Chapter 1792 - 565: Strike on the Attackers

Chapter 1792: Chapter 565: Strike on the Attackers

"If the swarm retreats now, our combat power won’t be enough to ensure safety!

Order all the swarms to immediately retreat into the fleet’s Joint Shield!

If necessary, they won’t be used as cannon fodder; they can at least serve an output purpose!

Given their size, they can find a place either in the gaps of the ships or on their surfaces!"

"But given the intelligence of those swarms, it’s impossible for them to avoid the fleet’s fire when scattered on the way, resulting in heavy losses...

Alright, I understand..."

The Believer of Longevity was about to roar in anger but immediately fell silent upon seeing a cold glance from the Favored.

But the swarm outside was not like their master and had no opinion about any orders.

They crudely entered the Joint Shield through several paths, starting to traverse the fleet’s formation from the edge.

Even though the Believer of Longevity tried their best to command and control, many swarms were still bombarded and killed by their own fleet’s ship cannons while crossing.

Witnessing this, the Commander from the Gemini Empire slightly opened his mouth, his eyes widening a bit.

"The Church’s commander reacts quite fast."

The commander glanced at the virtual screen before him and gave a small chuckle.

However, this will also result in a temporary loss of the swarm’s strength, weakening the attack intensity, and coincidentally, their reinforcements are about to arrive.

The fleets continued exchanging cannon fire. Even in a disadvantageous position, when the number of warships reaches a certain level, the Joint Shield still takes time to deplete its magic power.

Unless one has high-tier strength or a strike powerful enough to breach the shield’s limits.

Of course, in many instances, these two refer to the same thing.

This fact was clear to both the Church’s believers and the Favored.

However, considering Fan Mao’s presence...

They tacitly refrained from suggesting this idea.

Since they currently held enough advantage to easily overwhelm the opposition, why take unnecessary risks?

Right?

Every high-level believer was convinced of this.

"The swarm is fully in position now, losing a full third..."

The Believer of Longevity said gloomily, recognizing that this wasn’t something that could be recovered. It was a real, irreparable loss.

Not since a month ago, when he learned that those Mother Insects, after recycling the ordinary swarm, also fell into the same collapse as the regular Insect Clan, have he felt such a heartache.

"Take it easy. Now that your swarm is back in the fight, our firepower will increase once again. The Imperial Fleet’s shield won’t last much longer.

In at most five minutes, some parts will begin to shatter.

By then..."

Unlike this believer, the Traveler Favored focused on the overall battle situation, exuding confidence.

But at this moment, a believer hurriedly stepped forward to report softly:

"Lord Favored, behind us, the Divine Magic Array has suddenly detected an unfamiliar teleportation signal."

The Favored immediately furrowed his brow, "Behind us? I recall we didn’t arrange any reinforcements there... How long until they arrive?"

"Ten... ten seconds..."

"Oh, ten minutes... What?!"

Suddenly realizing what the believer said, the Favored swiftly turned around.

The teleportation energy fluctuation had already entered his perception range.

"Impossible! Our assault was completely unprovoked!

We didn’t notice any other fleets on the way, so how could there be reinforcements?!

Could it be that the Three Great Civilizations also have developed long-range teleportation techniques?!"

The Favored’s eyes were wide with disbelief, his tone somewhat panicked, but he quickly realized now wasn’t the time to dwell on this and hastily shouted:

"Quick! Immediately turn a part of the fleet around to get ready to face the attack from behind!"

But turning the fleet around wasn’t that simple; without any prior preparation or drills, before the fleet fully understood the command, a large part of the fleet had already stopped behind them.

They didn’t look distinctive, but from their fleet emblems, they were clearly fleets from the Radiant Federation!

They hadn’t even deployed their shields, and merciless cannon fire immediately poured towards the undefended rear of the fleet.

Boom boom boom—

To ensure front-facing shield strength, both Mage and the current warship shields had long abandoned the energy-draining, inefficient all-round shields.

The current Joint Shield was an evolution of these one-directional shield technologies.

As long as all warships directed their shields towards the same direction simultaneously, they could form a strong shield with compounded defensive power and shared durability.

Of course, this also meant extreme vulnerability in rear defenses.

Under normal circumstances, this wasn’t an issue, as the rear of one’s fleet was naturally the home territory, with a complete setup of detection radars.

Unless something appears suddenly, it can’t approach openly.

But the Church’s fleet was clearly an exception.

Relying on teleportation ability for a surprise back attack, they had no rear alert whatsoever!

Without the Joint Shield’s protection, relying solely on the warship’s strength was utterly insufficient against the ship cannon’s fire.

Seemingly sturdy armor melted instantly under the high-energy beams, causing simultaneous explosions of internal energy circuits and various devices, creating a big hole that exposed damaged internal circuits.

Some unfortunate warships, directly hit by energy cannons on their conventional engines, triggered an explosion in the fuel tanks, blowing half the warship apart and incapacitating it completely.

One round of cannon fire destroyed the Church’s United Fleet equivalent to an entire ordinary fleet’s formation.