The Military Makes an Arrest

The other side had actually opened fire...

The fleet commander, still outside the atmosphere, was instantly dumbfounded.

"Phase one objective has disappeared. Command Department, please assign the next phase objective."

To be fair, the rescue fleet was the Sharp Knife Fleet, composed of sixty Level 5 Assault Ships. But the colonel commanding it truly had no desire to engage that warship.

That warship's brief appearance in the Land of Shining Stars, when it had led a hundred-ship fleet, had been deeply seared into everyone's minds.

A warship that could emerge unscathed from the Yamato Cannon...

Was simply not something their Level 5 warships could stand against.

Especially that bizarre attack just now. Their radar had shown absolutely no reaction to that spear-like beam attack.

"Abandon the rescue operation. Change formation and merge with the Third and Fourth Fleets for flank attacks. Maintain attack distance. The enemy's shipboard weapons possess extremely strong penetration."

The Command Department's voice came through the communicator, repeatedly emphasizing the need to keep their distance.

Clearly, the strength of this mysterious flagship had made the military wary.

But Mu Fan did not look in that direction at all. He merely stood there, staring deeply at the brilliant fireworks... for one minute.

He had not expected to learn just how powerful his fleet was in such a direct manner this time.

It was not until Black reminded him that the military fleet was increasing in number that Mu Fan finally spoke.

"Let's go back."

An indescribable aura now began to emerge from him. If Right Master Lord and the others had seen it, they would have immediately recognized it.

This was...

The aura of someone in power.

Mu Fan had been growing, at a speed ordinary people could never hope to reach.

In the underground Command Hall of