Chapter 60: The Heavenly Saber Sect!
“Strike complete. Target destroyed. Skybase Weapon retrieved.”
As the jade talisman beside Lu Qingyang transmitted that emotionless, mechanical voice.
In the sky above, several Tier-Two Puppets suddenly appeared, streaking toward the floating giant ship that had been reduced to fragments.
After reaching their destination, they split up with clear分工 and began searching for overlooked storage rings.
Incidentally, they also retrieved that pitch-black metal rod that had already sunk to the seafloor.
“Phew!”
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang let out a light breath of relief, grasping the jade talisman beside him in his hand.
“This Voice-Recording Formation plus a pre-inscribed Machine-Puppet Formation can actually achieve something resembling artificial intelligence.”
Lu Qingyang stroked the jade talisman, murmuring to himself.
“It’s just a pity that because the sound runes are preset, it can only manage these few simple question-and-answer responses.”
“Still far from true artificial intelligence.”
“However…”
The corner of Lu Qingyang’s mouth curved upward slightly as he looked toward the silver tube already hidden within the clouds in the sky.
That mysterious weapon above Tiangong Island was precisely the cultivation-world version of a tungsten rod strike weapon that Lu Qingyang had refined based on memories from his past life!
The principle was extremely simple.
Pick out a massive, incredibly heavy Tier-Four spirit ore, and polish it into a cylindrical shape.
Then inscribe it with a Propulsion Talisman and an Acceleration Talisman, to achieve gravitational acceleration.
Finally, one simply needed to add a simple spiritual power compressor at the tail of the rod, to achieve a preliminary tail-flame acceleration effect, and it could produce tremendous destructive power.
Its maximum speed could even reach Mach twenty!
With such high speed, plus such heavy mass, it was absolutely an indestructible weapon of destruction!
“If I use this kind of attack on the battlefield, I would absolutely be invincible.”
Lu Qingyang secretly admired it. It’s just a pity that Tier-Four spirit ore is still too light. If I could swap it for Tier-Five Yuanci Mountain Ore…
I’m afraid… even a Nascent Soul Ancestor would croak before he could react!
“As for that Heavenly Saber Sect, they’re a bit troublesome too…”
Changing the subject, Lu Qingyang narrowed his eyes.
Having taken root in the Seven Stars Sea Region for so many years, he had a general understanding of the surrounding powers.
The entire Seven Stars Sea Region had numerous sects.
It wasn’t even without Great Vehicle sects.
The strongest was undoubtedly the Seven Stars Pavilion. Not only did it have a Mahayana Venerable holding court within, but its subordinate merchant guilds and auction houses were spread throughout the entire Seven Stars Sea Region.
Beyond that, most were Spirit-Severing sects.
As for that Heavenly Saber Sect, though its strength was a sliver above the Chaotian Sect… it was only because it had a Nascent Soul Ancestor holding court within the sect.
In the situation just now, since Chao San had already fallen out with the other party, there was no reason for him to let them return.
Since a fight was inevitable sooner or later, better to cut down one of the enemy’s great generals first!
“Nascent Soul cultivators… with my current strength, I can’t be certain of victory.”
“After all, I’ve never faced a Nascent Soul cultivator in battle. Even wearing spirit power armor, I can’t guarantee there won’t be any mishaps.”
“Unless… I can truly refine a Spirit Artifact!”
With that thought, a gleam flashed through Lu Qingyang’s eyes.
There were at most half a month left before Old Huang returned.
As long as Old Huang came back, he intended to immediately begin refining a Spirit Artifact!
Once he had a Spirit Artifact in hand, even against a Nascent Soul cultivator, he would dare to fight.
Thereupon, Lu Qingyang’s figure flashed, appearing at the port of Tiangong Island.
Chao San was leading a group of War Execution Bureau disciples in the aftermath cleanup.
Seeing Lu Qingyang’s figure appear, the disciples wrapped in spirit power armor hurriedly bowed respectfully.
