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Chapter 1431: # Clash! Collision of Civilizations! (Bonus chapter for Alliance Leader Jia Xu Hermit)
Mephidis and Ay's battle instantly erupted.
The former was like streaks of ink drawn by an invisible hand amidst the scattered starlight, swift, elegant, ever-changing, and elusive.
The latter, however, brutally tore apart the tranquility of the night sky, carving out streaks of dazzling lightning, with the sound waves of sonic booms echoing endlessly.
The two transformed into streaks of black and blue light, chasing each other under the dark sky.
With astonishing speed, carrying irresistible strength, they fiercely clashed! Collided! Fought!
The countless Phantasms created by Mephidis shattered one after another under the impact of the lightning, transforming into specks of black light scattered in the air.
But the Black Shadow within its body seemed to possess infinite ability, with wave after wave of Phantasms continuously emerging, surrounding and intercepting the lightning from all directions.
Ay was not to be outdone. Under the enhancement of 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode', he eliminated all Phantasms along the way with lightning speed, relentlessly pursuing Mephidis.
If it were before, he would indeed have found it difficult to distinguish them.
After all, the realism of these Phantasms was comparable to Shadow Clones.
But their individual strength was not so fragile; in this aspect, they were similar to Wood Clones.
Coupled with this astonishing shadow transformation speed.
Basically, each Phantasm had the strength of an Elite Chunin to a Jonin.
But at this moment.
With the help of Observation Haki, Mephidis's aura was like a raging fire in the darkness.
Therefore, he didn't need to pay too much attention to the other Phantasms; he only needed to deal with the main body.
[Rumble rumble rumble...]
The combat intensified. Every bolt of lightning from Ay was like a mighty thunderbolt, while Mephidis's Phantasms almost filled the sky.
Every moment of exchange blows was filled with danger and excitement.
Ay then discovered that Mephidis's ability was not as simple as it seemed.
Besides the high-speed flight after shadow transformation and the Phantasm Clones.
It seemed to be able to swap positions with those Phantasm Clones from a distance.
Every time he chased after it and smashed its body with 'One Finger Nukite', it would turn into a Black Shadow and explode.
Then he would sense its aura appearing in another direction.
It was somewhat like Substitution Jutsu.
But Ay was certain this wasn't an effect achievable through high-speed movement, but true instant displacement.
It was very similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique, yet with significant differences!
This made Ay feel the wonder of Magic once again.
"Human, your strength surprises me, but why do you have the aura of a Demon on you, yet no Demonic Power?"
Mephidis's voice echoed from all directions; it was clear it was truly in doubt.
It even suspected that Ay was also a Demon Possessor, and that some unknown Demon likely existed within his body.
This unknown referred not only to identity but also to origin, meaning the Demon's origin.
Because it wasn't only the Netherworld Government that produced Demons.
The essence of Demons was actually a collection of Negative Energy from Cosmic Beings.
The Netherworld Government was merely the domain where Negative Energy was most concentrated within its Cosmic Star Zone.
But various kinds of Demons would sometimes appear in Other Worlds as well.
For example, Moryo from before was the Negative Energy of this Ninja World, condensed from the Dark Soul separated by the First Generation Shrine Maiden, forming a Demon with the help of her vast Reiryoku.
Because the two were one and shared the same origin, neither could kill the other.
Successive Miko could only Seal Moryo repeatedly through sacrifice.
However, when the Netherworld Government first invaded the Ninja World last time, Moryo finally Possessed the contemporary Miko, Kagura, and ran into the Netherworld Government, disappearing without a trace.
The fusion of the two made Moryo complete, and it simultaneously gained all the Miko's Reiryoku, with its Consciousness still holding the lead.
Crucially, the two Supreme Demons on Underworld Layer 1, 'Demonic Flame' Naamah and 'Demonic Ice' Lilith, both died in the Ninja World Battlefield.
This allowed Moryo to directly gain the favor of the Underworld Will, evolving into a new Supreme Demon on Underworld Layer 1.
Now, it was leading all the Demons back for a second invasion of the Ninja World.
At the same time.
Ay chuckled inwardly after hearing Mephidis's doubt.
The opponent must have sensed the aura of the Zinogre Fruit.
But the Lightning Release Chakra on his body was just ordinary Ninjutsu.
He was actually quite fortunate.
Without the help of the Zinogre Fruit, he wouldn't be able to injure these Demons now, nor would he have been able to endure the Summit War.
"In that case, let me show you, This Old Man's Demonic Power within my body!" Ay roared.
This made Mephidis wary, thinking to itself, "As expected, is it a Demon Possessor?"
Moreover, in the fierce exchange blows just now, this Human who called himself the Raikage had already shown strength slightly weaker than its own.
Now, if it were to further activate the Demonic Power, its strength would likely advance further, becoming a very troublesome opponent.
This caused Mephidis to immediately control the surrounding Phantasms and launch a group attack on Ay, who was currently transforming.
Even if it couldn't stop the opponent's Transformation Technique, it could still cause as much damage as possible during this time!
However, Ay's Transformation Technique process exceeded its expectations.
While his body was undergoing drastic changes, he was also releasing silver Electrical Energy outwards.
His entire being was like a continuously expanding lightning light orb.
The Phantasms that rushed up from all directions were instantly annihilated upon contact.
This scene left Mephidis speechless.
It even came with Defense Energy during Transformation Technique? More flashy than it, a Demon!
In the blink of an eye, the lightning flash dissipated.
Ay, who had already transformed into his 'Human-Beast Form', was wrapped in a light blue aura and blue-silver lightning, standing in the night sky filled with stars.
While swinging the thick, spiky dragon tail behind him, he gazed at Mephidis with cold eyes.
And in Mephidis's eyes.
This Human had transformed into a 'Dragon-Human' with greenish skin and golden horn-like spikes on his body.
Especially the aura of the Demon was several times stronger than before.
"You've indeed become stronger, but you're not unbeatable!" Killing intent flashed in Mephidis's eyes.
[Swish swish swish swish----]
In an instant, dense Phantasms poured down like heavy rain, covering the area where Ay was.
This time, even its main body was frequently swapping positions within them; even if a position could be captured, it was difficult to judge.
Ay's expressionless gaze followed his pupil, locking onto the target.
The next moment.
His entire body's aura vibrated, accompanied by dazzling electric flash, tearing through the void with a roar.
Like Raijin descending, he instantly appeared before the Demon that had just completed its position swap.
Behind him, all Phantasms obstructing his path had vanished under the tearing force of the lightning.
What!
Mephidis's eyes suddenly contracted.
