Reentering the Atmosphere

While Baili Qing was completing the planetary scan, the orbital bombardment of the "Holy Realm" continued unabated, while the battle in orbit was already nearing its end. The defensive forces deployed above the planet had suffered heavy losses when the Unified Fleet jumped into the battlefield. Although the fanatical Protectorate Army fought with remarkable tenacity, several hastily assembled small fleets ultimately failed to change the course of the battle with the stargate right in their faces.

After the battle for orbital control was more or less over, the Unified Fleet's twelve "Fate"-class planetary suppression ships passed through the stargate and jumped to the Holy Realm's Near-Earth Orbit. The powerful Radar Arrays carried by these specialized warships could monitor signs of engine ignition anywhere on the planet's surface. Once such an energy reaction was detected, they would immediately guide orbital bombardment to intercept it, ensuring that no warship could take off from the planet's surface.

But no matter how powerful the orbital bombardment was, it could only intercept ships taking off from the planetary surface. It could not stop a planet that was about to "ascend."

"The energy reaction inside the planet is growing stronger. That 'Eden Gate' is still growing," Baili Qing's voice came through the communicator. "If we delay any longer, the gate may open before we completely take this planet."

Yu Sheng quickly made up his mind. "Whether we have enough time or not, I'm going down to see what's happening."

As he spoke, he turned to look through the Viewing Porthole at the space filled with raging battle and the Hermetic Society's home planet hanging alone in the center of the battlefield.

Through the subtle connection established by their blood, he could also sense that something inside the planet was gradually "growing." But when he had been