Chapter 5339, The Gap in the Defensive Line


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    It was quite dangerous. It was not dangerous for Dawning Light to be exposed as Dawn was strong enough to eliminate everyone on the ck Ink n ship. However, once they were exposed, things would beplicated for the other three Squads, especially the Snow Wolves Squad which was deep behind enemy lines. The Snow Wolves were in a very dangerous position, and once the ck Ink n started investigating more carefully, they would have no ce to hide.


    Fortunately, it was just a false rm.


    But what puzzled Yang Kai was why there were still ck Ink nsmen roaming about outside. Where did theye from and what were they doing?


    With a sh of thought, his left eye turned into a golden vertical eye. Thanks to the Demon Eye of Annihtion, Yang Kai’s vision pierced through theyers of ck Ink Strength and followed after the ship.


    It was not just him observing, Bai Yi was also spying on the enemy, obviously having the same concerns as him.


    Under the watchful eyes of the two, the ship headed straight for the nearest Low-Rank ck Ink Nest. When it was halfway there, they ran into a team of ck Ink nsmen who hade to investigate the situation, whereafter they joined up and continued towards the ck Ink Nest.


    Soon, the ship arrived before the ck Ink Nest.


    A tall Feudal Lord walked out from the ck Ink Nest and chatted with another ck Ink nsman who came down from the ship. After receiving a Space Ring from the other party, the Feudal Lord nodded before returning to the ck Ink Nest.


    Therge ship didn’t stop for long. After handing over a Space Ring, it turned around and once again brushed past Dawning Light before disappearing off into the void.


    Aboard Dawning Light, Yang Kai and Bai Yi had seen everything clearly and looked at each other, exchanging nces.


    Bai Yi voiced her guess in a low voice, “Resources!”


    Yang Kai nodded in agreement, “It has to be.”


    Shen Ao and the others, on the other hand, were all confused. A confused Ning Qi Zhi immediately asked, “What are you two going on about? What’s up with that ck Ink n ship? And why did ite out so quickly?”


    No one else in Dawn had cultivated a powerful Eye Secret Technique, so they couldn’t see what transpired under the shroud of the ck Ink Strength.


    Bai Yi shot a nce at Yang Kai, and seeing that he had no intention of exining, she replied, “The ck Ink nsmen on that ship are responsible for harvesting and delivering resources. Naturally, they went to continue mining.”


    Realization immediately dawned upon Shen Ao, “The ck Ink n must have consumed an unimaginable amount of resources to set up such a massive defensive line. Not only are these Low-Rank ck Ink Nests in the periphery consuming tremendous resources, but even the Mid-Rank and High-Rank ck Ink Nests in the Royal City must be consuming resources. Even if the ck Ink n has amassed mountains of resources over the years, they might be struggling to make ends meet now. They must be sending these ships out to mine more.”


    “En,” Bai Yi nodded in agreement, “The ck Ink n must be sending out members to mine resources like the ones on that ship, and none of them are very strong. The ck Ink nsmen on that ship were basically all Low-Rank ck Ink nsmen, with a few High-Rank ck Ink nsmen overseeing them.”


    The Feudal Lords were all stationed near the Royal City or in the defence line, so such a dangerous task like mining resources could only be left to the High-Rank and Low-Rank ck Ink nsmen. If the Old Ancestor really attacked, they would be the first ones to die.


    “Why didn’t we see them before?” Ning Qi Zhi furrowed in confusion.


    Yang Kai conjectured, “The ck Ink nsmen mining resources muste and go in a hurry, and we’ve been travelling around the periphery, so it’s not strange that we haven’t seen them.”


    If they had remained in one ce to monitor a specific ck Ink Nest, they would have seen many ck Ink n ships returning from mining resources, but Dawning Light had been drifting about searching for ws in the ck Ink n’s defensive line, so it wasn’t a surprise they had missed such a quick exchange.


    In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.


    The ck Ink n didn’t patrol outside the defensive line, so the Squads didn’t encounter any danger. On the other hand, they saw ck Ink n ships returning from mining resources twice.


    It wasn’t until a monthter that Yang Kai, who had been standing on the deck observing the defensive line the whole time, had a change in expression. The next moment, his left pupil turned golden as he focused his attention towards the interior of the ck Ink n’s perimeter.


    After silently observing for a while, he let out a long sigh of relief.


    Atst, he had finally found a gap which he could exploit.


    Perhaps it was because the defensive line outside the Royal City was toorge, or perhaps it was because there weren’t enough ck Ink Nests, but the number of ck Ink Nests were noticeably sparser in the defensive line where Dawning Light was currently at.


    In this spot, so long as he could somehow take down the three adjacent ck Ink Nests, the gap would be wide enough for Great Evolution Pass to pass through unnoticed.


    Of course, Great Evolution Pass would need to coordinate with them; otherwise, the nearby ck Ink Nests would definitely notice such a massive object passing through; after all, the Feudal Lords weren’t blind.


    After thinking about it for a while, Yang Kai took out a jade slip and recorded a message on it with his Divine Sense before handing it to Shen Ao, “Send it back to Great Evolution Pass and ask them about their status.”


    The position he was eyeing was different from the route nned for Great Evolution Pass’ surprise attack. It was slightly to the left, so if Great Evolution Pass wanted to attack from this position, they would have to change course.


    Yang Kai had no idea if Great Evolution Pass would be able to change course or not, so he first sent the message to ask. He would only take action if they could; otherwise, there would be no point in taking down these three ck Ink Nests if Great Evolution Pass could note here.


    The entire n hinged on Great Evolution Pass’ cooperation and coordination.


