The Phoenix Battle Group and the Allied Air Force's battle reports were listened to by Gu Hang at the command center of the Alliance Expeditionary Force, located in a suburban town.
Truly speaking, Gu Hang was the first person from the entire army to support the suburban town.
He was among the first batch to set foot on the ground from the spacecraft.
The commanding officers of the troops vehemently opposed this decision by the Planetary Governor— it was too dangerous. In their opinion, His Excellency the Governor shouldn't have come at all; he should have stayed safe and sound on Rage Owl Star.
If he insisted on 'leading the expedition in person,' he should have remained aboard a relatively safe starship, from where he could command; what was the point of coming to the front line?
However, Gu Hang only did a bit to soothe their concerns and did not heed their advice.
Not that he considered his life insignificant, but he had great confidence in himself.
On one hand, he was certain that his great-uncle, who didn't dare to engage in combat in the starry sky as the Blade Tiger approached, nor dare to force the Luman Kingdom's army to use orbital strike forces against the warships that had reached the planet's orbit, would also be unlikely to attack the descending landing ships.
Furthermore, the chosen location for the landing ships avoided the anti-air defense perimeter near the capital, further ensuring safety during the landing.
The other source of his confidence was his own strength.
Not only had he ascended to a level 7 Spiritual Energy user, significantly increasing his strength from before, but the crucial point was the prowess and unique traits he had obtained after defeating the Evil God; factoring in all these enhancements, even if the landing ship he was on were to be blown out of the sky, he could still safely land on the ground.
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He left the entire process of uniting the troops after landing to his four division commanders and swiftly flew to the suburban town by activating his Spiritual Energy.
He arrived even faster than the Wind Falcon, which had to be dragged out of the landing ship!
This also makes it evident that despite Gu Hang's seemingly calm exterior, he was somewhat anxious in his heart.
His arrival had significant practical implications.
With his current spiritual energy level, it might be a bit difficult to tear a Knight Titan apart from a distance—unless he tore open a Divine Realm rift to strengthen his Spiritual Energy.
But if that Knight Titan dared to expose itself a little longer in front of him, or if Gu Hang took a risk and got close enough to cross the energy shield, then he could achieve this feat.
As for ordinary sentinel Mechas, they were even less of a challenge. Gu Hang estimated that a single lightning strike from him would kill one outright. And if the enemy chose to charge in a dense formation, a chained lightning attack or a storm of lightning clouds manifested through Spiritual Energy could do the job.
After gaining [Storm Dominator], his Spiritual Energy could transform into lightning, which was much more powerful in sheer destructive force than the telekinesis he used before.
With Gu Hang in place, the Alliance side had added a 'battalion of artillery.' Not only was the firepower intense, but it was also incredibly precise.
That was the direct help Gu Hang could offer to the battlefield.
And in the event of a critical point in the battle, he could reveal his ultimate move—tearing open the Divine Realm rift!
Doing so would not only significantly enhance his own Spiritual Energy, but also, from within the Divine Realm, he could call upon thousands of Heroic Spirit Warriors.
And if worst came to worst... he could summon an Inferior Deity Incarnation. Still in the form of a Thunderstorm Colossal Bear, although its strength couldn't match that of a Great Demon, it possessed at least thirty percent of its capabilities, tearing apart a Knight Titan as easily as ripping apart a toy.
However, all these moves were too conspicuous. It was true that he was a sanctioned Spiritual Energy user, but being able to tear open a rift in the True Realm and summon heroic spirits from the True Realm to fight... such feats were far too extraordinary and beyond the capabilities of a regular Spiritual Energy user.
If word got out, it would surely bring about an investigation from the Imperial Inquisition.
Regarding the Imperial Inquisition, his status as a Planetary Governor and the excuse of being a legitimate Spiritual Energy user would not protect him. If it went so far as them crazily insisting on taking Gu Hang to the Tribunal in the Eastern Cosmos Domain for scrutiny, then...
Gu Hang would have no choice but to slaughter them and break ties with the Tribunal.
Otherwise, actually go there?
Of course, it would be best for such a situation not to occur at all. Unless absolutely necessary, he would certainly not reveal his ability to open the Divine Realm rift.
And in fact, the battle situation was far from that point.
Indeed, the enemy had intensified their offensive on the suburban town due to the arrival of the Rage Owl Star troops. Hastily reinforcing their ranks and at the commander's behest, they launched a fierce attack.
The troops under Perbov in the suburban town, though not out of food, were almost out of ammunition. Despite this, Gu Hang's arrival and his public appearance greatly boosted the morale of the Alliance Army stationed in the town, but objective conditions do not shift according to human will.
Gu Hang himself was also ready to intervene, at least initially planning to create a storm using his regular Spiritual Energy to bolster the Alliance Army's firepower.
But it wasn't necessary.
The enemy's assault had barely begun when it was abruptly halted by the starfighters who had just landed.
The Phoenixes had knocked out an artillery position in one fell swoop, and the Luman Army soldiers naturally couldn't proceed with their advance, retreating in disarray to regroup.
Then, that Knight Titan, long deprived of its Shield Generator and used as a makeshift rocket launcher from afar, was taken down, and the starfighters, under the cover of Wind Falcons, retreated orderly. After distancing themselves from the enemy, they boarded fighters and flew into the town.