Ten thousand I am across the heavens

When Qin Baisheng saw this annoying group, he only sighed slightly before looking at them again. Their military discipline was strict, and their orders were obeyed without question. They were clearly a strong army, but that was all. If he were still an ordinary person, he would certainly have felt some awe towards such an army. But now, to him, they were nothing more than a swarm of ants. Descending from the sky, he landed directly in front of the army, in front of the man sitting on the chariot. Judging from that man's position, he was likely the one commanding these troops.

He landed at the location of the 13th Army Corps. The commander of this corps was the highest-ranking officer in the entire underground base. This battle was of paramount importance. He Cheng was personally leading the campaign and directing everything on the battlefield.

In underground bases, the death of the supreme commander is commonplace, and a deputy can always take over command. Therefore, unlike in feudal times when emperors personally led troops into battle, there is no situation where the morale of the entire army would collapse if something went wrong.

When He Cheng discovered someone falling from the sky during the legion's reconnaissance, he was already prepared to meet the enemy. The legion did not launch an attack directly, but it was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Therefore, Legion Defense was deployed directly. This could be considered a slightly cheating strategy. Legion Defense itself consumes a huge amount of resources and is not practical on the battlefield. It can be negated by various physical attacks and attacks that consume natural energy. Using Legion Defense to block artillery shells is a huge waste.

However, Qin Baisheng clearly did not understand the war between legions, nor was he aware of the huge drawbacks of this defensive method. So, he was momentarily taken aback by the powerful defensive capabilities of the legion.

During his descent, he encountered an invisible shield. In the past, newcomers would simply pass through these things without a second thought, since those beneath their feet were merely mortals, and what mortals could do had no effect on them. They also didn't need to care about the thoughts of these mortals.

But this time was different. The strength of the shield presented before him was such that even without using his ultimate move, he couldn't break through it. Normally, the legion's defenses shouldn't reach this level.

Even when facing Xue Songzi before, no legion believed they could withstand an attack from a Celestial-level being with their own defenses, let alone the Celestial before them who was simply not on the same level as Xue Songzi. There was a difference of several ranks between them.

It was precisely because they needed to make a sufficiently powerful first impression that the legion spared no expense, consuming three Immortal Essence Stones to infuse a massive amount of their power into their defenses. This strengthened their defenses. Even if the defensive killing move unleashed after the legion's transformation wasn't their forte, its defensive power was already comparable to an Immortal-level killing move.

In addition, Blue Fox, the commander of the Eighth Army Corps, has been temporarily seconded to the Eleventh Army Corps. Currently, the two army corps are merged and are under the joint command of a single commander.

Blue Fox's ability is mimicry. His skill is to simulate the war moves of others, and he is currently simulating the 10th Legion's defensive move, Quantum Solidification. In this way, he can solidify the spacetime on the shield to a certain extent, making the shield indestructible and increasing its defensive power by several levels.

After landing on the shield, Qin Baisheng didn't immediately attempt an attack. He abandoned the idea of ​​taking the initiative. Attacking a shield of this strength would require a powerful immortal technique, and given their alliance, using a strong attack to break through the defense would be excessive. Conversely, the opponent was merely using the shield for defense, and without knowing his detailed information, preventing him from approaching the legion, which wasn't unreasonable.

"I never thought that one day I would be given a hard time by mortals. But it is indeed unexpected that mortals could reach this point. No wonder you were able to bargain with a group of immortals in Baohuang Heaven. I acknowledge that you have at least the qualifications to fight alongside me. But if your ability is limited to wasting immortal essence stones to achieve this level of defense, then I can only regretfully say that you will still be of no use in the battles to come."

He Cheng raised his hand, signaling the legion to remove the shields, and walked alone to Qin Baisheng. To his opponent, he was so fragile that a single finger could crush him, but at this moment, there was not a trace of fear in his eyes.

"You don't need to worry about your role in the battle. We had already planned how to cooperate with you before launching this tactical operation. You don't even need to personally charge into battle; you just need to stay in the rear. Just unleash your killing moves or provide immortal energy as needed. Leave the real fighting on the front lines to us."

"Since I don't need to take action myself, I'm happy to have some peace and quiet. I'm just afraid you won't be able to control my power, and then you'll come begging me to take action yourself."

Qin Baisheng shook his head, unconcerned by the arrogance of these mortals. He himself was also concealing his strength. At his full power, he could even put up a fight against an eighth-rank expert, unlike the other seventh-rank experts who were utterly crushed without resistance. In his view, he could solve everything with his own intervention. The presence of this legion was merely preventing him from unleashing his full power.

Seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving. Words cannot convince such a thing. He Cheng didn't waste his breath and directly stated his demands.

"There are 108 killing moves here. Each move has a different method of execution and requires different Gu worms. Our formation will have 1024 nodes. Your task is to learn these 108 moves and, according to the time we provide, simultaneously use the corresponding moves on several of these 1024 nodes at the designated times. Alternatively, you can directly inject your immortal energy into certain nodes." Qin Baisheng quickly obtained a manual-like document and several sets of Gu worms. The manual detailed the usage of these killing moves, and the Gu worms were specifically designed to be used in conjunction with them. For immortals, the number of ordinary Gu worms their immortal apertures can hold is virtually unlimited. Therefore, they don't mind bearing the added burden of these Gu worms. Qin Baisheng was more curious about these seemingly strange killing moves.

