73: Battle

In the sky, outside the Ion Shield.

"Damn it, how many energy stones did these cowardly weaklings spend to maintain this damn shield!"

The man with the scar looked at the spikes on the front of his starship, which were spinning until they were almost smoking, and roared in anger.

If this continued, their starship's energy would be exhausted before they could break through the shield.

"Try one last time. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to let the boss use the orbital cannon to blow this turtle shell to bits."

After a long while, realizing that his anger was futile, the man with the scar finally calmed down, ordered his men to set the thrusters to maximum power, and rammed into the shield fiercely once again.

"Hmm...?"

This time, the familiar sound of collision did not come; a dozen or so assault ships broke through the dome and entered the planet's interior.

Thirty starships shaped like "wanderer ii" were hovering quietly in the air, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

"Hahaha... unmodified antiques, surely they don't still think they can resist? Brothers, it's time to earn some merit! Tear their ships apart, and leave none alive!"

The man with the scar was not worried but happy; a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he issued the attack order directly.

He now wanted to vent the anger of being blocked outside for so long.

"It seems necessary to add a holographic disguise device to the starships, specifically to disguise them as those second-hand antiques."

Zhang Huaiyuan, located in the flagship, looked with interest at the "Mad Blade" assault fleet, which was charging toward him as if they had lost their minds.

Feigning weakness can sometimes achieve unexpected results.

If it weren't for testing the combat protection performance of the legend series starships, their charge without any cover would have been shot into a sieve halfway there.

On the other side, under Zhang Huaiyuan's deliberate indulgence, the "fearless ii" assault ships successfully rushed to the front of the legend series fleet.

"Tsk tsk... they don't even dare to resist."

Seeing that the opponent hadn't even fired a single interceptor missile, the smile on the man with the scar's face became more excited and ferocious; he seemed to see the scene of the opponent's starship being torn apart, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Bang!

The sharp spikes lit up with electric light and stabbed fiercely toward the shield of a legend series assault ship.

The scorching energy of the laser and the ripples on the surface of the shield clashed and annihilated each other, but it was unable to move any further.

"Real-time attack intensity: 4622 crystals... Shield feedback is good, no damage detected."

"Power supply unit running stably, real-time consumption is 0.003 units of standard energy per second. It is estimated that in non-infinite energy mode, it can support defense for 55.5 minutes..."

"..."

Lines of data appeared on the main control screen, and Zhang Huaiyuan quickly recorded the various data, saying:

"Hmm... it's about as expected. If there are no anomalies after observing for another five minutes, we can move on to the next test."

This modified 'fearless ii' assault ship is considered top-tier among level-five warships, and its converted combat power should be around 9500, but the legend series is generally over 40000, which is a fundamental difference.

However, this scene looked different to the members of the "Mad Blade" Pirate Group. After all, in their eyes, these ships were just a pile of obsolete antiques.

"I actually didn't shatter a piece of obsolete junk like the 'wanderer ii'?"

The man with the scar was full of disbelief.

He couldn't help but blink, and even adjusted the field of view of the detector on the spaceship to zoom in on the attack footage.

The specially made electric drill was almost worn flat, yet it hadn't managed to drill even a single crack.

"What the hell... is this really a wanderer ii... First Mate, rescan the opponent's starship."

He was, after all, a battle-hardened Interstellar Pirates member, and at this moment, he finally discovered that something was wrong.

The spatial defense system could still be explained by burning money, but this ability to easily block an assault ship at close range was already an absolute difference in performance.

"Could it be an elite unit under 'Gale', specially inserted into the front line to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack from the rear? Oh no!"

A thought flashed through the scar-faced man's mind. Just as he wanted to order the fleet to retreat, he found that the entire ship was flickering, and a series of garbled code and electric sparks flashed across the control screen, suddenly losing control.

A powerful electric current spread along the hull to his feet.

"What is this! I am an A-Class Transcendent..."

A flash of horror crossed the scar-faced man's face. He suddenly realized that his entire body had become completely stiff, and he could only move slowly by exerting his full power.

At this moment, the main cannons of the dozen "legend series" assault ships that had received the attack command slowly popped out. Under the collision of two diametrically opposed particles, vast energy emerged.

A brilliant beam of light headed straight for the enemy.

"Shield Transformation!"

The man with the scar only had time to barely transform his arm into a shield before the beam of light easily broke through the thick metal sandwich of the "fearless ii" and headed straight for him.

There was no explosion, no fire; wherever it passed, everything was turned into nothingness.

The dozen or so aggressive assault ships were all pierced through simultaneously, and not a single soldier inside survived.

Instant kill!

"As expected of the powerful abilities improved from the high-level Transcendent 'Thunderstorm' and 'Annihilation'."

A smile appeared on Zhang Huaiyuan's face.

He had already tested the effect of the electrostatic field once after the legend command ship was built. At that time, the leader of the "Gray Shark" Pirate Group, the A-Class Transcendent 'Na Wei', had no ability to resist after being controlled.

So he adjusted the device and equipped it on the assault ships as well.

Changing it from area control to unidirectional release reduced the power slightly, but the range increased significantly.

Combined with the Small Annihilation Cannon extended from the "Annihilation" ability, it perfectly fits the characteristics of assault ships needing to make single-point breakthroughs.

Judging by the current actual combat, the effect is indeed good.

"Master, your research on the fusion of Transcendent and machinery is the most outstanding and perfect I have ever seen, bar none. It is incredible that you can design starships that rival the active duty standard starships of the Star Alliance using these crude materials."

An admiring voice came from the light screen.

"What about the flaws?"

Zhang Huaiyuan asked with a smile, not feeling complacent.

He knew very well that although he could implicitly achieve or even exceed the designs of some grandmaster-level Star Mechanic by relying on True Sight and the perfect deconstruction of the Transcendent spectrum, there was still a significant gap in the fundamentals due to limitations in time and resources.

"There is still a tiny flaw in the design of the power supply system, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the instantaneous acceleration during takeoff and the fluidity of the ship structure..."

"But that is not your problem. If you had the same resources and access to knowledge as those soulless guys in the Star Alliance, you would have become the greatest Star Mechanic in the world long ago."

The voice in the light screen sounded quite indignant.

"Thank you for your praise, Asroth. I believe you will also become the most powerful intelligent lifeform."

Zhang Huaiyuan looked up at the image fed back by the command screen and smiled:

"But before that, our opponent seems to be angry. A prepared Double A-Class Transcendent should make for a very good opponent."

"I hope it can bring me some inspiration for improvements."