Death Beam

Boom! Boom! Boom-boom-boom!!!

Dozens of kilometers away, the heavy cannons mounted on the backs of 48 AT-TEs opened fire. At this distance, direct energy attacks were less effective due to the planet's curvature. Therefore, Shen-Jon had deployed his army dozens of kilometers from Mount Kolvister, keeping up a bombardment at maximum range to probe the Confederacy of Independent Systems' firepower deployment.

Shen-Jon did not know what had happened at Mount Kolvister, but under the guidance of the Force, he knew that the closer they got to that place, the greater the danger became.

A warning of death came clearly through the Force's guidance.

"Range marked at 41.879. Fire!!" At the Clone Trooper officer's command, the heavy cannons atop the AT-TEs behind him belched furious flames. Large-caliber high-explosive shells shot out instantly, whistling down over the robot army's heads.

Boom!! The violent explosion erupted. Though the robots' formation was spread wide, more than a dozen were still destroyed by the blast wave.

"Master, radar shows the Separatists have split their robot army into six directions and are attacking simultaneously. I've truly never seen a Commander capable of directing robots to this extent..." Stam Reath said as he stood beside an AT-TE.

"Listen to the voice of the earth. Follow the Force's guidance," Shen-Jon said gravely. "The crisis has not passed. It is only growing stronger."

"What troubles me is that we still have no idea what their trump card is. I counted them earlier. They brought a total of fifty Diamond-class transport cruisers, which means they carried roughly a hundred thousand troops. Such numbers should never have been enough to take Mount Kolvister." Stam Reath said.

"Perhaps this is the power of the Dark Side." Shen-Jon spoke lightly, then turned to the Clone Trooper Commander at his side. "They have split