Chapter 721: 707 adds fuel to the fire
"Is that a jump?" Tai Ruonuo immediately noticed the golden screen, which unlike the massive silver gate of the one-way Stargate, suddenly appeared behind their foes—a burst of golden light followed by a warship leaping forth.
Countless golden lights transformed into numerous Iridium Star Warships, their momentum in no way inferior to that of the vast fleet of the Galactic Empire that had just passed through the one-way Stargate. Moreover, unlike the disorganized distribution of the fleet led by Tai Ruonuo, this batch of Iridium Star Fleet was arranged in a very complex yet perfect formation. From the moment they jumped out, these Iridium Star Warships had formed various task-oriented formations.
The golden light grew more intense, and more Iridium Star Warships appeared, and even though they still hadn't surpassed the size of Tai Ruonuo's fleet, they were still formidable.
A representative from the Galactic Empire's Military Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office couldn't help but step back, but he quickly felt that this showed too much cowardice, and instead shrieked, "What does it matter if there are many of them? These Iridium Star Warships certainly aren't as formidable as our Galactic Empire's warships. As long as Commander Tai Ruonuo makes his move, these calamities will surely turn to ash and smoke."
Everyone else also chimed in, "Exactly, a mere calamity cannot misbehave in front of the Commander."
The slightly hesitant Tai Ruonuo, upon hearing these voices, became reassured. At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression turned fervent.
"Right, the more fleets from Iridium Star, the better I can fight a legendary battle. Previously Su Shuang and Suo Kexiao fought a grand battle involving 170,000 warships against the Iridium Star people, which was the largest scale battle in hundreds of years. Although Su Shuang lost, his reputation grew even louder. My fleet sizes are almost unlimited; I brought the first wave of ten Strategic Fleet groups, and the Iridium Star people have eight if not ten. There are even more fleets on the other side of the one-way Stargate from the Galactic Empire. As long as I keep stacking up the fleet numbers, I can establish a great advantage over the Iridium Star people. If I win, I will be the most prestigious and competent Divine General of the Galactic Empire!"
His eyes narrowing, he seemed to revel in the thought of the glory that would clothe him, becoming the greatest Divine General in the Galaxy, unable to contain his eagerness for battle.
"What Su Shuang, Suo Kexiao, Achino, you all will bow down before me, sighing in envy at the unparalleled achievements I will secure, hahaha!" At this moment, Tai Ruonuo was utterly lost in his splendid visions.
However, his thoughts were not without reason, for as a Divine General allied with the Prime Minister's Office, he truly wielded immense power.
"First Reserve Team, pass through the Stargate, engage in combat."
"Second and Third Reserve Teams, prepare for battle."
Full of battle spirit, yet unwilling to exhaust himself by managing every single fleet detail, Tai Ruonuo would not intervene in the battle's direction; he only cared about the big picture, and he left tactical matters entirely out of his concerns. His orders were solely to attack, so every fleet commander had considerable freedom to choose how to fight.
Moreover, as the fleets of the Galactic Empire originally came from different civilizations and had different styles of combat, and even had diverse technologies after being transformed by the Crystal Cube Core, this made the overall fleet combat appear somewhat disjointed.
However, for Tai Ruonuo, none of this mattered. He originally had one hundred thousand warships, and now he had thrown a reserve force of thirty thousand warships into the battlefield.
On the Blade Empress Command Battleship, the core of the Iridium Star Fleet, Bai Zhongqi and Fleet Commander Xu Lanzhou would not behave like Tai Ruonuo, who completely let go of control as if he were a hands-off manager.
Bai Zhongqi looked at the one-way Stargate that had opened once again. His expression did not show any obvious change. He looked toward his beloved subordinate, Xu Lanzhou, and said with some admiration, "You guessed right. Upon seeing that we have a substantial force, the opponent has reinforced their troops."
Xu Lanzhou did not revel in Bai Zhongqi's affirmation. In fact, she rarely showed any girlish demeanor now. She had found her place, and even stood next to Bai Zhongqi without hesitation, very close to him.
"That person who just made the declaration was the tenth Divine General from the original High Council, and our intelligence indicates he is the only one within the Fallen Empire's Divine Generals Hall who serves the Prime Minister's Office. His temper is also very predictable. Tai Ruonuo certainly has some abilities; he is extremely arrogant, but in reality, he is extremely cautious. Therefore, he will constantly inject forces to ensure a numerical advantage over us, securing him a most relaxed victory."
Bai Zhongqi had also looked at a lot of information about the Divine Generals. He said somewhat regretfully, "Although Tai Ruonuo is ranked tenth, his reputation among the top ten is not very high. Apart from his average interpersonal relationships and weak political background, his battles often lack spectacle, not as eye-catching as those of Divine General Su Shuang. But the so-called adept warriors earn no brilliant military achievements, Tai Ruonuo often kills his enemies in the planning phase, and his battles tend to be quite ugly. Naturally, no one pays attention to him, but he is really not to be underestimated."
Xu Lanzhou said, "Using the Su Shuang Legion as a decoy, they aim to lure out our larger-scale fleet. Tai Ruonuo must have prepared a large number of warships, so for him, he must think this victory is easily within reach. However, underestimating an enemy of the Iridium Star, no matter how strong, is a path to death."
Bai Zhongqi said with a smile, "Exactly. Since he is adding fuel, we should also add wood and see whose fire burns more fiercely."
The previously slightly subdued warp transitions suddenly increased again, releasing more dazzling golden spheres, unleashing more Iridium Star Warships. This time, Bai Zhongqi did not use solely the Empire Army's warships but brought half of the Swarm Warships.
The configuration of Bai Zhongqi's Swarm Warships did not quite resemble the classic Insect Race. In appearance, they were even quite similar to the new warships of the Iridium Star Empire Army. This was due to the technical integration carried out by the Iridium Star United Empire, which brought the two sides increasingly close on the basis of absorbing each other's technologies.
"Deploy 8 Strategic Fleet groups first, then another 8. I really want to see just how many fleets from the Fallen Empire the invincible Tai Ruonuo has in his hands."
Iridium Star Chancellor Bai Zhongqi was not afraid to roll up his sleeves and fight the enemy head-on. Perhaps for the original ten giants of the Second Universe Galaxy and the Fallen Empire, the Iridium Star was just a civilization from a less densely-packed parallel universe, still bearing the humiliating mark of a heavenly disaster.
But now, Bai Zhongqi intended to make it clear to the Fallen Empire that the Galaxy's supreme power was definitely not theirs.