A blinding white light shot out from the distant horizon, instantly reaching the vicinity of the Empire's fleet. When my vision was filled with the white light that filled the entire sky, I felt that time had stopped.
And then, time really stopped.
Shallow Shallow hovered a dozen centimeters above the ground, her short black hair fluttering wildly as if blown by a strong wind. The girl's eyes glowed with a mysterious radiance, as if she was the most beautiful of treasures. Energy that was unprecedentedly powerful surged from her body, the spiritual power that surpassed human imagination took physical form in the air, forming bright silver-white stripes following the trajectory of their master, and then forming a mysterious and complicated clock pattern beneath Shallow Shallow's feet. In a daze, I seemed to see a gigantic still hourglass standing in this space, that unprecedentedly large hourglass connecting the sky and the earth at the same time, but in reality, nothing appeared before my eyes. The hourglass was merely a projection of another plane of the world formed in our consciousness after Shallow Shallow's spiritual power touched the most fundamental rules of this world.
The white light that could instantly vaporize an entire city into plasma suddenly stopped a few meters away from its target, separated by an invisible barrier of time. On one side was a blinding light that was as intense as several suns, and on the other side was the Empire's fleet that was as dark as the night. The entire world seemed to have been abruptly divided into two distinct parts, one bright and the other dark, giving one a strange sense of dissonance as if they had entered a dream world.
As the light shining from the front was stopped in midair, and the light around us was cut into pieces by the broken time, everything around us instantly darkened. The ground was filled with strange black spots, those were the wrong silhouettes of the surrounding facilities under the chaotic light.
And yet, I could still see the destructive light just inches away from me, which proved how powerful the light was. Even after the light had stopped, it could still forcefully project its image into my retina.
After an unknown amount of time had passed, I even had the illusion that a thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye. Everything that had stopped finally began to move again, Shallow Shallow did her best to slow down the white light, and only then did the spaceship's defense system finally let out a low and heavily distorted hum. A blue energy barrier slowly rose around us as if in slow motion, and the deadly white light slowly but steadily approached us. A tall black figure charged towards the white light, but I couldn't see his face clearly. All I could see was his body suddenly disintegrating into countless diamond-shaped pieces in midair, and the diamond-shaped pieces glowed with a pale blue light, interweaving into a huge blue energy net. And behind this figure, more black figures charged towards the energy torrent, using their own bodies to support a sturdy energy barrier.
* Thud. * A circular piece of plastic dropped to the ground at my feet. It was a CD, and then more CD's rained down.
A certain uncle was going to cry, he was really going to cry …
At the same time, Shallow Shallow's time stop had reached its limit. She fell from midair back to the ground, and then slumped weakly into my arms. The white light that had regained its freedom instantly regained its original speed, and without any suspense, it crashed into the energy barrier that had just been erected.
Instantly, an ear-piercing shriek of energy filled the sky.
Everything around us began to shake violently. This wasn't because the fortress had been attacked, but rather because space itself was trembling from the collision of energy. Alarms for equipment overloading sounded continuously. Although most of the direct bombardment had been blocked by the energy barrier, the impact from the clash of two ultimate energies wasn't as simple as a single cannon shot. The main body of the fortress still suffered a certain degree of damage.
This process lasted for approximately ten seconds. When the shockwaves finally stopped, the frantic alarms all around us finally calmed down. Then, the various departments began to calculate the damage that the fortress had suffered from this attack as quickly as possible. And in front of me, a burly man whose entire body was crackling with electric sparks fell to the ground in an extremely unaesthetic manner. Then, he flipped over and stood up as if nothing had happened. He swiftly put on a black suit that made people feel like they were full of spirit, and then he began to frantically collect the CD's that were scattered all over the place.
… To be honest, I didn't think that what Sicarro urgently needed right now wasn't the CD's, but a major repair at the factory. His ankles had been connected upside down.
The situation wasn't too bad. Although the fortress had been directly bombarded by the enemy, Shallow Shallow's Time Stop had bought us precious time to react. That powerful Sicarro had even led a group of powerful individuals to forcefully block 80% of the cannon fire with his body. That was why even though the attack was incredibly powerful, the damage that the floating fortress had suffered was still within an acceptable range.
