Chapter 1930 - 1876 - 1877 Escalation of Conflict, Dark Clouds Gathering
"The appearance of warships signifies the transformation of battle methods in the world today. Perhaps duels between individual strongmen remain unchanged, but the warfare between great powers will never be the same again."
"Single-handedly breaking through an army! The era where one person can stand against a million troops is over, perhaps such glory belongs only to Taoist Monarchs. For True Immortals, the moment warships were born, they could no longer truly dominate the Realms of Heavenly Seas."
This was the assessment made by some strongmen when, the moment the warships were born, a Supreme Strong person commandeered an army, piloting a warship to crush a native True Immortal level strongman’s power.
They believed that the emergence of warships was epoch-making, breaking the True Immortals’ monopoly over world expansion, and granting Spirit Realm Supreme Strong the true qualification to rival True Immortals.
Perhaps individual valor still exists, but in the contest between great powers, the role of these warships is exponentially magnified. The strength of certain forces is no longer solely reliant on the status of their strongmen, but also on the quantity and power of their warships.
Although since the emergence of these warships, they have evolved from the first generation to the current sixth generation, because of the original suppression by many Taoist Monarchs, the temporary peace among the powers within the Divine Land World meant the true opponents of these warships were those strongmen from native worlds. Instances of full-fledged fleet battles between commanders were few and far between.
It could even be said that not long ago, when the Jade Emperor Buddha Sect’s coalition fleet annihilated two fleets from the Heterodox Alliance sub-branches, it was the largest clash of fleets in millennia.
Even though in this clash the Jade Emperor Buddha Sect’s coalition crushed a lower-tier fleet with higher-tier warships, making it hardly a match of equals, the brilliant combat achievements and high efficiency left countless strongmen in awe, understanding that the initial predictions were not wrong.
Now, the Heterodox Alliance has launched a counterattack, dispatching a True Immortal Sixth Layer Heaven strongman to command a fleet centered around two fifth-generation warships. In terms of numbers, they differ from the Jade Emperor Buddha Sect’s coalition, but on a tier level, they could be considered equals.
Everyone watched with wide-open eyes, focusing intensely on the actions of both sides this time, eagerly anticipating the battle and wishing to verify if their predictions were correct.
If the predictions are confirmed, then for all forces, there would be a necessity to allocate more resources to constructing more warships, even at the considerable expense required for the sixth-generation warships.
After all, even for some Top Immortal Sects, with inexhaustible resources at their disposal, cultivating a True Immortal Strong of the True Immortal Sixth Layer Heaven level is not something achieved merely by amassing resources.
If it were the previously peaceful era, they might not need to rush, but seeing how the world’s situation is shifting and how all forces are itching to go to war, with battle imminent, enhancing their own strength quickly becomes the primary concern for all forces.