Chapter 2324: Chapter 2324 Battle Between Warships
Ye Liuyun led his fleet, surging into the cosmos, heading straight towards the direction from which the foreign race were approaching.
They encountered Li Yuanlang first, whom Ye Liuyun instructed to return and rally the martial cultivators of the Alliance of Goddesses to prepare for the impending battle.
Upon seeing the sudden influx of so many battleships, Li Yuanlang and his companions were overwhelmed with excitement. They felt that they would no longer have to fear the foreign race’s invasions in the future.
Ye Liuyun’s battleship was the fastest, so he took on the role of the scout, distancing himself from the main fleet.
Moreover, Ye Liuyun possessed the Golden Phantom Eyes, which allowed him to be the first to discern the strength of the foreign races.
"All ships are fully loaded!"
He soon discovered that the foreign race battleships were packed with foreign race soldiers.
However, these soldiers were of a higher cultivation level than before. There were none below the sixth tier of Immortal Realm like before.
This time, a massive army consisting of one hundred thousand was approaching, with the core of their fleet consisting of soldiers above the ninth tier of Immortal Realm. These included three omnipotent level foreign race experts and a golden-armored foreign race commander.
The lowest cultivation level on the other battleships was at least at seventh tier.
"It seems the foreign races are furious, aiming to seize both the Outpost Island and the Moyana Island in one swoop. Too bad for them! They won’t get the chance!"
After gathering the intelligence, Ye Liuyun quickly retreated to adjust his fleet accordingly.
"Charge straight through, ram their hundred-thousand-capacity battleship and focus our attack on their central flagship! Medium-sized battleships, engage those of similar size and provide cover for our five large battleships. The smaller warships on the periphery are free to act as you see fit."
Ye Liuyun stowed his flying vessel and boarded a large battleship with his crew, personally taking command of the battle.
Soon, both fleets came into view of each other.
The sheer scale of the human fleet took the foreign race by complete surprise. They had never anticipated that the humans could muster such a formidable force in such a short time.
Although the foreign races still held the numerical advantage, the human fleet far exceeded their expectations.
As a result, the foreign races ahlted their battleships and dispatched a fifty-thousand-capacity battleship, accompanied by ten smaller battleships to scout.
Ye Liuyun ordered the larger and medium sized battleships to maintain their course and speed, while the smaller one to surge forward to encircle and engage the foreign races’ battleships.
Ten two-thousand-capacity and twenty one-thousand-capacity battleships accelerated rapidly, spreading out in a flexible formation to surround the enemy.
Ye Liuyun could see clearly from within his battleship with his Golden Phantom Eyes that the Golden-armoured foreign race sneered in disdain. The foreign race clearly felt that their tactics were as reckless as to send the smaller battleships as sacrifical pawns.
However, as the battle commenced, the foreign race immediately frowned.
Both sides activated their defensive shields. But Ye Liuyun’s fleet quickly formed a tight circle around the foreign race’s bettleships, unleashing a barrage of attack against them.
Each battleships were unleasing an full attack from their side fire cannons.
Typically, smaller battleships would have weaker defenses compared to the larger one. True to form, the ten outer smaller battleships were swiftly obliterated.
The soldiers aboard, untrained for the rigors of cosmos, were instantly crushed by the cosmos’ spatial force as their ships disintegrated.
In stark contrast, not a single one of Ye Liuyun’s thirty smaller battleships sustained damage.
Instead, they began darting around the foreign race’s battleship, firing relentlessly as they moved.
Their small size and incredible speed made them elusive targets.
Even the attack hit, the fifty thousand capacity battleship could not breach the smaller battleships’ defensive formation. At most, the impact would knock the battleships off course but they could quickly adjust back the trajectory.
Their fifty thousand capacity battleship’s defense was clearly getting weaker. Soon, the defensive barrier was being breached with the encircle attack by thirty small battleships and the battleship’s body was being constantly hit as well.
Within a blink, the battleship with fifty thousand capacity was spilit in half by the barage. Most of the foreign race soldiers unable to resist the immense pressure of cosmos and lost their lives.
Some of these foreign races were stronger and managed to escape from the battleship. However, they were killed by the smaller battleships due to their slow movement.
After the battle, Ye Liuyun dispatched a group of beastmen to clean up the battlefield. They collected the debris and corpses, storing them in spatial space to bring back.
"Damn it! Their battleships’ energy cannons can rotate! Unlike ours, which are fixed and can’t adjust their firing direction!"
"And their ship’s defenses are stronger than ours!"
Inside the foreign race’s flagship, the commanders quickly realized they were outmatched by this fleet.
"Retreat!"
The golden-armored foreign race, sensing the dire situation and immediately ordered to retreat.
"Trying to run? All battleships charge at full speed! Pursue and wear them down! But stay alert and don’t let them encircle us. Fight smart!" Ye Liuyun commanded his battleships to chase after them.
The small warships being the fastest, followed by the medium-sized ones. Even Ye Liuyun’s large battleships outpaced the foreign race battleships by a significant margin.
"Commader, they are too fast! We can’t out run them!"
Chaos had broked out in the foreign race’s flagship.
Initially they wanted to retreat but it seemed impossible. According to the current speed, Ye Liuyun’s flagship would be able to catch up on them in two days time. Not to mention those smaller battleships.
There was no way they could make it back to their headquarters in time. In desperation, the golden-armored foreign race commander issued another order. "All ships, scatter! Drive toward the Moyana Island and Outpost Island at full speed!"
They should gain the upper hand once they had touched down. The golden-armoured foreign race commanders thought that the reason Ye Liuyun’s battleships were fast must be due to they were only soldiers who were controlling them but not filled.
He assumed this was a tactic devised by the humans to prevent them from leveraging their strengths, aiming to annihilate them directly in the cosmos.
After issuing his orders, he even had one of the larger warships take the position of his flagship to mislead Ye Liuyun.
The soldiers on the flagship were the core of his army, so it was crucial to protect them.
Thus, those foreign races’ battleships turned around and scattered.
Leveraging their massive hulls, they first charged head-on toward Ye Liuyun’s smaller warships, then dispersed and headed toward Moyana Island and Outpost Island.
All their battleships had activated the defense formation to form a defensive barrier to withstand the attacks and rushed towards the islands.
These subtle maneuvers by the foreign races did not escape Ye Liuyun’s Golden Phantom Eyes.
He noticed that the foreign races’ flagship was heading toward Moyana Island and ordered all the large ships to converge on it. The medium-sized warships were to pursue the larger ones, while the small one were free to engage and intercept any targets they could find.
"Damn it, they’ve locked onto us!" The Golden-armoured foreign race cursed but did not ask for the other battleships’ reinforcement.
