The Seventh Base - Chapter 1350: 109: Retreat

Capítulo 1350: Chapter 109: Retreat

The sword falls.

In the sky, a giant sword penetrating heaven and earth appeared there. Osman stood proudly, extending his arms, crashing towards the descending Sword of Origin. His arms were continuously torn apart, and the Sword of Origin pierced through his towering body.

But even so, he still did not retreat an inch.

If he retreated, this world-ending sword would fall upon O’Brian Star, and with O’Brian Star destroyed, not only would billions perish under this sword, but all surface weapons would vanish into smoke. Without the surface’s anti-air weapons, O’Brian Star’s fleet would also be annihilated under the Emperor Star Fleet.

At that time, even if the Destroyer had the advantage, it would be useless and wouldn’t change the outcome of the war.

Therefore, Osman knew very well, O’Brian Star must not be destroyed.

The Mystic God also understood this point, but he saw Osman make a move. Because Osman acted, the Mystic God did not, instead targeting Lin Qinghe’s main form.

“Boom…” Energy Light fiercely penetrated the defensive Power, and the Mystic God finally broke through. The Sword of Origin continued its descent, but Lin Qinghe didn’t dare take risks anymore. His spiritual power frantically returned to his main form, bursting forth with dazzling golden brilliance.

However, it was still too slow. Boom… a sound explosion was heard, Lin Qinghe’s body was struck and sent flying, severely hit. With this blow, his internal organs seemed about to shatter. At this moment, his terrifying spiritual power enveloped his body, his arm thrusting towards the Mystic God.

A strong light erupted, and the Mystic God still pushed him forward, crashing into a Starship, directly shattering it.

The Energy Light from the Mystic God’s robotic body burst forth, locking onto the flying Lin Qinghe and launching an attack, instantly causing that Starship to explode and shatter. The space was buried in a Destruction Storm.

The Emperor Star Fleet finally reacted, launching an attack on the Mystic God.

The Mystic God’s body rapidly dodged, finally halting the attack.

In the midst of the destroyed storm, the struck Warship was already in pieces. There appeared a figure, it was Lin Qinghe. His Battle Armor shattered, his body stained with blood, his aura significantly weakened, severely injured.

Lin Qinghe’s golden eyes gleamed with a cold intent, glancing downward. Just a little more, just one last breath, and he could have severely damaged O’Brian Star. However, he ran out of time, the Mystic God nearly took his life.

“Osman!”

Lin Qinghe never thought that Osman, a leader abandoned by the Capital Star’s populace, would sacrifice himself to protect O’Brian Star.

Utterly foolish.

He dies, even if O’Brian Star is saved, it’s merely for the Mystic God to take over. When the Mystic God rules the O’Brian Republic in the future, would the citizens of the Capital Star remember his sacrifice?

Moreover, once dead, what good does remembrance of his sacrifice do?

Such folly.

At this moment, Osman O’Brian’s towering body was already pierced, golden destructive aura still lingering within him, his body dissipating, converting into energy and returning to the cosmos.

On a high battlefield, Ares O’Brian’s eyes were red, battle intent rolling violently, yet such a battlefield even top Skywalkers could not play a major role.

“Father.” In another direction, tears welled up in Vera O’Brien’s eyes. She realized she never truly understood her father until this moment.

Father, he is a hero willing to sacrifice for his ideals and for the republic. He is worthy of the O’Brian Republic Leader’s position.

Xu Mo also looked at that figure; his spiritual power projected out, sensing Osman’s lingering spiritual presence and mentally responded, “Yes, Leader.”

“Take care of Ares and Vera for me.” A voice echoed in Xu Mo’s mind, then he sensed the other’s consciousness dispersing, perishing along with the body.

Xu Mo never thought that Osman’s ultimate choice for a successor would be him.

Back then, he was considered the first-in-line successor of the Mystic God Temple, supposed to inherit it, but the appearance of the Mystic God made that unlikely.

The Mystic God is hard to kill.

And now, he had become Osman’s designated successor for the republic.

Osman didn’t choose Ares O’Brian, probably understanding that Ares’s current Power and influence are not sufficient for such responsibility; he was still too fragile.

Yet, Osman’s trust in him was something Xu Mo didn’t expect.

Is it because of his mistaken identity as a descendant of the Emperor?

Though Osman died in battle, the fight was far from over.

Only to see the Mystic God moving at high speed, continuing the chase after Lin Qinghe, while ground weapons precisely coordinated with his actions, intercepting attacks from the Emperor Star Fleet in the air, and specifically targeting Lin Qinghe.

Numerous beams of Destruction Light continued to blossom in the sky, Lin Qinghe’s body kept retreating, heading towards the main ship of the Emperor Star Fleet, the ‘Empire’ Starship. He knew his current state; heavily injured, he no longer had the ability to influence the battle.

