Three warships crossed millions of kilometers of sea, appearing in the waters of the Feixing Archipelago, immediately drawing the attention of local players. A large number of players followed behind the fleet, very curious about the sudden appearance of the Thousand Star Hall fleet here.

The two major local guild alliances also received the news, with many people inquiring about the higher-ups of the two guild alliances, but both alliances uniformly did not respond, continuing with their respective activities, without any stance of confrontation.

Thus, most people realized that these three giant ships were just passing by.

The warships skimmed past the northern side of the Feixing Main Island, attracting a large number of players to follow along.

In the Blue Mountain Archipelago, the main warships of most coastal and river-based guilds are Tier Six Giant Wood Divine Ships or Poison Dragon Battleships. Although these ships are large, they can only sail in the sea; only warships of Tier Seven and above can soar through the air, traveling anywhere at will.

Such advanced warships are extremely few in number; usually, even large guilds don’t have them. Only top guilds and overlord-level guilds may possess them, but most have only a handful, and they are mostly Tier Seven Floating Immortal Ships.

Tier Eight Floating Immortal Ships are possessed only by major sects throughout the Blue Mountain Archipelago, with no other guild aside from Thousand Star Hall owning a Tier Eight Floating Immortal Ship.

The fleet quickly arrived at the edge of Fragment Star Island, 280,000 kilometers north of Feixing Island, and stopped.

Beneath the fleet was the island’s edge coastline, with a port below where a Giant Wood Divine Ship and two Rage Whale Ships were docked.

On the shore was a rudimentary town without even city walls.

The fleet hovered above the town, immediately causing a strong reaction within the town, with many players flying out, looking ready to flee at any moment.

However, once Ding Lingyu flew out to explain things, the crowd immediately burst into cheers.

"Thousand Star Hall is an overlord-level guild on par with Celestial God Association. With the help of Thousand Star Hall, we will surely be able to reclaim our headquarters."

"Celestial God Association only has one Celestial Strike Battleship, while Thousand Star Hall has two, plus an even more powerful Floating Immortal Ship, surely capable of achieving the goal."

The Thousand Feather Association guild channel was buzzing with excitement, filled with extreme frustration and hatred being unleashed, with members enthusiastically discussing plans for revenge against Celestial God Association.

Meanwhile, within the Heavenly Punishment Battleship, Thousand Feather Association’s president, Ding Hao, father of Ding Lingyu, together with the guild’s higher-ups, boarded the ship and met Gu Zhiqiu.

Six or seven years ago, Ding Hao was a high-ranking vice-president in Thousand Feather Association, while Gu Zhiqiu was only a low-level cultivator who was lucky enough to acquire a masterful Gu Dao Heart Skill, and even speaking to Ding Hao was difficult.

Six or seven years later, Ding Hao is a small guild president being pursued to the point of desperation by enemies, while Gu Zhiqiu has become a high-ranking official in an overlord-level guild dominating the area, with power ten times that of Thousand Feather Association.

The wheel of fortune turns, and now Ding Hao must look up to Gu Zhiqiu, let alone Su Yu.

Under normal circumstances, such a small guild president would not even get a chance to meet Su Yu, as this time Su Yu only sent Gu Zhiqiu ahead for communication.

Gu Zhiqiu, wearing a serious expression outwardly, felt secretly pleased inside.

He clasped his fists and bowed slightly in the direction of Ten Thousand Poison Island to the east, speaking in a deep voice:

"By order of the president, I will be in charge of the war efforts against Celestial God Association. Mr. Ding, you are to cooperate with me."

Ding Hao quickly nodded and said:

"Captain Gu, rest assured, the entire Thousand Feather Association will fully cooperate with Mr. Su and Captain Gu’s orders."

"Hmm!"

Gu Zhiqiu continued:

"Your son should have informed you that President Su intends to strike at the malignant Celestial God Association, but a full-scale war requires a suitable casus belli. Therefore, we propose incorporating your guild into ours to obtain a pretext for war, allowing you to withdraw post-war."