Fortunately, its combat experience from countless battles allowed it to use its swapping ability again under the crisis.
However, Ay's face, full of a sense of oppression, appeared in its line of sight once more.
What is this situation?
But before Mephidis could react, a greenish-gold heavy punch wrapped in silver lightning sent it flying hundreds of meters away on the spot.
Intense pain swept through the Upper Demon as it flew backward, and it swapped positions again the moment Ay turned into electric flash and caught up.
This time, it finally saw the specific situation clearly.
It saw that there wasn't just one Ay there, but a full four Ay's.
They were launching a Thunder Offensive, clearing out wave after wave of Phantasm Clones.
He can also make Clones?! Mephidis was shocked in its heart.
But what made it feel the most fear was the speed displayed by these Ay's.
They were far stronger than Ay before his Transformation Technique, and their speed could even keep up with its instant position swaps.
No matter how Mephidis left Phantasms behind during high-speed flight, it simply couldn't keep up with the Ay's elimination speed.
The shock brought by the five 'Thunder Wolf Dragon Human-Beast Form' Ay's was simply too intense.
Mephidis's Phantasms in the sky became fewer and fewer, and the options for its position swaps also decreased accordingly.
This made the domain available for its dodging increasingly restricted under the pressure from the Ay's.
Until Mephidis discovered in horror that it couldn't break through the defense line formed by the five Ay's.
It had tried to defeat one of the Ay Clones frontally.
But whether it was strength, speed, or reaction, every Ay was considerably strong.
Perhaps they couldn't defeat it, but intercepting it for a few seconds was more than enough.
A few seconds was quite ample time for the other four Ay's.
On the contrary, its 'Phantom Demon' Clones were completely powerless against these Ay's.
Let alone exchanging blows and obstructing them, even slightly touching the electric flash on the Ay's bodies would cause them to automatically dissipate, so fragile they were like soap bubbles.
This caused Mephidis to be constantly subjected to pincer attacks from two Ay's at every moment.
While the other three Ay's stood guard on the periphery, ready to obstruct it from escaping the sealed zone at any time.
Mephidis began to panic; it had fully realized that this Human's strength was greater than its own!
This was truly outrageous.
It had always been the one using Clones to surround and toy with opponents, but now it was trapped by Clones itself.
Fortunately, it could still hold its own for now.
Once more Demons poured out, and a few more Upper Demons arrived, this damned Human would be in trouble!
But just as this idea of Mephidis's emerged, Ay's roar suddenly exploded in its ears:
"So this is all the strength you have? This Old Man overestimated you!"
Mephidis's expression changed drastically.
Immediately after, it saw Black Lightning beginning to erupt from Ay before its eyes.
They intertwined wildly with the silver lightning, outlining the form of a Zinogre roaring in mid-air.
And what made Mephidis most terrified was Ay's continuously rising aura.
This Human called Raikage can still become stronger?
Hey, hey, hey, isn't that too much? Why do you get two stages of Transformation Technique?
In Mephidis's heart, even if the current Ay couldn't compare to a Supreme Demon, he was still stronger than most Upper Demons.
Because it considered itself an expert among the Upper Demons on Underworld Layer 1.
However, the most important thing now was to find a way to break free and escape.
But within less than a minute of clashing with Old Ai in his Black Lightning Chakra Mode, Myhedis immediately realized that this time... it seemed it couldn't escape.
Unless by some great luck another Upper-Rank Demon came to help.
Because the opponent's current speed and strength were simply not something it could contend with!
At this moment, the four lightning clones on the periphery actually constructed a three-dimensional 'Four Violet Flames Formation', completely sealing off this space.
Until more than ten minutes later, Old Ai's angry roars suddenly erupted from within:
"Demon!"
"This is the Raikage's unmatched power!"
"Black Zinogre.
Hell Stab.
One Finger Piercing————"
The next second, accompanied by an earth-shshattering roar.
A black-and-white intertwined spear of lightning violently broke through the 'Four Violet Flames Formation' on the west side, shooting out from within and soaring straight into the sky.
On the periphery of the battlefield.
Large numbers of ninjas, under the command of Tobirama Senju, systematically annihilated demons in various locations.
Ninjas who could only use ordinary ninjutsu, using Earth Style, Wind Style, and Water Style in coordination as teams, forcibly gathered the demons together.
Then, ninjas, Toads, Great Snakes, and Tailed Beasts who could use Sage Chakra were responsible for exterminating them.
Due to the large quantities of Toad oil, Slug mucus, and Snake venom regularly provided by Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and the White Snake Sage within Impel Down.
So there are quite a few Jonin in Sea Ninja Village who have mastered Sage Mode.
Confirmed through multiple experiments.
When a ninja whose Chakra control level reaches that of a Jonin.
If they first cover their body with Toad oil, then swallow a small cup of Snake venom, and finally let a Slug attach itself to their body, wrapping their entire body in mucus to form a cocoon.
Then the probability of this ninja cultivating Sage Chakra within the cocoon will greatly increase.
And even if they fail, they can preserve their life with the help of the Slug and mucus, thereby gaining the opportunity to repeatedly cultivate Sage Chakra.
Simply put, with the resources of the Three Great Sage Regions concentrated, a moderately strong ninja can completely achieve Sage Mode with low risk.
So why didn't they do this before?
Must they have one ninja after another who attempted to cultivate Sage Arts turn into stone or be poisoned to death over the past thousand years?
And also claimed that only humans with high enough talent could achieve it.
But now it seems there is indeed some requirement for talent, but it does not reach the point of near-certain death.
And as long as the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest is willing to help, at least one's life can be guaranteed safe.
Later, after the World Government's understanding, it turned out that these three Ninja World Sage Regions had never even considered this possibility.
Because their relationships were not good enough to this extent.
Especially between Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myōboku, and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest also likes quietness and barely interacts with them.
Furthermore, no one in the Ninja World has ever gathered the resources of the Three Great Sage Regions.
And ninjas capable of signing summoning contracts with them have basically already mastered Sage Mode, and even less would they ponder these matters.
Only the World Government could create such a favorable environment, allowing its ninjas to cultivate Sage Arts under the best conditions.
However, there is a problem with the Sage Mode achieved through this 'three-in-one' method.
That is, the Sage Mode ultimately mastered by this ninja is almost 100% the Sage Mode of Ryūchi Cave!
Because so far, no one has been found to have achieved the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku or Shikkotsu Forest.
As for the reason, many people can guess.
It should be directly related to the fact that Ryūchi Cave's Snake venom is ingested, while Mount Myōboku's Toad oil and the Slug's mucus are applied externally.
