Holding Sparkle, Charge!
Lin Hai's gaze swept across the sky. Although he appeared to be resting, the powerful perception bestowed upon him by his Path of Erudition had spread out like an invisible radar.
He spotted the four fleeing ships, but instead of moving far away, they began to maneuver and lie in wait under the cover of thick smoke and lava pillars.
"They haven't given up yet." Lin Hai's voice was calm and composed.
Sparkle, who was leaning against him, frowned slightly upon hearing this. "Should we leave now?"
She trusted Lin Hai's power, but she was also well aware of the terrifying nature of the Interastral Peace Corporation.
Lin Hai lowered his head, looking at Sparkle's slightly pale face. "Leave like this? That's too easy on them. I want to swat the remaining four flies here as well."
"That won't be easy; they're already on guard."
"Precisely because they are on guard, we must strike them hard enough... Only by making them pay a sufficiently heavy price will the Interastral Peace Corporation think twice before taking action against you next time. This is what we call being afraid to harm others."
Their eyes met, and they instantly understood each other's intentions.
A tacit understanding, unspoken, led them to make the decision simultaneously.
Show the enemy weakness to lure them deeper into your territory.
Sparkle nodded, stood up, and began to carefully search the corpse next to her, as if looking for useful supplies or information.
Lin Hai leaned against a charred rock, seemingly exhausted from the previous battle and trying to recover.
However, deep within his consciousness, the power of his Path of Erudition was operating with unprecedented efficiency.
Surrounding environmental data.
Wind speed, the pattern of magma flow, the density of suspended particles in the air, and the faint energy fluctuations of the four spaceship engines... all contributed to changes in their trajectories...
Massive amounts of information are captured, analyzed, and deduced instantly.
Lin Hai's seemingly relaxed body was actually in optimal condition, with every muscle adjusted to its best state, like a cheetah poised to pounce.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Suddenly, a glint flashed in Lin Hai's eyes.
Locking complete!
He calculated the real-time positions of all the spaceships!
"Now!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Hai's figure vanished from the spot.
The next moment, he appeared beside Sparkle and once again lifted her steadily into his arms.
With a burst of speed from their feet, the two flew southeast at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to perceive, like lightning tearing through space.
Shortly after, a piercing alarm sounded from inside the spaceship hidden in the distance behind the thick smoke!
The driver was horrified to see the dot of light representing Lin Hai hurtling toward him at an incredible speed on the screen!
The Deadlight Emitter on the bow of the ship had just turned yellow, with 2 minutes and 8 seconds left before it was fully charged!
"No! Get out of the way!!"
The captain's roar was drowned out by the deafening sound of metal being torn apart.
Lin Hai's figure had already appeared directly in front of the spaceship!
The Odachi in his hand emitted a chilling hum once again.
The light flowing across the blade was more concentrated and more terrifying than before!
Facing the spaceship armor so close at hand, he made no fancy moves, just a simple vertical slash!
"Boom--!"
As the blade flashed, the spaceship's protective force field shattered like a soap bubble, and its thick armor was split in two!
This time, because the Deadlight weapon was in a state of high energy convergence, the moment the blade cleaved through the energy core, it triggered an even more violent and dazzling secondary explosion!
The enormous fireball expanded in the air, illuminating the entire sky as if it were daytime. Flying metal fragments rained down in all directions, even affecting another spaceship that was trying to hide not far away.
Lin Hai, holding the Sparkle, hovered before the flames of the explosion, his Odachi pointing diagonally at the sea of lava below.
Lin Hai's gaze, sharp as a hawk's, locked onto the three small spaceships that were frantically turning around, trying to escape the battlefield.
The roar of overloaded engines and the exhaust flames of energy ejection clearly demonstrated the extreme panic within their cockpits.
However, faced with an absolute disparity in power, any attempt to escape appears futile!
Lin Hai's figure once again transformed into a streak of light that tore through space.
He first approached the nearest spaceship, and his extra-long Odachi, instead of slashing, pierced directly through the spaceship's engine core like a giant spear.
With a deafening explosion, the spaceship turned into an expanding fireball.
The pilots of the other spaceships, witnessing this scene, nearly suffered a mental breakdown and began maneuvering their ships in erratic evasive maneuvers.
Lin Hai's speed far exceeded his reaction limit. He leaped into the air, and the blade drew a chilling arc from top to bottom, precisely slicing the spaceship and its not-yet-fully-deployed shield in two.
Driven by inertia, the broken hull continued forward for a distance before losing control and tumbling into the churning lava below, creating towering red waves.
The pilot of the last spaceship let out a desperate wail, channeling all his energy into the thrusters, desperate to escape the killing machine behind him.
But Lin Hai was faster. He arrived first despite being behind, and swung his Odachi. This attack was more sophisticated. The sword light seemed to have a life of its own, wrapping around the ship's hull and triggering a chain reaction of energy collapse within it.
The spaceship did not explode immediately. Instead, as if its soul had been ripped out, its structure began to disintegrate and collapse from the inside, eventually turning into a pile of floating metal debris without a sound.
From the command center of the geosynchronous warship, Aventurine witnessed the entire process through the last fragmented images transmitted back.
The screen then went completely black.
Aventurine stood frozen in front of the giant screen, his composure and calculation vanished, replaced by an incredulous shock and a barely concealed fear.
His elite squadron, along with five well-equipped spaceships, was defeated by a single person in such a short time...
No, it was a being like a god or demon that crushed everything, leaving not even a trace.
Above the lava sea, the flames of the explosion gradually died down, leaving only smoke and the distorted, high-temperature air.
Lin Hai, holding Sparkle, hovered in the center of the chaotic battlefield.
Sparkle looked up at him, feeling the steady, powerful beating of his heart in his chest.
Lin Hai lowered his head and met her gaze. The murderous intent in his eyes melted away like ice and snow, leaving only a faint concern.
"It's over." His voice was calm.
Lava lies beneath my feet, and the vanished enemies lie behind me.
The two of them were unharmed, like the only calm presence in the eye of the storm.
Aventurine took a deep breath and it took him a while to come to his senses.
He realized the seriousness of the matter, which had far exceeded his authority.
This is no longer a simple matter of capture; it is about facing an uncontrollable and extreme threat with the ability to annihilate an entire fleet single-handedly!
Without a moment's hesitation, Aventurine quickly operated the control panel, accessing all the combat videos, data summaries, and his emergency assessment report recorded at the front lines...
It was packaged into a highly encrypted emergency communication and sent to the headquarters of Interastral Peace Corporation via a dedicated channel.
This document was like a thunderclap, carrying an electronic torrent of bloodshed and terror, traversing the boundless sea of stars, and reaching the very core of power.
The headquarters' response was faster than any Aventurine had imagined.
Clearly, the assessment department determined in a very short time that the threat level posed by the Lin Hai had reached a serious level.
Not long after, an instruction document bearing the headquarters' encrypted seal was transmitted back to Aventurine's terminal.
At the same time, a high-level arrest warrant was issued for all known stars.
Lin Hai's image is clearly visible on the imperial edict.
His crimes not only included attacking company property and murdering employees, but he was also labeled as a dangerous individual posing a threat to interstellar peace!
The bounty is astronomical and comes with authorization—if necessary, the victim can be eliminated on the spot without being captured alive.