    Shen Ao quickly sent the jade slip back to Great Evolution Pass through a Space Beacon.


    Yang Kai had to wait a bit to receive the reply, a full three hours, in fact. Obviously, Great Evolution Pass’ side needed some time to calcte everything.


    Traces of Xiang Shan’s Divine Sense could be felt on the jade slip sent by Great Evolution Pass, with the message reading, “Great Evolution Pass can change course, but it will take a few more days. Be careful.”


    It wasn’t an easy task to change the course of a massive Mobile Pce Artifact like Great Evolution Pass. It waspletely different from the Warships, which could nimbly and swiftly change direction with the coordination of a few Mid-Rank Open Heaven Realm Masters.


    The change in the course of Great Evolution Pass required thebined efforts of the Old Ancestor and many Eighth-Order Open Heaven Realm Masters. What’s more, even making a small detour required a massive amount of space to act as a buffer.


    Fortunately, Great Evolution Pass was still a month away from Yang Kai’s position at its current speed. If it had been even a bit closer, Great Evolution Pass might not have been able to cooperate.


    Xiang Shan’s affirmation meant that his n was feasible. The problem now was how to approach the ck Ink Nest and quickly eliminate the ck Ink nsmen guarding it without alerting the enemy.


    These ck Ink Nests were only guarded by Feudal Lords, so destroying them was not an issue.


    The difficult part was how to prevent the ck Ink n on guard from passing on the news.


    Communication between ck Ink Nest was far too convenient, and Dawn would inevitably be exposed once they took action. If they failed to immediately kill the Feudal Lords and seize control of the ck Ink Nests, word of the attack would immediately spread.


    No matter how convenient the Dao of Space was, it wasn’t much use in this situation.


    After pondering the issue for a while, Yang Kai felt that he could only use the ck Ink n’s mining teams.


    He had seen these teams approach the ck Ink Nests directly, and with his current strength, so long as he was close and found his target, he could instantly kill the Feudal Lord in charge.


    He would need to take some risks, but they were still within eptable limits.


    Under thismand, Dawning Light slowly stopped and waited quietly.


    Yang Kai wasn’t sure when the ck Ink n mining teams would return, but as there were so many of them, one would surely appear soon.


    After about 10 days, Yang Kai suddenly opened his eyes and stared off into the void.


    A ck Ink n ship was rapidly approaching from that direction, and judging by past examples, it would enter the defensive line and transfer the resources to the ck Ink Nest.


    After observing the route of this ship, Yang Kai’s Divine Sense undted as he issued amand.


    The next moment, Dawning Light, which had remained motionless for more than 10 days, began drifting again like a rogue asteroid.


    In a sh, it happened to be blocking the way of the ck Ink n ship.


    A High-Rank ck Ink nsman was standing on the deck, vigntly scanning the surroundings. Fear was clearly visible on his face.


    This was not surprising as the Human Old Ancestor had been attacking Royal City quite frequently recently. Although they were a fair distance from the Royal City, no one knew from which direction the Old Ancestor would appear. If she appeared somewhere nearby, they would not be able to take even a casual attack from her.


    As such, he would always be on edge every time he returned from outside.


    The reason the ck Ink n mining teams came and left in a hurry was firstly because they were entrusted with a crucial mission, and secondly and most importantly, they were terrified of running into the Old Ancestor.


    In contrast, mining resources outside was rtively safe.


    At the very least, since they were far away from the Royal City and with no signs of the Human Army attacking, there was no threat to them.


    After observing for a moment, the High-Rank ck Ink nsman breathed a sigh of relief. There were no signs of explosionsing from the Royal City, so the Old Ancestor was probably not here.


    [Strangely enough, that Old Ancestor seemed to have calmed down quite a bit and has not shown her face for a while. Just a few years ago, she woulde every two or three months. Rumour has it that the Royal Lord had flown into a rage over this, and many of his close aides lost their lives due to his rampage.]


    He secretly rejoiced that he was not on duty at the Royal City; otherwise, he would have to live a life of constant fear.


    An asteroid happened to be blocking their way, but the High-Rank ck Ink nsman didn’t care.


    In the vast void, asteroids like these were fragments of shattered Universe Worlds and could be found everywhere; it was quite a normal sight.


    Be that as it may, the ck Ink n ships weren’t very sturdy as the ck Ink n’s craftsmanship wasn’t very good. The ships at most could be used as big flying artifacts, a far cry from Human Warships which were extremely sturdy. Even an asteroid like the one in their way could damage the ship if they simply rammed into it.


    While the High-Rank ck Ink nsman was feeling faintly envious of the Human Race’s ability to refine Warships, he suddenly noticed something amiss.


    Gazing at the asteroid, he was surprised to find that it was constantly changing its direction.


    [What’s going on?]


    Before this High-Rank ck Ink nsman could figure out what was wrong, a cold and grim face suddenly appeared in front of him.


    He didn’t even sense when the other party had arrived.


    [A Human face…]


    [Enemy attack!]


    The High-Rank ck Ink nsman’s reaction was quite quick. He realized what was going on in the blink of an eye, and instinctively raised his fist as he was about to shout.


    But the surrounding space instantly froze. His hand, which had barely twitched, was frozen in ce.


    Not only that, an immense pressure came bearing down on him, under which he was unable to muster the strength to utter a single word.


    Immediately, arge hand covered his face as everything went ck before his eyes and he fell unconscious.


    The space around the ship vibrated, and by the time Shen Ao and the others arrived, all the ck Ink nsmen aboard the ship had been terminated.