High Above

empire. Central Empire. The Setar Empire.

This is the name of a huge force that dominates the center of Terra Continent, and is the name in people's mouths.

But what exactly is an empire?

——Is it a ruling system with major local nobles as the core and knight lords as the grassroots management?

——Is it a military system with the major legions as the flesh and blood, the ten major knights as the bones, and the four major military regions as the heads?

——Or, those ordinary people living on this vast land, those farmers, craftsmen, hunters, bakers, butchers, waxsmiths, tailors, blacksmiths...

In fact, it is neither.

The Setar Empire only exists because of the Emperor.

Just because of the emperor.

The empire can be called an empire because of the emperor, not because the emperor is crowned because of the empire's territory and people.

If one day there is no longer a fifth-level powerful person in the Setar royal family, then the next day, the Governor of Icewind Valley will declare the establishment of an independent country. On the third day, the commander of the First Legion will announce the protection of the royal family and Returning to the imperial capital, he was supported in name but independent in practice.

On the fourth day, the forces of other countries carving up the remaining areas of the empire can hold a meeting on the territory of the empire.

Even if all the remaining nobles work together and control the imperial capital to fight, they will never be able to defeat other major forces.

The empire will perish like a candle blown out by wind and rain.

However, as long as the Setal royal family can continue to give birth to fifth-level people, then the Setal Empire will have three fifth-level powerhouses for a long time. At its peak, there may even be four fifth-level Terra's strongest ones. power.

The major forces on the continent of Terra generally have one or two fifth-level people. If only one person's power is stable but difficult to make progress, then two powers can develop. However, if there are three or more, it will lead to internal disputes... But if the power can reach an agreement within the power, then this power can dominate Terra.

Before Inaga II, the Empire had such a moment - at that time, the Governor of Icewind Dale, the long-lived Titan King of Warcraft, had not yet been born, the Emperor, the two Grand Dukes of the East and West, and the four commanders of the First Legion. The fifth energy level officially finalized the huge territory that now includes Junling Castle. At that time, the Seven Cities Alliance was a vassal of the empire, and the Cangtian Royal Court also became a warm and kind nomadic people.

Everything flourishes but then declines. Since the death of Emperor Galileo, the Setar Empire has gradually declined. Although the new emperor is powerful enough, he cannot command the two princes like his father. The battle between the imperial power and the princes continues. For hundreds of years, the internal strife was so serious that it could not even control the nobles in its own territory. It was then that the current Junling Castle became independent. It is a coincidence that the first Grand Duke of Junling Castle was able to obtain the fifth ability. Super inheritance, it is precisely because the Setar royal family wants to cultivate a Northern Grand Duke as an assistant to fight against the other two Grand Dukes.

And this internal fighting finally came to an end at the hands of Inaga II.

The two Grand Dukes of the East and West have been cut off, and the First Knight is his true assistant. Together with the First Legion, which has vowed to serve only the Empire itself, and the Governor of Icewind Valley, the Empire's fifth level has once again reached its peak. four.

But this has not changed. If the empire loses its emperor, the entire country will fall apart and there will be no possibility of salvation.

The current empire only has three fifth-level officials: Axel, the emperor's defender, Nethaniel, commander of the First Army, and Bai Ji, the governor of Icewind Valley. The Setal Empire is still the most powerful force in all of Terra, but it is by no means unchallengeable.

After all, Bai Ji is a Warcraft. Even if he vows to regard the empire as his homeland and the people of the empire are no different from his descendants, no one really thinks that the Ice Wind Butterfly King will contribute to the development and conquest of the empire.

Therefore, Feiyandi will confront the empire head-on without fear.

So……

What exactly is the Flying Flame Land?

There is no need to think about this question or wait for someone to answer it.

Because the thing that best represents the spirit and image of Feiyan has come to Ian and others.

Under the night sky, the invisible cold wind stirred up the gloomy rain clouds, and the dull thunder rolled in the clouds. From time to time, it would brighten for a moment among the deep and dense clouds, and then dim again.

At the top of the Holy Mountain of Qiangang, the white-haired lord stood on the edge of the platform, overlooking the noisy dust and mist rising on the other side of the mountain.

