The Dark Citadel's face was calm, his expression unchanged. However, Mika noticed that his father's eyes had changed. There was an emptiness in his deep eyes.
The destruction of the Dark Citadel was a huge blow to the Demon King.
Zeus -1 continued to accelerate, but Mika's heart was heavy.
No one knew how many people would be able to survive this battle.
Whether or not they could defeat the aliens was also an unknown factor.
Come on!
You have to win!
Mika gritted his teeth. Everything came down to defeating the aliens.
The battle in space had reached a fever pitch.
The two sides clashed in a shower of sparks and sparks.
The human forces fought and retreated, maintaining a certain distance.
Still, the aliens were using some sort of acceleration technique to close the distance and engage in close combat.
The human battleships were beginning to take damage.
Although it was only a small number, the aliens were getting closer and closer.
The two sides clashed more and more frequently.
They couldn't see each other clearly anymore. All they could do was attack with everything they had.
Middle Heaven was the mainstay of the battle. It was at the forefront of the battle.
It didn't release its drones, but relied on its own power to repel the onslaught of the aliens.
To the aliens' dismay, this bastion was built from a planet, and its shields were incredibly strong.
Most of their attacks were aimed at Middle Heaven. Only by destroying the bastion would they be able to gain the upper hand.
Unfortunately, no matter what kind of alien they were, they were repelled by Middle Heaven's thick shields. None of their attacks were able to penetrate the bastion's defenses.
Middle Heaven's energy reserves seemed limitless. It could attack and defend at the same time. The number of aliens it had killed was equal to twelve fleets combined.
It was also because it was at the forefront that their losses were minimized.
But there were too many of them, and they were already encircling the human army. The pressure was getting stronger and stronger, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.
What the aliens were waiting for was distance.
Once they were within a certain range, they would attack with all their might. At that time, they were confident that they could severely injure the human army.
Suddenly, a low rumble rang out without warning.
A huge beam of light suddenly appeared in space.
When this beam of light first appeared, it was still incandescent. However, it quickly turned bright red and swept out like a laser.
However, it was simply too big.
In the blink of an eye, one percent of the aliens vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a sea of vital crystals.
The force of the attack slowed the onslaught of the beasts.
The air was filled with terrifying energy fluctuations.
The humans' attacks rose to a new level. Cannon fire rained down, forcing the aliens back. The distance between the two sides widened once more.
What was that just now?
There was only one thing in the human world that could cause such terrifying destruction.
It was a Battlestar.
The light from Tyrannosaurus' main cannon dimmed, and it continued to retreat.
From the beginning of the battle until now, there were only two entities that hadn't attacked. Tyrannosaurus and Neptune.
If Middle Heaven was the vanguard, then these two bastions were its solid support.
As the aliens grew in numbers, the danger to the human army grew. Tyrannosaurus bared its fangs and claws for the first time.
As the two sides clashed, the aliens forgot to charge the main cannon of the Bastion.
The attack had blasted a hole in the center of the alien army. They had suffered heavy losses.
The aliens suddenly remembered that Middle Heaven wasn't the only bastion they had to deal with. There were two other bastions as well!
Until now, Poseidon hadn't launched an attack.
This was the first time the aliens had seen this bastion, and they didn't know what it was capable of.
But in terms of size, it was much larger than Tyrannosaurus.
Lan Qing sat in his chair, the data streaming in front of him. He rarely issued orders, and when he did, it was always in code.
The battle plan for this all-out war was the first to be completed.
Lan Qing had a high estimate of the number of aliens, three times higher than the ones he'd discovered.
Therefore, he'd made ample preparations.
Why hadn't Tyrannosaurus and Neptune joined the fray?
It was to preserve their strength.
If they had revealed their full strength, they might have been able to repel the enemy, but they would have been more wary of them.
That would increase the chances of a long, drawn-out battle.
This wasn't what Lan Qing wanted. What he wanted was to destroy the enemy's main force as quickly as possible, then finish the assault as quickly as possible.
First, he wanted to take control of a planet and use it as a base of operations.
In this case, it was the most advantageous situation for them.
The aliens' ability to rely on the planet's defenses had caused him a great deal of trouble.
Today's ring-shaped attack from the main cannon only worked once. The aliens would learn their lesson the next time. They were highly intelligent creatures, after all.
If he wanted to inflict enough damage to them, he would have to do it on the battlefield.
Fighting and retreating wasn't just to widen the distance between them.
It was also to lure the enemy in.
Only in space would there be no cover, and they would be able to see how many aliens there were.
Only then would they be able to use their greatest firepower to deal a heavy blow to the aliens.
Their last attack had been a success.
At least ten thousand aliens had been obliterated by Tyrannosaurus' main cannon.
The aura of the Marauders was immediately suppressed.
Lan Qing wasn't afraid they'd turn and run.
The aliens still had the upper hand.
They knew the bastion's main cannon needed a long time to recharge. Of course they wouldn't run. Their next attack would be even more frenzied than before.
It was just as Lan Qing had predicted. After Tyrannosaurus' main cannon fired, the aliens went berserk.
Hordes of them swarmed forward, ignoring the cannon fire as they charged toward the human army.
The spherical alien that had been tasked with defending the planet and chasing away the incoming aliens had already leapt into the air. It was heading for the battlefield at a frightening speed. Clearly, it was going to join the battle in space.
Given the power the alien had displayed, once it joined the fray, it would be a great boon to the enemy.
The aliens led the charge, and their attacks grew fiercer than before.
The human army was pushed back, and the aliens were closing in.
The human army was losing ground, and the aliens were closing in.
Tyrannosaurus' main cannon had just been fired, and it wouldn't be long before it recovered.
The only thing that hadn't shown its full power was Neptune.
However, would it be able to turn the tide with just this?
Planet Angel.
A trail of blood was cut through the air. The aliens tried to stop them, but the Pharmacist's Sword Formation had no effect on them.
Lan Jue's group was getting closer and closer to the planet's dark side.
A terrible pressure bore down on them from above, and the aliens blocking their path grew larger and larger.
Some of them were a thousand meters long. They slammed into the Sword Array, trying to stop the Pharmacist's advance with their sheer size.
But soon enough, it paid the price for its stupidity. In the face of the Sword Formation, the thousand-meter-long alien was sliced into chunks of flesh and blood, leaving behind only a giant vital crystal.
The Sword Array cut through the enemy's territory like a hot knife through butter.
It wouldn't take long to get to the progenitor's location.
Lan Jue held Zhou Qianlin's hand. Their energies were connected, and they were in a special state.
Lan Jue's own energy flowed into Zhou Qianlin's body. Zhou Qianlin's energy flowed back to him.
It changed, melded, melded, and changed again.
Like water and milk, they complemented each other.
Was the moment finally here?
Lan Jue wore a small smile on his face. He'd waited for this day for a long, long time.
He'd been suppressing his own strength, waiting for Zhou Qianlin to improve.
Finally, they'd come this far. They were on the verge of their most important breakthrough.
In the distance, the aliens' numbers were dwindling.
As the obstacles in front of them decreased, the speed of the sword formation increased.
The Pharmacist steered the Sword Array toward the dark side of the planet. Soon they could see the giant vein that connected heaven and earth.
Without question, they were about to face the most powerful progenitor in all of history.
A progenitor that could feed the alien home worlds had to be incredibly powerful!
Just then, the sky in front of them suddenly darkened, and an aura that Lan Jue was very familiar with slowly appeared in the air.
Thank you, everyone.