Chapter 1 The Dragon-Quenching Fire Sea

　　A massive gate was forged from the dragon-quenching fire sea, standing across the collapsed city front of the Gu Fort.

　　The Legion Commander's cloak danced wildly in the raging fire and fierce wind. She stood guard at the junction between the Gu Fort and the North Continent's interior, her domain wide open!

　　The Legion Commander's murderous intent surged, enveloping her entire body in elemental power. At this moment, every strand of her hair danced in the wind, sparkling like flowing fire. The low-level Traveler race creatures that crashed into the Gu Fort's territory collided madly in the dragon-quenching fire sea, ninety-nine percent of them incinerated into ashes!

　　But...

　　Their numbers were too vast.

　　Even if this breakout had only a one percent success rate, there were still many "survivors" who managed to escape the dragon-quenching domain!

　　"Bang, bang, bang!"

　　Lin Lin操操纵操纵the airship, pouring out all the bullets. He had completely abandoned the idea of retreat.

　　Either stop the Travelers here with Zi Yu,

　　Or... die in the Gu Fort!

　　Several forts near the Gu Fort had already begun urgently mobilizing source energy boats for reinforcements. According to Lin Lin's calculations, the two of them needed to hold this place for ten minutes.

　　Ten minutes, this time seemed very short! But in reality...

　　What they had to face was the pressure from the entire Traveler race!

　　In just a dozen seconds.

　　The Traveler low-level creatures that rushed out of the dragon-quenching domain had increased from a dozen to hundreds, and the number was still increasing.

　　The elementalized Legion Commander looked a little pale.

　　Her mental strength and source substance reserves were being rapidly consumed. The reason was simple -

　　The dragon-quenching domain was carrying out a massive slaughter, and those low-level creatures were crashing head-on into the sea of fire. They were fragile, easily broken, but crazy enough.

　　For Zi Yu's strength to kill a Traveler race low-level creature was equivalent to crushing an ant.

　　Her domain, 【Long Yan】, happened to be a large-scale group attack.

　　In theory, she completely countered these Travelers. But now the situation was the opposite.

　　Crushing an ant, no matter how small, still required effort.

　　This consumption was certainly small.

　　But if you had to crush a thousand ants... would the effort required still be small?

　　At this moment, the Traveler race was dispatching far more than just a thousand, ten thousand, or even hundreds of thousands of "suicide attackers"!

　　Many ants can kill an elephant, that was the principle.

　　Zi Yu's extraordinary source matter was being consumed at an extremely rapid rate. If it were normal, she could adjust by shrinking the domain... but now she had no choice. Once the Traveler race's low-level creatures broke through the Gu Fort's gap and entered the North Continent's interior, it would be very difficult to carry out a comprehensive "blockade."

　　How vast and boundless was the North Continent? They could hide, multiply, and give birth to offspring, and then, like unkillable maggots, frantically reproduce and spread throughout the North Continent's interior.

　　From zero to one, and then to thousands upon thousands.

　　It would only take a few months, or even less!

　　So she must not retreat, nor could she shrink the domain. How big the gap in the Gu Fort was, that was how big her 【Long Yan】 needed to cover!

　　"Hold on! Hold on!"

　　Lin Lin's roar echoed in the air.

　　More and more black shadows broke through the 【Long Yan】 domain, which meant that the Legion Commander's power was gradually weakening.

　　Lin Lin saw this scene...

　　He tried to use his voice to encourage Zi Yu.

　　But the sea of fire under the domain's cover gradually became thin, and Zi Yu's breathing also became rapid.

　　The strength of a titled transcendent was certainly powerful.

　　But they were only "humans," without having touched the origin or achieved the ultimate life leap.

　　For Zi Yu to hold open 【Long Yan】 to cover the Gu Fort and maintain full firepower was already an act of "overdrafting."

　　She was constantly squeezing her spirit, but human power has its limits.

　　Judging from the Traveler race's constantly increasing attack frequency, the 【Long Yan】 domain at its peak could only be maintained for three more minutes at most. Wanting to hold out until reinforcements arrived... the hope was渺茫.

　　"Shrink the domain, I'll take care of the stragglers."

　　Lin Lin was actually doing the same thing as the Legion Commander – extreme overdrafting.

　　At this moment, his spirit was more focused than ever before.

　　Although Zhu Xue had improved the equipment inventory of this small source energy boat, wanting to survive this hellish ten minutes of death in the face of the Travelers' fierce human wave tactics required each strike to accurately hit the target.

　　"Shrink the domain, can you handle it?"

　　Zi Yu was not a reckless person. After listening to Lin Lin's suggestion, she only hesitated for a second before asking.

　　If she could shrink the domain and adjust her breathing.

　　Not too long, just ten seconds... her 【Long Yan】 could be released a second time in full force!

　　"Don't worry, Aunt Wen... I'm not an impulsive person."

　　Lin Lin smiled and said, "Leave it to me."

