Chapter 2195: Great Defeat of the Dao Ting Grand Army

Boom—

Boom—boom—

Countless orbital annihilation warship cannons roared, the sword cultivator legions' sword qi fell like rain, manipulating branches of the heavenly and earthly Dao rules, the spell cultivator legions advanced head-on, smashing toward the enemy like heavy hammers.

At this moment, three different Daoist soldier legions formed a single entity, the great army formation blotted out the sky and sun, mutually amplifying, rule authorities resonating with each other.

At this moment, the fruits of hundreds of thousands of years of research into legion combat by the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dao system were fully displayed, cultivators wielding Immortal Dao wisdom to lever the power of heaven and earth!

Even if the enemy before them was several times stronger, several times the supreme of the starry void cockroach clan and the reinforced supremes of various demon clans, under the assault of this composite-system great army, they gradually disintegrated, turned to ashes and smoke.

The Great Array of the Black Heaven Myriad Worlds slowly shattered.

Countless cockroaches perished, these warriors who had endured countless blood-and-fire wars died one by one, along with their progeny accumulated over countless years, one by one starry void cockroach supremes and demon clan supremes were encircled and slain by sword qi, by warship cannons, by spell cultivator arrays, unable to withstand such sharpness.

Several years later, the battle to reclaim the Black Heaven Myriad Worlds drew to a close.

Apart from one or two starry void cockroach supremes who fled wounded into the silent starry void, all the starry void cockroaches were either dead or captured, the Black Heaven Myriad Worlds were restored to light once more.

The human legions, however, suffered over three billion casualties.

They nearly annihilated over one hundred billion starry void cockroaches with three billion casualties—a race that had always prided itself on numbers, yet now their numbers could not play a decisive role on the battlefield.

"Three billion casualties..."

"Unbeknownst to me, even for me, the commander of this petty myriad-worlds garrison force, it has become commonplace, not worth paying much heed to..."

The Supreme of Annihilation and a host of Immortal Sect cultivators strolled across the battlefield still smoldering with embers, sighing softly.

He recalled many years ago, in the Nine Spirit Realm, those many years ago, when he was merely a Nascent Soul cultivator, following his comrades in shout after shout, charging forward, together besieging the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Great Sun Sword Son, his comrades falling in swaths yet still resolutely charging, never dying, never resting.

The intensity of that battlefield then cannot compare to now.

Yet now, looking back, that battle was the most vivid, brightest memory of his life, and to this day he feels it the most important part of his life.

Even the most ancient cultivators become trapped for life by the years of their youth.

Many Immortal Sect cultivators were cleaning up the battlefield.

Finishing off the wounded, sealing the prisoners, then sending them to the rear research institute—the starry void cockroach clan now poses a great danger to the front lines, needing swift resolution of their talent for attacking Immortal Sects.

For current research, the more starry void cockroach specimens, the better.

"These egg cases also need to be dealt with."

The Supreme of Annihilation lightly stepped on the ground, the mountains and rivers before him tore open, exposing the deep soil beneath the earth, within which grain after grain of lustrous white cockroach egg cases were revealed.

"The Black Heaven Myriad Worlds restoring production will take at least several hundred years, possibly even a thousand years."

"The starry void cockroach clan indeed has a knack—I don't know how many mutations it underwent before emerging as this brilliant race of Immortal Dao biological science..."

The Supreme of Annihilation muttered to himself.

Such idle time was scarce; after the fleet merely rested for a few years, the order from the war system of the Great Dream Sword Realm came again.

This time, however, it was no longer to go support some place.

But to retreat.

To completely abandon this myriad-worlds cluster, retreating to a more secure myriad-world within the Star Domain Great Array.

"Retreat?"

"Could it be that a great defeat has occurred on the distant battlefield?"

The Supreme of Annihilation's countenance changed.

The military order was icy cold, giving him no explanation whatsoever.

Only after returning to the rear did the Supreme of Annihilation know that his guess was indeed reality.

On the distant frontline battlefield, the Supreme Great Sun Dao Ting great army suffered encirclement by an enemy force at least ten times stronger in experts and ten times greater in numbers, after prolonged combat the formations were breached, each fled separately, dozens of Supreme Great Sun Dao Ting supremes died in battle, trillions of human cultivators perished, their flesh and blood became the enemy's food.

After this defeat, dozens of myriad-worlds clusters were lost, countless low-level cultivators and mortals died as if in mass extinction, the human tragedy is insufficient to describe even one ten-thousandth of it.

Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace.

Numerous supremes gathered in one hall, the Fusang Holy Girl presided over the military council.

Before them on the star map, dozens of star domains were filled with red dots, indicating where the myriad clans' armies were located, and in some star domains, the red dots had already begun to spread, forming patches of area.

"Chief of the General Staff, Your Excellency,"

"What is the cause of our unfavorable war situation?"

The Fusang Holy Girl's words were somewhat icy.

The victory or defeat, life or death of the Supreme Great Sun Sword Fairy equals her own; once defeated at the hands of the True Dragon Son, she and all human supremes will follow her to the grave!

Under such pressure, her heart began to give rise to some killing intent.

Even if the Sword Fairy's sect, under such circumstances, must also bear responsibility, no one can remain detached and unworldly in such a situation.

"... This is my responsibility."

Yuan remained silent for a while, then spoke.

This time, in the war situation of the Tianlang Star Domain, it was precisely due to his poor deployment that the human great army there fell into at least a tenfold enemy numerical advantage encirclement, hence the defeat.

The Tianji Shanggong Tianwang of war arts from the True Dragon Qi Luck Immortal Dynasty is indeed terribly formidable, an opponent not inferior to him, even surpassing him.

Yuan had never before in the past encountered an opponent whose military formation expertise exceeded his own.

This may perhaps be related to the Immortal Dao system of the human Immortal Sect, which emphasizes individual supreme power, making it difficult for formation cultivators to receive the highest level of training, having always existed merely as the existence of strongers attached to subordinate sects.

But now, Yuan has encountered such a terrifying existence specializing in military formations.

This Tianji Shanggong Tianwang of the True Dragon Qi Luck Immortal Dynasty is precisely such a military formation heaven's pride hero, a peerless heaven's pride in military formations, a top-tier existence in the Boundless Starry Void.

Yuan's single mistake was precisely seized by him, thus forming a glorious great victory of the True Dragon Qi Luck Immortal Dynasty, the Tianlang Star Domain was partially lost.

This defeat may possibly serve as a catalyst, triggering the collapse of many star domain war situations.

"Chief of the General Staff, Your Excellency!"

"I am not asking you about your guilt, but rather, I am asking you, what is the cause of our defeat?"

The voice of the Fusang Holy Maiden grew ever colder.

The supremes present all lowered their heads.

Everyone felt the wrath of this empress, which must necessarily contain part of the will of a true immortal; true immortals are dissatisfied with the war situation.

"The reasons are as follows:"

Yuan took a deep breath and said: "First, the Heavenly King of the Gouchen Upper Palace, that true dragon army formation bearing the heavenly king rank of the celestial dynasty, its strategy must not be underestimated, not inferior to me or even surpassing me."

"Second, the enemy's forces are too numerous!"

"Their total strength is four times ours, or even more! Four times or more our number of supremes—know that these great armies are not some rag-tag militia, but the regular troops of the true dragon qi fortune celestial dynasty!"

"Even if we rely on the geographical advantage of the star field and defensive formations to hold our ground, it is still excessively difficult!"

(End of chapter)