Capítulo 1581: Chapter 291: My Unyielding Fortress Can Fly Too!

This is the secret weapon of The Empire… a floating fortress.

“Compared to this city, the skyship is like a small mosquito drifting across a large table just enough for twelve people to dine.”

Ian whispered, “No information was leaked at all; the intelligence work of The Empire is indeed formidable…”

“Do not underestimate the research of the Spirit Wisdom Institute.”

Marquis Barton stroked his mustache, leisurely saying, “To maintain secrecy, starting directly with the mind and soul is indeed a good approach. Since the Era of the Black King, The Empire has been quite advanced in this area.”

“I couldn’t even make vague hints until you saw it with your own eyes — I’m at the Third Energy Level; how could those engineers and technicians doing the specific work possibly disobey?”

“Moreover, they may not necessarily know what kind of marvel they are creating… After all, a special iron fortress, even if it’s a mobile fortress, is not uncommon on this land.”

That’s indeed the case.

Ian knew that the Azure Sky Royal Court was quite adept at building large-scale land-running facilities, even establishing many mobile cities. The location of their Royal Court itself was a solid mobile iron fortress.

As for the restrictions Marquis Barton mentioned, it was clearly something akin to soul sensing or mental suggestion. However, the Soul’s Steel Seal that Ian mastered must have a soul as its target. Ordinary people might need another version of mental sensing, which is somewhat troublesome.

The Empire likely mastered similar technology, allowing them to conceal such a strategic marvel from everyone!

Soon, the skyship landed, and Ian and Marquis Barton disembarked from it, while the floating city began its test operation, slowly moving.

“The weather and atmosphere around here have already been distorted by Sublimation Skills.”

Marquis Barton said, “When viewed from afar, this place is shrouded in a foggy white mist, even from Dragon Island’s bird’s-eye view, only the outlines of two cities can be seen — only we, the Imperial Nobility who were invited, can witness the power of The Empire’s next generation of strategic creations.”

“Floating City Fortress. This will be the banner we raise in the great counteroffensive!”

Accompanied by the resonant words of Marquis Barton, an entire squadron of Sky Armor took off from the floating city, patrolling around and setting off piercing sonic boom thunders.

Buzzing — accompanied by spirit energy fluctuation sweeping over the gray-blue firmament, large patches of densely packed fluorescent lights lit up from the floating city. Ordinary people might think the city is enveloped in light dust, but Ian could see clearly that these glowing dots were layers upon layers of shields.

The indistinct field shields appeared circular, protecting the entire floating city right at the center. This light suspended at the top of the sky, displaying an incomparable majesty.

“Oh my god…”

On the other side of Ian and Marquis Barton, an Eastern Nobles gazed up at the floating city overhead, his middle-aged eyes dazed, “So this is the foundation of the Imperial Capital… No wonder, no wonder Governor Bai Ji isn’t the least bit worried or flustered…”

“As long as there are two such fortresses hovering above the mountains, even if the Azure Sky Royal Court comes with a million troops, I am confident to hold the pass, or even counterattack the Great Plains!”

The one saying this was Marquis Kelma, who guarded the frontier under the Duke of the Eastern Province.

This great nobleman, with the ‘Earth Lung Serpent’ and ‘Flame-Fused Python’ bloodline, could naturally see at a glance that the shield defense of the floating city had reached the peak of the Third Energy Level, an unbreakable level, and even the Fourth Energy Level would need to accumulate power, or possess a special aggressive Bloodline True Form to break it!

Although it sounded as if a single Fourth Energy Level could break the floating fortress, it didn’t seem that strong… But requiring a Fourth Energy Level to confront it — doesn’t The Empire have Fourth Energy Level to protect it?

With the support of a floating fortress, The Empire’s Fourth Energy Level would absolutely be able to suppress any incoming Fourth Energy Level!

Having two floating fortresses guarding the mountain pass is equivalent to having two undefeatable Fourth Energy Levels blocking the entrance, no wonder Marquis Kelma expressed such emotions.

Under the oppression brought by the floating fortress, the dynamics of war would change — the elevated floating fortress could easily suppress and dominate all ground fortresses and solid cities, and the strategy of mutual resource exchanges in flesh and blood grinding warfare based on solid fortifications would be swiftly eliminated.

But this is not the end.

“Wind?”

On the ground, Ian suddenly looked around, feeling an abnormal air flow — but soon, he looked up to the sky.

The floating city remained the source of this anomaly.

The dust cloud spreading into the sky thousands of meters and the azure clouds above it, at the moment of sunset and rising twin moons, emitted faint blue fluorescence from the city’s base, which suddenly lit up with a dazzling white spot.

The terrifying driving force capable of pushing the floating city to the sky thousands of meters high was now controlling the wind from all directions, converging toward the center of the city base.

Whirlpool. A vortex gathering endless wind, condensing the power of destruction, formed amidst the heavenly cloudscape.

Everyone looked up.

No matter if they were great nobles or small soldiers, if they were gathered refugees or detain prisoners, everyone around the southern part of the West Frontier Plains saw it.