supreme deity

Chapter 699: Rising Stars
"I'm not so sure either."

Linghu Mingde crossed his arms, his eyebrows slightly raised, a look of wonder on his face. "Li Jianglong should have told you that Li Jianglong and I have been following Lin Tianchen these past few days. And just twenty minutes ago, Lin Tianchen entered the lower district of the Seventh Base City and somehow stirred up a hornet's nest, startling out three 'quasi-immortals'."

Lin Rui felt slightly disappointed when he heard this. Linghu Mingde didn't know more than the information collected by Lin Xi.

However, Linghu Mingde's next sentence made him feel a little uneasy.

"But I feel that the people within the Changsheng Society are deliberately leading Lin Tianchen in this direction. They also want to force the founders of the Changsheng Society to come forward."

Linghu Mingde's eyes flickered as he sneered, "I've been silent for over 300 years since I retired. I feel like the waters of the federal government are getting deeper and deeper."

He was thinking about constitutionalism. Linghu Mingde had always felt that there was an unknown and powerful force supporting his son-in-law.

Linghu Mingde previously suspected it was the Changsheng Society or the Shenzhao Army, but now he has a more terrifying guess.

"Hmm~" Lin Rui also pinched his chin in thought, thinking that Li Jianglong and Yi Duxing's group were of the same mind this time.

This is also good for Lin Rui.

He had always thought that the Earth Federation Government and Tianjixing were opposing races and opposing forces.

Now we know that the entire 14 urban bases of the Earth Federation are also shrouded in the shadow of the eight abysses of Tianji Star.

They might also have alien bodies, secretly controlling the entire federation and observing everything within the federation.

The current 'Forest Ruifang Group' has shown signs of attracting attention due to its size, and is too conspicuous under the eyes of those abysses.

Forcing these quasi-immortals out at this time can effectively divert the attention of the abyss.

Although Lin Xi and Lin Yi control the Abyss War Dragon and are replicas of the Twin Heavenly Lords, Despair and Pain, they are trying hard to resist and eliminate the pollution. In the eyes of those in the abyss, the two women are unlikely to become real abysses, and the threat is far less than that of the immortals in Purgatory.

"So where is Lin Tianchen? Where is he?"

Lin Rui had searched the entire space but couldn't find Lin Tianchen.

"Not far ahead, when the incident happened, Lin Tianchen forcibly cut through the void time sequence and traveled to this location. Now he is in an eternal and unchanging time sequence and void. Unless you sense it at close range, you can't see him."

Linghu Mingde sent Lin Rui a coordinate, and then said with admiration: "It was President Xie of the Martial Arts Association who sealed him into the 'Eternal Stone' and saved his life.

This man is truly the strongest in the Earth Federation. Even those near-immortals are powerless against his 9SSS+ spell, the 'Stone of Eternity'."

Lin Rui couldn't help but look towards the figure standing side by side with Li Jianglong in front of him.

The man was not wearing exoskeleton armor, only a four-star marshal's military coat, his black hair fluttering in the space.

——This is Xie Xingyun, the president of the Martial Arts Association!

The only Super Divine Envoy in the Federation! And he is a Super Divine Envoy who possesses the 'Abyss Artifact'!
In recent decades, many people have speculated that the Security Bureau's First Commander Li Jianglong and the Star Navy's Chief of Staff Fedor Mihajlovich may have reached or are close to the level of super-god-level combat power.

However, Xie Xingyun had already been recognized as a Super Divine Envoy by the Federation 200 years ago! He was also the stabilizing force of the Earth Federation during the Shenzhao Rebellion 200 years ago!

Lin Rui's brows furrowed at this moment. "You two must have had a brief battle? Did Lao Li break through to the Super Divine Envoy?"

Linghu Mingde smiled slightly, thinking that his grandson-in-law was really smart.

This time, Li Jianglong was clearly using Lin Tianchen's power to force out the Changsheng Society's background and see what cards the Changsheng Society had.

But the elders clearly had a big hand in their hands. If Li Jianglong didn't have a straight flush, how could he dare to open other people's cards?

