Chapter 423: We Are the Prey!

Watching the sword-shaped phantom that had suddenly appeared beside that mysterious intelligent individual.

Although they could not understand why the opponent would create such a flamboyant and mysterious form in this vast starry environment.

The officers and soldiers of the Waluo Fleet, who had already suffered a great loss, were no longer going to underestimate this abrupt and strange transformation.

Nor would any experts jump out at this moment to shout nonsense about it just being an illusion.

"Prioritize locking onto that special glowing object!"

"Fire! Fire with everything you have!"

The Waluo Commander issued the order in a loud voice.

Causing the Waluo Fleet to choose the Zhuxie Sword Shadow as the target for their ten thousand cannons firing in unison the very next second.

But the shells from this wave of volleys were still halfway there.

Swish!

The condensed Zhuxie Sword Shadow had already surged out first, and in the process of its charge.

In the blink of an eye, it sliced hundreds of Electromagnetic Cannon shells in its path into smithereens.

"So fast!"

"This speed is already faster than our next-generation main cannons!"

"Is this the energy weapon of this Star system?"

"Quick! Calculate the opponent's attack trajectory and have the warships perform emergency evasive maneuvers!"

"Hurry!"

Although they understood in their hearts that with such fast energy weapons, the locked-on friendly targets would be very difficult to dodge, the commanders still hoped to strive for that one-in-a-million possibility.

Inside a battleship of the Waluo Civilization, the elderly captain, upon learning that he would most likely be struck by that energy weapon.

Realizing that there was no time to evade, he seized the pilot's authorization and maneuvered the battleship to meet the Zhuxie Sword Shadow with the position located at the chin of its head.

That was one of the thickest parts of the armor on this two-thousand-meter-long Waluo Civilization battleship.

At the same time, behind the heavy armor were several warehouses with high safety ratings.

It could also further cushion the explosion's shockwave.

Bang!

In the starry sky, the pitch-black giant whale was struck in the head by a white light as swift as a thunderbolt.

In the blink of an eye, the giant whale's armor, at least five meters thick, was smashed through by sheer force!

And the crew on the struck battleship discovered with astonishment that, aside from the piercing warning sounds, there was no vibration feedback from a violent explosion.

Just as they were puzzled, the elderly captain saw from the ubiquitous surveillance inside the ship that the Zhuxie Sword Shadow, after entering the ship's body, immediately transformed into hundreds or thousands of Flying Sword phantoms between one point five and two meters in length.

Then, these phantoms, as if they had their own intelligence, swished and scattered in all directions, their targets clearly being every single Waluo crew member inside the ship!

Most of the crew only saw a ray of light flash past them, and then their heads were sliced off.

A few who were in more open areas managed to see the sword light breaking through the passageway, barely able to leave a mysterious and peerlessly magnificent Sword Shadow in their eyes.

The elderly captain did not receive any special treatment either.

The safety facilities in the command room did not play any role at all.

Soon, this elderly captain, along with the other crew members in the room, after a sword light pierced through the floor and emerged.

Under the blinding light, their heads were severed by the sword Qi in the blink of an eye!

"What kind of energy weapon is this?"

"Not only did it break through our battleship's armor, but after entering, it decomposed into multiple units in the blink of an eye, thereby inflicting damage on our living forces with maximum efficiency!"

"And after the damage was completed, it could re-aggregate and fly out of the ship's hull to look for the next target!"

"How could a civilization possessing such energy weapons only just now start developing its own Star system?"

The Waluo Commander trembled as he watched the footage discovered from the perspective of other ships, showing the Zhuxie Sword Shadow recovering to its original state after rushing out of the battleship.

Watching that Zhuxie Sword Shadow enter an energy supply ship that was slightly larger than the battleship, at two thousand five hundred meters long.

Then, as expected, that supply ship's armor was also pierced through.

However.

Perhaps knowing there was no way out after being invaded.

The captain of the supply ship chose to press the self-destruct sequence at the first opportunity.

Relying on the large amount of flammable and explosive materials in the supplies.

The diameter of the light sphere produced by the exploding supply ship exceeded ten kilometers.

The surrounding space also produced a certain kind of oscillating ripple.

It was only because matter was sparse in the starry sky.

Otherwise, the shockwave formed by this explosion should have been able to sweep out hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.

The Waluo Fleet was also driven mad.

Various weapons were projected into the exploding fireball as if they were free.

Seemingly hoping to destroy that terrifying energy weapon by this means.

