Not only were the prisoners of Captive Peak bewildered, but even the members of Seek Dao Sect did not expect the Candle Sky Civilization Fleet to come knocking on their doorstep.
Therefore, their first reaction was not intense emotions like anger, but confusion.
"Isn't that the Candle Sky Civilization Fleet mentioned in the newspapers? How did they end up here?"
"Have I gone mad from practicing too hard? Why do I feel like they're not that strong?" Disciples of the Seek Dao Sect discussed among themselves. This was not at all what they had heard.
"It must be a feint."
"Report to the Commander, the maximum power energy beam failed to neutralize the force field."
For some reason, the Commander was a bit restless and inexplicably irritable. The subordinate's question sounded utterly foolish to him, and he ordered in a cold voice.
"I'm not blind. If one shot isn't enough, then fire ten. If ten aren't enough, fire a hundred. If that's still not enough, mobilize the entire fleet's beams. I refuse to believe that two hundred beams can't break through this place!"
No one could stop him from seizing the Spirit Stones and claiming the credit!
"Yes, sir!" The subordinate saluted and then hurriedly contacted each captain to prepare their energy cannons.
Boom—
Ten maximum power energy beams were fired simultaneously, striking the Sect Protection Array of Seek Dao Sect, causing ten ripples, and that was all.
"They dare to attack us with this kind of level?" Elders of Seek Dao Sect were surprised, and even the Grand Elder rose from his coffin, ready to take action.
Are they underestimating the Seek Dao Sect that much?
"Don't act, let me do it!"
"Why? Just because you're the big brother, you won't let your brothers have a chance?"
"The opponent might be hiding their abilities. It's life-threatening for you to go. I am the Sect Leader, and I swear to defend the Sect with my life!"
Elders and Daoist Buyu vied with each other, competing for this opportunity.
Just as the Commander thought this attack also had no effect, he saw the river in the distant mountainous area reversing its flow upwards, forming a curtain of rain and enveloping the fleet.
"What's happening?"
The fleet was in chaos. How could this river act like it's alive, flying into the sky? What principle was this? They had never encountered such a situation in their expeditions against other civilizations.
"Look outside, there's someone!"
"He seems to have weapons, two axes?"
River Spirit held a golden axe and a silver axe, his veins popping and his presence fierce as he flew up into the sky, surrounding the entire fleet.
The Seek Dao Sect was not unaccustomed to being attacked. Previously, the Master of All Laws from Great Yu had launched a sneak attack on the Seek Dao Sect, but such a weak attack was a first for him.
The Sect Protection Array was a part of River Spirit's body. The fleet's attacks were like urinating on him—it was a downright insult to him as the Protector of Seek Dao Sect!
"A flying native? Seems like he is one of the stronger ones among the natives, like that Lu Yang."
"Haha, coming here with two axes, do they really think such primitive weapons can deal with us?"
The Candle Sky Soldiers laughed heartily, reminded of the time when they were conquering a primitive planet and the natives threw spears at their warships wearing beast skins.
"Fire the cannons and give him a taste of civilization's generational gap before he dies."
The fleet turned their cannons, energy beams gathered, and a shot was fired at River Spirit.
Swish—
A flash of golden light, the energy beam was split in two, and the warships along this straight line were cut neatly in half, the cross-sections smooth and flat, and the wreckage of the warships and Candle Sky Soldiers fell downwards like dumplings.
Dead silence over the fleet communication.
Their warships could only be damaged with a gap by Annihilation Star Weapons and were capable of self-repair, yet they were powerless against a mere single swing of an axe.
The Commander belatedly realized the situation and ordered loudly:
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
But when they tried to maneuver their warships to escape, they found the river reversing its current had encircled them, trapping them in a swamp that made it harder to move the more they struggled.
They were horrified. What kind of tactic was this?
"Came here and still want to leave!" River Spirit, holding the two axes, charged at the fleet, chopping it up with ease as if cutting vegetables.
Dean Gao watched this scene, mouth agape for a long time.
He had seen the Candle Sky Civilization Fleet before, and the twelve armies of the Interstellar Alliance were powerless against them.
But in the Cultivation World, the situation was completely reversed. River Spirit alone was crushing these two hundred warships!
The Ether Submachine showed a face full of envy. As a Primordial Spirit itself, could it also become this powerful?
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"Calling Fleet Two, requesting support, the might of the Cultivation World natives far exceeds our expectations!"
"Calling Fleet Three, requesting support, the might of the Cultivation World natives far exceeds our expectations..." The commander called desperately for assistance from his colleagues. He didn't care about the credit anymore; surviving was more important than anything else.
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However, no one on the other end of the communication device responded. Instead, there were sounds of panic, screams, and even beastly roars.