Yu Xiao had aimed the gun batteries at the incoming homing missiles almost the instant the alarm sounded.
But the limited range of their vertical adjustment made it impossible for him to hit the targets!
At the transport ship's speed, no matter how it maneuvered, all seven missiles would hit the hull with pinpoint accuracy.
On top of the damage the ship had sustained while passing through the eruption zone, a direct hit from this salvo would tear the entire vessel apart in midair!
In the blink of an eye, Yu Xiao made an extraordinarily bold decision!
Xingtian clenched the giant axe in his hand and leaped straight off the top of the ship!
"Xingtian!!" the captain shouted his name over the comms, but Yu Xiao had no time to respond.
Howling air battered Xingtian's frame, while sparks rising from the black ground repeatedly grazed past him.
The seven spiraling missiles were already right in front of him!
[Target locked]
"Fire!"
Another belt-fed chain of huge-caliber metal rounds was pushed into the barrels. The eight heavy autocannons rotated on their linked mounts and fired at the approaching targets!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Several flashes of light pierced three missiles in flight, detonating the high-energy explosives inside them on the spot!
The next second, Xingtian passed through the black smoke from the explosions and turned his frame toward the transport ship, now getting farther and farther away.
Bam! Bam!
Two more missiles were hit by the autocannon fire and burst apart in midair!
Just then, Xingtian's angle of descent exceeded the autocannons' maximum vertical range, leaving him unable to keep firing!
Yu Xiao could only watch as the remaining two missiles slammed into the transport ship, instantly destroying the engines on either side of the hull!
By now, the transport ship had