More than a month later, Lin Yun led the magic warship fleet towards the predetermined spatial coordinates with the Intrepid in the lead.
After ten days of acceleration, the Intrepid and the three magic energy battleships looked like streaks of light when looking out from the battleships. This was because they were moving too fast. Adding on the fact that the Intrepid and the three magic energy battleships had energy shields, they weren't afraid of meteorites crashing into them along the way.
After half a month of sailing, they finally approached the seemingly desolate starry sky. But just as they approached the starry sky and walked out of the darkness where the light couldn't reach, five thousand-meter-long steel warships suddenly appeared in front of them.
The five steel warships were floating in the void, at least a thousand kilometers away from Lin Yun. This distance was barely within the attack range of the steel warships.
Seeing these five steel warships and the insignia on their surfaces, Lin Yun frowned.
It was a crown made of thorns and looked very simple. Seeing this thing, Lin Yun's expression didn't look too good.
The Crown of Thorns was a mysterious research force. Their composition was very complicated. They didn't have many official members, but each member was particularly powerful in a certain aspect. They were different from ordinary mage forces and more like a loose force like the Starry Sky College.
The Shadow Tower and the Rose Ring were subordinate forces of the Crown of Thorns. After seeing Amy, Lin Yun knew that the headquarters they were talking about was the Crown of Thorns. The reason why Lin Yun didn't care too much was because the Crown of Thorns didn't like fighting and strife. They pursued the true meaning of magic.
Even if the Crown of Thorns found out that Amy had summoned the Devil Overlord's main body, they would only punish the people of the Rose Ring. Anyone who caused trouble for the Crown of Thorns or exposed the Crown of Thorns to the public would be a violation of the rules.
Thus, Lin Yun simply didn't care about the Rose Ring. After all, this era was considered the initial stage of the Crown of Thorns' development. Their members could do anything, like the Rose Ring that had transplanted other powerful lifeforms' bloodlines and had Bloodline Warlocks with special abilities.
The shadow mages in the Shadow Tower who used shadow power to carry out assassinations …
In any case, they were a group of people who were not well liked by others. The number of times they were killed was uncountable. Everyone thought that they were extinct, but after a few years, they would rise from the ashes again.
They definitely wouldn't risk exposing themselves to trouble him for revenge. Lin Yun was certain of this.
Lin Yun did not expect to see the Crown of Thorns' steel battleship here, guarding the safest entrance to this part of the galaxy. Thinking back to the information Lord Sean had found last time, Lin Yun came to a realization.
'No wonder the Crown of Thorns would rise to the forefront a millennium later. At that time, their strength, wealth, and alchemy skills would have developed to the point where they could walk under the sun.
According to the records, this unique plane was first discovered in this era. However, no one expected that the Crown of Thorns was the first to discover it.
Their more important matter was probably the discovery of this plane …
'But they only dared to walk under the sun a millennium later. It must have been very difficult for them to develop this plane.'
Lin Yun was thinking about these things. Without Lin Yun's order, no one on the battleship would dare to attack without permission. But Lin Yun didn't make a move. The five steel battleships of the Crown of Thorns started changing directions, and their weapon systems started targeting Lin Yun's group.
Energy cannons flew out, traversing over a thousand kilometers as they flew towards the Intrepid. The numerous light spheres looked as if they were slowly drifting over.
When Lord Sean saw this, he immediately grinned and began to laugh wildly.
"Heavens, look at what I'm seeing! These guys are using this kind of attack to destroy the Intrepid? "They keep throwing energy spheres, could it be that they want to drown us with these things?
"It would take at least ten minutes for these things to float over, right? Ten minutes? "
Sean tilted his head and looked at Pinocchio, who was laughing at him. Pinocchio nodded.
"Based on the speed of these mana crystal cannons, it would take them fifteen minutes to hit our battleship.
Sir Merlin, should we dodge? "
Lin Yun couldn't help laughing. 'Do these guys think that a battle in the endless void is the same as a battle in Noscent? In this endless void, they are actually using Noscent's mana crystal cannons to defend the city …
Being able to make the energy cannons travel over a kilometer without dissipating could be considered pretty good. But let alone the Intrepid, even a newly manufactured magic battleship would only feel like an itch.
It had to be said that they were flying at a very fast speed, and any meteorite they hit along the way was hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than these energy balls. Yet, they still couldn't shake the energy shield of the magic warship.
"Order 1st Magic Battleship, destroy these five pieces of steel trash."
Using the Intrepid to deal with these guys was too wasteful.
On the left side of the Intrepid, a magic battleship split open on both sides and below, and eight-meter-long cannons emerged from the inside of the battleship.
