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Chapter 231 Slay Ellie! (5.1K)

Meanwhile, the other mercenary groups that came to the rescue have also entered the battlefield.

"Boss! Look over there! Is that a North Wind-class aircraft carrier?! I'm not seeing things, am I?!" the scarred adjutant exclaimed in astonishment.

The Frostfire Guild Leader, the burly man with claw marks on his face, had completely lost his usual arrogance.

He stared dumbfounded at the imposing Borei-class warship and the well-equipped escort fleet surrounding it, swallowed hard, and muttered, "Eastern Front Mercenary Group, a name I've never heard of before, using a Borei-class as their flagship. Where did this come from?"

Having spent many years on the border, he knew all too well what it meant for a mercenary group to possess a warship of this caliber.

There's definitely a behemoth standing behind them.

Amidst the shock, a complex mix of emotions welled up within me, a mixture of envy for their formidable strength and a touch of relief.

"With such a ruthless character leading the way, we originally thought we'd be bleeding money this time, but now it seems like the pressure on us will be much less. Brothers, let's go! Don't tarnish the name of Frostfire, follow Dongfeng and do a good job!"

The other mercenary groups that arrived reacted similarly, with their communication channels filled with amazement and speculation about the East Front Fleet's lineup.

The leader of "Thorn Shield" clicked his tongue in amazement: "Goodness, a North Wind class. Who is this East Wind?"

The commander of "Eagle Eye" quietly adjusted his own tactical position, deciding to closely follow the flank of this powerful allied force and wait for an opportunity to strike.

Meanwhile, at the 93778th Frontier Legion Command of the Astral Army.

When the identification signal and preliminary combat capability assessment data of the Dongfeng Fleet appeared on the main star map of the command center, the previously tense atmosphere immediately eased.

"Report! Confirmed support from the Dongfeng Mercenary Group, which possesses one Northwind-class assault ship, five Sharp-class assault ships, fifteen Guardian-class escort ships, and supporting auxiliary vessels! Its fleet's overall combat capability has reached Level 5!" The intelligence officer's voice was no longer as urgent as before.

The legion commander, seated in the main seat, finally relaxed his furrowed brows and let out a long sigh of relief.

"The Dongfeng Mercenary Group is very good," he said in a deep voice, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest. "With the addition of this fresh force, the crisis at the outpost can be resolved. Hmph, I didn't expect the Kunmo tribe to have suffered enough at K75 and actually want to come to K77 to open up a battlefield."
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At this moment, Lin Yi, who was testing his moves on the battlefield, was unaware of what his allies were thinking. He clearly sensed that he had been locked onto by a Kunmo Clan member at the Star-level.

"The Dongfeng Mercenary Group is really inexperienced. They haven't taught their Star Core-level invincible subordinates how to keep a low profile on battlefields where Star Vortexes appear..."

In the distance, the Blood Wolf leader, who had arrived earlier and was already engaged in a fierce battle with another Star-level Kunmo Clan member, caught a glimpse of this figure out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

He instantly judged that the Kunmo Clan general's strength should have reached the third level of the Star Void level, which is considered powerful even in the early stage of the Star Void level.

"That kid from Dongfeng, what a pity." This thought involuntarily surfaced again.

Those who can instantly kill Star Core level opponents of the same rank are basically those who have mastered one or two Star Vortex level secret techniques, or even whose rules have been comprehended to the Star Vortex level, and who can be regarded as half a Star Vortex. There is one of them in his mercenary group.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the real Xingxuan.

Like that invincible star core in his group, he is now extremely low-key, focusing his main energy on supporting his comrades, and has not shown any of his talents.

The Blood Wolf leader felt a pang of regret for the dying Star Core Invincible. He was willing to lend a hand and save him, thus doing a favor for the East Peak Mercenary Group, which was clearly not an ordinary group.

Unfortunately, his opponent was no pushover either, and he was outmatched.

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as the Star-level Kunmo Clan raised the huge bone saw battle blade high, then roared and fiercely slashed down!

In an instant, a massive blade of light, composed of dark green flames and jagged spatial ripples, carrying a terrifying will that could tear apart souls and sever rules, slashed down towards Lin Yi.

