A Top Scholar in Everything

As the ground around was split open with cracks, an ancient and weathered ship rose up, filled with a sense of the passage of time.

The moment this steel monster broke through the earth.

Every exhaust port spewed out white steam, emitting a sound reminiscent of the long whistle of a blue whale.

On the side of its hull.

With special paint, four large characters were inscribed: Demon-Breaking Whale.

"Giant Whale, ranked fifth among the Empire's legendary ships, who would have thought it was hidden beneath Mountain City? With such a powerful weapon, why wasn't it deployed during the Demon invasion?"

Baiyu exclaimed in surprise.

He had guessed Mountain City had some trump cards, but he didn't expect there would be such a terrifying legendary ship.

"Because no one could pilot it. The Giant Whale has gone through numerous battles and is near the end of its service life.

Imperial.

Very few people can control this massive beast.

It has remained buried here, considered a guardian of Mountain City."

Yao Shuimei explained as she stepped into the open hatch of the Giant Whale. This legendary ship was gigantic.

Erza's size was already considered outstanding among legendary ships.

Yet the Giant Whale was several times larger than Erza.

Baiyu followed Yao Shuimei into the labyrinthine interior of the Giant Whale, where hall after hall was interconnected, with many automatic robots operating at their respective posts.

These robots had no intelligence.

They could only continue their predetermined tasks, much like those on Erza.

"This way."

Yao Shuimei led Baiyu through the legendary ship and soon reached a massive room.

The center of the room was very open.

While the sides resembled library shelves, compartments of various sizes, though not neatly arranged, contained various items.

Some items were visible.

Others were obscured by light screens, rendering them invisible.

Baiyu could feel that there were many magical items here, as well as many peculiar things.

This seemed to be a special storage room on the legendary ship.

Yao Shuimei walked to one of the item compartments and carefully placed a box inside.

Then she closed and locked the compartment door.

The Golden Fruit was thus stored securely.

"I am reluctantly considered the owner of the Giant Whale, which is why I was sent to Mountain City to oversee the battle." Seeing Baiyu's look, Yao Shuimei explained.

Baiyu nodded: "What exactly does that one Golden Fruit do?"

"It grants one Golden Blood. When there's enough Golden Blood in one's body, that person can fully undergo Golden Transformation.

Golden creatures.

Exist at a higher level of life than ordinary creatures.

Golden creatures possess strength rivaling our human Grandmasters even in their youth."

Baiyu was astonished.

But thinking about the enhancement Golden Blood had given him, he quickly understood.

This thing.

Is indeed extremely formidable.

After storing the Golden Fruit, Yao Shuimei took Baiyu to the control room of the legendary ship.

By this point.

Baiyu also started controlling Erza, and the two legendary ships began converging towards the city's center.

Many areas along the way were covered by Demons.

Some areas were even occupied by Demons.

Yao Shuimei launched the Giant Whale for this precise step, placing her hand on the control panel of the Giant Whale, and her whole body's Blood Qi began streaming rapidly towards the Giant Whale.

Rumble.

Countless shells were fired from both sides of the Giant Whale, falling to the ground like a torrential rain.

These shells landed precisely on the Demons.

Unerring accuracy.

The shells fired from the legendary ship mostly had a tracking effect,

and the power of these shells was also an unbearable level for the Demons.

With the sound of artillery being fired.

Qiu Yun and He Jin also started pushing towards the center, even though they were not highly strategic, they were very experienced in this kind of localized battle.

Under their organization.

The Demons were defeated step by step by the Mountain City army, continually retreating, and with the firepower support from above, the Demons were quickly compressed into a very small area.

These other races and Demons were the last remaining force.

Numbering approximately ten thousand.

The area they were in was completely surrounded by the army of Mountain City, making escape in any direction impossible.

Yet Qiu Yun and He Jin were in no hurry.

Now these Demons were already like cornered beasts, just by surrounding them for a few days and setting up a strong firepower protective net around.

It wouldn't be long.

Before they self-destruct.

By then, many live captives could be captured and provided to the Imperial Research Institute for study.

However.

Things clearly did not go as they imagined.

Upon realizing escape was impossible, these Demons chose self-destruction, also killing the other races that followed them.

Demon blood is contaminating.

With so many Demons together, the pollution from their self-destruction was enough to render this place a wasteland, uninhabitable for humans.

"Damn it, these monsters are truly cunning, not a single one refrained from self-destructing in this situation."

Qiu Yun furiously pounded a nearby stone pillar, extremely frustrated.

He Jin shook his head: "After dealing with Demons for so many years, you should know that at such times, Demons will definitely not be captured.

They don't fear death as much."

Indeed.

Death does not infinitely terrify Demons.

Because even in death, there might be a chance to resurrect in the Celestial Demon Pool one day, but capture by humans is an absolute impossibility.

This is a very simple choice.

The Demons know what to choose.

And they can self-destruct quite easily, without much preparation, as long as they detonate the contamination core within themselves.

Very soon.

After a series of continuous self-destructions, the entire area was annihilated.

Under such violent explosions, no one could get near.

Qiu Yun and He Jin organized the army to clear the surrounding buildings, preventing any from slipping through the net.

As the legendary ship approached, the massive shadow cast on the ground, Qiu Yun and He Jin exchanged a look, seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

A while back.

Yao Shuimei had already tasked them with defending the city.

Yet now, things turned out like this, burdening them with undeniable responsibility.

What awaited them.

Was likely to be severe punishment.

But they hadn't thought the Demons would use a launcher to besiege the city, or hope the two large races would cover for this attack.

Such significant sacrifice.

Unless they utterly took over Mountain City, such a decision would certainly be faulty.

However.

After this battle.

The two major alien races were severely weakened, and at least this area around Mountain City could enjoy a century of peace.