If the federal government can’t control it, how will it end?

"He hasn't reached the level of a Super Divine Envoy yet, but I estimate he's almost there. His martial will conceptualization has reached at least 52%."

Linghu Mingde narrowed his eyes. "Just now, he fought against a quasi-immortal whose conceptual power had reached 78%, and he actually forced him to retreat. I suspect that Li Jianglong also possesses an Abyssal Artifact, and that quasi-immortal has sensed it."

He sighed with regret as he spoke: "It is said that if the conceptualization of martial spirit reaches 65%, one can achieve immortality. This is really the case of the Yangtze River's new generation pushing the old generation out. I have to admit that I am getting old!"

Although he also participated in the battle this time, he was just helping out.

Those 'quasi-immortals' were also at the Nine Realms of Divine Illumination. However, when they clashed, Linghu Mingde only blocked three moves before his blood boiled.

Linghu Mingde sighed secretly. He had stayed in the Eighth Realm for too long. Although it did not affect his accumulation of martial arts, he was far behind in the conceptualization of concepts and martial intent.

Linghu Mingde's martial spirit cannot be conceptualized yet. His true essence is rapidly accumulating with the help of various top-level federal medicines. He has barely crossed the threshold of a four-star marshal and entered the late ninth realm. If he wants to conceptualize his martial spirit, he still needs to accumulate it for a while.

Lin Rui heard the reluctance in Linghu Mingde's words and thought that conceptualizing it was not difficult.

As long as Linghu Mingde's cultivation reaches the peak of the ninth realm, he can push the conceptualization of martial arts to 40% in two months.

At this moment, Lin Rui's expression changed and became solemn.

He also sensed the aura of two quasi-immortals and a large number of masters arriving at the seventh base city, bringing the number of quasi-immortals to five. In addition, there were more than fifty envoys and councilors of the Immortal Association hidden in the void, confronting the federal army head-on and fighting against them from a distance.

Li Jianglong was right when he said that these people were rats in the gutter who were afraid to see the light. Even though there were more than fifty envoys of God and senators on the opposite side, they did not dare to show up in person. Most of their private armies were recruited by the Ministry of National Defense of the Earth Federation and were in the fleet around Lin Rui.

However, the rat leaders were quite large and there were quite a lot of them.

At this moment, the Chief of Staff of the Star Navy, Fyodor Mihajlovich, sent a message over the command channel: "All units enter Level 1 combat readiness. Immediately connect to the 'Concept Macro Force Field'. Concept mode: defense, suppression, and destruction! All war dragons begin preparation."

At this moment, all 300 squadrons and more than 22,000 warships gathered in the void, with battleships as the core, simultaneously opened up an extremely huge conceptual force field!

——Those are the three concepts of defense, suppression, and destruction! And almost every one of them has reached 85% strength!
This is the 'Concept Macro Force Field,' another technological achievement of 800 years of in-depth research into the Tianjixing Rune technology by the Earth Federation's mechanical engineering community! It is also highly anticipated by the entire Earth Federation, believed to be a promising technology for future warfare against the abyss.

Lin Rui's expression changed slightly at this moment, and he looked towards the direction of the sun.

He saw that the sunlight coming from the direction of the sun had dimmed slightly, while the 5000-gun "Dyson Cannon Group" over there was shining brightly.

In an instant, a huge electromagnetic field filled the void near the Seventh Base City.

Lin Rui clearly felt that there was a powerful conceptual force within this electromagnetic field.

——That is the weapon system that the Earth Federation Government spent a huge amount of money to build to fight against the abysses of Tianji Star. It has not yet been completed.

They are far from enough to fight against the abyss, but they are quite lethal to the immortals.
The Dyson cannon swarm uses stars, a natural nuclear fusion reactor, as its power source. Once captured and attracted by their collective electromagnetic fields, it will face the fate of being fired at by the Dyson cannon swarm.

Even a true immortal-class creature would find it difficult to escape the bombardment of 5000 Dyson cannons.

