The Star Origin's main cannon began charging. As a violent surge of energy spread outward, a terrifying beam tore through the void and struck one of the Tier Three War Centipedes!
Its terrifying power erupted. The War Centipede's defenses were slightly weaker than the Six-Legged Great Beetle's, and half its body was blown apart by the direct hit!
Its highly corrosive green blood and fragments of its hard shell flew in every direction. The nine remaining War Centipedes reacted swiftly, gathering a massive amount of energy.
Dodging the Zerg's bioenergy attacks, Ilde raised an eyebrow.
"Looks like the Starfire Humans blew up the biological battleship's biofield once before. Otherwise, how could it be so fragile?"
According to his calculations, if they accounted for the biological battleship's naturally powerful bio-shield (field), the Fierce Star cannon blast, which had only a seventy percent chance of success, shouldn't have been enough to kill the War Centipede outright.
Feng Xiao laughed heartily and piloted the Star Origin at full speed toward the remaining biological battleships. Without their shields, the War Centipedes posed almost no threat.
The four cannons pounded them at high speed. Violent explosions left several Tier Two War Centipedes reeling, and the biofields that had barely recovered dimmed once more.
But a swarm was still a swarm. Even after the sudden, powerful attack threw their formation into disarray, they quickly regained their combat readiness.
Four War Centipedes pressed through the cannon fire and latched onto the Star Origin, while the lone remaining Tier Three War Centipede and four Tier Two War Centipedes concentrated their fire!
Several beams with highly corrosive energy struck the Star Origin's side shields. The shield value, which had been as high as 6,000, suddenly plummeted!
[Shields: 4800]
Feng Xiao was startled. Just then, the Fierce Star Main Cannon's cooldown ended, and dazzling light converged as powerful energy fluctuations erupted.
The Zerg swarm's biological battleships paused, and even the three people aboard the Star Origin froze for a moment.
Artillery Master!
A triple-damage hit with an extremely low chance of occurring!
In the blink of an eye, a red beam with power that had surged to over four thousand tore through the entire biological fleet. Three or four Tier Two War Centipedes in its path, along with the Tier Three War Centipede that was its primary target, were struck.
They had no chance to resist. Most of their bodies were scattered and reduced to ash. The energy beam, after devastating the biological fleet, even wiped out a sprawling city full of Zerg on the planet in an instant!
It might have been only triple damage, but concentrating three times the energy into a single beam made its destructive power far more than three times greater!
With the Tier Three War Centipede—their main source of damage—gone, the four or five Tier Two War Centipedes were swiftly eliminated. From their arrival to the end of the battle, only forty minutes had passed!
"Are you sure the swarm won't send reinforcements?"
Wang Hao quickly replied, "The entire area around the planet is covered by Li-style Particles, so we've completely sealed it off."
Feng Xiao relaxed slightly. If a small swarm discovered their ambush, the Star Origin's combat strength wouldn't be enough to hold out for even five days.
"Then let's find that damned Zerg Queen. Deploy all the nuclear weapons immediately!"
Ilde nodded and opened the missile bay built into the hull. Ten oval-shaped, vector-thrust missiles detached at once and flew toward the planet's surface.
Seconds later, ten enormous pillars of light and mushroom clouds erupted across the planet, visible even from the Star Origin. Terrifying infrasound waves and scorching shockwaves swept across most of the surface!
The nuclear blasts totaled three billion tons of TNT equivalent, and they had all been detonated near major volcanoes and tectonic faults. The resulting destruction far exceeded their theoretical yield!
Within ten minutes, devastating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions swept across the land, while towering tsunamis surged toward the coast. Most of the Zerg soldiers were wiped out in a short time!
Only two days later, when all the aftershocks and major disasters had subsided, did the Star Origin slowly descend into the planet's stratosphere.
Ignoring the radiation streaming from the clouds, Feng Xiao and Wang Hao watched the scene with a mixture of awe and wonder.
At that moment, nearly ninety-five percent of the sky was covered in radioactive clouds. The oceans were still churning, and small earthquakes continued to shake the land from time to time.