Naturally, the Snake venom has the greatest impact on the body.
Interestingly, this result also leads to two situations.
First, these ninjas who have mastered the 'Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode' have, without exception, chosen to sign summoning contracts with the 'Ryūchi Cave Scroll' overseen by the Sea Shadow.
However, this 'Ryūchi Cave' is not that 'Ryūchi Cave'.
The current 'Ryūchi Cave' is located in a mountainous area of Kume Village in Wano Country.
It is inhabited by a large number of ninja snakes driven out of the 'Celestial Dragon Realm' by Im.
Managed at the high level by Tashinokami-hime, Manda, Sinji, and Aoda.
This place has also been designated as a 'High-Risk Area' by the World Government, prohibiting unauthorized entry by unrelated personnel.
Second, they all chose to exchange for the 'Snake Style Ninjutsu' developed by Orochimaru.
This provided Orochimaru with substantial points income.
Therefore, in Sea Ninja Village, if you see a Jonin with a feminine temperament, there's an eighty percent chance they are this kind of person.
At this moment, some of them are using Sage Art Fire Style in conjunction with Toad oil, while others are using Sage Art Water Style in conjunction with Snake venom.
Continuously casting large-scale Sage Arts, clearing countless demons within the area.
In this process, large numbers of ninjas, Toads, and ninja snakes also died tragically under the demons' bizarre magic.
After all, it's not easy to contain them.
They even have to be careful to protect the ninjas who can use Sage Arts, even if it means using their own lives as shields.
It's the same for the ninjas from the Ninja Sect who are arriving from various places.
If they can't use Sage Arts, they don't have the ability to kill demons, so they can only serve as consumables.
Because this is war.
It is a battle between two different races, two different civilizations, wagering the fate of their respective worlds.
No matter how tragic, no matter how desperate, it is not excessive.
Fortunately, the Ninja World is not facing the Underworld alone.
Behind it is a colossal entity called the World Government.
At this very moment.
The Medium Star Gate outside Loulan Ancient City, with its size of three hundred meters high and two hundred meters wide, was continuously spewing out streams of black-painted heavy trucks, main battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, and even missile launchers!
And in the air, armed helicopters fully loaded with ammunition were also flying out in formation.
Their destination was a temporary airport further away that had already been built and was still being expanded.
This time, the Construction Department sent a construction team led by Marshal D. Teach.
They were responsible for all the construction work for this battle.
The construction efficiency was indeed surprisingly high.
Under the use of Teach's three Devil Fruit abilities: Cement, Glass, and Rebar, a high-strength aircraft runway could be completed in about thirty minutes.
While the mechanical cyborgs, alchemists, ninjas, and mages in the construction team were responsible for building the architectural facilities needed for the airport.
They no longer needed ordinary workers much.
The Star Realm Legion side, of course, would also bring various fighter jets, bomber ships, and transport ships.
It's just that these aircraft had to wait until the area was cleared at night before flying in.
After all, a height of three hundred meters is too close to the ground.
The sonic waves and vibrations generated by their flight speed could easily cause significant damage to personnel on the ground.
It's worth mentioning that the other side of this Medium Star Gate was no longer Wano Country on Sea Star, but the Canberra Continent in the Giant World.
This was specifically adjusted by Im to facilitate the Star Realm Legion's troops entering.
In any case, the personnel from Sea Ninja Village had already entered the Ninja World.
However, it would still take a few days for this Star Realm Legion to be ready.
This just happened to satisfy Hashirama Senju and the others' request to lead the ninjas to face the demons alone.
The Army Commander of this Star Realm Legion was the Corps Commander of the Sixth Army Group.
Lieutenant General Peter Nikolaevich Wrangel, 42 years old, from Bear Country in the Demon Slayer World.
For the Air Force side, it was Air Force Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud, 42 years old this year, from Lighthouse Country in the Nuclear Weapons World.
He was a newly added general in this Star Realm Legion reform and was participating in an interdimensional war on behalf of the World Government for the first time.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud was in a state of great excitement at this moment.
However, the intelligence mentioned that conventional weapons had no damaging effect on demons.
This shocked and regretted him, who had always believed that sufficient firepower could destroy everything.
Things that couldn't be blown up actually existed in the world?
No, the very existence of demons was already surprising enough.
They were actually going to fight against them; it was truly somewhat incredible.
But that was the reality.
Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud could only sigh that his life was becoming increasingly exciting.
The war on the Ninja World side was advancing fiercely.
Neither the first layer of the Underworld nor the Ninja World had actually put forth their full strength.
And the World Government's main focus was not on the Ninja World; at most, it maintained a peripheral watch over it.
Because the first batch of space pirates who arrived in the Sea Star System couldn't hold back anymore.
Perhaps it was a test.
Both the Somali Pirate Crew and the Avery Pirate Crew tacitly sent a fleet consisting of only one capital ship and ten frigates.
Because they had heard from the Odette Pirate Crew that the civilization in this star system possessed extremely astonishing superpowered individuals.
They could even contend with space warships.
Fortunately, their numbers were not large, their stamina was limited, and their speed couldn't keep up with ships that had engaged cruising speed.
The reason the Odette Pirate Crew suffered heavy losses was entirely because the battle took place within the star system and near the planet.
Clearly, Odette I had lied.
But these words also matched the basic understanding of Captain Somali and Captain Avery.
Some planets indeed had creatures with considerable individual strength.
But most were unable to leave their planets, and those who could only operated in low-Earth orbit.
At times like these, they would all choose to use laser cannons to annihilate them from ultra-long range.
The only doubt was that the extent of the Odette Pirate Crew's losses was too great.
No matter how strong the natives were, or how miraculous their superpowers, losing one or two ships was understandable.
What was the meaning of losing nearly fifty spaceships, including two capital ships?
So they always felt that Odette I was hiding something.
Then let's test them.
Let's see how the civilization here deals with a fleet of eleven spaceships!
No, there's more than that.
Other pirate crews saw that both the 'Black Bird Pirate Crew' and the 'Silver Fox Pirate Crew' had deployed.
Immediately, some captains ordered their ships to follow behind and lend a hand.
Their idea was that if the attack went smoothly, they could be the first to invade Sea Star and plunder.
Then 'drinking soup' might turn into 'eating meat'.
Even if the 'meat' wasn't big enough or plentiful, it would still be better than 'soups and broths'.
As a result, the so-called probing attack turned into fifty or sixty spaceships, infiltrating the interior of the Sea Star System from multiple directions.