　　This time, he didn't call her Legion Commander.

　　Instead, he called her Aunt Wen.

　　The Legion Commander was silent for a few seconds, and then made a choice: she slowly raised two fingers, aimed at the sea of fire in front of her, and began to cut. The 【Long Yan】 domain began to shrink. In an instant, dense black shadows broke through the Gu Fort's gate and rushed in. Hundreds of blood flowers bloomed as Lin Lin maintained a fast, accurate, and ruthless suppression of firepower, blasting every Traveler creature that rushed out of the Gu Fort's gate to pieces!

　　Zi Yu didn't know that Lin Lin, who was sitting in the airship at this moment, had blood flowing from his eyes and nostrils.

　　This was a manifestation of mental overdraft.

　　Not to mention Zi Yu.

　　Even Lin Lin himself didn't know that blood was flowing from his seven orifices.

　　He kept pouring firepower at the collapsed city gate in front of him, venting his anger. His whole person was in a state of extreme excitement. Fatigue and pain were far away from this body at this moment. He struck the invaders of the 【Old World】 with all his might, wishing he could shatter every bone of every Traveler creature!

　　"Rumble!"

　　Ten seconds later, the 【Long Yan】 domain was released for the second time, and the sea of fire once again enveloped the gate of the Gu Fort.

　　The number of Traveler creatures that rushed out of the fire curtain sharply decreased!

　　But the "suppression" in front of them was only temporary. Only half of the calculated "ten minutes" had passed... At this moment, both Zi Yu and Lin Lin had reached the "critical value." If they continued to hold on like this, let alone holding out until the border reinforcements arrived, they were afraid that their own spirits would collapse first.

　　"Hiss!"

　　A slight tearing sound rang out in the sea of fire.

　　Zi Yu, who was in charge of 【Long Yan】 and burning the entire Gu Fort, suddenly sensed a familiar mental aura. A gleam of light flashed in her gray eyes!

　　In her spiritual sense.

　　A lithe and slender figure swept into the Gu Fort from the Umbrella Defense Line. The figure wore a bamboo hat, and its steps were fine and sharp, hacking and slashing in the tide of Traveler creatures that poured in, carving out a straight path.

　　The刀法displayed by that transcendent life was extremely exquisite, and every knife was not superfluous - it was killing for "advancement"!

　　Every time the knife was swung, it could ensure that it could quickly advance a distance, and the end point of its advancement was the main gate of the Gu Fort.

　　Zi Yu had never seen such a strange life. She should have been vigilant, but a wisp of flame was burning on the bamboo hat of that transcendent life, and that wisp of flame gave Zi Yu an unprecedented sense of security.

　　The wisp of fire burning between the eyebrows of this transcendent life was extremely similar to Gu Shen's "Blazing Fire" aura!

　　Zi Yu immediately guessed the identity of the visitor.

　　This was the "Red Shadow" personally forged by the Lord of Melting Iron that Gu Shen had mentioned!

　　The bamboo-armored transcendent life in front of her perfectly matched Gu Shen's description in terms of combat skills and the path it was taking... The arrival of the Traveler race was too sudden. Zi Yu, who was forced to meet the enemy at the Gu Fort, temporarily forgot that a starship was parked outside the Gu Fort at this moment.

　　Gu Shen and Bai Xiu would never sit idly by!

　　So...

　　The real reinforcements had arrived, no need for ten minutes!

　　They came from the 【Old World】, they were Gu Shen and Bai Xiu!

　　"Hiss, hiss!"

　　Continuous sounds of刀光炸响came. Not just one Red Shadow fearlessly cut into the battlefield, and their goals were the same: to cut into the battlefield, and to arrive at the main gate of the Gu Fort, and to join forces with Zi Yu and Lin Lin.

　　After confirming the identity of the allies, Zi Yu immediately released the suppression of the 【Long Yan】 domain!

　　A total of nine Red Shadows advanced rapidly. They cut and slashed all the way, broke through the fire curtain, and arrived in front of Zi Yu and Lin Lin.

　　The reason why there were nine Red Shadows was because Xiao Xiu had restrained a wisp of mind power to ensure that the Initial Ship would not be attacked. He only controlled one body.

　　As soon as the Red Shadow appeared, the pressure on the 【Long Yan】 domain was greatly reduced. The number of Traveler low-level creatures that broke through the fire curtain also sharply decreased. Lin Lin, who was driving the airship, was still in a state of extreme mental overdraft a few seconds ago, but now he suddenly returned to the embarrassing situation of being "invincible." The 【Long Yan】 domain became unusually quiet. Ninety percent of the Traveler creatures that crashed into the Gu Fort were incinerated, and the rest were slaughtered by the Red Shadow. The Gu Fort had temporarily formed a "vacuum zone."

　　Bang, bang, bang

　　After arriving at the Gu Fort and completing the meeting, several alloy boxes were thrown out by them.

　　Lin Lin quickly opened the source energy boat's hatch and caught these boxes.

