Chapter 515: Crushing, Mechanical Divine Powers Show Their Might

Return Star—Southern Territory—A certain star sector...

On this day, countless warships gathered around a temporary base, densely packed.

According to the emblems displayed on the ship hulls, they were basically all Patrol Fleets, and were all Patrol Fleets that had followed Horus to suppress the rebellion.

The temporary Stargate was silent, operating quietly.

The channel was somewhat quiet. It wasn't until a long time later that someone spoke: "Are we sure it's today?"

"That's right, it's today. The order to receive them came very suddenly, and required us to block the news."

"Lord Horus has died. We don't know who is taking over here..." They only received the order to receive someone, but specifically who the commander was, they didn't know.

"Why do we still have to fight? Commander Horus has already sacrificed himself. The waters here are very deep. Can we gain any benefits by continuing?"

"What if we don't fight? Do we just helplessly watch the Southern Territory become independent?"

Just as everyone was discussing, an irregular section of a ship hull stretched out from the blue vortex of the Stargate.

Followed by a gray armored hull, a massive Main Ship sailed out from the Stargate, followed by formations of warships.

"They're here!"

The place instantly fell silent as they stared at the fleet before them.

"It's the Black Pupil Fleet! It's Duke Li Yu!"

"To think it's actually this big shot..."

The commanders of the numerous Patrol Fleets instantly recognized the origin of this fleet and were immediately somewhat surprised.

This fleet wasn't considered massive, but its commander was illustrious and renowned.

It was precisely Li Yu, who possessed numerous astonishing battle records. This added a bit of legendary color to the Black Pupil Fleet and left a heavy mark in the history of fleets.

On the bridge of the Palpatine, Li Yu looked at the complex and massive fleets in the universe. The Twelve Golden Immortals were also mixed within them, standing in a region.

That group's target was only Horus, and they didn't pursue these Patrol Fleets, therefore they preserved the vast majority of their strength.

It was just that the strength of these Patrol Fleets inherently wasn't too strong either, their threat level insufficient.

After Li Yu received Return Star's intelligence, he quickly embarked on his return voyage. Using a certain civilization's Stargate, he rapidly Warped here.

He also had Klein block the news of him taking over this place. These few Patrol Fleets were all Vimala's people and could be trusted, which was why Klein assigned them to Horus.

At this moment, several remote projections appeared beside him. They were impressively the current commanders of the Patrol Fleets.

"Lord Duke..."

They greeted him one after another, their eyes carrying various emotions. For several commanders, this was their first time being in close contact with Li Yu, and they were all somewhat curious.

Among them, a middle-aged man, whose status seemed quite high, spoke: "The United Patrol Fleet has finished assembling, Lord Duke, awaiting your command."

Li Yu nodded, his eyes narrowing slightly, curling the corners of his mouth, "Very good. Prepare to flatten and push straight through with me."

According to Return Star's data, the enemy was a group of motley crew, clearly wanting to scoop up a fortune amidst the chaos and then quickly retreat.

If they advanced steadily and struck surely, the other party would probably retreat halfway through the fight, which would simply be a waste of time.

Therefore, Li Yu prepared to strike straight at the heart while the other party hadn't reacted, quickly ending the battle and capturing that organizer.

Then interrogate him for specific intelligence, pacify the current public opinion, and prevent the approval rating from continuing to drop.

That was why he previously asked Klein to block the news first, not revealing that he was taking over here.

Hearing this sentence, the numerous commanders were stunned in unison, pausing one after another, not knowing how to respond.

The place became dead silent.

"This... will this be too risky?" A commander reminded tactfully.

Horus had just died in the other party's ambush, and Li Yu still wanted to act recklessly, which made them somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, you guys just assist me from the sidelines, it won't be too dangerous." Li Yu shook his head.

"Lord Duke, we are not afraid!" Someone said in dissatisfaction, thinking Li Yu was looking down on them.

Main battle fleets looking down on Patrol Fleets was a common occurrence, making the commanders of these Patrol Fleets relatively sensitive inside.

It was just that the vast majority of Return Star's main battle fleets had suffered heavy losses during the combat in the Central Star System, and hadn't recovered their Vital Energy yet.

Now they could only temporarily rely on these Patrol Fleets. On one hand, the commanders of these Patrol Fleets considered this a rare opportunity.

But after truly intervening in a large-scale interstellar battlefield, they were still somewhat fearful.

After all, they mainly maintained public security within star systems.

"I don't want to emphasize a second time. Integrate your fleets, connect to the Combat System. No news can be leaked. I want to flatten and push straight through!"

Li Yu's tone was low and deep, looking around and saying:

"I don't want to waste too much time here!"

Li Yu's overbearing attitude didn't give them a choice. Even if they were reluctant in their hearts, they could only obey orders and go integrate the fleets.

Following that, Li Yu summoned the Twelve Golden Immortals. The massive heads of the numerous Transformers hung low, seeming very guilty.

