They traced eerie paths through space and quickly caught up with the three Crystal Warships lagging behind.
"No!" the captains cried in despair.
The Small Devourers pounced on the warships and began devouring them frantically.
The crystal armor corroded instantly, and the energy cores within were drained dry.
The tens of thousands of warriors aboard were completely absorbed along with them.
Within seconds, the three warships vanished entirely, leaving not even wreckage behind.
"Captain! First officer!" Grief-stricken cries rang out from the surviving Crystal Warships.
The Orion Bio Fleet also suffered devastating losses.
Four Small Devourers surrounded and attacked the Bio-ship formation.
The organic armor's regenerative abilities proved utterly helpless against the power of the Void.
Once a Devourer touched a Bio-ship, it rapidly withered and died.
Its green organic tissue turned grayish-black before being completely absorbed.
"Our regeneration... has stopped working?" a Bio-ship captain said in horror.
"These Void Creatures counter our abilities!"
Five Bio-ships fell in succession, and the fleet's morale hit rock bottom.
The Cygnus Mechanical Legion activated its emergency jump systems.
The silver-white warships vanished instantly and reappeared a thousand kilometers away.
But even teleportation could not completely shake off their pursuers.
The Small Devourers were impossibly fast, almost able to keep pace with spatial jumps.
"Logic error!" the mechanical commander analyzed calmly. "Enemy movement speed exceeds projections!"
"Immediate withdrawal from the battlefield recommended!"
But where could they flee?
The entire Solar System was surrounded by the Void Devourer.
The Ancient Guardians' Craftworld warships tried attacking the Small Devourers with their Antimatter Annihilation Cannons.
Red beams struck their targets precisely, erupting in dazzling light.
But when the light faded, the Small Devourers were unharmed.
They had absorbed all the antimatter energy and even grown larger.
"Even the antimatter cannons are useless..." an Ancient Guardian said in