Chapter 435 A World-Shaking Strike
The rough voice carried a hint of urgency.
The right hand, just starting to rise, stopped midway, and Xuyang's eyes narrowed.
"Clan Leader Huangchuan..."
The voice over the communication channel had barely faded when the six-sided light barrier suddenly shone brilliantly, transforming the Heavenly Martial Machine God into a dazzling star, etched against the sky.
And in that instant, the figure of the Heavenly Martial Machine God blurred, as it was about to instantly break through space and leave.
At the same time, without any warning, the sky above suddenly brightened immensely.
People on the distant Sky Mother Ship maintained their usual posture, watching without hearing any strange sounds.
Thus, they simply stared above, as the bright blue super-giant energy column tore through the heavens in an instant.
The dense Federation Fleet encircling it was instantly melted into a terrifying void.
Just how terrifying a diameter of over half a kilometer energy pillar was could only be described by those who were actually present to witness the scene.
No one knew that Qi Longxiang, whose forehead was already covered in a thin layer of sweat on the Hidden Land Battleship, was holding a dial in his hands as if it had reached the final moment.
"Hidden Land Battleship camouflage mode activated, Determined Long Song—Cage..."
Inside the command room, a rapidly changing countdown appeared, counting down in microseconds.
At that moment, the nearly silent Hidden Land Battleship suddenly dropped straight down like a giant meteorite.
A trace of agony appeared on the calm face of Qi Longxiang; the toll on his spirit at this moment could be calculated geometrically.
Whether he could truly escape alive depended on the final effect of the energy field's pull.
Thus, in the sky, such a magnificent scene unfolded.
The massive Hidden Land Battleship and the bright blue energy column fell together.
Below them, they shared a common target—the Heavenly Martial Machine God.
The world was vast and bleak!
A ripple spread through space, and suddenly a shadow flashed from midair.
It was the Heavenly Martial Machine God.
The mecha unexpectedly collided with an invisible, super-strong energy force field barrier.
Qi Longxiang had used himself as bait, and with the present strongest trait of the Hidden Land Battleship, he had finally managed to trap the Heavenly Martial Machine God for a mere 3 seconds.
And it was during this brief moment that many finally understood the Federation's intent.
All the planning was for this moment.
To confront the ultimate mastermind behind it all.
Bright blue radiance descended from the sky...
"Your Highness!"
Undergoing a reaction speed beyond the limits of human capability, the Black Knight suddenly ignited his engines and prepared to rush forward.
People's gazes remained fixed in midair, their brains seemingly freezing at the moment.
"For Your Highness's loyalty, Huangchuan Xiong beseeches twenty years of peace for the Huangchuan clan!"
At that moment, a hoarse yet composed male voice resounded from within the bright white jade-like cockpit of the Heavenly Martial Machine God.
Xuyang's handsome face remained expressionless at this moment, only his eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
Then, just as the bright blue light began to shine through the clouds, a smooth and vast spatial rift suddenly opened midair, appearing less than a hundred meters above the Heavenly Martial Machine God.
A massive silhouette of a silver warship emerged in an instant!
And this ship was none other than the flagship of the Huangchuan Fleet!
The true Huangchuan Iron Curtain...
Without any warning, without any spatial fluctuations, all the monitoring equipment hadn't even begun to react.
That giant ship, comparable in size to a Hidden Land battleship, just appeared when no one anticipated it.
When it appeared, the silvery-white surface of the ship instantly turned to black, the most solemn shade of night, and then proudly rose.
A bright blue column of light fell, striking the ship which had just turned from silver to pitch black.
People's hearts skipped a beat, visibly noticing that the beam of light paused instantaneously.
In that brief 0.5 seconds, the massive black shadow of the ship was layer by layer obliterated.
Finally, as the last layer was about to be engulfed by the bright blue, a metallic hand braced from below.
The dazzling figure, as radiant as a star, held up the enormous ship like a god, and behind it, eight wings detached from the body at that moment, spinning end to end and rising like a red jade ring to the top of the light beam barrier.
At last, the black ship completely vanished in the bright blue energy torrent.
"Clan Leader Huangchuan, this time, Prince Xuyang salutes you."
A slight ripple finally appeared on the handsome face of Prince Xuyang, his eyes, usually lazy, now cold as eternal frost.
"Marshal, I'll hold this off for one second, you retreat."
This was the last exchange between two SS-class mechas, and it also epitomized the tacit understanding between sovereign and subject at that moment.
Reingano made no verbal reply, but in silence, the massive black figure flashed by, vanishing directly into the huge spatial rift left by the appearance of the Huangchuan flagship.
He trusted His Highness, just as His Highness trusted him.
Amidst the violent tremors of the Hidden Land battleship, the myriad of cables dancing around Qi Longxiang suddenly halted, and the mild and elegant young man's eyes suddenly sprang open.
His pupils, the most peaceful and pure black, reflected the imposing figure of the godlike being.
The entirely red Heavenly Martial Machine God, at that moment, saw its arm-bound rubies nearly igniting, and the rotating eight-winged ring around its hands began to ripple.
The torrent of blue energy, over half a meter in diameter, continued to pour down from the sky unabated.
On the combat screen of the Heavenly Martial Machine God, the numbers on the energy gauge, which almost never changed, now plummeted like an avalanche, dropping rapidly.
The energy depletion was nearing 10% every 0.1 seconds!
"The Federation's generous gift, Xuyang accepts."
The flat voice resonated between heaven and earth, yet to all that heard it, it was chilling to the bone.
For the calm murderous intent in that voice was as steady as the tone, like the silent nourishing rain, omnipresent.
The Heavenly Martial Machine God, with its GN Solar Furnace fully activated, finally withstood the stunning one second with 300% energy output.
The metallic hand left the ring formed by the eight wings, and the red figure instantly dashed into the spatial rift.
The bright blue energy torrent too, at long last, was no longer endless; the tail end of the column became visible in the dome of the sky.
The rotating eight-winged barrier and the spatial rift, following the disappearance of the red figure, couldn't hold even another 0.1 second and were completely engulfed by the fortress's Star Annihilation Cannon's earth-shattering strike.
The blue light struck the ground!
Boom!
Even at ten thousand meters up, those aboard the ships could feel the instant vibration within their eardrums and bodies.
Wild energy surged into the earth, mountains colapsed, plateaus shattered, and dust rose nearly a kilometer high in that moment.
No one could see the exact scene of the Star Annihilation Cannon's residual energy hitting the ground, but there was one exception.
At the edge of the half-kilometer-wide column of light...
A figure in purple-red closely pressed against the ground...