Chapter 1788 - 564: Meticulously Orchestrated "Ambush

Chapter 1788: Chapter 564: Meticulously Orchestrated "Ambush

"Seventeen in total, not a bad haul."

With the experience from last time, plus the distraction from the high-tier battlefield, she seized many opportunities this time to successfully meet that believer face to face.

If it weren’t for having to flee several times before she could use Creation, she might have gained even more.

As for the fight between high-level believers and high-tier extraordinary forces over there, she was indeed bluffing.

The combat power comparison on that side was too disparate, and her witches were only Seventh Rank.

Unless some special abilities erupted, such as controlling a large number of weapons with "Metalization", or using Divine Arts.

They simply could not win.

They could only choose to maintain an evenly matched confrontation.

However, it was precisely this fierce battle, where neither side had a clear advantage and both were evenly matched, that distracted the Favored’s attention so much.

With her right hand closing, Bai Yi retracted the Elemental Elf before she and other high-tier extraordinary beings returned to the flagship together.

"Fan Mao, you’ve worked hard.

Fortunately, you and your people intervened, otherwise the loss this time might have been severe."

The Emperor smiled faintly, acknowledging that if it weren’t for Fan Mao’s Seventh Rank subordinates taking action and successfully holding back the high-level believers of the Church, preventing them from wreaking havoc within the fleet, the outcome might have been uncertain.

Having executed so many surprise tactics alongside Fan Mao, they clearly understood the destructive power of high-level beings within the fleet. Even if the Church lost the Insect Clan as cannon fodder and output, their United Fleet might still face defeat.

Not to mention the Space Station...

At the thought of the Space Station, the Emperor’s tone suddenly turned cold:

"Hmph, that Favored disregarded the lives of their own people to attack the Space Station.

Since they attacked once, they might continue to surprise us. It looks like we’ll need to bolster the Space Station’s defense level..."

"We’ll send over two more vessels equipped with ’Space Subbody’ to maintain the Space Anchor, but the cost..."

The President immediately promised.

He understood the priority now, and since that warship had already demonstrated the power of "Space Subbody," there was no need to keep it concealed.

As for the remaining cost, it was taken on by the General Assembly President, who hadn’t had the chance to speak yet.

"Our Saien Republic will handle this!"

"Hmm..."

The Emperor’s expression became solemn; this passive defense was indeed frustrating.

Even though as defenders they often held the advantage and could set traps, it also meant they had to remain vigilant and fully deploy their defenses constantly.

While that Favored could teleport over long distances and, once their location was locked, attack at will, without requiring effort.

They had to maintain high alert, while the Favored could prepare thoroughly for each assault.

They could even sometimes attempt a teleportation and cancel it mid-way, using feigned attacks to drain their energy.

Just thinking about the helplessness of being passively attacked without the ability to retaliate was suffocating.

But, compared to the risk of letting the Insect Clan spill into the starry sky, they had no choice but to keep the Space Station on the front line.

It was equally inappropriate to hide the Space Station behind the New Star Zone battle line.

They had attempted and failed to stop Church fleets from teleporting gate assaults from the rear, with each loss being severe, even facing annihilation at times.

Several battlefields were pushed back far by the Church in this manner.

Fortunately, the high-tiers were agile enough to escape quickly, and with new high-tier extraordinary beings occasionally recruited to the front, they could organize the battle line again.

Compared to leaving the Space Station isolated in the rear, at least the fleet could guard it from the side on the front line, reducing risk.

"It has to be this way. From now on, Fan Mao, I’ll have to trouble you to focus on defense.

I’ll send more high-tier extraordinary beings to guard there in shifts, but their effectiveness might be limited.

For the fleet, I’ll dispatch as best as I can. Recently, another battlefield suffered heavy losses, and the reserve fleet at the rear is a bit stretched."

The Emperor sighed, knowing almost instinctively that after the Church’s return, a large-scale attack was inevitable.

No one could predict when the assault would occur; they could only prepare as best as they could.

This was evident to the other two as well.

"We’ll keep our fleets ready for support at any time. If anything happens, our nearest fleet will use super-distance transmission to arrive nearby and support as quickly as possible."

The leaders of the Three Great Civilizations finalized some cooperation details, and the temporary gathering, which should have been a celebration, ended in a heavy atmosphere.

Back on her warship, Bai Yi also had no mind to immediately concern herself with the harvest of Elemental Elves.

"The Church’s large-scale assault is indeed a trouble.

Even if I’m powerful, unless I reveal all hidden fleets, I can’t change the scale of this war.

If the Space Station is truly destroyed, the progress of conversion I’ve achieved for those researchers would reset completely.

Restarting research would take a long time.

Now confirming that the Church has set something up within the Insect Swarm, if this research is delayed, unexpected incidents could occur..."

Of course, more importantly, the knowledge the Three Great Civilizations promised as a reward would be delayed further.

But as for defense...

Even knowing the Church plans to ambush, defending is not so easy.

After all, even if they suspect an attack from the rear is most likely, they can’t abandon the front-line defenses. If they fully guard the rear and the Church suddenly launches a frontal assault, the losses would still be severe.