The trajectory from the northwest goes straight forward, whether it is the village of the mountain people, the mountains of Baisen, the jungles, hills, rivers, lakes along the way... No matter what it is, everything is covered by that extreme power. Violence rolled over and became the road beneath them.

This power is enough to destroy cities and tear armies apart. It can conquer barbarism and make civilization retreat.

They are the Constructed Knights of Flying Flame Land, one of the most powerful armies in the world, and the hammers used by kings to punish all living beings.

Ian looked intently.

They were three similar but inconsistent steel giants. The three were forty meters high. They were inhuman giants constructed of pure metal, flames and inscriptions.

Their armored shells exuded the cold beauty of industrial design, and the tightly seamed armor pieces were assembled into an almost human-shaped upper body. There was a vertical crack in the area where the head should be, and in the center of the crack was a flashing scorching eye. From the glorious red crystal core, a powerful psychic field flows out, flowing along with the dense inscription plating, splicing the parts to the armor.

Its lower body is a base connected with either two, four or even six mechanical legs. Each construct is different. Similarly, the 'arms' of each construct are also different. Some of the same weapons are psychic shield generators, some are giant continuous alchemical cannons, and some are electric molten hot axes - but no matter what kind of weapons they are, they are powerful enough to suppress an entire city.

These weapons can usually be retracted into their bases, and inside the bases and their bodies are hidden a huge amount of weapons reserves, and even automatic ammunition manufacturing plants and intelligent fire control centers, allowing them to adapt to any environment.

They are the Titans of this era. As these mechanical colossi charge, they are also spewing source light mist visible to the naked eye from all over their bodies. Line-like light patterns start from the crystal cores on the heads of these colossi. The starting point spreads, and finally spreads to the whole body, emitting thunderous light that suddenly gets stronger and weaker.

This is a very advanced psychic shield that can even offset the wear and tear of parts.

"This is the Constructed Knight..."

Ian's eyes flashed with a silver-blue halo, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "This is not a knight at all...I didn't even see the driver...right?!"

Ian calmed down and was slightly startled: "There is no body in the construct, but there is soul reaction - these knights all have only 'souls'?!"

"They inhabit their souls in this huge construct and control these war weapons?!"

Ian almost gasped.

He finally understood what the full name of the Construct Knight, ‘Mobile Fortress for Sustainable Combat’, meant!

——Yes, only souls, only beings that do not need the body, can fight forever. And isn't such a huge mechanical structure just a mobile fortress?

"Most of the Constructed Knights are those who were physically damaged due to accidents and had problems with their bloodline true form cultivation, but they are strong-willed and have intact souls. They voluntarily gave up their bodies and integrated into the 'spiritual weapon' to achieve success."

Staring at the construct knight in the distance, Elder Manya stood on the top of the holy mountain with a deep tone, as if he was recalling the past in the distant past: "They gave up most of their human instincts and minds and transformed themselves into genuine butcher machine souls. , the most terrifying executioner, became the 'knight' of the most terrifying mount, the 'giant war construct unit'!"

"Just one Constructed Knight can capture a city!"

——Moreover, it is more than enough to conquer a primitive world before the atomic age.

Ian admired in his heart, and he even felt a little familiar with the appearance of the Construct Knight... The Construct Knight was obviously related to some kind of pre-era technology, and should be used to deal with future alien colonization and suppress the giant battles of primitive indigenous people on living planets. unit.

After the Skyfall disaster, the prototype of this technology was obtained by Fei Yandi and transformed into the terrifying war weapon it is today.

And these most terrifying weapons of war are heading towards the Holy Mountain of Qiangang.

At this moment, Ian is thinking about a question.

——Excluding all prejudices, discriminations, and hostile perspectives, what exactly is Flying Flame Land?

He already has an answer.

The Flying Flame Land is about persistence, fighting, retribution, the boldness and violence of acting as one pleases - the bloodline of Nirmathas originating from the waves of the sea and the bloodline of Absalom originating from the mountains and hills. The two ancient bloodlines eventually became known as the Flying Flame Land under the oppression of the Setar Empire.

——What we can’t get will be destroyed, and what doesn’t belong to us will be destroyed.

——We are the hammer, we are the punishment, using the principle of flying flames as the law, we wield the sword of punishment.