It was obvious that the enemy's attack was aimed at the most important floating fortress, and Sicarro had led the defense troops to intercept the attack before it actually reached us. That was why the troops around us hadn't suffered too much damage. Only two unlucky frigates had been hit by two white light beams that had slipped through the defense line due to their terrible positioning. They were instantly vaporized into the basic elements of the world. Apart from the high-ranking officer's soul that had been sent back to the fortress's mainframe in time, none of the other Schilling soldiers and low-level commanders had survived.
"What's going on?"
I was stunned by the sudden attack. Although I had roughly guessed what it was, I still asked subconsciously.
Sandora's expression was terrifyingly gloomy. An icy aura that I had never seen before was emanating from this girl who was usually foolishly happy. Black flames flashed in her eyes before she said coldly, "It's the Galaxy Main Cannon — that Eternal rank battleship. It has finally appeared."
Following Sandora's gaze, I finally saw a blurry gray shadow emerging from the air in the distant horizon that had been torn apart by the energy storm.
Our fortress was equipped with the most advanced radar system. However, in the face of the Fallen Apostles who knew our technology like the back of their hands, our warning system didn't seem to be of much use. I didn't know what method the enemy had used, but that enormous Eternal rank battleship had actually succeeded in deceiving all of our radars, hiding itself in a crack in space. It wasn't until the tremendous energy fired by the Galaxy Main Cannon tore apart that layer of camouflage that the massive Eternal rank battleship appeared in front of us.
It was that battleship that had taken advantage of the fact that we had broken through the enemy's fortress and let our guard down to launch a powerful frontal attack on us. Now that I think about it, that fortress was probably just a bait. They had been waiting for our energy system to enter a cooldown state during the battle with the fortress on the ground. Then, they would launch a fatal main cannon attack. Their actions couldn't be said to be careless. They were also extremely patient. They even waited until the Eternal rank battleship was within their visual range before launching their attack on us. Fortunately, they didn't expect that time was on our side.
The 'close-range' main cannon attack that they had been confident in didn't achieve the desired effect. However, the enemy didn't give up because of this. The terrifying machine from the Schilling civilization bared its fangs and claws. The starlight that gathered at the bow of the battleship once again revealed the unwavering determination of the enemy. On the radar that had finally reacted to the situation, the astonishing energy readings were continuously rising at a speed that could make one's eyes cramp. In the hall behind us, the various commanders were nervously and orderly mobilizing all the data that could be collected.
Since an Eternal rank battleship was able to hide right under our noses, there was no reason for us not to suspect that the Fallen Apostle was able to hide even more troops.
"Charge the main cannons of the mothership-level battleships. Harass the assault ships with short and medium range firepower. Interrupt the enemy battleship before it completes its second charge!"
Sandora's calm order was passed down. Then, with the highest efficiency, it was translated into actual action. The enormous Empire fleet changed its formation. The motherships that were originally positioned within the fleet were brought to the surface as the sharpest weapon that could deal the greatest damage to the battleship. Meanwhile, the shuttle-type assault ships were like a swarm of locusts as they charged towards the huge gray shadow in the distance.
The sound of energy converging could be heard from the muzzles of hundreds of main cannons at the same time. The blood-like pulsating energy flowed through the weapon systems of every mothership. A dazzling bright white light suddenly cut through the sky, forming a dense and deadly torrent that swarmed towards their common target.
At the same time, the extremely fast assault ships also broke through the Eternal rank's anti-air firepower net after paying a certain number of casualties. They entered their respective attack range and began to charge towards the huge island-like battleship's blind spots. But soon, they were fiercely counterattacked by the enemy. It was a group of Schilling frigates hidden in the spatial cracks around the Eternal rank. The black, diamond-shaped national emblem of Schilling on the bow of the ships showed their alignment. The Fallen Apostle was not a fool. Of course, they would not fantasize about using an Eternal rank battleship to fight against an entire Empire fleet, even though the former was undoubtedly the strongest battleship.
The dense sound of explosions filled the entire sky in an instant. The dazzling ball of light from the collision of energy made the pale white sun on the horizon lose its splendor. The most advanced war machines formed by the condensation of the most advanced technology clashed fiercely in a world like Azeroth, a world of cold weapons. The battle against the Undead and the demons had long since ended. At this moment, the allied forces of the various races on the ground looked up at the scene of the battle, which seemed to be turning the entire sky into ashes. They were all at a loss.
Accustomed to swords and magic, they still could not accept this kind of war that was completely based on ultra-long range bombardment as the main tone.
Until an equally violent explosion suddenly sounded beside them.
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