BOOM!
Along with the declaration, Star Lord Temple was shaking violently again. The iron dome was cracking, and more than ten steel tubes could not hold on any longer and crashed to the ground.
Li Yao's pupils suddenly constricted to the size of two needles. The muscles all over his body tightened in an instant. At first glance, it seemed that his entire body had shrunk. However, the clothes on his body were bulging as if they had been blown full of air. Hissing sounds of tearing could even be heard.
After two cracking noises, Li Yao's work shoes, which were made of iron, did not have any changes on the surface, but the bottom of the shoes, which were made of reinforced rubber, exploded into powder. Even the loose trousers on his calves were torn apart into rags. His body suddenly turned into a streak of brightness and darted toward where the steel tubes had fallen!
"Shua!"
Li Yao's arms turned into more than ten blurred shadows. Like whips, he snatched fourteen steel tubes into his hands, leaving only the last one behind in a deafening noise.
Although the steel tubes did not hit anybody, they did scare a lot of ordinary people. The crowd that had calmed down a moment ago was in turmoil again. A lot of the old, the weak, and the young fell to the ground in the intense shoving. The helpless cries of little girls echoed vaguely not far away.
"Crack!"
Li Yao clenched the few steel tubes in his hands so hard that they were almost imprinted into the wood.
Li Yao was emotionless, but flames of fury were beaming out of his eyes.
He narrowed his eyes and observed the battle attentively.
What had appeared abruptly in space was a starship more than a thousand meters long that looked like a hideous crocodile. The enormous turrets on the 'spine' of the crocodile were spurting out dazzling clusters of spiritual energy incessantly, bombarding Star Lord Temple.
However, the defense of Star Lord Temple was obviously beyond the expectations of the space pirates.
The circular defense circle revolved quickly, and the spiritual shield absorbed all the energy attacks. The gravity field interfered with the defense system, too, diverted all the physical attacks. The roaring cannonballs brushed past Star Lord Temple and darted into the dark space.
A moment later, the space pirates lowered the tempo of their attack and spurted out tremendous Crystal Suit from the abdomen of the starship. They tried to force their way in.
The guards of Star Lord Temple flew into space, too. Hundreds of Exos were entangled with each other. The cold sea of stars seemed to be boiling. Ripples of spiritual energy were surging crazily like a flood.
In terms of numbers, the space pirates did not have any advantage.
In this barren land, without the protection of the Cultivation Sects, almost all the men in the families knew how to wear the Crystal Suit and engage in simple combat.
However … After all, most of the residents here were ordinary people. Even among the guards of Star Lord Temple, there were only a few Refinement Stage Cultivators. Most of them were either old or disabled, which was why they had returned to their hometowns to retire.
The space pirates, on the other hand, were all ferocious desperadoes. Many of them were in the high level of the Refinement Stage or even the Building Foundation Stage. They had rich combat experience and were equipped with the Battle Crystal Suit that was armed to the teeth. Against these amateurs, it was as easy as cutting vegetables.
The Guardians of Star Sovereign Temple could only rely on their powerful defense to hold on and try their best to stall for time.
Anyone could see that it was only a matter of time before the defensive perimeter was breached.
On Li Yao's face. There was a hint of confusion on his face. He narrowed his eyes and analyzed the crocodile warship carefully.
On the bow of the warship was engraved the words' Stormy Prison '!
Li Yao searched for the latest information in his head quickly.
Storm Prison. It was a large pirate gang that ranked in the top twenty of the Flying Star Sector. It was notorious for its treacherous, cruel behavior.
Their leader, Fengyu Zhong, was an expert of Jin Dan. He was quite a smart man. The Holy League had organized several sieges and annihilations of Storm Prison. A peak Jin Dan Cultivator had even been dispatched.
Every time, Fengyu Prison was annihilated, but Fengyu Zhong always managed to escape. Not long after, he would gather a new batch of people and rise again. Every time, he would become more and more powerful, and his methods would become more and more brutal!
It was possible that Star Lord Temple had seen the name of Storm Prison, too. Therefore, they had initiated active defense without any hesitation and had no intention of surrendering at all.
Odd. What is a top twenty pirate gang of the Flying Star Sector doing in such a remote place?
Studying the light beam carefully, Li Yao was deep in thought.
He discovered that, although the crocodile warship of Storm Prison had arrived aggressively, there were a lot of broken marks on the warship. Several turrets had even been blown up. Even the exhaust flames at the rear of the warship were blinking intermittently. It was obvious that something was wrong with the power rune arrays.
The space pirates who were fighting in space were clumsy and anxious, too. They seemed to be short of spiritual energy and ammunitions. Therefore, they barely used remote attacks and were mostly engaged in melee combat.
In short, Star Lord Temple was meat on the chopping board.
But the space pirates of Storm Prison were waving blunt sabers, too. Even if they could cut the meat, it would take them a lot of effort to mince it into meat paste.