At this time, Fyodor Mihajlovich issued another order: "The entire fleet maintains the current formation and advances to the predetermined coordinates at level three speed!"

Following Mihajlovic's order, more than 22,000 warships surged forward. With the assistance of supercomputers and data links, they advanced forward in an extremely strict formation.

The so-called 'conceptual macro-force field' is essentially a massive electronic formation centered on the power reactors of various warships, driven by onboard supercomputers, and powered by colonial warriors. By bringing together tens of thousands of warships and millions of colonial warriors, they achieve the divine power of a massive abyssal artifact!

And as the Earth Federation's electronic rune technology advances with each passing day, the 'Concept Macro Force Field' technology continues to improve, and it is said that it may reach the quasi-abyss level and demigod level in the future.

This is precisely the reason why the Earth Federation Government, knowing full well that a monster like the 'National Guard' could lead to militarization within the Federation, still allows those chaebol companies to raise private armies on a large scale.

As this huge fleet advanced, the conceptual macro force field also covered and impacted forward.

Just three minutes later, the conceptual macro-force field of the federal fleet began to come into contact and collide with the conceptual power released by several quasi-immortals.

The spacetime in this area began to violently turbulent, even on the verge of shattering! Cracks also began to appear on the surfaces of dozens of warships in front of the fleet.

Sound cannot be transmitted in a vacuum, but Lin Rui seemed to be able to hear the "cracking" sounds of dozens of warships, and felt that they would fall apart in space at the next moment.

"I feel like this concept of macro force field isn't working very well!"

At this time, the Executive Vice President of the Martial Arts Association, the 'Financial Sage' Cruz Julian, also wearing an exoskeleton armor, stood suspended beside Li Jianglong and Xie Xingyun. He shook his head slightly, "This concept is powerful, but it's uncontrollable, lacking in variety and consistency. It's still no match for these immortals. We can't always rely on Old Xie. What if he's not here?"

He noticed Li Jianglong giving him a strange sidelong glance, and he couldn't help but glare back angrily: "I already told you I'm not the president of the Changsheng Society! You've been with me for so long, what will it take for you to believe me?"

"Financial Sage" Julian had been tailed by this guy for a whole month and his defenses had been completely broken.

Li Jianglong's suspicions about Julian had practically vanished. He withdrew his gaze, expressionless, "Marshal Mihajlovic, how long do you want to wait? The Eternal Stone's duration is almost up. We must go."

Hearing this, Fyodor Mihajlovich rubbed his forehead in distress. "I think you're playing with fire. People say King Kou Xuan is a gambler, but you're even more of a gambler than Old Kou. Have you ever thought about what to do if you can't hold on?"

"The problem is, we've reached this point. We can't just retreat, can we?" Li Jianglong sneered. "We can't let Lin Tianchen die here. He's the second Super Divine Envoy of our Federation. We have to protect him, even if we can't. We have no choice."

Mihajlovic was thoughtful, wondering if this guy Li Jianglong really had the Abyss Artifact in his hand?

Is this possible? If so, I'll be left behind.

What exactly is this guy's trump card? Several member states of the Federation do have some assets, but none of them have reached the level of immortality and have not been tested in actual combat.

Although their abyss project was exaggerated in the PPT, claiming that it could punch immortals and kick the abyss, no one knew how effective it would be in actual combat.

The only reliable one is the "Mechanical Dragon God" that East Asia is developing with all its strength. Is the Mechanical Dragon God project successful?

The problem is that even the Mechanical Temple on Tianjixing, which has been immersed in runes and mechanisms for tens of thousands of years, has only created a "quasi-abyss" mechanical god.

It is said that it is a huge piece of waste that is thousands of kilometers long and wide, has no mobility and no practical value. Its quasi-abyss-level power will be scrapped after one minute.

Or the Goddess of Pain and Goddess of Despair that came later?

Mihajlovic shook his head. According to the Military Intelligence Agency's supercomputing model, it would be great if the Forest Group's pair of abyss weapons could be used for 20 seconds.