"Great Primordial Heavenly Venerable, we are sorry, we failed to complete the mission."

Li Yu told them to follow Horus and obey his commands, yet Horus died while they survived. This was clearly a humiliation.

"I can't blame you..." Li Yu shook his head, then added: "Where are the Superweapons I gave you back then?"

"Inside the fleet..." Chijing replied.

"Bring them over, it's time to give you a wave of enhancement," Li Yu said, holding [Quintessa's Scepter of Life], radiating luminescence.

After two days, the Rebel Organization United Fleet noticed the movements of these Patrol Fleets.

Provisional Commander Nelson held a meeting, and numerous Rebel Organization leaders gathered here.

"That group of Patrol Fleets seems to be coming over to surround us. Should we retreat early?" Someone spoke up.

"Retreat? We haven't plundered enough yet, how can we retreat?" Another person shouted. Their skin was grayish-black, head pointed like a horn, and had many ravines on their face.

"Brother Nelson, you are well-informed, what do you think?" Someone looked at Nelson and asked.

He hadn't received the order from above yet, so he definitely couldn't retreat.

"Don't worry, the threat level of the Patrol Fleets isn't high, and I haven't received news saying they appointed a new commander..." Nelson pacified:

"Horus is dead, the military is turbulent and unstable. We still have at least half a month of safety period. The Patrol Fleets should just be coming to block us, no big problem..."

"That's fine then. With your words, we are reassured..." Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

...

The massive fleet dragged dense flowing light, crossing the star river. After sailing for a period of time, the Patrol Fleet intercepted the Rebel Organization's fleet in a certain star sector.

This was like a long dragon formed by warships, extending outwards, almost with no end in sight.

Dozens of organizations acted as the horns, forming a defensive formation.

Their weapons and equipment weren't considered elite, but they were neat and standardized, clearly having scaled logistical support.

The two fleets confronted each other across the starry sky, two armies facing off.

In the Palpatine's Command Center, Hunter observed the battlefield view, shaking his head and saying: "A group of motley crew, no overly high-level combat power, and their conventional firepower isn't on the same level as ours."

"Just don't know if there are any traps among them."

"Traps? Who would dare to ambush me?" Li Yu chuckled softly. This wasn't arrogance, but a fact.

The Other-Dimensional Camp was just like a Sword of Damocles; no one wouldn't be apprehensive.

Furthermore, he carried the Death Star with him. Who could ambush him?

On this level of battlefield, the existence of advanced lifeforms held strategic significance. If there were no advanced lifeforms to counter each other,

Then warships would easily be destroyed. Even if they could block them for a moment, it would be very difficult to keep the lives of advanced lifeforms.

Repeating this a few times would result in heavy casualties. This was a bottomless pit, which was why all factions were desperately cultivating advanced lifeforms.

Of course, in higher-intensity battlefields, the importance of advanced lifeforms would subsequently decrease.

But after all, not every war would utilize various highly destructive Superweapons and Titan weapons.

In a war of normal intensity, the number of advanced lifeforms was enough to determine the victory of a battle.

At this time, the Patrol Fleet commander at the side spoke: "Lord Duke, the fleet has arrived at the target location. Please instruct the next move."

Li Yu was brief and concise, "Directly attack."

The order was passed down layer by layer, rapidly spreading throughout the entire army.

In the next moment, the Black Pupil Fleet and the United Patrol Fleet directly launched an attack. Star points abruptly lit up in the pitch-black universe, all of which was the light of Energy Cannons.

Dazzling light beams were like a torrential downpour, bombarding the enemy's warship shields, stirring up large swaths of electric arcs.

The shields flickered rapidly. In the enemy formation, the energy reserves of a massive number of warships abruptly fell below the security perimeter, issuing warnings.

The enemy also immediately opened fire to counterattack. Various fleets on both sides activated and launched charges against each other, instantly forming a tragic and intense battlefield.

Li Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with the other party. He just fought upon meeting, and the war directly erupted!

...

The Twelve Golden Immortals were active on the battlefield, their combat methods significantly different from before.

Huanglong held an ice-blue pagoda in his hand. The pagoda rotated slowly, emitting intense cold energy.

Accompanied by surging electric arcs, a massive number of ice pillars pierced through the warships' shields, detonating ice spikes inside and causing secondary damage. It was precisely the [Omega Frost Device].

Li Yu first Enlightened the [Omega Frost Device], then used [Quintessa's Scepter of Life] to Devour and enhance it onto Huanglong.

The reason he did this was because simply Enlightening a Superweapon, although it could transform it into a Transformer,

But due to its own material flaws, it turned into a crippled giant, with ample attack but insufficient defense.

And the reason the Death Star didn't have this problem was due to the enhancement from Unicron's power.

While the Twelve Golden Immortals, although their overall strength wasn't too strong, were inherently formed through the enhancement of massive numbers of warships, without this flaw.

Therefore, enhancing Superweapons onto the Twelve Golden Immortals was instead the most suitable, capable of substantially enhancing their combat power.

