I Have A Martial Dao World

The advanced internet on Blue Star allows access to many valuable pieces of knowledge with just a flicker of a finger.

As the system downloaded in the background, Lu Yao idled with his phone again, though his mood soured as he browsed.

Star Alliance Country, after all, dominated the global public opinion, and at this point, had already started shifting public attention to downplay the incident at the biological laboratory, all the while vehemently smearing Lu Yao.

He happened upon a news story with a photo—before a pile of collapsed ruins, flowers and candles were laid out as if in mourning.

Accompanied by the text, "He cannot dampen the Star Alliance people's resolve to defend our freedom."

Lu Yao sneered, "Isn't this too much? I remember this place very clearly. It was a supermarket, destroyed by missiles from Star Alliance Country's own planes. And not a single person died, all these flowers for who to see..."

Previous battles had not resulted in any civilian deaths, only some reckless internet celebrities getting hurt.

But Star Alliance Country's control over public discourse meant they could blacken anyone's name as they pleased—and they played dirty.

For example, every day they organized civilians, particularly little girls, to lay flowers on former battlefields, speaking at length about the families of the deceased soldiers.

In Xia Country, they hired a bunch of self-media and influencers to "fabricate stories and invent news," portraying Lu Yao as an antisocial madman.

"Really despicable, clearly reaping what they've sown, yet they place themselves in the victim's shoes!"

By this point, Lu Yao understood—why there was such a high proportion of negative emotions in the "Ocean of Willpower" hanging over his head.

Feeling extremely annoyed, he originally planned to collect some willpower and return home, but now he felt like causing some trouble.

Just then, he looked up to make eye contact with a UAV recon drone overhead and waved, wearing a friendly smile on his face.

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Inside the "Joint Forces Command Center," chaos ensued.

"We have confirmed it, it's really him! He hasn't left!"]

"Quick, report this at once!"]

It wasn't long before Commander Jackson arrived.

He had been busy for many days, searching for Lu Yao and collaborating with military industry experts to create special weapons and was utterly exhausted as he was on vacation at the moment.

He had hoped to spend a pleasant wedding anniversary with his wife, but was summoned back just as he arrived at a high-end restaurant.

Grinding his teeth as he looked at the familiar figure on the screen, he said, "Deploy the special tanks and drones, I want to tear this bastard to shreds!"

"They have been activated and are en route to the target location, estimated arrival in 7 minutes!"

Many oddly-shaped tanks emerged from secret military warehouses, racing towards Lu Yao's location;

These were newly upgraded unmanned tanks, equipped with 30MM Gatling anti-tank guns, paired with the state-of-the-art automatic fire control systems.

This system, originally used for close-in weapons systems on ships capable of intercepting high-speed missiles, was now aimed at Lu Yao!

In the skies, there were also ten modified Avenger Drones.

They too were outfitted with large caliber Gatling guns and automatic fire control systems, tightly monitoring Hamilton Mountain to prevent Lu Yao's escape.

Commander Jackson was confident, for he had witnessed the weapons demonstration—

The most advanced automatic fire control systems had memorized all of Lu Yao's physical data, taking less than a second to lock onto the target, making the guns even more accurate than sniper rifles!

But just then, several subordinates suddenly reported, "Sir, there are many civilians with camera equipment appearing on the mountain!"

"These damn reporters and internet celebrities! Their noses are more sensitive than dogs! And our department is as leaky as a sieve!"

Jackson frowned, not bothering to find out which link had leaked.

"Have the special operations team on site work with the police to drive them away."

To drive them away was to say it didn't really matter.

Without further questions, the subordinates kept typing commands to push the mechanical army forward!

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At this moment, Blue Star's network exploded once again—Lu Yao and Star Alliance Country were about to kick off!

Netizens around the globe were immediately mobilized!

But this time, Star Alliance Country didn't plan on livestreaming; instead, they set up a blockade to drive away the unrelated crowds at the scene.

In the era of the internet, traffic is king, and traffic is everything! How could they miss out on such big news, such massive traffic!

Internet celebrities and journalists risked being arrested by the military, desperately using every means possible to break through the blockade.

While media conglomerates and internet giants started to pull strings, some daredevil hackers had already breached the military's unmanned reconnaissance drones!

It was thanks to their bravery that netizens worldwide were able to watch the live broadcast.

But everyone was a bit puzzled by Lu Yao's appearance at the moment:

[What's he carrying on his back? An ancient musical instrument from Xia Country?]

[Is that a Pipa? But I'm more curious about the sword he's holding]
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[It's starting! Holy shit, that's some intense firepower!]

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The unmanned tanks weighed only 4 tons, about the size of a small car, and could reach a staggering speed of 100 kilometers per hour on highways.

With all-terrain tread and a 500-horsepower engine, they easily climbed the not-so-steep slopes of Hamilton Mountain.

Coordinated with the Avenger Drones flying at an altitude of 1 kilometer, the automatic fire control system quickly locked onto Lu Yao's figure. Using interconnected data links and control systems, they commenced a joint assault!

The sky and ground were filled with 20 Gatling Guns, each with a fire rate of 6,000 rounds per minute; in an instant, they all opened fire, and a storm of cannonballs swept across the entire mountaintop!

The lush and verdant mountaintop was instantly leveled by three feet, revealing the soil beneath.

No matter the vegetation or the rocks, all were turned to fragments in front of the Gatling fire, with debris flying everywhere!

"So accurate!"

The approaching tanks and planes seemed like toys, yet, they were the most troublesome things Lu Yao had ever faced in his history.

Incredibly agile and extremely precise, they were akin to 20 Spirit Refiners in a meditative realm, each wielding a Gatling Gun!

Lu Yao immediately activated "Eave Dragon Stake," explosively diving to the ground to dodge with borrowed force; but he was still hit by two shots from the planes above.

The cannonballs, carrying immense kinetic energy, sent him flying dozens of meters sideways!

Seeing this, some shouted in excitement, others went pale, and cheers filled the "Joint Command Center!"

But in the next second, before netizens could finish typing a row of captions, the situation suddenly reversed!

Fireballs burst one after another in the sky, drones exploding mysteriously one by one!

Inside the "Joint Command Center," Jackson roared first, "What the hell is going on! What happened to the drones?"

"The drones are under an unidentified attack; we are investigating..."

The operators were sweating profusely, manually controlling the surveillance probes of the drones, searching in all directions.

Finally, just as the fourth drone was destroyed, they managed to capture the culprit—Lake Sword!

"What the hell is that? Is it attacking the drones!?"

"I don't know, it doesn't seem like a missile... This is unscientific..."

"Genius, we are dealing with a monster that's even more unscientific!"

The one launching the attack was Lu Yao's Flying Sword.

At this moment, he was controlling Lake Sword to eliminate the greatest threats one by one—the drones flying in the sky!

And to Lu Yao's delight, Lake Sword was exceptionally effective! Its flight speed far surpassed that of ordinary flying swords, reaching 300 meters per second, nearly the speed of sound!

Moreover, it was incredibly sharp and could cut through metal like mud; even after depleting the attached Innate True Qi, it still caused tremendous damage to the thinly armored drones!