Few members of the royal guard could last two rounds against Lieba and the others without losing a limb.
Even so, the royal guards charged forward fearlessly, ready to lay down their lives!
Zhao Kuangying had witnessed it all with his own eyes. Once he confirmed the absolute disparity in strength between the two sides, he promptly called out and ordered all the royal guards to fall back.
That at least saved the lives of the remaining guards.
The brief clash left royal guards strewn across the ground.
Only a quarter of them were still standing.
That showed just how fierce the battle had been in those few short moments—fierce on one side, at least.
Lieba and the other six assault-team members had remained perfectly composed and completely at ease throughout.
The power of the Dawn-class exoskeleton armor was plain to see!
Though they had expected as much,
the people aboard the Sky Peng Horizontal were still shocked by the overwhelming advantage the Dawn-class exoskeleton armor had displayed in actual combat.
"This is some impressive equipment.
If we could outfit a large force with it,
who could beat us in boarding actions?"
Shi Zunhou exclaimed in admiration.
"The manufacturing process isn't all that complicated, especially with the production line on that Mechanical Ship Island to use as a reference.
"The real problem is that the materials are far too rare.
"Several of the superheavy metallic elements are scarce resources even on a cosmic scale.
"We exhausted Black Stone Kingdom's stockpiles, then made an emergency purchase from New Song Kingdom, and still barely had enough to build a dozen or so suits.
"Who knows how long it'll be before we can equip a large force with them?"
Paul replied with a wry smile.
"No rush. We'll take it one step at