Ding Hao, eager, loudly responded:

"I have already convinced everyone in the guild, and we are ready to merge at any time."

"Good, you proceed with the application under the president’s name!"

At this moment, far away on Ten Thousand Poison Island, Su Yu, preparing to go out, suddenly received an application, which turned out to be the merger request from Thousand Feather Association.

He smiled slightly, agreed to the request, and integrated Thousand Feather Association into the guild as an independent brigade.

This is temporary, to be reestablished as independent after the war.

After handling this, Su Yu left the guild alone, heading for Feixing Archipelago.

This time, Chu Xinyue and her second brother and sister-in-law did not participate.

Her second brother and sister-in-law were still preparing for mobilization, as dealing with just a branch of Celestial God Association did not require their involvement; they’d join once the branch was erased and a campaign against Celestial God Association’s headquarters began.

Chu Xinyue once clashed with Ding Hao and others in Thousand Feather Association, as Ding Hao suppressed her, preventing her from becoming the second regiment’s leader. Not opposing was already sufficient; helping was impossible.

Conveniently, she will stay to guard the home.

As he set off, Gu Zhiqiu’s fleet also set in motion again, arriving in the island’s north after an hour and a half, spotting a large river running east to west across a densely forested island, entering the sea in the north.

A large city stood at the river mouth, its port hosting a dozen or so warships of varying sizes, and many Celestial God Association players were curiously watching the three Floating Immortal Ships flying from the horizon.

"Which guild is this from, possessing three Floating Immortal Ships?"

"Is it Feixing Guild Alliance or Divine Ship Guild Alliance? To my knowledge, the two strongest forces in Feixing Archipelago each have several floating warships."

"Probably not; I recall these two guild alliances only possess Feixing Giant Ships and Fury Ocean Divine Ships, all Tier Seven ships, whereas the central one among those floating ships seems to be Tier Eight?"

Then some well-informed voices in the channel spoke up:

"Word from Feixing Archipelago is that this fleet belongs to Thousand Star Hall from Ten Thousand Poison Island."

"Thousand Star Hall?"

"This overlord guild is over a million kilometers away, what are they doing here?"

"I’ve heard... it’s related to us."

"???"

The three warships slowly came to a halt, but nothing happened next.

At this time, Celestial God Association in the city seems to have figured out the matter, and members previously hovering in midair quickly withdrew into the city, preparing for battle.

After more than twenty minutes, a stream of light came flying from overseas, followed by a group of people emerging from the central Heavenly Punishment Battleship to greet and salute.

"President!"

The newcomer was none other than Su Yu, who waved a hand, indicating no need for formality, his gaze shifting to Ding Hao, with a smile appearing on his face:

"It’s been a few years, Mr. Ding, I hope you are well!"

Ding Hao forced a bitter smile, his emotions exceedingly complex as he bowed and said:

"Ding Hao greets the President, thank you Mr. Su for upholding justice for me and my young son!"

He adopted a very humble stance, completely devoid of any negligence due to their prior acquaintanceship.

To be honest, it’s been just a few years since the newcomer astonishingly built a superior Dao Foundation and developed the guild’s branch to this extent, it’s simply like a miracle, and every visit seems unbelievable.

With his current cultivation and the support of the Thousand Star Hall, he couldn’t imagine what heights he might achieve in the future.

Su Yu laughed heartily and said:

"No need to be polite. Helping you is both a return for the kindness the Thousand Feather Association showed me initially and also for other purposes. We each get what we need."

Ding Hao smiled bitterly and said:

"The former Thousand Feather Association has no relation to the current one; I am undeserving."

Su Yu chuckled, said nothing more, and then turned to Gu Zhiqiu and said:

"The two of you go and inform the Celestial God Association, officially declare war on them in the name of the guild."

After speaking, he turned and entered the Celestial Strike Battleship.

