He Xi's kill efficiency was not as high as that of the Void Ray, but it surpassed the Phoenix Fighters. Relying on her high mobility, she slaughtered Trigonians left and right.
The Protoss fleet had completely withdrawn from the Asteroid Belt. There was plenty of space between the Trigonians, and the Phoenix Fighters used their speed to attack alongside He Xi while evading incoming attacks through the gaps.
Meanwhile, the Void Rays relied on long-range strikes, attacking the Trigonians from the rear. The carriers held the same position, their Planet Destroyer Cannons continuously firing at the enemy. Among them, the three flagships—the Star Shuttle, Purification, and Death—focused all their fire on Variegated Blue.
Variegated Blue gathered its psychic power into a massive shield that protected itself. The shield's defenses were extremely strong; even the main guns of the three flagships would struggle to break through it in a short time.
As the Protoss and Trigonians fell into fierce crossfire, a gaze hidden in the shadows calmly watched the battlefield, observing its prey.
Zeratul was a patient hunter. He understood how to seize the right moment for a single fatal strike. Upon receiving the mission to assassinate Variegated Blue, he had piloted the Void Seeker into the Trigonian ranks, hiding in the dark and observing Variegated Blue's every move.
No Trigonian had detected his presence, and even the Protoss knew nothing of his plan.
The Void Seeker possessed the ability to create illusions. Zeratul had boldly disguised it as a Trigonian, blending into their ranks and gradually approaching Variegated Blue's position.
And now, he was incredibly close to Variegated Blue. The final obstacle was breaking the shield before him.
I can use the Void Seeker to scan this shield's data, then send it to Kerasul. Perhaps he can find a way to break it...
Zeratul pondered.
As soon as the thought occurred to him, he acted. He immediately activated the Void Seeker's analysis system. This Xel'naga relic ship possessed much black technology, such as the Xel'naga psionic scanner Zeratul was currently using. It easily finished scanning the shield, and countless garbled data strings appeared on the display. This was all the data of Variegated Blue's psychic shield.
In fact, the Void Seeker's analysis system could decrypt and analyze this encrypted data. However, it required a high level of skill. Three-hundred-year-old Zeratul had only acquired this ship recently and had yet to fully understand all of its functions.
Zeratul could only send the data to Kerasul on Aiur and have him decrypt it.
Within the Fleet Beacon, Kerasul was likewise keeping watch over every change in the situation while shouldering the logistical burden of remotely supplying energy. Whenever severely wounded but surviving Protoss warriors warped back to Aiur, the medical center's supplies also depended on him.
The information Zeratul uploaded filled him with wild joy. The toughest nut to crack at present was Variegated Blue, that enormous monster. Once its defenses were breached, the Protoss victory in this war would be beyond doubt.
Kerasul immediately threw himself into the intense decryption work.
Back on the battlefield, Zeratul waited quietly. He could not make any rash moves. He would only have one chance to kill Variegated Blue, and without absolute certainty, Zeratul had to remain hidden.
Variegated Blue had not noticed the danger lurking in the shadows. It controlled meteors to attack, and only the Phoenix Fighters fought at close range. With their exceptional mobility, the meteors could no longer hit them easily.
"He Xi, watch that Trigonian three kilometers to your right. It's a Second Generation Trigonians Warrior, and it's charging an attack against you."
Shen Jun's voice sounded beside He Xi's ear. She was stunned. The Protoss could actually enter an angel's communication channel, yet she could not even capture their Dark Data. Just how advanced was their technology?
What kind of race were the Protoss? They were masters of energy beyond compare. Dark Data communication was not fundamentally difficult technology either. Consider Earth twenty thousand years later: even a tiny pre-nuclear civilization could master dark energy technology and manufacture Dark Alloy armor. Though it could only supply a small number of people, and though it had the Super Genes and technological support of the Deno Civilization and Super God Academy, it had ultimately achieved this through Earth's own industrial foundation.
This proved that mastering Dark Data did not require particularly advanced technological equipment. There was no reason why the highly advanced Protoss civilization could not crack it. Only Super Genes were the most difficult technology to decipher in the Super God Universe. Though Void Engines were advanced and powerful, they ultimately required mighty divine bodies as support and could not be widely distributed.
In the blink of an eye, He Xi's surprise lasted less than a second before she flew toward that Second Generation Trigonians Warrior, swinging her Flame Sword at its spine.
The difference in combat strength between the second generation and the first was truly enormous. He Xi, who had slaughtered first-generation Trigonians as easily as chopping vegetables, found herself locked in a hard battle against a second-generation Trigonian.
The Flame Sword represented a revolution in military weapon materials. It possessed the ability to resonate with solar energy, so both its physical force and radiation effects were exceptionally powerful. Even twenty thousand years later, it remained a stellar-class weapon with an independent supercomputing core. With sufficient stellar energy support, it could easily shatter enormous interstellar warships.
However, in this era, there was only one Celestial Computing Cloud: the Big Clock in Kiran's hands, the technological crystallization of the God River Civilization and the most advanced celestial computer in the entire universe.
Independent supercomputing cores designed for weapons simply did not exist.
However, the angels' research in this area had already made considerable progress. If the Form War had not erupted, perhaps He Xi and Keisha would have successfully established Keisha's Holy Knowledge Treasure. The computer was only a semi-finished product, so it required an enormous carrier and could not transmit Dark Data beyond its nebula.
Thus, they could only hastily place the semi-finished computer aboard a massive warship. This became Keisha's first flagship, the original Heaven Blade—Heaven Blade One.
He Xi's Heavenly Foundation did not even exist yet.
The barrier constructed from the second-generation Trigonian's psychic power could not be easily destroyed by the Flame Sword, while its Mental Shock was already capable of significantly affecting He Xi. Though it would not directly knock her unconscious, it constantly interrupted her thoughts without warning. The battle was extremely taxing.
"How is it, Miss Angel? Are you confident you can handle it? Do you need support?"
Shen Jun's voice rang out again.
He Xi clenched her hand into a fist. Since when had angels needed others to support them in battle? Angels were the ones who supported others!
"No!"
After that firm refusal, He Xi's attacks became even fiercer. Her sword strikes came faster and faster, slashing against the psychic barrier until inch after inch of cracks appeared across it.
Just then, Kerasul, far away on Aiur, brought Zeratul good news.
"Variegated Blue's shield has been decrypted!"
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