Despite the vastness of the universe, millions of kilometers were covered in the blink of an eye in front of the crazily advancing flames of war.
At that moment, before the nobles' screams that sounded like pigs being butchered could be heard, the three fleets of Ding Ling Dong, Bai Xingjian, and Lei Chenghu gathered from different directions like three iron torrents and crushed the battle formation of the nobles that was on the verge of collapse.
For a moment, countless bridges made of death rays were established between the starships. The chaotic magnetic field that was triggered by the collisions of the high-speed particles and the spiritual shields spread out like colorful mist. The mist of death was highly corrosive and corroded thousands of starships in the blink of an eye. Thousands of starships were riddled with holes and even appalling holes. Tremendous crew members, assets, and fuel spurted out from the holes, struggling and cramping helplessly like countless tentacles of fire.
The three fleets on the attackers' side had entirely different battle styles.
Bai Xingjian's Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs was like a ghost saber that was as thin as paper if not invisible. It cut into the most vulnerable connection parts of the four branch fleets of the Return of Heaven Fleet agilely and dissected the Return of Heaven Fleet layer by layer like a butcher dissecting a cow. The large maintenance starships and comprehensive supply starships were completely exposed to the ferocious firepower of the following fleets. The arsenal starships and the destroyers that were faster were also lost. Because of the intense interferences, they could not tell where the star and the Jade Tripod Planet were. They did not even know where to run to.
Ding Lingdang and the hundred Colossi that followed her dived into the area where the starships of the Return of Heaven Fleet were densest unreasonably. With the enormous size of the starships as their cover, they reached the bridge, the arsenal, and the engine compartment like burning chopsticks that had stabbed into tofu and stirred it. In only half a minute, they would completely lose the combat functions of a starship and turn it into a dark, cold coffin that simply drifted with the current. Then, they would break out of the shell and charge at the next starship while roaring crazily.
The charge of a hundred Colossi was a rarely-seen glamorous scene even in the epic battles at the center of the cosmos.
The Yuanying and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Return of Heaven Fleet were all dumbfounded by Ding Ling Dong's toughness and craziness.
Even though they could gather the largest number of Colossi, who would be willing to invest the ultimate weapons that could not be mass-produced in such a crazy battle for nothing? Besides, when hundreds of Colossi were engaged in street gangster-like battles inside their own starships, their own fleet would still suffer losses regardless of the outcome!
Therefore, without anybody taking the lead, the Yuanying and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Return of Heaven Fleet, as well as their Colossi, were not willing to confront Ding Ling Dong and the other Colossi of the Federation head-on. Instead, they tried their best to run away, only to run into Lei Chenghu's iron plate that was made of iron and death ray.
Different from Bai Xingjian's sharpness and Ding Ling Dong's craziness, Lei Chenghu was in the most regular and rigorous battle formation. With the textbook coordination of starships and firepower, he taught the nobles a profound lesson about what a space battle was exactly, what an invincible army of the Imperium was exactly, and what a real Immortal Cultivator was exactly!
Their sprinting speed was as good as Bai Xingjian's, and their firepower was so overwhelming that it almost covered the entire sea of stars. However, Lei Chenghu's fleet's every salvo was well-aimed, and their accuracy was shockingly high. They carried out the orders of their superiors resolutely, too. In order to keep their battle formation undisturbed, they did not intend to dodge at all even when they discovered the nobles' starships on their way forward but simply crashed into them head-on, not caring even if they were both blown into brilliant fireballs.
The overwhelming crystal bombs and the high-energy particles rained down on the battle formation of the Return of Heaven Fleet, which had almost been wiped out. Like countless golden swords cutting the fluffy snow brutally, the weird distortions caused by the explosions of the starships were like colorful diamonds refracting the interconnected rays of light. After only one round of collision, the Return of Heaven Fleet was already on the verge of total collapse.
A lot of starships completely lost the courage to fight. Their turrets were all dangling, but they had delivered all the fuel to their spiritual shields and power units, hoping to escape. They were even crashing into each other to compete for the best route of escape.
More Crystal Suit and space shuttles intended to stall the enemy for a while, only to discover, to their disbelief, that the motherships did not care about their lives at all and simply fled without looking back.
Losing the motherships equaled losing the hope of survival. The nobles who felt like crying could only raise their hands and surrender obediently other than cursing aloud. Turning off most of the magical equipment units around them, reducing the reaction of spiritual energy to the minimum, they also sent out the signal of "surrender" in the public channel, waiting for the verdict of fate.
A few Colossi that belonged to the four families had been sent to the battlefield, but when they looked at the unstoppable fleet of Bai Xingjian and the Arsonists, Ding Ling Dong and the expedition army of the Federation, and then at the magnificent fleet of Lei Chenghu behind them as well as their allies who were fleeing in disorder, they pondered for a moment and retreated, spending the precious fuel on chasing after their motherships.
