Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 901: The Battle for Domination of the Star Realm V
On the outskirts of the Hebria Hub, the seventh sequence domain of the old spirit bone belt.

This area, surrounded by abandoned star debris and sunken spiritual bones, is like a dead star cemetery.

The surrounding folded space has been in a distorted state in this area for a long time, energy fragments are constantly wandering, and countless wills sleeping in the depths of the star realm are still whispering.

In the center of the Eternal Abyss Corridor, there are three important medium-sized hub nodes of the Soul Sucker Empire. They are like three tumors embedded in the space skeleton, maintaining the mental defense matrix here.

The three nodes are called:

"Tuhana Mastermind Five"——The fifth hub mastermind, specializes in space distortion and remote mental interference.

"Lowell Mastermind Six"——Nexus Mastermind Six, proficient in information annihilation and tactical data disruption.

"Simu Mastermind Seven"——Nexus Mastermind Seven, specializing in physical suppression and dimensional blockade.

The three hubs form a triangular defense structure and are connected to each other through spirit tunnels.

Each hub has a mastermind in charge, suppressing the mental turmoil in the entire star rift.

The main brains are connected to each other to form a local mind network matrix. Any intrusion signal will be sensed at the first time, and resource scheduling will respond in seconds to initiate global defense interlocking.

At this moment, the entire seventh sequence domain entered an emergency linkage state, and the mind matrices from the three medium-sized hubs had been completely closed.

[Tuhana Mastermind Five], [Lowell Mastermind Six], and [Simu Mastermind Seven] synchronize their dispatching consciousness, jointly access the regional heart network core, and activate the resource allocation mechanism.

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【Heart Network Matrix·Seventh Sequence】

[Mastermind Joint Linkage Command No.: R-07-002]

[Dispatch level: Absolute execution, unquestionable]

[Origin of the command: Tuhana Mastermind Five]

[Joint access: Lowell Mastermind VI｜Simu Mastermind VII]

[Supreme Order: Block the advance path of the Courtyard Fleet Hebria! ]

[Intercept its flagship [Sword of Glory] and the core fleet. ]

[Current Nautilus Fleet Dispatch Limit: 200]

[Formation: A single fleet is led by a brain, controlling four to six Nautilus units]

【So Nautilus synchronously accesses the heart network node-layer 5 to maintain the cluster closed loop state. 】

[Mastermind Five dispatched sixty fleets to be responsible for the deployment of the right wing folding domain.]

【Mastermind Six dispatches eighty fleets to be responsible for the core penetration and counterattack.】

[Mastermind Seven dispatched sixty fleets to block the advancement rift and form a front-line formation. ]

[Each mastermind is allowed to adjust resource allocation according to tactical feedback, but must not deviate from the main network's instructions——]

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The depths of the spirit tunnel began to collapse, cracks tore open in the void, and fleets of Nautilus poured out from a hive and rushed out of the other end of the astral tunnel.

Their hulls are 76.2 meters long, covered in silver-blue biological shells and psychic goo. The shells grow along concentric spiral skeletons, and the tentacles cling in the darkness, soft and aggressive.

Each Nautilus formation is controlled by a Supreme Leader, and on average each Supreme Leader controls four to six ships, forming an independent mental strike node.

These formations spread out from different directions in a spiral array, penetrating outward layer by layer to form an encirclement matrix with telepathy as the center.

The fleet was as dense as clouds.

Each Nautilus ship is like a miniature neural core, connected to each other through thought frequency bands, instantly sharing vision, predicted paths and tactical feedback.

This is no longer a simple fleet, it is a huge conscious life form.

And at this moment, right in front of them.

The throne of the Lord of the Courtyard [Sword of Glory] is pressing in brazenly.

It was a three-kilometer-long Gothic giant ship, like a mobile astral temple, draped in authority and divine power.

Four special tactical ships were lined up on both wings, like sharp blades wielded by gods, cutting through the void ahead.

The thirteen Sword-class frigates directly under the courtyard formed a wedge-shaped array, with the front line close to the flagship. The line was like a solemn holy sword, guarding the throne.

Further behind were the thirteen folding ships of the Orthodox Church that had arrived as scheduled. Their main guns were not fired, but their engines were maintained, ready to go.

The entire fleet came in a rush from the depths of the starry sea, without disguising or hiding.

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On the bridge of the Sword of Glory.

Xia Xiu stood in the center of the command hall, his back to everyone on the ship, staring ahead through the porthole.

At the end of his sight, the starry sky was obscured by the densely packed Nautilus fleet, which was a whole insect-hive-like neural fleet, surging with tidal-like consciousness pressure.

Compared with the courtyard ships, their size is like dust.

