Chapter 301: Sudden Attack

Of all the things he had experienced, nothing seemed to strike Elton as hard as this piece of news.

Not only was Li Yu alive and well, but he had also become the commander of Elton's proudest Meteor Fleet?

His eyes dimmed as he stumbled and collapsed in the cage.

Soon after, he heard a completely different voice over the broadcast, a voice he recognized as His Majesty Digor's.

"...Elton was a commander who made me proud..."

He didn't listen to whatever Digor was saying. His expression was dazed, yet it gradually hardened. He clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a hateful glint.

He had completely given up on Returning Star, and on Digor. Now, the only person he could rely on was himself!

In the command center, Daniel was leisurely watching the interstellar live broadcast.

Seeing Li Yu appear on the screen, he looked a bit excited. His Excellency Li Yu was still as heroic as ever.

The fundamental reason why he could leisurely watch the news broadcast was that he had stood in front of Li Yu when facing Black Ember.

In contrast, when Elton faced Li Yu's call for help, he chose not to provide support. A single thought resulted in such a drastic difference in circumstances, which was truly lamentable.

Who knew if Elton would regret it after learning the truth.

.........

Li Yu raised his hand and glanced at his smart terminal. Claptrap's Minion was constantly monitoring Elton while reporting to the main Claptrap.

However, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be disturbed without anything important.

The main reason was that today's situation was a bit absurd. Daniel had actually broadcasted the live stream for those soldiers to hear, almost angering Elton to death.

Li Yu couldn't help but laugh. Daniel didn't know that those soldiers were now only loyal to him. As for Elton, he was just a name in their memories now.

The posthumous award ceremony ended quickly. Digor bestowed Elton the title of Meteor Duke. However, since Elton had no descendants, this posthumous award was better than nothing.

Li Yu was just going through the motions to avoid being attacked with this matter when he officially took over the Meteor Fleet later.

Although the current Meteor Fleet was quite weak, that was due to its crippled state. Once the warships, soldiers, and the main ship were replenished, it would be the true Meteor Fleet.

Dealing with ordinary A-Tier Lifeforms would be no problem at all. It could be considered a very powerful force, and since it was delivered right to his doorstep, he would take it.

"I'm going to the Talisan Star System to attend the economic summit later. Do you want to come with me?" Klein asked.

"No, I still have things to deal with when I get back..." Li Yu shook his head. There was nothing fun to join in that kind of meeting, and there was no benefit.

Klein didn't force him and then prepared to leave.

Although the posthumous award ceremony had ended, the memorial service had not. For the next few days, Elton's "body" would remain here for public viewing.

Naturally, Li Yu wouldn't linger here for too long and left the scene as well.

In a certain corner, Star Gazer watched Li Yu's departing back. His crystal-like eyes flickered with starlight as he opened his smart terminal.

Stepping into the docking port, Li Yu drove his small spaceship away. Compared to the vehicles of other officials, his spaceship could be considered very low-profile, just an ordinary civilian spaceship.

The resources plundered from the Amethyst Civilization should be enough for Peyton to thoroughly research the Kryptonian Genes brought back by Clone One and modulate the gene chain.

As his strength gradually grew, Li Yu's confidence also increased. The many grudges he had accumulated could also be dealt with.

............

"Warning, jump interference detected. Forced to exit jump state."

"Warning, jump interference device detected. Forced to exit jump state!"

The warning sounds made Li Yu frown slightly. The spaceship vibrated and hummed continuously, and the flowing light outside the porthole was intermittent and extremely unstable.

In the next moment, the spaceship completely dropped out of the jump state. The silent starry sky around him seemed to pose no danger, and Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

This kind of jump trap wasn't easy to set up. A jump wasn't a spatial traversal, but still traveling through interstellar space.

Since it was traveling, there would be a trajectory. However, the movement speed in the jump state was extremely fast. One must accurately calculate the time and set it up in advance, so the difficulty was not low.

Just as he thought for a moment, a fluctuating humming sound penetrated through layers of bulkheads and was captured by Li Yu's keen mental power.

A ring of glowing blue light lit up in the belly area of the spaceship. Then, the ring rapidly expanded, transforming into a portal, and two people walked out from it.

The two wore the same style of black and red clothing with no identifying marks. They wore swirl masks that concealed their facial features, revealing indifferent pupils.

Floating around the person on the left were over a dozen hovering blue light bubbles, which occasionally transformed into rings that encircled his body.

"Target confirmed, it's him."