Just as the Star Navy Chief of Staff was thinking rapidly, Xie Xingyun beside him said quietly, "Mikhailovich, Li Jianglong is right. We cannot give up on Lin Tianchen. We must press on today.

My intuition tells me that if a war really breaks out here today, we have at least a 70% chance of winning. Also, don't worry about my condition, I can hold on."

Mihajlovic raised his eyebrows immediately. The reason why he hesitated before the battle was that he was worried about Xie Xingyun.

Once both sides engage in full-scale combat, Xie Xingyun must overclock the use of the "Abyss Artifact".

Although the 'Abyss Artifact' is extremely powerful, it will greatly deplete a person's lifespan and soul power.

Especially the full-strength mode and overclocking mode, not only do they consume an astonishing amount of energy, but they will also backfire on the owner of the artifact.

Mihajlovic immediately issued an order on the command channel: "All units increase their output! All Star Marines, administer stimulants, battleship power reactors activate afterburner mode, and all supercomputers overclock to 120%! The National Guard may voluntarily choose whether to operate at overclocked speeds!"

He then turned to look at Xie Xingyun: "I'll have to thank you for your hard work from now on, President Xie."

Xie Xingyun nodded, a cold expression on his handsome face: "Please pay attention, the moment the 'Eternal Stone' ends will determine Lin Tianchen's life or death!"

He stretched out his hand to the side, and instantly a huge Yin-Yang fish pattern appeared in space, and then all the warships of the entire federal fleet were covered with a layer of light gold.

The concept called eternity not only stopped the collapse of the warships in front, but also stabilized the huge conceptual macro force field around them.

These 22000 warships are like a majestic mountain, crushing and charging forward with unstoppable force!

The conceptual power of the five quasi-immortals is indeed strong and exquisite, and they can be controlled to perfection and change rapidly.

However, when the 'conceptual macro force field' condensed by 22000 warships became an iron plate under the influence of Xie Xingyun's eternal power, these five quasi-immortals had to avoid its edge.

They had to rely on the power of dozens of gods and councilors of the Changsheng Society to slow down the advance of this huge fleet.

Mihajlovic narrowed his eyes and said earnestly, "Notify the Dyson artillery group to use their force field capturers to capture those quasi-immortals. All National Guard warships, please overclock to 105% immediately! In addition, all quasi-honorary councilors, honorary councilors, and senior honorary councilors, please fully unleash your concepts!"

He paused and said, "Everyone, today's battle concerns the future of the Federation and humanity! Please give it your all."

At this moment, Linghu Mingde raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled: "This is related to the future of the Federation and mankind. This is not wrong."

In his opinion, whether they win or lose today's battle, neither the Federation nor humans will lose.

Losing this battle would make several Abyssal Depths realize how powerful these 'Immortal' class members are within the Federation. They could continue to hide under the wings of several Abyssal Depths and use the power of those gods to suppress the Immortal Society.

If we win this battle, mankind can stand up a little straighter and control its own destiny to a certain extent.

Otherwise, why would the President allow Li Jianglong to act recklessly?
The only person the Federation has to bear the risk for is Lin Tianchen.

Linghu Mingde turned his head and looked at Lin Rui: "What do you want to do?"

"Me?" Lin Rui thought for a moment, then laughed: "I don't have a choice."

He and the Changsheng Society have a life-and-death relationship. Others can retain their power, but he can't.

Lin Tianchen must be saved at all costs.

Lin Rui issued an order to the combat group: "All members whose conceptual power has reached 35% or above, release the concept with all your strength!"

boom!
Twelve golden pillars of qi and blood instantly rushed out from the fleet of Forest Ruifang Group. Twelve people and nineteen different concept force fields instantly covered the entire battlefield under the influence of the concept macro force field.

At this moment, all the high-level colonial warriors on the 22000 warships of the federal fleet looked towards the direction of the Forest Ruifang Group's fleet in great surprise and shock.

Even Xie Xingyun, the president of the Martial Arts Association, couldn't help but glance in Lin Rui's direction. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Very good, a rising star."

This chaebol has three council members and eight semi-council members!
(End of this chapter)