"So terrifying..." Neptune could not help trembling. "These warships are like living monsters..."
Uranus felt the pressure too. "The aura they give off... it's like death itself..."
Yet the two outer planets held their sentry positions, continuously relaying intelligence on the enemy ships' movements.
The first enemy force had already approached Pluto's orbit, and Jupiter warship JX-001 was racing at full speed to reinforce it.
The second enemy force began circling around Jupiter, where warship JX-002 was already waiting in orbit.
The third enemy force, personally led by Karax, was closing in on Earth. Warship JX-003 and the Seven-Colored Star Fortress stood ready.
The entire Solar System entered its highest state of combat readiness.
The consciousness network linking the eight planets was fully activated, and every planet was working at full capacity.
Tens of millions of Earth warriors stood ready for battle.
Millions of weapons from Mars had been distributed.
A million Saturn artillery batteries aimed at the approaching enemy.
This would be an ultimate war that determined whether their civilization survived or perished.
Pluto's orbit, 10 a.m.
The fifty warships of the Void Hunters' first battle group were the first to reach the Solar System's border.
The dark fleet blotted out the stars like storm clouds, each warship radiating a terrifying aura that threatened to devour everything.
But this time, Pluto was not fighting alone.
Twelve Jupiter superwarships already stood ready in orbit. Each was twenty kilometers long, as imposing as a steel behemoth.
"Solar System Defense Force, prepare to engage!" Luffy's voice reached every warship through quantum communications.
The captains of these Jupiter warships were all Awakened Ones from Earth. After a month of emergency training, they could already operate these interstellar warships proficiently.
"Captain Luffy of the warship Freedom, requesting permission to sortie!"
"Captain Ace of the