“Hearing of your assumption of the highest authority in the human race, I have nothing to offer as congratulations, save a city and the heads of over two hundred thousand people, the first gift from the Tower of Babel!”

“From this day forward, I shall continue to wander among the nations, repeating the act of destroying cities and extinguishing life.”

“The grand gift has not yet arrived, please wait and see!”

Li Tianran silently looked at the bloody words in the photograph in his hand, and the corpses of over three hundred Gaozhou Kingdom military officers in uniform, kneeling on the ground.

An hour ago, news of the attack on Bolan City reached his ears.

The EU personnel responsible for surveying the scene returned, with two fighter jets splitting up, one returning to the EU, and the other heading directly to Kuangxi Island.

Three minutes ago, Li Tianran received this photo.

“This is… a message left for me by the Gale Apostle.” Li Tianran closed his eyes.

He found it hard to imagine that these refined words, full of the flavor of the ancient Federation, actually came from the mouth of an apostle of the ancient civilization. It seemed that its learning progress regarding human civilization was extremely fast.

It also knew very well how to infuriate Li Tianran to the greatest extent.

Obviously, these words, written in an ancient style, seemingly polite, but laced with a thick killing intent, were far more hateful, and far more infuriating, than directly saying, “You motherfucker, just wait and see, I'm going to continue slaughtering cities and killing people!”

Moreover, in this photo, the officers of Bolan City had all died in a kneeling posture, clearly intended to disgust people.

Soldiers are the most unyielding backbone of a country.

And the Gale Apostle had made all the officers die kneeling, clearly intending to not only slaughter cities and kill people, but also to break the will of human civilization to resist in the process, and break the spine of human civilization!

Looking at such a photograph, Li Tianran felt anger in his chest, but also a sense of relief.

Because Li Tianran had been worried about the eerie silence of the ancient civilizations, wondering if they were plotting something, but now that the Gale Apostle had infiltrated the interior of the defense line and begun to slaughter cities, it dispelled one of Li Tianran's doubts.

Li Tianran wasn't afraid of the other side taking the initiative to attack, or intruding on human civilization; he was afraid of them continuing to remain calm.

Because as long as the other side made a move, Li Tianran could counterattack and dismantle their moves!

But if the other side remained dormant, it would make Li Tianran unable to figure out their intentions, and would keep him uneasy!

“The chosen means of attack is to infiltrate the defense line and slaughter cities to create chaos…” Li Tianran placed the photo on the table next to him.

The means chosen by the other side were more effective than organizing large-scale inferior creatures or beast tides to invade the human defense line, because large beast tides were huge in scale and easily detected and targeted in advance, while an Ancient King infiltrating alone had a small target, and possessed almost overwhelming strength against those countries without nuclear weapons.

If left unchecked, the Gale Apostle could really slaughter several countries alone in a short period of time!

“This is a bit troublesome.” Lu Chi stood beside Li Tianran, and said very straightforwardly, “Although the armies and civilians of those small countries are not very useful, allowing the Ancient Kings to slaughter them might save overall resources for human civilization, but if you, as the holder of human military power, make such a response, I am afraid it will cause civil unrest in many countries.”

Li Tianran glanced at Lu Chi.

Lu Chi was still like before, always liking to use the coldest and most realistic attitude to directly address the core of the matter.

If it were Li Tianran who had just established Kuangxi Island, he could naturally allow the Ancient Kings to wreak havoc in other countries, and it wouldn't matter to him even if all the other countries were destroyed.

But that wouldn't work now!

The troops stationed on the defense line came from various countries, and they had abandoned their own families and hometowns to guard the defense line. As long as Li Tianran gave an order, they could charge into battle without regard for their lives!

Faced with such a group of warriors, Li Tianran couldn't turn a blind eye to the destruction of their homelands and the slaughter of their relatives and friends.

These warriors from various countries were flesh and blood, not cold, unconscious mechanical soldiers, allowing Li Tianran to directly choose the most profitable solution without considering any factors!

Since he held the military power of various human countries, then Li Tianran had to bear his responsibilities.

“If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight… Power can never be grasped as a product with a single attribute. If you want to get something, you have to give something.” Li Tianran stood up and said softly, “I am the sword-holder of human civilization, and I will not watch the Ancient Kings wreak havoc in the cities of human civilization.”

“Track it down, and kill it!”

The invasion of the Ancient Kings had caused devastating damage to Bolan City, but Li Tianran didn't feel too troubled at this time.

Because there could only be a maximum of two Ancient Kings who could quietly cross the defense line and enter the interior of the human world!

When the ancient civilization revived, Li Tianran had an extremely thorough understanding of the identities and information of the Ancient Kings.

Three were beast-shaped, and three were human-shaped.

Among them, the owner of the Sky City, the blue-black giant dragon, was over a thousand meters long, and its wingspan was even several circles larger than the largest cargo plane. It was impossible for a monster of this size to hide from the garrison troops on the defense line and sneak in!

And the other two beast-type kings were similar in size to the giant dragon, both over eight hundred meters.

This size destined them to be out of the question for "infiltration."

And among the three human kings, Han Han was trapped, so only one other human king could infiltrate with the Gale Apostle.

Although the power of the apostles was terrifying, it was not impossible to resist.

“Two Ancient Kings…” Li Tianran stroked his chin. He didn't plan to let the Pioneer Legion track the apostle's whereabouts, because judging from past war situations, having evolved individuals go into battle with Ancient Kings was simply courting death. The difference in life level made it difficult to equalize with numbers.

“The Mech Warriors' speed exceeds Mach three, and their combat power is powerful, use them to track… After locking their positions, use the Kunlun Behemoth to directly bombard them to death!” Li Tianran's eyes were sharp.

When the Ancient Kings infiltrated the human world, they naturally couldn't ostentatiously bring their clan's miracle buildings with them, so once they were bombarded by the Kunlun Behemoth, there was absolutely no chance of survival!

Ten minutes later, Li Tianran purchased another twenty Mech Warriors and dispatched them all.

……

Less than half an hour after all twenty Mech Warriors were dispatched, another battle report was sent to Li Tianran.

It was a small country located in the northwestern corner inside the human defense line. Overnight, three cities were destroyed!

A total of 570,000 soldiers and civilians died, with only thirty or so survivors!

And the other side also left behind blood-colored characters with a very provocative meaning in the ruins.

But the signature was different from that of Bolan City.

It was not the Gale Apostle who destroyed these three cities, but another human king.

The master of the Bronze Palace.

The Apostle of Stars and Death!