Their targets were Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Sea Star, the planets with the most concentrated resources.
Among them, the fleets of the Avery Pirate Crew and the Somali Pirate Crew were heading directly for Sea Star, which served as the center.
After all, to eat the largest 'meat', they first had to eliminate the native civilization here!
Inside the bridge of the Somali Vanguard Fleet's capital ship.
Strange-looking aliens were sitting in front of the futuristic operation consoles, skillfully pressing extremely complex keys to control the various functions of the spaceship.
"Once within effective attack range, launch three rounds of bombardment directly on their largest satellite, wiping out all buildings and living beings!"
Hashem, with blue hair and green skin, sat in the captain's seat and issued the order coldly.
He had no interest in deploying carrier-based aircraft squadrons, nor did he want to send ground troops to land.
"Captain Hashem, a large number of signals are appearing from the fifth planet.
They are approaching us at sublight speed!"
At this moment, a crew member reported loudly.
Hashem raised an eyebrow, "Are they spaceships?
Display the footage immediately."
He roughly guessed that the civilization in this star system had reverse-engineered 'Sublight Engine Technology' by capturing a spaceship from the Odette Pirate Crew.
However, this was still astonishing.
How long had it been?
And it seemed they had already started mass production?
As for Faster-Than-Light Jump Technology, there was no need to even think about it.
The technological content of that thing was ridiculously high.
Even if it was placed right in front of them, they couldn't figure it out.
At least in the past few decades, no technological civilization had been heard of being able to replicate it.
In this regard, the Galactic Empire held an absolute monopoly!
At this point, an image began to appear on a screen on the spaceship.
However, all the crew members, including Hashem, were instantly dumbfounded.
Because what was on the screen wasn't spaceships, but blue metal pods with fiery tails?
Their numbers were large, appearing dense and numerous.
The spaceship's built-in intelligent system provided the answer: confirmed presence of one hundred and forty-four identical energy signals ahead.
Furthermore, the energy signals flying out from the fifth planet were continuously increasing.
An average of twelve energy signals flew out of the planetary orbit per minute.
The so-called fifth planet referred to Saturn, because they were accustomed to designating the planet closest to the star as the 'first'.
"What are these things?"
"Perhaps some kind of weapon..."
"Uh, missiles?"
"Doesn't look like it.
Although the volume is much smaller than a spaceship, it's still too big to be called a missile!"
At this moment, it wasn't just the crew of the Somali pirate fleet; discussions were also buzzing within other space pirate crews.
"Hmph, whatever they are, just blast them apart!" Captain Hashem's tone was cold.
Soon.
The four one-kilometer class frigates located in front of the capital ship received orders.
They immediately locked onto the rapidly approaching 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' and fired lasers to intercept them.
Who would have thought that those 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' would all perform evasive maneuvers, agilely avoiding beam after beam of green laser light!
This scene left the space pirates dumbfounded.
These things even had automatic evasion systems?
So they were really missiles, or perhaps small spaceships?
The four Somali Pirate Crew frigates seemed a bit anxious.
They began to increase the laser density, with all forward-facing gunports brought into action.
Indeed, the effect was seen.
In the vast and boundless space.
Although the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' did their best to evade the incoming attacks.
But at this moment, beam after beam of laser light formed a dense net of fire.
Many times they were unavoidable, and could only let the laser beams fly straight at them.
This caused the Somali space pirates, led by Captain Hashem, to sneer repeatedly.
No matter what you are, just blast you before you arrive!
However, the next second.
In the footage, the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' that were about to be hit by the eerie green lasers.
A faint cyan barrier suddenly appeared around them, blocking the lasers!
"Impossible!"
Captain Hashem suddenly stood up, glaring, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Galactic Shield?
How could they possibly possess this technology!"
Galactic Shield, in fact, is the directional electromagnetic field generator developed by the Galactic Empire in recent years.
Simply put, it's an energy shield.
This thing is currently only equipped on the battleships of the Galactic Fleet.
It is said that each charge can continuously withstand three main cannon attacks from other battleships.
But now Captain Hashem and others saw that every 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pod' had one!
"Impossible, impossible...
How could this be?"
"Is it possible this is a form of featured technology unique to this civilization?"
At this moment, a crew member speculated softly.
Others showed surprise upon hearing this.
So-called featured technology refers to civilizations on certain planets that, through some special materials, energy, or technology, have preemptively mastered techniques that are quite rare from the perspective of other civilizations.
After all, every intelligent civilization always has its own foundation.
It's just that the civilization in this star system right now has mastered some kind of unknown energy shield technology!
This speculation quickly spread among the spaceships.
At the same time, it made the eyes of this group of space pirates from different planets light up.
In an instant, more spaceships moved out; everyone was controlled by greed.
As long as they could capture a 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pod' intact, they might be able to figure out this energy shield technology.
This life-saving technology was too precious for these space pirates; it was even worth risking battle for.
"Cease laser interception!
Launch carrier-based aircraft immediately!
Try to capture them while minimizing damage!"
Captain Hashem stared intensely at the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' on the screen and ordered loudly.
Because he didn't dare to bet on how many of these things the opposing civilization had.
If the number wasn't very large, then destroying one meant one less!
"Captain, but they're getting closer and closer to our frigates..." A captain at the operation console reminded softly.
"Then let them crash into them!" Captain Hashem didn't care at all.
It wouldn't be a loss if he could exchange one or two frigates for a few intact 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods'.
Moreover, these things were only about ten meters tall, while their frigates were a full kilometer long.
Even if they crashed, how much damage could there be?
He only hoped now that they weren't weapons designed to explode!
Soon,
Dense swarms of carrier-based aircraft were launched by the four frigates in front.
They were like a swarm of bees in space, rapidly flying towards the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' that were already extremely close, controlled by the ships' intelligent systems.
But constrained by the capture order, they couldn't launch attacks.
They could only block the path, attempting to slow them down through continuous collisions.
But who knew that these 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' didn't just dodge lasers; they would also evade paths with obstacles.
They directly bypassed carrier-based aircraft one after another, continuing to charge towards the frigates, which seemed like behemoths in front of them.
Finally, under everyone's watchful eyes, they crashed directly into the hulls of the frigates!
Their impact force was strong enough to easily break through the armor and crash into the ships' interiors, but after waiting for a few minutes, no explosions occurred.
"Alright!"
Captain Hashem was overjoyed.
This truly was the best outcome.
At this moment, he had overlooked the suspicious point of why they crashed into the frigates if they weren't going to explode.
His mind was only filled with the thought that no explosion meant they had a chance to capture intact 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods'.
