Reclaiming the Pioneer Battlefield, Rallying Hearts and Morale
Heavenly Demon Star Domain, Crimson Sun Star System!
After contacting Peng Yue, Senior Sister Bian Yujiao, Senior Chen Zhao, and the others, Liang Ji didn't linger at the Star Alliance. He soon returned to the Crimson Sun Star System in the Star Alliance's Pioneer Battlefield, the Heavenly Demon Star Domain, through a series of transports via the Starlight Gates.
There, he also saw the alliance fleet, which had suffered devastating losses.
At its peak, the fleet had consisted of twenty starships. Now, only thirteen remained.
It was clear that Peng Yue, Bian Yujiao, and the others' failed attempt to open up a star system had cost them dearly. Not only had Senior Xu Mao fallen, but the entire alliance fleet had suffered horrific casualties: seven starships had been destroyed in that Pioneer War.
During the more than sixty years Liang Ji had spent in secluded cultivation, Peng Yue and the others had never imagined that their repeated failures to open up star systems would cost them so much.
If they had suffered losses like these while opening up the Guiyang Star System, the entire alliance fleet would probably have collapsed and scattered on the spot.
The fact that Peng Yue, Bian Yujiao, and the others had managed to keep the fleet together and withdraw to the Crimson Sun Star System to recuperate and recover was already quite an achievement.
"The Dragon Snake and True Dragon..." Liang Ji looked at his fleet and couldn't help frowning. "The Ice Soul was also destroyed in the previous battle to open up a star system. Now only these two starships remain!"
Peng Yue gave a slight nod.
Liang Ji drew a deep breath, then asked, "Is your grandmother all right?"
Peng Yue's Grandmother had been stationed