Chapter 60: Flying Martial Artist, Blade of Civilization

"Really?" Li Yuan looked at Xu Bo, his excitement causing him to forget to continue eating for a moment.

When his fist technique broke through to the fourth stage, Li Yuan had been filled with excitement and joy. He had planned to share the good news with his uncle as soon as his rank on the Starry Sky Fighting Network reached Meteor.

But when his spear technique crossed into the fourth stage, Li Yuan felt no such joy in his heart.

Only now, upon learning that Base No. 3 had not yet fallen, did the somewhat stifled mood Li Yuan had been feeling release significantly.

Hope ignited within his heart.

"Master, where did this news come from?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"I heard about your uncle's situation from Zhou Qi," Xu Bo said. "The school has some files on your uncle, the Xia Iron Ninth Bureau... so I had someone look into it. The Xia Iron Ninth Bureau's construction support teams are mainly concentrated at the No. 3 and No. 4 war bases."

"Right now, the only one that has lost contact is Base No. 3," Xu Bo said. "And given your situation, I suspect your uncle must be at Base No. 3."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

After spending so much time together, Li Yuan had long discovered that while his master appeared to be a rough man on the outside, he was actually meticulous.

"My second uncle is at Base No. 3," Li Yuan said.

"From what I know, this is the most ferocious counterattack by the alien races in the depths of the Luobu Sea. They have been accumulating strength for several years and had been luring the enemy deep all this time..." Xu Bo explained briefly. "Casualties are heavy. The first three war bases were all besieged, and the No. 1 and No. 2 forward bases have already fallen."

"Base No. 3 is the forward base that has been operated the longest and is the most fortified; it has been confirmed that it is still resisting."

"The nation has already dispatched a large amount of support forces to push back the Luobu Sea alien races that broke out of the Star Realm's perimeter," Xu Bo said. "Right now, they are also doing everything possible to rescue Base No. 3."

Li Yuan listened intently.

Xu Bo's words were simple, yet they contained a massive amount of information.

"Can they be saved?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Let me show you a recent combat video first. This is an internal military video, so don't spread it," Xu Bo said, though he did not explain where the video came from.

"Black Dog, play the video."

Beep!

A light screen projected from the smart ring on Xu Bo's wrist, and a video appeared on it.

Li Yuan watched the video.

The sky was dim, and it was raining.

The sky was vaguely blood-colored, and majestic, rolling mountain ranges extended deep into the earth.

The mountains were filled with countless loose rocks, with very little vegetation, and one could vaguely see many corpses and skeletal remains, making it quite eerie and terrifying.

"Luobu Sea Star Realm?" Li Yuan's pupils constricted slightly.

He had watched many documentaries about the Luobu Sea Star Realm and had some understanding of the realm.

"This is the outer perimeter of the Star Realm," Xu Bo said. "Keep watching."

Quickly, the camera angle shifted.

"Rumble~" At the same time, an incredibly frantic roaring sound came through the video.

A massive metal war fortress covering a vast area and standing over a thousand meters tall appeared in the video. The fortress was built against the mountain, resembling an impregnable steel city.

Visible to the naked eye, countless exits appeared on the outermost layer of the fortress, revealing a massive number of cannon barrels and gun barrels, ferocious and terrifying.

At this moment, countless fire snakes were pouring out from those barrels.

"Howl!"

"Roar!" "Roar!" A large number of strange-looking, beast-like large creatures were rushing frantically from a hundred miles away, moving at astonishing speeds through the sky and along the various passages between the rolling mountain ranges, heading toward the steel war fortress in the distance.

"Beast-type Star Realm creatures?" Li Yuan held his breath.

Using flesh and blood to resist thermal weapons.

"Boom!" Countless artillery shells exploded, and smoke filled the air.

Swish! Swish! These Star Realm creatures, ranging in size from several meters to dozens of meters, were all astonishingly fast. Spaced dozens to hundreds of meters apart, they were all trying their best to dodge the firepower as they advanced.

Streams of large-caliber, high-rate-of-fire metal bullets raged like fire snakes, bombarding the ground.

The vast majority of Star Realm creatures, once swept by the large-caliber bullet streams or hit by artillery, would have their bodies instantly torn apart.

However.

When the bullet streams hit the bodies of a small number of Star Realm creatures, a thin layer of red light would instantly appear on their surface, forcing them to retreat under the bombardment but failing to tear their bodies apart.

Even a few Star Realm creatures with red light on their bodies would flash hundreds of meters at a time, not dodging at all, completely capable of pushing forward against the metal frenzy.

It was heart-trembling.

"Source Power?" Li Yuan said subconsciously.

"Correct," Xu Bo said, his eyes also fixed on the light screen. "Those capable of hard-carrying the metal bullet streams are at least second-tier alien races. They have cultivated Source Power and integrated it into their bodies; their vitality is strong, and their defensive power is terrifying."

"In the Star Realm, unlike here on Blue Star, many high-tech weapons cannot be used."

Li Yuan listened while watching.

Many of these facts had been taught in junior and senior high school classes, and he knew a thing or two about them.

For example, hypersonic missiles guided by satellites, as well as many ultra-long-range weapons, were difficult to use in the Star Realm... because the Star Realm is essentially not in the same world as Blue Star.

The more advanced the technological weapon, the more restricted it was.