They have just gone through a fierce battle and are running out of ammunition.
Li Yao came to a conclusion. Star Lord Temple is just a ragtag troop made of ordinary people and low-level Cultivators. In other words, they are farmers in armor.
With Storm Prison's expertise, they should've finished the battle easily even if they were disrupted by the defense circle. Why is the stalemate going on for so long?
Fengyu Zhong, the leader of Storm Prison and the expert Jin Dan, is either not on the warship or too heavily wounded to stand on his feet. Otherwise, with his Cultivation in the Core Formation Stage, I'm afraid that he would've been able to break through the defense circle with only one hand and one foot.
The Flying Star Sector is truly an interesting place. Not only do the renowned Cultivators not protect the ordinary people, they even turn into space pirates and slaughter the ordinary people?
Li Yao recalled the misdeeds and crimes of Storm Prison in the database. Brilliance sharper than an icicle beamed out of his eyes as he dashed to the first deck.
The first deck was already a mess.
Without the protection and guidance of a Cultivation sect, the ordinary people and the low-level unaffiliated Cultivators were nothing more than loose sand. After shouting for a while, they put on the Crystal Suit and marched into space.
Li Yao couldn't help but grimace.
If his abilities were digitized and his combat ability was 60, his commanding ability … was close to 0. It was impossible for him to reorganize the unaffiliated soldiers.
Sighing, Li Yao had no choice but to summon the Rockman and leap into space.
But he did not charge into the battle in a hurry like other people did.
He observed the battlefield calmly and discovered that several space pirates seemed to be at least in the Building Foundation Stage.
He might've been able to deal with a couple of them, but he would've been stalled if a couple of them attacked him at the same time.
The cannons of the crocodile warship, on the other hand, were not for show. Even if they could not break through the defense circle of Star Lord Temple, it would be more than easy for them to blow him up.
"Li Yao, what's going on right now? I've sensed very powerful spiritual waves around Star Lord Temple. Do you need us to draw close?
Mo Xuan's anxious voice came over in the communication channel.
"That won't be necessary."
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "We are being attacked by space pirates. They have a warship with enormous firepower. Sparkle is a multipurpose exploration starship. Only a few secondary cannons have been repaired. We won't be able to win the battle.
"The situation is chaotic right now. I don't know if they have reinforcements. Sparkle must not be exposed.
"Keep drifting in the disguise and mute your spiritual communication. I'll call you when it's safe.
"As for the warship … I'll take care of it!"
Before today, Li Yao had barely fought in a vacuum and weightless environment. He had long been used to the omnipresent restraint of gravity.
While he activated the power rune arrays and warmed up his hands and feet, he observed calmly and considered battle plans one after another.
"Not just this Rockman, even the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit can barely break into the crocodile warship from the outside. I'll have to find a way to sneak in.
"What do we do?
"Although the shell of the crocodile warship is riddled with holes, it is obvious that the space pirates on the warship have noticed it, too. All the damaged parts have been taken care of by the anti-air cannons. Once the enemy approaches, they will be greeted with intense firepower.
"Even if they can pass through the fire net, they will be noticed by the enemies inside the warship. Stealth will be meaningless.
"How can I sneak into the crocodile warship without being noticed?"
The starry brilliance inside Li Yao's eyes was shivering at a high frequency. His computational ability was maximized as he tried to come up with a solution. Then, he noticed a weird phenomenon. His eyes suddenly shone.
At the tail of the crocodile warship, there were ten groups of nozzles in two rows. Ten scorching flames were spurting out and providing the warship with incessant impetus.
However, because of the heavy damage, the flames spurting out of four groups of nozzles were intermittent.
The group with the longest interval would spurt out flames every nineteen seconds. Every eruption would last five seconds.
By preliminary estimation, every tube in every group of nozzles was more than three meters in diameter.
"It seems that I can make use of it."
Li Yao had never seen such a warship before, but the internal structure of a crystal warship with the engine system at the tail should be similar.
The tubes that spurted out flames extended all the way to the bottom of the engine compartment at the rear of the warship. In order to dissipate the heat, a lot of space would be left aside. There were even several cooling ponds that were filled with special coolant.
Even though the engine compartment was full of people, few people would be guarding the cooling ponds as long as they didn't break down.
"This is the place!"
"For Storm Prison to appear in such a remote and desolate place out of the blue and impatiently launch an attack on a barren town with little to no profit and still fail to take it down in such a short time is a great humiliation to them."
"If they had any strength left, they would've sent it out a long time ago to destroy the circular defense circle.
"Therefore, those on the battlefield right now must be most of their forces.
"There can't be too many experts on the warship!"
Inside Li Yao's brain, everything that he could see turned into translucent shadows, which then turned into billions of numbers. He calculated the distance, speed, and angle crazily. A moment later, he waved the four arms of the Rockman and marched into the battle clumsily! (To be continued …)
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