The
Nevertheless, no matter how imaginative, they had not thought they would be fighting starships peculiar to this degree.
In one corner of the battlefield, the armies clashed together while six of the starships maneuvered as if they had flexible engines. One Star Reaching Starship would rush forward, and as the attacks came its way, it tilted the entire massive starship and flipped in an acrobatic dodging maneuver.
Worse, as they slid sideways from inertia, the cannons would shift together as one entity and bombard all smaller starships around it, destroying them in batches. Even worse, when attacks from
The plates making up the hull shifted and overlapped like scales, the cannons twisted independently to track their targets, and even the engines changed position as the enormous vessel moved.
The entire starship seemed to bend into each maneuver like a living creature, achieving a style of combat previously thought possible only for small, personal-level starships.
The problem was that, right in front of their eyes, starships that could compare to a mountain in size were pulling off a triple roll full circle loop as their lasers remained on enemy ships with pinpoint accuracy.
Then, if the starships were not a problem big enough, the army itself was ridiculous.
One of the Sect Elders floating in space heard a communication that left him frozen. "H-How many did you say?"
"We've detected at least 50,000 signals for
'F-Fifty thousand…?'
Forget the nearby powers. Even the main armies of the Nexus would struggle to match that number of
Of course, if you counted everyone in the army covering 350+ Solar Systems, surpassing that number was not a problem. The problem was that such numbers on a single front were difficult to see even among Transitional Star System Empire Wars.
"E-Elder, retreat! Those numbers were not the end; I am seeing more elite signals flying out of those bizarre starships!"
The elder was about to nod when he felt a chill. He quickly moved his hands, creating a massive shield to his right, and turned to look at what was threatening him.
His soul almost left his body.
Above him, a massive starship was pointing vertically down at him with its main, frontal cannon glowing like a newborn star. 'When did it even manage to slip above me!?'
WHOOM!!!
A pillar of blue light engulfed him, his shield and body scattering into stardust. Right as it fired, several attacks came from the sides, but the starship didn't even care. The starship clogged its engines for a second, and as the attacks were about to arrive, a massive acceleration burst exploded from behind it, causing it to almost teleport forward several hundred kilometers.
Moreover, the starship extended one of its wings, using ternary essence for friction, and flipped sideways, sweeping horizontally with the four secondary cannons.
The attack was like four sword lights slicing through the battle.
Xakira and the other combatants looked at the maneuvering starships with stunned looks. 'I knew they were strong, but WOW. What are those movements!? Are the people inside feeling alright!?'
Without
Sarluce, as the strongest Star Reaching starship in this flank, chuckled. "My sisters are having quite a lot of fun."
Xakira laughed hollowly. "A-Are they? If we had you and your sisters during the war against the Nexus, we might not have needed Liu Shu to intervene. H-haha."
Sarluce hummed. "Since this battle is already won, how about we join the fray as well, Xakira? I will follow you, as you are my captain."
Xakira glanced at one of the aura buffs on most of the Star Reaching starships.
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Effects of inertia and momentum shifts caused by maneuvers are reduced by 95% for those inside you.Thanks to the
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Feeling a touch of anticipation, Xakira smirked and sat down, gripping the sides of her seat. "Alright then, Sarluce. Show us what you can do."
"Understood. Entering melee combat mode."
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The Mothership-Class starship slowly unfolded like a living creature. Its overlapping plates shifted and spread apart like an armadillo unfurling from its shell, revealing the incredibly complex and agile structure hidden underneath.
"Engaging."
WeeeeeiiIIINGGG!!!!
The engines lit up with full force, and a second later, Sarluce shot forward and tore through the void like a comet while doing a barrel roll.
BOOM!!!
The giant starship moved up, down, left, and right, dodging the rest of her sisters, and activated one of her
"Engaging:
The front of the starship glowed, and a massive blade over 3 kilometers long manifested at the nose of the starship.
"Movement Initiated:
The engines twisted sideways, and using Sarluce's burst acceleration, her body spun in place five times within a second.
The three-kilometer blade became a colossal disk of light.
