hotmtlnovel Chapter 169 Powerful
Chapter 169 Powerful
"This is..."
Dragon Majestic City.
Everyone looked up in shock.
The flames falling from Above the Nine Heavens were so swift.
From reddening the sky to destroying this Limitless Star Palace's Patrol Heaven Warship, it was just a breath's time.
Almost as soon as the people of Dragon Majestic City had noticed this anomaly in the heavens, the fleeing warship thousands of miles away had already exploded into a massive fireball.
Dozens of defensive arrays, even the hull built of materials comparable to treasures, had no significance in the face of this beam of light that descended from the sky and tore through the clouds.
They were reduced to ash as if they were rotten wood.
This wasn't a conflict between one form and another.
Neither was it a confrontation between one force and another.
It was clearly an asymmetrical strike from another dimension.
Under such an attack, all struggle, resistance, and escape were meaningless.
...
Alkaid, Qin Yi, Purple Rose, Luo Yunhai, including Zhao He, Fang Jie, and Xu Kong, who had nearly reached the peak in their domains, all gazed in shock at the huge, dazzling fireball shining up to the horizon miles away.
And...
The enormous hole formed in the sky when the beam tore through the heavens.
Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Layer, Scorching Sun Heavenly Thunder Layer, Nine Heavens Gang Wind Layer...
Under this brilliant light descending from the sky, all were torn apart, forming a visible distortion in the void, allowing one to witness the void and darkness beyond the Nine Heavens.
It was as if a Stellar Level Warship had launched a Star Annihilation Level attack, effortlessly tearing through a planet's atmosphere and precisely hitting a target shielded by it, obliterating it.
Compared to the grandeur and vastness of this power tearing through the atmosphere...
The damage inflicted by merely destroying a Patrol Heaven Warship...
Gave an absurd impression of using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
But...
Except for Alkaid, no one thought this was absurd.
Instead, an unprecedented excitement filled everyone's hearts.
"Ancestor! Ancestor! It's our ancestor who took action!"
"This power... from Above the Nine Heavens! From our Nine Cauldrons Sect's Golden Core!"
"The power of the Golden Core! This is it... the power of the Sunburst Golden Core! Their brilliance... rivals the fierce sun in the sky!"
Everyone's eyes brimmed with an irrepressible joy.
In their hearts, pride and honor were ignited like never before.
Golden Core!
Golden Core!
In today's Cangwu, aside from the Nine Cauldrons Sect, there are only nine major powers that possess a Golden Core!
Among them, only the Six Great Immortal Sects possess the Sunburst Golden Core!
Just this fact alone proves how profound the legacy of the Nine Cauldrons Sect is.
Great Sun Sword Sect, Dayue Dynasty, Xuanming Sect, Ancient Immortal Sect, Star Sea Sect... in front of such a legacy, they all fall short.
This is also why the Nine Cauldrons Sect, despite its conventional strength not being strong, could still occupy the core territories of the Artifact Sect.
"This power..."
At this moment, Alkaid, who had reached the pinnacle in the Primordial Spirit Realm, could feel even more profoundly how vast and powerful that force falling from Above the Nine Heavens was.
Even...
He could discern that this force...
Should be just a casual strike from the opponent.
Cultivators joined together, Sword Cultivators formed sword arrays, Technique Cultivators formed divine skills, and through various amplifications, the attacks they unleashed were without exception, capable of destroying heavens and earth.
Just like the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation Sword Formation that Alkaid controlled earlier, if cast into outer space, a single strike could tear apart a planet thousands of miles in diameter.
In front of such power, what could one or two Great Cultivators possibly defend against?
Unless it was those who had built their Immortal Foundation, any Great Cultivator would meet their end in the face of such a sword array.
"The crisis has passed, but it hasn't completely passed,"
Luo Yunhai's voice resonated in the ears of Alkaid and the others.
Alkaid quickly thought of something.
And Purple Rose's expression darkened: "Attacking the Patrol Heaven Warship of the Limitless Star Palace is equivalent to attacking the homeland of the Limitless Star Palace itself. With the domineering nature of the Limitless Star Palace, they will not let this go easily. Next, the situation will escalate, and it's likely to involve conflicts between sects and even at the Golden Core level."
"Conflicts at the Golden Core level!"
Alkaid looked up.
He couldn't see what was happening above the Nine Heavens, but he understood that something would indeed occur.
After all...
The Nine Cauldrons Sect had only one Golden Core!
Nowhere near the might of the Limitless Star Palace.
Just as the now-destroyed warship captain Qiao Man had said, the only method for the Nine Cauldrons Sect to pose a threat to the Limitless Star Palace was to let their Golden Core collide with the Limitless Star Palace's forces in mutual destruction.
Or even...
Detonate their own Golden Core within the Cangwu Great World, triggering a supernova-like force to destroy the entire Cangwu Great World, ending everyone together.
In such a scenario, could the Golden Core ancestor of the Nine Cauldrons Sect withstand the pressure from the Limitless Star Palace?
"Such matters are beyond our consideration now, and perhaps even Sect Master Zhao might not be able to control what happens next,"
Hearing the exchange among the others, Qin Yi also spoke solemnly.
However, in a moment, his demeanor became resolute: "But... even if such events happen again, our decision will not change, regardless of the consequences or the price we have to pay, we are without regret. The enemy's Patrol Heaven Warships are already bombarding our cities on the homeland of the Nine Cauldrons Sect. If we still do not dare to resist, then what dignity or right do we have to exist in the Cangwu Great World?"
His words also caused Luo Yunhai and Purple Rose to pause.
Then quickly adjust their mindset.
Indeed, the enemy's warships have already attacked their homeland, if they still do not dare to resist, then the Nine Cauldrons Sect might as well surrender or dissolve!
Just like the command of Sect Master Zhao, this battle must be fought!
A matter concerning the survival of the sect, the Nine Cauldrons Sect had no other choice.
Even if it meant confronting the Limitless Star Palace, it was worth the risk.
For a moment, several of them steadied their hearts.
"Next, it's up to the higher-ups, including the decisions at the Golden Core level."
Purple Rose said.
...
Soon there was movement from the higher-ups.
Red City.
The first one to act was Zhou Lijian, the Hall Master of the External Propaganda Hall of the Nine Cauldrons Sect, who immediately convened a press conference in the Void Divine Realm.
At the conference, he strongly condemned the aggressive actions of the Limitless Star Palace warship entering the Nine Heavens Domain.
The invasion of the Nine Cauldrons Sect by the Limitless Star Palace's Patrol Heaven Warship was a flagrant violation of various international agreements, including the "Cangwu Alliance Foreign Relations Convention," posing a serious threat to the peace and stability of the Cangwu Great World.
The Nine Cauldrons Sect's counterattack was in accordance with Article 51 of the "Cangwu Great World Unified Regulation," a legal and appropriate self-defense measure!
Our side strongly protests the unilateral dominance of the Limitless Star Palace.
Shortly after the spokesperson of the Nine Cauldrons Sect spoke out, the Limitless Star Palace also made a harsh statement, even blatantly claiming that this was an act of war by the Nine Cauldrons Sect!
In response to this action, the Limitless Star Palace would take unprecedented severe retaliatory measures.
At the same time, commands were issued by the Campaign Hall of the Limitless Star Palace.
Patrol Heaven Warships deployed in various sensitive areas throughout the Cangwu Great World took flight, gathering more than ten warships in just three days, carrying clouds of war, and heading straight for the Nine Cauldrons Sect.
The eve of a great battle was imminent.