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Bad news followed one after another, and Dialo's dark red lava face seemed to cool and turn dark blue, but reality didn't care about his mood.

The second Mature Form was less injured than the first of its kind, and it still retained some mobility after releasing all the passengers.

The close-combat destructive power of a 300-meter-tall Mature Form is far beyond that of Mature Form that is only 70 or 80 meters long, or even Larval Form that is less than 20 meters long.

With its tentacles reaching nearly 200 meters in length, a single sweep of flashing blue arcs of Electric Arc can clear away a large area of various defensive weapons protruding from the ship's hull, eliminating the need for the cumbersome process of removing them.

This is Rowan's Combat Technique's "Sweeping the Universe," a move with a powerful name and simple movements. The condition for using it is that the body is large enough and the arms (wrists and feet) are long enough.

The sight of the monsters wreaking havoc on the warship reminded Rowan of movies featuring deep-sea monsters attacking cruise ships.

"Full speed, get out of here!" Dialo roared.

"Your Highness, given the current Repulsion Field, with the main and secondary artillery, Laser Defense Array, and Close-In Weapon System all operational, we don't have enough energy to power the engines to full capacity," Aslite whispered a reminder.

"XXX (a vulgar expression used by the Duoqi Race, automatically censored)! Shut down the Repulsion Field! Shut down the Laser Defense Array!" Both of these are energy-intensive. The Laser Defense Array is almost useless against the Swarm's Biological Armor, so shutting it down is normal.

However, with the Repulsion Field closed, the environment within the galaxy is complex. Even at half the speed of light, let alone one-twentieth, it would still be fraught with danger; the slightest obstacle could destroy the warship and kill everyone on board. Therefore, Aslite raised the question, "Even so, we will still be in great danger."

"It's alright. What we need now is to get the warships moving. The Reactive Armor is enough to handle low-intensity collisions. As long as we create some distance, we'll have more reaction time. Whether we fight or retreat, we'll have the initiative! Main guns that are currently at a loss for firing angles, clear the path ahead with all your might!"

Once sufficient energy is obtained, the engine starts at full power, and the energy beams ejected by the thrusters become longer and longer. The warship is not a missile, so the full-power interstellar engine will accelerate the warship to one percent of the speed of light for a short period of time, and then continue to accelerate over a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers, eventually reaching a maximum speed exceeding half the speed of light.

However, now Dialo only needs the initial speed, a speed that severely tests the capabilities of the Reactive Armor. But in just half a minute, the warship can create a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, allowing him to regain the initiative.

Dialo's escape was quite obvious, Swarm naturally knew the consequences of creating distance. Once they let them escape here, the Zerg Swarm, lacking a speed advantage, would likely have little chance of annihilating them in the vast expanse of space. If they continued to wage guerrilla warfare like flies, it would be quite annoying.

The 300-meter-tall Mature Form, which was frolicking around, suddenly stopped, then quickly retracted its tentacles to brace against the warship, and compressed its body inward. Then, blue Electric Arc erupted from its entire body, and a scorching aura filled the void.

Suddenly, it forcefully pulled its tentacles backward, and its entire body shot out like a spring. The enormous recoil caused the warships behind it to shift their positions.

At the same time, its plasma thrusters activated, and with dual acceleration, it sped toward the Doria.

The Swarm had witnessed the transfer of all the smaller vehicles to this ship after the flagship was destroyed. Although the Blade didn't know it was a flagship and a frigate, they could still deduce something from its size.

Therefore, when faced with a situation where only one warship could be launched, and the choice was to take a gamble, the Doria naturally became the target.

"Stop it!" Dialo's voice changed, his three eyes bloodshot, revealing a mixture of ruthlessness, frustration, disbelief, and fear.

In fact, at this distance, they can't even stop Mature Form under 100 meters, let alone a behemoth like this one that's 300 meters long.

The Mature Form, still in the air, assumed a pose, its two giant tentacles, each over 200 meters long, crackling with electricity, slamming heavily onto the Doria. The enormous impact not only sent Dialo and the Duoqi People inside the ship flying, but also caused sparks to fly from many instruments on the control panel.

However, the recoil also took its toll on the Mature Form. Even with the electromagnetic field protecting it, its two tentacles were shattered and torn apart, rendering them temporarily useless. But Mature Form has more than ten tentacles, so losing two is not a big deal. It can grow back after sunbathing.

This heavy hammer blow is actually a basic move of the Rowan's Combat Technique - Face Smash, but the Pincer Limb have been replaced with wrists and feet, making it much more powerful, but the essence is still the same.

Although the Face Smash didn't land directly on Dialo's face, it still stunned him from a distance. He shook his head, about to say something, when suddenly the ship's cabin shook violently again.

"XXX! What's going on!" Dialo roared.

Aslite, knocked to the ground by the previous barrage of attacks, didn't bother to get up. After checking the information, she immediately reported, "Your Highness, it's the third Octopus Monster. It destroyed our right main thruster." The Duoqi Race didn't know what the Octopus Monster was called in the Swarm, so the data gave them the name given by the Riken Race. Therefore, they also called the Space Octopus "Octopus Monster."

"XXX!" Dialo cursed. "Ignore them! Keep going, go as far as you can!"

Despite the series of setbacks, his mind remained clear. Continuing to entangle here would only result in more and more Octopus Monster being thrown at Zerg by the Zerg. These things were simply unfair; a marksman being caught in close combat by a tanky assassin was unplayable. He could only create distance, cut off the Zerg reinforcements, and then deal with them slowly later.

But his wishful thinking was far too optimistic. There were two 300-meter-long Mature Form currently on the Doria, and the third Mature Form had released a large number of smaller Mature Form and Larval Form. The fourth Mature Form was about to arrive, and the fifth was already on its way.

In this situation, it's unclear where Dialo got the confidence to ignore them. The other warships might be able to escape, but the Doria was definitely not going to get away.

Two 300-meter- Mature Form, one on each side, climbed to the stern and took out the port and central main propellers. Although the resulting explosions further damaged them, their mission was accomplished.

The Doria is completely out of commission.

The chain reaction caused by the explosion of the three main propellers at the stern engulfed the entire rear half of the Doria in flames. Although the ship's artificial intelligence immediately sealed off the affected compartments, the explosion continued to spread, and various circuits were damaged.

It was only a matter of time before the Doria was evacuated and damaged.