But their number is far beyond any imagination.

Fleets of Nautilus, like the touch of thought spreading across the entire starry sky.

"It's really spectacular. We will soon advance all the way surrounded by this fleet."

Vice President Turles stood on Xia Xiu's left hand, his fox ears erect, and sighed unconsciously as he looked at the fleet in front of him.

The commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, Broly, the chief assassin of the court, Yi Zhou, four special operators, and the nine sons of the Imperial Guards were all silent at this moment, standing on both sides of the Lord of the Court.

Xia Xiu looked at the tactical star map. The star field circled by spiritual light and marked as "Tuhana Mainbrain Five" floated quietly in the center of the projection.

"Let the fleet attack head-on."

He turned around and faced the officers lined up on both sides of the bridge.

"We have to tear a hole in the main brain matrix before it is completely closed.

The target is Tuhana. We need to quickly destroy the mastermind in the area and shatter their mind network matrix so that they can no longer share resources, transmit commands, or control nerves."

His speech was still slow, but it revealed a certain extremely restrained murderous intent.

He continued:
“The Orthodox Church’s ‘iron wall’ has been erected behind the scenes.

Although they did not take action personally, they were enough to block all retreat routes. We advanced and they cut off our rear.

Once we get in and the iron wall closes, it will be time to close the door and beat the dog."

"In a very short period of time, use blitzkrieg to kill the hub mastermind that is blocking the way forward, and then advance directly without stopping."

"Our goal is to penetrate directly into the heart of the Mind Drainer Empire and destroy their core hub and capital."

Everyone nodded.

They looked at the fleet ahead with fiery eyes. Obviously, everyone in the courtyard was ready for war.

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The roar of the galaxy's shaking tore through the silence of the seventh sequence segment, and the outer battle line of [Hebria] finally broke out in full swing.

The Courtyard Fleet and the Nautilus fleet of the Soul Sucker Empire suddenly collided in the silent sea of ​​stars. Hundreds of Nautilus ships swarmed out of the soul tunnel, forming an opaque mental fleet formation, weaving the entire war zone like a neural network.

Their mental storms, psychic tearing waves, and interference light arrows were launched immediately, overwhelming the courtyard fleet. However, the next moment, the entire void seemed to be forcibly split open by a layer of dazzling silver light.

At the front, the Lord of the Courtyard's throne was the first to deploy the [Void Shield].

Six layers of synchronously activated psychic shields unfolded one after another on the outside of the ship, flowing with golden and white sacred geometries, like the wings of a god shielding it from the heavenly fire.

All mental shock waves were neutralized and dispersed the moment they came into contact, turning into ripples that dissipated on the shield.

Following closely behind were thirteen Sword-class frigates and four tactical ships commanded by the vice-presidents. The fleet quickly adjusted its formation, forming an encirclement and propulsion array with the [Sword of Glory] as the anchor.

The ship's main guns were fired one after another, and explosive energy beams and folding boundary-breaking bombs poured out one after another, destroying the Nautilus fleet in front in large numbers.

A gap was opened in the battle line.

That was a line of blood that went straight to the core area of ​​[Tuhana Mainbrain Five].

Immediately afterwards, the hatch in the middle section of the [Sword of Glory] opened, and the heavy tactical dock was unlocked.

War machines from the Mole Science Society rained down on the battlefield, accompanied by compression pulses released by their main engines.

The airdrop pod fell at high speed, breaking through the astral atmosphere and entering the high-density psychic energy area in front of the [Tuhana Mainbrain Five] defense line.

The entire space instantly turned into a landing pad for the Purgatory Machinery. When all the airdrop pods crashed into the ground, they were accompanied by energy shocks of explosions and shocks. The mechanical priests of the Mole Science Society had already entered the synchronized command state and began to carry out system access, perception expansion and mental suppression work.

At the entrance of the central tactical delivery tower, a larger airdrop channel was opened.

Three hundred first-term Sons of the Courtyard, wearing special holy robes made by the Imperial Guard, stepped out slowly. They were three meters tall, wearing power armor, and were covered with heavy weapons such as chainswords, psychic hammers, and tactical bolters.

Each of them is a war monster reshaped through twenty-four holy casting operations.

Following closely behind, a thousand Blood Oath Legion soldiers were loaded into heavy airdrop bays from various locations, and were dropped one after another after the ship was folded and opened.

They were dressed in power armor painted bright red, with courtyard emblems hanging behind them, and scorching golden flames burning in their pupils. Those were the signs of the awakening of the [Thirst Factor] and their fanatical belief in the Lord of the Courtyard and in war.

The last to fall was the Lord of the Courtyard himself.