The Zhuxie Sword Shadow was indeed affected at the very moment of the self-destruction.

But at the same time, under the control of the rabbit-eared female cultivator, it retreated to the side of the female cultivator in an instant.

And it deliberately concealed its sword light.

Without the sword light, at such a long distance, the observation equipment could not notice this phantom at all.

Then the Zhuxie Sword Shadow and the rabbit-eared female cultivator watched the big fireball and the large-scale fireworks show in the distant starry sky together.

After more than ten breaths, the fireball formed by the explosion began to shrink and dissipate.

It was also at this time, after the Waluo Fleet had vented their fear, that they noticed the other target individual nearby.

The energy weapon that terrified them had reappeared, and it looked completely undamaged!

Then, following that, a shimmering golden, semi-transparent giant phantom also slowly stood up behind the opponent.

That was a Dharma Protector Heavenly General, coming from a Daoist who worshipped the divine statue of the True Martial Demon-Subduing Heavenly General.

After absorbing a large amount of Dharma Power from the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Great Array and Incense Divine Power.

This Dharma Protector Heavenly General manifestation also arrived at this battlefield with the help of the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree and the Jianmu Divine Tree.

Although most of the array-blessed Dharma Power and Incense Divine Power on its body had been lost due to the ultra-long-distance teleportation.

Its strength as the True Martial Demon-Subduing Heavenly General remained unaffected.

And because of this, as this Dharma Protector Heavenly General fully revealed its thousand-meter-tall Shenchong.

And released its extraordinary pressure.

Even the Waluo Civilization fleet a thousand miles away.

Those Waro crew members all felt their hearts sink.

It was not just a feeling that a great disaster was imminent.

Some Waro crew members with insufficient willpower even went limp and collapsed to the ground, unable to get back up.

"Is... is that also some kind of energy weapon?"

Gazing at the semi-transparent giant, which was quite tall even from the perspective of the Waluo Civilization.

The Waluo Commander looked at the adjutant and the great scientists of the Waluo Civilization who had followed.

Hoping to get an answer from them.

Unfortunately.

The Waluo Commander discovered with frustration that he could not get the desired answer from these companions.

Without a doubt, although they had been in this strange Star for less than ten minutes.

This series of blows had already made these elites of the Waluo Civilization lose their confidence.

"Deploy the Annihilation Bomb."

A highly respected scientist, who was also the leader in charge of scientific research in this Pioneering Fleet, spoke up and made the suggestion.

Then this suggestion was seconded and agreed to by other Waro who were terrified of not having time to counterattack.

As the suggestion was unanimously passed, the Waluo Commander, the great scientist, and the First Inspector, three Waro, entered the password together and obtained the authorization to use the Annihilation Bomb.

It was just this short period of time.

These fleet executives who finished voting discovered that the tall giant phantom had already crossed a distance of several hundred miles and arrived at the front row of the fleet in the blink of an eye.

Then, while resisting the close-range shelling and missile bombardment from that 1,500-meter-class guard ship.

A large hand reached out and pressed onto the head of the guard ship.

Soon, the guard ship began to emit the same Golden Light as the giant all over its body.

The turrets and missile launch ports all exploded.

The Waro officers and soldiers on the ship were wiped out under the Golden Light, as if they had been vaporized inside the ship.

Following closely, they saw the shimmering golden giant grab the guard ship and rush toward the nearest battleship.

Using it as a weapon, it smashed the guard ship against the battleship.

Causing these two warships to shatter on the spot, with explosions appearing everywhere.

"It is doing this on purpose."

The adjutant beside the Waluo Commander whispered with a gloomy face.

"It could also be to conserve energy."

The great scientist proposed a more likely guess.

"Since the opponent would rather use physical means than continue to use those destructive Golden Light."

"At least we can know one piece of good news: the energy of these monsters is not infinite."

Just after the great scientist finished saying this, they saw that as the shimmering golden giant achieved results.

Two other small but equally destructive monsters also flew over.

They clearly had no thrusters, and their designs were completely inconsistent with spacecraft science.

Yet their speed was incredibly fast, and they could burst into astonishing high speeds in a short time.

Making the firepower coverage network that the Waluo fleet attempted to form through fleet coordination completely a joke!

"Launch the Annihilation Bomb."

"Although this may accidentally injure friendly forces."

"But there is no other way; the Waluo Civilization will remember every sacrifice."

The great scientist continued to speak and received the agreement of the others.

The Waluo Commander sighed, and although he could not bear it, he still pressed the button.