In an instant, the crimson lasers traversed thousands of kilometers and hit one of the steel warships. Dozens of crimson lasers turned one of the steel warships into a sieve in less than ten seconds. The flames were burning, and the magic reactor of the steel warship was directly penetrated. With a bang, it exploded into flames.
Then, the laser cannons changed direction and targeted the second steel battleship. Just like before, that steel battleship was scrapped in less than ten seconds.
Seeing this scene, the Crown of Thorns' people were stunned. The other side only used the smallest battleship, but it actually destroyed two of their steel battleships in less than twenty seconds.
The remaining three steel battleships frantically fled and immediately accelerated. But just like before, two more steel battleships were destroyed in less than half a minute.
The last steel battleship also used the wreckage of the two steel battleships as cover to escape.
The laser cannons were the fastest, but they couldn't continue attacking in this situation. After piercing through the wreckage, the power of the laser cannons wasn't much. Moreover, the farther the distance, the more accurate the laser cannons became.
"Adjust the accuracy of the laser cannons, let's test the electromagnetic cannons."
Lin Yun was very satisfied with this result.
It had only been a few months, but being able to reach this level was already not easy.
Along with Lin Yun's order, a crack appeared on the top of the No. 1 magic battleship, and a 300-meter-long cannon barrel appeared. As mana was infused, the cannon barrel shone with light, and snake-like electric sparks filled the cannon barrel before rapidly converging in front of the cannon barrel. In less than three seconds, a 1,000-meter-long lightning cannon barrel was formed.
A seven-meter-long cannonball accelerated in the cannon barrel and instantly flew out from the top of the cannon barrel. The speed of the cannonball was unbelievably fast, and in less than a second, it appeared several hundred kilometers away. At the mouth of the cannon barrel, circles of spatial ripples spread out like water waves, and fine spatial cracks extended for at least a dozen kilometers.
After a few seconds, the wreckage of the two steel battleships loudly exploded, as if they had been forcibly torn in two by a huge beast. As for the escaping steel battleship, its shape instantly changed. The thousand-meter-long hull shrank by over a hundred meters, and a huge hole appeared at the rear end. As for the front end, it loudly exploded, as if a metal flower had suddenly bloomed.
"So powerful … So powerful. This kind of attack is definitely comparable to a 5th Rank Heaven powerhouse … No, it's a 6th Rank Heaven powerhouse's all-out attack, and the distance definitely isn't that far.
"No, it can't compare to a 6th Rank Heaven powerhouse …"
Fantasia stuttered as he looked at the power of the electromagnetic cannons, a bit scared. After all, the ones controlling the electromagnetic cannons were only Archmages, there wasn't even a single Heaven Rank powerhouse.
Only after seeing it in action did everyone understand what a magic battleship represented.
Currently, some major forces could research and manufacture steel battleships, and the bigger they were, the stronger they were. A steel battleship was like a mobile continent that could satisfy all needs. In order to travel through the endless void, in order to find more planes, or in other words, the resources of the endless void, every time a steel battleship sailed, it would take a lot of time. It might take decades or even centuries.
This era was the beginning of the Planar Colonization Era. Apart from those Planar Paths that could be found in Noscent, or through these Planar Paths, they could find Planar Paths in other planes.
If they wanted to find a new Planar Path, they would have to look for a new plane, or it would be better to say that they had to find a new plane's spatial barrier. Only by finding a new plane's spatial barrier could they break through it and enter the new plane. And before entering, no one could be sure what kind of plane it was. They could only make a rough judgment based on the strength of the Planar Path.
If the Planar Path was as powerful as Noscent's, then it would inevitably be a world with relatively complete Laws, and there might be many powerful lifeforms inside.
Planar Paths were miracles of planes, and natural Planar Paths were very rare. No matter how big or small they were, they could be developed to their best potential.
The vast majority of planes had to be found slowly, like looking for a needle in a haystack. This would take too much time.
Even the best steel battleships of this era couldn't travel very fast. Traveling in the endless void was like a drifting meteorite. Every exploration would take at least ten years.
But because of the steel battleships themselves, a few dozen years was the maximum lifespan of a steel battleship. If they encountered an accident in the endless void, the steel battleship might turn into a pile of scrap metal within twenty years.
This was an important reason why the development of the Planar Colonization Era was so slow. If they couldn't find a plane, how could they conquer it? How could they colonize it?
Everything happened after the invention of the magic battleships. After large-scale construction and use, the Planar Colonization Era thoroughly erupted.
From the very beginning, when the magic warship burst out with terrifying speed, everyone was very shocked. But when they saw the power of the magic warship with their own eyes, they were truly shocked.
