Interstellar Survival: Invasion

The flaming ball in the sky still burned as intensely as ever, to the point we couldn ’t help but feel worried for the divine bird.
While we were feeling scared for the bird, the enemy battleships launched a few more volleys, causing the flaming ball of energy to intensify even more.

”I don ’t think the bird will be able to withstand this.
They are clearly bullying it with numbers, ” whispered Zhang Bao ’er to me.

”Canyue, the enemy is not attacking us.
If we ’re retreating, this will be our chance, ” Old Du suggested.

I looked at all the soldiers focused on the battle in the sky.
Clearly, if we decided to escape, nobody would care.
But after thinking about it, I shook my head and rejected the suggestion.

”Now, more than ever, the Kenante Kingdom needs our help.
Leaving is not the right thing to do.
We should stay and help, ” I said firmly.

Suddenly, the shrill stuttering sounds came from the sky again.
We quickly looked up, and a surprising change occurred.
An energy beam suddenly shot out of the flaming ball.
The red beam shot straight at a Nebula-class battleship, instantly piercing its shield before striking its cockpit.

The powerful attack instantly created an explosion at the front of the Nebula-class ship.
This explosion and the energy beam created a chain reaction that caused more explosions to go off all over the ship, reducing the ship into broken chunks in only a few seconds.

”My god, what is that? The divine bird is counterattacking? ” exclaimed Zhang Bao ’er with his mouth agape.

Seeing the bird destroy their ally, the other ships appeared worried as they madly fired at the bird.

”It ’s over for these battleships, ” remarked Baron Sisse.

”Baron, why do you say so? ” I asked.

”It is clear.
The divine bird obviously absorbed the energy from their attacks before utilizing the energy for its own attack.
The more the imperial ships attack, the stronger the counterattack, ” said the baron.

The baron ’s words made sense to me.
Soon, a second beam shot out of the flaming ball around the bird.
Yet another battleship was sent spinning, and it crashed down from the sky.
Then, the same happened to the third ship, the fourth ship….
In less than 10 minutes, the divine bird destroyed nine ships.

The reversal caused the Wargod soldiers to cheer in excitement.
In direct contrast, the clone soldiers, who had still been in high spirits earlier, looked exceptionally gloomy, as though they were already defeated.

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Even the richest army in the universe would not be able to withstand such heavy losses.
The leading Milky Way–class battleship released a series of signal lights before it turned around and left.
About a dozen battleships were left at that point, and they all left as well, flying far away from the divine bird.
This further increased the morale of the Wargods, and as they became filled with an intense battle intent, an ear-splitting roar rang out on the ground.

With the departure of the battleships, the red flaming ball around the divine bird started to fade.
After a few minutes, the bird reappeared before everyone ’s eyes.
Different from before, the black bird was blazing red, as though it had been reborn into a new being.
It flew in circles and shrieked at the Wargod soldiers on the ground.

Without the cover of the flaming ball, we suddenly noticed that numerous streams of blue translucent rays were rising from the ground.
The streams were converging on the divine bird unendingly and seemed to be some sort of energy supply for the divine bird.

”So it ’s Rumble ’s energy waves that have been supporting the divine bird.
No wonder it was able to withstand the concentrated bombardment, ” gasped Old Du in astonishment.

”A single mechanical bird is being supplied with energy by an entire planet.
Looks like it is actually one of the nodes of the natural energy flowing through the planet, ” said Baron Sisse.

After absorbing a sufficient amount of energy, the bird ’s red body became covered in some sort of blue flame, making it look like an imposing mythical beast.
Abruptly, the divine bird unleashed a blue shockwave toward the ground.
A blue mushroom cloud rose from the area about 4 kilometers ahead of us, and it looked like an intense explosion had erupted there.

The Wargod soldiers howled in excitement.
Filled with a murderous spirit, they all suddenly looked like they had been possessed by the god of war.
With their weapons raised, they madly charged at the clone soldiers.
Even Zhang Bao ’er, Old Du, and Baobao were infected by the mood and they joined the charge with their weapons raised.

”Canyue, the enemy has three times our numbers.
We need to maintain calm and act cautiously, ” reminded Baron Sisse while everyone around us sank into battlelust.

”Let ’s follow the main group for now.
We ’ll see if we can borrow the divine bird ’s might to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, ” I said, not wanting to miss out on the opportunity to defeat the many with the few.

The clone soldiers seemed taken aback by the sudden charge.
Some were simply standing there blankly, and these stunned soldiers were basically ignored by the charging Wargods, who then charged deeper into the clone army.

We followed the charge and saw that some Wargods were already starting to take the stunned clone soldiers captive.
Before long, our group of 200 had captured roughly 500 clone soldiers.

At that point, the enemy command finally noticed what was going on and tried to reassemble their forces.
Their remaining 500 soldiers gathered into a new defensive formation.
Using the ruined buildings around them as cover, they started striking back.
Their final three heavy tanks were also aimed at the charging Wargods.

With several loud booms, the Wargod soldiers at the front of the charge were knocked down.
The clone soldiers who had reorganized themselves regained some of their morale upon seeing that.
With their shields on, they engaged the charging Wargods in yet another intense battle.

Due to the speed of the charge, the Wargod army had spread out slightly.
The ones charging in front were being killed en masse by the concentrated firepower.
If this continued, it wouldn ’t be long before all the Wargods were dead.

”Afanso, have your soldiers pull back and reorganize the attacking formation, ” I yelled.

At that point, even Afanso had noticed the problem with our offensive formation.
He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to pull back and reassemble outside the enemy ’s firing range.
By then, both sides had suffered large casualties.
In fact, both sides had lost at least 50 percent of their original numbers. 

The only difference was that the Wargod losses were all casualties while some of the enemy losses were actually captives.
To watch over the 500 captives, Afanso was also forced to pull out 50 of his soldiers from the battle.
Thus, we had fewer than a hundred soldiers on our side in the battle.

Both armies were starting to engage in a positional warfare where bullets, arrows, and beams were continuously unleashed at each other.
It seemed like we had reached a deadlock.

”Why is the divine bird not helping us? ” complained Zhang Bao ’er as he looked up at the sky.

”I believe it can ’t actually reach us.
I noticed that it has only been able to fly in circles above the city without moving out of the radius.
This fort is too far from its range.
It won ’t be able to come to our aid, ” said Old Du.
He had been paying close attention to the battle.

Several loud booms sounded.
The clone soldiers had retreated to their three heavy tanks to establish superiority in the battle.

”We must think of something.
If this continues, everyone will be blasted into smithereens, ” said Baron Sisse worriedly as he looked at the Wargod soldiers who were continuously being blasted apart by the barrage.

”How about this? Old Du and I will flank from the left.
You and Bao ’er will flank from the right.
Try to bomb the three tanks.
We will reconvene behind them, ” I put forth an action plan.

”Let ’s do it.
So long as we can take the three tanks down, Afanso and his army will be able to charge again, ” said the baron with a nod.

We did not delay and immediately prepared to split up.
Before that, I reminded Baobao, who was staying behind, to contact Zhang Xingxing immediately if there was a mishap and tell her everything.
However, a battlefield was ever-changing.
Just as we were about to move out, a dark mass of soldiers appeared atop one of the cliffs forming the walls of the basin.