Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 728: Spherical Spaceship

The appearance of the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional fleet was within Xiao Yu’s expectations. It was obvious that with the Neutron War Star alone, the Sweepers Civilization could not completely annihilate the Divine Ark Civilization. The Neutron War Star’s goal was merely to destroy a large number of Xiao Yu’s star system defense measures to pave the way for the conventional fleet. Now that the Neutron War Star was being pinned down by the Micron corpse, it had already lost much of its ability to destroy Xiao Yu’s star system’s defense systems. At this point, the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional fleet no longer needed to hide.

“It is time for you to take the stage. But wait a moment first. I will personally command the fleet to engage the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet, obtain their combat capability data, and provide you with subsequent tactical references.” Xiao Yu sent this message to the army of intelligent beings.

“Is the real battle finally coming?” Yang Jianqi murmured silently in the control pod. “I will use my tactics to show you that I will always be first. My combat power is the strongest. Rose, it is impossible for you to surpass me.”

Meanwhile, in another control pod, Rose secretly told herself, “What use is outstanding performance in training. Actual combat is the only standard for testing strength. Yang Jianqi, I will definitely surpass you.”

At this moment, relying on its superior maneuverability, the Neutron War Star was moving rapidly through this sector. Under the control of the Specter companion, the Micron corpse pursued closely behind. The Neutron War Star still had the ability and the time to destroy stars while being chased by the Micron corpse. Compared to its previous recklessness, however, the current Neutron War Star was undoubtedly much more restrained.

“High-end combat power has already pinned each other down. Now let us see how the conventional fleets clash.” Xiao Yu thought to himself.

Xiao Yu’s fleet had already stopped at the edge of the sector, quietly waiting for the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet to arrive. Of course, before that, Xiao Yu had already used various observation instruments to observe the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional fleet.

In the impressions of Xiao Yu and other civilizations, the Sweepers Civilization was always linked with the Neutron War Star. The Neutron War Star could represent the entire Sweepers Civilization. Under such circumstances, the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional power was easily overlooked. Even if there existed formidable entities like the Radiance within the Sweepers Civilization’s ranks, their brilliance would be overshadowed by the Neutron War Star.

Xiao Yu had never fought against the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional fleet before. This was the first time.

In Xiao Yu’s observation equipment, he saw many spacecraft with strikingly distinctive designs. Although these ships had different appearances, without exception they exuded a domineering aura of ‘I alone am supreme’ and a strong offensive intent. There were very many of these ships, nearly two hundred million. This number was even higher than the Guardian Civilization’s fleet count, which somewhat exceeded Xiao Yu’s expectations.

At the same time, within these fleets, Xiao Yu detected some ships of even more peculiar design. Xiao Yu could not even be sure whether these things were ships at all. They were all spherical, with diameters ranging from two kilometers to two hundred kilometers, completely white, with very smooth surfaces that revealed no construction details.

Among Level 6 civilizations, where Star-Class ships served as high-end combat power and Planet-Class and Continent-Class ships served as the main battle force, these strange spherical warships were not considered large. Yet without a doubt, the Sweepers Civilization attached great importance to them. Their number was not large, and in the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet formation there was a faint sense that these spherical warships formed the core.

“What are these. Imitations of the Neutron War Star. But is the Neutron War Star something that can be imitated. These things clearly are not compact stellar bodies.” Xiao Yu wondered in some confusion. “Or perhaps the Sweepers Civilization has parsed some sort of Level 7 technology from the Neutron War Star and used it to manufacture these spherical warships as sub-fleet flagships.”

Xiao Yu considered this speculation quite likely. Since the Sweepers Civilization could acquire soul technology from the Neutron War Star, obtaining other technologies from it and manufacturing such spherical warships was not impossible. However, Xiao Yu knew nothing about the exact characteristics and performance of these warships.

The massive fleet of the Sweepers Civilization finally approached the edge of this sector. Amid the intense radiation brought by exploding stars, and under the watch of the Neutron War Star and the Micron corpse that were still chasing each other, the conventional forces of both sides engaged.

The Sweepers Civilization adopted a rather conservative approach. It seemed to understand that it would not hold the advantage in conventional forces, so its fleet did not continue the Neutron War Star’s swaggering contempt for everything. Instead, it chose to advance cautiously step by step. In the engagement, the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet clustered into groups, attempting a beachhead-style landing to first occupy a region of this sector as its position.

