High-Level Martial Era

"Really?" Li Yuan looked at Xu Bo excitedly, momentarily forgetting to continue eating.

When his Fist Technique broke through to the Fourth Level, Li Yuan was very excited and joyful. He planned to share the good news with his uncle once his rank on the Starry Skies Fighting Network was raised to Fallen Star.

But when his Spear Technique stepped into the Fourth Level, Li Yuan's heart lacked that joy.

It wasn't until now, learning that Base Three had not yet fallen, that Li Yuan's somewhat suppressed mood lifted considerably.

In his heart, hope was kindled.

"Teacher, where did this information come from?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"I heard about your uncle from Zhou Qi," Xu Bo said. "The school has some of your uncle's information. Xia Country's Iron Ninth Bureau... I asked around, and the Iron Ninth Bureau's construction support teams are mainly concentrated in Bases Three and Four."

"At present, only Base Three has lost contact," Xu Bo said. "Given your situation, I inferred that your uncle should be at Base Three."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Having spent so much time together, Li Yuan had long realized that although his teacher appeared to be a rough man, he was actually incredibly perceptive.

"My second uncle is at Base Three," Li Yuan said.

"From what I know, this time, it's the fiercest counterattack by the Alien Race from the depths of the Rob Sea. They had been accumulating strength for years, constantly luring the enemy deeper..." Xu Bo briefly explained. "The casualties have been heavy; the first three War Bases have been besieged, and Bases One and Two have already fallen."

"Base Three is the oldest of the forward bases and the most robust; it has been confirmed to still be resisting."

"The state has already dispatched a large amount of support forces to push back the Alien Race that broke through from the Rob Sea Star Realm." Xu Bo said, "Right now, they are also going all out in the rescue effort for Base Three."

Li Yuan listened intently.

Xu Bo's words were simple, yet they contained a massive amount of information.

"Can they be saved?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"First, let's watch a recent combat video. This is an internal military video; don't share the content elsewhere," Xu Bo said, but he didn't continue to explain where the video had come from.

"Black Dog, play the video."

Beep!

A light screen projected from Xu Bo's smart ring and a video appeared on it.

Li Yuan watched the video.

The dark sky was raining.

There was a vague blood hue in the sky, and majestic mountain ranges stretched into the depths of the earth.

Rocky and barren mountains were numerous, with scarce vegetation, and one could vaguely see many skeletal remains, macabre and terrifying.

"The Rob Sea Star Realm?" Li Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

He had seen many documentaries about the Rob Sea Star Realm and had some understanding of its domain.

"This is the outer perimeter of the Star Realm," Xu Bo said. "Keep watching."

Quickly, the camera angle changed.

"Rumble rumble~" At the same time, an immensely frenzied roar came from the video.

A gigantic metal War Fortress appeared in the video, with an area so vast and standing thousands of kilometers tall. Built against the mountains, it resembled an undying steel city.

Visibly, the outermost layer of the fortress showed countless outlets, revealing a massive array of cannon muzzles and gun barrels, sinister and terrifying.

At that moment, countless fire serpents were pouring out from those cannon muzzles.

"Howl!"

"Roar!" "Roar!" A multitude of large beasts with strange appearances charged from a hundred miles away at a stunning speed, from the sky and through the passageways between the rolling mountain ranges, relentlessly towards the steel War Fortress in the extreme distance.

"Beast-type Star Realm Creatures?" Li Yuan held his breath.

Using flesh and bone to fight against thermal weapons.

"Boom!" Countless cannons fired, and smoke filled the air.

Whoosh! Whoosh! These Star Realm Creatures varied from several meters to dozens of meters in size, all moving at a stunning speed. While advancing, they were making great efforts to dodge the firepower.

Large-caliber, high-speed metal bullets streamed like fire serpents, wildly ravaging the ground.

The vast majority of Star Realm Creatures were instantly torn apart if swept by the large calibers or hit by the cannons.

But.

When the stream of bullets struck a few Star Realm Creatures, a thin layer of red light would instantly appear on their surface, preventing them from being torn apart by the barrage. They could only be forced backward, not destroyed.

Even among these few creatures with red light shining on their bodies, one swift move could cover hundreds of meters. They didn't dodge at all, completely withstanding the metal onslaught and advancing without interruption.

It was chilling.

"Origin Power?" Li Yuan said instinctively.

"Correct," Xu Bo also stared at the light screen, speaking softly, "to withstand the metal bullet stream, they must be at least Second Rank Alien Species. They have cultivated Origin Power into their bodies, their vitality is formidable, and their defense is terrifying."

"In the Star Realm, unlike on Blue Star, many high-tech weapons can't be used."

Li Yuan watched and listened.

Many of these bits of knowledge had been covered in middle and high school classrooms, and he was somewhat familiar with them.

High-speed missiles guided by satellites and many super long-range weapons were difficult to use in the Star Realm... because fundamentally, the Star Realm and Blue Star weren't in the same world.

The more cutting-edge the technology for the weapons, the more limited its use.

On the contrary, purely close-range thermal weapons powered by gunpowder were relatively unaffected by the environment.

"Is this Base Three?" Li Yuan watched nervously in the video.

