High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

The shielding formations of the four formations lit up simultaneously, and the pale gray array completely swallowed the aura of tens of thousands of airships.

The Purple Extreme Immortal King stood at the bow of the Purple Cloud Sect's main ship, with his hands behind his back.

Behind him stood Immortal Lord Zixiao and two elders at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm. The three of them were solemn, awaiting the ancestor's instructions.

"Proceed according to plan."

The Purple Extreme Immortal King spoke softly, his voice not loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of every elder.

"The Purple Cloud Sect will remain here, hidden and awaiting orders."

He paused.

His gaze swept over the directions of the other three formations.

"The other three will proceed to their designated positions. Nine Nether Valley will be responsible for the west, Azure Water Palace for the south, and Taiqing Palace for the north."

"The encirclement must be completed within half a month."

Zixiao Immortal Lord bowed and accepted the order.

"Yes."

at the same time.

On the main ship of Nine Nether Valley, Immortal King Youyun was also issuing orders.

"My Nine Nether Valley is responsible for the western part, starting from the border of the Purple Profound Star Domain."

He looked at Immortal Lord Youxuan, his tone calm and steady.

"Order the entire army to activate all shielding formations and not to reveal any trace of their presence."

Immortal Lord Youxuan nodded and turned to walk towards the control panel.

On the main ships of Biyue Palace and Taiqing Palace, Bibo Immortal King and Qingxuan Immortal King also issued similar orders.

The order came out.

The four formations began to disengage in an orderly manner.

The purple flying boats of the Purple Cloud Sect regrouped on the spot, resembling a giant beast crouching silently in the dark starry sky.

The deep blue flying boat fleet from Nine Nether Valley was the first to change direction and head towards the western border of the Purple Profound Starfield.

Thousands of flying boats were linked end to end, resembling a silent, flowing underground river under the cover of the shielding array.

The blue flying boats of the Jade Water Palace followed closely behind, heading towards the southern border.

The azure flying boats of the Taiqing Palace were the last to set off, slowly advancing towards the northern border.

Four formations, four directions, four silent torrents of steel.

There were no war drums, no horns, and not even the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Tens of thousands of airships, like four groups of giant whales lurking in the deep sea, silently advanced toward their designated hunting positions.

.........

Time passed day by day.

In the desolate starry sky at the edge of the Purple Profound Starfield, only thin interstellar dust and a few lifeless, desolate stars silently rotate.

Unbeknownst to any living being, four massive fleets were slowly closing in on the edge of their territory.

half a month later.

The azure flying boat formation of Taiqing Palace was the first to arrive at the northernmost position.

Qingxuan Immortal King stood at the bow of the main ship, his gaze sweeping across the dark starry sky ahead, and nodded slightly.

"arrive."

He raised his wrist and sent a signal to the other three Celestial Kings through the communication artifact.

"The Taiqing Palace is now in place."

A moment later, a response came from the direction of the Purple Cloud Sect.

"The Purple Cloud Sect is in position."

Direction towards Bishui Palace.

"The Jade Water Palace is in place."

The direction of Nine Nether Valley.

"Nine Nether Valley is in position."

The four signals silently converged in the starry sky.

The Purple Extreme Immortal King stood on the main ship of the Purple Cloud Sect, his hands behind his back, his gaze profound.

He spoke slowly.

The sound was transmitted to all four formations via the communication device.

"The encirclement is complete."

He paused, then his tone suddenly became more forceful.

"All troops, attack!"

The order came out.

The shielding formations of the four squadrons expanded to maximum power simultaneously, and tens of thousands of spaceships started up at the same time, pressing inward from four directions toward the interior of the Purple Profound Starfield.

The Purple Cloud Sect cut in from the east, and the group of purple flying boats resembled a vast, boundless sea of ​​purple clouds.

The Nine Nether Valley cuts in from the west, and the deep blue flying boat formation is like an unstoppable torrent of steel.

The Biyue Palace is approached from the south, and the blue flying boats resemble a vast ocean suspended upside down in the starry sky.