Wherever the blade's edge passed, even the light seemed to be distorted and swallowed up.

This attack was almost at the mid-stage of the Star Swirl level.

Clearly, this Kunmo Clan Xingxuan intended to kill this human who dared to slaughter its subordinates in one fell swoop, completely crushing him.

Faced with this terrifying attack that would make even ordinary early-stage Star Vortex level experts pale, Lin Yi's eyes finally showed a slight change.

He needs to familiarize himself with the rules and techniques, but there's no need to engage in a head-on, exhausting battle with such a clearly powerful opponent.

In particular, did the other party intend to crush him by relying on their realm and total source energy?

"You're courting death! I'll just have to test my skills on you."

Having crossed a major realm, Lin Yi did not intend to use a large-scale attack like the Rule Domain.

The main reason is that his source energy, when distributed across his domain, is more than enough to subdue a star core, but it's still far from sufficient to deal with a star vortex; the protective source energy of the two is not on the same level.

However, this doesn't mean he's helpless against Star Swirl-level enemies.

With a thought, Lin Yi instantly activated a secret technique for soul weapons recorded in the "Myriad Soul Control Manual," a technique that consumed enormous amounts of energy but possessed terrifying explosive power.

The remaining six Nine Luminaries Thunder Pearls surrounding him instantly erupted with unprecedentedly dazzling lightning.

The six lightning orbs converged and merged in his hand at a speed beyond visual perception.

hum!
A thunderclap, seemingly from the primordial chaos, exploded from his palm.

Dark golden light intertwined with destructive lightning, and a spear with an ancient design, its shaft wrapped in a materialized black lightning dragon, was finally formed.

At the same time, Lin Yi compressed and attached all of his own rule domain to it using the techniques from "Blade of Rules".

All the destructive power was firmly contained within the gun barrel, without any leakage. Instead, the surrounding space collapsed slightly inward due to its presence.

Just as that green blade of light, seemingly capable of sawing through planets, was about to strike.

Lin Yi made his move!

His man and his gun seemed to transform into a black lightning bolt, becoming a concrete manifestation of the rules of "destruction" and "penetration."

Time and space seemed to lose their meaning at this moment.

The black lightning, condensed to its extreme, did not choose to clash head-on with the powerful green blade light. Instead, it defied common sense and "skipped" the distance and energy barrier in the middle, striking the chest of the Kunmo Clan's Xingxuan in an instant.

The cruelty and mockery in his six compound eyes hadn't even had time to transform into astonishment and fear.

"puff!"

There was a soft sound, like a bubble bursting.

Lin Yi's figure had appeared a hundred meters behind the Kunmo Clan's Xingxuan at some point, with his back to it. The Thunder God Spear in his hand was slowly dissipating, breaking down back into six slightly dimmed thunder beads that flew back and circled around him.

Kunmo Xingxuan's massive body seemed to be frozen in mid-air, as if under a spell.

Its imposing bone saw blade remained in a downward slashing posture, but the green flames on the blade had silently extinguished.

In the center of its chest, a charred, hollow hole is clearly visible.

No blood flowed out, and no energy dissipated.

The next moment, centered on that hole, countless fine cracks instantly covered its indestructible dark purple carapace.

Click and pop
Like weathered rock, or like porcelain bursting from within.

Its purplish-black body, along with its powerful bone saw blade, dissipated completely into the cold vacuum of space amidst a series of subtle yet intense cracking sounds, turning into countless tiny specks of dust shimmering with lightning.

Only one encounter.

Using the secret technique "Azure Blaze Breaking Boundary Flash" from the "Myriad Soul Control Manual," Lin Yi utterly crushed a Star-level Kunmo Clan member to dust.

When Lin Yi, with his "Star Core Level" aura, manipulated the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pearl to slaughter the Star Core Level Kunmo Clan like mowing grass, it attracted attention, but it was still within the understanding of all parties.

