74: Wings of Freedom's First Battle

"Scar!"

Watching over a dozen assault ships crash, the expression of the leader of the "Mad Blade" changed abruptly.

"The enemy is suspicious. Activate all defense systems and prepare the orbital cannons. Do not let your guard down!"

The fleet waiting in the starry sky scattered instantly, raising pale blue Ion Shields.

The decks beneath the front and on both sides of five of the cruisers slowly slid open, electric arcs dancing within the pitch-black cannon barrels as a powerful energy began to brew.

"Not good, Boss! Our detection devices have been jammed!"

Just as the orbital cannons were about to fire, the entire monitoring screen suddenly went pitch black.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

In interstellar warfare, whoever has inferior detection equipment is effectively a sitting duck.

Therefore, the major empires maintain the strictest control over detectors, and there is not much difference between those that circulate.

Being able to achieve this effect only proves one thing: they had been toying with them the whole time.

"Damn it, fire freely at the ground! Immediately! They're coming!"

A trace of horror flashed across the face of the "Mad Blade" leader; ignoring everything else, he roared directly into the communication device.

However, for the legend series starships equipped with warp devices, this mere distance of over 100 kilometers could be covered in an instant.

Before the fully charged orbital cannons could fire, over a dozen assault ships had already arrived overhead. Amidst the collision of matter and antimatter particles, the Small Annihilation Cannons descended silently.

One must know that the legend series starships belong to the top tier among Level 6 warships, while the "Mad Blade" fleet is merely high-level Level 5; the two differ by an entire major tier.

It was as simple as an A-Class Transcendent dealing with a B-Class Transcendent; the beams of the Small Annihilation Cannons easily pierced through their activated Ion Shields.

Following closely were flashes of blue electric light, and all equipment on the affected ships instantly malfunctioned.

Electrostatic Field!

At the same time, the hatches of the legend series assault ships opened, and mechs flew out rapidly. They approached the ship hulls through the gaps in the shields blasted open by the Small Annihilation Cannons, and as they swung their cluster weapons, they cut out holes several meters in diameter.

"Coordinates 362, 175, two paralyzed targets behind the door. Coordinates 377, 211, one B-Class Transcendent, has not yet escaped the force field restriction effect..."

In the electronic eyes of the combat mechs, streams of information flashed by, clearly displaying the position of every enemy and the layout inside the ship.

This is the effect of advanced detectors.

Under its guidance, the efficiency of killing was raised almost to the limit. Under the power of the cluster weapons, whether it was ordinary logistics personnel or powerful Transcendents, they died upon contact.

Soon, a "Wings of Freedom" mech fought its way to the final control room.

"Force field effect ends in 5 seconds... 4... 3... 2... 1..."

However, at this moment, the notification that the Electrostatic Field had ended also arrived.

"Two people under the command console to the rear left, one person behind the door on the right..."

After confirming the enemy's positions, the combat mech did not hesitate in the slightest. Its left-hand cluster weapon sliced open the door, and its right-hand plasma cannon aimed at the command console and fired.

The searing plasma instantly vaporized the command console, and from the cannon port on its shoulder, two small missiles flew out simultaneously, immediately striking the two people who had lost their cover.

At the same time, the propulsion system beneath the mech accelerated violently, flashing past the door, and with a sweeping swing of its left hand, a head still wearing an expression of shock soared into the air.

It didn't even spare a glance, quickly walking to the control system. The metal of its right hand flowed and transformed, turning into data interfaces that invaded the system.

" 'Wings of Freedom' serial number 077 standard tactical robot, mission accomplished, please advise."

"Destroy this starship and return."

"Instruction received."

A flash of light appeared in the mech's eyes. After pressing the control screen several times to set the self-destruct sequence, it used its left-hand cluster weapon to cut a gap in the ceiling and flew away rapidly.

Two minutes later, the entire ship exploded violently from the inside, like a brilliant spark, turning into dust in the starry sky.

And this scene was almost simultaneously reenacted on the other starships.

Bang, bang, bang!

After a series of silent explosions, only the final command ship remained, hovering lonely in the air.

Inside, five mechs were currently surrounding the leader of "Mad Blade", that Double A-Class powerhouse.

Supported by precise calculations, they attacked almost simultaneously, their cluster weapons striking down and covering all possible evasion space.

"Damn it!"

The "Mad Blade" leader's eyes turned cold, and a kinetic long blade instantly popped out from his right hand, sweeping across.

An invisible ripple attached to the blade collided head-on with the cluster weapons.

Boom!

With the enhancement of Double A-Class abilities, combined with the Transcendent weapon, its instantaneous explosive power even exceeded 10,000 crystals.

The shield, which had a maximum capacity of only 3,000 crystals, shattered upon impact. The superluminal particle accelerator on its left arm was destroyed under the violent vibration, and the light of the cluster weapons instantly dimmed.

Having lost its obstruction, the kinetic long blade struck down instantly, slicing the five mechs in half at the waist.

However, despite achieving victory, his expression became exceptionally ugly.

There was no other reason.

The opponent had canceled the jamming of the detectors, and the command screen once again displayed the scene in the starry sky.

The "Mad Blade" fleet had been destroyed in one fell swoop, and dozens of seemingly ordinary "wanderer ii" starships were surrounding this command ship.

In each of the pitch-black cannon barrels, a power that even he felt terrified of was brewing.

Clearly, those five mechs earlier were just to stall for time.

"No!"

His pupils shrank violently, and without hesitation, he sliced open the metal wall, attempting to escape.

But it was too late.

Over a dozen beams from the "Small Annihilation Cannons" converged, and under the simultaneous interference of the Electrostatic Field, there was nowhere to dodge.

He died.

"So, a Double A-Class Transcendent is also this fragile."

Inside the legend command ship, Zhang Huaiyuan watched this scene and felt some emotion in his heart.

He still remembered during Dark Annihilation, when the Double A-Class Qin Mie killed a hundreds-of-meters-long A-Class Galaxy Beast with a wave of his hand, his divine might unrivaled.

And now, this person, who was not much weaker than the other, had no power to resist under the siege of the fleet.

"The main guns equipped on your legend starship already possess certain characteristics of antimatter weapons; besieging and killing an ordinary Double A-Class Transcendent is, of course, easy."

A voice sounded simultaneously from the light screen: "However, those true elites in the Star Alliance, in addition to suitable Transcendent weapons, are also equipped with a full set of high-tech equipment; only those can be considered powerful Transcendents."

"Mm, I know."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded slightly. He had seen the S-Class Leios in action; relying on that lightning-shaped weapon, he could even cross the void to fight three enemies alone, severely injuring three Galaxy Beasts of the same level.

He was currently facing an ordinary Pirate Group and possessed a technological advantage, so he could naturally crush them. If it were replaced by official elites, that would be hard to say.

"The road is long and the task is heavy."

Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head, but he was not discouraged.

The "Wings of Freedom" mech group just now had performed very well. Supported by advanced algorithms, whether in on-the-spot decision-making or the fluidity of their actions, they were no less than real soldiers.

The only flaw was that, limited by material issues, they were too fragile when facing powerful Transcendents.

However, this point was not urgent. Once "Gale" was taken, there would be sufficient resources to conduct experiments and improvements.

"Asroth, continue to jam our signals. The parameters have been collected enough; the upcoming battlefield is no longer something we can participate in."

Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the intelligence fed back by the detector and smiled: "By the way, if possible, it would be best to project their battle footage over. I haven't witnessed a true interstellar war yet."

"Of course, Master."

The voice in the light screen replied gladly.