Nine silver-white beams of light pierced straight through the entire Guard Fleet formation in the void, blasting a massive hole through it.
Tens of millions of warships were reduced to cosmic dust in that terrifying attack, including the flagship aboard which Skat was stationed.
The entire expanse of space seemed to freeze because of that strike.
"Commander, main cannon attack complete. Enemy flagship confirmed destroyed!"
"How much longer until the Nether Fleet has fully arrived?"
"Approximately ninety-seven minutes!"
"Good. Continue having the arriving Nether Fleet reinforce the outer defensive line. Our mission is to create a safe arrival zone for the fleet. The attack mission will be carried out by the second-echelon Moy Union fleet!"
"Yes, Commander!"
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The loss of the flagship's signal threw the entire Guard Fleet into chaos. Even its formation gradually began to fall apart, and for a time, it could not even mount an effective counterattack.
Only after the commander of a sub-fleet took over command did things finally stabilize somewhat.
However, a sub-fleet commander with only one hundred million warships under his command clearly did not have the ability to direct a massive fleet of tens of billions in battle. Even though the situation improved somewhat, it was still far worse than when Skat had been in command, severely diminishing the fleet's combat strength.
As more and more warships of the Nether Fleet arrived, the Guard Fleet's losses rapidly mounted.
Finally, after roughly half an hour, even its number of warships had been completely surpassed by the Nether Fleet. Its rout
happened in an instant!
Wang Hai did not order the fleet to pursue. Instead, he began constructing a defensive line. After all, the other nine Guard Fleets of the Zilun Empire, a full ninety billion warships, were on their way, and the two