End of Chapter
Mephidis and Ay's battle instantly erupted.
The former was like streaks of ink drawn by an invisible hand amidst the scattered starlight, swift, elegant, ever-changing, and elusive.
The latter, however, brutally tore apart the tranquility of the night sky, carving out streaks of dazzling lightning, with the sound waves of sonic booms echoing endlessly.
The two transformed into streaks of black and blue light, chasing each other under the dark sky.
With astonishing speed, carrying irresistible strength, they fiercely clashed! Collided! Fought!
The countless Phantasms created by Mephidis shattered one after another under the impact of the lightning, transforming into specks of black light scattered in the air.
But the Black Shadow within its body seemed to possess infinite ability, with wave after wave of Phantasms continuously emerging, surrounding and intercepting the lightning from all directions.
Ay was not to be outdone. Under the enhancement of 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode', he eliminated all Phantasms along the way with lightning speed, relentlessly pursuing Mephidis.
If it were before, he would indeed have found it difficult to distinguish them.
After all, the realism of these Phantasms was comparable to Shadow Clones.
But their individual strength was not so fragile; in this aspect, they were similar to Wood Clones.
Coupled with this astonishing shadow transformation speed.
Basically, each Phantasm had the strength of an Elite Chunin to a Jonin.
But at this moment.
With the help of Observation Haki, Mephidis's aura was like a raging fire in the darkness.
Therefore, he didn't need to pay too much attention to the other Phantasms; he only needed to deal with the main body.
[Rumble rumble rumble...]
The combat intensified. Every bolt of lightning from Ay was like a mighty thunderbolt, while Mephidis's Phantasms almost filled the sky.
Every moment of exchange blows was filled with danger and excitement.
Ay then discovered that Mephidis's ability was not as simple as it seemed.
Besides the high-speed flight after shadow transformation and the Phantasm Clones.
It seemed to be able to swap positions with those Phantasm Clones from a distance.
Every time he chased after it and smashed its body with 'One Finger Nukite', it would turn into a Black Shadow and explode.
Then he would sense its aura appearing in another direction.
It was somewhat like Substitution Jutsu.
But Ay was certain this wasn't an effect achievable through high-speed movement, but true instant displacement.
It was very similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique, yet with significant differences!
This made Ay feel the wonder of Magic once again.
"Human, your strength surprises me, but why do you have the aura of a Demon on you, yet no Demonic Power?"
Mephidis's voice echoed from all directions; it was clear it was truly in doubt.
It even suspected that Ay was also a Demon Possessor, and that some unknown Demon likely existed within his body.
This unknown referred not only to identity but also to origin, meaning the Demon's origin.
Because it wasn't only the Netherworld Government that produced Demons.
The essence of Demons was actually a collection of Negative Energy from Cosmic Beings.
The Netherworld Government was merely the domain where Negative Energy was most concentrated within its Cosmic Star Zone.
But various kinds of Demons would sometimes appear in Other Worlds as well.
For example, Moryo from before was the Negative Energy of this Ninja World, condensed from the Dark Soul separated by the First Generation Shrine Maiden, forming a Demon with the help of her vast Reiryoku.
Because the two were one and shared the same origin, neither could kill the other.
Successive Miko could only Seal Moryo repeatedly through sacrifice.
However, when the Netherworld Government first invaded the Ninja World last time, Moryo finally Possessed the contemporary Miko, Kagura, and ran into the Netherworld Government, disappearing without a trace.
The fusion of the two made Moryo complete, and it simultaneously gained all the Miko's Reiryoku, with its Consciousness still holding the lead.
Crucially, the two Supreme Demons on Underworld Layer 1, 'Demonic Flame' Naamah and 'Demonic Ice' Lilith, both died in the Ninja World Battlefield.
This allowed Moryo to directly gain the favor of the Underworld Will, evolving into a new Supreme Demon on Underworld Layer 1.
Now, it was leading all the Demons back for a second invasion of the Ninja World.
At the same time.
Ay chuckled inwardly after hearing Mephidis's doubt.
The opponent must have sensed the aura of the Zinogre Fruit.
But the Lightning Release Chakra on his body was just ordinary Ninjutsu.
He was actually quite fortunate.
Without the help of the Zinogre Fruit, he wouldn't be able to injure these Demons now, nor would he have been able to endure the Summit War.
"In that case, let me show you, This Old Man's Demonic Power within my body!" Ay roared.
This made Mephidis wary, thinking to itself, "As expected, is it a Demon Possessor?"
Moreover, in the fierce exchange blows just now, this Human who called himself the Raikage had already shown strength slightly weaker than its own.
Now, if it were to further activate the Demonic Power, its strength would likely advance further, becoming a very troublesome opponent.
This caused Mephidis to immediately control the surrounding Phantasms and launch a group attack on Ay, who was currently transforming.
Even if it couldn't stop the opponent's Transformation Technique, it could still cause as much damage as possible during this time!
However, Ay's Transformation Technique process exceeded its expectations.
While his body was undergoing drastic changes, he was also releasing silver Electrical Energy outwards.
His entire being was like a continuously expanding lightning light orb.
The Phantasms that rushed up from all directions were instantly annihilated upon contact.
This scene left Mephidis speechless.
It even came with Defense Energy during Transformation Technique? More flashy than it, a Demon!
In the blink of an eye, the lightning flash dissipated.
Ay, who had already transformed into his 'Human-Beast Form', was wrapped in a light blue aura and blue-silver lightning, standing in the night sky filled with stars.
While swinging the thick, spiky dragon tail behind him, he gazed at Mephidis with cold eyes.
And in Mephidis's eyes.
This Human had transformed into a 'Dragon-Human' with greenish skin and golden horn-like spikes on his body.
Especially the aura of the Demon was several times stronger than before.
"You've indeed become stronger, but you're not unbeatable!" Killing intent flashed in Mephidis's eyes.
[Swish swish swish swish----]
In an instant, dense Phantasms poured down like heavy rain, covering the area where Ay was.
This time, even its main body was frequently swapping positions within them; even if a position could be captured, it was difficult to judge.
Ay's expressionless gaze followed his pupil, locking onto the target.
The next moment.
His entire body's aura vibrated, accompanied by dazzling electric flash, tearing through the void with a roar.
Like Raijin descending, he instantly appeared before the Demon that had just completed its position swap.
Behind him, all Phantasms obstructing his path had vanished under the tearing force of the lightning.
What!
Mephidis's eyes suddenly contracted.
Fortunately, its combat experience from countless battles allowed it to use its swapping ability again under the crisis.
