The Violet Prince grunted and waved his hand again.
This time the umbrella-shaped aliens spread out in all directions. One by one, the turtle-shaped aliens were released. Slowly but surely, they bore down on Star Division.
The Violet Prince knew that although the humans were few in number, their combat prowess was nothing to scoff at.
Lan Jue quietly gave the order.
Then, from the direction of Angel, a column of white light burst forth. It transformed into a column of light that pierced through space.
The railgun had been fired for the first time!
Hundreds of blazing beams of light tore through the air toward the alien horde.
However, the Violet Prince was prepared. The beast beneath him shook violently, and then a powerful wave of will burst forth from its body.
The aliens around them seemed to explode, scattering in every direction.
Beams of white light shot up into the sky, but most of them hit nothing but air. Aiming and locking on to the aliens didn't seem to have any effect.
Only a few beams of light landed on the giant beast, which was tens of thousands of meters long. However, there was an additional layer of keratin on the surface of its body, which forcibly blocked the bombardment of the Planetary Rail Cannon. It did not suffer any damage at all. It was as if it had been tickled.
The enemy was stronger than expected, but Lan Jue didn't call for help.
Lan Jue's eyes narrowed as she faced the turtle-shaped aliens. She nodded in one direction.
Star Division was on the move. A thousand soldiers spread out to meet the turtle-shaped aliens. This time, it was the Paragons who didn't move. Instead, they faced the Violet Prince and Princess off in the distance.
Tan Lingyun led a small team of his own to confront one of the turtle-shaped aliens.
These creatures weren't particularly strong, but their defenses were formidable. They could even withstand a blast from a battleship's main cannon.
Their bodies were large, and their movements slow. Their only advantage was their defense.
Behind the turtle-like aliens was a swarm of centipedes. As soon as Star Division began to move, the centipedes followed suit. Purple beams of light shot out from their midst.
These beams of light were all coming from very tricky angles. Each beam of light was several meters in diameter, but they were all able to find the mechas with unerring accuracy.
Star Division's power was on full display.
Tan Lingyun took the lead with his mecha. He pushed off the turtle-shaped alien with the tip of his foot and took flight.
Sheathing his weapons, Lan Jue's mecha drew two arcs in front of him. Suddenly, an emerald light burst forth.
The light looked very gentle, but when it appeared, a turbulence suddenly appeared in the sky.
The turbulence was strange. When the purple light drilled into it, it was refracted. Most of it landed on the turtles nearby, but none of it landed on her team.
She wasn't the only one. The other squads were doing the same.
Tang Xiao's team, for example, transformed their mechas into shields. The funny thing was, it looked a little like the turtle-shaped alien's carapace. It blocked the centipede's attack head-on.
Many of the aliens attacking from the front were large and strong in both attack and defense.
However, this strength was also limited to a certain range.
They were effective against the battleships, but not against Star Division.
Not every squad chose to take the brunt of the attacks head-on. Some squads were smarter than others.
The turtle-shaped aliens were over a hundred meters in diameter. They were bulky, but their defense was incredible.
The largest human mecha could reach a height of only twenty meters.
Lan Jue watched as a squad of ten mechas charged in and flipped one of the turtle-shaped aliens to the ground. They used its body as a shield to block the centipede's attack.
The turtle-shaped aliens' toughest defense was their carapace. Humans couldn't easily break it, but the aliens themselves were no exception.
The turtle's shell was hard, but that didn't mean the rest of its body was hard. The shell had holes, and like a turtle, it had limbs.
That was where the turtle-shaped aliens' weakness lay.
Star Division's actions were swift. It looked like a series of flashing lights, but before long the turtle-shaped aliens were motionless. They floated in the air, lifeless.
Many of their vital crystals had been taken out.
Star Division used the turtle-shaped beasts as shields. They didn't fight the centipede beasts head-on. No matter how tricky the centipede beasts were, they didn't know how to turn. There was nothing they could do.