The Taiqing Hall is accessed from the north, and the blue flying boats resemble moving mountains, heavy and imposing.

Four directions, four large armies.

Tens of thousands of airships are advancing simultaneously!

At this moment, the entire border of the Purple Profound Starfield was simultaneously squeezed by four invisible forces.

Thousands of flying boats silently traversed the Nine Nether Valley in the darkness.

The shielding formation suppressed the light and aura of each flying ship to a minimum, making the entire fleet appear like a ghostly shadow as it sped across the starry sky.

The disciples inside the flying boat sat in the cabin, each one eager to get started.

Some people were repeatedly checking their magical treasures, while others were clutching their elixir bottles and counting them over and over again.

Some people even closed their eyes to regulate their breathing, getting themselves into peak condition...

Youyun Immortal King stood at the bow of the main ship, his gaze passing through the porthole and looking into the distance.

In that starry sky.

One star after another is slowly approaching.

The stars were surrounded by a faint spiritual light, clearly indicating the presence of cultivators.

A confident smile appeared on the lips of Immortal King Youyun. He turned around and looked at Immortal Lord Youxuan and the group of elders behind him.

"Let's start from here..."

He raised his hand and gently pointed towards the starry sky in front of him.

"Announcing the arrival of our Cloud-Azure Immortal Realm."

The Immortal King Youyun paused, his voice not loud, but carrying a chilling aura.

"Those who surrender live, those who resist die."

Upon hearing this, all the elders and Immortal Lord Youxuan showed expectant smiles on their faces.

Some of the elders even rubbed their hands together, their eyes gleaming.

"Rest assured, Ancestor, we disciples will do our utmost!"

"This Purple Profound Star Region is like a piece of meat waiting for us to cut!"

"Our Nine Nether Valley will spearhead the attack on this western region!"

The elders whispered among themselves, each calculating how much land and resources they would be allocated.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

The flying boats of Nine Nether Valley moved unimpeded, and the shielding formation remained undetected by any living being.

Thousands of spaceships moved silently through the starry sky like a dark shadow.

Until a star defense line composed of dozens of inhabited planets appeared ahead.

Those planets were surrounded by dense aura, and countless spaceships and warships shuttled back and forth in their orbits.

There was also a light red warning array on the outer edge of the star field, covering the entire area.

Tianhe Alliance.

A mid-level power within the Purple Profound Star Domain, with two powerful beings at the early stage of the Supreme Realm in charge.

Among the various forces in the Purple Profound Starfield, it is neither particularly strong nor particularly weak; it is a moderately powerful entity.

Inside the main spaceship.

The disciple in charge of manipulating the perception array suddenly opened his eyes, his expression hardening. He quickly walked to the Immortal King Youyun and respectfully knelt on one knee.

"Reporting to Ancestor, this disciple has detected details of the star field ahead."

He raised his head, his tone clear.

"Our Nine Nether Valley fleet has entered the territory of the Heavenly Crane Alliance and has discovered nearly a hundred patrol fleets ahead, distributed in different locations on the outer edge of the star field."

Upon hearing this, Immortal King Youyun nodded slightly, his gaze completely unmoved.

"Take them down."

His tone was flat.

It was like giving an order for something trivial.

"Keep moving forward and conquer the Heavenly Crane Alliance as quickly as possible."

The disciple bowed and accepted the order.

"yes!"

He got up and quickly walked back to the perception array, relaying the orders of the Immortal King Youyun down the ranks.

In the blink of an eye, the images captured by the perception array popped up on the light screen of the control panel.

on the screen.

Nearly a hundred patrol ships of the Tianhe Alliance are slowly cruising on the outer edge of the star field.

The warships were entirely silver-white, with the emblem of a crane spreading its wings engraved on their hulls, and their lights flickered in the darkness.

Some of the soldiers on the ship were leaning against the railing chatting, some were looking down at the jade slips in their hands, and some were even yawning, looking lazy.

They were completely unaware of the impending catastrophe.

