Shua! Shua! Shua!
The ninety-nine turrets that had been evenly distributed around Heavenly Phantom all slid to the left side. Look?
Ninety-nine giant 'marbles', which were absolutely round and smooth, were arranged into a nine-floored tower. Starting from the 'tower base' at the bottom, every turret suddenly glittered and transmitted overwhelming spiritual energy forward.
When the spiritual energy was condensed to the front of the giant cannon, it was truly like a bright purple solar prominence that boasted the infinite power of destruction and could stab a hole in the universe!
"The spiritual energy has been filled. The spiritual waves of the ninety-nine turrets have been synchronized!
"The trajectory of the target has been locked onto. The target is not changing its direction at all. It is charging straight at us just like that!
"Prepare to open fire in three seconds!"
For all the Cultivators and Immortal Cultivators in Heavenly Saints City, it was perhaps the longest and most torturous three seconds of their lives.
It was especially so for those who were in the middle of the battlefield in space. Both the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators could not help but slow down their attacks. Their scorching eyes were fixed on the golden brilliance that was darting toward Heavenly Phantom.
Even the Grand Illusionary Soldiers were somewhat sluggish because the star brain had mobilized tremendous computational ability to manipulate the Heavenly Might Cannon and analyze the trajectory of Sparkle.
It was as if the entire universe, except for Heavenly Phantom and Sparkle, had been frozen for three seconds!
The mainframe crystal processor of Sparkle sensed that it had been locked onto, too, but it did not intend to slow down at all.
Its speed had been accelerated to the maximum. It was unrealistic to slow down any further, which would cost a lot of time and fuel. It was very likely that it would be stalled by the Grand Illusionary Soldiers again.
Although Sparkle could paralyze the Grand Illusionary Soldiers with the defense system, it would consume a lot of spiritual energy, too. In the end, it would be mired in an ocean of Grand Illusionary Soldiers and be unable to speed up anymore.
Therefore, Sparkle could only take a wild gamble and accelerate faster and faster. A dazzling golden afterimage that was hundreds of kilometers long was dragged out behind him!
"Open fire!"
Xiao Xuance said coldly. Boom!
"Move!"
Li Yao shouted desperately, his veins bulging.
There was no sound in the silent universe. From the left side of the Heavenly Phantom, a silver-white flood dragon surrounded by purple electric arcs suddenly burst out and exploded in midair, turning into billions of silver snakes that danced wildly and swept across the space around a dozen kilometers to the left of the Heavenly Phantom.
In the entire airspace. All the Exos, the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, and the crystal warships were torn apart, shattered, and obliterated in the blink of an eye. They turned into scorching particles and congregated into an ocean of destruction that lunged at Sparkle, surrounded by billions of silver snakes!
Sparkle was like a lone warrior fighting against thousands of enemies despite the barrage of a hundred thousand sharp arrows!
Many cultivators who saw this scene closed their eyes sadly, unwilling to witness the impending destruction.
Inside Sparkle. Many Cultivators who were enveloped by the buffer rune arrays exclaimed in shock.
However, the next second, Sparkle vanished!
The surging tides of spiritual energy and high-temperature particles only tore apart the gold blurred shadow that was hundreds of kilometers long!
No one, including Xiao Xuance, could react in time.
The star brain, on the other hand, calculated the location of Sparkle immediately. It was on the right side of Sparkle!
Teleportation!
Sparkle moved in the blink of an eye. Short-distance space jump!
Space jump! Although it was a very mature technique of the Flying Star Sector, both the long-distance space jumps across Sectors and the short-distance space jumps that were right next to each other were extremely difficult to tackle!
It was especially so for the short-distance space jumps. Because the distance was too short, the instantaneous switch between the three-dimensional space and the four-dimensional space had a very high requirement. It was like embroidery on a cell. It was an out-and-out conundrum!
Moreover, for normal space jumps … If precision was required, it would have to be warmed up for several hours in absolute stillness before it could move.
Otherwise, it would be like Li Yao's previous space jump with Skeleton Dragon. There was no telling where the jump would end up.
This time, Sparkle completed the unbelievably precise teleportation at a high speed against the overwhelming barrage of cannons!
Such a technique was far beyond the highest level of the Flying Star Sector!
"It's impossible!"
Xiao Xuance's face was twisted. He roared, "Stop it! Stop it now!"
"It's impossible!"
Countless Cultivators who saw the scene exclaimed in ecstasy.
Under their zealous gazes, Sparkle seemed to have passed through an invisible wormhole and crawled out from the right side of Heavenly Phantom without slowing down at all. Also, a cluster of crimson flames that looked like a torch surged out of the starship and condensed into an enormous drill that could blow up the sky!
At this moment, the tip of the drill was less than ten kilometers away from Heavenly Phantom.
For a starship that was moving fast, the distance was shorter than a hair.
