A warship loomed over Xandar in space. Its enormous, dark cannon barrel protruded like an abyss, firing a Star Annihilator Cannon shell with a radius of 3.3 meters. Trailing a fierce white flame, it shot into Xandar.
"Whose mothership is that?!"
"Was he the one who attacked us, detonated the New Sun, and cut off our defense systems?"
"Who is he?"
"Where did this enemy come from?"
"What is his target?"
"Enemy attack!!!!!"
"Defend Xandar!"
The Nova Corps' high command and Queen Adora stared in horror, their expressions changing drastically as they swiftly issued orders to deal with the warship's attack. One senior commander recognized the terror of the Star Annihilator Cannon shell and shouted himself hoarse:
"Nova Corps, return! Activate the highest-strength shields, defend against the warship's attack, protect the core!"
"But that shell will blast the civilians into ashes!"
"We have no choice. Only by activating the shields, enduring this attack, and neutralizing its central explosion can we save more civilians."
"Understood!"
The Nova Corps warriors streaked across Xandar's skies in trails of light, arriving at the planet's central core. Using the Nova energy within their bodies, they erected layer upon layer of shields over the core structures. The originally translucent barriers became densely stacked into a vast whiteness, completely obscuring the core buildings from sight.
The shields directly met the Star Annihilator Cannon shell.
BOOM—
The immense explosion and shockwave slammed into the shields formed by the countless Nova Corps warriors. The shields shattered layer by layer like glass. The Nova Corps warriors within had bloodshot eyes, coughed up bloody mist, and, pale-faced, continued constructing more shields.
The Star Annihilator Cannon shell erupted with an immense shockwave. The defenses constructed by the Nova Corps warriors blocked the central blast, but the remaining force still tore up hundreds