——Those who disobey should be completely eliminated!

Just by looking at him, you can sense this kind of persistent belief that is almost crazy.

"What incredibly determined souls... No wonder they can control such giants with their own minds and display incredible fighting power."

The young lord sighed, but was not afraid at all: "Fortunately, we are not bad either."

"Even better."

Behind the boy from the White People, a pitch-black tower stood on the top of the holy mountain, amidst the thundering clouds.

The visible thunder light slowly revolves around this prismatic tower. The dragon god's sacrificial fire is no longer in the form of flames at this moment. The energy supply modules of the steel holy mountain and the shimmering cradle system were fine-tuned by Ian. Now it has turned into a straight white light pillar, serving as the central energy source of the super giant magnetic storm coil.

Its brilliance was obscured by clouds and hidden in the long dark night.

Waiting for Ian's instructions.

The Constructed Knights have arrived at the original location of Avod's tribe. The residents there have long been evacuated and their valuable properties have been transferred. However, when these steel giants galloped past, the trampled and shaking ground still burst into cracks, The stone houses and buildings were all crushed and collapsed, creating large swaths of smoke and dust.

Elder Manya watched all this with an expressionless face. It was not until these giant statues came within the attack range of the giant magnetic storm coil that he clenched his fists: "Now?"

"hold on."

Ian opened his eyes slightly, and just a few seconds later, when all the knights came within the attack range of the giant magnetic storm coil, he raised his hand and waved decisively: "Now!"

boom!

In an instant, there was a thunderous sound between heaven and earth.

A pure white light rose from the holy mountain of steel, like the rising morning sun, and sank straight into the endless dark cloudy tower.

At this moment, the purest source of energy swept through the natural spiritual energy field, breaking through all the rain clouds and fog around the holy mountain. This pure white light was gradually converted into thunder and roar as it continued to flow. , the arc streamer visible to the naked eye passed through all the clouds within a radius of hundreds of miles in an instant——

Then they all gathered back and gathered at the top of the tower.

A cyan thunder sun formed.

The dawn of the white night shone on the earth, causing the construct knights who were rushing in silence to slow down their pace.

【what is that? 】

[The mountain people’s dragon god sacrifices fire? But that doesn’t have any lethality]

[No, it’s an electromagnetic weapon! And it’s an extremely high-energy electromagnetic weapon! 】

Rushing all the way, even if the construct knights who possess the crushing power have completely stripped away all negative emotions, the scene of the terrifying electric current crisscrossing the top of the sky still makes their souls feel a little numb—— But before they could make any decision, under the guidance of Ian.

The thunder has struck down in the rumble!

At this moment, the thunder sun at the top of the super giant magnetic storm coil became extremely dazzling, just like a real star releasing its own light and heat - a blue-white thunder light visible to the naked eye separated from the surface of the sun, tearing countless The arc of electricity shot out diagonally toward the extremely dense clouds in the sky, like a fountain.

Then, these thunders pouring into the clouds gathered the power of the whole nature, and fell vertically in the direction of the construct knights in the form of thousands of thunder!

There was not just one blue-white lightning, but one after another - they converged in the direction pointed by Ian's right hand and fell.

Like a rainstorm made of thunder.

A lightning storm has arrived.

The Constructed Knights instantly fell into an endless sea of ​​thunder. Countless lightning strikes and magnetic storm interference bound them firmly in place. The strong psychic shields around them were flashing, resisting this ultra-high energy level. Thunder and rain.

Although the energy system originating from the Holy Mountain of Steel cannot supply the King of the Mountain with healing, it is definitely the most powerful one at the third energy level. The reason why Ian can use it is because he uses the 'Pure Dust Dragon' 's heart-protecting shell' - it was the third-level electromagnetic monster material obtained from Jiamube that allowed Ian to create the super-giant magnetic storm coil in the first place, and the energy of this holy mountain will also be purified This is the most thorough tempering of the Warcraft material at the core of the tower.

【This is a brand new weapon! 】

[What are the intelligence agencies doing? ! 】

The Constructed Knights were shocked and angry. They had indeed thought that they would encounter resistance. No matter it was the army of the empire, the title knights, or even the third-level mountain people and the descendants of the Mountain King, they were not afraid of them. , all have the confidence to break through the defense line head-on, destroy the holy mountain and walk away.