As Immortal Lord Youxuan looked at the leisurely patrol ships in the scene, the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

He silently calculated in his mind.

"Although the four major powers have signed the Heavenly Dao Contract, how much of the spoils they can get in this Purple Profound Star Region depends entirely on their own strength."

"The faster the conquest, the larger the territory occupied, and correspondingly, the greater the benefits gained."

"Next... it's time to test our speed."

He turned his head and nodded to the elder in front of the control panel.

"Let's do it."

The command was issued.

Thousands of flying boats from Nine Nether Valley silently approached the border patrol ships of the Heavenly Crane Alliance.

Dozens of fairy cannons are embedded on both sides of each flying boat.

Those cannon muzzles were dark and deep.

It gleamed with a cold, hard metallic luster in the darkness.

The Fairy Cannon began charging.

A series of pale blue lights shone from the depths of the cannon muzzle, like countless stars awakening.

The charging lasted for several breaths.

Each of the Immortal Spirit Cannons had a ball of spiritual energy compressed to its limit condensed at the muzzle, containing terrifying energy powerful enough to destroy a warship.

Then, lock it.

Thousands of airships simultaneously aimed their cannons at their prey. The aiming array patterns on the Immortal Spirit Cannons lit up, locking onto the coordinates of the Heavenly Crane Alliance patrol ships.

At a command.

"Fire!"

Thousands of celestial cannons fired simultaneously.

Countless pale blue beams of light erupted from the fleet of flying ships, piercing through the shielding array and pouring towards the patrol fleet of the Heavenly Crane Alliance.

The beam of light streaked across the starry sky like a silent meteor shower, beautiful yet deadly.

On the patrol ship of the Heavenly Crane Alliance, the alarm sounded simultaneously with the opening of the Immortal Spirit Cannon.

"Warning! Warning! Terrifying energy fluctuations detected!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Location unknown! Number unknown!"

"All units, immediately enter combat readiness! Immediately—"

The captain of a patrol boat suddenly stood up from his chair and rushed to the porthole.

He saw the overwhelming blue beam of light, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"What is that thing?!"

His voice had changed tone, becoming hoarse and shrill.

"Those warships..."

He saw behind the pillar of light a group of flying boats hidden within a shielding array.

Thousands of massive, dark blue ships, each a thousand feet long, were adorned with unfamiliar immortal runes on their hulls, and the nine halos at the bottom of the ships emitted spiritual energy fluctuations that suffocated him!

"Not from our star system!"

His lips trembled, and his face was deathly pale.

"Outsiders! Outsiders!"

But he didn't have time to send the message back.

Thousands of beams of light from the Immortal Spirit Cannon accurately hit their targets.

The patrol ship's shields were torn to shreds like paper in front of the beam of light, the ship's hull was pierced by the beam, and the explosion silently bloomed in the starry sky.

Nearly a hundred patrol ships vanished in the blink of an eye.

Fragments and debris drifted across the starry sky, and the spiritual energy fluctuations of the soldiers inside the ship disappeared one after another.

They all perished.

Not a single person was left alive.

The flying boats of Nine Nether Valley continued to activate the shielding formation, accelerating their advance towards the interior of the Heavenly Crane Alliance.

The shielding formation completely isolated all spiritual energy fluctuations, explosion sounds, and flashes of light, as if nothing had happened.

Then a portion of the fleet was diverted to occupy those dozens of planets...

For the rest of the journey.

Nine Nether Valley also destroyed several patrol fleets of the Heavenly Crane Alliance.

The process is the same every time.

Approach silently, lock on, fire, annihilate, and upon encountering a habitable planet, immediately occupy and conquer it.

The Sky Crane Alliance's patrol ships and the conquered planets didn't have time to send the message back.

The fleet of spaceships advanced silently in the darkness, drawing ever closer to the core star system of the Heavenly Crane Alliance...

Meanwhile, on the outer edge of the core star field of the Tianhe Alliance.

A planet, forged like an iron fortress, floats in the starry sky.

