"All right. If we come up with a way to deal with black holes, we'll notify Your Highness and have you come here for an upgrade. But given the current situation, Death God Karl's technological capabilities are already the strongest in the Known Universe. Even our research into the Void is far behind his."
"Try to avoid any conflict with him over the Void. We'll speed up our research in that area. The Divine River database contains knowledge of the Void left behind by the Space Principal, so it shouldn't be too difficult to study."M
"All right, then I'll head back first. There are still plenty of things to take care of on Earth. I'll leave things here to you seniors. If there's any news, you can reach me through my private channel."
Having gotten what he wanted, Su Xinghe naturally had to leave. Next, he would use the Taotie invasion of Earth as an excuse to ask Carl for some resources. Carl would surely agree. After all, as the Known Universe's greatest hidden tycoon, resources for a Fourth Generation God Body were small change to him. In fact, he was richer than the Angel Civilization.
"Your Highness, this is Ducao. The Taotie Civilization has launched an attack on us, and their forces are twice what we expected. Xiong Bing Lian probably can't hold them off. We have no authority to mobilize the Angels, so I'm asking Your Highness to step in and help Xiong Bing Lian resist the Taotie invaders."
As soon as he returned to Super Seminary, he received a Dark Communication from Ducao. The Taotie Civilization soldiers invading Tianhe City were twice as numerous as expected.
"I understand. Tell them to hold out for now. I'll be there soon."
According to the original story, the Taotie Civilization fleet invading Tianhe City had only one vanguard fleet, with no more than 3,000 combat units in total. Xiong Bing Lian had already struggled against them. Doubling their numbers would be a fatal blow to Xiong Bing Lian as they were now.
Six thousand combat units and eight Void warriors had him pinned down so completely that he didn't dare move.
"Principal Ryze, you're still sitting there drinking tea? Ducao just sent me a message. Where's A Jie?"
"I was thinking that if he were here, I wouldn't have to go, right?" Su Xinghe suddenly remembered that A Jie was another person at Super Seminary. He had commanded the beheading operation back then and had the combat power of a Third Generation God Body. If he went, Su Xinghe wouldn't have to.
"A Jie's away on a business trip. He probably won't be back for a couple of days. I've also checked on Xiong Bing Lian's situation. They really can't win. Lena was even hit by two God-Slaying Weapons. She won't be able to fight at full strength for a while."
"So I'm hoping you—or the Angels—can step in and help those kids."
[Activate Star Fate. Link up with the strike trajectory. Begin charging.] [Enable wormhole strike support. Connect to Divine River One. Enable computational support.]
"One of Holy Keisha's long-range weapons, Star Fate. It seems the Heavenly Base King really does dote on you, my dear prince." Ryze was slightly taken aback as he watched Star Fate fly off. Even a Fourth Generation God Body would need a moment to recover from a strike by that weapon.
Over Tianhe City, Star Fate entered the battlefield. But instead of directly attacking the Taotie Civilization's two large battle flagships, it immediately took out a frigate.
[Target frigate destroyed. Reacquiring strike trajectory.]
"What kind of weapon is that? Why have I never seen it before? Could it be..." Ge Xiaolun watched the weapon streak across the sky and blow up the ship he'd spent all his strength trying to destroy.
"That's a super-long-range weapon from Holy Keisha's arsenal. Pan Zhen said its maximum range is fifty light-years. It must be Su Xinghe. Now that we have a chance, we can counterattack." With Star Fate joining the battle, Lena immediately perked up and threw more than ten bombs at the Taotie soldiers.
"We're starting the beheading operation now. Star Fate has entered the battlefield. The Taotie may think the Angels' arrival means they should retreat quickly. Xiong Bing Lian, move out together and take down as many of their forces as possible."
"Ge Xiaolun, Qilin has been hit by the enemy sniper three times in a row. Go get her and take her to the rear, then come back and help surround the enemy." Qilin was a First Generation Super Soldier. After being hit by three consecutive sniper shots, she might die if they didn't get her out of there.
[Reconnect to the strike trajectory. Enable multiple strikes across the same space.]
Star Fate instantly split into forty copies and hammered the charging Taotie soldiers.
[Prince, the Taotie have 6,000 combat units. Star Fate's trajectory calculations and energy requirements draw on the sun. Would you like us to intervene and split their forces up for annihilation?] A Guardian Angel sent Su Xinghe a warning through Dark Communication. The sun was still young, and the energy Star Fate needed was negligible by comparison. But Earth had only one star. If anything happened to the sun, Earth would be left without one.
"No need. I'll pull out once this wave is over. They need to fight their own battles." Su Xinghe poured himself a cup of coffee and sat on the sofa, watching the virtual projection. The Taotie Civilization showed no sign of retreating. Instead, they intensified their assault on Xiong Bing Lian.
They had Zhao Xin pinned to the ground, beating him mercilessly. Cheng Yaowen and Qilin were gravely wounded. Lena was fighting despite her injuries and couldn't show her true strength. Ge Xiaolun knew nothing but charging in blindly. Only Sun Wukong was fighting a whole group by himself.
[Quickly analyze what that thing up ahead is! It killed more than 500 of our soldiers and destroyed four frigates in one minute.] [Reporting, Captain. Our current technology can't analyze it. We've sent the information to our king, Shi Hao. Our king passed it to My God Karl. My God Karl ordered us to leave Earth's atmosphere. There's a powerful being with at least a Third Generation God Body in Huaxia. The weapon up ahead is Star Fate, Holy Keisha's ultra-long-range strike weapon.] [There may be an Angel powerhouse involved. We can't keep operating like this in Huaxia. Find another place. They won't have Super Seminary or Xiong Bing Lian there.]
After receiving orders from the top, the Taotie vanguard's commanders didn't dare linger and immediately planned their escape. Holy Keisha was still around, and no one dared oppose the Angels. They couldn't sacrifice Taotie Civilization's soldiers without a second thought just for Earth.
"Leave the first and second squads behind. Everyone else, turn about and retreat immediately. We're no match for Earth's Super Seminary right now."
[There are only a few hundred left, along with two frigates. Fight them yourselves. I'll have Ryze give you a post-battle review. I won't be on Earth for quite a while, so handle things yourselves.]
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