2018, Decapitation Strike
That dazzling flash of light streaked past, and three cruisers were skewered like candied hawthorns!
As the light gradually faded, a slender red beam and another thin spiral beam could be seen intertwined within it.
The two sides were roughly twenty light-seconds apart. The hasty shot fired earlier by the Eternal Super Carrier had been avoided on Admiral Yves's orders, so he had not truly understood the power of this laser.
But now he did...
Three cruisers had been pierced straight through without the slightest ability to resist! And judging from the horrific scene, the only reason it had penetrated just three cruisers was because there had only been three along that line!
For an instant, Admiral Yves's mind went blank... Such terrifying power, such terrifying range—it once again overturned everything he knew about laser weapons!
Could a laser travel dozens of light-seconds without dissipating? Could a laser punch straight through three cruisers with intact shields? Could a laser, from dozens of light-seconds away, pierce through three cruisers with intact shields?
Finally snapping out of it, Admiral Yves erupted in an almost roaring bellow. "Send the fast warships charging in! Even if they have to ram it, they must block the Eternal for me!"
He finally understood the strategy of the Duchy of Dawn's two super warships—it was simple. The crimson warship served as a shield, and with one hundred thousand drones, it was practically invincible. It did not matter even if those drones could not inflict fatal damage on his warships, because the true killing move was the Eternal!
No wonder the Eternal had turned around and fled from the very beginning, even sending every fighter formation over to its side. It had been to open up the distance and eliminate the fast warships harassing the