Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 643: The Vanishing Radiance
The thoughts of the several formidable existences present proved the strength of the Neutron War Star from another angle. Even though a joint strike by these powerful beings had inflicted a certain degree of damage on the Neutron War Star, leaving it unable to move for the moment, they still had no intention of completely destroying it. Xiao Yu did not think these formidable existences had lost their minds and were failing to grasp a good opportunity. The only possibility for their not seizing it was that this so-called opportunity was not an opportunity at all. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Thus a melee immediately unfolded on the battlefield, and the former united front was instantly broken. The python Alien Beast fought Technology Taihao and Specter Taihao alone. The Guardian Civilization had locked onto Alien Beast Taihao and was pressing the attack relentlessly. Xiao Yu and his Specter companion joined forces against the crocodilian Alien Beast.
“Xiao Yu, you must pin down the crocodilian Alien Beast. Do not let it join the fight between us. Otherwise our Taihao Alliance will perish, and you will not escape either.” At this moment, Xiao Yu received Technology Taihao’s somewhat urgent voice. Xiao Yu replied at once, “Understood. I will handle the crocodilian Alien Beast. Do you need help on your side?”
“Alien Beast Taihao suffered some damage when it rammed the Neutron War Star earlier, so it is no match for the Guardian Civilization. Specter Taihao and I are jointly dealing with the python Alien Beast. It now depends on whether we destroy the python Alien Beast first, then go support Alien Beast Taihao against the Guardians, or whether the Guardians finish off Alien Beast Taihao first and come to join the python Alien Beast against us. However, you need not involve yourself in that. Just keep the crocodilian Alien Beast tied down.”
The situation was highly perilous, and contrary to Xiao Yu’s expectations, as events developed the key point of the battle actually fell upon him. Both the Guardian Civilization and Technology Taihao demanded that he restrain the crocodilian Alien Beast. In contrast, the crocodilian Alien Beast, under the combined assault of Xiao Yu and his Specter companion, furiously demanded, “Divine Ark Civilization, are we not already allied? Why are you attacking me?”
Xiao Yu did not bother to answer such a somewhat foolish question. A Level 4 Specter was itself equivalent to a peak Level 6 Alien Beast. Although a lone Specter was still not a match for the crocodilian Alien Beast, the crocodilian Alien Beast had already suffered some injuries, and with Xiao Yu’s tens of millions of warships added, Xiao Yu had fully suppressed it.
Xiao Yu did not forget to observe the battlefield situation. The Neutron War Star still hovered there in silence. Alien Beast Taihao was already raging and repeatedly ramming the flagship of the Guardian Civilization, the Radiance. Strangely, every time Alien Beast Taihao was about to strike the Radiance, the Radiance would vanish and then reappear after a short interval.
Back when the Radiance had evaded the Spatial Starburst unleashed by the Neutron War Star, it had relied on this very method. At first, Xiao Yu thought this was the special technology the Guardian Civilization had obtained long ago from that ruin, the four-dimensional jump. But after observing for a while, he was sure that this evasive method of the Radiance was not a four-dimensional jump. It had basically no similarity to a four-dimensional jump.
A four-dimensional jump was a relatively advanced navigation method that could be used as a means of escape when necessary. In fact, the Guardian Civilization had repeatedly evaded the Sweepers Civilization’s pursuit by relying on precisely this method. The evasive method now employed by the Radiance looked more like a clever use of space, borrowing some property of space to conceal itself temporarily. This method could only conceal, not escape.
Without a doubt, this was another unique spatial technology possessed by the Guardian Civilization. Just as Xiao Yu had space shattering and Technology Taihao had space collapse, the Guardian Civilization also had its own unique spatial technology.
This spatial technology was exceedingly mysterious. Xiao Yu saw that although Alien Beast Taihao was a member of the Taihao Alliance, its attacks could not affect the Radiance at all, because its attacks simply could not reach the Radiance. Yet it stubbornly fixated on that target like a bull driven mad, and ignored the smaller ships, numbering in the tens of millions, that swarmed around it and were fiercely attacking it.
Xiao Yu could not help a silent sigh in his heart. “What a fool. At such a critical moment, Technology Taihao cannot possibly have failed to remind it to give up attacking the Radiance for now and either deal with those smaller ships or come help them against the python Alien Beast. The only possibility is that Alien Beast Taihao has been blinded by rage and is ignoring Technology Taihao’s orders.”