Three billion tons of TNT equivalent, all from nuclear fusion bombs optimized to the utmost by interstellar technology. Though they had become "primitive weapons"—the shields of almost any planet could block such atomic weapons—there was no denying that, under the right conditions, their destructive power was still terrifying!
Ilde, however, sounded a little regretful. "If we could get our hands on antimatter or dark-matter missiles, it wouldn't be hard to blow this planet apart.
"If we were allowed to use restricted weapons, destroying an entire galaxy would be child's play."
Feng Xiao was at a loss for words.
If he could get his hands on those, he would've done so long ago. But they were all restricted military weapons. Even the Blue Crystal Federation had to import them to obtain a small supply.
And restricted weapons were even harder to come by.
He wanted to get his hands on the dimensional weapons and even the rule-based weapons of humanity's great powers.
Forget blowing up planets—he'd be happy just to use dimensional weapons to strike a non-Level Six civilization.
Faced with Ilde's eager expression, all he could do was say helplessly, "I'll let you try them out if we get the chance."
"Thank you, Captain!"
The usually composed Ilde was instantly thrilled.
Just then, after running for dozens of seconds, the Matrix finally found a suspected target.
[High-level energy signature detected!]
Only Zerg Queens gave off such a high-level energy signature, apart from the conspicuous Zerg Hives and high-tier Zerg units!
There were basically no high-tier units here, and the biological battleships left behind had been wiped out. There was no need to guess what the remaining high-level energy signature belonged to.
He had no interest in seeing the Zerg Queen's hideous appearance. Feng Xiao's expression was cool.
"Charge the main cannon. Prepare a starship strike!"
Ilde took control. The enormous cannon moved at high speed as countless energy particles gathered, then unleashed its devastating power over a canyon.
Energy waves spread in all directions. Every last thing within several kilometers, canyon included, was reduced to fundamental particles.
If they hadn't refrained from using an area attack, the Fierce Star Main Cannon could have leveled everything across hundreds of square kilometers!
Even so, the ensuing energy storm completely devastated the entire region for dozens of kilometers around.
There was no doubt about it. The target that had emitted the high-level energy signature had been completely erased!
[First Zerg Queen kill detected] [Starship evaluation complete] [Random title selection in progress... interference detected]
Ignoring the two men celebrating, Feng Xiao returned to the captain's quarters, anticipation written all over his face.
"Heart of Dawn!"
[Heart of Dawn (Repair: 5%) Scan: Not selected Lock-on: Not selected Analysis: Selecting title (Expand)]
He silently thought, Expand. An incredibly luxurious interface appeared before him...
[Selecting all titles you have a chance to obtain... Expanding... Legendary Title ×1 Epic Title ×1 ...]
"Show me only the Legendary Title!"
Feng Xiao ordered immediately. Titles sounded like powerful enhancement abilities, and their quality almost determined everything!
[Unique Title: Zerg Hunter] [Equipping this title immediately grants enhancements against Zerg units. You can also level it up and accumulate Hunter's Medals by hunting Zerg. Hunting Zerg units in the Main Universe also grants Star Points.] [Level: ★ (Title Level)] [(The following effects apply only against the Zerg) Attack: +50% Shields: +50% Star Weapon cooldown: -50% Temporarily gain the 'Zerg Bane' trait Effects: 1: While fighting the Zerg, shield and hull recovery speed, crew injury recovery speed, and vitality are multiplied by 500%. 2: While fighting the Zerg, attached armed forces gain +200% to all attributes. 3: Reduces all damage you take from the Zerg by 10%. 4: Allows your Matrix Star Weapon to precisely lock onto the coordinates of all important Zerg units or biological structures within the restricted range.] [Hunter's Medal: Has a chance to drop after killing a certain number of Zerg units or particularly powerful ones. Effect: Star Weapon quality ↑1 rank Note: Hunter's Medals obtained at the title's current level can only raise the quality of Star Weapons below red (red not included).]
"!!!"
Forget the increase in combat strength and attribute suppression when fighting the Zerg—Hunter's Medals alone made this title worthy of being called Legendary!
They could raise the quality of Star Weapons!
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