After all, it was a force possessing a North Wind-class fleet. It wasn't unusual for them to have a few Star Core-level invincibles; in fact, it would be unusual if they didn't. However, when the Kunmo Clan, nearing the mid-stage of the Star Vortex level, arrived with overwhelming ferocity, only to be instantly annihilated by Lin Yi in a single move, everyone who noticed this scene—whether it was the Star Realm soldiers engaged in a frenzied battle with the Kunmo Clan, members of other mercenary groups, or even the Kunmo Clan members themselves who had gone berserk—was stunned by this scene, which far exceeded their comprehension. Their minds trembled, and their movements faltered.

At the same time, amidst the shock, there was also a sense of "sudden realization".

"I see. I was wondering how any mercenary group could have a North Wind level member. It turns out it was to protect this young master! Only the geniuses of major powers could possess such terrifying resources and secret techniques to instantly kill a Star Core." Karan looked at Lin Yi's figure with eyes full of awe.

"What's going on? A Star Core instantly killed a Star Vortex?! This Dongfeng mercenary group..." Blood Wolf muttered to himself, "No wonder the North Wind-class escorted them, whose precious darling was released for training?"

Meanwhile, after a brief moment of shock, the remaining Star-level Kunmo Clan members suddenly ignited an even more frenzied light in their crimson compound eyes!

"A human genius!"

"Kill him! Even if we die, we'll drag this human down with us!"

"For the sake of our people! Kill!"

They knew that killing such a heavily guarded human genius was far more significant than killing thousands of ordinary soldiers and low-ranking officers.

Even if it means being shattered to pieces, I would not hesitate!

"Stop them!"

The Blood Wolf leader's eyes were bloodshot. Although he was shocked by Lin Yi's background and strength, the bravery of the border mercenaries and his instinctive desire to protect human geniuses made him react almost without thinking.

He roared, and the massive, door-like blade in his hand erupted with an unprecedented crimson light, surging towards the Kunmo Clan member Xingxuan who had been fighting him like a blood wave, attempting to hold him back.

However, the Kunmo Clan Star Swirl expert had only extreme killing intent in his six compound eyes towards Lin Yi. Faced with the Blood Wolf Captain's desperate obstruction, he neither dodged nor avoided, but simply pushed his protective source energy to its limit!

"Pfft!"

The crimson blade slashed fiercely into its shoulder blade, spraying dark green blood and shell fragments everywhere. But it only let out a muffled groan, using the impact to escape the battle at an even faster speed. The bone saw blade slashed fiercely towards Lin Yi from a distance.

A condensed green shockwave instantly tore through the void and shot straight ahead!

The other Kunmo Clan Stars did the same. They completely abandoned defense and withstood the attacks from their original opponents. Even if it meant getting injured, they would throw their most powerful ranged attacks like javelins at the human youth who was floating in the void and whose source energy fluctuations seemed to have fallen to the bottom.

More than a dozen attacks, each containing the violent power of a Star Vortex level and with different rules but equally filled with destructive aura, descended from different directions, almost sealing off all possible escape routes for Lin Yi. Like a net from heaven and earth, they arrived with an unwavering determination to kill.

Faced with this concentrated attack that would make even ordinary peak Star-level cultivators pale, Lin Yi's face turned slightly pale, not out of fear, but as a natural reaction to the instantaneous depletion of his source energy.

Without the slightest show of bravado or hesitation, he immediately raised his voice and said:
"Ellie!"

The voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to carry some invisible power, piercing through the clamor of the battlefield.

Irelia had been focusing most of her attention on Lin Yi. When she saw Lin Yi being surrounded, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes. Now, upon hearing the signal from Lin Yi, she immediately had an idea.

Immediately, an invisible force, seemingly originating from the very source of life itself, like a gentle yet irresistible tide, silently covered the void where the stronghold battlefield was located.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Those dozen or so attacks, powerful enough to destroy the heavens and the earth, froze in mid-air as if they had hit an insurmountable wall of sighs when they were still hundreds of meters away from Lin Yi.

The energy was still roaring, the light was still flashing, but it could no longer advance even an inch.

Followed by.

Those Kunmo Clan Star-level powerhouses who had just unleashed their desperate attacks, their bodies still in throwing or slashing stances, had all their life force instantly drained from their massive and ferocious bodies.

Their crimson compound eyes turned gray at a visible speed, like embers that had burned out completely.

