Terra 775, June 1st, on the snowy top of the Baisen Mountains, in the Holy Land Square.
A review ceremony is being held.
The Xiahui Band played "Dawn Star", the religious music of the Chongling Sect, and the sect's priests wore exoskeleton armor and walked onto the Snowfield Square in neat formations.
Their movements were uniform. The helmets they were equipped with were sharp triangles, like some kind of eagles and owls. The alchemy furnace behind them was very special. It was very different from the common alchemy furnaces in the empire, and its power was more stable.
There are obvious psychic fluctuations on these armors, which are obviously a set of sublimated equipment.
Such luxurious equipment is obviously far beyond everyone's imagination. Although the Yinfeng family does not yet have its own etheric weapons, more than twenty sublimation armors can be regarded as "inherited".
Yes - this is the power that the Chongling Sect and almost all the mountain people's dragon god belief system have come up with through their own wealth. But being able to integrate the mountain people is enough to prove Earl Yinfeng's methods.
In the surrounding stands, the expressions of non-imperial forces were mostly exclamation and emotion, while many imperial nobles showed different expressions.
Some people try their best to suppress it, but they still feel like they have eaten something disgusting. Some people have expressionless faces, but they are vaguely happy.
For this Earl of Silver Peak, most of the imperial nobles felt it was inconceivable - it had only been more than two years since he was awarded the title of knight, and it had only been more than a year since he was awarded the title of baron.
From the first to the third, the title also goes from baron to earl.
Although in the follow-up, everyone also understands that this Earl of Silver Peak has probably been trained by the First Knight since he was a child, and has long been a first-level sublimator. His spiritual power is also the chosen prophet, and the progress of sublimation is fast.
As it should.
But the title really makes too many people jealous and envious.
The imperial titles are roughly divided into the local nobility of "baron and viscount", and the core nobility of "count and marquis".
To put it simply, a baron is a noble who is responsible for managing a territory in a certain province. A viscount is a frontier noble who is responsible for both developing and fighting the natives and warcraft. Their responsibilities are grassroots officials, but the division of labor is slightly different. Because the viscount requires more force,
So the strength will be relatively stronger.
The earl is the noble who is responsible for managing a key area in the empire, and the marquis is the great noble who guards the border. The large barons and viscounts are just like that.
After most nobles get their titles, they need to spend several generations to accumulate merits, improve their sublimated bloodline, use etheric weapons to deduce bloodline abilities, develop their territories and accumulate wealth... Finally, they need to have an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so that they can
Receive a higher title.
But what about Ian?
The goblin bloodline is most likely originally derived from the First Knight. It is so mature that there is no need to deduce it.
The territory was taken away from the sacred land of the mountain people for free, and later the mountain people were subdued, again for free.
In the end, the wealth of the territory... This is more difficult to understand. It feels like Ian made money to support the territory, accumulated the first pot of gold, and then began to develop rapidly, but in general, the prophet can do whatever he wants to make money.
!
"If I were also a prophet..."
"I can do this kind of thing too!"
"Damn it, isn't it just a matter of having a good teacher? If I were also the disciple of the First Knight..."
"Where does this Ian come from with such a big face? Why does everyone seem to want to make friends and invest in him?!"
This idea emerged in endlessly, especially among the nobles of Nanling. They were all barons and viscounts. When they encountered the expansion of Earl Ian's territorial power, they really couldn't resist. Even if they suffered a loss, they could only swallow their anger.
In their hearts, they really wanted Ian to die soon.
But they didn't dare to show it on the surface.
Because the 'messengers' around Ian are even more important.
Deputy Minister of the Empire’s Ministry of Truth, fourth-level ‘Fuyue Shanpeng’ bloodline, Count Im Deir Zaev.
The true dragon ‘King of the Mountain’ Amoknostil. The true dragon ‘Freedom Tutor’ Skaresemore.
City of Knowledge, Lord of Molten Iron Spire, Romani Molten Iron.
And a red killer whale!
Yes, after successfully defeating a number of competitors, the envoy of the Fairy Village of Falling Star City, Dongyu Jishuang, once again successfully obtained the opportunity to travel at public expense and came to Xiahui Territory!
