Lin Fan led the others out of the wreckage of the assault ship, then turned and waved a hand.
The wreckage vanished into thin air, sucked whole into his Space Ring.
Whether the assault ship's laser main cannon was damaged didn't matter. He could have 101 check it once they got back.
When he was done, Lin Fan led the slaves back to the X-101.
Settling into the wide, comfortable captain's chair once more, Lin Fan casually wiped the Star Pirate leader's Space Ring with the hem of his clothes. A grin spread across his face.
This was the fortune of a Star Pirate captain!
A Star Pirate gang bold enough to prey on others around the outskirts of Qiu Long Planet had to have spent years filling that ring with loot. It was bound to be a fortune!
"As long as it covers the cost of repairing the X-101 and the supplies we used, we'll come out ahead."
He took a deep breath and eagerly extended a thread of Spiritual Force, ready to count his bountiful spoils.
But the instant Lin Fan's Spiritual Force touched the ring—
BEEP!!!
BEEP!!!
BEEP!!!
The main control room, whose lights had already returned to normal, erupted without warning into another ear-splitting, high-level alarm!
Lin Fan snapped his head up and asked,
"What's going on?!"
"Warning! Three ships are rapidly approaching!"
"Their approach was concealed in the radar's blind spot, and they used the asteroid belt to disguise themselves perfectly! They are now less than three hundred kilometers from this vessel!"
"There is no time to evade! The enemy has locked onto us!"
As 101 delivered its report, the image on the holographic screen changed instantly.
Deep within the asteroid belt where the Star Pirate assault ship had been hiding, three enormous warships emerged