Chapter 960

Above the plains 200 kilometers from Dragon Blood Capital, an airship hovered in midair.

The Divine Kingdom continent is flat; if you fly high enough, you can see extremely distant places without being blocked by the 'horizon'.

On the bow, more than a dozen high-level players of the Azure Sky World gazed at the distant mushroom-shaped fire clouds rising, their expressions solemn.

"This Xiao Feng really has some skill; such a powerful ability is probably at least a third‑tier Secret Art!" said an assassin player named Neimen Dongwu Bai in a low voice.

Another player named Neimen Chenyan Qing, an archer, shook his head and said: "No, a Secret Art skill cannot be released continuously dozens of times like this. He has hardly ever stopped, so this skill should be merely Divine Punishment or a first‑tier Secret Art. Its overwhelming strength is most likely due to his talent or equipment possessing an 'Area Expansion' effect."

Neimen Dongwu Bai thought for a moment, found some sense in it, turned to the two people standing at the front and asked: "Junior Brother Lingsha, Senior Brother, what do you think?"

The one called "Lingsha Junior Brother" is none other than the lord of the Azure Sky World, the Azure Sky Emperor!

His real name is Cangyu Lingsha, the youngest son of the Azure Sky World's strongest being, the 'World Lord'; he is nearly a hundred years old, but because he has evolved into an extraordinary lifeform, he still looks quite young.

In the game he possesses a fourth‑tier talent and a third‑tier talent, his gear is all top‑notch, and his personal combat power basically stays in the top ten of the Yuan Su Shen Yu; few can reliably defeat him.

Hearing his companion's question, he gave no reply, his expression grim, a faint killing intent flashing in his eyes, brewing murderous intent.

Another player called the "Azure Sky God's Senior Disciple", a mage, said: "This Xiao Feng has already surpassed the game's rules; I've heard his HP exceeds 200 billion, his defense is extremely high, and even the outer sect elite 'Liuji' can only deal him seventy to eighty thousand damage. In my view, conventional strategies cannot solve him. Even if we, who have fourth‑ and fifth‑tier talents, all attack together, we might not be able to suppress him!"

This senior disciple is even more formidable; in the real world he is already an existence infinitely close to a 'Controller', possessing two fifth‑tier talents in the game, beyond what ordinary people can achieve.

Even he says this, so the rest of the people naturally have no solution.

"Are we just going to let him wantonly slaughter our people and plunder our Qi Luck? We only have a total of 30 billion Qi Luck; if he drains it all, wouldn't we..."

Neimen Chenyan Qing furrowed his brows deeply, his tone full of worry.

The Azure Sky World's population is enormous; the 2 billion in the Shen Jie are merely a small part, and in their exclusive plane there are over 27 billion more!

However, those players are basically slaves in the real world; in the game they can only do menial labor, providing various resources for the 'commoners' and 'upper citizens'.

Such slaves have no freedom; even in the game world they must continue to be enslaved.

If anyone dares to secretly level up and break through to ascend to the Shen Jie, once discovered they will be executed offline immediately! Even their relatives will be implicated!

They are the underlying pillars of the Azure Sky World's Qi Luck, supporting the great tree of 30 billion Qi Luck. Yet they have no rights at all!

If this 30 billion Qi Luck is completely plundered, to produce that much again would require retraining a large batch of slaves.

Although the Azure Sky World never lacks slaves, if it really came to that, they would lose all face, and in the Shen Jie they would likely become the object of everyone's ridicule.

Therefore we must still prevent this situation from occurring!

The more than a dozen high‑ranking figures of the Azure Sky World on the airship all remained silent.

After a while, someone interjected: "Has anyone looked up the cosmic coordinates of Blue Star 8?"

Neimen Dongwu Bai immediately replied: "We've checked, but haven't found it yet."

"And even if we found it, making the trip would probably take a very long time; several years have already passed in the game." Neimen Chenyan Qing added.

Killing someone offline is one way to solve the problem; if the real person dies, their game account naturally disappears as well, making it impossible for them to continue hindering us.

However, this requires time!

Right now this territorial battle is the most important; they need a method to counter Xiao Feng, otherwise letting him bombard so recklessly will mean no number of people will be enough to kill him.

Even if all the other cities of the Dragon Blood Divine Kingdom were won by the Azure Sky World, in the end they would still suffer a huge loss of Qi Luck, gaining reputation but losing benefits.

Xian Xia matters, rushing won't help.

Doing this across civilizations is inherently difficult; we don't even know where the enemy's planet is, so we have no starting point for killing.

"Please, Master Uncle, come out of retirement."

At that moment, the Azure Sky Emperor, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces changed!

Neimen Chenyan Qing frowned and said: "Lingsha Junior Brother, Master Uncle said before that he should only be summoned for a major affair concerning the faction's survival. Now this situation..."

"Now is exactly the moment of survival! We must win this battle!" the Azure Sky Emperor declared decisively.

If we lose this battle, the Azure Sky World's Qi Luck in the 'Myriad Heavens' will be exhausted, and our prestige will suffer greatly.

Although it may not yet be a total collapse, it is already extremely important!

Neimen Dongwu Bai whispered: "Master Uncle entered the Myriad Heavens to meet and exchange with the controllers of all races in this virtual world, to gain opportunities to comprehend the cosmic mysteries. Having disturbed him so soon after the server opened, he's bound to get a scolding."

The Azure Sky Emperor said: "You needn't worry; I will go personally to invite him. Considering my father's sake, Master Uncle will not blame us."

Having said that, he took out a token that could transport him to the Myriad Heavens Tower, teleported away directly, and vanished from the spot.

The remaining people exchanged glances, each feeling somewhat helpless.

The Azure Sky God's Senior Disciple sighed: "Lingsha Junior Brother's temper is still a bit rash; actually this conflict could have been avoided."

The Azure Sky World and the Blue Star 8 war zone had no prior grudges, recent or past; they fought purely because of the Azure Sky Emperor's own thought, fearing that the Blue Star war zone would steal the spotlight, and he proactively provoked this great war.

Now the situation has become a case of riding a tiger, hard to dismount.

The overall battle situation has presented two extremes.

On the Dragon Blood Capital side, Xiao Feng alone is suppressing tens of millions of them!

Elsewhere, the Azure Sky World is suppressing the various major guild groups of the Blue Star war zone!

Both sides' situations are hard to change; it's unclear who is winning or losing.

At this moment, the Azure Sky Emperor again wants to escalate the conflict, summoning one of the three great controllers of the Azure Sky World to sanction Xiao Feng!

"Master Uncle" is indeed a true powerhouse in the real world! Although his external abilities cannot be directly brought into the game, his tremendous willpower and understanding of the rules amount to a shortcut, causing his in‑game strength to increase much faster than ordinary people's!

Moreover, this Master Uncle is also someone who possesses high‑tier talent!

Now everyone can only hope that things develop exactly as the Azure Sky Emperor envisioned, delivering a frontal defeat to Xiao Feng and the Blue Star 8 war zone.

Otherwise, future troubles will likely only grow larger!