Feng Xiao in Trouble

[All captains, prepare yourselves. The enemy's position has been locked. The military warships will take you all to the front line in a group teleport.

Get ready for combat!]

[Teleportation countdown: 5...3, 2, 1]

One of the Star-Land Class warships suddenly blazed with white light, instantly enveloping the entire fleet before it vanished amid a distortion of space!

As expected of Alliance Military warships. Even the most basic Star-Land Class warship in the military had a powerful group Star Weapon like this.

Watching the layers of spatial currents stream past, Feng Xiao grew curious.

He'd heard that anyone who joined the Alliance Military would have their warship affected by the passive skill of some bigwig's military warship, granting it 50% more Star Weapon slots than a standard warship of the same level!

He wondered if that could stack with his own fourfold Star Weapon slots...

"No, no."

Feng Xiao shook the thought from his head. Wasn't that tantamount to giving up on his dream of becoming an explorer?

Besides, his dad was strongly against him enlisting.

In a flash, the spatial fluctuations quickly subsided, and a strange fleet came into view.

Besides the three traitor warships, each bizarre in its own way, there were dozens of warships two thousand meters tall, shaped like upright crescent moons.

They seemed stunned by the fleet's sudden arrival and didn't attack right away.

The fleet showed no mercy. Almost the instant it emerged from the group jump, it began charging its weapons. By the time the enemy fleet reacted, hundreds of attacks were already hurtling toward them!

Dozens of main cannon blasts were mixed in!

Just as the attacks were about to hit, one of the rebel warships erupted with a shockwave. It swept over the incoming fire, dimming its light slightly.

But the attacks still struck their targets. A terrifying energy storm gathered and erupted, and the resulting torrent of raging energy swept across tens of millions of kilometers in an instant!

Asteroids and meteorites caught in the blast shattered with a roar, crushed into dust!

Watching the astonishing sight, Feng Xiao's eyes widened. It was his first time taking part in a battle like this.

He'd seen a war on an even larger scale, but that had been a free-for-all, with nothing like a coordinated warship volley.

There was no denying the power of a warship volley. It couldn't compare to free-for-all combat.

But it had major drawbacks. When focusing fire, the fleet was vulnerable to attacks from other directions, and its ability to counterattack dropped while charging.

The drawbacks of charging the whole fleet were too great.

As the energy storm dissipated, not a single enemy warship had been lost. Still, the shields of every warship had dropped by at least 30%!

The fleet didn't hesitate. It swiftly closed in on the enemy, each ship picking a target and attacking without giving them a moment to recover.

"Keep the core main cannon steadily charging. Fire the other three main cannons in rotation, and use the interference beam to lock down the enemy's core main cannon for now!"

The military's Star-Land Class warships quickly pinned down the three traitor ships and began trading fire in a straightforward, brutal slugging match.

Energy missiles, nearly a hundred powerful ship cannons, and main cannons engulfed a huge area around the battlefield in their blasts.

Every so often, a main cannon blast would sweep past, leaving the elite captains nearby drenched in cold sweat.

"The captain has a talent that reduces the power of our focused attacks by 15%. We don't know the limitations, but it has to be at least a red-tier talent." As he gradually gained the upper hand against the flying-saucer-shaped warship, the military captain lamented, "What a shame."

"Still, that's all it can do. Let's finish them off and wrap this up. Captain Wang!" said the younger military captain, unimpressed. Then he called out.

"On it!"

At the same time, all the Alliance warships taking part in the battle received a notification.

[You are now within the coverage of a Starship skill]

[Temporary enhancement granted]

[Attack attribute +20%

Defense attribute +20%

Buffer time -20%]

The firepower of every warship visibly surged at once, completely suppressing the enemy ships.

Feng Xiao himself only received the attack and buffer time bonuses. His defense wasn't enhanced.

"So there are restrictions," Feng Xiao said regretfully, then continued his fierce assault on the Crescent Warship in front of him.

He didn't bother with maneuvering or fancy tactics. He simply chased down the two enemy warships and pounded them!

Ship cannons and missiles kept hammering the two Crescent Warships. Every minute, the Fierce Star Main Cannon fired another shot!

Under such a fierce assault, the Crescent Warships were forced to keep moving.

Meanwhile, the Star Origin barely reacted to the four purple beams fired by the two Crescent Warships. It didn't even bother dodging.

Each beam from a Crescent Warship dealt 1,500 damage. Most elite warships had shields under 20,000, so three hits could usually break an elite warship's shields.

And each attack had a 60-second cooldown...

Well, before each attack, the Star Origin just happened to recover all the damage it had taken.

With the Star Origin's head-on fighting style, the two Crescent Warships, whose shields were low, were soon on the verge of collapse under its relentless pursuit.

Its ferocious fighting style caught the attention of many warships.

[That defense is incredible!]

[It seems to have an ability that weakens attacks, too.]

[Its attack power is up to the standard of an elite warship. It's not quite at the veteran elite level, but still very impressive.]

[Ugh, thinking about my kid's ship, should I just scrap it and start over?]

[Agreed. Are new accounts expensive?]

[...]

"Captain Wang, the new-generation captain of this warship is quite something."

"Captain Li, you came from the Alliance's inner regions. What do you think of this new-generation captain?" Captain Wang asked with a hearty laugh, curious.

Captain Li sounded astonished. "To reach this level in just a few months makes him a first-rate genius captain, even in the inner regions.

"His talent is most likely orange-tier, above red. It might even be gold-tier.

"But looking at his warship's serial number, he must be in a recently developed frontier region."

"Oh?"

Captain Wang raised his eyebrows, already considering how to bring Feng Xiao into his military district.

How many major powers could there be in a frontier region, and what resources could they provide?

The Alliance's military districts were another matter. Their annual funding was enough to be a headache, and they never lacked the resources needed for warships. They even received a batch of decent Star Weapons every year.

They couldn't offer resources as rich as the major powers, since they had so many new-generation captains. But if you proved your worth, you could pick whatever high-quality Star Weapon you wanted!

"I'll see if I can recruit him after the battle."

Muttering to himself, he kept firing without mercy.

The Alliance Military's Star-Land Class warships used standard military equipment. Their weapons were powerful and high-quality, and could even stack damage.

They quickly suppressed the enemy traitor ships.

Meanwhile, Feng Xiao broke through one Crescent Warship's shields. He showed no concern for wasting missiles, and destroyed the warship in under a minute with a barrage of missiles and ship cannons.

Suddenly, the two remaining traitor warships went berserk for some reason. They charged straight toward the Star Origin, taking the military warships' relentless barrage head-on.

Their two core main cannons charged, while the other main cannons and over a hundred ship cannons opened fire in unison!

Their combined firepower exceeded 50,000!

Keep in mind, when a high-level warship attacked a warship far below its level, the damage it inflicted far exceeded what the displayed attack values suggested!

After all, Star-Land Class warships and above were bound to have relevant skills or enhancements.

No matter how powerful a low-level warship's skills were, they couldn't make it immune to a warship more than two major stages above it!

A Star-Land Class warship's 50,000 attack power was enough to destroy the Star Origin!

"Not good!"

"Damn it!"

The military warships were instantly horrified and unleashed their full firepower without restraint!

But even that couldn't stop them!

Feng Xiao's expression changed, too. "Storm Piercer, upgrade to Lv. 5! Activate the ultra-short-range instant jump!"