NOVPUB"We’re attacking and retreating at the same time, heavily affecting our speed. Meanwhile, the enemy’s three battleships rotate their strikes, so they’re affected less. The distance between us is rapidly closing!" Zhao Gang announced promptly.
"No matter!"
Lin Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke softly.
Their battleship entering the enemy’s firing range was no big deal. The enemy might have been waiting for this very thing.
"Boom, boom, boom——"
Sure enough, Lin Yun and his team’s battleship entered the firing range of the enemy, and a torrent of massive energy columns surged their way. In an instant, numerous energy columns bombarded their ship, causing loud thunderous roars to reverberate throughout their battleship.
"Beep, beep, beep——"
Their battleship’s defense energy rapidly decreased, triggering an urgent alarm.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
One after another, the protective shields were swiftly broken. Find adventures on freewebnovel
"As expected, three battleships of the same tier attacking together pack quite a punch!"
Lin Yun’s face slightly changed, he whispered.
Just moments ago, the enemy’s three battleships had simultaneously ceased intercepting their battleship and jointly attacked them instead.The onslaught they faced was immense.
"Thankfully, all our guys have trained in advanced battleship operation. Their strong mental strengths make operating this Grade Six high-tech battleship a breeze. Their evasion skills are top-notch, helping them avoid many attacks. Otherwise, we could’ve been seriously damaged…"
Lin Yun took a deep breath.
"However, judging by the current situation, we’ll only be able to withstand three iterations of such attacks!"
Lin Yun stared intently at the three enemy battleships, waiting for any signs of response.
...
"Three battleships attacked together, and this is the extent of the damage caused?" On the other side, Fang Ao’s face changed as he witnessed this scene, looking rather sullen.
One enemy battleship inflicted significant damage on one of theirs. In fact, they required three of their battleships to intercept the enemy’s attacks just to alleviate the situation.
And now, the combined attack of their three battleships merely mirrored the damage caused by a single enemy battleship?
Wasn’t this a slap in the face?
"My lord, the enemy’s battleship operation skills are top-tier while our operators are relatively novice. This difference largely contributed to our inability to dodge most of the enemy’s attacks. Initially, we thought it was a coincidence, but it appears the enemy truly possess such strength…" Fang Ao’s subordinate heaved a sigh, explaining.
Although the attacks have a locking capability, the fact they were in space combined with both sides having anti-locking features meant the locking ability wasn’t particularly strong.
As long as the operation skills were high enough, certain maneuvers could be executed at the right time to dodge some attacks.
Similarly, with superior operation skills, more attacks could land on the enemy’s battleship.
Even identical battleships could show stark performance contrasts based purely on the pilots’ abilities.
"So, the enemy battleship’s defense isn’t that much stronger than ours?" Fang Ao frowned in question.
Having always focused on his cultivator practice, he had recently begun to learn battleship operation as a precautionary measure, although his skills remained indifferent.
Therefore, he had difficulty promptly analyzing a lot of the data.
"No, the enemy’s battleship defense is indeed much higher than ours. This is another major factor," the subordinate quickly shook his head in explanation.
"I understand. That’s fine. The stronger the battleship, the better! Ha ha, long-range shooting, high defense, good! Very good! Once we get this battleship, we’ll have to study it thoroughly.
If we can apply this technology to our battleships, perhaps, we can establish a powerful super fleet!" Fang Ao’s eyebrows relaxed as he beamed broadly.
As he spoke, he looked at the battleship displayed on the screen, his eyes burning with anticipation.
It seemed, he had already envisioned the establishment of a super fleet.
"Sizzle——sizzle——sizzle——"
At that moment, their three battleships launched another round of attacks.
...
"Have half of the people channel their energy into the defense system, and the other half into the attack system. Yang One, Moon Two, be ready to engage at the first sign of the enemy. Yang Two, you focus on setting the strategy…" Seeing the second wave of attacks, Lin Yun furrowed his brows, giving instructions.
"Yes!"
Zhao Gang and the others acknowledged, immediately executing the orders.
In reality, they had been preparing since the onset of the battle. Now it was just time for action with Lin Yun’s orders.
Lin Yun commanded 180,000 subordinates on the spot. The lowest-ranking ones were now innate martial artists, with thousands of them being at the Golden Core realm and dozens at the Domain Realm. The combined energy of these martial artists was incredibly terrifying.
Lin Yun didn’t want to prolong this battle.
Perhaps, showcasing more strength might force the enemy to emerge. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝘣.𝘤𝘰𝑚
"Boom, boom, boom——"
"Hum——"
Soon, Fang Ao’s three battleships’ attacks fell on Lin Yun’s battleship once again. But now, with the huge influx of martial arts energy, the battleship’s defense shield only suffered minor losses.
And simultaneously, the shield started to regenerate rapidly.
At the same time, Lin Yun’s battleship attack also hit the enemy’s battleship.
During the last assault, due to the enemy foregoing interception, most of the attacks hit the battleship, causing significant damage to its defensive shield. This round, infused with martial arts energy, was more potent and immediately shattered the slightly healed shield of the battleship.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
Layer upon layer of the defensive shield was rapidly broken. In the blink of an eye, only a single shaky layer was left standing.
At this point, their attack power had also dwindled down.