However, Ay's face, full of a sense of oppression, appeared in its line of sight once more.
What is this situation?
But before Mephidis could react, a greenish-gold heavy punch wrapped in silver lightning sent it flying hundreds of meters away on the spot.
Intense pain swept through the Upper Demon as it flew backward, and it swapped positions again the moment Ay turned into electric flash and caught up.
This time, it finally saw the specific situation clearly.
It saw that there wasn't just one Ay there, but a full four Ay's.
They were launching a Thunder Offensive, clearing out wave after wave of Phantasm Clones.
He can also make Clones?! Mephidis was shocked in its heart.
But what made it feel the most fear was the speed displayed by these Ay's.
They were far stronger than Ay before his Transformation Technique, and their speed could even keep up with its instant position swaps.
No matter how Mephidis left Phantasms behind during high-speed flight, it simply couldn't keep up with the Ay's elimination speed.
The shock brought by the five 'Thunder Wolf Dragon Human-Beast Form' Ay's was simply too intense.
Mephidis's Phantasms in the sky became fewer and fewer, and the options for its position swaps also decreased accordingly.
This made the domain available for its dodging increasingly restricted under the pressure from the Ay's.
Until Mephidis discovered in horror that it couldn't break through the defense line formed by the five Ay's.
It had tried to defeat one of the Ay Clones frontally.
But whether it was strength, speed, or reaction, every Ay was considerably strong.
Perhaps they couldn't defeat it, but intercepting it for a few seconds was more than enough.
A few seconds was quite ample time for the other four Ay's.
On the contrary, its 'Phantom Demon' Clones were completely powerless against these Ay's.
Let alone exchanging blows and obstructing them, even slightly touching the electric flash on the Ay's bodies would cause them to automatically dissipate, so fragile they were like soap bubbles.
This caused Mephidis to be constantly subjected to pincer attacks from two Ay's at every moment.
While the other three Ay's stood guard on the periphery, ready to obstruct it from escaping the sealed zone at any time.
Mephidis began to panic; it had fully realized that this Human's strength was greater than its own!
This was truly outrageous.
It had always been the one using Clones to surround and toy with opponents, but now it was trapped by Clones itself.
Fortunately, it could still hold its own for now.
Once more Demons poured out, and a few more Upper Demons arrived, this damned Human would be in trouble!
But just as this idea of Mephidis's emerged, Ay's roar suddenly exploded in its ears:
"So this is all the strength you have? This Old Man overestimated you!"
Mephidis's expression changed drastically.
Immediately after, it saw Black Lightning beginning to erupt from Ay before its eyes.
They intertwined wildly with the silver lightning, outlining the form of a Zinogre roaring in mid-air.
And what made Mephidis most terrified was Ay's continuously rising aura.
This Human called Raikage can still become stronger?
Hey, hey, hey, isn't that too much? Why do you get two stages of Transformation Technique?
In Mephidis's heart, even if the current Ay couldn't compare to a Supreme Demon, he was still stronger than most Upper Demons.
Because it considered itself an expert among the Upper Demons on Underworld Layer 1.
However, the most important thing now was to find a way to break free and escape.
But within less than a minute of clashing with Old Ai in his Black Lightning Chakra Mode, Myhedis immediately realized that this time... it seemed it couldn't escape.
Unless by some great luck another Upper-Rank Demon came to help.
Because the opponent's current speed and strength were simply not something it could contend with!
At this moment, the four lightning clones on the periphery actually constructed a three-dimensional 'Four Violet Flames Formation', completely sealing off this space.
Until more than ten minutes later, Old Ai's angry roars suddenly erupted from within:
"Demon!"
"This is the Raikage's unmatched power!"
"Black Zinogre.
Hell Stab.
One Finger Piercing————"
The next second, accompanied by an earth-shshattering roar.
A black-and-white intertwined spear of lightning violently broke through the 'Four Violet Flames Formation' on the west side, shooting out from within and soaring straight into the sky.
On the periphery of the battlefield.
Large numbers of ninjas, under the command of Tobirama Senju, systematically annihilated demons in various locations.
Ninjas who could only use ordinary ninjutsu, using Earth Style, Wind Style, and Water Style in coordination as teams, forcibly gathered the demons together.
Then, ninjas, Toads, Great Snakes, and Tailed Beasts who could use Sage Chakra were responsible for exterminating them.
Due to the large quantities of Toad oil, Slug mucus, and Snake venom regularly provided by Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and the White Snake Sage within Impel Down.
So there are quite a few Jonin in Sea Ninja Village who have mastered Sage Mode.
Confirmed through multiple experiments.
When a ninja whose Chakra control level reaches that of a Jonin.
If they first cover their body with Toad oil, then swallow a small cup of Snake venom, and finally let a Slug attach itself to their body, wrapping their entire body in mucus to form a cocoon.
Then the probability of this ninja cultivating Sage Chakra within the cocoon will greatly increase.
And even if they fail, they can preserve their life with the help of the Slug and mucus, thereby gaining the opportunity to repeatedly cultivate Sage Chakra.
Simply put, with the resources of the Three Great Sage Regions concentrated, a moderately strong ninja can completely achieve Sage Mode with low risk.
So why didn't they do this before?
Must they have one ninja after another who attempted to cultivate Sage Arts turn into stone or be poisoned to death over the past thousand years?
And also claimed that only humans with high enough talent could achieve it.
But now it seems there is indeed some requirement for talent, but it does not reach the point of near-certain death.
And as long as the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest is willing to help, at least one's life can be guaranteed safe.
Later, after the World Government's understanding, it turned out that these three Ninja World Sage Regions had never even considered this possibility.
Because their relationships were not good enough to this extent.
Especially between Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myōboku, and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest also likes quietness and barely interacts with them.
Furthermore, no one in the Ninja World has ever gathered the resources of the Three Great Sage Regions.
And ninjas capable of signing summoning contracts with them have basically already mastered Sage Mode, and even less would they ponder these matters.
Only the World Government could create such a favorable environment, allowing its ninjas to cultivate Sage Arts under the best conditions.
However, there is a problem with the Sage Mode achieved through this 'three-in-one' method.
That is, the Sage Mode ultimately mastered by this ninja is almost 100% the Sage Mode of Ryūchi Cave!
Because so far, no one has been found to have achieved the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku or Shikkotsu Forest.
As for the reason, many people can guess.
It should be directly related to the fact that Ryūchi Cave's Snake venom is ingested, while Mount Myōboku's Toad oil and the Slug's mucus are applied externally.
Naturally, the Snake venom has the greatest impact on the body.
