Chapter 1881: Chapter 1273: Dimensional Reduction Strike
Frankly speaking, dealing with the Burning Legion’s fleet is really no challenge at all for Duanmu Huai.
The reason is simple.
Can the sailing warships of the Age of Discovery go head-to-head with modern missile destroyers?
Of course not. This isn’t a game where archers can shoot down helicopters; that’s just nonsense.
In Duanmu Huai’s view, the so-called Burning Legion of this star territory is just like those early explorers of the Age of Discovery, relying on a few ships, a few guns, and a few cannons to cross the ocean, bullying those primitive natives with bows and spears. If they encounter a civilization on a similar level, they would be overturned in no time.
Not to mention the civilization level of the Tribunal far exceeds that of the Burning Legion; they are simply not on the same level.
Actually, when he heard Wei Lun describe the horrors of the Burning Legion, Duanmu Huai was always quite puzzled.
Because in his view, the actions of the Burning Legion don’t seem like the style of a cosmic civilization at all.
According to Wei Lun’s description, the Burning Legion is evil and insidious. They always infiltrate other civilizations in secret, then incite internal strife, and finally seize the opportunity to conquer the world.
Wei Lun and the others didn’t see a problem with this process, nor did Varian and his group. But in Duanmu Huai’s view, this was a huge problem.
Sure, colonizers have often used local disputes to incite internal strife, stepping in during the chaos to dominate the land—a common tactic.
But the issue is, the Burning Legion isn’t your ordinary colonizer. Wherever they go, their main activity involves conquering the planet’s races, then using dark energy to convert them into Demons of the Burning Legion.
So if that’s the case, why bother with all the conspiracies? Wouldn’t it be easier to just crush them directly?
A cosmic civilization needing schemes to deal with a primitive civilization that hasn’t even breached its atmosphere?
How is this any different from outsmarting the air?
And with such a significant disparity in strength between the two, victory should be a given, and defeat would simply be embarrassing.
Even in Hollywood alien invasion movies, it’s rare to see aliens engaging in mind games with Earthlings. They usually just bring in their warships, lay waste, and either convert or burn the people.
This is expected, like world powers today indeed expend the effort to build embassies, insert spies, and wage intelligence wars among tribal natives.
The Burning Legion is doing just that.
Duanmu Huai heard Varian and the others say that ten thousand years ago, the Burning Legion attempted to tempt the High Elves into opening a teleportation portal to Azeroth to conquer the world but ultimately failed... And then, over the last ten thousand years, they have been trying every possible way to infiltrate Azeroth, corrupt its people, weaken Azeroth’s barrier, and open the teleportation portal again...
As far as Duanmu Huai is concerned, isn’t this idiotic?
Ten thousand years! With that much time, instead of simply sending in the army, pressing the fleet into low Earth orbit, and bombarding things into order?
Instead, over these ten thousand years, the Burning Legion acted like fools, persistently butting heads with Azeroth’s barrier like they vowed not to call themselves Demons if they couldn’t break the barrier and teleport in.
This is utterly nonsensical.
In Duanmu Huai’s view, this is like an adult, obsessively engaging in a battle of wits with ants, except the only conclusion is incomplete intelligence development.
And you’re a cosmic civilization, yet after ten thousand years, you haven’t advanced a bit?
Such a civilization should just be eliminated early.
"Do it."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand, slumped back in his chair with a yawn, lazy in demeanor—and it was indeed laziness, as he didn’t even need to personally handle such a garbage civilization.
But unlike the lazy and bored Duanmu Huai, everyone else was standing at the bridge, staring at the Burning Legion’s warships up ahead, wanting to see what this battle would turn into.
Sadly, they had to be disappointed.
With a command from Duanmu Huai, several Moon Class cruisers suddenly accelerated forward. Upon entering range, they fired their main cannons in unison. A few Light Spear beams flashed by, and immediately, those Burning Legion warships exploded on the spot. And then...
And then what? It was over just like that.
"...Is that it??"
Watching the distant battlefield, Varian stood dumbfounded for a long time before he managed to ask in surprise, while Duanmu Huai let out a cold snort.
"What else do you expect? How much effort do you need to squash a mosquito? Are you going to go several rounds with a Goblin, bravely showing off your prowess?"
"Uh..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai’s ridicule, Varian looked embarrassed, while the others kept their composure but were internally shocked. They, like Varian, thought the Tribunal and the Burning Legion would be well-matched opponents, fighting a grand and glorious battle.
Yet, unexpectedly, in front of the Tribunal, the Burning Legion was more like a helpless little sibling, slapped down with no effort.
Among those present were top figures from various races, and they naturally understood what this signified. So, they were filled with complex emotions. But Duanmu Huai obviously didn’t care about their thoughts and issued the next command routinely.
"Deploy Colossus Weapons, prepare to initiate the Extinction order."