The human race did not know that some alien races, usually distant and unrelated, would come to their aid.
Before the anomaly of Blue Star, their human race was the ruler of Blue Star, causing considerable damage to the environment and annihilating many races.
Having done too much evil, according to the alien races' saying: humanity's sins were too numerous to be inscribed on bamboo slips.
The human leadership was well aware of this, thus they never allied with the indigenous alien races of Blue Star, but instead maintained good relations with humans from other worlds.
For instance, they had good relationships with various humanoid races such as the Canglan humans and the Celestial Clan.
However, facts always defied expectations.
The human race often engaged in civil wars, yet some distant alien races were coming to their aid.
Perhaps it was a matter of mutual dependence, like teeth and lips?
Or perhaps for other reasons, but in any case, it seemed somewhat bleak.
At this moment.
Guixu.
Void trains arrived from the interior, unloading large quantities of supplies and personnel before immediately returning, repeating this process.
Now Lin Yu had been driven out of his home.
He watched with his own eyes as his small hut was razed to the ground.
An old man with white hair and beard, holding a compass, barked orders at a group of young people:
"Tear down this house for me, and that pavilion over there too. They affect the Feng Shui and also impede the speed of the formation's operation."
"Pay attention, in the Gen position, insert the dragon transport nail, in the Qian position, install the dragon head pillar..."
The old man held the compass, constantly calculating, occasionally looking down at the trigrams on the compass, and then issuing instructions.
Lin Yu listened, utterly confused. Although he had read many books on formations, his level was too low, at most a first-tier formation master. The old man before him was likely a grandmaster of formations, and he could barely understand anything.
But Lin Yu paid attention, developing a desire to learn.
After a while, a Bagua diagram suddenly emerged beneath the old man's feet. The Bagua diagram rapidly expanded, instantly covering several thousand meters.
In the next moment, under the influence of the Bagua diagram, the pillars, nails, and other objects that had just been placed suddenly emitted beams of light.
These lights, in perfect harmony with the positions on the Bagua diagram, both internally and externally, surged into the sky, forming a large bowl that was inverted over the base.
"The formation is complete. This ninth-tier formation can withstand the full assault of ten ninth-tier powerhouses for three hours. My task is fulfilled."
With that, he clasped his hands behind his back and walked towards the outside of the base.
His attendant immediately followed, showing him utmost respect.
This demonstrated the high status of senior formation masters. And formation masters capable of setting up ninth-tier formations were exceedingly rare, their status several times more noble than awakened beings of ninth-tier combat power.
Lin Yu gazed at the old man's receding back, a desire to cultivate formations stirring within him.
But upon thinking of the impending great battle, the urgent time, and the approaching crisis, it was more important to increase his combat power.
"I originally planned to upgrade my talent to SSS-rank in one go, but it seems I was a bit too optimistic."
"It's better to improve my combat power first. If I had ninth-tier combat power, I would be invincible among ninth-tiers!"
Lin Yu seemed to see the future, his lips unconsciously curling upwards.
Those around him noticed his expression and gradually distanced themselves, as his demeanor appeared peculiar and lewd.
Lin Yu was lost in thought, his mind wandering.
At this moment, a loud roar suddenly echoed from the sky.
RUMBLE!!!
It was as if someone was beating drums in the sky, making one's eardrums ache.
He was also instantly awakened by the loud noise, looking up and immediately turning pale with shock.
"Damn it, the great battle arrived so quickly?"
RUMBLE!!!
A massive blade light, coming from afar, struck with a roar.
The light exploded in all directions, the sky becoming extremely bright, blinding the eyes.
"Ah!"
A piercing scream was heard, reaching everyone's ears, and filling them with sorrow.
Lin Yu, for some reason, found tears streaming from his eyes as he looked towards the sky.
He saw drops of blood rain falling, striking the protective shield above the base, where they were instantly vaporized by the shield's powerful energy.
"What just happened? Why do I feel like crying?"
"Yeah, this feeling is just like when my dad died. I thought I was strong, but I just couldn't stop myself from crying."
"I have a bad feeling about this!"
"Look quickly, aliens have appeared in the sky, it's the Thousand-Winged Clan and the Tiger-Headed Clan!"
Everyone looked and indeed saw the Thousand-Winged Clan and the Tiger-Headed Clan.
The powerful individuals of the Thousand-Winged Clan resembled standing birds, their bodies covered in feathers, with a pair of eyes on their bird-like heads radiating a sharp light.
The Tiger-Headed Clan, on the other hand, were humanoid figures with tiger heads.
At that moment, a Tiger-Headed Clan member was holding an old man in its claws.
A Thousand-Winged Clan powerhouse said, "Human elder, will you open the defensive formation?"
"Even if I die, I will never agree!" The old man gritted his teeth and spat with anger.
The Tiger-Headed Clan member roared, "Then you shall be granted death. Your flesh and blood will be a great tonic, it must not be wasted!"
As the Thousand-Winged Clan powerhouse was about to say something, the Tiger-Headed Clan member had already acted. He sighed inwardly, this Tiger-Headed Clan member was truly brainless!
The Tiger-Headed Clan powerhouse held a large saber and swung it at the old man.
SHLICK!!!
As the saber struck the old man, a series of lights began to flicker on his body, resisting the saber's force.
The Tiger-Headed Clan powerhouse was not in a hurry. If one strike didn't work, another would follow. After three strikes, the head was separated.
This scene, from its beginning to its end, seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it was only a few breaths. Not to mention a chance to aid, the mind had only just begun to process what was happening.
Then, the Tiger-Headed Clan member lowered its head, licked the blood from the old man's neck, and revealed an expression of enjoyment.
This scene was extremely stimulating for the human race. Those below who witnessed it felt their anger surge, their fists clenched tightly.
At this moment, someone was overcome with grief and began to cry.
"It's Elder Fang, he came to set up a defensive formation for us, but was captured by the aliens!"
"Where is the Blood Dragon Army? How could you bear to let Elder Fang perish here?"
"If Elder Fang hadn't been careless, how could these aliens have captured him?"
"We must avenge him, kill all these aliens!"
Lin Yu also felt a surge of sorrow. Some said twins had telepathic connections, able to sense each other's joys and sorrows.
Mortals could do so, let alone them, who were supernaturals. The scene of Elder Fang's death shocked everyone.
At the same time, his emotions before death infected everyone.
Lin Yu's soul was extremely sensitive. He captured the decisiveness in Elder Fang's dying moments, felt grief, and then boundless rage.
"Thousand-Winged Clan, Tiger-Headed Clan, how dare you two clans invade our race and dare to kill our formation master? Today, I shall ensure you have no burial ground!" A furious voice rushed from afar.
A person was seen standing in mid-air, clad in armor with blood dragon patterns, holding a large guan dao. He appeared to be a middle-aged man, his face now flushed red with anger.
Looking at the headless corpse of Elder Fang in the opponent's hand, his heart ached with regret.
That was a ninth-tier formation master! There were very few in the entire human race, and he had perished here.
Not to mention the internal cabinet would charge him with dereliction of duty, he himself could not live with his conscience.
"Autumn Leaf Three Slashes!" He raised his guan dao and brought it down.
Instantly, an autumn wind blew, fallen leaves swirled, entwining around the guan dao, like butterflies accompanying it, both desolate and beautiful.
"Beasts, die!"