Thus, two missiles, ten meters in length, flew out from the hatch of a battleship located at the rear.

Accompanied by pale blue flames emerging from their tails.

The speed of these two missiles accelerated to the maximum speed of other missiles within a few breaths.

And these two missiles were still accelerating, soon reaching one-tenth of the speed of light.

This was a speed that surpassed the basic technology of the Waluo Civilization.

It was a Black Technology product that could only be produced in the laboratory thanks to the blessing of rare minerals.

The moment these two missiles appeared, they also attracted the attention of the rabbit-eared female cultivator.

Upon discovering with surprise that both missiles had the spiritual light of rare heavenly treasures.

The True Martial Demon-Subduing Heavenly General manifestation let go of a supply ship it had originally targeted and turned to meet the two missiles that were constantly accelerating and accelerating again.

Seeing the opponent actually choose to take the initiative to meet them.

The Waluo Commander and the adjutants were all overcome with wild joy.

They knew of the terrifying power of the Waluo Civilization's ultimate weapon, the Annihilation Bomb.

That was a true weapon of mass destruction capable of directly tearing a visible gap even in an asteroid!

It was not an atomic weapon like a Nuclear Bomb, which had too small an effective kill zone.

Rather, it was a special weapon made using the properties of rare minerals, which seemed capable of inducing Gravitational Wave fluctuations and thereby causing Chaos in space!

Even for an energy lifeform, under the power of space, it couldn't possibly escape... could it?

The missiles rushed toward the shining Golden Light giant.

Very quickly, the two missiles had already entered the distance where detonation could affect the opponent.

Seeing the two missiles start their explosion sequence after discovering the target.

Bang!

The two missiles did not explode, but instead maintained their speed and slammed hard into the palm the Golden Light giant had extended.

Afterwards, the two missiles, each over ten meters long, were compressed into a lump of scrap metal following the successful impact.

From beginning to end.

The explosion the Waluo Civilization had anticipated never materialized.

This left the fleet's high command collectively plunged into confusion.

Yet they did not know that, as the True Martial Demon-Subduing Heavenly General made a move.

Once these two missiles entered the range of its extended divine sense.

Under the divine sense, the rare mineral solution within the missiles had already been extracted.

Even the rare mineral powder in the engines was extracted and taken away.

This caused the two Annihilation Bombs to become nothing more than alloy shells flying at high speed purely by inertia.

"Tsk tsk tsk, these are treasures related to space."

"These strange fellows actually used them to make one-time consumables."

"What a waste!"

The rabbit-eared female cultivator took out a Storage Spirit Tool and carefully put away the spoils of war sent over by the Heavenly General via divine sense.

She then turned her gaze toward the rear of the fleet.

Just as she was pondering whether to press the advantage.

The rabbit-eared female cultivator, feeling something in her heart, hurriedly knelt halfway on the ground in a certain direction and lowered her head.

This unusual action immediately made the Waluo Fleet, which had been staring at these monsters, nervous again.

They also looked toward the direction the other party was worshipping, guessing if some monster was about to appear there.

Accompanied by a flash of Golden Light.

At the place where the rabbit-eared female cultivator knelt.

A super-large spaceship appeared in the Void, one that even a Waluo Civilization individual would feel emotions of luxury, greatness, mystery, and sublimity upon first glance.

Calling it a spaceship.

The Waluo Commander felt it was more like a large base equipped with various capabilities.

It was just... how did the other party manage to make this interstellar base, which seemed the size of a small city, teleport directly in front of them!

The Waluo Commander had repeatedly consulted with experts in the scientific community before coming.

Within a range of at least two billion kilometers around this Space Node of theirs, it was impossible for a second Space Node to appear.

What did this mean?

The Waluo Commander looked at the great scientist.

He saw that the great scientist's face was equally ashen.

They both knew what this represented.

Ultra-long-distance space travel without the aid of a Space Node.

This level of technology... far exceeded their Waluo Civilization!

"..."

"This is no young civilization that just left its home planet!"

"We were wrong, we were all wrong!"

"They are clearly the hunters!"

"We are the prey!"

The Waluo Commander had a serious expression; at the same time, he transmitted all the data to every functional escape pod before launching them back toward the Space Node, hoping that the other side might have a chance to discover these escape pods and thereby receive the first-hand news.

Immediately, the Waluo Commander decided to launch a large number of missiles at the Space Node.

Waiting only for the escape pods to enter before detonating them, thereby disrupting this Space Node and buying the Waluo Civilization time to react.