As the dozens of streaks of brilliance drew closer and closer, the thing hidden at the core of the streaks of brilliance was clearly visible too. It was a metal cylinder more than a hundred meters long and about twenty meters in diameter. It was in a segmented structure, and the few sections at the back were all power units and fuel chambers.
After being launched by the powerful helical force from the rails of the starships, the fuel chambers reacted crazily with an intensity that bordered on explosion, emanating brilliance that was even more dazzling than a star.
Every once in a while, a section of the fuel chambers and the power units would fall off, only to ignite new, more powerful, and explosive crystal fuel. While the exhaust flames were expanding abruptly, the speed was multiplied, too.
In the end, the fuel chambers and the power units all fell off, turning from cylinders into the perfect form that looked like metal drops. Their speed soared to the highest, too, as they pierced into the defense circle of the Divine Rain Fleet brutally and exploded against the flashing barrage.
Enormous figures that looked like deities were displayed clearly on the surveillance light beam of every starship of the Divine Rain Fleet.
The broken metal shells became the best bait for interference and attracted most of the barrage. The giants, on the other hand, continued moving forward under the enormous inertia and pierced into the heart of the Divine Rain Fleet.
"Colossi!"
Desperate roars echoed from every starship of the Divine Rain Fleet. Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
Beep! The Colossi of the rebels had just distinguished themselves in the frontline of the Imperium's counterattack. Naturally, the database of the Divine Rain Fleet had their detailed data. By scanning the appearance of the Colossi, the features of the flames of spiritual energy that they released, and other unique performance parameters, it was possible to analyze the signals and the identity of the enemy.
On the light beam that slowly popped up, every intimidating name cast the commanders of the Divine Rain Fleet into silence.
One of the two Colossi in the lead was named "Blazing Blood Fiery Crow", which was piloted by "Lei Wuya", a seasoned expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage of the Thunder Fleet.
Lei Wuya was a rarely-seen pure battle-type expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage. He had once destroyed twelve starships of the Holy League in the frontline. In terms of combat ability, he was almost the best expert in the Thunder Fleet. He was even confident to fight the top experts of the four Kurfürst families!
Had it not been for the fact that he was obsessed with martial arts and did not know the first thing about commanding troops or resource coordination, Lei Chenghu would not have been able to mobilize such a super expert so easily.
The other "Nether Star" was piloted by the notorious lunatic "Shen Tumeng".
Shen Tumeng was perhaps the epitome of the low-level Immortal Cultivators from the peripheral worlds of the Imperium.
Without a noble background, there would be no abundant resources and an excellent cultivation environment. No matter how good one's talent was, they could only serve as cannon fodder on the battlefield and struggle to grow on the path of Asura's slaughter.
Of the ten thousand cannon fodders, 9,999 of them all died the most miserable deaths. Shen Tumeng was the only one who survived and grew up with the dark blessings of his compatriots. He fought his way from the Refinement Stage to the Building Foundation Stage, and from the Building Foundation Stage to the Core Formation Stage, before he condensed his own bloody Yuanying amidst mountains of corpses and blood!
It was a pity that a man's strength was limited. A Yuanying was no different from an ant in the vast sea of stars. However crazily Shen Tumeng trained and fought, he could not prevent the fleet of his hometown from being annihilated. Those who survived were even berated by the base of the expedition army and accused of "cowardice".
When Shen Tumeng was almost put on trial, it was Lei Chenghu who came up with a way to save him.
Since then, the lunatic who had lost his hometown and compatriots had been loyal to Lei Chenghu. He also proved that he was not a coward under Lei Chenghu's command. As long as he was given sufficient training resources, logistical supplies, and reliable allies, he could crush any enemy and successfully advance into the Divinity Transformation Stage after more than ten years of bloody battles!
Both Lei Wuya and Shen Tumeng were ferocious generals who had survived hundreds of battles. Hardly had the Colossi appeared in space when the most aggressive killing intent was released from the gaps of the shells, which covered the distance instantly and spread out on the bridges of the various starships of the Divine Rain Fleet.
However, Lei Wuya and Shen Tumeng did not lead the twenty or so Colossi to attack the flagship of the Divine Rain Fleet. Instead, they each led an assault team of Colossi and lunged at the two flanks of the Divine Rain Fleet like a pair of scissors that were slowly opening.
"What's going on? The strongest forces of the rebels did not attack the core of our army?"
While the commander of the flagship of the Divine Rain Fleet was confused, the probe magical equipment let out screams that were almost moaning again.
It was not until then that they discovered that, under the cover of the surging exhaust flames after the shells of the many Colossi of the rebels exploded, there was still a metal drop that had not split apart yet!
The metal drop had been smeared with stealth materials that could absorb all waves and radiations. It truly seemed to be melded with the dark universe. Flying at a high speed due to inertia, it did not spread out any waves or ripples at all. Therefore, it was not discovered until this moment.