If another assault like this one were to happen, the battleship would capitulate.
"What!!"
"Martial arts energy! This is martial arts energy! Damn it, they’ve incorporated martial arts energy into their offense and defense!"
Seeing the terrifying scene unfold, Fang Ao and his team reacted with shock and anger, including Fang Ao himself.
They were all cultivators of different types and usually interacted with other cultivators. For the moment, they had forgotten about the other uses of martial arts energy.
"Hmm!"
Fang Ao coldly snorted.
The next moment, his body disappeared, having already teleported away.
He knew that he could not wait any longer.
Otherwise, they would lose a battleship.
The worth of a top-grade battleship of a sixth-level technological civilization was not low, naturally, he did not want to lose it.
"Finally came out!"
On the other side, Lin Yun’s eyes brightened, speaking consecutively.
Whoosh—
At the same time, Moon Two and Yang One had already teleported out.
Sending Moon Two out was Lin Yun’s way of feigning weakness.
If the opponent had other tenth-level cultivators, let them see that their ninth-level cultivators had all gone out, then there was a nine in ten chance there were no stronger ones left.
In this way, the opponent might let their guard down, should anything happen, they can then adjust accordingly on their side.
"This is--"
In the starry sky, seeing the sudden appearance of Moon Two and Yang One, Fang Ao’s eyes narrowed at first, followed by a sudden shock.
Initially, he thought that these two were the ninth-level martial artists he had seen in the images earlier, this was within his expectations.
However, he now realized that only one of them was, and the other was a stranger.
This person, he hadn’t seen in those images, meaning, this was an unknown power.
If there was one unknown power, there might be two.
Now, the opponent had come out along with another ninth-level martial artist, which most likely meant his strength was also not low.
How could he not be startled?
"It doesn’t matter, no matter how powerful, how much stronger can they be, I am a tenth-level cultivator, even if a ninth-level martial artist comes, no matter how many, I will eliminate all…" But the next moment, Fang Ao coldly snorted, muttering under his breath.
If the opponent had stayed in the battleship, then infused the martial artist’s qi into the defensive and attack systems, it might have been somewhat of a hassle for him to deal with.
The qi of a ninth-level martial artist was not weak, if the qi of three ninth-level martial artists merged into the battleship, he might not be able to teleport in, which would be troublesome.
Now, with the opponent coming out, it was just right.
Once it descended into a head-on fight, even if his adversary was a ninth-level martial artist at the peak, he would not fear him.
He had recently ascended to the tenth-level realm, at this moment, he finally aroused a domineering air of a tenth-level powerhouse.
Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh—
Thinking along these lines, both sides rapidly teleported towards each other.
Originally, the distance between the two parties was already rather close, their teleportation speed was even more terrifying, almost instantaneously, the two sides collided.
"Come at me!" Fang Ao loudly shouted, his palms already harboring immense power, striking swiftly towards the opponent.
"Rumble——"
For a moment, space shivered, thunder rolling ominously.
Inside the starry sky, it would normally be difficult for sound to be produced, but at this moment, it gave out a thunderous roar, from this one could see the great attack force condensed between those palms.
"Humph! A tiny speck of light, yet you dare to exude brilliance?"
Yang One coldly snorted.
Boom——
While speaking, a powerful domain power emerged from his body, quickly spreading towards Fang Ao.
Originally, Fang Ao had also released domain power.
Covered by the domain power and the combined palm attacks, it could annihilate a majority of the ninth-level cultivators. Even if they were two late-stage ninth-level martial artists, he had the confidence to accomplish it.
This was Fang Ao’s intention.
But at this moment, Fang Ao’s domain power met Yang One’s, and instantly gave out a cracking noise, as though it was about to split open quickly.
At this time, Yang One’s attack power had also been launched, meeting the attack coming from Fang Ao.
Simultaneously, Moon Two also released the domain power and launched an attack. Although Moon Two’s strength was far inferior to Yang One’s, Moon Two was, after all, a peak ninth-level martial artist, and the upheaval he caused was also not weak.
"What? A peak ninth-level martial artist? A tenth-level martial artist?"
Seeing this scene, Fang Ao’s face drastically changed as he exclaimed in disbelief.
He never expected that the difference would be so huge between his opponent and his own estimation.
Moon Two, he had not observed his full strength in the images, but he could see that his power was only of the ninth level. Moreover, with Moon One displaying early ninth-level strength, he assumed the two of them to have similar capabilities.
Even if higher, they wouldn’t be by much.
He had been prepared that Moon Two was a mid-stage or perhaps a late-stage ninth-level martial artist.
Even if they exaggerated a bit and he had indeed reached the peak of the ninth level, it wouldn’t be that he couldn’t deal with it.
But he never imagined that not only was Moon Two at the peak of the ninth level, but another strong person he hadn’t seen had unexpectedly reached the tenth level.
Moreover, he was also a martial artist.
A tenth-level martial artist...
Fang Ao’s heart trembled slightly.
What was the origin of the other party?
In the Kodis Empire, ninth-level martial artists were still very rare, let alone them having a tenth-level martial artist!
Even in the Kodis Empire, this was a person at the absolute peak, the status and power should be above his!
"Boom——"
While he was thinking this way, the attacks from both sides had already collided.
