Re-Awakening: I Ascend with a Legendary class - Chapter 661: Clash (1/5)
The ocean erupted before the fleets even fully collided.
The distance between the three forces collapsed rapidly as the Suryax–Ananta Allied Force surged forward from the center while the eastern and northwestern fleets advanced from opposite directions. The sea itself trembled under the pressure of so many overlapping systems activating simultaneously.
From the eastern front, the skies lit first.
The fleets of the Virexion Dominion and Kezryx Void Imperium unleashed the opening assault before entering full engagement range. Massive rings along the undersides of their aerial platforms rotated rapidly as condensed lightning gathered into blinding spheres of violet-white energy.
Then they fired.
Columns of lightning crashed downward from the sky like divine spears, splitting the ocean apart as they descended toward the advancing Suryax fleet.
But the Mega Dreadships were already prepared.
The outer defensive arrays along their hulls ignited in sequence, layered barriers unfolding outward in hexagonal patterns. The lightning struck those shields and exploded across their surfaces in violent waves, sending crackling arcs across the sea.
The ocean detonated beneath the impact points.
Steam and water burst upward in colossal plumes.
At the same moment, hundreds of Virexion aerial units accelerated forward. They did not move in straight lines. They curved and crossed around one another in rapidly shifting formations, leaving glowing trails behind them that overlapped into complex patterns.
Each craft released volleys of sharp crystalline projectiles charged with storm energy. The projectiles screamed through the air like streaks of violet rain.
Natalia responded instantly.
Her Fortune Ballistics expanded across the battlefield, countless glowing spheres materializing around the Suryax fleet. They rotated rapidly, recalculating trajectories in real time before firing concentrated bursts that intercepted the incoming barrage.
Some projectiles exploded midair.
Others curved away unnaturally and crashed into the ocean.
Several even turned back toward the eastern fleet, detonating among their own forward assault crafts.
Kayla’s threads pulsed across the entire battlefield, feeding information instantly between ships, crafts, and soldiers. Every movement became sharper. Every adjustment happened almost before the threat fully formed.
Then the northwestern front attacked.
The fleets of Oblivion Tyrant Sovereignty and Velkarion Dominion surged forward violently.
Unlike the precision of Virexion, their assault resembled an overwhelming avalanche of destruction.
Massive war-beasts leapt across the ocean surface, their unstable bodies shifting constantly between flesh, armor, and condensed energy. One beast crashed directly into the side of a Mega Dreadship, its jaws expanding unnaturally before releasing a concentrated blast of crimson energy point-blank.
The side of the Dreadship exploded outward.
Fragments of reinforced armor scattered into the sea.
But the ship did not fall.
The living Dreadling systems embedded within its structure reacted instantly. Tendril-like formations spread across the damaged section, pulling fractured components back together while internal systems redistributed power away from compromised zones.
At the same time, the Dreadship retaliated.
Massive forward cannons rotated downward and fired.
Compressed spheres of burning energy tore through the water and struck the war-beast directly. The creature’s body folded inward before detonating into unstable black-and-red fragments.
The battlefield fully collapsed into chaos.
—
The skies above the ocean became filled with overlapping trails of destruction.
Skydread Crafts surged upward in enormous formations, colliding directly against the Virexion aerial fleets. Unlike the sharp and rigid movement patterns of their enemies, the Skydread Crafts moved fluidly, adapting continuously through Lily’s Dreadling systems.
One Skydread Craft twisted sideways to evade a spear-like Virexion interceptor before its forward section split apart, revealing layered Dreadling blades that extended outward and tore directly through the enemy craft.
Another accelerated downward while rotating rapidly, releasing dozens of smaller Dreadling constructs that attached themselves onto an enemy aerial platform. The constructs immediately began spreading across its surface like living corrosion, disrupting energy channels and destabilizing weapon systems.
Above them, larger Virexion platforms unleashed concentrated lightning bombardments across wide sections of the battlefield.
Bolts crashed downward continuously, turning entire sections of ocean into violently exploding fields of electricity.
Marcus stepped onto the upper platform of a Mega Dreadship and raised his shield.
The surface of his shield expanded outward into a massive layered barrier that covered the surrounding fleet segment. Lightning slammed into it repeatedly, causing the entire barrier to ripple under the pressure, but Marcus held his ground.
His sword flashed immediately afterward.
A crescent-shaped wave of force erupted from the blade and carved upward through multiple incoming aerial crafts, splitting them apart in streaks of burning violet light.