The escorting Starships continued to be destroyed by the Mystic God and ground weapons, that level of precise coordination made Lin Qinghe feel alarmed.

On another battlefield, around the Pope, there were Atlas, Xu Mo, and Zero.

At this moment, Xu Mo’s true body and avatar appeared together, then merged into one. A stronger aura burst forth from his merged form, with a powerful spiritual power covering this cosmic space under the amplification of the Origin Helmet, even invading the Pope’s mind.

“Presumptuous.”

An icy voice echoed in the Pope’s mind. As one of the Universe’s top existences, he never thought that one day a young Transcendent would dare to invade his mental domain, how audacious.

However, he could also feel that Xu Mo’s spiritual power was obviously stronger after merging his body and avatar.

Furthermore, Zero’s spiritual power also invaded simultaneously. Merging with the Book of Enlightenment, she directly activated her Divine Prohibition power. In the Pope’s mind, there were the wills of three people, making him furious that these two juniors dared to try and confine his mental domain.

“Boom…”

The Light Domain was released, transforming the entire world into a universe of light. Three powerful spiritual powers appeared, with the Pope, Xu Mo, and Zero all present.

“Which of you is truly the Emperor’s descendant, or are both of you?” The Pope was also somewhat puzzled; why were the Origin Helmet and the Book of Enlightenment not in the hands of one person?

“Take a guess.” Xu Mo’s mind moved, and in the universe of spiritual power, Light of Destruction attacked the opponent. Yet, the Pope sneered coldly, countless Light Divine Swords blossoming as he continued, “Do you want to revive the Empire? How about we cooperate?”

Xu Mo felt the Pope’s mind was troubled; cooperate with him?

“You consider yourselves the Justice League, why did Mystic God watch Osman die indifferently? Can’t you see he had the chance to stop it?” The Pope continued to incite, “Osman thought he could change something, but in reality, he couldn’t change anything. This Universe is beyond saving; dying for the people of O’Brian Star, how laughable.”

“Is this your true nature?” Xu Mo responded, as the Church has always maintained ‘goodness’ in the name of Universe peace.

“My goal has never changed; everything I’ve done is for Universe peace.” The Pope, although mocking Osman, actually held some admiration for him, but from his experience, he found it laughable.

He once was like Osman, but when he lost everything and saw how the people treated him, he knew this world was beyond saving.

Civilization is but external flourish; humanity forever retains its most primal animalistic nature, which is true human nature. Only by addressing the root can the world be truly transformed.

Only the Church can save the world.

Xu Mo and Zero stopped wasting words with him and launched an attack simultaneously. At the same time, Atlas also swung a punch at the Pope.

“Until we meet again.”

The Pope’s words fell, and his body transformed into light, moving with extreme speed.

“Retreat.”

The Pope said to the two elders beside him.

He naturally saw that Lin Qinghe’s previous attack was a fatal strike and the best opportunity.

However, Osman exchanged his life for O’Brian Star, and for this, Lin Qinghe was severely injured. On his side, there was also an opportunity, but Xu Mo and Zero were stronger than imagined. Their cooperation was not inferior to Osman, and with Atlas, it was pointless to continue to fight.

Furthermore, the fleet at the rear had already fallen. The opponent had attacked from behind, and the Emperor Star Fleet had missed the best opportunity.

But he didn’t care about this failure; Lin Qinghe didn’t get the Origin Helmet; both Emperor Star and O’Brian Star suffered heavy losses, and Osman fell, which was a favorable situation.

The only concern was Xu Mo and Zero’s rapid rise, which felt somewhat threatening.

Seeing the Pope’s speed, Xu Mo and Zero knew it was difficult to catch up. This Church leader played by no rules, unlike Lin Qinghe, seemingly willing to stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

And Xu Mo, he probably knew what the Pope wanted to do.

Meanwhile, Lin Qinghe returned to the Empire Starship.

“Retreat.”

Seeing the situation with the fleet behind, Lin Qinghe understood that the battle couldn’t continue to stalemate. Now the fleet still had some advantage, but Transcendents were already on the verge of collapse; continuing the fight would quickly overturn their advantage.

At that time, even retreating would be an issue.

The fleet retreated into space, and the opposing fleet didn’t dare to pursue.

Mystic God was still pursuing outside, the Empire Starship launched an attack forcing Mystic God back, while the Empire Starship began to retreat and issued the retreat order.

Of course, while retreating, the Empire Starship still launched a Star Annihilation attack, birthing the Imperial Sword to strike at O’Brian Star, forcing the opponent to defend and buying time for their retreat.

Xu Mo and Zero simultaneously rushed toward the high-altitude battlefield. If the opponents were retreating, they would have to strip a layer of skin off, naturally not allowing the Emperor Star Fleet to retreat unscathed.

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