After spending two minutes and losing more than ten million warships, the Imperial Guard's Third Fleet had finally completed its battle preparations.
"Bearing 010-005, commence fleet-wide barrage! Blast a breach open for me!"
Watching the massive black hole ahead, from which enemy warships continually emerged, Skat knew that only by swiftly crushing the outer defensive fleet and leading his forces to establish a blockade around that bizarre passage could he hope to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
Therefore, while he still held an absolute numerical advantage in warships, the best approach was to tear a breach through the enemy's outer defensive line and force his way in.
The next instant, hundreds of millions of silver-white beams formed from Dark Energy surged toward the target area.
The distance had already been short, and with the Dark Energy beams capable of disregarding even temporal effects, they struck the enemy fleet formation in an instant.
For a time, the entire void was illuminated by silver-white light, the spectacle utterly overwhelming.
Yet contrary to Skat's expectations, the attack did not strike the enemy warships directly. Instead, it was intercepted before reaching their fleet.
One silver-white diamond-shaped barrier after another stood before each warship like an indestructible shield, completely blocking every attack.
"Dark Energy Barriers."
Skat widened his eyes and finally muttered the words.
These were different from Dark Energy Shields. If Dark Energy Shields were armor that provided all-around protection for a warship, then Dark Energy Barriers were shields that offered protection only to specific areas.
However, while they could not provide full-body protection, the defensive power of Dark Energy Barriers far surpassed that of Dark Energy Shields.
Thus, in the universe, Dark Energy Shields were known as exceptionally powerful protection below the level of Super Civilizations.
But that was not the key issue.