Chapter 2824 - The Reign of a Tyrant

Central Imperial Continent, Shuntian City.

The scale of Shuntian City was larger than the Infinitum Swordsea. Countless astralships sprawled across the entire city. It was the manufacturing center of astralships for the Infinitum Bodhimanda, and many of the astralships there had been produced there.

It was a very famous city of astralships! Many buildings there were, in fact, astralships.

The construction of heliacal- and skypiercer-class astralships wasn’t difficult for the Central Shuntian Clan. They had a very complete system for the manufacturing of astralships.

As for the Swordgod Lin Clan, they mainly focused on the Lin mini ships used for transportation.

The two had different markets. The popular skypiercer- and helical-class ships still depended on the Shuntian Clan. Their tiny albusbeasts were also helpful in the manufacturing of astralships. Therefore, the combat power of the Shuntian Clan in Shuntian City was very strong.

Historically, there had been attacks on the Shuntian Guard Formation, but basically none of them had succeeded. The clan had a very consistent legacy throughout the entire history of Ebonia, lacking the ups and downs of the Lin Clan.

It could be said that Shuntian City had existed for millions of years without facing any major tests. But at the moment, the entire city was on high alert. To prepare for the war, they had already transferred many elderly, weak, women, and children out. The remaining five hundred million people were all middle-aged and young warriors, which reduced a lot of burdens. They could fight, and they could also enhance the power of the Shuntian Guard Formation through the formation spirit threads.

There were three layers of defense around the city.

The first layer was the Shuntian Guard Formation, and the second was the array of powerful experts and astralships. The quantity of astralships alone exceeded a million, which was over five hundred thousand more than the astralships of the Yi Daiyan Alliance in the current battle! The third layer of defense was the ordinary gods who were focusing on enhancing the power of the guard formation through the spirit threads. When necessary, they could also join the battle.

With that configuration, along with the support of the Ebon Alliance and the special-tier beast wave, most of the Shuntian Clan couldn’t imagine how it would be possible to lose. That was what they kept telling themselves!

"The sanctlighters lost because they were caught off guard. Yi Daiyan’s just one person—she can't change anything!"

"Even if she can wantonly kill, we can also kill her subordinates, causing the entire six hundred thousand astral gods to perish!"

"We, the Shuntian Clan, will definitely win."

"Yi Daiyan the demonic witch is doomed to die!"

Many astralships flew over Shuntian City. The vast city was huge, and only the Central Shuntian Clan, with its ten million years of heritage, could accommodate more than a million astralships taking off there.

Looking from afar, it was completely a battlefield of interstellar warfare on a terrifying scale. Five hundred thousand astral gods, a million astralships, and five hundred million gods! The entire army was full of murderous aura, and all the astralships had accumulated nova source.

Shuntian Bohai, the great elder of the Shuntian Clan, was in the number one astralship of the clan, the Albus, which was at the head of the fleet. He looked into the distance and loudly declared, “All sons and daughters of the Shuntian Clan, listen up!"

"Yes!"

He took a deep breath and continued, "Yi Daiyan, the witch, is the first rex mundi, but she openly violated the Code of Infinitum, committing mass murder. She’s indeed a tyrant! Under her tyranny, our friends, the sanctlighters, suffered hundreds of millions of tragic deaths. Every one of those deaths represents a grieving soul.... Today, the witch and her lackeys want to attack us, the Central Shuntian Clan, in order to eliminate dissidents and dominate the world. Besides a desperate battle, we, the Central Shuntian Clan, have no other way out!

"Listen! This witch and her luxdaemons aren’t even originally from our mundus. Her goal is to seize our mundus, allowing her clan to permanently rule. Rex Mundi Shenxi saw through her ambition to destroy the Infinitum Bodhimanda and led us bravely in resistance. Today, although Yi Daiyan is powerful, her weakness lies in her forces!

"We have many people and great strength. We also have hundreds of thousands of astral gods and a million astralships as reinforcements. Furthermore, we have the support of a special-tier beast tide. Today, we will definitely win!"

"We will win! We will win!"

The speech had stirred the blood of the entire army of the Central Shuntian Clan. Each of them had red eyes and the will to fight.

"Defend our homeland!"

"Kill the witch!"

"Protect our Infinitum Mundus!"

All of it was the power of the heart, which was the easiest thing to use to make people forget their fears and desperately fight!

"They’re here!"

The Shuntian Clan looked to the east. They saw a dense and vast fleet of astralships approaching. The fleet had six hundred thousand ships, and they had already charged their weapons.

Six hundred thousand astralships, from six regal clans, each unique in construction. They couldn't form a sword formation, like the Lin Clan could, but they still intimidated the Shuntian Clan.

"If it wasn’t for Yi Daiyan, this group of ragtag troops wouldn't even be worthy of carrying our shoes," Shuntian Bohai sneered, and the controllers of other astralships, hearing his words through transmission stones, followed suit.

Indeed, the Yi Daiyan Alliance’s six hundred thousand astral gods weren’t considered elites in their respective clans. The actual elites were still guarding their own headquarters. Otherwise they would easily be attacked by the other side when the army was still too far out to respond in time.

"All forces on guard, prepare to bombard!" Shuntian Bohai shouted, and the million astralships in Shuntian City all took off. Their miniaturized nova sources charged their weapons and a fierce light lit up the sky above Shuntian City.

The war between regal clans was about to erupt!

"Prepare—!" Shuntian Bohai raised his voice, and his heart also boiled with enthusiasm.

The astralships on Yi Daiyan’s side also lit up the sky.

Ebonia was originally dark. However, at that moment, a white dawn had come for the planet, one so bright people couldn’t open their eyes. Everyone’s hearts pounded.

Shuntian Bohai lifted his hand. The moment it descended was the moment the war would erupt.

Just at that instant, a loud noise suddenly came from directly above the Shuntian Guard Formation. It was the roar of the sword dao and it sent a shockwave across Shuntian City. Such a pure sword intent was unimaginable, the result of Yi Daiyan obtaining the Ancestral Swordheart of the Swordgod Lin Clan

Many people speculated that Yi Daiyan's ability to obtain the Infinitum Stele was closely related to the Ancestral Swordheart. Hers was a scheme more than a hundred years in the making!

"Be careful!" Shuntian Bohai's expression changed. What would come would come, and it would come faster and more brutally than imagined.