"From a functional perspective, most of the killing moves involve incorporating my own immortal energy and releasing them in a specific pattern. The attack power is not strong, and there are almost no special effects. A few killing moves are a bit more complicated, but give me a few minutes, and I should be able to learn them. If what I'm about to do is that simple, then no problem. I also want to see just how far you can go."

Standing atop the snow-covered plain where the legion was assembled, gazing into the distance, one could see the colossal First Son, now resembling a mountain range. The First Son had grown to an interstellar-level size, its countless tentacles stretching and twisting. Even from this distance, it was clearly visible as something far more towering than the distant mountains, with a single tentacle stretching hundreds of kilometers. A single glance at it could induce megalophobia. Even without unleashing a killing move, a mere descent from the sky would be enough to severely injure even a weaker sixth-tier immortal.

There are hundreds or even thousands of tentacles like these, and using their massive size to launch physical attacks is just the most common and weakest attack mode for these tentacles. The true core of the eldest son's output lies in his various extraordinary abilities and temporarily learned killing moves.

The Five Elements Mage and Old Ancestor Xuehu had been holding out for quite some time. They were now exhausted and no longer wanted to fight this guy. Although they hadn't yet exhausted their true reserves, only their daily replenished immortal energy, continuing this fruitless battle would ultimately only result in their own losses. They were already considering giving up. Why should they bear this trouble while other eighth-rank experts could simply stand by and watch?

If no reinforcements arrive, they might run away in another two or three days.

Meanwhile, the legion in the underground base began its advance, and Qin Baisheng received the request to unleash a killing move. He didn't need to use the Immortal Gu; he could simply use a regular killing move. Then, he injected this killing move into one of the corresponding nodes.

Immediately afterwards, a storm of icy blue energy appeared beneath the feet of the four legions that had formed their battle formation. The storm propelled the soldiers and their vehicles, accelerating them towards the factory. With the infusion of its power, their speed increased exponentially. The storm itself tore through the air ahead, reducing drag, and in an instant, the four legions transformed into a streak of light, charging towards the eldest son at incredible speed.

This is the Snowman Legion's killing move. They slightly modified their ability to control ice and snow, and when they unleashed it, they created the small storm that allowed everyone to move forward at high speed within it.

Qin Baisheng was beginning to understand his role in the military formation. But if that was all, his strength was still far from sufficient. If this was all he could do, it would be better for him to take action himself.

However, the four legions quickly revealed their true strength. As they closed in, the 13th Legion, specializing in long-range attacks, was the first to strike. Thousands upon thousands of shells were fired simultaneously, tracing arcs in the air. These arcs, under their precise control, were aligned into a straight line, each shell landing end-to-end to reduce air resistance and ensure they would hit the same point. In mid-air, this transformed into a long spear, piercing towards the factory. This spear, thousands of meters long, had only one target: the eldest son's brain core. Now materialized, the eldest son possessed an incredibly powerful defense. Even without supernatural abilities, the sheer drag from his massive body was enough to block most attacks and damage his brain core. Moreover, his defense was strong enough to easily destroy a comet. With such formidable defense, even an eighth-rank expert would have to carefully prepare their strongest attack to harm his brain core.

Qin Baisheng nodded slightly. The Eleventh Legion's attack pattern was indeed interesting. A thousand-meter-long spear like that would certainly pique his interest in fighting against him. More importantly, this killing move didn't consume any immortal essence stones, meaning he could do it himself with a mortal body, which was quite incredible. At least he knew that even if he had formed a legion in his mortal era, he couldn't have unleashed an attack of the same intensity.

Just then, he received a command to simultaneously unleash different killing moves at four or five nodes. This would be difficult for mortals, but it was effortless for him. As his killing moves were unleashed, the Eleventh Legion intervened, aided by the power of the immortals. Their war techniques began to spread, simultaneously affecting all four legions, instantly concentrating their power and enveloping Qin Baisheng in their attacks. They had borrowed the power of the immortals without unifying their will. Qin Baisheng, as instructed, did not resist this borrowing of power; after all, it didn't directly deplete his immortal essence, and this level of power borrowing was insignificant to him.

Then, the power of all four legions was displayed on the spear that was being pieced together. The Eighth Legion used attribute conversion to temporarily replace the power of these exploding bullets with the power of one of Qin Baisheng's killing moves. Thus, for a short time, the power of each exploding bullet was equivalent to one of Qin Baisheng's killing moves.

Although it was just a very ordinary, casually unleashed killing move, it was still a move made by a seventh-level immortal. Moreover, the quantity had increased dramatically, multiplying to thousands of times. What initially appeared as a long, dotted line of ammunition transformed into a real, shimmering spear of light, imbued with the power of the Snowman Legion. A thin, blood-red light enveloped the spear's tip—a near-absolute zero temperature zone—granting the attack a powerful anti-magic ability. In this extreme environment, almost all defenses would be rendered ineffective. Unless a specifically designed killing move was devised, consuming a large amount of energy to offset the effects of the extreme cold, most defenses would be breached before any preparation was made.

When the killing move finally took shape, Qin Baisheng's expression turned serious. Although the attack seemed like a hodgepodge, the combined effect of the various skills was enough to make his scalp tingle. The effort he had just expended was negligible, and the intensity of the attack he had created... indeed, he himself would have to go all out just to have any chance of defending against it.

[To be continued]

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