Chen Moran shook his head, “It's not that good. If Qin Yang were here, he could take on three.”

“Qin Yang? Take on three?”

Jiang Liyue didn't understand what he meant.

Chen Moran didn't explain.

The incident of the Ice Heart Queen being severely beaten by Qin Yang, if his own disciple hadn't witnessed it firsthand, he wouldn't have believed it either.

Arriving at the outer city wall, they looked into the distance.

In the sky, there were dense swarms of drones.

On the ground, there were tide-like self-destructing spiders.

The close-combat Professionals sent out had already been completely annihilated under the frenzied attack of the self-destructing spiders.

The long-range Professionals on the city wall were also retreating steadily amidst the torrential rain of shells.

Smoke billowed, engines roared, and the grinding of gears formed a battle song of the Machina apocalypse.

“Machina, one of the natural disasters, is truly terrifying!”

Looking at this apocalyptic scene, Jiang Liyue couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Machina Professionals have two specialization paths.

One is firearms, and the other is Machina.

Only the Machina path can achieve the scene of a natural disaster, but it requires the consumption of vast resources.

For hundreds of years, the Free Federation, along with its many subordinates, plundered resources worldwide, all to create this endless Machina army.

They have no life, no fear, and possess powerful battlefield analysis capabilities, as well as overwhelming firepower.

Facing such enemies, only Chen Moran's Necromancer disaster could offer some resistance.

But Kyushu only had one Chen Moran.

The Free Federation, however, had thousands upon thousands of Machina Professionals.

“Don't panic.”

Just as Jiang Liyue was stunned by the Machina disaster,

Chen Moran calmly waved his staff and said, “We just need to stall for time; the real big daddy should already be on his way.”

“Big daddy? Is it the Law Emperor?” Jiang Liyue asked.

All high-tier Professionals in Kyushu had been deployed.

Even the Gun Emperor, who hadn't been seen for a long time, was sent to the southern sea, leaving only the Law Emperor undeployed.

Chen Moran smiled and said, “It's your best friend's son.”

With that, he pointed his staff at the sky and shouted, “Roar! Aslan!”

Roar!

A mournful roar, accompanied by thunder, rang out.

In the smoke-filled sky, a huge rift tore open, incredibly deep within, as if connected to an abyss.

As the crack widened, two immensely large skeletons emerged from within.

It was actually a two-headed Bone Dragon!

One head spewed frost, while the other spewed black flames.

As soon as the Bone Dragon appeared, the battle immediately turned.

Bone-chilling cold winds, mixed with the wailing of vengeful spirits, ravaged the entire battlefield.

The drones in the air and the self-destructing spiders on the ground all lost power in the extreme cold.

And the black flames of the end poured overwhelmingly towards the vehicles driven by humans.

The black flames seeped through the gaps of the mechanical vehicles and into the cockpits.

These flames had no temperature; most pilots were killed instantly by a force of rules before they even felt a threat, not even perceiving pain.

All at once, the Machina stalled, and vehicles plummeted.

The dense swarm of drones in the sky, like hail, crashed before the city wall.

This wave of Chen Moran's attack

almost wiped out all enemy units outside the city wall.

“Impressive!”

Jiang Liyue's eyes lit up, and she praised.

What about the supposed Machina counteracting natural disasters?

It felt like it was just so-so!

As Jiang Liyue was thinking this, she heard a dense whirring of gears.

The drones that should have been frozen by the low temperature actually began to flash with red light.

“Watch out!”

Jiang Liyue exclaimed.

Before the two could react, those drones, clinging to the Foundation of the city wall, successively self-destructed.

Huge flames shot into the sky, and Chen Moran and Jiang Liyue both felt their feet lighten, falling into the towering inferno.

[Machina Analysis: Chen Moran injured, Physique depleted by 62%.]

[Machina Analysis: Jiang Liyue injured, Physique depleted by 32%.]

“Aish, shibal!”

“They're not dead.”

“These Machina are truly useless!”

On the bridge of the Sejong the Great.

The “Strongest Emperor” Yi Sun-sin, with a square face, spat on the ground, looking at the analysis prompt on the screen.

“I still have to deal with them!”

Yi Sun-sin drew the sword from his waist,

and walked towards the teleportation device on the bridge.

For him, the outcome of this War was not important.

What was important was how many heads he could collect on the battlefield.

“Two Monarch Tiers, one of whom is a Legendary Professional, the future new Four Emperors of Kyushu... Killing them should earn me considerable prestige, right?”

Yi Sun-sin smiled and activated the teleportation button.

Just then, an urgent alert sounded from the Machina.

[Warning: Large-scale spatial fluctuations detected!]

[Warning: Large-scale spatial fluctuations detected!]

Yi Sun-sin was stunned, and in the last second before the teleportation activated, he jumped off the platform.

Large-scale spatial fluctuations!?

Could it be Lin Xuan!?

No! There's no doubt!

Only Lin Xuan could cause such spatial turbulence!

“Aish, shibal! Wasn't he dead?”

Yi Sun-sin swallowed, and through the bridge's broadcast, he said to everyone, “All units attention! Turn the ship around, prepare for back...”

He hadn't finished his sentence when a horizontal rift opened in the sky above Tingtao City.

The rift was over a thousand meters long, spanning the entire city sky, like a crack in the heavens.