But the enemy against them is not a specific enemy, but the entire natural field with the Holy Mountain of Qiangang as its core.

However, even so, naturally it cannot be compared with the Constructed Knight.

——Of course they are also defeated!

【——The furnace core exceeds the limit——】

The core energy supply system of the leader of the Iron Colossus was overclocked. Accompanied by a tremolo that sounded like a low roar, scarlet light lit up from the red crystal on his head. He raised the molten battle ax in his hand and slashed forward, a red streak The colored light took the ax blade as its source and continued to extend forward, shattering the endless magnetic storm in front of him.

Not only that - the light extended to thousands of meters away and fell on a mountain peak. The dense forest was instantly ignited, and the entire mountain peak shook violently, like an earthquake, a landslide and a tsunami-like loud noise even briefly overwhelmed it. There was thunder and lava flowed over the mountain.

【Charge with me! 】

In an instant, the leading construct knight even broke free from the prison built by Thunder, allowing the entire giant construct to break forward and continue running towards the Holy Mountain!

And it was at this moment that Ian shouted: "Now!"

"Xio!"

Then the swift dragon shadow broke through the clouds and swooped down quickly. Xio opened his mouth, and a translucent fire beam mixed with scarlet light slanted through half of the sky and the earth.

This virtual fire burns the spiritual energy of the soul. Although it cannot shake the soul of the construct knight that is permanently blessed with a mechanized mind, it is enough to shatter the psychic shield surrounding the construct knight's body.

The fire of the virtual realm burned the illusory shield on the surface of the construct. At first, it was just cracks as fine as a spider web. Then it began to collapse and collapse into holes. The huge cracks spread, making the glorious armor on the surface of the entire construct knight disappear. Begins to twist and convex.

Without the protection of the psychic shield, the terrifying surge of energy when the Construct Knight overloads the heart of the furnace may even damage its own structure.

Facing the breath of the real dragon, even the construct knight could not ignore it. The leading construct knight staggered back, two of its four mechanical legs even knelt down, and the high-intensity current shattered its support frame.

Naturally, Ian would not let go of this opportunity.

The super giant magnetic storm coil began to charge for the second time. This time, it was no longer a thunder prison that focused on restraint, but a magnetic storm flow that directly shattered everything.

But in contrast, the three Constructed Knights seemed to have fully realized that the enemy's intensity was far beyond their expectations. These experienced Feiyan warriors immediately got close to each other, and the two team members helped them up. His captain, the inscription circuits on their bodies began to contact and merge with each other, forming a temporary steel fortress, sharing psychic shields.

And this fortress can even move forward. It forcibly carries the steady stream of thunder in the sky, and moves towards the Holy Mountain with steps that shake the earth - Xio can't get close, and the tops of their heads shoot out extremely thick streaks. The high-heat rays pierced the clouds and cut the sky into more than a dozen pieces, forcing the real dragon to dodge at high speed in the air.

When had the surrounding mountain people ever seen this situation before? The steel giant they had never seen before came from the distant mountains and trampled on the pace of destroying the town. This powerful enemy trampling on the mountains was originated from the Holy Mountain. blocked by lightning.

The thunder is like rain, and the real dragon soars in the sky to fight with the enemy.

Everything is like a legend.

They held their breath and hid in the mountain shelter arranged for them by Manya, but many people still couldn't bear it and stuck their heads out of the cave entrance to watch this scene.

In the burning clouds and the diffuse water vapor, they saw in the distance a pure white lightning falling from the top of the holy mountain.

It is the fire of the wrath of heaven.

On the ground, the steel structure fortress also roared forward. After they got the order, they must carry it out.

——If there is always a goal that must be achieved, if there is always a belief that must be practiced, then let them collide.

All beliefs and dreams will come to fruition in a thorough collision.

The shattering sound of one party is exactly the sound of the other party's footsteps heading farther away.

Just like this moment.

When the white lightning fell and struck the constructed fortress, an extremely dazzling light bloomed, followed closely by a huge shock wave that swept in all directions, and a small mushroom cloud rose in place.

There was a loud roar, and under the watchful eyes of all the mountain people, the thundering prophet fulfilled his prophecy.