Are you kidding me? After only one round of battle, the outcome of the battle could not have been clearer. The mess before their eyes was too chaotic for Blackstar the Great to clean up even if he were resurrected. If they did not run away now, were they waiting to be buried together with the Reversal Fleet that was congenitally deformed, deficient, and had their own plans?
The destructive firepower of the attackers even extended all the way to the center of the battle formation of the Turnaround Fleet and the general flagship that was theoretically absolutely safe.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Screams that were tearing apart the sky were echoing in the meeting room of the highest coalition.
"What do we do? The enemy's firepower is too ferocious. What's going on?"
"Get out of the way! Why are there so many starships blocking our route of retreat? Vice Marshal Song, how did you command them? Ask those reckless guys to get out of the way and cover our retreat so that we can evacuate safely!"
"This is all the fault of the Song family. This is the territory of the Song family. It was your intelligence that was wrong. You have to be responsible. You have to be fully responsible for the fiasco of the battle. After we return to the Yellow Dragon Sector and report to His Majesty, I'm definitely going to report you. Just you wait! Just you wait!"
"Vice Marshal Song, Vice Marshal Song, what are you doing exactly? Aren't you the commander of the Turnaround Fleet and the highest commander of the Jade Tripod Battle? Find a way to send us back to the Jade Tripod Planet — no, back to the Yellow Dragon Sector directly. Otherwise, watch out for your head! "
The generals, ministers, and marquises of the Yun family, the Li family, and the Dongfang family all aimed their spears at the Song family and Song Bugui, venting their fear for Lei Chenghu and the people of the Federation on Song Bugui, in order to save some of their dignity.
Even Song Lixing, the future Kurfürst of the Song family, was like a half-dead piranha stranded on the shore. He breathed heavily in the command chair, gnashing his teeth and glaring at Song Bugui with the most vicious eyes.
"… Understood. I'll do my best to escort you back to your hometown safely, my lords."
Faced with the rainstorm of saliva, Song Bugui was as emotionless as before. He bowed deeply and backed out of the room.
"Father!"
In the shadows deep inside the pathway, the First Born and dozens of other guys who were wearing the uniforms of signalmen, but who looked like slaughter machines with bulging temples, popped up.
BOOM!
A deafening noise echoed at the rear of the flagship again, but it did not sound like a bombardment this time. Instead, it seemed to have been sabotaged by someone inside, resulting in an intense implosion of the engine compartment.
The flagship's speed immediately slowed down.
Song Bugui and his father had long been prepared for it. They stabbed into the deck like nails.
The noble generals in the meeting room, however, were caught unprepared and exclaimed in fury.
Song Bugui held the wall of the cabin. Next to him was a round virtual window. On the 3D light beam, the stars and the cannonfire were reflecting each other, making him look particularly gloomy and conflicted.
"I'm really … regretting it!"
With a bitter smile, Song Bugui looked at the bloodstained sea of stars outside of the window and mumbled, "Juncai, do you believe that if the Heaven Returning Fleet was a real fleet that was united and had the invincible spirit that Blackstar the Great had when he founded the Imperium of True Human Beings a thousand years ago, we would've had a chance to win the battle.
"Our starships are no worse than the enemy's. The number and quality of our Colossi are not much lower, either. In terms of ammunition, fuel, intensity of spiritual shields, and other key indicators, we are even better than the enemy's. As for the three parts of the enemy, Lei Chenghu, Bai Xingjian, and the reinforcements of the Federation, they do not have good teamwork and have subtle gaps between each other. The enemy is just bluffing and covering their weakness with the madness of desperadoes.
"Therefore, if I can control the Heaven Returning Fleet 100% without those wretched pigs and dogs in my way, and if I can make the whole army carry out my will to the end, even a mediocre person such as myself might not necessarily be unable to defeat the legendary 'God of War'!
"It's … truly a shame. Commanding an enormous army in a magnificent battle formation and raising the most brilliant sparks in an open, thunderous competition with a famous general such as Lei Chenghu. Even if I am to be killed by his barrage, it will still be the highest honor for an Immortal Cultivator and a professional soldier.
"I would rather die in such a glorious way than live on while struggling to catch my breath …"
"Father, why do you say that?"
His eldest son stepped forward and unsheathed his vibration saber. He said resolutely, "A fine bird chooses a fine tree to nest in. There is still time. Chances are that you will be promoted even further!"
"There is no time. You don't understand. There is no time at all. Since the moment the four Kurfürsten stole the supreme power of the Imperium hundreds of years ago, there has been no time at all. You don't understand. You don't understand!"
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