Time flew by amid an atmosphere of extreme tension. Two months later, the vanguard of the Destroyer Fleet arrived at the outer defenses of the Annihilation Star Sea as expected—the Rock Defense Line, composed of thirty-six thoroughly modified Iron Wall fortress planets covered in lethal formations.
Through real-time images transmitted by the Ultra-long Distance Observation Array, the Alliance's upper ranks clearly saw the enemy's true form. It was an endless torrent of steel, cold hulls reflecting the distant starlight as they advanced silently and orderly. The killing aura they radiated made everyone watching from countless star-miles away feel their hearts tremble.
The vanguard fleet consisted of over ten thousand warships of various types. The most conspicuous among them were three Destroyer-class flagships, each comparable in size to a small star! They resembled three sharp black guillotines, their bow-mounted single-eye detectors glowing crimson as though scanning every weakness in the defensive line.
"The enemy has entered the first thunder zone!" The frontline commander's voice rang out through the communication formation, carrying a trace of suppressed tension.
"Proceed as planned. Activate the Starfall Thunder Sea grand formation!" Xuan Nü, stationed aboard the Sky Patrol Immortal Boat, gave the order calmly.
In an instant, countless Annihilation Divine Thunders that had long been planted in the void ahead of the defensive line detonated simultaneously! Blinding white light fused into a vast deathstorm spanning hundreds of millions of miles! This was the Alliance's first costly gift to the enemy!
Yet the next scene made every observer's heart sink.
Faced with a thunderstorm powerful enough to annihilate stars, the Destroyer Fleet neither slowed down nor attempted to evade. Instead, a thin, nearly transparent layer of dark light simultaneously lit up across the hulls of several thousand warships at the front of the fleet!
When the thunderstorm