Interestingly, this result also leads to two situations.
First, these ninjas who have mastered the 'Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode' have, without exception, chosen to sign summoning contracts with the 'Ryūchi Cave Scroll' overseen by the Sea Shadow.
However, this 'Ryūchi Cave' is not that 'Ryūchi Cave'.
The current 'Ryūchi Cave' is located in a mountainous area of Kume Village in Wano Country.
It is inhabited by a large number of ninja snakes driven out of the 'Celestial Dragon Realm' by Im.
Managed at the high level by Tashinokami-hime, Manda, Sinji, and Aoda.
This place has also been designated as a 'High-Risk Area' by the World Government, prohibiting unauthorized entry by unrelated personnel.
Second, they all chose to exchange for the 'Snake Style Ninjutsu' developed by Orochimaru.
This provided Orochimaru with substantial points income.
Therefore, in Sea Ninja Village, if you see a Jonin with a feminine temperament, there's an eighty percent chance they are this kind of person.
At this moment, some of them are using Sage Art Fire Style in conjunction with Toad oil, while others are using Sage Art Water Style in conjunction with Snake venom.
Continuously casting large-scale Sage Arts, clearing countless demons within the area.
In this process, large numbers of ninjas, Toads, and ninja snakes also died tragically under the demons' bizarre magic.
After all, it's not easy to contain them.
They even have to be careful to protect the ninjas who can use Sage Arts, even if it means using their own lives as shields.
It's the same for the ninjas from the Ninja Sect who are arriving from various places.
If they can't use Sage Arts, they don't have the ability to kill demons, so they can only serve as consumables.
Because this is war.
It is a battle between two different races, two different civilizations, wagering the fate of their respective worlds.
No matter how tragic, no matter how desperate, it is not excessive.
Fortunately, the Ninja World is not facing the Underworld alone.
Behind it is a colossal entity called the World Government.
At this very moment.
The Medium Star Gate outside Loulan Ancient City, with its size of three hundred meters high and two hundred meters wide, was continuously spewing out streams of black-painted heavy trucks, main battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, and even missile launchers!
And in the air, armed helicopters fully loaded with ammunition were also flying out in formation.
Their destination was a temporary airport further away that had already been built and was still being expanded.
This time, the Construction Department sent a construction team led by Marshal D. Teach.
They were responsible for all the construction work for this battle.
The construction efficiency was indeed surprisingly high.
Under the use of Teach's three Devil Fruit abilities: Cement, Glass, and Rebar, a high-strength aircraft runway could be completed in about thirty minutes.
While the mechanical cyborgs, alchemists, ninjas, and mages in the construction team were responsible for building the architectural facilities needed for the airport.
They no longer needed ordinary workers much.
The Star Realm Legion side, of course, would also bring various fighter jets, bomber ships, and transport ships.
It's just that these aircraft had to wait until the area was cleared at night before flying in.
After all, a height of three hundred meters is too close to the ground.
The sonic waves and vibrations generated by their flight speed could easily cause significant damage to personnel on the ground.
It's worth mentioning that the other side of this Medium Star Gate was no longer Wano Country on Sea Star, but the Canberra Continent in the Giant World.
This was specifically adjusted by Im to facilitate the Star Realm Legion's troops entering.
In any case, the personnel from Sea Ninja Village had already entered the Ninja World.
However, it would still take a few days for this Star Realm Legion to be ready.
This just happened to satisfy Hashirama Senju and the others' request to lead the ninjas to face the demons alone.
The Army Commander of this Star Realm Legion was the Corps Commander of the Sixth Army Group.
Lieutenant General Peter Nikolaevich Wrangel, 42 years old, from Bear Country in the Demon Slayer World.
For the Air Force side, it was Air Force Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud, 42 years old this year, from Lighthouse Country in the Nuclear Weapons World.
He was a newly added general in this Star Realm Legion reform and was participating in an interdimensional war on behalf of the World Government for the first time.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud was in a state of great excitement at this moment.
However, the intelligence mentioned that conventional weapons had no damaging effect on demons.
This shocked and regretted him, who had always believed that sufficient firepower could destroy everything.
Things that couldn't be blown up actually existed in the world?
No, the very existence of demons was already surprising enough.
They were actually going to fight against them; it was truly somewhat incredible.
But that was the reality.
Lieutenant General Jorleton Doud could only sigh that his life was becoming increasingly exciting.
The war on the Ninja World side was advancing fiercely.
Neither the first layer of the Underworld nor the Ninja World had actually put forth their full strength.
And the World Government's main focus was not on the Ninja World; at most, it maintained a peripheral watch over it.
Because the first batch of space pirates who arrived in the Sea Star System couldn't hold back anymore.
Perhaps it was a test.
Both the Somali Pirate Crew and the Avery Pirate Crew tacitly sent a fleet consisting of only one capital ship and ten frigates.
Because they had heard from the Odette Pirate Crew that the civilization in this star system possessed extremely astonishing superpowered individuals.
They could even contend with space warships.
Fortunately, their numbers were not large, their stamina was limited, and their speed couldn't keep up with ships that had engaged cruising speed.
The reason the Odette Pirate Crew suffered heavy losses was entirely because the battle took place within the star system and near the planet.
Clearly, Odette I had lied.
But these words also matched the basic understanding of Captain Somali and Captain Avery.
Some planets indeed had creatures with considerable individual strength.
But most were unable to leave their planets, and those who could only operated in low-Earth orbit.
At times like these, they would all choose to use laser cannons to annihilate them from ultra-long range.
The only doubt was that the extent of the Odette Pirate Crew's losses was too great.
No matter how strong the natives were, or how miraculous their superpowers, losing one or two ships was understandable.
What was the meaning of losing nearly fifty spaceships, including two capital ships?
So they always felt that Odette I was hiding something.
Then let's test them.
Let's see how the civilization here deals with a fleet of eleven spaceships!
No, there's more than that.
Other pirate crews saw that both the 'Black Bird Pirate Crew' and the 'Silver Fox Pirate Crew' had deployed.
Immediately, some captains ordered their ships to follow behind and lend a hand.
Their idea was that if the attack went smoothly, they could be the first to invade Sea Star and plunder.
Then 'drinking soup' might turn into 'eating meat'.
Even if the 'meat' wasn't big enough or plentiful, it would still be better than 'soups and broths'.
As a result, the so-called probing attack turned into fifty or sixty spaceships, infiltrating the interior of the Sea Star System from multiple directions.
Their targets were Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Sea Star, the planets with the most concentrated resources.
