This Continent-Class ship obtained from the Predator Civilization truly had no further use for Xiao Yu. All the technology it contained had either been analyzed by Xiao Yu or sufficient samples had been retained for subsequent research. Its manufacturing technology, materials, and standards did not fit Xiao Yu’s usage habits, and its performance was too poor, making it completely unwieldy in use. Unless it underwent a comprehensive refit and overhaul, this situation could not change. But that was clearly unnecessary, because if Xiao Yu had the time and energy to overhaul this ship, he might as well build a new one directly.

Therefore, the best end for this ship was to be exchanged for a Continent-Class ship of the Pegasus Civilization in such a battlefield. Now Xiao Yu had achieved that goal, and what surprised him was that after completely capturing the Expeditionary Army’s flagship, this ship still retained basic maneuverability and defensive capability and had not been completely destroyed.

“Now this thing does not even have repair value. If you want it, I will oblige you.” Xiao Yu maneuvered this wrecked ship, pushing engine output to the maximum, entirely disregarding how much structural damage such massive acceleration would inflict on the hull.

There are many ways for a ship to attack. It can mount many weapons, negative matter cannons, light-beam weapons, missile weapons, bomb weapons, and so on, numerous enough to number in the dozens or even hundreds. Yet among this multitude of offensive methods, there is one that is not included, namely a direct collision.

Piloting a ship to ram another target is an extreme desecration of a ship. Basically no one would do such a thing. It is an intolerable wasteful act. Yet Xiao Yu did exactly that, and with a Continent-Class ship no less.

Because at this moment, most of the weapons mounted on this Continent-Class ship were already damaged, and its energy reserves were meager. One could say that in a duel with another Continent-Class ship, it would not last half an hour. The only weapon it had left was itself, and the only attack method remaining was ramming. Using its colossal body and enormous mass to crash straight in, dragging the enemy down to hell with its own death.

Indeed, after capturing the Expeditionary Army’s flagship, Xiao Yu had lost interest in this Continent-Class ship. The two ships were obviously of the same class, differing only in scale. For such a pair, the technological content was basically the same. Having one was enough. There was no need to waste too much time and effort to acquire two.

Beyond technology, in terms of combat usefulness these ships were meaningless to Xiao Yu. Even if he captured this ship, who knew how much effort would be required to repair and refit it before it could form new combat strength. With that energy, it would be better to build anew. The intelligent beings of the Pegasus Civilization were, after all, not like the cowardly Predator Civilization. They would not surrender in panic at the slightest intimidation or threat of death.

Under full acceleration, this Continent-Class ship of the Predator Civilization underwent terrifying changes. Sensors installed throughout the ship reported data from various sections to Xiao Yu. Those data told him that in just five seconds of acceleration, the ship had sustained extremely severe damage.

At this moment, inside the ship, the screech of tearing metal resounded everywhere. Twisting and deformation were everywhere. Rooms and corridors that had originally been standard rectangular prisms now began to warp like twisted ropes. The distorted structures severely damaged various instruments within the ship. Gravitational generators began to fail. Deprived of gravity’s restraint, components and debris inside the ship floated free, drifting at random with air currents and the ship’s vibrations. Countless sparks burst out, and the air filled with a strange smell.

Viewed from outside, one could see that this gigantic ship of irregular overall shape was now insanely warped. Countless fragments were peeling from the hull. Some fragments, in motion, slammed into sections of the aft hull and burst into great showers of sparks, trailing thick smoke behind like aircraft performing stunt shows.

It was exactly a scene from the end of the world. A Continent-Class ship could be called a world unto itself.

Within mere seconds, this Continent-Class ship had accelerated to over ten thousand kilometers per second, and the speed was still rising rapidly.

A common principle from the Earth era was that the greater the mass of an object, the more difficult it is to change its state of motion. The mass of a Continent-Class ship was undoubtedly enormous. It was foreseeable how tremendous the force needed to alter its motion so quickly would be, and how vast the energy released upon collision would be.

This move by the Continent-Class ship completely exceeded the other Expeditionary Army Continent-Class ship’s expectations. It had approached only to attack this Continent-Class ship, never imagining it would be attacked in this manner. But it was already too late. The mass of a Continent-Class ship was too great, making it extremely difficult to alter course under normal flight. The time left was too short to evade. Only one result remained, collision, a peerless collision.

In terms of the performance and power of a Continent-Class ship, an asteroid as large as a Continent-Class ship could be easily shattered. But this onrushing behemoth still possessed basic defensive capability and could not be broken apart. Moreover, its speed was too high. How could a naturally formed asteroid have such speed? Speed means power. The faster the speed, the greater the impact force. This is common sense. How much power would be released when such a gigantic object slammed in at such speed?

Even for Xiao Yu, such madness was a first.

Evasion was impossible, and frenzied fire could not stop this berserk behemoth. Along its path it surged forward unstoppably, battering aside anything in its way. Some Expeditionary Army ships, resolved to die, placed themselves in the path of the Continent-Class ship, hoping to trade their sacrifice for the survival of their flagship. But facts proved such efforts were futile.

There was even a Nation-Class ship that did the same. It abruptly accelerated ahead of the Predator Continent-Class ship, heading straight for it. The combined speed of the two exceeded fifty thousand kilometers per second. At that speed they slammed together, followed by a violent explosion. The Nation-Class ship was obliterated, leaving no trace in the universe. The Continent-Class ship erupted into a sky-scraping blaze. An area more than twenty kilometers across became a sea of fire, with tremendous explosions erupting repeatedly. Yet its overall speed was scarcely affected, and it continued to surge onward.

The Expeditionary Army Continent-Class ship tried desperately to evade, but sadly it was too late for anything. Against the Predator Continent-Class ship’s tremendous speed, it seemed like a slow-moving turtle, pitiful to behold.

The collision finally happened. The Predator Civilization’s ship, at nearly eighty thousand kilometers per second, slammed into the Expeditionary Army’s Continent-Class ship. At the instant of impact, an indescribably intense flash burst forth. Countless ionized materials erupted from the impact point and sped into space at unimaginable velocities. Under such high-speed impact, Xiao Yu even observed a momentary gamma-ray burst.

The collision lasted only an instant. The powerful light flashed and vanished, followed by fragments of ships flying everywhere. These fragments were no longer ordinary matter. The ferocious energy of the impact had even processed some of them into ultraheavy elements that are extremely rare in the universe.

At the impact point, the energy released in that instant even reached the magnitude of a supernova explosion. Otherwise, how could new elements have been created?

One can imagine how enormous the energy of that instant was.

After the flash, a fierce explosion followed. Xiao Yu’s ships had already withdrawn to a distance, leaving only scattered Expeditionary Army ships here. In an instant they were swallowed by the massive explosive energy and reduced to debris.

Only after more than ten minutes did the explosion from the collision of the two Continent-Class ships subside. By then the battlefield was a wasteland, and the two Continent-Class ships had completely vanished without a trace.

“Whew. Two Continent-Class ships, one captured by me, one destroyed by me. Only some medium and small ships remain. Now it is your end.” After the explosion died down, Xiao Yu led his vast fleet to surround once more. This time, Xiao Yu intended to completely annihilate the entire Expeditionary Army.