But this time, because instructor Gan Song received research funding, she did not come.
Hua An and Shuang Die both rode on the frozen fish mentor and flew happily on the fish.
The three goblins and several other goblins who had also seized the opportunity to travel were flying around in the air, very much like big moths flapping their edges, but no one dared to say a word.
It's not because of any other reasons - let alone goblins, even if it's a really big moth flying around at the speed of sound, who dares to speak?
In addition, Viscount Grant's family and Marquis Barton's family are also here, and Elder Puder also brought Elan - the core members of Ian's family, except for Shark Shark and Qing Tong, who can only soak in the sea.
, everything that should come has come.
The eldest prince Carlos originally wanted to come. After all, with the power of light, it only takes two seconds for him to come and go. However, as an important figure in the royal family, it is not easy for him to appear at a groundbreaking ceremony in such a place. It is easy for him to be too high-profile.
Taking over the host.
Although no one came, he still wrote a handwritten letter to congratulate Chongling Sect on getting on the right track.
"This is just the beginning."
Ian stood on the central high platform, overlooking the members of the Chongling Sect in the square. He raised his hand to indicate the next step, and at the same time said to the deputy minister Earl Im next to him: "Next, the Chongling Sect will
He will prove that he has indeed mastered all the techniques required by the local Orthodox Church."
"I'll wait and see."
Count Im is a middle-aged man with gray hair and red eyes, with a kind face - at least he has always been very kind to Ian.
He is a friend of Master Gosei and one of the supporters of the eldest prince.
However, his kindness to Ian was not just because of the favor of his friends or the respect that several princes and princesses had for Ian... The reason why the deputy minister of the empire's confidential department was kind to Ian was because he saw him
Various reform achievements centered on Xiahui City.
He saw the well-made canned food, the food factories operating around the clock, and the people living happily, happily and safely on this land.
——When people become educated, they will not only become a destabilizing factor in society...can they also participate in more efficient social production...
——The knowledge spread by His Majesty (Axel) may be an attempt to create such a society.
He didn't say much. Count Im watched all this in silence, but when he looked at the energetic young lord in front of him, his already aging heart began to throb a little for the first time in a long time.
Industrial upgrading, technological progress, social reform, civilization promotion... He has heard all of these words, seen them all, and imagined them all.
It also failed.
so……
——The world that the late emperor dreamed of, after success, even if it is just a territory, maybe this is it?
More vibrant, happier...
He doesn't know the answer. So he'll look.
"Start!"
With an order, following Ian's gesture, the Chongling Sect's exoskeleton armor alchemy furnace in the Snowfield Square began to operate at full capacity - the exoskeleton armor plates on their backs suddenly stood up and bloomed one after another, while the dark inscription patterns on the surface gradually changed.
Turning golden and red, the twenty-two alchemy furnace cores became twenty-two field base points, and they activated an even larger array beneath the Snowy Frost Sky Square.
Buzz——
At this moment, as the whole world shook slightly, invisible ripples began to spread around the square.
All the spectators who participated in the groundbreaking ceremony on the high platform, including those nobles and ascendants, whether they were interested or bored before, now raised their heads and stared at the center of the square with burning eyes.
There, with the four 'priests' in the center as the core, an extremely intense golden-red spiritual light lit up. The entire spiritual energy field on the top of the snow was affected by these inscription formations. The spiritual energy was visible to the naked eye.
The light converged from all directions, eventually forming a slowly rotating vortex right above the square.
And in the center of this vortex, a stream of light suddenly bloomed and fell straight into the center of the huge inscription array.
Four psykers are in the middle of releasing their 'protection psionic power' with all their strength!
Ian also watched this scene solemnly.
Among the four psykers who are releasing the sheltering psionic energy, the leader is Miles, and the other three are the three most suitable for sheltering psionic energy from the entire Silver Peak Territory.
Ian guided them to awaken the corresponding spiritual energy, and now, they must use their own power to activate the foundation of the future "Frost Sky Dome", the super-giant protective array "Frost Sky Blessing" that covers most of the snow dome!
Using the Heart of Terra as an intermediary, the mutual resonance increases, and its effect is fully sufficient to activate. Ian also predicted success, but when it came to reality, he was still a little excited.
