"Hehehehe... from now on, this is our battlefield."
Standing at the very front of the bridge, Augusta gazed at the gray-yellow plane on the light screen. A wild, aggressive smile curled at the corners of her mouth.
She slowly raised her right hand, pointing at the thick plane barrier in the distance. Her black eyes reflected the entire outline of the plane.
"Use your wisdom, your cruelty, your strength to conquer this world!"
In the next instant, the dozen or so young wizards all wore excited expressions, their battle intent nearly spilling over.
"Hehehehe! As you command!"
Standing beside Augusta, Jie Ming couldn't help but glance sideways at her.
Normally, Augusta was always cold and aloof, giving off an air of "stay away."
Who would have thought that when it came to a plane war, this young lady could naturally deliver such a classic villainous declaration?
Sensing Jie Ming's gaze, Augusta turned her face, her expression still calm as still water.
"What is it?"
Jie Ming chuckled. "Nothing. It just suddenly occurred to me that you really are suited for war."
Augusta raised an eyebrow. "War should look like war. If you don't even have the resolve to conquer a plane, then why be a wizard at all?"
Jie Ming nodded. "Makes sense."
With that, he said no more.
Hum...
Vast fluctuations of law exploded outward from his body. The dark-gold Law-Crystallization Domain spread out like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire bridge and the dozen or so young wizards.
"Let's go."
As his words fell, the deck above slowly opened, and the entire dark-gold domain soared into the air.
Like a golden meteor, it shot out from the warship's deck, drawing a straight, blazing trail of light across the Endless Chaotic Void. Moments later, the group hovered before the plane barrier.
Before them was a thick, murky gray-yellow barrier that wrapped the entire world within it like a giant amber.
Jie Ming slowly stepped forward.
Boom!
Around his body, the dark-gold light expanded rapidly. The triple Dharma Aspect, two hundred and fifty thousand kilometers tall, descended upon the void once more!
The colossal golden giant resembled an ancient god standing amid chaos.
With every breath, it stirred up massive currents of energy that surged in all directions.
Though the dozen or so young wizards had long heard rumors of Jie Ming's Dharma Aspect, witnessing it with their own eyes still made them hold their breath.
"This power..."
"Too overwhelming..."
"Just standing there, he radiates more pressure than our entire army combined."
Augusta, however, merely watched calmly. She had already seen what Jie Ming looked like when he truly fought. Compared to that, this was only the beginning.
The golden giant slowly extended both arms, and two colossal hands pressed steadily against the plane barrier.
Crack...
Along with the sound of splitting, countless cracks appeared on the plane barrier.
Then all ten fingers applied force at once!
Creak...
A piercing grinding sound suddenly rang out. The thick plane barrier trembled violently, and countless spatial laws frantically converged, trying to repair the cracks before them. But the power of the two sides was simply not on the same level.
Rumble!!
After a few breaths, with a thunderous roar, the entire plane barrier was torn open, creating a massive rift several kilometers long.
Chaotic spatial storms surged through the opening into the plane's interior.
Jie Ming looked down, peering through the hazy yellow atmosphere, and clearly saw the whole world.
As far as the eye could see, there was only a lifeless gray-yellow rocky plain.
The sky was covered by thick yellow dust clouds. After the light of the fire-element plane's projection pierced through the clouds, only a dim, oppressive twilight remained, shrouding the entire land.
The entire plane was like a giant rock that had died countless ages ago.
He slowly narrowed his eyes. Silver light swirled, and the True Illusion Void-Breaking Eye activated automatically.
The world instantly transformed into another scene.
In his vision, there were no longer mountains or rivers, only countless dense points of soul-light covering the entire continent.
In the True Illusion Void-Breaking Eye's vision, every rock was breathing slowly.
The mushroom folk lying on the rock surfaces had already merged with the rock itself. Thick dust and gravel covered their caps, and their soul fluctuations were so faint as to be almost undetectable.
If one did not inspect carefully, they would subconsciously be taken for ordinary rocks.
But apart from these, there was no other life.
Looking at the boundless gray land, he could not help but shake his head slightly. "Truly a dead world."
"These creatures have probably already devoured every resource in the plane," Augusta said, flying to his side and also gazing down at the desolation below.
The Law-Crystallization Domain beneath her feet had already spread out, replacing Jie Ming's to help stabilize the elements around the dozen or so wizards. Augusta stared at the life signals that nearly covered the entire continent, her tone turning slightly grave.
"As the reconnaissance reports said, due to the long-term lack of food, most of the mushroom folk have entered a low-activity dormant state. Fortunately, that means we don't have to worry about being attacked while opening the plane barrier. Otherwise..."
"Even I would find it troublesome," Jie Ming nodded.
When quality is not too poor, sheer quantity is itself a terrifying power.
A hundred billion superhuman beings, led by a seventh-level life, could brew a catastrophic disaster.
Based on the situation before them, the two quickly confirmed their tactics.
"In that case, we can't wake too many at once," Jie Ming said. "Advance zone by zone."
Augusta nodded. "Clear them piece by piece."
"Also," Jie Ming added, "all the cannon fodder corpses from battle must be recovered. This plane's resources are already impoverished to the extreme. If any corpse is left behind, it could become nourishment for them to reproduce again."
As he spoke, Jie Ming's hands did not stop moving.
Crack...
With his continuous exertion, the rift that had been only a few kilometers long was slowly forced open wider on both sides.
In the end, it formed a spatial gap large enough for a legion to pour through en masse.
Then he directly used the power of the Law-Crystallization Domain to firmly fix the rift in place. Even though the plane's origin kept trying to repair it, it could not close again any time soon.
"Begin." Jie Ming slowly stepped back half a pace.
Augusta turned to look at the dozen young figures behind her and calmly gave the order: "You all heard what we just said. Summon all your cannon fodder units. Now, everyone, attack!"