After all the carrier-based troops had completed the drop, he stood in front of the airdrop platform, his golden hair slightly raised, his golden eyes like flames, his silver cane [Lever of Heaven] in his hand, and his expression solemn and cold.

Behind him were Vice-Principal Tours, Commander-in-Chief Broly of the Imperial Guards, Chief Assassin Ichi, four special operators, and the Nine Sons of the Imperial Court Guards.

At this moment, Xia Xiu, the head coach of the courtyard, personally stepped into the war zone and announced that the entire [Hebrian Front] was no longer on the verge of blockade and probing, but had entered a state of full offensive.

This is a truly decisive battle delivery.

And in the core battle zone of [Tuhana Mainbrain Five] below, countless upper brain warning signs vibrated, and the neural matrix of the entire area began to contract in response - but it was too late.

The sword of glory cut into the astral nerve.

And the heirs of the courtyard are falling from the sky.

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The airdrop capsule vibrated violently and fell rapidly in the laminar flow at the interface between the atmosphere and the astral world.

The high-frequency friction burned out patches of psychic fire marks on the surface of the shell, like a meteor shower in which meteorites fell into a vacuum sea.

Xia Xiu was different from the others. He did not take the airdrop cabin, but jumped sideways in his physical body.

In that fiery falling arc, he raised his eyes.

Then, he saw it;
The densely packed Nautilus fleet spread out overhead like a swarm of insects.

Their shells glowed with a mind-driven purple-blue luster, and each formation locked onto his landing coordinates, like sensor tentacles under a vast consciousness network, all pointing to the core battle spike under the sky.

Psychic oscillators, high-pressure mental beams, and gravity rail vectors all gathered together, forming an extremely dense "fire network" in an instant.

Xia Xiu could even see the nerve lines under the Nautilus's shell beating, wriggling, and resonating.

The next moment, the sky changed drastically.

It was a giant geometric body that collapsed from a distant star realm. It was like a boundary monument cast from a higher dimension, shining with the emblem of the Orthodox Church and the engravings of the sacred array.

[Iron Wall] appeared.

The huge structure fell from the folded track, and within a few seconds, it opened countless shield arrays engraved with mechanical sacred texts, like a faith barrier, wrapping the entire [Tuhana] battlefield and constructing a blockade dome.

Xia Xiu looked at all this, but his eyes did not waver.

His gaze swept across the sky and fell to the ground.

That is Mastermind Five.

Its body is suspended in the center of Tuhana, in the core of the psychic storm about three hundred meters above the ground.

It has no physical body. Its entire structure is composed of a huge brain-like biological tissue with deep and wriggling brain grooves. The outer layer is a translucent purple-black spiritual skin, and inside it flows complex and twisted neural circuits.

The main body is seventy meters in diameter and thirty meters high. When it is suspended, it has an illogical floating feeling, and gravity is completely eliminated in front of it.

And on top of its head, a purple crown slowly rotated.

That is the halo of authority constructed by psychic energy, the [Crown of the Soul] held by the soul absorber's main brain. The light emitted by the crown is like liquid stars, and also like the gaze of a higher dimension.

The next second, the crown exploded.

[Crown Blessing·Psychic Shock Wave——]

It was not a sound, nor was it energy; it was a destructive wave that came from the source of consciousness.

It pierces the void, passes through perception, and goes straight to the soul.

The invisible waves transformed into billions of spiritual needles, pressing towards Xia Xiu from all directions, as if the entire star realm was whispering, crying, roaring, begging, and tearing at him.

Facing such an attack, Xia Xiu remained calm.

As he fell, a faint white light appeared behind him, and then the world was silent at this moment.

Three halos that looked like they were carved from white jade appeared behind him. They rotated slowly, and each one carried divinity, authority, and judgment.

Xia Xiu's eyes lit up with a gleam of burning gold, and he whispered softly:

"Crown, unfold."

As his voice fell, the three halos vibrated violently.

The next second, the entire falling area erupted with psychic resonances comparable to the collapse of a star's core.

[The crown unfolds and the world loses control! ]

A wave of golden-white energy visible to the naked eye expanded in all directions with Xia Xiu as the center.

The void twists, reality tears apart, and the spiritual network shakes.

An out-of-control world is coming.

This is his kingdom, the absolute rule of his own laws in a closed universe.

At this moment, the mental shock wave released by [Master Brain Five] also collided with him at this moment.

The out-of-control world versus the mind mastermind, the crown versus the crown.

In the eyes of all the courtyard combat units that had not yet landed, what they saw was not a clash of psychic torrents, nor a collision of magical impacts.

They could only perceive in their consciousness that torrents of purple-gold and deep-purple were intertwining in the astral world of thought, colliding with each other and annihilating each other.