Because only if he succeeds at this moment can many future plans be launched in sequence.
Fortunately, as the natural psychic field resonated with the inscription array, the golden-red protective shield expanded, covering the entire square, the high platforms surrounding the square, and even the Dragon Bone Peak behind the high platform.
From a distance, it looks like a golden-red semicircle covering the snow-white mountains and plains.
For a moment, the heavy snow that had been flying stopped, because all the flying snow flakes were blocked by the protective shield.
The groundbreaking ceremony was a success.
"It's amazing, the psychic auras of these four psykers are exactly the same... The Chongling Sect has indeed mastered the inheritance of psychic powers, and it is also a rare 'protective type'!"
"Although I have the help of the right location, the strength of this protective spiritual energy is very high. Have you noticed it? Within the scope of this spiritual energy, I feel that my physical fitness has become stronger?"
"It actually has the effect of enhancing friendly allies? In this way, even if the shield is broken, the enhanced physical fitness can still block the attack!"
"But how does it identify ourselves and the enemy? Does it mean that it is strengthened if it is located inside?"
"This is probably the internal secret of Chongling Sect. In any case, Chongling Sect should not be underestimated!"
Everyone present was amazed.
From the very beginning, when the Chongling Sect showed off its new exoskeleton armor design that was different from other forces, they vaguely understood that this sect was not just a small sect that just defrauded some villagers of their money. It had truly mastered the core technology.
, the local great sect that rules one side with its eight classics!
And Earl Yinfeng is indeed worthy of his reputation, and he will definitely become a brand new legend in the future!
Although theoretically, the construction of the Frost Sky Dome, the protagonist of this groundbreaking ceremony, has not yet started, but just the performance of this square and the Chongling Sect, no one doubts whether they can succeed in the construction - what everyone thinks is, I will go now
Is it still too late to show good intentions?
"That's it."
But some people still commented sourly: "These exoskeleton armors are just toys. If they really meet the armor, they will be crushed to pieces. As for this shelter dome, in the final analysis, it can only defend, and wait for the defense to be destroyed."
If it is broken, the people inside should still be defeated."
Regarding their views, Ian’s view is ‘They are right!’. Exoskeleton armor is indeed inferior to armor. The main reason is that it is cheap and easy to popularize...but what is really important is not this. Convenience
Rather, these exoskeletons, as well as some other combat figures... are all capable of being controlled by no one, and are loaded with more powerful and powerful high-power and high-precision weapons that ordinary people cannot use at all.
Even if they are not directly controlled by the Heart of Terra, but are only assisted by the Heart of Terra, the soldiers wearing these exoskeleton armors can all be as accurate as if the 'auxiliary aiming system' is turned on, and they are no different from the corners of bullets.
.
Even if a soldier is injured and unconscious, these exoskeleton armors can bring the person back to the base for treatment!
Intelligent core plus information system.
This is Ian's real trump card.
But right now.
Ian suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance, his brows furrowed and his eyes solemn.
A few seconds later, Marquis Barton also frowned slightly and took out a crystal plate from his arms. After scanning the content on it, the old Marquis's eyes widened. It was obvious that the information above made him feel extremely shocked.
"Ian."
The old man greeted softly: "Something happened..."
"I know……"
Ian whispered: "Someone is trying to attack Xiahui City. I have set up a protective array there. Theoretically, there will be no accidents... But they chose the time very well. It is clear that there are no spies in my city.
, how did they obtain the situation at the groundbreaking ceremony?”
"Huh? Has Xiahui City also been attacked?"
But the Marquis of Barton was slightly stunned. He said seriously: "No, that's not what I'm talking about - Ian, Nauman City has been attacked!"
"Not only that... Isa Territory, Bonya Territory, Lal Territory... More than five territories in the entire South Ridge have suffered sudden large-scale attacks!"
"Taking advantage of the fact that the leading figures of Nanling have gathered on top of the heavy snow, the Feiyan Special Forces have launched a general attack on Nanling!"
This time it was Ian who was slightly startled: "The whole Nanling?"
No.
Not just the entire Nanling.
