154: Chapter 154 The Three Great Fleets of Yanhuang

"Your Star Coins, your resources, even your fleet..."

"Once I kill you, all of these things will be mine just the same."

Before his voice had even faded, without a moment's hesitation, he swung down with a roar!

Crack—Squelch!!!

The Garrison Commander's alloy head, under Lin Yuan's violent crushing force, exploded like a ripe watermelon!

A generation's Eighth Rank Mechanical Grandmaster had thoroughly fallen!

[Ding! High-level energy source detected (Eighth Rank Mechanical Demigod Core)!]

[god-demon furnace activated at full power!]

Rumble!

A miniature black hole vortex emerged out of thin air in his palm.

Amidst the wreckage scattered across the ground, the yet-to-dissipate Eighth Rank Origin Laws and the majestic mechanical high-energy transformed into a physical torrent of eerie blue energy. They were overbearingly plundered and purified by the god-demon furnace, before finally being poured into Lin Yuan's entire body!

"Refreshing!"

The divine blood beneath Lin Yuan's skin surged wildly like a tsunami, emitting the deafening roar of crashing waves.

Under the feedback of that vast and pure energy, the realm barrier that had originally plateaued at the Fourth Grade Peak began to crack!

His surface realm was faintly touching the threshold of the Fifth Grade!

"Getting something for nothing is truly the ultimate enjoyment in this world."

With the death of the Garrison Commander, the flagship's system instantly fell into an ownerless state.

Lin Yuan gave a cold laugh and issued a system command.

[Ding! Forcibly overwriting enemy fleet's underlying logic... Overwrite successful! Full control of the Tianming Star Branch fleet has been acquired!]

In an instant, all defensive weapons of the Cult of the Machine God's warships went silent, and their hatch doors swung wide open!

"The Lord God is dead! Lord Garrison Commander has fallen!"

"Damn it! Our AI has defected! The weapons systems are locked down!"

The remaining mechanical cultists and mercenaries completely broke down. Having lost their backbone and fleet fire support, they were less than lambs to the slaughter before this pack of wolf-like Asura Army soldiers.

"All forces attack! Leave none alive!"

Accompanied by the deputy general's roar, the Asura Army warriors, thirsting for blood and slaughter, poured into the various warships like a black tide.

In the very heart of the battlefield, several core combatants of the Starry Sky Expeditionary Force displayed a terrifyingly efficient clearing of the field.

"Primal Gravity... Savage Trample!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With every step Dragon Battle took, he could shock hundreds of mechanical soldiers into piles of spare parts!

"Heaven-Cutting Sword Intent, Severing the Star River."

Ancient Sword Soul was like a peerless divine sword drawn from its sheath. His eyes were slightly closed, and though he held no sword in his hand, thousands of invisible sword qi wove together into a giant net.

As the sword light flashed, no matter how thick the heavy-duty mechs were, they were sliced into smooth fragments.

"Hehehe... even steel can rot, you know."

Ji Hongyi giggled as she walked along the edge of the battlefield, a green poisonous miasma spreading wherever she passed.

This was the Myriad Poison Mother Body that could even poison a Starry Sky Behemoth to death!

When the hard alloy armor touched the poisonous mist, it instantly emitted pungent white smoke and turned into pools of foul-smelling molten iron.

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to take stock of the spoils, the communicator on his wrist suddenly lit up with a red glow.

This was a special frequency band that spanned the endless sea of stars, connecting to the Earth's rear base!

The communication connected, and Su Xiaoxiao's pretty face, showing a hint of fatigue but remaining resolute, popped up on the light screen.

"Brother Yuan! How is the situation on your end? You're not hurt, are you?" Su Xiaoxiao's voice carried a hint of urgency.

"I'm fine. I just killed an Eighth Rank and took over a branch's assets while I was at it."

Lin Yuan's tone was relaxed, but his gaze softened slightly. "How is the situation on Earth? Can my sister and Little Lie hold on?"

Hearing that Lin Yuan had insta-killed an Eighth Rank, shock flashed through Su Xiaoxiao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by gravity.

"Brother Yuan, the Earth defense line is currently holding steady under a desperate defense, but..."

Su Xiaoxiao bit her lip and quickly pulled up a blurry radar map. "That Ninth Rank Beast Emperor in the deep sea has been extremely quiet lately, but I intercepted an encrypted frequency from the Pantheon Cult. The vanguard forces on the outskirts of space seem to be setting up some kind of 'Long-Range Guidance Beacon' at the edge of the solar system!"

Lin Yuan's pupils suddenly constricted, and his gaze instantly dropped to freezing point.

A guidance beacon!

This meant that the main fleet of the alien races was locking onto Earth's coordinates.

Once the beacon was set up, it would be followed by an overwhelming, world-ending strike!

"Brother Yuan, our rear infrastructure and the Asura Army reserves are churning out troops like crazy, but we lack high-level combat power to hold the fort. You must find jump technology as soon as possible and rush back before the beacon is lit!"

"I understand."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath and cut off the communication.

He turned and strode to the porthole of the ship.

In the deep starry sky, steel behemoths floated as far as the eye could see.

There were at least a hundred heavy interstellar warships.

Three Nebula-class Star Destroyers, as well as countless frigates and supply ships!

This was the entire foundation of the Cult of the Machine God's Tianming Star Branch. Now, it was all Lin Yuan's private property!

"Pass down my command!"

"Erase all the Mechanical Cult emblems on all captured warships!"

"Repaint the entire fleet! Use the deepest dark red—the color that represents the iron and blood of our Yanhuang lineage!"

"With the Kunlun as the flagship, and using this as the foundation, officially form the Yanhuang First Star-Destroying Fleet, the Yanhuang Second Star-Destroying Fleet, and the Yanhuang Third Star-Destroying Fleet!"

At this moment, the three major Star-Destroying Fleets were officially formed!

What Star Pirate Alliance? Before the giant cannons of the Yanhuang Fleet, they were all trash!

In the vast and boundless starry sky, the Kunlun hovered quietly in orbit.

Outside the window, a massive planet was slowly rotating.

This was the absolute hub of the Cult of the Machine God in this Chaotic Star Sea—Tianming Star!

It was also, in Lin Yuan's eyes, a "super vault" stuffed with countless Star Coins, rare high-energy ores, and top-tier starship shipyards.

Ancient Sword Soul, with his long sword on his back, strode into the command center, his face carrying a hint of murderous intent: "The space battle has completely ended. All surrounding escort fleets have been paralyzed and taken over by us, but..."

He paused slightly, pointing at the planet on the holographic star map.

"The Mechanical Cult die-hards inside Tianming Star have activated the defense shield. It's an absolute turtle shell."

"Just now, the Cardinal below sent a threat—if we dare to let the Star Destroyer's main cannon force an attack on the shield, they will directly detonate the planet's core!"

A flash of anger appeared in Ancient Sword Soul's eyes: "They want to take the entire planet's wealth, ore veins, and shipyards down with them!"

"Mutual destruction?"

"Using my money to threaten me?"

In Lin Yuan's bandit logic, from the moment the Garrison Commander's head was crushed by him, every blade of grass, every piece of scrap metal on this planet already belonged to the Lin family!

These tin cans hiding in their turtle shell actually dared to use his private property for nuclear deterrence?

These little brats have a lot of nerve!