　　"These are the resources from the Initial Ship, which have been compressed. Take them."

　　The leading Red Shadow wiped his long saber and looked up.

　　Lin Lin's expression was complicated. His throat churned, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you."

　　"Why be so polite between you and me?"

　　The Red Shadow nodded slightly and didn't say much.

　　In order to escort the Initial Ship's resources safely, Gu Shen poured all his mind power into the Red Shadow. At this moment, there were seven Red Shadows on the battlefield under his control.

　　Now was not the time for small talk. Lin Lin put away these precious resources and didn't say anything more.

　　Gu Shen asked in a low voice, "Is the number of Travelers outside still increasing? Has the North Continent called for reinforcements?"

　　"I called for reinforcements as soon as possible."

　　"Now it's still short... five minutes."

　　Lin Lin looked down at the time. He said in a deep voice with red eyes, "The nearest support will take five minutes to arrive..."

　　North Continent reinforcements needed time.

　　The Travelers also needed time to open the door.

　　This attack on the Gu Fort was wave after wave.

　　The impact just now was just a prelude.

　　Gu Shen guessed that with Lin Lin and Zi Yu's personalities, they would definitely not retreat... They would vow to guard the broken gate of the Gu Fort and not allow the Travelers to step into the North Continent, but he didn't expect the achievements of these two to be so tough. They had come all the way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Gu Shen roughly calculated that in just five minutes, the Traveler creatures killed by 【Long Yan】 and the Qiang Logic Cannon bombardment had reached nearly 30,000!

　　The attack adopted by the Travelers after opening the door could not be described as not fierce.

　　This sneak attack should have been very successful.

　　But they happened to encounter Zi Yu and Lin Lin, and the "stubborn defense" of these two made a great contribution.

　　They had stubbornly dragged the battle into Gu Shen and Bai Xiu joining.

　　"Bathe!"

　　Gu Shen操操着拔出着拔出long saber.

　　Seven long sabers at the same time: The sound of wind and thunder擦出的from the scabbard was consistent.

　　Now, only in this way can he intervene in the battlefield. This is a misfortune, but also a kind of luck.

　　At least he can still contribute his own strength.

　　The other two Red Shadows also pulled out their sabers, but one of them, the Red Shadow, pulled out the saber slightly slower and looked very unskilled. It was the one操纵操纵by Gu Xiao Man.

　　"You are already close to the limit..."

　　Gu Shen said softly, "Leave the remaining five minutes to us."

　　Lin Lin and Zi Yu were stunned, just about to speak.

　　Nine Red Shadows swept out in an instant.

　　Gu Shen was using seven minds at once. The seven Red Shadows he controlled instantly turned into seven streams of light. After completing the resource handover, the Red Shadows only had the task of "slaughter." This kind of machine was developed to fight positional warfare and cage warfare. There was no terrain more suitable for them to perform than the Gu Fort battlefield!

　　The arrival of the second wave of Traveler creatures had been completed, and they began to launch a new round of attacks!

　　This time, the number of low-level creatures was even greater than before, and this time, among the Traveler creatures that descended through the 【Gate】, there were also intelligent leaders!

　　From afar, at the edge of the Umbrella Defense Line, a thin, tall, gray-winged creature was suspended, looking cold and aloof.

　　嚓嚓嚓!

　　Nine Red Shadows挥刀逆着冲着奔着奔着奔向low-level creatures of the Traveler race. The seven Red Shadows操纵操纵by Gu Shen took the lead, Bai Xiu barely followed, and Gu Xiao Man fell behind... But no matter which Red Shadow it was, the battle situation was one-sided against the low-level creatures of the Traveler race.

　　This was not a battle force of the same level at all!

　　The战刀equipped by the Red Shadows cut down these low-level creatures like chopping melons and vegetables, and even issued a crisp sound like tearing paper -

　　Muscle bones and flesh were all broken with one刀!

　　And some of the miserable people, even their souls... were not spared!

　　Gu Shen attached extremely subtle "Blazing Fire" to the foreheads of the seven Red Shadows he was driving,蕴内蕴冥王权柄!

　　Facing异族, he had no compassion at all.

　　All the Traveler creatures killed by Gu Shen, and the last ray of their souls would not be left behind!

　　It's just that... these low-level creatures really didn't have any value to utilize. Gu Shen didn't even want to give them the chance of "Pure Land Reincarnation", so their souls were directly thrown under the Su Xuan Wood to act as nourishment, which was considered to maintain the operation of the Pure Land Divine Realm!

　　Zi Yu looked at the scene in front of her with shock.

　　The battlefield that she had to expend great effort to barely suppress with 【Long Yan】, was completely crushed by just nine Red Shadows!

　　To be precise...

　　This battle had nothing to do with Gu Xiao Man and Bai Xiu. It was their first time trying "mental driving" and they were not yet熟练.

　　It was the seven Red Shadows操纵操纵by Gu Shen that completely took over the battlefield!