Another Surprise

Caught off guard, over three thousand Trigonians were hit, their bodies torn open with several four to five-meter-long wounds, and dark blood sprayed from the injuries.

The Trigonians' brains are more evolved than the God River Bodies, and their brain nerves are naturally more developed. Consequently, the sensation of pain transmitted to the brain is clearer and more intense.

Thus, under the stimulation of pain, many Trigonians' mental power began to spiral out of control, and massive mental shocks radiated in all directions, stunning many pilots through the Phoenix Fighter's hull.

Hundreds of Phoenix Fighter pilots fell unconscious, causing their fighters to suddenly stop operating and travel in a uniform straight line due to inertia. Then, the Arbiter squadron quickly opened a warp rift and warped the out-of-control Phoenix Fighters back to a safe location.

Only a dozen or so were unlucky enough to collide with drifting meteorites and were sacrificed.

In the first round of attacks, several hundred Trigonians died, and three thousand were injured. The Protoss side lost seventeen Phoenix Fighters, and over ninety Phoenix Fighters lost combat capability, but were spared by being warped into the stealth field by the Arbiters in time.

"Archbishop, the Trigonians' mental attacks are indeed difficult to deal with. Although they won't destroy our ships, they will cause our warriors to lose consciousness."

Talandar was not satisfied with this wave of results, but he didn't have any good solutions.

After listening to Talandar's report, Shen Jun pondered for a moment and said, "You mean we should proceed with the next step of the plan now?"

"That's right. Although the Phoenix Fighters can deal a lot of damage to the Trigonians, it takes at least twenty consecutive hits to kill one."

"The Trigonians' counterattack is very strong, and the results the Phoenix Fighters can achieve will be very limited. There's no point in continuing to entangle like this."

Shen Jun nodded and said, "I'll leave the front line to you. You can decide for yourself whether to speed up the plan, and you don't need to ask me for instructions."

"Haha, then rest assured, Archbishop. Compared to the Zerg, these Trigonians are nothing."

Having obtained Shen Jun's authorization, Talandar let go of his hands and feet. He first had the Arbiter units open all the warp rifts and warp out all the Phoenix Fighters mixed in the Trigonian army.

Then, he had the Arbiters retreat at full speed, while the Phoenix Fighter squadrons covered the rear.

The Trigonians' speed was far inferior to the Phoenixes. Under Talandar's leadership, five thousand Phoenixes opened fire at full power, circling the outer perimeter of the Trigonians to attack, no longer trying to rush into the Trigonian formation.

As a result, only the outer ring of Trigonians would be attacked, and they could only be beaten without being able to fight back.

However, the overall advance of the Trigonian army did not slow down. The Phoenix Fighters could only play a harassing and consuming role, especially after the Trigonians activated their mental barriers, it took multiple strikes for the Negative Charge Ion Cannons to break through.

Soon, the Trigonian army was about to enter the central area between Kaya Star and Midir Star, where there was a vast Asteroid Belt, with over ten million asteroids of varying sizes forming a vast and dense ring.

The ring, centered on the Aiur star system's sun, surrounded Midir, Aiur, and Char.

"Variegated Blue... King... enemy... speed too... fast, our army... can't... keep up."

"Don't... mind... them... there's an... Asteroid Belt... ahead... very large... there... they... won't dare... to fly so fast..."

"Those light warships... can't stop... our... attack."

From near Kaya Star to here, the Trigonians had already lost more than five thousand, while the Phoenix Fighters, having changed their tactics, had only lost more than two thousand in combat power, with less than five hundred actually destroyed.

The Trigonian army, annoyed by the Phoenix Fighters' harassment, rushed towards the Asteroid Belt as if they had seen a savior, increasing their speed several times over.

Strangely, Tassadar did not allow the Phoenix Fighter squadrons to fully intercept the Trigonians' advance, but coldly watched the Variegated Blue army enter the Asteroid Belt.

At this time, Variegated Blue felt something was wrong, but his developed brain quickly gave a reasonable explanation: the enemy commander was wise, knowing that light warships were useless in a place full of meteorites.

If the speed was too fast, it would be easy to crash into meteorites and destroy the ships and kill the crew, and if the speed was reduced, the advantage of light ships would be lost.

Therefore, pilots with a little experience would not drill into the Asteroid Belt.

However, as soon as more than twenty thousand Trigonians entered the Asteroid Belt, ten thousand brilliant light spheres flew out from all over the asteroid belt and gently struck the Trigonians' bodies.

"There's an ambush!"

Variegated Blue immediately realized what had felt off to it earlier and quickly ordered the situation to be stabilized.

"Go, Templars!"

"Shadow Guard, kill all enemies before you!"

Another two hundred Arbiters appeared, along with fifteen hundred Void Rays, under the leadership of the Purification and the Prophet.

Selandis and Vorazun simultaneously issued the order for a full-scale attack.

Not only that, but Photon Cannons were built on every few asteroids in the Asteroid Belt. The attack range of ten thousand cannons spanned hundreds of kilometers, easily covering more than forty thousand Trigonians.

The Void Ray is the most widely used capital ship of the Protoss. Its firepower exceeds that of the Phoenix Fighter, and its cost is much lower than heavy warships such as Carriers and Tempest, making it the most numerous type of warship in the Golden Armada.

Fifteen hundred prism beams shot from the front of the Void Rays into the Trigonians, completely penetrating one in less than a minute.

Once pierced by the prism beam, the Purification Psionic Energy and Void Psionic Energy contained within the beam would react violently within the Trigonians, creating a massive explosion.

Fifteen hundred Trigonians died on the spot, none surviving.

At the same time, Selandis's Purification Carrier also launched an offensive. The bays inside the Carrier opened their hatches, and eight hundred unmanned interceptors flew out, plasma cannons venting freely on the Trigonians.

The Carrier's main guns also fired non-stop, the full-power output of the planet-destroying main guns clearing a blank line with each shot.

This offensive caused heavy losses to the Trigonians, and the Photon Cannon's suppressive fire caused Variegated Blue a great deal of trouble.

"Damn it... what... kind of... race... are they... they were... prepared..."

Variegated Blue was furious. It was determined to become the king of all Trigonians civilizations, how could it lose in an inexplicable war?

It still couldn't figure out where these people in front of it came from and why they were ambushing its army.

"Artanis, it's time."

Tassadar observed the battle, now was the best time to enter.

"Carrier squadrons, listen to my command, warp into the battlefield, the final battle begins!"

"In this battle, we will achieve the greatest results with the least losses, and let the known universe see the glory of our Protoss!"

"All troops, attack!"

"For Aiur!"