Xiao Yu did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately commanded his five hundred million warships to press in on all fronts. At the same time, all facilities related to the star system’s defense systems arranged throughout this sector were activated. War began in that very instant.

Bizarre stars, shattered ship hulks, raging radiation, spatial strikes that gleamed faintly with a cold light, and all manner of other elements together formed a battlefield steeped in the aura of death.

The Sweepers Civilization’s fleet formed neat attack formations and launched fierce assaults on Xiao Yu’s invading fleet. Fortunately, the Sweepers Civilization’s offensive methods were still within the range Xiao Yu could understand and withstand. The Sweepers Civilization’s fleet did not employ any means of attack beyond Xiao Yu’s expectations. The mainstay of the conventional fleet’s attacks was still spatial weapons. These spatial weapons were even somewhat inferior to those of Xiao Yu’s ships.

In wars against the Milky Way’s high-end combatants, Xiao Yu’s ships were, for the first time, comprehensively suppressing the opponent in overall performance and had seized the upper hand. This time, in both quality and quantity, Xiao Yu held the advantage.

“If the Neutron War Star cannot be dealt with for the time being, then I will clean up you first. I wonder what mood you will be in once all your conventional forces are wiped out.”

All five hundred million warships pressed forward. Xiao Yu held nothing back and instantly unleashed the most ferocious offensive. The black lightning attacks in this region were also triggered at once. Countless strands of black lightning, crisscrossing and faintly tinged with gold, converged in the void and, like slicing chunks of flesh, swiftly surged into the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet.

Countless ships began to explode. Countless ships were destroyed or damaged. Intense firelight flared, and gases leaking from within the ships ignited, shrouding the region in smoke. Yet such phenomena could not last long. Spatial weapon attacks were too fierce and too dense. Under the slicing of spatial weapons, anything that had lost its defenses would be cut down into the most basic microscopic particles.

Several Star-Class warships of the Sweepers Civilization all advanced to the front line and led their fleet in resisting Xiao Yu’s offensive. On Xiao Yu’s side, six Star-Class ships including the Sirius and the Vega also pressed forward in full. The clash between Star-Class ships was the absolute core of this battlefield. Countless escort fleets were carrying out perilous raids and defenses, assaults and counterassaults, all centered on the Star-Class vessels.

“I will tear a breach in your lines, divide you, and wipe you out entirely.”

Within the Divine Ark Civilization’s conventional fleet, the Tianyuan Star-Class warship, second only to the strongest in combat power, was already leading a vast escort fleet to assault the Sweepers Civilization’s defensive line. All of the Sweepers Civilization’s Star-Class warships had been pinned down. What now faced the Tianyuan were only Planet-Class or Continent-Class ships.

The Tianyuan did not pause at all and charged straight through. Those Planet-Class ships tried to block it but simply could not. They could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the Tianyuan’s Star-Class formation. One Planet-Class ship even attempted to force a close approach to stop the Tianyuan, but its hull was struck once by the Tianyuan’s main cannon. Hundreds of thousands of escort ships then swarmed in and encircled it. Dozens of minutes later, that Planet-Class ship disintegrated and then, under the attack of spatial weapons, vanished completely from the universe.

At least on the conventional battlefield at this moment, the Tianyuan rampaged invincibly, unstoppable.

A massive breach was being slowly torn open. Once a breach existed, the Sweepers Civilization’s fleet would be divided. Xiao Yu’s fleet would be able to fully exert its fighting power. With five hundred million against two hundred million, and holding the advantage in quality, the downfall of the Sweepers Civilization would only be a matter of time. From the present situation, the Sweepers Civilization clearly had no force capable of stopping the Tianyuan.

Just then, those spherical ships that Xiao Yu had been watching, which had not participated in the earlier fighting, began to move. A white spherical ship with a diameter of about four kilometers left the fleet’s core and came to the edge of the battlefield.

It was approaching the Tianyuan. This immediately drew Xiao Yu’s attention. He ordered the Tianyuan’s formation to enter the highest state of alert at once.

A sphere four kilometers in diameter was not even a sesame seed compared to the colossal Tianyuan. Yet it possessed this peculiar power. The Sweepers Civilization’s fearsome reputation and the strangeness of these spherical ships forced Xiao Yu to take them seriously.