Chapter 702

Chapter 702: A Stalemate

Fangzhang Continent, Tianya Mountain Base

In the sky above Tianya Mountain Base, Lin Jiang was still in a fierce battle with the Fire Scale Demon Emperor, while Cao Ying was struggling with the Demon Queen. They soon witnessed a scene of countless missiles flying in, all the way from the Shen Continent.

At first glance, it was really dense. Even the Demon Queen felt her scalp tingling, unsure if these missiles contained nuclear warheads.

For decades, it had been these weapons made by ordinary humans that had killed countless monsters, eliminating their advantage. Otherwise, with the number of monster armies, they would have long defeated the human race.

"Boom, boom…"

Missiles landed without nuclear weapons, but other weapons like incendiary bombs, white phosphorus bombs, and biochemical weapons appeared. The battlefield turned colorful, filled with the color of death.

"Niece, look, it’s another outcome where both sides are hurt. Why bother?"

Cao Ying asked the Demon Queen why she suddenly attacked, finding it puzzling.

The Demon Queen kept attacking without answering. She needed a large amount of high-level biological flesh for her brother to advance to the seventh stage. She couldn’t slaughter the demon race to provide for her brother.

Due to the intense bombing, the low and middle-level demon beasts suffered heavy casualties and could no longer fight. Only high-level demons and cultivators remained in the battlefield.

On the Endless Sea, the Fire Scale Demon Emperor’s clone suffered a major setback, but he was not defeated and fiercely attacked Cao Wang, aiming for a violent takeover.

"Teleport."

Despite the strong defenses of the Space Battleship, it couldn’t withstand the dismantling by the Demon Emperor’s clone. Cao Wang immediately activated the teleport function, and the teleportation array inside the Space Battleship transported the entire warship out of the Fire Scale Demon Emperor’s reach, appearing several tens of miles away.

"Sonic cannon."

When Cao Wang appeared, he immediately activated the ultrasonic cannon. The ultrasonic cannon is a powerful weapon that uses high-frequency sound waves. Cao Wang knew it was effective against the demon clan because of its wide range and difficulty to avoid.

"Boom"

The invisible sound waves became visible to the naked eye, sweeping through everything. The Fire Scale Demon Emperor learned his lesson this time, stopping in his tracks and casting a defensive spell in front of him.

"Irregular movement, high speed"

Seeing that the ultrasonic weapon was being neutralized, Cao Wang quickly used his evasion skill to maneuver the entire Space Battleship in irregular movements to dodge the Demon Emperor’s attacks.

"Third-generation Space Battleship still cannot handle Void Achieving-level demons"

Cao Wang made a decision in his mind that the Demon Emperor’s clone definitely didn’t have the full strength of the Demon Emperor. He couldn’t be sure of the specifics, but it should be similar to the power of the Void Achieving level. The third-generation warship could only just keep up in a fight, and if the battle dragged on, he would surely lose.

Of course, this also depended on the environment of the planet. The Space Battleship was designed for space battles, and its advantages would be much greater in long-range combat spanning tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of miles in space.

"Beep beep beep…"

After several big movements, the Space Battleship sounded an energy alert because it was running low on energy. However, when Cao Wang pressed a button, a compartment in the warship opened, and the spirit stones rolled out and were directly transported to the energy storage compartment. The energy compartment had a formation that could absorb spiritual power and convert it into energy.

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"What’s wrong with the demon clan? They seem to be going all out."

Lin Hongcong communicated with the others, and the eight of them formed the Eight Xuantian Armor Formation to withstand the attack of the Shenwu Demon Emperor. As time passed, they found it difficult to continue and started taking spiritual pills to replenish their energy.

This situation was very abnormal. Normally, the demon clan wouldn’t go all out like this. Everyone had survived from the immortal cultivation era; it was tough living through that. They worked hard to become immortals, so why go all out like this?

"Who knows, they’re just going all out. Otherwise, let’s change formation and take down the Shenwu Demon Emperor."

"Rubbish, the Shenwu Demon Emperor has the bloodline of Xuanwu, with unbeatable defense. Even with eight of us, it might not be enough to kill him."

"That is indeed a bad idea. We need to maintain the current situation; the uncertainty is not in our favor."

Lin Hongcong said that since the Shenwu Demon Emperor had survived the great battles of the immortal cultivation era, his defense was impeccable. If they made a mistake during the formation change, they would be the ones to die.

Eight people stopped talking and silently endured the attacks of the Shenwu Demon Emperor. The formation they were in was defensive in nature and not currently dangerous.

"Shenwu Demon Emperor, stop holding back. It’s time to fight with all our might."

In the sky, the Demon Queen secretly communicated with the Shenwu Demon Emperor. The old turtle was very cowardly and always held back in battles, ready to flee at any moment. This was his nature, and now the Demon Queen was very angry.

"Artificial intelligence, contact the space station."

"This is the space station."

"I am Lin Jiang. Can the space station still launch attacks?"

"There’s still one attack left, probably lasting about thirty seconds."