In truth, even now, with the battle at its tensest, Xiao Yu still regarded himself as an outsider. He had already achieved his objective for this trip. For Xiao Yu, two geometric constructs from the Level 7 Civilization were enough for his research. The Sweepers were unlikely to kill him, and the Taihao Alliance need not even be mentioned. With the Sphere of Death and his Specter companion, he was virtually guaranteed to be safe. He remained only because he did not wish to see the Taihao Alliance destroyed, since its existence benefited him. Without the Taihao Alliance, just the Guardian Civilization and the python Alien Beast would be enough to give Xiao Yu a headache.
The Neutron War Star still remained there, motionless. It made no move, and none of those present went to deal with it, as if it were merely an ordinary neutron star posing no threat. But Xiao Yu knew that when the Neutron War Star regained the ability to move, the melee on the battlefield would end instantly. Whether or not they had reaped the planned spoils, everyone would scatter and flee for their lives. No one wished to face the Neutron War Star. The previous united front against it had been undertaken only because it had tried to monopolize all the benefits, leaving them no choice.
The aura of Alien Beast Taihao clearly weakened. Evidently, the continuous assaults by the Guardian Civilization’s tens of millions of ships had inflicted tremendous damage on it. Yet its rage grew ever fiercer, and Xiao Yu could feel this. It was precisely because of this that Alien Beast Taihao still had not given up on hunting the Radiance, while the Radiance, like a consummate animal tamer, toyed with Alien Beast Taihao at will.
Technology Taihao and Specter Taihao were still jointly dealing with the python Alien Beast. Although the two Taihao Civilizations held the advantage in this battle, they could not extricate themselves. Whenever one of them tried to leave this portion of the battlefield to go assist Alien Beast Taihao, the python Alien Beast would drag it back at all costs, even at the price of injury, and prevent it from influencing the fight between Alien Beast Taihao and the Guardian Civilization.
As for Xiao Yu, he had completely taken control of his situation. A single crocodilian Alien Beast was no match for the combined efforts of Xiao Yu and the Specter Race. Indeed, up to now, Xiao Yu had not even used two-dimensional weapons, nor had he gathered dozens of Planet-Class warships to unleash his most lethal weapon, space shattering. Xiao Yu felt it was not yet time to use two-dimensional weapons or space shattering. Keeping these two trump cards might be useful later.
“Damn it, damn it. Divine Ark Civilization, we are allies. You should not be attacking me. Make that annoying Specter companion of yours stop, and let us deal with the Guardians together. What madness is this?” The crocodilian Alien Beast did its utmost to resist the Specter companion’s attacks while striving to destroy those tens of millions of ships.
Its offensive power was quite formidable as well. Xiao Yu saw one of his Nation-Class ships, unable to dodge in time, struck hard by the crocodilian Alien Beast’s tail. Instantly the two-dimensional shield and the four-dimensional Shield, as well as the rest of the multi-layer shield system equipped on that ship, shattered, and the entire ship exploded into fragments.
“Damn it, I lost another four-dimensional shield.” Xiao Yu grew even more irate, while secretly pondering, “Should I go all out, destroy the crocodilian Alien Beast, and then help the Taihao Alliance? After all, although the Taihao Alliance harbors schemes against me, without them I will have many more troubles in the Milky Way. Even if my speculation is correct that the Taihao Alliance is supporting me only to make me confront the Sweepers Civilization, I have benefited in the process. Until I can contend against the Sweepers Civilization, we are natural allies.”
Before Xiao Yu reached his final decision, he noticed something strange. Under Alien Beast Taihao’s frenzied pursuit, the flagship of the Guardian Civilization, the Radiance, vanished once more. This time, however, the Radiance did not use that clever spatial evasion method. It used a four-dimensional jump.
“There is no reason for the Guardian Civilization to flee.” Xiao Yu thought, puzzled. In the next instant, an icy chill swept through him. The vanished Radiance reappeared right beside his flagship, the Earth. At the same time, the crocodilian Alien Beast, whose strength had been waning, suddenly seemed to have swallowed a great tonic and became fierce again. Even Xiao Yu’s Specter companion was having trouble suppressing it.
Only then did Xiao Yu start in alarm. “So that is it. The crocodilian Alien Beast and the python Alien Beast had long since joined with the Guardian Civilization. They were acting just now. The target of the Guardian Civilization is me.”