Their dark purple carapaces, which shimmered with an energy glow, quickly dried and cracked, covered with signs of decay as if they had endured thousands of years of wind and frost.

Their bulging muscles shrank as if deflated, their strong bodies curled up, as if they had completed their long lives in an instant and entered the irreversible end of their decline.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no shrill, desperate screams.

They remained there, in the void, in their final moments, having lost all traces of life.

Subsequently, disturbed by the faint energy flow remaining on the battlefield, it silently disintegrated and dissipated like a weathered sand sculpture, becoming part of the cosmic dust.

Those dozen or so violent energy attacks that had been frozen in the void also vanished silently, as if they had never existed, as if they had lost their support.

The transition from extreme rage and destruction to absolute silence and nothingness is so rapid that it exceeds the reaction limits of most people.

The Blood Wolf leader, still in the posture of chasing with his sword, froze in mid-air, staring blankly at the spot where his opponent, who had been fighting him to a standstill but was now reduced to ashes, had stood, unable to utter a single word.

"The realm of authority is the realm of life's rules; a single thought can sever vitality."

Only this one thought remained in his mind.

The leaders and experts of the other mercenary groups were also horrified.

Inside the base, Kalan watched this scene on the monitor screen and thought to himself, "Just as I expected... just as I thought, a Starfield-level Protector."

In the void, Lin Yi looked calmly at the threats around him that seemed to have been wiped away by an invisible hand.

The "Star Evolution and Essence Refining Technique" was operating efficiently within his body, rapidly drawing energy from the crystals placed close to his body in his armor to restore his source energy.

His gaze swept across the desolate battlefield, and he knew that this sudden encounter was over.

Irelia's figure had quietly appeared outside the bridge of the Northwind at some point, still wearing the light armor in the Eldar style, her ice-blue eyes calm and unwavering, as if the earth-shattering attack just now was merely a dust brush off her sleeve.

She didn't look at the vanished enemies, but instead focused her gaze on Lin Yi, nodding slightly to convey the message that the problem was solved.

The surviving Kunmo tribe soldiers, having lost all their Star-level commanders, finally lost their frenzied morale and became headless flies. They were quickly wiped out and captured by the Dongfeng group members and other mercenary groups in cooperation with the stronghold's garrison.

The battle quickly entered its final stages.

When the last resistance was wiped out, the communication channels began to ring out with the heavy breathing and simple exchanges between the mercenary groups who had survived the ordeal.

The Blood Wolf leader was the first to adjust his mindset. He took a deep breath and, through the public channel, addressed Lin Yi in a respectful tone: "I am Buck, leader of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group. Thank you for your righteous intervention today, which turned the tide! Without your help, our casualties would have been considerable. In the future, in this star field, if you have any orders, the Blood Wolf Group will not hesitate to obey!"

"The same goes for the Thorn Shield Mercenary Group."

"We are deeply grateful for Eagle Eyes! We will forever remember Dongfeng's kindness!"

The leaders of the other mercenary groups also spoke up.

They all understood what it meant to be able to establish a relationship with such a powerful and influential mercenary group.

Just then, despite her injuries, Karan straightened her tattered military uniform and flew to Lin Yi's side.

"Your Excellency, I am Karan, the commander of the outpost's garrison. On behalf of all the surviving soldiers of the outpost, I extend my highest respect and sincerest gratitude to the East Peak Mercenary Group! Thank you for turning the tide, saving us, and preserving this outpost."

He paused, his tone becoming more formal: "At the same time, I have just received direct orders from General Ruger of our legion. The general highly appreciates your and the East Peak Mercenary Group's bravery and strength, and sincerely invites you to visit our legion's base at your convenience. The general hopes to personally express his gratitude to you and discuss border defense and possible cooperation with you."

In the void, Lin Yi glanced at Irelia standing solemnly in the distance, then responded to Kalan:
"Captain Kalan, you're too kind. As fellow humans, helping each other is our duty. The true heroes are the soldiers of the Astral Army who stand firm at their posts and fight valiantly."

"As for General Ruger's invitation..."

After a moment's thought, Lin Yi replied, "Once things are settled here and the fleet has rested for a while, I will go to visit the general."

(End of this chapter)