It was the last day.
The Great Khan had demanded Xi Yan's surrender, but Xi Yan had dragged things out until the very last day of the deadline before explicitly refusing.
During that time, he had completed all his fleet deployments. Everything was ready for his decisive battle with the Great Khan.
The entire universe was watching.
Xi Yan finally stopped avoiding battle, deployed all the fleets he had prepared over the years, and waited for the Great Khan to attack.
Furious, the Great Khan finally sounded the Drums of War again.
Five enormous fleet groups entered the Hyperlane, heading for the Interstellar Human Military Junta's border system.
They could never have imagined what a magnificent gift Xi Yan had prepared for them.
It was an impregnable defensive line formed by countless fleets and Defense Stations, an insurmountable barrier for the Great Khan.
Any attack on the Interstellar Human Military Junta had to pass through this one system. The advantageous terrain Xi Yan had secured in the beginning proved its worth once again.
"Xi Yan..."
On the Khan's Throne, Hydra spoke softly, the radiance of the Shroud flickering in their eyes.
I'm at your border. Where are you?!
Whispers from the Shroud rang out in their mind, accompanied by endless echoes.
"Kill him, kill him, kill him..."
"Embrace reincarnation, reincarnation, reincarnation..."
"Bring the end, the end, the end..."
Hydra's nine heads shifted positions, each displaying a different expression, yet all were filled with pain.
"Enough! Shut up! I know!"
"I will! I'll kill him myself! I'll destroy his empire, but before that-get out of my head!"
Panting heavily, Hydra angrily blasted an approaching Brugan Necroid away with psionics.
The whispers in their mind finally subsided a little.
The surrounding Necroids stared at them with identical purple eyes and began to