Nothing could stop the assault of Sparkle anymore.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The ninety-nine Heavenly Might Cannons glided to the right side of Heavenly Phantom quickly. Dazzling brilliance burst out of them while they were gliding, indicating that they had been refilled with spiritual energy.
However, before they condensed into an enormous turret again, Sparkle had already penetrated through the five layers of spiritual shields of Heavenly Phantom as easily as an awl piercing through five layers of paper.
Before the surging spiritual energy among the turrets touched each other, Sparkle had drilled them into pieces and thrown all the turrets to different directions!
The drill of mystic rays drilled through the solid plate armor that was dozens of meters thick, and Sparkle pierced into Heavenly Phantom's starship deeply!
Although sound could not be transmitted in the sea of stars, the Cultivators who saw the scene still felt that their ears were deafening. They felt that their teeth were aching, as if a hole had been drilled into their skull brutally!
Heavenly Phantom, which was more than thirty kilometers long, and Sparkle, which was hundreds of meters long, were the polar opposites. They were an elephant and a mouse.
However, when Sparkle, the 'mouse', crawled into Heavenly Phantom and swept through and drilled through everything with the drill of mystic rays and the powerful impetus, there was nothing that the furious elephant could do!
Inside Heavenly Phantom, countless cabins were quickly filled with dry foam and solidified into rigid rocks.
However, Sparkle had been designed to cruise in the solid rock stratum below Boneyard in the first place.
Therefore, Sparkle did not stop until it was less than a hundred meters away from the bridge.
Li Yao clenched his fists and shouted excitedly, "If we try harder, we will be able to penetrate through the star brain directly!"
"That's impossible. Sparkle has reached its limits. One more step and it will disintegrate. The souls of the five of us will be burnt into nothingness!"
Professor Mo Xuan's voice was feeble, mixed with a lot of noises. "Short-distance space jumps are the most advanced techniques of the Star Ocean Imperium. Although we managed to perform them, the 'teleportation' this time has caused great damage to both Sparkle and us. Our computational ability has been greatly consumed!
"Also, drilling through the defense rune arrays and the shell of Heavenly Phantom, the drill of mystic rays has been greatly damaged, too. Sparkle is now at the end of its tether. There is no way that it can move forward!"
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "Then, the 'mirror' outside of Heavenly Phantom must've been broken, right? Are you able to hack the star brain and paralyze all the Grand Illusionary Soldiers?
"Why don't we wait here until the Grand Illusionary Soldiers are paralyzed before we go and kill Xiao Xuance?"
"That's impossible!"
Professor Mo Xuan said. "The star brain is too strong and complicated. It will take us at least ten minutes to infiltrate it and touch the virus.
"During the process, it is very likely that the star brain will notice us and start a fierce battle of computational ability.
"This place is the brain and the heart of Heavenly Phantom. Countless Grand Illusionary Soldiers are guarding this place. They will arrive very soon and tear Sparkle and us into pieces before the virus takes effect!
"Therefore, you will still have to attack the bridge and kill Xiao Xuance to distract the Grand Illusionary Soldiers and buy us more time!
"The Grand Illusionary Soldiers here are essentially Xiao Xuance's' trusted soldiers'. They should be directly controlled by the star brain, which will occupy a lot of the star brain's computational ability!
"The fiercer your battle is, the more computational ability the star brain will mobilize to deal with you. Then, we will be able to take advantage of the situation. Chances are that we will be able to trick the star brain and inject the virus without alarming anyone!"
Li Yao realized that it was a diversion.
Then, what else could he say? Let's go!
Immediately, they split into two groups. Some of the Cultivators, including Si Koulie, stayed to protect Sparkle, while the rest of them marched to the bridge together with Li Yao and Luoxingzi!
With everything coming to this point, there was no need to preserve his spiritual energy anymore. Li Yao boosted the six dragon heads on the back of his battlesuit and blew up the cabin wall in front of him as well as the Immortal Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers behind the cabin wall, creating a path to the bridge!
On the way, countless Grand Illusionary Soldiers marched close from the pathways on both sides.
The Grand Illusionary Soldiers were different from the ones that they had seen in space.
Needless to say, there was no need to mention the substantial improvement in the refinement materials. More importantly, they were more flexible and nimble, and their tactical choices were more varied and mysterious. It was as if there were living people hidden inside, and there was no hint of machinery at all.
Li Yao knew that the Grand Illusionary Soldiers were directly controlled by the star brain. Their computational ability was more than ten times higher than that of the Grand Illusionary Soldiers outside!
Faced with the tide-like Grand Illusionary Soldiers, countless Cultivators in the Building Foundation Stage and the Core Formation Stage volunteered to stay and resist them, buying precious time for Li Yao and the rest of them. After three minutes of fighting, they finally marched to the bridge.
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