Gu Zhiqiu nodded, turned and walked away, channeling mana into his voice, he shouted:

"On behalf of the Thousand Star Hall, President Su Yu announces that the former owner of this place, the Thousand Feather Association, is a branch of our Thousand Star Hall. The Celestial God Association attacked without warning. We consider it an undeclared war against our Thousand Star Hall, obey the President’s command, and prepare for battle!"

"From this moment, the Thousand Star Hall declares total war on the Celestial God Association!"

As soon as the words fell, the members of the Celestial God Association gathered below were dumbfounded, and many of the high-ranking officials were greatly changed in color.

"What is happening?"

"Why is Thousand Star Hall declaring war on us?"

"Since when did Thousand Feather become a branch of Thousand Star Hall?"

"Vice President, what should we do?"

The channel was in chaos, and the officials all turned to Jiang Lang, the vice president who hosted the branch.

Su Yu did not see the host of the Celestial God Association, otherwise would have recognized Jiang Lang, the old acquaintance, who presided over the encirclement of the demon lair in the Demon Ape Demon Country in the Endless Ocean Forest.

Since that event caused significant loss to the guild, Jiang Lang’s status in the Celestial God Association fell, and he has now been squeezed into helping build a branch.

Faced with this sudden declaration of war, Jiang Lang pondered for a moment before ordering:

"Immediately activate the City Defense Array, and send someone back to headquarters for reinforcements."

A high-ranking official asked at this time:

"Should we negotiate with them, see if it’s a mistake?"

Jiang Lang coldly said:

"It’s useless. They can’t possibly not know our Celestial God Association’s name and strength, declaring war indicates a deliberate act, they definitely have made thorough preparations, this battle is bound to happen."

"They have three floating fairy ships, we can’t withstand them, we might not hold out until headquarters provides support."

"Even if we can’t win, we must fight, we can’t just surrender."

"But we can retreat, take advantage of the gap in the surrounding formation and break out in batches."

"You want to outright abandon the branch? I disagree."

"You’re risking the lives of our brothers, I disagree as well."

"I’m the vice president, the person in charge of this branch."

"Even the vice president can’t send brothers to their deaths."

"You’re defying authority!"

"Think what you want, I’m leaving first."

"Damn!"

Jiang Lang flung his sleeves, shattering the furniture in the room.

Five minutes later, a large number of Celestial God Association members flew out in groups from the base, trying to escape.

However, Thousand Star Hall was already prepared, Gu Zhiqiu gave the command and teams of members flew out from the Celestial Battle Ship, pursuing and attacking in lockstep. Meanwhile, the Divine Thunder Cannon platforms on the Celestial Punishment and Celestial Strike Battleships gradually lit up and charged, unleashing a dense barrage of divine thunder to intercept the escaping Celestial God Association players.

"Main cannons start charging!"

The pitch-black cannon mouths of the three warships quickly shrank inward, a torrent of energy began to gather.

The City Defense Array lit up, separating the interior and exterior, also preventing players inside the city from escaping.

"Boom!"

Six main cannons fired together, ripples arose continuously on the City Defense Barrier.

A few Celestial Punishment main cannons had finished charging, a dazzling pillar of light, akin to the aurora, shot from the bow and struck the City Defense Barrier, horrific energy pressed a giant concave into the barrier’s light screen.

Subsequently, four Divine Thunder Towers, one large and two small, fired simultaneously, innumerable lightning exploded, shaking the shield fiercely.

"Hold fast!"

The city guards continually infused mana into the array, forcibly resisting the frenzied attack of the three giant ships.

The accumulated power of one round of artillery fire broke nearly half of the City Defense Array’s defense, but in the fifteen-second cooldown of the Divine Thunder Towers, an influx of mana quickly restored the defense to full.

"The defense isn’t strong at all!"

Su Yu remained utterly composed, glanced at Gu Zhiqiu, and commanded:

"Get the team in position!"

"Yes!"