Their overall Combat Power Level could already reach three to four million, achieving a qualitative leap.

Chijing wielded a red-tasseled long spear. Every swing could trigger massive energy barrages, erupting with formidable lethality. It was precisely the transformation of the Superweapon [Barrage].

Yuding held the mechanical giant seal. Precise mechanical structures operated, gravitational waves surged and impacted back and forth, collapsing warships one by one into giant iron balls. The [Gravity Impact Device] had turned into an earth-shattering giant seal.

A massive golden wheel floated behind Cihang. He sat cross-legged in the starry sky, holy radiance shining through the mechanical gaps.

Accompanied by the surging of the golden wheel, massive amounts of thunder and flames impacted in all directions like flood dragons. The [Visual Electromagnetic Enhancer].

The Twelve Golden Immortals each displayed their mechanical divine powers, advancing tyrannically. There were also a few who could only watch their other companions enviously. The Superweapons weren't enough for the time being, so they could only watch temporarily.

However, the Great Primordial Heavenly Venerable had already promised them that he would help them refine some shortly.

...

Both sides fought until the sky was dark and earth was dim. The troops of the enemy faction were extremely passive and suffered heavy losses, evaporating in large swathes.

From time to time, organizations wanted to break away from the battlefield and flee, but most were targeted by the roaming Golden Immortals and blown into pieces.

On the battlefield, the various resistance organizations lived in constant hiding, completely lacking their past arrogance.

"Where did this group of Patrol Fleets get such formidable strength?"

"Bullshit Patrol Fleet! Didn't you see that black eye? That's the Black Pupil Fleet! The 'Star Destroyer', the 'Warmonger' Li Yu is here!"

"Damn, how did he arrive so quickly? Didn't they say we had at least half a month of safety period?"

"Safe my ass, hurry up and run for your lives!"

In the enemy channel, curses and insults rose and fell. They were inherently a group of temporarily cooperating rebel factions, lacking even a fraction of trustworthiness.

With the assistance of the Transformers, the battle situation was one-sided, and the defense lines were quickly smashed into pieces.

The commanders of the numerous Patrol Fleets were somewhat bewildered. This wasn't the first time those Transformers fought alongside them either.

Why didn't they have such formidable combat power before? Now following Duke Li Yu, they were simply like completely different people, fiercely pushing forward.

If they were this fierce before, maybe Horus really wouldn't have died.

The numerous commanders looked at each other in dismay. Fk... the rumors couldn't be true, right?

Did Horus really block Duke Li Yu's path, so this group of Mechanical Bodies performed mediocrely before and sat by watching Horus get killed?

Thinking of this, everyone hurriedly restrained their thoughts. These matters weren't for them to consider.

With these Transformers around, the danger of the entire battlefield was greatly reduced. They couldn't be considered to be just watching a show, but it was almost the same.

Li Yu observed the situation and said: "It's about done. We can go in and catch people."

Saying that, he turned to look at Hunter, "Do you want to go in and try your new abilities?"

Hunter looked somewhat eager to try, but his own strength was insufficient; he needed to find someone to copy first.

But he hadn't experienced a fists-meeting-flesh Interstellar War in a long time.

"Let's go!" He gritted his teeth and said: "But, be absolutely careful of the enemy's ambush."

"Haha, don't worry."

Li Yu smiled, flying out of the warship. Hunter and Siegel rapidly passed through the dense artillery fire, crossing the battlefield together.

The enemy retreated in defeat step by step, unable to organize effective interceptions.

The warships blocking ahead were directly destroyed. Li Yu recklessly killed his way into the core. If he said flatten and push, he flattens and pushes!

...

"What? Li Yu left the fleet and killed his way in by himself?"

Hearing the report, Nelson couldn't help but change his expression.

Is this crazy bastard this fierce?

He just charged right in?

Horus hadn't been dead for long, was this person really not afraid of death?

"What does he want to do? We were already planning to retreat. Is there any meaning to killing his way in like this?" A rebel organization leader felt terrified.

He's doing this to come in and catch me... Nelson understood in his heart.

He was a member of the Black Net Organization, just pretending to be a rebel organization leader, and then united these scattered and fleeing rebel organizations again to cause trouble for Return Star.

It was just that he obviously couldn't state this directly right now. Instead, he sighed: "He's probably extremely furious at our actions of attacking Return Star. Fearing that we would escape, he personally came over to execute us."

Hearing this, a look of panic involuntarily surfaced on the faces of everyone present.

"Li Yu loves Return Star this much? Could there be another possibility?" Someone couldn't believe it.

"Stop deceiving yourselves! He's coming straight for us!" Nelson shouted angrily.

"Then let's quickly retreat!" Someone hastily said.

"It's useless, it's already too late. We didn't get any news beforehand. Li Yu probably had this intention from the very beginning."

Nelson's expression was ugly as he paced back and forth.

(End of Chapter)