With the revival of spiritual energy, I cultivated the Great Emperor's Technique on Blue Star.

Chapter 77 Weakness is the Original Sin

The dark and cold outer starry sky is a purgatory of war between all races, stained with the blood and bones of countless living beings since ancient times. The starry river is vast and desolate, with only a few scattered stars illuminating the darkness, but they cannot dispel the bloodthirsty killing intent lurking in the depths of this star field.

Since the battle of Blood Luogu Star, the edge star field has fallen into a long period of silence. Everyone thought that at least a hundred years of peace would come here. However, no one could have imagined that the lurking jackals had never extinguished their ferocity for revenge, and no one knew that the Tianyan Clan in the depths of the distant starry sky had already issued a sacred decree to control the game.

In the vast universe, there exist countless tiny stardust fissures, naturally formed void gaps, perpetually shrouded by chaotic stellar storms and thick, turbulent stardust. The power of the void is distorted and disordered, rendering ordinary star radars, soul detectors, and energy scanners completely ineffective.

Ordinary martial artists who step into it will have their bodies torn apart and their souls crushed in an instant. Even those at the fifth or sixth level do not dare to venture deep into it for an extended period.

That was also the weakest point in the defense of the entire Hangu Pass. In the entire Xia Dynasty, only Lin Yan was able to enter and exit it safely. However, outside the Stardust Rift, a dense array of warning devices was set up to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation one day.

But at this moment, this deserted, deadly rift has transformed into a blood-soaked, hellish battlefield.

Crimson figures were hidden within the chaotic stardust, perfectly blending into the darkness.

The golden Heavenly Dao Seal bestowed by the Tianyan Clan floats around the body of every seventh-tier Blood Soul Clan warrior, flowing with intricate and profound Dao patterns, layer upon layer concealing all blood energy fluctuations, divine soul aura, and energy trajectories.

Even if a ninth-level expert were to personally come here and concentrate on investigating, there would be absolutely no way to detect the slightest trace of the alien race.

The Blood Soul Clan has devised a two-pronged strategy of surprise attacks.

Beyond the frontal starfield defense line, a dense array of fifth and sixth-tier Blood Soul Clan assassins had formed, numbering in the tens of thousands.

These warriors were all clad in tattered, blood-red bone armor, their bodies shrouded in a bloodthirsty demonic aura that corroded everything. Their eyes were crimson, their faces covered with hideous blood-red patterns, and their breaths exhaled an extremely eerie and chilling blood energy.

They were "death warriors" selected by the Blood Soul Clan, who had long since disregarded life and death, and whose hearts were filled only with the mad obsession to destroy the human race. Even if they crashed into the Devouring Heaven Array like moths to a flame, they could not be shaken.

Tens of thousands of Blood Soul Clan warriors, their murderous aura soaring to the heavens, no longer bothered to conceal their whereabouts. They allowed the violent energy fluctuations to sweep across the starry sky, tearing apart the stardust barriers along their path and crushing towards the giant city on the outskirts of the Blue Star Domain.

A crimson torrent surged through the galaxy, causing tremors in the void. A terrifying sense of oppression, spanning billions of miles of starry sea, had already reached the border defenses of the human race.

"Warning! Warning! A massive alien army is attacking! A surge of high-level energy fluctuations has locked onto the border defenses!"

Outside the Blue Star Domain, the patterns imprinted around the human race's giant city instantly lit up with dazzling golden light.

The intelligent detection matrix covering the entire pass was activated instantly, and countless laser detection beams pierced the darkness, locking onto the surging crimson army.

A sharp, highest-level warning siren echoed throughout the city, and at the command center, red and blue warning lights flashed wildly, instantly shattering the long-standing peace on the border.

All the martial arts warriors on duty instantly stood up, their expressions solemn, their blood and qi surging.

The city's defensive formation was fully activated, with millions of intricate technological patterns intertwined and fused with martial arts formations. Rows of cannons, gleaming with a chilling light, stood tall, covering the entire city and forming layers upon layers of impregnable defensive barriers.

The new type of star-destroying cannon developed by the Martial Arts Research Department roared as it charged, its muzzle gathering a dazzling light of destruction as it aimed at the invading alien army.

"All personnel in formation! Highest level combat readiness!"

The general guarding Hangu Pass stood in mid-air, clad in silver armor. He was a veteran fifth-tier peak national powerhouse of the Great Xia Dynasty, who had guarded a star passage for decades and experienced countless battles against various alien races.

Not long ago, he successfully broke through to the sixth level in the forbidden area of ​​the canyon, thus becoming one of the strongest people guarding Hangu Pass.

At this moment, his gaze turned solemn as he stared intently at the dense clusters of blood-red dots on the light screen, and said in a deep voice, "It's the Blood Soul Clan!"

So many Tier 5 and Tier 6 troops have been deployed! Immediately send a message back to the home front requesting reinforcements!

The adjutant beside him looked on with suspicion and said in a deep voice, "General, something's not right! Their posture doesn't seem like a simple probing attack; it looks like they want to perish together with us."

"Faced with any alien race, our Great Xia is at a disadvantage. Although we now have a sixth-tier race, our numbers are far fewer than those of the Blood Soul Clan. Their actions are truly abnormal."

The veteran general, who has been guarding the border for many years, has a sensitivity to the war situation far exceeding that of ordinary people.

"How could I not know? But is there a better solution? The people they send out casually require us to exert all our strength to deal with them. Even if we know there is a huge conspiracy hidden behind this, what can we do? Weakness is the greatest original sin."

"But I believe that we will not remain weak forever. With Fellow Daoist Lin here, we will eventually lead the entire Great Xia to an unprecedented peak!"

"Right now, regardless of their motives, if this alien race invades, we must fight to the death!"

"Moreover, we may not be without a backup plan."

The garrison commander's gaze sharpened as he pressed the highest operational command: "Order all garrison troops to take their positions in all areas. Fire the planet-destroying cannons freely, hold the border line to the death, and never allow the alien race to set foot on Blue Star's territory!"

His other hand was tightly gripping a jet-black token engraved with the mark of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, which faintly exuded an ultimate power to devour the heavens.

That was the "confidence" Lin Yan gave him: control over the Devouring Heaven Array Pattern, which could cover hundreds of thousands of miles of territory!

The command was instantly transmitted throughout the entire border star system.

In an instant, the human border guards erupted in a deafening battle roar, and countless pillars of blood energy shot into the sky, illuminating the dark and cold outer space with the dazzling light of the technological weapons.

Boom boom boom—!

The new-type star-destroying cannons, which were the first to reach range, opened fire with a deafening roar. Brilliant beams of light pierced through the starry sky, tearing through the darkness and carrying terrifying power to annihilate everything. They slammed into the blood-red army, each strike comparable to the self-destruction of a fifth-tier cultivator.

It must be said that over the years, the Great Xia Dynasty has never given up on researching various ways to enhance its foundation, whether in the path of cultivation or in external things such as "elixirs, talismans, and modern technological weapons".

Violent explosions echoed across the starry sky, terrifying energy shockwaves swept in all directions, and countless low-level Blood Soul Clan warriors were instantly annihilated by the pillars of light, their bodies turning into a sky full of blood mist, their souls completely disintegrating before they could even escape.

However, these alien assassins showed no fear and showed no intention of retreating.