Conversely, pure short-range thermal weapons, driven by gunpowder, were less restricted by the environment.

"Is this Base No. 3?" Li Yuan watched the video nervously.

That massive war fortress standing between heaven and earth was like a terrifying metal giant beast devouring life, shredding countless Star Realm creatures on their path of attack.

But!!

The Star Realm creatures suffered heavy casualties, but their numbers were astonishing, and they did not swarm in all at once; instead, they were extremely methodical, completely dispersing to minimize their own casualties.

"Are they consuming the war fortress's ammunition?" Li Yuan judged instantly.

As time passed, in the video, under the cover of a large number of second-tier creatures, the Star Realm creature army was getting closer and closer to the area where the war fortress was located.

The Star Realm creatures were purely using their lives to fill the line.

Li Yuan watched the intense battle in the video, feeling extremely nervous, his fists subconsciously clenched.

When the Star Realm creature army gradually approached the outer defense line of the war fortress, suddenly.

"Boom!" An inconspicuous exit suddenly appeared on the massive war fortress.

The next moment.

A golden stream of light burst out from the exit. The speed of the golden light was terrifying, and along its path, it directly formed a visible, terrifying shockwave.

With Li Yuan's eyesight, he couldn't quite see the specific appearance of the golden light.

Hum~ The video instantly slowed down by more than ten times.

"What is this?" Li Yuan finally saw it more clearly. Under the shroud of golden light, one could vaguely see a human figure, seemingly wearing a metal battle suit and holding a battle blade.

Flying through the air!

"A flying martial artist?" Li Yuan held his breath, a surge of hot blood boiling in his heart.

The legendary powerful martial artists who could fly and burrow into the earth were the true protective force of the entire human civilization.

Only two seconds.

"Hum~" The video returned to normal, and that dazzling golden light had already pierced through the sky. Its speed was so fast that it was unknown how many times the speed of sound it was!

"Bang~"

"Bang~" "Bang~!" In the sky, those flying second-tier creatures roared and fled in terror one by one. Under the pressure of death, their flight speeds soared to over a hundred meters per second.

A very small number of flying Star Realm creatures even burst to near the speed of sound, but they were still quickly overtaken by the golden light.

Then, there were flashes of golden blade light bursting forth, piercing the long sky.

Each streak of golden light represented the fall of a flying Star Realm creature, their bodies exploding and falling toward the ground one after another.

Then.

One could see the golden light swooping down from thousands of meters in the sky, causing countless giant rocks to explode; it was like a golden light of death.

Wherever it passed, powerful second-tier creatures, whether they were giant snakes over fifty meters long or armored beasts resembling small mountains over twenty meters high, were torn apart in a single encounter.

The human powerhouse bathed in the golden light was simply an Asura who had walked out of hell!

The video ended, and Xu Bo closed the smart ring at the same time. The martial arts room fell silent.

Li Yuan, however, had his eyes wide open, his heart surging, his blood pumping, unable to calm down for a long time.

A flying martial artist!

This was the peerless martial power Li Yuan had imagined—one capable of flying and burrowing, roaming in all directions, and standing at the pinnacle of human civilization.

"Master, is this a flying martial artist?" Li Yuan looked at Xu Bo with burning eyes.

"He doesn't quite count as a flying martial artist yet, but in terms of strength, many flying martial artists are not his equal," Xu Bo said.

Li Yuan felt puzzled.

"You will gradually understand when you enter university," Xu Bo said solemnly. "The person who made the move is named Yu Jinghe. He graduated from Starfire University and should be considered the first martial arts genius to emerge in our Xia Nation in the last twenty years."

Clearly, Xu Bo knew Yu Jinghe very well.

"Yu Jinghe?" Li Yuan held his breath and remembered the name.

Previously, Li Yuan had never heard of the person.

The world of top-tier martial artists was mysterious and vast; most of them walked in the Star Realm and only appeared on the front lines of war at critical moments, acting as the sharpest blades of human civilization.

Therefore, most of the time, the common people rarely heard the names of flying martial artists.

Conversely, many Source Martial Artists who were big streamers had greater fame on the virtual network.

"Xia Nation's number one martial arts genius?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

He was indeed powerful enough.

"The Luobu Sea alien races have been planning for years; under normal circumstances, Base No. 3 would inevitably fall," Xu Bo said solemnly. "But since Yu Jinghe happened to be at Base No. 3, he, in coordination with the war fortress's defense system, has the hope of holding out until support arrives."

"So powerful?" Li Yuan was shocked.

"He has the strength to rival a flying martial artist," Xu Bo said in a low voice. "Every flying martial artist is nearly a human-shaped nuclear weapon, capable of resisting a million-strong army alone."

"Every flying martial artist is a pillar of strength for human civilization."

Li Yuan listened silently.

In the past, he knew Source Martial Artists were powerful and had heard legends of flying martial artists.

However, he had never felt the terrifying martial power of a flying martial artist so intuitively.

"Yu Jinghe?"

"You must, you must hold on," Li Yuan muttered to himself. "Uncle, you must survive."

At the same time.

After watching this video, a seed was planted in Li Yuan's heart.

"Flying martial artist!"

"One day, I will also become a flying martial artist, capable of blocking a million-strong army alone, roaming the Star Realm invincible."