He Xi Joins the Battle

At the outskirts of the Asteroid Belt, twelve carriers warped in near the Phoenix Fighter formation behind the Trigonians.

The Star Shuttle and Death occupied the center. Nine thousand six hundred interceptors deployed, and the entire Protoss fleet joined the battle, instantly leaving Variegated Blue stunned.

Compared to the Phoenix Fighters, these interceptors were somewhat smaller and less heavily armed, and their speed lagged even further behind. However, their numbers were enough to compensate for those shortcomings.

Countless dazzling bursts of light bloomed through the pitch-black void, like a beautiful painting concealing endless killing intent beneath its captivating brilliance.

"Warriors, defeat these Trigonians! Fight for Aiur!"

Shen Jun's voice rang out within every Protoss vessel. The Protoss' fighting spirit surged, and they piloted their warships with even greater ferocity.

"Fight for Aiur!"

Leading more than two thousand four hundred undamaged Phoenix Fighters, Talandar rampaged through the Trigonian swarm, attacking as he flew. The one thousand five hundred Void Rays never ceased firing, their Prism Beams powerful enough to destroy any enemy.

Before long, more than ten thousand Trigonians had been slain.

The Protoss offensive was unstoppable!

Variegated Blue flew into a rage. Did they really think the Trigonians were so easy to bully?

Its subordinates were useless. What should it do?

It decided to take the field itself!

Variegated Blue was not only a powerful Second Generation Trigonians Warrior, but was also not far from becoming a god. Its intervention placed more pressure on the Protoss than a thousand first-generation Trigonian warriors.

Its body expanded until it stretched over a thousand meters long, becoming the largest entity on the battlefield.

Its hide was incredibly tough. It charged recklessly through the Asteroid Belt, and every meteor it struck shattered into pieces.

Variegated Blue was faster than the other Trigonians. The Protoss had not expected its sudden counterattack, and it destroyed more than a thousand Photon Cannons in one blow.

That was the downside of having asteroids packed too densely together. The meteors Variegated Blue shattered scattered in every direction, sending even more meteors flying out and destroying a large number of Photon Cannons.

Building defenses on meteors was convenient, but it was also highly dangerous. Fortunately, Photon Cannons were cheap. Even if all ten thousand were destroyed, Shen Jun would not feel heartbroken as long as Variegated Blue's army was annihilated.

"Warriors, watch out for that giant Trigonian! It can control meteors. Do not let yourselves get hit! Get away from the Asteroid Belt now!"

Tassadar immediately noticed that not all the scattered meteors had flown out naturally. Many of their trajectories were clearly being controlled, and their speed and destructive power were absurd. Enhanced by Variegated Blue's mental power, those meteors were practically no weaker than fusion bombs. This convinced him that Variegated Blue could control a massive number of meteors, and he immediately warned the troops to avoid them.

However, they were still one step too late.

Variegated Blue's mental power had already surpassed the ordinary stage of telekinetic manipulation. It controlled thousands of asteroids and sent them crashing toward the Protoss fleet.

The meteors here were far too densely packed. Although Selandis had ordered the Void Ray formation to warp out the moment Tassadar issued his warning, five hundred Void Rays were ultimately destroyed.

Fortunately, the Void Rays came equipped with warp systems. The Protoss inside were warped to the various carriers, and no casualties occurred.

Damn, my Void Rays!

Seeing the scene before him, Shen Jun's heart ached fiercely. Although this Protoss fleet appeared immensely powerful, it had been forcibly assembled with an enormous quantity of resources. Moreover, due to time constraints, its specifications had not actually reached the proper standards. But there was no alternative. From mining to refining materials to manufacturing, there were simply too many steps involved. Shen Jun had started from nothing and did not even have a complete production chain, so he could only use these semi-finished warships.

Even so, in order to build those one thousand five hundred Void Rays, five thousand Phoenix Fighters, and ten carriers, one of Aiur's three Crystal Mineral veins had been completely mined out!

And in order to speed up construction, nearly half the resources had been wasted.

Shen Jun felt as if his heart were bleeding, but he could not show it on the battlefield. Outwardly, his face remained expressionless, while inwardly, he was already weeping.

"My... children... of Variegated Blue... begin the counterattack!"

For no apparent reason, every Trigonian's body began expanding by three to five times. As if drugged, they madly attacked the Photon Cannons across the Asteroid Belt.

The suppressive fire from those cannons had made it impossible for the Trigonians to advance even a step.

After sacrificing the lives of more than four thousand Trigonians, all ten thousand Photon Cannons were destroyed.

"Templar, do not stop the offensive!"

Only a little over twenty thousand Trigonians remained, while the Protoss still had two thousand Phoenix Fighters, one thousand Void Rays, and four hundred Arbiters.

"Hierarch, the Phoenix Fighter pilots who had previously fallen unconscious have awakened and request permission to return to the battlefield!"

Talandar delivered a piece of good news to Shen Jun.

Shen Jun first confirmed that the Protoss could fight normally before agreeing. After all, Protoss lives were far more important than anything else.

The fresh force of two thousand five hundred Phoenix Fighters added considerable strength to the Protoss fleet.

Because of Variegated Blue's outburst, the battle gradually fell into a stalemate. To defend against the meteors, the Protoss vessels no longer conserved energy and activated their psionic shields at full power.

The Arbiters could connect to Aiur's Psionic Matrix, serving as energy hubs that continuously supplied power to the other Protoss vessels.

At that moment, on an asteroid orbiting Blai Star, He Xi was too stunned to speak.

She had watched the battle from the moment Talandar launched the first wave of surprise attacks. Whether it was the excessively fast Phoenix Fighters, the Arbiters that could cloak nearby forces, the devastating Void Rays, or the colossal carriers, the strength of every Protoss vessel had exceeded her expectations.

The Angel Civilization had to seize this powerful ally, the Protoss!

At that moment, He Xi's mindset underwent a tremendous change. At first, she had intended to make the Protoss a subordinate civilization of the angels, but now she had placed them on equal footing.

Seeing the battlefield fall into a deadlock, He Xi could no longer sit still. She knew it was time for her to join the battle.

Opening a micro-wormhole, He Xi entered it. The other end of the wormhole led directly to the battlefield between the Protoss and the Trigonians.

"Report, Hierarch. An unidentified wormhole has been detected and is about to open on the battlefield. It may be enemy reinforcements. Should we activate the Time-Space Force Field to close the wormhole?"

The pilot of an Arbiter connected to the Star Shuttle.

Shen Jun smiled faintly. If his guess was correct, He Xi had arrived. If she knew that the Protoss could seal wormholes within the star system at any time, she probably would not dare travel through wormholes so casually.

"Ignore it. That should be Angel He Xi. She is considered an ally. Do not attack her."

"Yes, Hierarch."

He Xi emerged from the wormhole, completely unaware that she had nearly been trapped inside it.

"Protoss, I am Angel He Xi. I have come to help you defeat the Trigonians!"

He Xi drew her Flame Sword. Her snow-white wings began to beat, and the Wings of Time and Space granted angels the ability to fly at high speed through the universe. At full speed, she could rival a Phoenix Fighter.

When dark energy flowed into the Flame Sword, it emitted a flame-like radiance. Its hardness and sharpness increased dramatically, and it also gained the ability to damage genes.

Wounds carved into the Trigonians by the Flame Sword not only could not heal, but continued spreading damage.

As expected of one of the Angel Civilization's foremost combatants, He Xi killed Trigonians with practiced ease, every strike landing on a vital point.

Though she could not turn the tide of the entire battlefield, she gradually became a point of breakthrough.