Even though these three magic warships were built bit by bit by their own hands …
Fantsy's face was red, and he was extremely excited.
"Too frightening, this thing, no, this magic battleship can definitely change Noscent's current structure. This is only the first magic battleship of the lowest grade. It's far inferior to the magic battleships envisioned by Sir Merlin.
"At first, I thought that even if I reached the end of my life, I wouldn't be able to see Sir Merlin's terrifying vision. But I hadn't expected this thing to be a lot more powerful than I had expected.
"It's not a Magic Tool, it's not a puppet, it's only a pile of alchemy devices. It doesn't use any Law Power, yet it can burst out with power comparable to a Heaven Rank powerhouse …"
As for Pinocchio, he was already frantically doing calculations on the side. He recorded all the data of the weapon systems and started making deductions with red eyes.
No matter how fast it was, no one would be able to react to it. However, with such powerful destructive power, the nature of the attack was completely different.
If a hundred or a thousand magic battleships were made, it would be equivalent to having hundreds of 4th or 5th Rank Heaven powerhouses. With such a huge force, they would be able to easily conquer any plane they wanted. They wouldn't even need to get close to any force, they only needed to send a team of magic battleships to easily destroy everything within a few hundred kilometers.
The reason why the strongest steel battleships of this era weren't taken seriously was because the strongest steel battleships were nothing more than live targets when facing a Heaven Rank powerhouse. A huge steel coffin could only be used as a means of transportation, a relatively comfortable tool for exploring the endless void.
If the power of the steel battleships, whether it was in terms of speed, defense, or offense, were stronger than that of a 1st Rank Heaven Rank powerhouse, then all forces would invest in this kind of research.
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to it, or it would be better to say that even if they did, they wouldn't invest too many resources to research it.
Everyone stared blankly at the wreckage of the steel warships that were drifting away like garbage in the void. No one had any reaction as their minds had gone blank.
Lin Yun stood in the Captain's Cabin and looked at the incoming energy spheres. Those were the attacks launched by the five steel battleships at the start. The energy from the mana crystal cannons took a dozen minutes to hit the Intrepid and the three magic battleships.
"Sir Merlin, do we need to dodge these attacks?"
Fantasia was the first to calm down. He looked at the numerous specks of light flying in the distance and casually asked.
It looked like a large number of fireflies had appeared in the void and were rapidly flying towards the few battleships. With the speed of these energy spheres, the magic battleships could easily dodge. Or it would be better to say that they could stay in place and slowly dodge after getting rid of those steel battleships. There was no risk.
"No need, raise the energy defenses and keep moving forward."
A layer of light appeared on the surface of the three magic battleships and wrapped them up. The Intrepid and the three magic battleships kept moving forward.
After a few minutes, the Intrepid and the three magic battleships collided with the hundreds of energy spheres. When those energy spheres hit the surface of the Intrepid, they looked like fireworks blossoming on the surface of the Intrepid. They didn't leave a single mark on the surface of the Intrepid, and they didn't even use defensive energy.
And when those energy spheres hit the surface of the magic battleships, they also blossomed like fireworks. Water-like ripples slowly spread on the surface of the magic battleships. All the attacks were like pebbles falling into a calm lake. They only stirred up some ripples before quickly disappearing.
They didn't change directions and forcibly charged forward. The people inside the magic battleships didn't even feel the slightest vibration. This kind of attack that could destroy a city had no effect on the energy defenses of the magic battleships. At most, it would slightly increase the mana consumed by the energy cores, but that was all.
After rushing out of this area, Pinocchio looked as if he was having a stroke and shouted a large amount of data.
"The 1st Magic Battleship's energy defenses weakened by 0.3%, it completely recovered within three seconds, energy consumption increased by 0.1%.
'Sh * t, according to this calculation, ten thousand Archmages wouldn't be able to tear through the magic battleship's energy defenses. At the very least, a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse would be able to use Extraordinary Power to tear through the energy defenses, but they would only be able to tear open a crack for a few seconds before recovering.
'Is … Is this really a magic battleship we made?'
Pinocchio looked at the data in front of him and was in a trance. According to this calculation, the magic battleship's energy level was already equivalent to a 4th Rank Heaven Mage, or a peak 3rd Rank Heaven Mage.
But the mana storage was at least a thousand times that of a 3rd Rank Heaven Mage. The same defensive energy level, but the range was a thousand times that of a 3rd Rank Heaven Mage.
The only threat to the magic battleship was a 5th Rank Heaven Mage. Only that kind of existence could use Extraordinary Power and Law Power to tear through the magic battleship's defenses and tear it to pieces.
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