The external plate armor and the internal structure of a starship were two entirely different concepts. It was like the difference between a hard skull and soft internal organs, not to mention that the 'internal organs' had been bashed by the wormhole bombs earlier.
The head of Infinite Fire that was raised high tore apart a lot of critical cabins at the center of Black Swirl easily like a sharp blade. Pushed by the incessant exhaust flames, Black Swirl was even knocked out of its original sailing route and made to revolve slowly. It could not get rid of the helical state at all.
As crazy as Bai Xingjian was, he activated all the weapons on Infinite Fire in the 'negative distance'. The unstoppable high-energy particles, the destructive mystic rays, and the destructive bullets of spiritual energy were running, roaring, exploding, and sweeping across everything inside the stomach of Black Swirl!
The effect was equivalent to stabbing the barrel of a gun deep into someone's navel and pulling the trigger, wasn't it?
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Deep inside the flagship of the Imperium, a thunderstorm that was ten times more powerful than the flagship of the Federation was raised.
"How did this happen?"
Heiye Ming's and Lu Qingchen's dual roars seemed to be echoing on the bridge at the same time.
The two starships were so close to each other that it was impossible to pull Infinite Fire away by force with the force field. Launching the firepower of the nearby starships to bombard Infinite Fire was an even worse idea. One moment of carelessness, and Black Swirl's own wounds that had been savaged repeatedly would be attacked. Should Infinite Fire explode, it was even possible that Black Swirl would be blown into halves directly.
The only solution was to mobilize the Exos or the Colossi to attack Infinite Fire.
However, judging from Infinite Fire's attacks that were like a storm of fire right now, how could the common Crystal Suit approach the lunatics of the Great White Fleet?
There was no telling whether or not the extraterrestrial devils had the concept of livers, but Heiye Ming was so infuriated that his livers were almost exploding!
"A fatal gap appeared in the battle formation of the Black Wind Fleet. A white starship broke in and crashed into Black Swirl. It was Infinite Fire from the Great White Fleet!"
"Black Swirl has been heavily wounded. Its spiritual shield is much dimmer, and the defensive fire net is not as fierce as before.
"Our opportunity has presented itself. The extraterrestrial devil that has possessed Lu Qingchen must still be there. We can't let it get away!"
"Li Yao, come on, let's deal with these guys!"
The twelve Colossi seized the opportunity keenly and lunged at Black Swirl.
In terms of lineup, the Black Wind Fleet still boasted a lot of elite arsenal warships, Crystal Suit groups, and Colossi.
Although they were deeply shocked by the picture of the space gate's destruction and shaken by Li Yao's words, they would not surrender so easily since the flagship was still there. Driven by the inertia of their fighting will, countless soldiers in Crystal Suit were still marching toward the twelve experts of the Ancient Sages Sector under the lead of the Colossi.
Meng Chixin, Wu Suiyun, Han Baling, Qi Zhongdao … The twelve experts charged forward one after another, helping their comrades who were rushing forward to resist the enemy's interference. In the end, Li Yao, Long Yangjun, and Yan Liren were the only ones left.
It was the assault squad of 'Black Swirl' that they had agreed upon a long time ago. The Cultivation of the three of them was not necessarily the highest among the twelve, but their souls were the most tenacious.
Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun, as two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, had died once. The only thing left were two unpredictable, remaining souls. It took them decades to recover, and they could only be counted as' half a step away from the Divinity Transformation Stage '.
Their souls were full of tiny cracks. Also, they were spectral Cultivators and could be easily invaded by the extraterrestrial devils. Therefore, the burden of breaking into Black Swirl fell on Li Yao, Long Yangjun, and Yan Liren … well, the third freak.
At this moment, the core of the Black Wind Fleet's battle formation was already a mess. Including Burning Prairie, which was exploding nonstop, the main-force warships of the Federation's fleet had all charged forward.
At such a distance, such a chaos, and such a gory scene could no longer be described as a head-to-head battle. It was more like stabbing the bayonets into each other's stomachs, tearing each other apart, and biting each other with their teeth!
In terms of the number of Colossi, which was the most critical factor, the Imperium's Colossi were at a disadvantage. Also, the Colossi of the Ancient Sages Sector had been directly retrieved from the Nuwa warship that was sealed below the ice. They were all intact and much more powerful than the Colossi of the Imperium that were heavily damaged and out of supplies.
Led by Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun, two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, the assault squad of the Ancient Sages Sector seemed to have opened two overwhelming wings of fire, covering Li Yao and his companions as they charged at Black Swirl. No matter how many crystal cannons, high-intensity mystic rays, and bullets were launched, they were all swallowed by the fiery wings that were hundreds of kilometers long and turned into part of them, making them even brighter and broader.
A distance of tens of thousands of kilometers was nothing for the Colossi. Li Yao and his companions reached the flank of Black Swirl in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Black Swirl was like an enormous beast that had been mired in a swamp and was struggling to survive. Countless penetrating wounds had been ripped open all over its body. Black flames were spurting out of the cracks, mixed with the intense air of death.