Beside him, Suryax soldiers raised radiant constructs and fired streams of condensed solar energy into the sky. The beams collided with Virexion formations, tearing holes through their assault patterns.
Farther ahead, Rudra moved.
He did not stand on the ships.
He moved across the battlefield itself.
His body surged forward through the air with explosive force before crashing directly into one of the advancing Velkarion war constructs.
His fist struck first.
The impact compressed space around the construct’s torso before rupturing outward violently. The shockwave tunneled through the entire structure, splitting it apart from the inside.
The massive construct folded inward and exploded into fragments of black metal and crimson energy.
But Rudra did not stop.
Three war-beasts lunged toward him simultaneously from different directions.
One came from below the water.
Another descended from above through warped space.
The third charged directly from the front.
Rudra twisted midair.
His elbow smashed downward into the first beast as it emerged, crushing its skull-like structure into the ocean below. He pivoted instantly, his palm striking the second creature’s chest and releasing a circular rupture that shattered its unstable core.
The third reached him.
Its jaws opened unnaturally wide.
Rudra drove his fist directly into its mouth.
The force detonated through the beast’s body and erupted out its back in a massive explosion of crimson-black energy.
The surrounding ocean collapsed inward from the pressure before exploding outward in towering waves.
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Almond entered the battle moments later.
Now free from the curse, his movements carried none of the hesitation from before.
Three Exalted Grimblades rotated around him as he advanced across the battlefield.
He slashed once.
A dark-blue arc expanded outward and split into dozens of thinner fracture-lines that carved through the advancing enemy forces. Every target struck by those lines immediately weakened as Grim Severam spread across them.
Enemy shields dimmed.
Movement slowed.
Energy systems destabilized.
One of the Oblivion Tyrant war constructs attempted to fire a massive beam toward the Suryax fleet.
Almond raised a hand.
One Grimblade shot forward like a streak of distorted light and pierced directly into the construct’s central core.
Then he clenched his fist.
The construct ruptured internally.
Dark fractures spread across its entire body before it exploded from within.
At the same time, Fabricated Spirits surged through the battlefield beside him. Their structured forms emitted controlled pulses that reinforced allied systems while destabilizing enemy constructs on contact.
One Spirit collided directly into a crimson energy field surrounding a Velkarion war-beast. The field destabilized instantly, allowing a barrage from nearby Mega Dreadships to annihilate the creature moments later.
—
Lily’s presence spread across the battlefield like an infection.
Her Dreadlings flooded through both sea and sky, attaching themselves onto enemy ships, aerial constructs, and even war-beasts.
But Lily herself moved through the battle as an assassin.
She appeared atop a Virexion aerial platform in a blur of motion, her blades flashing rapidly.
The first strike embedded a slowing sigil into the pilot.
The second disrupted the platform’s energy circulation.
The third weakened structural integrity.
Then she vanished.
A second later, every debuff activated simultaneously.
The platform folded inward as its systems collapsed violently before detonating in midair.
She reappeared elsewhere instantly.
Another strike.
Another layered collapse.
Every enemy she touched weakened further with each interaction.
The Dreadlings simply finished what she began.
—
The eastern storm intensified.
Kezryx Void Imperium’s command vessel finally entered direct range.
Its rotating structures aligned simultaneously as enormous arcs of lightning gathered around its hull.
Then the ocean beneath it rose.
A colossal storm construct emerged from the sea itself, formed entirely from compressed storm energy and reinforced metal.
Its body towered above the surrounding battlefield.
Lightning coursed through its limbs continuously.
It raised one arm and released a beam of concentrated storm energy across the battlefield.
The attack carved through the ocean itself, vaporizing entire sections of water as it surged toward the Suryax fleet.
Natalia’s eyes narrowed sharply.
“All fleets, evasive shift.”
Her Fortune Ballistics recalculated instantly.
The Mega Dreadships moved.
Not randomly.
Perfectly.
The beam passed between formations by impossibly narrow margins before crashing into the distant ocean and detonating into a massive electrical storm.
But the battlefield never slowed.
The northwestern forces surged harder at the same time.
Oblivion Tyrant constructs slammed into the outer Dreadship formations while Velkarion war-beasts climbed directly across ship hulls, tearing into defensive systems with raw force.
The sea burned with overlapping explosions.
The skies flashed constantly with lightning, beams, and erupting constructs.
The battlefield had become complete chaos.
And in the center of it all—
Suryax held.
Not collapsing.
Not retreating.
Holding.
And then slowly—
Pushing back.