On the flagship of the Divine Rain Fleet and the frigates, arsenal warships, and destroyers that were protecting the flagship, hundreds of pillars of light immediately tore apart the sea of stars and illuminated the universe while they darted at the black drop that was rushing close as fast as lightning!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Enormous noises of the main guns were echoing inside the starships. The deafening noises brought an illusionary sense of security. A series of glittering light balls overlapped, as if they had established a glittering iron wall in front of the Divine Rain Fleet. The commanders of the Divine Rain Fleet took a long breath in relief. They had finally earned a few minutes to arrange the battle formation unhurriedly.
However —
The glittering light balls made of the mystic ray cannons, the crystal railguns, and the high-explosive bombs did not perish instantly as usual. Instead, they seemed to have been given a brand-new life. Wriggling, twisting, condensing, and changing weirdly, they slowly extended to two sides, and a weird bulge appeared above them.
Ten seconds later, the dazzling brilliance turned into a gold eagle or … vulture that was at least a hundred kilometers long and overwhelming the sky!
"This — this — this is —"
On the bridge of the flagship of the Divine Rain Fleet, everybody gasped in shock. The gold vulture that was condensed by their barrage was still flapping its wings slowly and staring at them coldly in the arrogant manner that seemed to be trampling on all the rules and patterns!
"Enormous spiritual reaction detected!"
"A Colossus! A new Colossus!"
"The spiritual reaction is even more intense than the 'Blazing Blood Fiery Crow' and the 'Nether Star' just now. Also, there is no data about this Colossus in our database at all. How is it possible?"
In the exclamations of disbelief, the overwhelming gold vulture constricted and transformed again. But however it shrank, it still split into a hundred streaks of golden brilliance more than ten kilometers long. The streaks of brilliance constituted a cape that looked like a pair of wings and fluttered behind a gold Colossus majestically!
Before the commanders on the starships of the Divine Rain Fleet swallowed their cold air, the cape of brilliance dozens of kilometers long behind the gold Colossus had mysterious changes again. Thousands of streaks of mystic light zigzagged into complicated runes, and the runes were then condensed into three lines of splendid, glittering, and dominating words that could be seen clearly in the entire space zone.
On the left side of the Colossus was "Gold Vulture", and on the right side was "Vulture Li Yao". Above them, however, were the flamboyant and irrefutable words: "Surrender now!"
Every word was more than one kilometer in diameter. Although they were not very eye-catching in the vast sea of stars, they were clearly displayed on every light beam under the scanning of all the probe magical equipment. They were also dancing very arrogantly like flags that were flapping in the wind.
"…"
On all the starships of the Divine Rain Fleet, the commanders of all levels who saw the three lines of words were all rendered speechless.
"Gold Vulture? Vulture Li Yao? What … What the hell is going on?"
The highest commander on the flagship found it hard to believe. "Painting his name with spiritual energy before the battle? Is there something wrong with the guy's head? Or is he trying to disrupt our minds with such a retarded tactic?
"Where are our Colossi? Move out and blow this guy up brutally. Do not let the enemy invade our battle formation!"
In the competition between a warship and a Colossus, the only advantage of a warship was the incessant and destructive remote firepower.
In order to make full use of the advantages of remote firepower, the distance between the two parties had to be increased. In other words, the enemy's Colossus could not be allowed to reach the warship on their side. Otherwise, not only would there be blind spots in the shooting range, but it would also be possible to hurt their allies by accident.
It was needless to say that, should the Colossus break through the armor and the shell of the warship and crawl into the warship on their side, it would be a destructive strike.
The only way to effectively block the attack of the enemy's Colossus was to send out one's own Colossus, except for the Crystal Suit and the armed shuttles on one's own side.
As the elites that were stationed in the core worlds of the Li family, the Divine Rain Fleet naturally boasted tremendous Colossi. Even though many Colossi had reinforced the capital, there were still more than ten Colossi left.
Immediately, war machines that looked like iron gods leaped out of the starships, accompanied by the attack groups of the Crystal Suit that looked like bees and ants. The exhaust flames spurting out of the power units dyed them into colorful clouds that split into three streams and lunged at Li Yao, Lei Wuya, and Shen Tumeng respectively.
Behind them, the Divine Rain Fleet also tried their best to change into an arc-shaped battle formation that was most suitable for a focused attack. Like a glittering pot, they aimed at the Colossus assault team including Li Yao. The flashing barrage was ten times denser than a moment ago, as if a storm was raging in the middle of the universe!
Inside the cockpit of the Gold Vulture, or spiritual residence …
Li Yao was entirely enshrouded by Little Black. He seemed to have sunk into a black swamp. His body of flesh and blood seemed to have been melted, and his soul and the Colossus were completely melted.
Faced with three enemy Colossi, thousands of Crystal Suit, and overwhelming barrage, he put on a casual smile.
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