136: The power of war fortresses

Boom!

When the number of orbital cannons increased to 1,300, the massive energy finally exceeded the tolerance limit.

The leaping focused beams shattered the materialized fist energy inch by inch, and the remaining force struck the opponent without diminishing.

At the critical moment, Urla injected himself with two doses of medicine, barely summoning his remaining strength to transform into a bolt of lightning and escape.

"Want to run?"

Zhang Huaiyuan narrowed his eyes slightly. With a wave of his hand, thick, specially made insulating alloy wall panels fell out of thin air, surrounding the path Urla was forced to take.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Urla was worthy of being an S-Class Strongest; even with his energy depleted, he relied on the replenishment from the medicine to crash through over two hundred alloy wall panels before being forced out of his lightning state, kneeling on the ground, pale-faced.

"Damn it, what exactly is this thing? Why does it keep appearing, and why can it suppress my lightning power?"

He let out an angry low roar; he had never seen such a bizarre ability before.

But before he could catch his breath, more dark golden-shelled combat robots materialized and surrounded him.

"The outcome is decided."

Far away on the command ship, Zhang Huaiyuan retracted the Warp Device under his feet, finally having a clear understanding of his own strength.

"As expected of a Level 2 Knowledge Rule profession; as long as the knowledge reserves are sufficient, I have the power to fight anyone, no matter who the opponent is."

"However... the energy consumption is truly terrifying."

He shook his head slightly. This single battle alone consumed thirty percent of his energy reserves. After all, the direct energy conversion loss for many rare materials is shockingly high.

If it weren't for the fact that he had dispatched a large number of engineering robots, had a continuous supply of high-quality energy stones, and had an efficient power supply method like Void Infinite Energy, he would have likely exhausted everything long ago.

"This group of experts is already a turtle in a jar. Next is to crush the remaining remnants of the Kulha Star System. It is said that the rulers here, the Yalik Family, are one of the wealthiest families in the northern region of the Star Alliance. I hope their accumulation can compensate for my consumption."

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes. He then looked at the dense defensive line in the distance and said:

"Statue of Liberty, activate the War Fortress and finish them off as quickly as possible."

"Understood, my lord."

The dense fleet quickly retreated to both sides, and three massive objects, each ten thousand miles long, slowly floated forward.

"This is... a War Fortress! How could it appear here!"

The Commander of the Kulha Star System looked at that terrifying fortress from afar, his expression changing drastically.

This ultimate weapon of interstellar warfare does not exceed 500 in the entire Free Star Alliance. Wherever it appears, unless the opponent has equivalent weapons, they are almost certain to lose.

Unlike ordinary starships, it has enough space to load a large number of weapons that consume terrifying amounts of energy but possess immense power.

At the same time, it can pre-construct high-level defense systems, just like a planet armed to the teeth, integrating offense and defense.

It can almost rush into the battlefield without any hesitation, suppressing all enemies.

Except for slightly weaker mobility and high consumption, it has no shortcomings.

And that is exactly the case right now.

With their entry, the Kulha Star System fleet, which could previously barely put up a fight, was instantly suppressed and left powerless.

The 990,000 kinetic cannons mounted on each fortress fired at full power. In an instant, the entire battlefield was no longer sealed off, completely covered by the sweeping artillery fire.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the continuous attacks, the shields operating at full power ran out of energy one by one, and swaths of starships were blown up like dominoes being pushed over.

Their sporadic counterattacks could only cause tiny ripples on the War Fortress's defense system.

As the ultimate war weapon of the Free Star Alliance, the defense system it carries is the highest-level deployment named after the Star Alliance royal family, "Morrgan".

When operating at full power, it can even withstand a full-force strike from an SSS-Class Strongest.

Of course, as a price, the energy consumption of this weapon is also extremely terrifying.

In just over ten minutes of combat, the consumption almost exceeded the combined losses of the previous 100,000 legend generation ii starships.

"Retreat quickly!"

The Commander of the Kulha Star System issued the order without hesitation.

Apart from a portion of the fleet covering the retreat, the rest immediately turned around and evacuated.

However, the War Fortress is slow, but the legend series fleet lurking behind them is not.

With the cover of the fortress's artillery fire, the entire fleet instantly accelerated to pursue.

"Damn it! Damn it! Why did this thing appear?"

Watching his subordinates being killed in swaths, Elo, the current patriarch of the Yalik Family, had a face as dark as water, and a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

Facing such a weapon of mass destruction, unless there is an equivalent fortress to trade blows with, or an SSS-Class Strongest to break the situation, there is nothing to do but take a beating.

"Hmph, but don't think you'll have it easy either."

Seeing that the defeat was inevitable, Elo glared hatefully at the retreating army on the monitor and turned to order his adjutant: "Prepare the escape ship and cover my evacuation."

"Yes, my lord."

Soon, a small fleet quietly slipped away from the rear.

This movement naturally did not escape the surveillance of the Statue of Liberty.

However, Zhang Huaiyuan was not in a hurry to pursue, instead continuing to order the destruction of the Kulha Star System's armaments.

As for the escaping Elo, there was no way he could escape his control.

Unless he abandoned all electronic devices and fled to an undeveloped, uninhabited planet, but that would also mean losing his threat.

The massive War Fortress crashed into the defensive belt, smashing through countless automatic turrets and traps.

At the same time, its lower protective layer opened, and countless "Wings of Freedom" series combat robots flew out.

They precisely locked onto enemies within the scanning range, efficiently killing one fish that escaped the net after another, and destroying weapons on the defensive line with kinetic cannon shots.

Although the Kulha Star System's army resisted fiercely, they retreated steadily in the absence of heavy firepower suppression.

The Commander of the original First starship launched a suicide charge in despair.

But unfortunately, before he could even get close, his starship was shattered by a hyper-pressure gravity bomb, and then he was casually cut into two by a combat robot.

The war lasted for ten full days and nights.

In the end, except for a small number of high-ranking officials who escaped, most of the armaments of the Kulha Star System were destroyed.

Mountains of various wrecks and severed limbs and flesh floated in the void, and the surrendered wounded were imprisoned in sealed compartments with numb expressions, seemingly accusing the cruelty of war.

But human joys and sorrows are not shared.

For the victorious Zhang Huaiyuan, now was the time to harvest.