CHAPTER 729: CHAPTER 580: SURPRISE ATTACK (TWO MORE)

"Order Spring Bud to enter the coordinates (2134, 821, 133) area, responsible for defending against the incoming insect swarm from the front."

"Order Anemone to enter coordinates...."

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Among the stars, the escort ship formation around the Green Gore Mother Ship began to move.

A total of twenty-four escort ships, eight of which separated and moved forward to prepare for a frontal attack on the incoming insect swarm, while the remaining eighteen escort ships dispersed to various angles, protecting the Green Gore without any blind spots.

At the same time, a large number of fighters and mechas launched from the escort ships.

The Green Gore also deployed its Energy Barrier, and to prevent any accidents, the Mother Ship opened dozens of exits. Over a hundred mechas rushed out, standing guard at various positions as supplementary defense forces for the Mother Ship.

It was a full-scale, angle-covering defense.

All the combatants of the Yanas Kingdom were on high alert, not daring to take anything lightly.

Soon, the vanguard eight ships were about to make official contact with the incoming insect swarm.

Eriga waved his hand and issued the command with a scare.

"All Vanguard Guard Ship main cannons, charge up, open all firing ports, prepare for saturation attack!"

"Yes!"

Each of the connecting ship captains replied.

"1 minute and 38 seconds until official contact between the two parties."

"57 seconds!"

"40 seconds!"

The operators reported anxiously while holding their breaths.

Eriga slowly raised his hand, ready to issue the attack command at any moment.

"32 seconds left!"

The operators continued to report.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred. The insect swarm, which had been swarming in like Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, suddenly scattered on their own initiative, attacking the Green Gore from all directions.

"Not good, the insect swarm has voluntarily dispersed!"

The operators on-site were somewhat baffled; this was the first time they had encountered such a situation, as the monsters were not known for high intelligence.

"What’s the panic? Vanguard troops, orderly retreat. All defense forces, shoot down the approaching enemies; don’t let a single insect get through."

"Understood!"

All the captains responsible for defense replied in a deep voice.

In the starry sky, a large insect swarm circled and attacked from all directions; the defending escort ships opened their firing ports one by one while adjusting their Guard Cannons.

Whizz~

Missiles launched!

Boom~

In the cosmos, insects were hit by one after another, with violent explosions rising like colorful fireworks.

However, even so, the incoming insect swarm, like moths to a flame, attacked fearlessly.

Yet as soon as they breached the missile blockade and came close, they were met with a shower of Guard Cannon fire.

Crack~

One by one, the insects were riddled with holes.

Should any slip through, they immediately met the Mobile Defense Mechas. Moving swiftly, they appeared before the incoming Black Thorn Insects and unsympathetically swung their Alloy Blades with a slash.

From a third angle, it could be seen that the swarming insects were being killed in droves, their corpses falling into the starry void.

There were hardly any insects that broke through the defense fire network.

Seeing this outcome, everyone present on the Green Gore breathed a sigh of relief; it looked like there wasn’t much of a problem.

After all, the Green Gore’s own firepower systems hadn’t even been activated yet; the escort ships and mobile troops alone were sufficient to hold off the attack.

Edgar spoke up, "Well done, everyone, keep it up and let these damn insects come without return!"

"Understood!"

The crowd said, brimming with confidence.

Just then, in the midst of the starry sky, a pair of pitch-dark eyes opened.

Both the Lord Level IV Black Thorn Insect King and the Lord Level IV Black Thorn Insect Queen simultaneously shed the protective color covering their bodies, revealing their enormous silhouettes in space; in the next second, the two spread their thin wings and, like two streaks of light, one after the other, charged toward the top of the Green Gore at an extremely high speed.

The Black Thorn Insect King opened its mouth, and a dazzling red beam shot directly toward the Nubik Escort Ship responsible for defense at the top.

Boom!

The energy barrier of the Nubik was penetrated, and the entire ship exploded violently.

In an instant, a piercing alarm sounded in the command center of the Green Gore.

"Warning: Lord Level IV Black Thorn Insect King detected!"

"Warning: Lord Level IV Black Thorn Insect Queen detected!"

"Warning, the Nubik Escort Ship is damaged."

"It’s the Insect King and Queen! Damn, they’re attacking from the top!"

A terrified operator shouted.

"Order the other ships at the top to focus fire, attack! And activate the top outer ring artillery, block them for me!"

Eriga issued orders with both shock and anger; he never expected the Insect King and Queen to approach the ship so closely by using camouflage invisibility, along with the distraction and harassment of the numerous insect swarm.

The worst part was that they had attacked from the top, which, unluckily for the Green Gore, was a blind spot in the ship’s firepower defense. The top had a large area designated to accommodate Green Gore City, leaving no room for weapons installation, except for some launch ports on the outer ring, which, if activated now, were estimated to have only mediocre effects.

This was also why the combat abilities of life-type mother ships were absolutely inferior to those of combat-type mother ships.

The top escort ships received the order and began to change their targets and open fire one after another, while launch ports on the outer top ring of the Green Gore opened, and missiles were urgently launched.

Missiles and beams were fired at the Black Thorn Insect King and Queen!

Just then, the Black Thorn Insect King took the lead and accelerated in the face of the numerous incoming attacks, opening its mouth to emit a piercing insect shriek.

The next second!

AT fields were deployed, the invisible barriers emerging!

Boom, boom, boom!

All the attacks were blocked.

"Lord Eli, the opponent has activated AT fields! The attack has been neutralized, all blocked, and they’re heading towards us,"

the operators in the command center were dumbfounded.

However, a worse situation immediately unfolded, as a monitoring crew member cried out in terror.

"Scanning target Black Thorn Insect Queen, Pollack biological reaction is skyrocketing!"

"Switch to close-range optical imaging systems, capture the enemy."

Eriga already issued the command.

Soon, the captured images switched to the main screen, showing the bloated Black Thorn Insect Queen with patches of red spots emerging all over her body, her mouth splitting open and accumulating a flickering red Thunder Light Energy Ball.

The ball contained such volatile energy that it made Eli’s heart leap.

He turned and yelled, "Maximize the power output of the Energy Barrier!"

"It’s already maximized,"

the operator replied with great anxiety.

The next second, a radiant red column of light came thundering down, striking the Energy Barrier of the Green Gore instantly.

The entire Green Gore shook.

An operator cried out in terror, "The Energy Barrier is dissolving!"

"Damn it!"

Eriga’s face went dark.

And then something even more devastating happened, as another controller once again issued a warning.