That massive War Fortress standing between heaven and earth was like a monstrous metal beast devouring life, slaughtering countless Star Realm Creatures on the path of their assault.

But!!

The Star Realm creatures suffered heavy casualties, but their numbers were astonishing, and instead of swarming en masse, they dispersed strategically, minimizing their own losses.

"Are they trying to deplete the War Fortress's ammunition?" Li Yuan instantly surmised.

As time elapsed, the video showed that under the cover of numerous Second Rank creatures, the Star Realm creatures' army was getting closer and closer to the area where the War Fortress was located.

Star Realm creatures were pure cannon fodder.

Watching the intense battle in the video, Li Yuan's tension ran high, his fists clenched subconsciously.

But just as the Star Realm creatures' army gradually approached the outer defense line of the War Fortress, suddenly—

"Boom!" An inconspicuous exit appeared on the massive War Fortress.

The next moment—

A golden stream of light burst forth from the exit, its terrifying speed creating a visible shockwave in its trajectory.

Even with Li Yuan's eyesight, he could barely make out the details of the golden light.

Buzz~The video slowed down to more than ten times its normal speed.

"What's that?" Li Yuan finally saw it more clearly—a human figure cloaked in the golden light, seeming to wear a metallic battle garment, wielding a Combat Saber.

Soaring through the void!

"A Flying Heaven Warrior?" Li Yuan was breathless, a wave of fervor boiling within him.

Legends spoke of powerful warriors who could soar through the heavens and burrow through the earth, the true guardians of human civilization.

Only two seconds.

"Buzz~" The video returned to normal speed, and that dazzling golden light had torn through the sky, its speed far exceeding multiples of the speed of sound!

"Poom~"

"Poom~" "Poom~!" In the sky, those Second Rank flying creatures screamed in terror and scattered, their flying speed soaring to over a hundred meters per second under the threat of death.

A rare few flying Star Realm creatures even reached near-sonic speeds, but still, the golden light quickly caught up to them.

Then came streak after streak of explosive golden Saber light slashing through the Vast Sky.

Each streak of golden light represented the fall of a flying Star Realm creature, their bodies bursting open, plummeting toward the ground.

Then—

The golden light dove down from the thousands of meters in the sky, rocks shattering explosively—it was like a deathly golden beam.

Wherever it passed, all the mighty Second Rank creatures, whether it was serpents over fifty meters long or armored behemoths rising over twenty meters high like small hills, were rended open upon impact.

The Human warrior bathed in the golden light appeared like an Asura emerging from the depths of hell!

...

The video ended, and Xu Bo simultaneously shut off the intelligent ring display, the Martial Arts Room quieting down.

Li Yuan's eyes were wide with surging emotions, his blood boiling, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Flying Heaven Warriors!

This was what Li Yuan had imagined—the supreme martial force capable of soaring through the heavens and roaming freely, standing at the pinnacle of human civilization.

"Teacher, was that a Flying Heaven Warrior?" Li Yuan asked eagerly, looking up at Xu Bo.

"He's not quite a Flying Heaven Warrior, but in terms of strength, many Flying Heaven Warriors are not his match," Xu Bo said.

Li Yuan was puzzled.

"Once you enter university, you'll gradually understand," Xu Bo said seriously. "The person who made that move is named Yu Jinghe, a graduate of Starfire University, and should be considered the foremost Martial Path genius to emerge in Xia Country in the past twenty years."

Clearly, Xu Bo was very familiar with Yu Jinghe.

"Yu Jinghe?" Li Yuan held his breath, committing the name to memory.

Previously, Li Yuan had never heard of this person.

The world of top martial artists was mysterious and vast; they often wandered the Star Realm, only appearing on the front lines of war during critical moments, serving as the sharpest blades of human civilization.

Therefore, most of the time, common folks seldom heard the names of Flying Heaven Warriors.

On the contrary, many Prime Warriors who became top broadcasters were more famous on the virtual Combat Network.

"The foremost Martial Path genius in Xia Country?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

Indeed impressive.

"With the Alien Race from the Rob Sea planning for years, under normal circumstances, Base Three would surely have fallen," Xu Bo spoke gravely. "But with Yu Jinghe there, just in time, when coupled with the War Fortress's defense system, there's hope it could hold out until reinforcements arrive."

"That impressive?" Li Yuan was inwardly astonished.

"He has the strength to rival a Flying Heaven Warrior," Xu Bo said in a low voice. "Each Flying Heaven Warrior is nearly a humanoid nuclear weapon, one man equivalent to a million-strong army."

"Every Flying Heaven Warrior is a pillar of strength for human civilization."

Li Yuan listened quietly.

In the past, he knew Prime Warriors were strong, and he had heard legends about Flying Heaven Warriors.

But never had he felt so directly the terrifying martial force of a Flying Heaven Warrior.

"Yu Jinghe?"

"You must hold on," Li Yuan silently prayed. "Uncle, you must survive."

Meanwhile—

After watching the video, a seed was planted in Li Yuan's heart.

"Flying Heaven Warrior!"

"One day, I will also become a Flying Heaven Warrior, a lone guardian against a million-strong army, unmatched throughout the Star Realm."