But Liu Zhipeng simply smiled.
He stretched out both hands, gathering C'tan Power in his palms.
Golden light burst from his body, forming an enormous shield. The instant any attack touched it, an invisible force warped and dismantled it.
"Impossible!" Fear finally crept into Galmak's voice. "A C'tan Shard couldn't possibly possess this degree of independent consciousness! What exactly are you..."
He was cut off again.
Liu Zhipeng had already passed through the barrage and appeared outside the flagship's bridge.
Their eyes met through the bridge's transparent shield.
Liu Zhipeng saw the green ghostly flames dancing in Galmak's eye sockets, brimming with shock and fury.
He grinned, then raised his middle finger.
"Fucker."
A second later, he slammed a fist into the bridge's shield.
Boom!
The shield shattered instantly. A tremendous shock wave swept across the entire bridge, blowing up the precision instruments and control consoles one after another. Galmak was hurled backward and slammed hard into the bulkhead.
Liu Zhipeng hovered outside the shattered opening, watching the bedraggled Phaeron with an ever-widening smile.
"Galmak, remember my face," he said. "You definitely don't recognize me right now, but that's fine. One day, you'll remember the terror of being ruled by the C'tan."
He raised a hand and formed a golden ball of energy.
At the sight of that energy ball, Galmak finally understood his intentions. He frantically activated his teleportation protocols, trying to escape the bridge.
But it was too late.
Liu Zhipeng tossed the energy ball inside.
"Bye-bye, pal~"
He waved, then vanished into the void in a flash.
Three seconds later, the energy ball exploded.
Golden light engulfed the entire bridge. The blast tore apart the flagship's upper structure, sending countless fragments flying in every direction.
Galmak teleported to an emergency compartment at the last moment. As he