Chapter 1761 - 557: Saving Lives from Water and Fire
Chapter 1761: Chapter 557: Saving Lives from Water and Fire
As she spoke, it seemed that her arrival had been confirmed, and the planetary defense forces suddenly regained confidence, both the defense inside and outside the planet significantly intensified.
All permissions that were originally confidential to her were fully opened within the planet.
For a powerful civilization with territories spanning more than three galaxies, their proactive opening of their system was enough to prove their trust in Fan Mao.
Yet with the fleet’s involvement, the morale of the planet’s defense forces soared, while the previously aggressive Insect Swarm suddenly weakened.
Quickly changing from suppressing the defense forces to being forced into a gradual retreat by them.
The swarm protecting the "Mother Insect," in particular, quickly realized the situation was dire and immediately began retreating in the opposite direction.
All this happened within just over ten minutes, completely altering the course of the war.
Even the planetary defense fleet, previously suppressed, had the chance to take off again and pursue the retreating Insect Swarm.
"Lord Fan Mao! We are in position, shall we open fire immediately?"
Moments ago, the high-ranking official of the planet personally came to the fleet and excitedly spoke as they chased the Insect Swarm protecting the Mother Insect.
Just over ten minutes ago, he was still considering how to minimize losses and avoid too much punishment, but with Fan Mao’s involvement, the situation had completely reversed.
A victory was now a sure thing, visible success!
He went from considering how much he would lose to pondering how many merits he could achieve!
This was a major event concerning his future!
The high-ranking official in the command room no longer looked at the Insect Swarm with fear, but as living medals!
"Do not harm the Mother Insect inside, just weaken the surrounding swarm."
"Understood!"
The high-ranking official did not question, as the fleet capturing Insect Swarms was no secret to these civilization leaders.
Specifically, it was not a secret among the upper echelons of any civilization with a bit of strength in the Starry Sky, and this had long been spread among them.
Not to mention that their subordinate civilizations had reported the situation during Fan Mao’s rescue and received Fan Mao’s direct acknowledgment.
The fleet immediately adjusted the cannons, starting to precisely target the Mother Insect with an "insect-body sketching" style of shooting.
"Fan Mao’s fleet has completed the encirclement unless they can teleport; they can’t escape!
The merit for this has already been pocketed!"
The high-ranking official watched as the fleet’s fire instantly lit up from all around his vision, turning into small points that exploded into a burst of light on the swarm that blocked the starlight.
But just as he was about to rejoice for a few seconds, a sudden warning flashed on the virtual screen in front of him.
"Warning, unknown high-energy reaction detected, matching in progress, confirmed as — high-tier Transcendent power surge 87%, unknown Divine Arts 11%..."
A high-energy reaction suddenly rose from the surrounded swarm, with unique energy waves spreading like a solid wall from within, steadily advancing toward the fleet.
No matter how they bombarded, they could only explode on that invisible wall, and even the energy from all explosions seemed to be guided, disappearing quickly as the wall advanced.
It was like an unstoppable invisible Death God, constantly pressing through their firepower.
Even though they couldn’t see the "wall," the exploding Energy Cannons and high-energy beams formed the shape of this "Death God wall," allowing them to watch it rapidly approach.
The fleet was already pursuing the swarm, and this wall seemed to be reciprocating with them!
"Not good! It’s those high-ranking believers from the Church as rumored!
The rumors are true, there really are high-ranking believers helping these Insect Clan!
Quick! Think of a way!
Otherwise, we’ll all die here!"
The high-ranking official in the fleet braced himself on the table, shouting to the deputy next to him, but the deputy was equally anxious.
"Sir! According to the ship’s main intelligence analysis, this shield requires attacks above a certain threshold to break through!
The main cannon of the warship has started charging! But our main cannon wasn’t prepared, even the fastest—
It’ll take at least half a minute!"
The deputy’s words made the high-ranking official shiver all over.
Half a minute?
The wall will be here in just over ten seconds at most!
"Is—is this the power of a high-tier?"
The high-ranking official in the fleet went limp and slumped into his seat.
The civilization he belonged to was advanced enough, and he had indeed seen those high-tier Transcendents before.
Even within their civilization, there was a Seventh Rank Transcendent, originally from a subordinate civilization, who later successfully allied with them, and he had witnessed that high-tier Magician in action once.
But compared to this strike before him, it was still far inferior.
He couldn’t help but recall a saying he had once heard.
The gap between high-tiers is sometimes even greater than that between high-tiers and ordinary people...
Seeing such an attack of this magnitude for the first time, he finally understood the reality of this saying.
That high-tier Magician who had recently broken through, during their civilizational alliance, took over ten minutes to break through their firepower net before the fleet.
He had won that simulated confrontation.
And now, just a single strike had forced their fleet into a dead end.
Whether it was an all-out strike or a casual strike, it was proof enough of everything.
"I once thought all high-tier Transcendents were not that different, but now...