"Appearing on the battlefield, I can’t attract too much attention all at once, so what I need to do first is make sure that the group of Star River Level Beings doesn’t know my true strength... I even need to pretend not to be a living being!"

Jia Yan’s plan was very simple. As a creature at the Stellar level impacting the Star River level, his power might not even match that of his pre-ascension self. So in such a situation, if others knew he was the target, it was possible that this group of Star River level existences would directly move to eliminate him.

For Jia Yan, this was a completely unacceptable form of failure because he believed he could face death, especially since he was up against a group of Star River level beings. But the way he wished to die was at least in battle. If he could not even achieve that and died so easily just as his power was on the verge of a successful promotion, it would be too humiliating.

Hence, this strategy was the biggest thought driving his current mission.

"Go!"

The massive egg instantly flew towards the battlefield.

And as he flew, he concealed his Brainwave Power.

He didn’t even dare to reveal any slight flexible movements because doing so would easily show others that Jia Yan was a living being. And in this Starfield, who else could such a large living creature be other than Jia Yan?

That was too dangerous, so he could not expose himself until his strength returned.

Buzz...

Fortunately, Jia Yan’s Yin-Yang Dao, in this stage right before promotion, had improved significantly again.

So as he flew, Jia Yan’s Brainwave Power, and even the feeling of life, instantly became slightly calm.

"Die!"

As the giant egg headed towards the battlefield, both sides of the skirmish were still in a deadly struggle. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

However, for the participating creatures on the assassin side, this life-and-death struggle was indeed about ’you die’ and ’I live,’ as this battle felt like playing house with children. There were almost no casualty statistics.

The situation was different for Taia, though. In an instant, the battle claimed the lives of hundreds of warriors, and some battleships were sunk, even though the enemies weren’t going all out. This was because the opposing side didn’t want to kill and wanted to show their Big Star Field grace, concerned about diplomatic issues, as this territory, although nominally taken by Jia Yan, still belonged to another Star River level existence.

"Die."

Boom!

A Semi-permanent Star Level Creature from the assassin side finally couldn’t hold back and destroyed a battleship because it was too annoying, sticking to him and refusing to let go, so he had no choice but to sink it.

"Hahaha, impressive, little Dongdong. Because of your sink, the Lord will surely remember you, and you’ll definitely miss out on your next reward."

"I didn’t want to; why was this battleship sticking to me?"

The Semi-permanent Star Creature was both amused and helplessly mocked by other Semi-permanent Star Level Strong Ones.

The battle had just begun but already showed a one-sided stance.

The forces on both sides, in theory, weren’t that different in strength on the surface, but they still were far too disparate, making the Taiya populace and leaders on-site instantly realize what a ’major force’ truly means.

The gap was not merely a simple matter of configuration. It lay in the foundational quality of personnel, basic battle tactics, battle readiness, mobilization capabilities, and self-confidence, among other factors.

All these issues had led to the current one-sided result, with Taiya’s military having no chance of victory at all.

Of course, nobody expected Taiya’s forces to win, including themselves.

After all, they were facing an army led by Star River level beings; winning would indeed be strange.

"Blame it on following the wrong Strong One."

"Die die die, you weaklings dare follow someone like Jia Yan and trespass against our Lord, courting death."

"Words can’t even capture how suicidal Taiya is; even with our major force’s quality preventing us from annihilating you, Taiya is doomed. Without that reliance, you’ll become targets in the Northern Star Domain, unable to escape and doomed to die there, hahaha."

Boom!

Another warrior from the Assassin Starfield bombed a battleship from Taiya, killing many creatures inside.

"Another one down, and three thousand of our Taiya warriors have died already. Their sacrifice is too tragic."

"Lord Jia Yan, why haven’t you appeared yet? Can he bear to watch our Taiya pay such needless lives because of him?"

"Ugh?"

The Taiya high command observed the battlefield’s progress, fully aware the situation looked grim, having foreseen it all along.

Yet they continued, through each battle and passing moment, to hope for Jia Yan’s arrival.

So long as their Lord appeared, they felt there would be a glimmer of hope, even though they couldn’t fathom what Jia Yan could do against a group of Star River Level Beings. Still, they blindly trusted Jia Yan that way.