The planet's surface was covered with a thick layer of silver-gray metal plates, which were engraved with defensive array patterns, and a heavy railgun was embedded at intervals.

The planet is surrounded by three layers of defensive formations, each emitting a faint golden light.

Inside the planet, in a massive military fortress.

In a luxuriously decorated room, a tall, middle-aged man was reclining on a soft couch.

He was wearing a loose brocade robe with the collar open, revealing his muscular chest.

This person is none other than He Qing, the commander of the Heavenly Crane Alliance stationed here, and an early-stage Eternal True God.

He had a woman in his arms.

The woman was in her early twenties, wearing a scarlet gauze dress as thin as a cicada's wing, with a shapely and exquisite figure.

Her long, jet-black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her oval face was as fair and delicate as jade.

Her eyebrows were curved, her eyelashes were thick, her nose was straight, and her lips were a light cherry pink with a slight upturn.

It carries a touch of natural charm.

She was He Qing's most beloved concubine, named Zhao Qingyu.

Zhao Qingyu was leaning against He Qing's chest, her slender fingers gently tracing circles on his chest, her voice soft and sweet.

"Commander-in-Chief, you've been with me for several days now. Don't you have any military affairs to attend to?"

He Qing put his arm around her waist and smiled nonchalantly.

"What's so great about military affairs? This place is perfectly peaceful; nothing much has happened here for centuries."

He lowered his head and kissed Zhao Qingyu on the forehead, his tone languid.

"Besides, our Heavenly Crane Alliance is quite influential in this star field, and we're also a vassal of the Azure Sky Empire. Who would dare to cause us trouble?"

Zhao Qingyu's cheeks flushed slightly from the kiss, and she reached out to push against his chest.

"My lord is good at making me happy."

He Qing chuckled, just about to say something more.

suddenly.

A series of hurried footsteps came from outside the room.

A soldier's voice rang out from outside the door.

"Commander-in-Chief! Urgent military news! Lieutenant Zhang requests an audience, saying he has important matters to report!"

He Qing frowned, and the smile on his face immediately vanished.

"What urgent matter requires your intervention at this time?"

He muttered to himself, but then he thought that if something really important happened and he was delayed, his superiors would definitely hold him accountable.

He Qing impatiently released Zhao Qingyu and called out towards the door.

"Let him in."

The guards withdrew to relay the message.

After a while.

An officer in a silver-gray military robe strode in.

The officer was about thirty years old, with a thin face and an barely suppressed anxiety between his brows.

He knelt on one knee and clasped his hands in a salute.

"Commander-in-Chief, your subordinate Zhang Heng has an urgent military report!"

He Qing leaned back on the soft couch and lazily raised his chin.

"explain."

Zhang Heng raised his head, his expression solemn.

"Commander, I am responsible for checking the communications of the outer patrol fleet."

"Starting yesterday, all five patrol teams, numbered 7, 9, 11, 13, and 17, have lost contact."

"And the same is true for many other planets..."

He paused, then emphasized his words.

"My subordinates tried to call out multiple times, but there was no response. The last place where the signal disappeared was in the same area on the outskirts of the star field."

Upon hearing this, He Qing frowned.

"You mean, multiple patrol fleets and planets have simultaneously lost contact?"

Zhang Heng nodded emphatically.

"Yes, Commander."

He took a deep breath, his voice filled with obvious worry.

"My subordinates believe that they may have encountered some kind of terrorist attack, to the point that they can't even send messages back."

He looked up, his gaze earnest.

"My suggestion is to immediately dispatch a large army to the location where the signal was last lost and to investigate the situation on the planet where contact has been lost!"

He Qing remained silent for a moment, then sat up straight.

He tapped his fingers twice on the armrest of the soft couch, and most of the laziness on his face had disappeared.

"Five patrol teams have simultaneously lost contact..."

He muttered to himself, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"This is indeed quite unusual."

Zhao Qingyu tactfully moved away from him and sat quietly to the side, not daring to make a sound to disturb him.