His tone was calm. With a flick of his finger, one of the blue light bubbles flashed, and the portal behind them shrunk into a dot in the blink of an eye before disappearing completely.

Suddenly, the bulkhead in front of Li Yu exploded violently. Dozens of gorgeous blue light beams with curved trajectories erupted, piercing through layers of walls and striking toward Li Yu.

Without any unnecessary words, they attacked directly!

Li Yu's eyes flashed as he dodged sideways, but those blue arcs twisted their trajectories and charged at Li Yu once again.

Bang!

Seemingly unable to dodge in time, Li Yu was blasted directly into another cabin.

Boom!!

The person made another hand gesture. All the blue light bubbles flashed simultaneously, and countless energies gathered on his body and erupted.

After a series of massive explosions, Li Yu's figure tumbled out, seemingly exceptionally furious as he shouted,

"Who are you!"

The other party had absolutely no desire to answer. Li Yu assumed an attack posture, trying to restrain his power to avoid being too strong and letting the other party realize something was wrong.

All his power was concentrated by Li Yu, and none of the energy dissipated. His control was extremely precise. At the same time, the Titan Colonization Armor mimicked an energy weapon, and he counterattacked in a convincing manner.

However, even so, if an A-Tier Lifeform that had not undergone a second evolution faced this strike, they would basically choose to avoid the brunt of the attack and not dare to meet it head-on.

In a flash, the opponent changed his hand gesture. The blue light bubbles expanded, covering him and the person beside him like a dome.

Isolating all attacks outside, the massive amount of energy rays couldn't shake the dome in the slightest.

Dong—

The sound was like a ringing bell. The blue dome absorbed the attack and exploded directly, turning into countless glass-like energy fragments.

"Huh?" Li Yu almost lost control of his facial expressions. It could actually be shattered?

In the next moment, he saw the bursting light illuminate the two people's masks. Their eyes were calm and indifferent, as if they were completely unfazed by this strike.

"Thank goodness..." Li Yu let out a sigh of relief. The opponent didn't panic. He shouted again, "Do you know who I am? To dare ambush me, you're simply courting death!"

In the next instant, the sky full of blue dome fragments suddenly paused, merging instantly into a brilliant blue-white pillar of light.

It blasted onto Li Yu in a split second, stacking the power that had been canceled out when he attacked the blue dome just now, which was equivalent to facing his own attack.

'So it's an Esper, and they don't seem simple...' Li Yu thought to himself.

Just a single shield could withstand his attack. Not only was the controller completely unharmed, but they could also reflect all the power back.

It sounded simple in effect, but they probably had gone through a long period of training to develop their superpower to this level.

Right at this moment, the person on the side also made a move, raising his right hand and violently smashing the nearby bulkhead.

Crack, crack, crack—

Metal twisted, and the entire spaceship emitted an ear-piercing tearing sound.

In the next moment, the spaceship was violently crumpled into a paper ball by an invisible giant hand, turning into an irregular sphere before exploding violently.

Rumble—

A massive amount of oxygen leaked out, and the spaceship's fuel tanks and engines exploded one after another.

Sparks flew as the sphere exploded directly, instantly disintegrating, and various parts went flying.

In just a few seconds, a spaceship was reduced to space junk floating in the universe.

A blue shield protected the man and woman, letting them hover in the cosmos.

Not far away, Li Yu's Titan Colonization Armor also flickered with unsteady shield light.

With the spaceship exploding, it seemed on the surface that he essentially had no way to escape.

Inside the oxygen-filled shield, the A-Tier Esper waved his arm.

A massive amount of blue radiance gathered, sandwiching Li Yu in the center and turning into a giant sphere.

As if every inch of the area had been subjected to tremendous pressure, constantly squeezing inward, the blue sphere slowly shrank. Its irregular shape gradually became round, and its density grew greater and greater.

At the same time, the resistance became weaker and weaker until it vanished.

Then... the Esper raised his hand. In the empty starry sky, a pitch-black warship gradually emerged. The hatch opened, and the blue sphere of light and the two people slowly flew into the spaceship.

The hatch closed, and the two stared at the blue sphere of light in front of them with indifferent eyes.

"Target has been captured. Report to the Ark first and tell Star Gazer his mission is complete," the Esper said indifferently.

The other person nodded, opened the smart terminal, and sent two messages respectively.

"So it was that old geezer who leaked my whereabouts." Li Yu's voice suddenly came from within the blue sphere, making the two pale in shock.

The Esper clenched his fists, and the blue sphere of light shrank again. However, it seemed to have reached some sort of limit. No matter how hard he tried, the blue sphere of light couldn't shrink any further.

