They traced bizarre paths through space and quickly caught up with the three lagging Crystal Warships.
"No!" the captains cried out in despair.
The Small Devourers pounced onto the warships and began devouring them frantically.
The crystal armor was instantly corroded, and the Energy Cores inside were drained dry.
Tens of thousands of warriors aboard were absorbed along with them.
The three warships vanished completely within seconds, leaving not even wreckage behind.
"Captain! First Officer!" the surviving Crystal Warships cried out in grief.
Orion's Biological Fleet also suffered devastating losses.
Four Small Devourers surrounded and attacked a formation of Biological Warships.
The regenerative abilities of their organic armor appeared utterly powerless before the force of the Void.
Once touched by a Devourer, a Biological Warship rapidly withered and died.
The green organic tissue turned ash-black before being completely absorbed.
"Our regenerative abilities... have failed?" a biological captain said in terror.
"These Void Creatures counter our abilities!"
Five Biological Warships fell in succession, and the Biological Fleet's morale plunged to rock bottom.
Cygnus's Mechanical Legion activated its emergency jump system.
The silver-white warships instantly vanished, reappearing a thousand miles away.
Yet even teleportation could not completely shake off the pursuit.
The Small Devourers were unbelievably fast, nearly able to keep pace with spatial jumps.
"Logical error!" the mechanical commander analyzed calmly. "The enemy's movement speed exceeds projections!"
"Immediate withdrawal from the battlefield is recommended!"
But where could they retreat to?
The entire Solar System was surrounded by the Void Devourer.
The Ancient Guardians' Ark Warship attempted to attack the Small Devourers with an Antimatter Annihilation Cannon.
A red beam struck its target with precision, erupting in dazzling light.
But when the light faded, the Small Devourers were completely unharmed.
They had fully absorbed the antimatter energy, and their bodies had grown