“Greetings, Sect Master!”
Lu Qingyang waved his hand. “Rise.”
“Thank you, Sect Master!”
“Mm.”
He responded faintly, then walked straight to Chao San’s side.
Seeing Lu Qingyang approach, Chao San immediately came up to him, his face full of excitement.
“Junior Brother, this spirit power armor of yours is just too useful!”
“I only spent a little spiritual power to ignite that… what was it called… the spirit stone compressor on my chest, and the whole set of armor came alive as if it had a mind of its own.”
“Combined with the Spirit-Gathering Formation on the armor, my own spiritual power barely gets consumed at all.”
At this, Chao San’s eyes lit up, overjoyed. “It’s just too perfect for our War Execution Bureau!”
Having said that, he pressed casually on his chest, and the faint blue spirit armor covering his whole body instantly contracted and folded.
“Crack, crack~”
A series of fine, crisp sounds came from the seams of the armor.
Immediately after, Chao San’s body slowly became visible.
That handsome, imposing spirit power armor had transformed into something like a tactical vest wrapped around Chao San’s body, fitting him perfectly.
“Senior Brother…”
Looking at the awe-inspiring spirit power armor on Chao San, Lu Qingyang’s brow furrowed slightly.
“This spirit armor is still the first generation. Though its power is decent, the spirit stone consumption is still too much.”
“Unless it’s a powerful enemy, it’s best to instruct the bureau’s disciples to use it sparingly.”
Hearing this, Chao San also nodded.
Just now, his casual two strikes had consumed nearly one and a half high-grade spirit stones.
Converted to low-grade spirit stones, that was a full hundred-plus.
In less than a single breath, over a hundred spirit stones had been burned away.
Even with Chao San’s easygoing nature, it was still painful!
“Also, regarding that Heavenly Saber Sect.”
After a pause, Lu Qingyang’s eyes turned cold.
“That Heavenly Saber Sect cannot be underestimated. Since we’ve already fallen out, we should prepare thoroughly.”
“Recently, organize a batch of disciples, step up patrols, and set up eyes and defensive surveillance formations throughout the area a hundred li around Tiangong Island.”
“I have a feeling… they’ll come knocking sooner or later.”
Listening to Lu Qingyang’s arrangements, Chao San nodded seriously and solemnly.
At the same time, in the Seven Stars Sea Region, Beixuan Island.
Within a great hall, a purple-robed man sat cross-legged.
His features were exceptionally cold and severe, long hair casually draped over both shoulders, his entire face shrouded in shadow, making it impossible to glimpse his true appearance.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out.
The purple-robed man abruptly opened his eyes, cold light bursting forth!
In the next instant.
His right hand grabbed at the void, and a shattered jade token appeared in his palm.
“Hm?”
“Elder Wang is actually dead?”
“Could he have encountered a demon beast within that Secret Realm?”
The purple-robed man murmured to himself, his brow furrowed tightly.
“Someone!”
Suddenly, the purple-robed man let out a low shout.
“Swoosh~~”
“Clatter~~”
In that instant, the hall had been empty, but soon a figure appeared out of thin air.
“Greetings, Sect Master.”
That figure said with a bow.
“Notify the Saber-Guard Hall. Investigate the cause of Elder Wang’s death.”
“If he died to a demon beast, then so be it. But if it was done by someone from a sect or another power…”
“Kill without mercy!”
An icy, indifferent voice echoed through the great hall.
Hearing this, that figure immediately said respectfully, “This subordinate obeys.”
Having said that, his figure vanished once more.
“Whoosh~~”
After that figure departed, the purple-robed man waved his right hand, crushing the jade token in his palm to powder.
I hope it wasn’t a Spirit-Severing sect from the Seven Stars Sea Region…
If so, without exposing my trump cards, I can only offer them an apology.
It’s just a pity about that Secret Realm…
The purple-robed man murmured to himself, then his figure slowly faded into the air.