A few minutes later, Earl Im also received the communication. After reading the content, his expression changed slightly. Even a wealthy man like him could not control his emotions.
"Ian." He walked closer and whispered, "It's something big."
——Feiyandi launched a full-scale attack.
It's not autumn, but earlier.
At this time when everyone was unexpected, Feiyandi and Junling Castle pressed in from the northwest and launched a full-scale attack on the empire.
Although the Cangtian Royal Court in the east is still at odds with Gantrygum and Canaan Moore, the powerful Royal Court will definitely be able to dispatch a mobile fleet to invade the eastern front in a few days.
The empire will be attacked soon.
However, Nanling, as the rear area, encountered an extraordinary raid.
A devastating destruction of productivity.
"My territory?!"
"What, Flying Flame Land? How is that possible? I obviously..."
"Damn it, they lied to me!?"
Soon, other imperial nobles also received the news one after another. Their expressions changed suddenly, and some even turned purple.
Moreover, from the words of some people, it can be vaguely heard that these nobles were more or less connected with Feiyan Land in the past... but now is not the time to pursue this.
Explosions, suicide bombs, plague biological attacks, and elite teams cutting off energy and water supplies, spreading poison gas bombs and various chemical weapons in civilian areas...
After a year of silence, Nanling's Feiyan agents launched an unprecedented combat operation behind enemy lines.
Although the Silver Peak Territory is like an iron wall that cannot be penetrated at all, the other minor nobles and knight estates are really attacking at will, and it is impossible for anyone to react.
In just a few minutes, the loss of information received by the noble lords can make them feel that their hearts have stopped... and the most terrifying thing is those nobles who have not received the loss report.
They were a little lucky at first, but later their faces turned as white as the snow on the ice field.
Because according to the current situation, it is absolutely impossible for Feiyandi's attack to miss anyone. The reason why there is no news about their territory is not because they have not been attacked, but because... the attack is too terrifying.
Their territory is no longer able to send messages to the outside world.
"Ian, what happened?"
The envoys from other countries have now roughly understood the current situation. Most of them look unhappy, some are nervous, and are afraid of being involved.
It is not easy for them to directly intervene in the direct dispute between the two countries, so the real dragon and the goblin also set their sights on Ian.
Although it is said that neither real dragons nor goblins will interfere in the disputes between humans... but Ian can be a human, a dragon, and a goblin. If he really needs help, even if he doesn't take action directly, whether it is
Both the King of the Mountain and the Frozen Fish Tutor are willing to help.
But Ian did not speak.
At this time, he must not speak. He is an imperial noble and the future leader of Nanling. During the war between the empire and Feiyandi, he must not speak rashly and let other inhuman forces take action.
In this regard, he must be a pure imperial man in order to gain the trust of all parties in the empire.
Not to mention, only if he handles this attack as a pure imperial noble, the Silver Peak Leader and the Chongling Sect will not be looked down upon.
"I'll handle it myself."
So, the prophet took a deep breath and jumped into the sky.
On top of the heavy snow, the power of the entire psychic field was shaken by Ian's actions - with the full force of 'Fairy Ian' located in the center of Ian's body, the ice-blue water element emitted from his body.
It burst out from the center and turned into a pair of flying wings.
The snow clouds in the sky were rolled up and condensed by his power, and finally turned into two whirlpools of snow that roared like turbine engines.
Boom - activated by the huge, alien-shaped vortex wings, Ian showed the full power of the third-level elf. The power of heaven and earth gathered in him, and he controlled this natural ice wave that was comparable to a big blizzard.
Heading quickly towards Xiahui City.
Behind him, the real dragon and the fairies looked at each other.
Ian's friends also followed suit, flew up, and followed Ian away.
Soon.
As he flew rapidly at supersonic speed, Ian could soon see Xiahui City and the 'crisis' that Xiahui City was currently facing.
That's an empty boat.
An airship is falling, falling towards the center of the city!
This is the crisis that Ian foresaw a few months ago - even if he had foreseen it, it was difficult to know what it was, and when it was discovered, it was already an unstoppable crisis!
An empty boat filled with fuel fell from an altitude of thousands of meters with countless hostages inside!
A meteorite bomb capable of destroying half a city!