134: The Battle of the Cave Clam Galaxy

Outside the border of the Third Star Sector of the Kulha Star System.

Perhaps because Elo had consolidated his defensive lines and concentrated all the family's strength to fortify this position, there was no significant resistance encountered along the way as we advanced.

In just over ten days, we crushed through three star sectors and arrived at this decisive battleground chosen by the opponent.

"It really is spectacular."

Zhang Huaiyuan surveyed the area from afar through the feedback from the detectors.

The star-filled sky, stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, was almost completely covered in various defensive machines, the light from their operating reactors intertwining like a flowing river of the heavens.

Over twenty thousand Level 7 starships shuttled back and forth among them, ready for battle.

With the effect of True Sight, it was evident that this defense was different from the border; there was no shoddy construction, only extremely high-quality equipment.

However, what caught his attention the most was that army of Transcendent.

Through the surveillance view adjusted by Statue of Liberty, one could see a group of powerful individuals wearing special combat suits with cold auras, meditating on a command ship.

The golden-haired man in the main seat was particularly eye-catching.

It can only be said that with the help of Statue of Liberty within the Star Alliance, the information advantage is simply too great.

The opponent can hardly hide any secrets; as long as there are electronic devices, nothing can escape her control.

Zhang Huaiyuan's thoughts stirred, and a stream of data immediately flowed into his mind.

【Urla】

Classification: Carbon-based lifeform.

Ability: Thunder Soul—A powerful lightning-type Transcendent ability, controlling the operation of partial lightning elements under low-level rules and using them for attack and defense.

Ability Level: Transcendence Level.

extraordinary level: SS.

Favorability: -10 (Everyone who obstructs the Yalik Family's hegemony must die).

Strategy Suggestion: None.

Luck Value: 36.

"Lightning-type ability... That's fine, it's a relatively common type."

Zhang Huaiyuan pondered the opponent's ability, and a strategy for dealing with it immediately formed in his mind.

"My Lord, they have set up many trigger-based warning devices hundreds of thousands of miles away; once any abnormal fluctuations approach, they will automatically trigger."

"This is an old-fashioned device that has been discontinued. It is not controlled via the network, so I cannot shut it down directly."

"If we activate the 'Shadow' state, it will take about 32 more hours to bypass all the devices."

"Then let's just attack openly. Anyway, the original goal was to crush the main force of the Kulha Star System head-on."

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression remained unchanged as he issued the attack order.

This time, he brought a total of 100,000 "legend generation ii" series starships.

Apart from those guarding the Peaceful Passage, the others were evenly distributed across the entire expanse of space inward from the "Port of Friendship," basically operating as single full-strength fleets, while simultaneously radiating toward the interior of the Star Alliance.

After all, the entire Star Alliance is too large; besides openly independent forces like the "Kulha Star System," there are countless small factions that pay lip service to the alliance while defying it in secret.

However, this number is already completely sufficient.

The moment the order was given, the void reactors of the entire fleet operated at full power, sweeping across the void in a formation with thirty-meter gaps between each ship.

Beep! Beep!

The trigger-based warning devices exploded one by one.

A shrill sound immediately rang out in the Third Star Sector.

"They are here!"

In the command room, Elo and some high-level members of the Yalik Family changed expressions, immediately returned to their posts, and began issuing orders.

"Space railguns entering charging state..."

"Fleets 2 through 14, activate combat mode and proceed to the predetermined flight path..."

"Automatic defense systems and micro-war fortresses operating at full power..."

"All combat personnel, immediately change into combat suits and load mechs..."

"Real-time position confirmation... 300,000 kilometers... 200,000 kilometers..."

"10,000 kilometers... Target locked, fire!"

As the order was given, all defensive facilities within range turned their muzzles almost simultaneously, and countless high-quality energy stones were continuously fed into the conversion devices to be turned into pure energy.

Boom, boom, boom!

In an instant, the dim star-filled sky was completely illuminated.

Electromagnetic railguns, particle beam rays, pulse waves, gravity weapons... they came rushing forward like a gorgeous yet dangerous meteor shower.

This is one of the disadvantages of a frontal assault; it usually means losing the first round of priority attacks.

However, for a fleet personally controlled by Statue of Liberty, the impact of this disadvantage was minimized.

The moment they entered range, "small super-pressure gravity bombs" arrived first despite being launched later, landing precisely in the densest part of the barrage.

Under the immense gravitational pull, a large amount of attacks were gathered together and detonated directly in the void.

However, the defensive line that the opponent had exhausted their resources to set up was naturally not that simple.

Thirteen large, full-strength fleets continued to advance under the cover of the artillery fire, and their high-power main guns fired in a perfect volley just as the effect of the gravity bombs dissipated.

The gravity traps already set up in this void activated simultaneously, compressing the fleet's evasive space.

"Enter Shadow state."

Statue of Liberty calmly adjusted the formation, sending the frigates with the strongest shielding, other than the command ship, to the front.

Boom!

Soon, this round of offensive, composed of thirteen fleets and gravity traps, reached them.

Having learned from the lessons of previous battles, this time the fleet Commander did not choose blanket attacks, but instead gathered multiple starships to aim at a single enemy ship.

The overflowing energy beams finally broke through the carrying limit of the Shadow space, and frigate after frigate was destroyed one after another.

Under this wave of attacks, the total losses exceeded 1,000 warships.

However, the necessary sacrifices were worth it; the remaining fleet finally deployed its formation.

"Target locked, fire at full power."

As the cold order was given, the void engines began to roar, and blazing electric light gathered at the muzzles.

While the opponent's decision to have their entire fleet press the border achieved good results, it simultaneously exposed these thirteen fleets to the range of the "Wings of Freedom."

And given the huge difference in performance and quantity, this mistake was fatal.

One after another, super-pressure gravity bombs broke through the void under the cover of numerous focused light beams.

"Intercept these shells!"

A trace of madness flashed across the faces of the Commanders of the Kulha Star System fleet.

Suddenly, many strangely shaped warships broke away from the fleet.

They seemed to have undergone special modifications and were astonishingly fast; they could only be identified with the help of the vision from tactical helmets.

These special warships rammed into the gravity bombs without hesitation and exploded violently the moment they got close.

Apparently, they were loaded with quite a lot of explosives inside, sacrificing themselves to block the attacks of the legend series starships.

"It seems the Kulha Star System also has quite a few talented people, to be able to make such responsive modifications so quickly... But how many warships can be sacrificed like this? Huh... could it be..."

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes flickered slightly.

He saw that the entire fleet of the Kulha Star System was advancing instead of retreating, and that starship loaded with powerful Transcendent was right among them.

At the same time, the second round of charging for the defensive facilities in the rear had been completed, and they launched another attack.

"Are they trying to use the cover of battle to execute a decapitation strike..."