A Hair's Breadth from Death

The silver-white starship activated its strongest defensive state, weathering a barrage of rain-like attacks even as it launched a counterattack.

A concentrated volley blasted the starship blocking its path out of the sky. The instant a gap opened in the encirclement, the silver-white warship fled through it, weaving through the asteroid field.

The gray starships gave mad chase from behind, firing as they pursued. Before long, the silver-white ship's shield shattered with a thunderous crash beneath another rain-like bombardment.

Shells kept striking the hull, blasting it into a mangled wreck that swayed on the verge of collapse.

Left with no choice, Kadisha led a dozen or so guards out of the starship. If they did not leave now, the ship would explode and break apart.

Seeing Kadisha and her people abandon their ship and flee, the people aboard the gray vessels immediately ceased fire. Their purpose in coming here was to capture Kadisha alive; only then could they maximize their profits.

They too emerged from their starships and gave chase. Before long, they had surrounded Kadisha's group, and fierce battle erupted once more.

The mercenaries vastly outnumbered them. Even though Kadisha and her people fought with everything they had, they could not break through the encirclement.

As Star Sea Realm cultivators, every move they made sent seas of stars surging forth. Their attacks emerged one after another, battering the heavens until the earth split apart.

In the end, all of Kadisha's guards died in battle. She herself was badly wounded, and was about to fall into enemy hands.

Kadisha's meridians trembled wildly within her body. Every inch of flesh felt like iron thrown into a furnace, billowing energy mist visible to the naked eye.

She stared fixedly at the mercenary leader ahead, whose lips curled in a vicious grin. His