"Alright, pinpoint Cao Ying’s coordinates accurately. I will guide you and prepare to strike the Demon Queen."

At this moment, Lin Jiang was also using artificial intelligence to contact the space station, sharing communications between Cao Ying and the station. Together, he and Cao Ying guided the coordinates.

Cao Ying quickly realized what was happening and immediately tried to entangle the Demon Queen. Seeing that the Demon Queen was struggling, Cao Ying gritted her teeth and used all her magical power to try and hold the Demon Queen in place.

"Hold!"

A surge of magical power burst out and turned into an iron chain, quickly entwining the Demon Queen. The Demon Queen sneered, knowing that this would only hold her still for a moment or two before the chain would break.

"Attack!"

Just as the Demon Queen tried to break free, Cao Ying and Lin Jiang simultaneously gave the order. At the space station, an attack was launched immediately.

In less than a second, a laser beam hit the Demon Queen, melting through her defenses with temperatures over ten thousand degrees. A hole was burned through her, causing the Demon Queen to scream in pain. She quickly used a teleportation spell to escape, dodging the cutting laser.

"Lock onto her, keep going!"

Lin Jiang roared, and Cao Ying waved her hand, releasing a dozen drones from her storage bag. These drones were not meant for attack, but for tracking the Demon Queen’s movements.

The Demon Queen’s face paled, ignoring her wounds as she moved swiftly. She vanished from sight, and the laser struck where she had just been.

The Demon Queen kept changing her shape many times, the laser couldn’t catch her. It’s not that the laser was too slow, but it was the speed at which the laser was being shot that was too slow. Even Cao Ying, using all her magical power, couldn’t stop the Demon Queen from escaping.

Yes, the Demon Queen ran away. She felt a huge threat from the attack of the space-based weapon, leaving her no way to fight back. She didn’t know how many more attacks the space-based weapon could make. If it had enough energy, she might fall here.

Once the Demon Queen left, the Fire Scale Demon Emperor and the Shenwu Demon Emperor also escaped immediately. Lin Jiang and Cao Ying couldn’t stop them and had to let them retreat back to the Demon Domain.

With the Demon Emperor fleeing, the higher-level Demon Kings naturally followed suit. The demon tribe surged in like a tide, and then left like a tide, ending the battle mysteriously.

"I really wanted to break into the Demon Domain."

Cao Ying said, looking at the scattered bones all over Tianya Mountain Base, not knowing how many people had died this time.

"Don’t dwell on it. Driving them away is already good enough."

Lin Jiang shook his head. They didn’t have the strength to invade the Demon Domain. He realized that even the Fire Scale Demon Emperor and the Shenwu Demon Emperor weren’t planning to fight to the death; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so simple.

"I’ll stay here, what about you?"

"Be careful on your way back with the team."

Lin Jiang said. We don’t need too many people here at Tianya Mountain Base. Huaxia needs more people to defend there. If the back base is stable, Tianya Mountain Base will be secure.

Lin Jiang told everyone to clean up the battlefield while he went to see Cao Wang. This time, thanks to Cao Wang’s Space Battleship, he couldn’t have stopped the Fire Scale Demon Emperor without it.

"Hello, Ancestor Lin."

"How are you doing?"

"I’m fine, but the Space Battleship needs a major repair. The Fire Scale Demon Emperor is really powerful, even a magical Space Battleship couldn’t withstand his attacks."

Cao Wang said, the Space Battleship was damaged in many places and it couldn’t be used without a major repair.

"It’s okay, repair it. We can build a new one later."

"Alright, I’ll head back first."

Cao Wang nodded. The third generation of the Space Battleship is not his final goal. It will be updated in the future, and he will develop something even better.

At the Tianya Mountain Base, Shiyi, looking tired, ordered to clean up the battlefield. All eight Void Achieving soldiers were injured, but compared to the last time, they were much better. Last time, everyone ended up coughing up blood.

"Shiyi, are you all okay?"

"We’re fine. We just need some rest, and we’ll all advance to the later stage of Void Achieving next time, and we’ll be fine for sure."

Shiyi said if all eight of them were in the later stage of Void Achieving, relying on formation, the Shenwu Demon Emperor wouldn’t be able to harm them at all.

"Then let’s do our best."

Cao Ying nodded. The foundation of the former Yun State was still too weak. If there were cultivators in the later stage of Void Achieving back then, there would probably be several Tao Achieving cultivators by now, and they wouldn’t be in such a passive situation.

Many cultivators appeared in the base, starting to clean up the battlefield, mainly to rescue the injured. Two defense lines of the base were broken, and at least tens of thousands of people were affected. There were inevitably many injured.

The bodies of those demonic beasts should not be wasted. Although many were turned into ashes by explosions, many useful remains were left behind. These were valuable things that should not be wasted.

Three days passed before the results of the battle were tallied. On the side of the human race, over fifty thousand warriors were killed, including three awakening cultivators. So far, fifteen awakening cultivators have fallen, almost one-tenth of all awakening cultivators. This is a huge loss.