Although they were in the vacuum of space and were heavily protected by the Colossi and the mustard-seed combat suits, Li Yao and his companions still felt the creepiness of gloomy winds and screams.
"It's almost like the outbreak of the extraterrestrial devils has turned Black Swirl into a den of devils. Be careful, everybody —"
Before Li Yao finished his sentence, Yan Liren had already charged forward. His greatsword emitted brilliance that was even more dazzling than the barrage of the warship cannons. He melded with his sword and stabbed it into Black Swirl deeply.
Li Yao and Long Yangjun looked at each other in bewilderment. They had no choice but to follow him and dash in.
After the brutal attack of Infinite Fire, the interior of Black Swirl had completely turned into a fiery hell. Explosions and collapses were everywhere, and broken limbs that had been frozen into iron were everywhere. The three Colossi of Li Yao and his companions could not find enough room to stride forward with their heads held high. They had to clear the way with the crystal cannons and the super enormous chainswords and open a path to the bridge through the broken walls and the twisted cabins without bothering about anything else.
As for the coordinates of the extraterrestrial devils, they did not need to bother about them at all. The devilish energy and the raging devils that were too intense to disperse were lunging at them like living mist, only to be burnt up by the flames of spiritual energy outside of the Colossus.
All they needed to do was to move toward the place where the devilish energy was most intense.
On their way, the three of them ran into some crew members of Black Swirl who were alone.
Those Immortal Cultivators, who considered themselves noble, were all deeply shocked by the fearless collisions of Infinite Fire. Their heads were still dwelling in the series of explosions. Seeing that there were three magnificent iron giants in the middle of the rising smoke and flames, they were all at a loss for what to do. How could they raise their fighting will at all?
There were even many people that had gone completely mad. They were curled up in a warped corner, and they were either laughing maniacally, holding their heads and letting out ear-piercing screams, or holding numerous charred limbs and piecing them together onto their incomplete bodies.
It seemed that when the stimulation reached a certain level, even the 'noble Immortal Cultivators' were no different from the 'vulnerable hominoids'.
Perhaps, compared to the boundless sea of stars, the Immortal Cultivators and the hominoids were really just the difference between a big bug and a small bug. They were essentially the same.
Li Yao and his companions had no time to bother with the Immortal Cultivators who had completely lost their combat ability. They crashed forward and gradually left the range of destruction of Infinite Fire.
The devilish energy ahead was more and more intense. Ripples that looked like black jellyfish were spreading out in the air, with purple and red colors vaguely flashing.
Is this the legendary 'tenebrum energy'?
Li Yao sensed the brand-new form of energy that was spreading out at the head of Black Swirl, which was entirely different from the spiritual energy.
No matter how powerful the spiritual energy was, it was like a solar storm that released powerful radiation incessantly, causing destructive effects. However, it was pure in itself and did not have any life or will. It was free for human beings to absorb and make use of.
The 'tenebrum energy', on the other hand, contained thousands of impurities that resembled the feelings of human beings. They were rolling and wriggling nonstop, almost as if they had their own life and will!
Yes. Li Yao vaguely felt that the 'spiritual energy' would turn into 'tenebrum energy' when it was alive. Every stream of tenebrum energy contained the most intense love, hatred, the most gloomy jealousy, the most violent ambition, and the heaviest regret. It was a primitive life of energy that was similar to single-celled seaweed. No wonder the demonic Cultivators who swallowed tremendous' tenebrum energy 'could easily degenerate into evil, bloodthirsty lunatics!
"Aooo!"
From the end of the pathway, behind the cabin door, and even on the ceiling, a lot of crew members who had been corrupted by tenebrum energy lunged out.
Those people had been heavily wounded in the explosion. Their limbs were so twisted that they did not look like human beings anymore. Even their brains were clearly visible.
But purple flames were surging deep inside their eyes. The devilish fire was even flowing out of their eye sockets. They were no longer Immortal Cultivators but demonic Cultivators who were even more evil and violent because their souls had been completely corrupted by tenebrum energy!
Since they were the accomplices of the extraterrestrial devils, the three of them naturally did not show any mercy. They had even blown up the devil king that was attached to Professor Mo Xuan's body into smithereens. The shrimps that were jumbled up in a hurry were certainly not a problem for them. In the blink of an eye, they were obliterated together with the weird tenebrum energy under the high temperature of thousands of degrees.
However, as they drew closer and closer to the bridge, the environment around them underwent weird changes.
Giant meatballs that looked like tumors grew out of the pathways and the cabin walls. Many of the meatballs even had wet holes on them from which bright purple mist was spurting out intermittently.
A lot of biological tissues that resembled intestines were also entangled on the transmission tubes of spiritual energy. They were shivering slightly and secreting a lot of stinky mucus.
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