Chapter 2606: Chapter 48: He Will Surely Appear
"Alright! Let’s leave this battlefield together and escape from the Star River level enemies!"
Motivated by the excuse Jia Rong found, a group of soldiers and members of Jia Rong’s squad all felt uplifted.
Jia Rong, of Jia’s family, and while people from Jia’s family may not boast many strong ones in the Orion Arm, their status rivals that of a Stellar Class High-Level existence—not in terms of power, but due to the unintentional reverence that people hold for Jia’s family members.
And now, Jia Rong, the only direct descendant of Jia’s family, actually spoke of fighting alongside them, sharing victory or defeat together, igniting the fighting spirit of these creatures who were once despairing.
To want to die in battle versus to want to die in battle with fervor—those outcomes are completely different.
After all, dying alongside a member of Jia’s family, and with Jia’s family unwilling to abandon everyone, is immensely motivating for most of the soldiers.
Moreover, this scene soon transformed into a vision within the larger vanguard fleet, uncountable soldiers witnessed Jia Rong speaking with his squad and other high-ranking members.
He actually intended to die alongside this group of vanguard team volunteers!
The morale of the entire personnel surged wildly!
"Oh?"
When the vanguard team fleet, numbering around ten thousand starships, spotted the Star River level beings, they didn’t flee but instead dove into the waiting allied fleet group. Star River level existences within the allied fleet couldn’t help but be slightly astonished.
They’d seen reckless abandon before, but never this kind—facing down Star River level threats as if discovering treasure, rushing forward wildly. Moreover, this group contained no less than a million beings within their ten thousand starships.
Collective suicide?
They were initially stunned but, being strong ones, could easily discern the intentions behind this fleet’s movements.
"Heh, this vanguard fleet intends to cover the retreat, allowing their fleet behind to escape. Look closely, the Orion Arm troops, becoming such spirited forces in battle, make our allied fleet look so disorganized."
A Star River level powerhouse glanced at the charging Orion Arm vanguard fleet with some dissatisfaction, then looked at his own subordinate fleet. As a strong one, he desired such powerful fleets for himself; perhaps if they had such bravado, the assault on the Orion Arm might have concluded already.
Naturally, this stems from his own training. It’s not easy to comment now, especially since the fleets of these Star River level powerhouses are not as weak—they just haven’t recovered after the initial crushing from the Orion Arm’s diverse tactics.
"Heh, the fleets within the Orion Arm are indeed intriguing, but there’s no need to be too shocked. If they wish to court death, let’s fulfill their wish."
"Indeed, let’s grant it. Besides, I’ve sensed the direct descendant of Jia, the one we let go last time, is within this fleet. I wonder if the one we’ve been waiting for will appear because of him!"
"Uncertain, likely just avatars as before; it’s ironic. This person, as a father and the strongest in the Starfield, dares not expose his true body to save many subordinates or even his offspring, how disappointing."
"Indeed, if he dares not appear in such a battle, then the future hearts in the Orion Arm will drift from him."
As the starships draw closer, several Star River levels have no desire to personally intervene against the ten thousand starships; after all, to a Star River level, they are numerous but weak and thus inconsequential.
The starships alongside them radiated obvious, terrifying energy cannon beams.
These vanguard ships would be handled by ordinary warships, given the Orion Arm’s fleet strength generally lags the allied fleets considerably, lacking any numerical advantage. If not pummeled into smithereens by cannon fire, how else?
Soon, waves of starships glowed with endless cannon fire.
The allied fleet stood at the forefront, numbering over twenty thousand vessels.
Behind them were more than thirty thousand, each far stronger than the Orion Arm’s vanguard fleet.
Although they underestimated the Orion Arm ships, not a single allied warship showed disdain toward the mere ten thousand fleet of Orion Arm.
This was a mode of expressing respect toward the enemy.
"Begin the bombardment."
A Star River level, seeing all the starships glowing, while the Orion Arm ships also lit up their endless cannon beams decisively, as if unleashing all their energy in this single salvo.
He issued the command.
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boom!!!!!!!!!!
Bang!!!!!!!
Roar!!!!
In an instant, the entire world transformed into a complete silver-white hue; the massive allied fleet seemed to ignite like a giant sun, illuminating vast portions of the Universe.
Given the bombardment by twenty thousand starships, such terrifying energy entailed even Star River level beings would risk life if caught in its center.
"Heh, we’ll consider this fleet as the beginning of our extermination battle against the Orion Arm."
"Indeed, it seems Jia Yan still dares not appear."
"Isn’t there an avatar over there? Unfortunately, if he came in person, there’d be a chance to resolve this catastrophe, but an avatar with no energy is useless."
Several Star River levels, from afar, watched the starry sky, countless lights about to devour the ten thousand Orion Arm vanguard ships, sneering coldly.
At this point, the Orion Arm vanguard fleet also fired their main cannon beams.
Unfortunately, the numbers were already twenty thousand against ten thousand, and given the vast disparities in technology and military levels, the Orion Arm’s volley seemed to have no presence at all compared to the sun.
It’s destined to be a crushing defeat!
"Lord Jia Rong! You—you mentioned the Ancestor Lord!"
"Yeah, didn’t you say the Ancestor Lord would appear to save you?"
"Now, now, even using a superfast battleship to escape wouldn’t suffice, this, this!"
"We don’t mind dying, but Lord Jia Rong, you really can’t die!"
Within the Orion Arm’s command flagship, Jia Rong was surrounded by a group of despaired Orion Arm commanding officers.
This group felt as if their death was imminent, even his longtime fighting comrades felt likewise.
Under the bombardment of twenty thousand starships, one won’t survive, even if Mosquito Patriarch arrives personally, it seems unlikely to save anyone.
"Heh..."
Suddenly, Jia Rong laughed.
When others advised him, he always firmly believed that a certain figure would appear.
So while others sobbed and wailed, he kept gazing out at the starry sky from the bridge.
Reaching the Semi-permanent Star Level now, he could see very far into the starry sky.
And before the beams from countless starships, Jia Rong quickly noticed a faint silhouette, seemingly descending from the heavens...
Stepping out from subspace!