Among them, the fleets of the Avery Pirate Crew and the Somali Pirate Crew were heading directly for Sea Star, which served as the center.
After all, to eat the largest 'meat', they first had to eliminate the native civilization here!
Inside the bridge of the Somali Vanguard Fleet's capital ship.
Strange-looking aliens were sitting in front of the futuristic operation consoles, skillfully pressing extremely complex keys to control the various functions of the spaceship.
"Once within effective attack range, launch three rounds of bombardment directly on their largest satellite, wiping out all buildings and living beings!"
Hashem, with blue hair and green skin, sat in the captain's seat and issued the order coldly.
He had no interest in deploying carrier-based aircraft squadrons, nor did he want to send ground troops to land.
"Captain Hashem, a large number of signals are appearing from the fifth planet.
They are approaching us at sublight speed!"
At this moment, a crew member reported loudly.
Hashem raised an eyebrow, "Are they spaceships?
Display the footage immediately."
He roughly guessed that the civilization in this star system had reverse-engineered 'Sublight Engine Technology' by capturing a spaceship from the Odette Pirate Crew.
However, this was still astonishing.
How long had it been?
And it seemed they had already started mass production?
As for Faster-Than-Light Jump Technology, there was no need to even think about it.
The technological content of that thing was ridiculously high.
Even if it was placed right in front of them, they couldn't figure it out.
At least in the past few decades, no technological civilization had been heard of being able to replicate it.
In this regard, the Galactic Empire held an absolute monopoly!
At this point, an image began to appear on a screen on the spaceship.
However, all the crew members, including Hashem, were instantly dumbfounded.
Because what was on the screen wasn't spaceships, but blue metal pods with fiery tails?
Their numbers were large, appearing dense and numerous.
The spaceship's built-in intelligent system provided the answer: confirmed presence of one hundred and forty-four identical energy signals ahead.
Furthermore, the energy signals flying out from the fifth planet were continuously increasing.
An average of twelve energy signals flew out of the planetary orbit per minute.
The so-called fifth planet referred to Saturn, because they were accustomed to designating the planet closest to the star as the 'first'.
"What are these things?"
"Perhaps some kind of weapon..."
"Uh, missiles?"
"Doesn't look like it.
Although the volume is much smaller than a spaceship, it's still too big to be called a missile!"
At this moment, it wasn't just the crew of the Somali pirate fleet; discussions were also buzzing within other space pirate crews.
"Hmph, whatever they are, just blast them apart!" Captain Hashem's tone was cold.
Soon.
The four one-kilometer class frigates located in front of the capital ship received orders.
They immediately locked onto the rapidly approaching 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' and fired lasers to intercept them.
Who would have thought that those 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' would all perform evasive maneuvers, agilely avoiding beam after beam of green laser light!
This scene left the space pirates dumbfounded.
These things even had automatic evasion systems?
So they were really missiles, or perhaps small spaceships?
The four Somali Pirate Crew frigates seemed a bit anxious.
They began to increase the laser density, with all forward-facing gunports brought into action.
Indeed, the effect was seen.
In the vast and boundless space.
Although the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' did their best to evade the incoming attacks.
But at this moment, beam after beam of laser light formed a dense net of fire.
Many times they were unavoidable, and could only let the laser beams fly straight at them.
This caused the Somali space pirates, led by Captain Hashem, to sneer repeatedly.
No matter what you are, just blast you before you arrive!
However, the next second.
In the footage, the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' that were about to be hit by the eerie green lasers.
A faint cyan barrier suddenly appeared around them, blocking the lasers!
"Impossible!"
Captain Hashem suddenly stood up, glaring, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Galactic Shield?
How could they possibly possess this technology!"
Galactic Shield, in fact, is the directional electromagnetic field generator developed by the Galactic Empire in recent years.
Simply put, it's an energy shield.
This thing is currently only equipped on the battleships of the Galactic Fleet.
It is said that each charge can continuously withstand three main cannon attacks from other battleships.
But now Captain Hashem and others saw that every 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pod' had one!
"Impossible, impossible...
How could this be?"
"Is it possible this is a form of featured technology unique to this civilization?"
At this moment, a crew member speculated softly.
Others showed surprise upon hearing this.
So-called featured technology refers to civilizations on certain planets that, through some special materials, energy, or technology, have preemptively mastered techniques that are quite rare from the perspective of other civilizations.
After all, every intelligent civilization always has its own foundation.
It's just that the civilization in this star system right now has mastered some kind of unknown energy shield technology!
This speculation quickly spread among the spaceships.
At the same time, it made the eyes of this group of space pirates from different planets light up.
In an instant, more spaceships moved out; everyone was controlled by greed.
As long as they could capture a 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pod' intact, they might be able to figure out this energy shield technology.
This life-saving technology was too precious for these space pirates; it was even worth risking battle for.
"Cease laser interception!
Launch carrier-based aircraft immediately!
Try to capture them while minimizing damage!"
Captain Hashem stared intensely at the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' on the screen and ordered loudly.
Because he didn't dare to bet on how many of these things the opposing civilization had.
If the number wasn't very large, then destroying one meant one less!
"Captain, but they're getting closer and closer to our frigates..." A captain at the operation console reminded softly.
"Then let them crash into them!" Captain Hashem didn't care at all.
It wouldn't be a loss if he could exchange one or two frigates for a few intact 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods'.
Moreover, these things were only about ten meters tall, while their frigates were a full kilometer long.
Even if they crashed, how much damage could there be?
He only hoped now that they weren't weapons designed to explode!
Soon,
Dense swarms of carrier-based aircraft were launched by the four frigates in front.
They were like a swarm of bees in space, rapidly flying towards the 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' that were already extremely close, controlled by the ships' intelligent systems.
But constrained by the capture order, they couldn't launch attacks.
They could only block the path, attempting to slow them down through continuous collisions.
But who knew that these 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods' didn't just dodge lasers; they would also evade paths with obstacles.
They directly bypassed carrier-based aircraft one after another, continuing to charge towards the frigates, which seemed like behemoths in front of them.
Finally, under everyone's watchful eyes, they crashed directly into the hulls of the frigates!
Their impact force was strong enough to easily break through the armor and crash into the ships' interiors, but after waiting for a few minutes, no explosions occurred.
"Alright!"
Captain Hashem was overjoyed.
This truly was the best outcome.
At this moment, he had overlooked the suspicious point of why they crashed into the frigates if they weren't going to explode.
His mind was only filled with the thought that no explosion meant they had a chance to capture intact 'Sirens Claw Assault Drop Pods'.
End of Chapter
