Chapter 1208
The Guardians of the Veiled Brilliance were forced to accelerate their intended extraction timeline as the planet drifted through the Trigold Cluster. The fleets that had snatched some of the easier to reach resources had already damaged some of the sealed surface, so the energy would be fading more quickly. It would take decades or centuries still, but they also had some immediate uses for even the most mundane materials imbued with lower energy.
Further attacks did not happen immediately- without more of the Imbued Fragments to serve as a distraction, few were willing to take the risk. Lexia also presumed it had something to do with Anton. She wasn’t certain when they would be out of his range, but clearly it went beyond normal bounds. Even if his target had been far weaker than him, the impact of shots between realms was psychologically greater than simply the damage caused.
It was great that they were allies. That was most of Lexia’s thoughts on the matter. She didn’t think about how to fight him if they were enemies, because the answer was obvious. She wouldn’t. The chances of becoming enemies now was particularly low, but either way she wouldn’t fight. Any sensible member of the Guardians of the Veiled Brilliance would run and hide. Surely with enough distance they could avoid whatever senses allowed him to stretch into the upper realms some handfuls of lightyears. If not, he would have harassed the enemies of the Scarlet Alliance far more.
His help was greatly appreciated, but instead of counting on Anton asking for reinforcements seemed valid. Not just more people from the Guardians, but others. Ratna agreed, and she managed to secure the aid of the Distant Shadow Sect… as well as a ship from the Scarlet Alliance.
It was a small ship. It had to be, to sneak through Trigold Cluster territory. With the Alliance’s power there was no doubt some possibility for them to openly traverse through some of the border regions, but they didn’t seem particularly eager to be at the forefront of a massive conflict again.
Lexia wanted to know what was in the ship. Was it a weapon? She’d heard of what had happened with the Swirling Swarm. The bomb used on them was an impressive weapon, but she was uncertain if explosions of that sort could harm the more powerful cultivators. She wasn’t sure what else could fit in a small ship, but she didn’t actually have to wait that long for her answer. At least, not in the grand scheme of things.
After a couple years, some of the surrounding sects were bold enough to attack. They had judged that Ratna was probably off dealing with other business again. This time they were wrong, but they still made that judgment. Swarming tactics had been successful once, so it was no surprise they were used again. Even Ratna could only kill a certain number of individuals at once. Spread out far enough, and thousands of ships could still land on the planet and hack at their resources.
Then the cultivator on the ship revealed himself. The ship itself did nothing except hide him. That was quite necessary, because he certainly couldn’t hide himself.
It was like an entire star suddenly appeared on the battlefield, bright and sparkling. Points of light appeared, and Lexia only managed to watch as they streaked through the sky before impacting their widely spread targets, wiping out both individual ships and squadrons alike. They were meteors backed by the power of a Domination cultivator. Slightly less existentially terrifying than a sniper attacking from forty or fifty lightyears distant, but far more actually dangerous.