Hundreds of the turtle-shaped aliens had been dealt with. The Violet Prince's face was grim.
These humans were difficult to deal with.
When he saw Lan Jue, he was a little afraid. When Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin had broken through, he'd felt their terrifying aura.
Even now, the fear still lingered in his heart.
So he didn't rush to attack. But now it looked like the aliens couldn't do much damage.
Since when had the turtle-shaped aliens become so weak?
Even if it wasn't their carapace, was their defense really that weak?
The turtles' defenses weren't weak, but they were up against human Adepts. The combination of Adepts and mecha was perfect against creatures like the aliens, who relied on life force to sustain them.
It was far more effective than a pure energy attack.
Because of this, the turtle-shaped aliens weren't as effective as they should have been.
At last the Violet Prince made his move. With a wave of his hand a purple light burst forth from his body, enveloping the surrounding beasts in its radiance.
Under the illumination of the light, the aliens' eyes turned a deeper purple. Their bodies grew larger, and their auras grew stronger.
Amplification?
Lan Jue's lips curled into a smile.
Do you think we can't?
He didn't need to say anything. Zhou Qianlin's body began to glow with a white light.
During this period of time, she had been in a predicament of having too much power of faith.
She couldn't wait to release some of it.
Faith was a very pure form of energy, and it was difficult to compress it. If the Pontiff were in her position, he'd be more than happy to use it to improve his cultivation.
But the Pontiff's previous faith couldn't hold a candle to what Zhou Qianlin had now.
When it came to the Pontiff's Citadel, people sought peace of mind. But when it came to Zhou Qianlin, it was a different story. She was their savior, their savior!
How could Qianlin's Discipline not skyrocket? They were giving their faith as much as they could to Qianlin.
Even the centipede Marauders closest to him were enveloped by the white light.
Suddenly, their bodies felt as if they had been immersed in a pot of boiling oil. Amidst ear-piercing screams, a large amount of purplish-red air began to evaporate from their bodies. They hurriedly turned around and ran.
Not even the Violet Prince's orders could command them.
They reacted instinctively, and were terrified.
Over on the human side, Star Division's soldiers could feel their Discipline replenish as soon as the Queen of Heaven's Domain enveloped them. There was also a strange feeling, like there was some power in space that was connected to them, and connected to their Disciplines.
A feeling of power they'd never felt before washed over them.
The stronger ability users vaguely understood that this seemed to be the legendary Law, and they could feel the changes in the Law that belonged to them.
It was a small amount, but for them it was the best they could do.
It was similar to how Lan Jue's Ascension had allowed her to challenge opponents above her own level. Now they were in the same situation.
All around, they were stronger!
Lan Jue's suggestion for Star Division to fight in space wasn't without reason.
All of Star Division's team leaders were ninth level Adepts. Their mechas were custom-made to complement their Disciplines, making them a force to be reckoned with.
Against most of the aliens, it would still be of some use.
Star Division wasn't strong enough to face the aliens head-on, but that wasn't the point.
The aliens were so strong that even fleets wouldn't be able to stop them, let alone Star Division.
There was no doubt that the planetary defense system could play a very important role, but if the frontal resistance was too weak, it would still be ineffective.
The Paragons were the main fighting force. In some ways, Star Division's role was to support the Paragons.
In that case, whether they could survive or not was very important.
Before Lan Jue had asked Lan Qing for Star Division to fight in space, she'd had Zhou Qianlin test her Domain on ordinary Adepts.
Surprise!
That was the answer Lan Jue got.
Under the influence of the Queen of Heaven's Domain, ordinary Adepts were able to sense the protogenia of their Discipline. Although it wasn't possible to master it, it was enough to increase their strength. Their control of protogenia increased their combat effectiveness by thirty percent.
Their regenerative abilities improved as well.
It was fair to say that Zhou Qianlin's presence provided Star Division with a support system.
Under these circumstances, the Star Division's survivability increased dramatically.