Chapter 81

Besides Xu Zi'an, there was also that chubby biological ship captain, as well as a mechanical starship from the Osprey Squad.

A total of four starships, acting as the right-flank flanking squad.

"Cui Can, you be careful yourself!"

Before setting off, Liu Yun actually gave Xu Zi'an an extra word of advice, her tone carrying a slight hint of concern.

After all, they were comrades-in-arms now.

And soldiers value the camaraderie of battle above all else.

Not to mention that Xu Zi'an's warning just now had indeed provided the Osprey Squad with a moment of respite.

"Understood."

Xu Zi'an remained the same; he spoke very little, but was very direct.

"Follow me, advance at maximum speed, and I will adapt to your speed!"

Liu Yun immediately directed the departure and commanded through the communicator at the same time.

The four starships began to propel forward at their engines' maximum thrust.

There was no doubt that Liu Yun's starship was the fastest; Xu Zi'an estimated that her starship was likely around Tier 6, just one step away from being a Tier 7 scout ship.

But!

What shocked Liu Yun, that chubby captain, and the Federation soldiers on that mechanical starship was...

The Cui Can, which was the least likely to keep up with Liu Yun, was following closely behind the Chang Yun, its speed almost on par with Liu Yun's!

Liu Yun was stunned.

That chubby captain was stunned.

The three Federation soldiers were also stunned.

Their expressions were incomparably bewildered.

And Liu Yun, as if remembering something, hurriedly activated her detection radar.

But this time, the primary target for detection was the Cui Can!

The result...

Liu Yun was dumbfounded.

On her detection radar.

There were only the chubby captain's starship and that mechanical starship!

The Cui Can didn't even have a shadow!

It was completely blank!

What did this prove?

This proved...

It seemed... perhaps... maybe...

They had vastly underestimated the true strength of the Cui Can.

Either.

The Cui Can was indeed Tier 1, but its evolution quality was exceptionally overpowered.

Or...

The Cui Can was actually a very high tier, but had never gone to the Federation to update its information!

Other than that, there was no other possibility!

This...

Just as Liu Yun was about to say something.

Several cannon shells came hurtling toward their side.

It was a state of war, and there was simply no time to consider the question of whether the Cui Can was overpowered or not.

Liu Yun roared in her rather raspy voice: "Prepare to engage the enemy!!!"

"Everyone, free fire!"

After roaring.

She could no longer care about anything else.

She directly maneuvered the Chang Yun and launched a counterattack.

At this moment, their right-flank squad had already reached the edge of the asteroid belt.

As long as they went a little deeper, they could engage the pirates head-on inside the asteroid belt.

It didn't matter that the pirates were more familiar with this place; at the very least, it was better than fighting them out in the open.

As long as it was a head-on fight, with both sides having cover, there was nothing to fear.

Xu Zi'an.

Had also entered a true combat state at this moment.

Since Liu Yun had issued the order for free fire...

The bellicose blood in Xu Zi'an's body was instantly activated!

He pushed the engine power to the maximum, moving like a gliding sprite amidst the sky-filling barrage, gracefully and limit-dodging those cannon shells one by one.

In the four full years of war against the Insectoid race and the Alien race, Xu Zi'an had long since honed the skill of limit-dodging.

To say he could pass through ten thousand shells without a single one touching him... that would be bragging.

But out of one hundred shells, Xu Zi'an could control it so that he was only hit by two or three, or even none at all!

The anti-aircraft guns in his hands also became completely different.

Other people's anti-aircraft guns fired wildly to intercept.

Xu Zi'an's anti-aircraft guns were for ultra-precise interception!

Whenever he discovered shells he couldn't dodge, or was locked onto by missiles...

Only then would he precisely fire a few photon rounds from his anti-aircraft guns to blow them up in mid-air.

And while dodging, Xu Zi'an wouldn't stay idle.

One by one, his main and secondary cannons fired at extremely tricky angles.

Even if the enemy hid behind dense asteroids, Xu Zi'an could always find a gap to attack, and could always hit the opponent!

Although they were no longer vital points, using the main cannon to damage unimportant parts of the enemy's starship was also quite good.

At the very least, depleting the opponent's energy shields was also excellent.

On the battlefield.

A stark contrast suddenly formed.

Behind, Liu Yun and the three intermediate scout ships were struggling forward while constantly being beaten.

Looking at the primary scout ship, the Cui Can.

It dodged left and right, and somehow, strangely, it managed to avoid a large number of cannon attacks.

The most critical thing was that it could still counterattack, and while his counterattacks weren't frequent, seven out of ten times he could hit the enemy!

This was already an incredibly terrifying hit rate.

This scene.

Was as bizarre as it could possibly be.

It not only stunned Liu Yun and her team.

Even those pirates were staring with dull expressions.

This starship...

What kind of monster is it!!!