"Ark... is it the Savior Ark? I'm very curious, why did you intercept and attempt to kill me?" Li Yu's voice continued to transmit out.

In the silent cabin, the sound of muffled thunder rang out out of thin air. A golden lightning bolt struck down from the void and landed on the blue sphere of light. Accompanied by a cracking sound, Li Yu's figure slowly emerged.

Li Yu's disadvantage was naturally faked. The purpose of his acting was to figure out the other party's origins. Although he had quite a few enemies, he hadn't expected the other party to actually be people from the Savior Ark.

The Savior Ark was a famous interstellar research institute, mainly studying the operational rules of the universe and various natural disasters.

Why would this research institute target him?

And Star Gazer, that old geezer really wasn't doing it purely for Elton. He had been wondering before how Elton could possibly have such good relations.

Looking at it now, the other party should be working for the Savior Ark.

The A-Tier Esper's pupils shrank, and he raised his hands again. The blue radiance gathered once more. This was a kind of special energy that could even be used for short-range space teleportation.

However, something that shocked him happened. Li Yu also raised his hand, and the blue radiance seemed to have changed masters, actually converging toward Li Yu's direction.

"What's going on?" he couldn't help but ask in astonishment.

Li Yu's proficiency in manipulating this kind of energy was obviously inferior to the other party's, but that wasn't a problem. He molded the blue energy into a sphere and directly flicked it at the opponent.

The Esper pushed forward with both hands, and a large amount of blue radiance surged out of his body to resist the energy sphere Li Yu flicked over.

Right at this moment, the figure beside him moved. His figure was extremely fast as he charged toward Li Yu, his whole body bursting with a powerful and fierce aura. He was obviously a Genetic Evolution Body.

Bang!

Accompanied by a muffled thud, golden lightning flashed, and that person flew backward at an even faster speed. Rumble—crashing through layers of bulkheads until he fell into the universe.

The entire cabin blared with air pressure leak alarms.

Standing in place, Li Yu made a grasping motion in the void. Accompanied by the gradually rising sound of whistling, a golden lightning bolt fell into his palm.

When the lightning dispersed, the Esper finally saw clearly that it was a silver-white short hammer wreathed in golden electrical currents.

"You've only just become an A-Tier Lifeform, how can you be so strong!"

The Esper gritted his teeth as he finally dissolved the energy sphere Li Yu had flicked over. That had been his attack originally.

"You finally spoke. I thought you were a mute." Li Yu shook his head and pondered, "I didn't just become an A-Tier Lifeform. It's been about a month since I became an A-Tier Lifeform..."

Boom!

A booming sound came from the adjacent cabin on the left. The metal bulkhead was torn apart like paper. The person who had just been hammered away charged back in, launching a sneak attack from a different direction.

Bang!

Another muffled thud. Li Yu raised his left hand and directly grabbed the other party's head.

The opponent's fist smashed onto the Titan Colonization Armor, emitting an intense metal friction sound with sparks flying everywhere.

Li Yu turned his head and, through the mask, looked straight into the opponent's astonished eyes. Anger rose within his heart as pale green aura mingled with the golden lightning arcs.

Li Yu grinned, "Do you know? A month's time is not considered short for me!"

The silver-white hammerhead whistled over, the sound of thunder transmitting through the air that had yet to leak completely from the cabin, smashing directly into the opponent's lower jaw.

In a flash, thunder exploded, and the terrifying power wreaked havoc on the opponent's face without any restraint.

Crack!

A crisp bone-fracturing sound could be heard as fresh blood spurted out. The opponent's cheek was directly torn apart from the cheekbones down, and his mandible even dislocated. The spurting blood mingled with fragments of the mask, flying about in the cabin.

Tearing an A-Tier Lifeform's cheek apart directly was enough to prove just how powerful Li Yu's hammer strike was.

The Esper's expression changed several times, and a glowing blue energy ring slowly surfaced behind him, seemingly wanting to leave this place.

However, Li Yu simply closed one hand, and the blue energy ring behind the opponent began to become extremely unstable, even bordering on collapsing.

"You're also an A-Tier Esper!?" The opponent finally realized, his tone filled with astonishment.

"Correct, unfortunately there's no reward..." Li Yu released the person in his hand. The silver short-handled hammer dripped with blood and quickly restored its cleanliness, reflecting a metallic luster.

The vitality of an A-Tier Lifeform was quite strong; the opponent did not die immediately.

(End of this chapter)