Chapter 22 Seven Days of Preparation! Artifact Synthesis! The Descent of the Blazing Civilization!

The day after the battle with the Star Blade Civilization ended, Lin Feng immediately called an emergency meeting.

Guild leaders and core players gathered together.

"Everyone," Lin Feng stood before a holographic map, "in seven days, the Flame Civilization will descend upon Earth."

"Their fleet size is 20,000 ships, nearly double that of the Star Blade Civilization."

The meeting room fell silent.

20,000 warships... the number was terrifying.

"Lin Feng," the leader of the number one guild, 'Heavenly Sword', stood up, "what is our plan?"

Lin Feng opened a holographic projection, displaying the preparation plan:

[Seven-Day Preparation Plan]

Step One: Resource Integration

Salvage the wreckage of Star Blade warships to extract technology and resources.

Begin Solar System exploration to acquire rare minerals.

Server-wide resource donation event to build a new fleet.

Step Two: Player Advancement

Activate 20x EXP event.

Unlock new dungeon: 'Star Blade Ruins'.

Double rewards for Guild Wars.

Step Three: Artifact Synthesis

Use the Star Blade Core to synthesize a new artifact.

Enhance existing equipment.

Unlock more God-level skills.

"Artifact synthesis?" Li Xue's eyes lit up. "What can the Star Blade Core synthesize?"

Lin Feng brought up the system interface:

[Synthesizable Artifact: Star Blade Armor (Mythic Grade)]

"Confirm."

Lin Feng submitted the materials, and the system began synthesis.

"Next, execute steps one and two."

Over the next six days, Earth entered a state of frantic preparation.

Players ground dungeons day and night, donated resources, and participated in guild wars.

The Star Blade warship wreckage was quickly salvaged, and the extracted technology was used to build new warships.

Solar System exploration missions opened, and countless players piloted small ships to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn to mine rare minerals.

Lin Feng focused on unlocking more God-level skills.

He opened the God-level Skill Tree:

[God-level Skill Tree · Time System]

Time Stop (Unlocked)

Time Acceleration (Locked)

Time Reversal (Locked)

"Time Reversal... if I can unlock this skill, the margin for error in battle will increase significantly."

He checked his experience points; he was still far off.

Late on the night of the sixth day, the artifact synthesis was completed.

[Obtained Artifact: Star Blade Armor (Mythic Grade)]

[Star Blade Armor (Mythic Grade)]

Defense: +30,000

Special Effects: Energy Shield, Star Blade Counter, Void Fusion

"Equip."

Radiant silver armor covered his body, merging perfectly with the Void Shield.

[Void Shield and Star Blade Armor fusion complete]

[New Defense: +100,000]

Lin Feng felt a surge of power within him.

The seventh day.

In Earth's orbit, 2,000 newly built warships joined the 1,000 ships of the Void Fleet, forming a defensive fleet of 3,000 ships.

Lin Feng stood on the flagship command deck, waiting quietly.

"Lin Feng, radar shows targets have entered the outer edges of the Solar System!"

In space, countless red dots were rapidly approaching.

[System Warning: Flame Civilization Fleet has arrived]

[Fleet Size: 22,000 warships]

"22,000?!" Li Xue exclaimed. "That's 2,000 more than our intelligence suggested!"

Lin Feng sneered. "As expected, the enemy is also getting stronger."

He opened the server-wide broadcast:

"All players, the battle begins!"

3,000 warships opened fire simultaneously, energy beams slicing through space.

The Flame Civilization fleet immediately retaliated.

But this fleet's method of attack was completely different—

They weren't firing ordinary energy beams, but flames!

Countless crimson fireballs streaked across like a meteor shower, illuminating the entire battlefield.

[Analysis Complete: Flame Civilization has mastered Stellar Flame Technology]

[Flame Temperature: 50 million degrees]

"50 million degrees?!" Li Xue cried out in terror. "That's hotter than the surface of the sun!"

Lin Feng's pupils constricted.

No wonder they were called the 'Flame Civilization'; they possessed stellar-level fire technology!

Boom—!

The first batch of the Void Fleet was hit by the fireballs and melted instantly!

"The 3rd Fleet is wiped out! We... we can't hold on!"

Lin Feng gripped the fallen blade.

"I have to use that."

He took a deep breath and charged into the battlefield as a streak of light.

"System, unlock Time Acceleration!"

[Unlocking 'Time Acceleration' requires 20,000,000 EXP]

[Confirm!]

[Skill Unlocked: Time Acceleration]

[Effect: Speeds up own time flow by 10 times]

Lin Feng's speed suddenly accelerated.

In his perception, the entire battlefield slowed down tenfold.

The fireballs hung in the air as if frozen, and the Flame warships moved sluggishly.

He calmly wove through the battlefield, swinging the fallen blade and the Emperor Zeta's Sword.

One second, three warships destroyed.

Ten seconds, thirty warships turned to wreckage.

One minute, 180 warships vanished in the flames.

Five minutes later—

900 Flame warships had been destroyed by Lin Feng alone!

The Time Acceleration effect ended.

Lin Feng retreated to his original position, his gaze landing on the center of the Flame fleet.

There, a giant warship ten times larger than the others was slowly advancing.

"A flagship-class vessel..."

But what made him even more alert was the humanoid creature standing on the flagship, its entire body wreathed in flames.

"The commander of the Flame Civilization..."

The fiery creature spoke, its voice sounding like a roaring blaze:

"Lin Feng, Civilization Terminator."

"Your power surprises me."

"But you cannot stop me."

"For I am—The Flame King, Yan Yu."

With a wave of his hand, all the warships around the flagship suddenly converged toward the center, forming a massive fire vortex.

"Take this—Stellar Destruction Cannon!"

From the center of the fire vortex, a crimson beam of light over 10 kilometers in diameter shot straight at Lin Feng!

Lin Feng's pupils constricted.

"System, Time Stop!"

[Skill Activated: Time Stop]

Time stood still once more.

Lin Feng watched as the massive beam of fire hung suspended before him, feeling the terrifying heat.

He calmly raised the fallen blade and the Emperor Zeta's Sword.

"Dual Sword Resonance... Final Judgment!"

The two sword lights fused, forming a pitch-black blade of light that slashed straight at the pillar of fire!

The moment time resumed—

BOOM!!!

The black light blade collided with the fire beam, erupting in a blinding light.

Ultimately, the black blade sliced through the fire beam and headed straight for the Flame King!

The Flame King's pupils shrank. "Impossible!"

The black blade easily pierced the fire shield and struck the Flame flagship!

The entire warship was split in two!

The Flame King was heavily injured in the explosion and used his last strength to command: "Re... Retreat!"

The remaining Flame fleet immediately initiated a warp jump and fled the battlefield.

[Victory]

[Flame warships destroyed: 5,000]

[Experience Points Gained: +80,000,000]

[Resources Gained: Flame Tech Blueprints x15, Stellar Flame Core x1]

[Artifact Fragment Gained: heart of flame]

[Congratulations, Player Level increased to Lv.115]

[Warning: A third Level 3 civilization fleet is approaching]

[Civilization Name: Ice Civilization]

[Fleet Size: 30,000 warships]

Lin Feng looked at the system notification and took a deep breath.

The third one...

And the scale was even larger.

30,000 warships...

"It seems the real challenge is still to come."