264: First encounter

Seven consecutive days passed, and the various countries did not use military force for sanctions. Instead, they continuously brainwashed their citizens through the media, blackening the Dragon Country's various actions over the past thousand years.

This was a link in the chain of economic sanctions, with the goal of isolating the Dragon Country, letting the people of the world know of the Dragon Country's 'evil deeds,' and then boycotting all of the Dragon Country's trade.

With this groundwork laid, even if they used military force later, everyone would feel they were extending a hand of justice to eliminate evil, and there would be no dissatisfaction.

However, the economic sanctions were not ideal; they mainly just made the whole world hate the Dragon Country.

"These Japanese pirates managed to stall me for a bit in the end. I'll go deal with you tomorrow."

On a roof of the fortress, Xiao Xing looked at the distant sky, preparing to solve the problem in his own way.

Traveling to the outside world in the game might take quite some time, so he planned to settle the matters in reality before going.

During this time, the Dragon Country had been in a state of alert, but since the other countries had not used military force, it was impossible for the Dragon Country to fire the first shot.

He didn't want to drag this out any longer. Although he wouldn't massacre a large number of civilians, as long as those in power were dead, the war would naturally end.

Night!

The night sky tonight was exceptionally quiet. The moonlight was completely shrouded in dark clouds, giving off a feeling of an impending storm.

Xiao Xing did not sleep. Instead, he came to a mountaintop and sat cross-legged, impacting the barriers within his body.

Now that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was becoming increasingly dense, coupled with his experience from his past life, there were no obstacles, and he broke through the Realm.

At the moment of Breakthrough, relying on his powerful Divine Soul power, he forcibly pulled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from a thousand miles around, forming a giant vortex above his head.

This was the effect of utilizing the Spirit God Manual to its limit. Without doing this, with the current density of spiritual energy, it would still be a bit difficult to break through to the Heaven-Grade.

Having reached the Heaven-Grade, an expert could already overcome the Blue Planet's gravity and achieve short to medium-distance flight.

Possessing this level of spiritual energy, the Taiji Magnetic Core Xiao Xing condensed was even more powerful. By using the anti-gravity of the magnetic core, he could fly with almost zero consumption.

At dawn, the world was a hazy gray.

On the mountain peak, the cross-legged Xiao Xing opened his eyes.

A breeze blew past, causing the cloak around his body to flutter.

His figure remained motionless, only the sharp light in his eyes flickered.

Just now, he sensed that heaven and earth were shrouded in a killing intent.

Aside from Xiao Xing and his group, there were no super-powerful experts on the Blue Planet. Having this feeling, it was likely that the Japan could no longer restrain itself.

He had planned to go and deal with the high-level officials of the Japan after his Breakthrough today, but he hadn't expected them to act at this time.

Not long after his premonition, alarms rang out in the skies over various cities in the Dragon Country.

Hearing the highest-level warning, people who were still dreaming scrambled out of bed and sought refuge in the nearest basements.

Just moments ago, a C60 cluster bunker-buster missile rose from a missile silo in the Japan mainland, targeting the Dragon Country's Divine Dragon Gorge Dam.

Shortly after the missile launched, it was fully captured by the Beidou Starlink. The Dragon Country also sounded its highest alarm and entered a state of war.

As the first missile rose, missile silos in various locations opened one after another, and cruisers stationed throughout the sea also opened fire.

In an instant, thousands of missiles streaked across the sky, flying at high speed toward various parts of the Dragon Country, targeting heavy industrial zones, military bases, and more.

"The clarion call of dawn has sounded. Everyone in the Japan, are you prepared to bear the cost?"

Inside a secret military base in the Dragon Country.

Elder Hong and a group of high-level officials looked at the virtual screen showing the scene of thousands of missiles streaking through the Void Realm; their expressions were not too surprised.

Although they hadn't known for certain that this moment would come, they had already prepared and made the worst-case plans.

"General Ye, activate the Guardians System to intercept all projectiles and buy time for the citizens to take cover."

"General Qin, use Divine Wind No. 9 to suppress all cruisers at sea."

"General Lin, the Japan's aircraft carriers and submarines in various locations are your responsibility."

"General Xiao, use the Divine Wind Rocket Rain to baptize Sunset Island..." Without any hesitation, orders were issued one after another from the supreme commander.

Before Xiao Xing could make any other move, streaks of light shot into the sky from within the Dragon Country.

With the Beidou Starlink coordinating with the Guardians System, the Japan's first wave of missile rain was entirely intercepted as soon as it entered territorial waters.

The Dragon Country's counterattack was very powerful. Just as the missile rain was intercepted, tens of thousands of supersonic rockets passed through the clouds of explosions and flew toward Sunset Island.

The Japan was not to be outdone; cruisers and destroyers at sea opened fire in an attempt to intercept the rocket rain.

Before long, the Dragon Country's firepower at sea locked onto those warships and launched a fierce attack.

Facing the Dragon Country's current naval power, the Japan did not dare to be arrogant. The gun ports that were originally intercepting the rocket rain had to turn toward the Dragon Country's aircraft carriers and warships.

Only a portion of the first wave of deep-space rocket rain was intercepted; the rest passed through the Japan's fleet and reached the skies above Sunset Island.

But the air defense Systems on Sunset Island were already prepared, and a dense network of firepower appeared.

At this moment, the remaining ten thousand rockets split apart, their numbers increasing to tens of thousands.

This was a type of cluster rocket; nowadays, missiles carrying many warheads were just a common tactic.

Boom, boom, boom...!

Deafening explosions rang out over Sunset Island, and firelight bloomed like fireworks.

The first clash ended. Only a dozen or so rockets landed on the island, while the rest were intercepted by the mainland's air defense System, causing no substantial damage.

The dust settled!

The Dragon Country's high-level officials contacted the Japan's Prime Minister again, hoping the other side could sit down for a peaceful discussion.

After all, the military strength of both countries was not poor; the previous exchange was just a slight warm-up. The consequences of a real war went without saying.

Even if they won, the losses would be heavy. Faced with the pressure of Yao Beasts and the predatory gaze of other countries, the Dragon Country really did not want to be dragged into the quagmire of war unless it was absolutely necessary.

However, after the video connection was established, the Sun Country's Prime Minister remained silent, only showing a smile. That look was more like looking at a fool.

The video call ended, and the Sun Country Prime Minister's answer arrived: it was the continuous launch of missiles.

Tens of thousands of missiles rose from the Sun Country mainland again... Even all the aircraft carriers and warships at sea launched attacks, aiming to pin down the Dragon Country's naval forces so the missiles could fly to the Dragon Country mainland... "Sigh~, Generals, take action!"

Seeing the Japan's decision, Elder Hong took a deep breath and no longer held back.

The previous attacks were just probing, but what followed would be a life-and-death struggle.

Bearing the lives of the entire Dragon Country people made his shoulders incredibly heavy, but he still issued the order for war because a peaceful resolution was no longer possible.

Tens of thousands of cluster missiles split apart, turning into hundreds of thousands of bombs to bombard the Dragon Country.