Xakira saw the world spin around her, but with her superior dynamic vision, she noticed Sarluce's blade piercing and dividing not only three enemy starships but also a few thousand soldiers.
"Activating Modules:
"Using Assistance:
Whoooom!!!
A low, vibrating laser sound echoed as they shifted like living creatures, constantly targeting weak points.
"Incoming attacks. Defense activation:
"Using Assistance:
The attacks hitting Sarluce's shields ricocheted most of the time, while those that managed to strike sank into the dimensional light shield.
"Total shield percentage lost below 0.01%. Negligible offensive detected. Sarluce will activate destruction mode.
Xakira's lips twitched. 'We were not fighting at your full offensive capabilities yet?'
40% of Sarluce's energy shield flowed like ethereal water into her weapons and engines, protecting and boosting them instead of guarding her defense.
A second later, Xakira suddenly felt several times heavier as Sarluce redirected the remaining force downward. Her body sank into her seat while the starship blurred forward and began an absolute massacre.
The
All battlefronts in this war were developing in the exact same way, and Liu Shu was staring at her daughters with a gobsmacked expression.
'...MY BABIES ARE SO COOL! Go! Go! Right there! Left! Now right! Wowowow, nice dodge! IS THAT A GIANT SWORD!? Did Sarluce just become a spatial blender!? She could go even faster!?'
If Liu Shu had arms, she would be punching the air in excitement and jumping around. Forget that, it seemed that the Avatar was doing exactly that and receiving weird looks from her lovers.
Verdantia saw Liu Shu scream in excitement and punch here and there with absolutely zero technique, and blurted out. "U-Um, Liu Shu, love, are you okay?"
"MY BABIES ARE JUST VERY COOL! I am recording it and will show you later. So, leave me alone for a bit and take in this greatness for now!"
The girls blinked and burst into laughter, leaving their darling to her antics. A few minutes later, every force that was fighting the Golden Sap Empire army had surrendered. With no extra threats, Liu Shu giggled evilly.
'If you are scared of my Star Reaching babies, I now present to you my Moon Soul babies!
While Xakira was leaving Sarluce with a bit of a dizzy mind, she noticed space twisting violently between them, and a second later, a gargantuan spatial fortress with similar characteristics to Sarluce and the others manifested. Its size was such that even Sarluce, a starship that dwarfed mountains, looked rather small.
The leader of the
Xakira cleared her throat and spoke. "Deep Maw Sect Leader, surrender and accept the Golden Sap Empire's conquest. We won't abolish any practice that doesn't conflict with our laws and culture."
What could he say? Anyone who saw Sarluce transform into a murder weapon that shifted through the battlefield like a giant, beast-like mecha would've found it difficult to do anything but nod at Xakira's proposal, even if they hated it.
"We surrender. Please, pardon our young."
Xakira shook her head. "As I said, we won't kill anyone as long as you follow our culture and laws. We also have many programs to naturalize you into our Golden Sap Empire. I reiterate. This Solar System won't change much. We will just take over the highest management and merge your customs into our culture as best as we can. The Heavenly Willow accepts most cultures as they are."
Her words were not a lie. While they would need to adapt to the Golden Sap Empire's way of doing things, they didn't need to throw away their customs. Of course, being a power previously related to the Nexus, many of their practices would be abolished.
Liu Shu would never let a corrupted flower rot away the carefully tended, beautiful garden she was building. 'If they tried, the garden itself would become a man-eating flower field, though. Still, I don't want to wait until that moment to take action.'
Also, after seeing the firepower and dominance her babies showed in spatial battlefields, Liu Shu was much more at ease leaving them alone. I mean, Liu Shu had seen them fight
'Who knew that when fighting smaller opponents they could maneuver like this?'
Shaking her head, Liu Shu focused on the two True World Trees. 'Sigh… Stubborn like always. I should give them a bit of a fright.'
The one who had taken over two Solar Systems was hesitating after meeting Liu Shu. However, the one who managed to expand to five Solar Systems was like a grumbling, old, stubborn woman.
"...Are you sure you want to do that?"
The True World Tree snorted. "Do you think I will surrender to you easily? I won't join you even if it kills me."
Liu Shu sighed. "...Alright then. You chose this."