In addition to assigning combat missions to his main fleets, Lin Fan also assigned missions to the other three combat fleets.
The three conventional Star System clusters commanded by the former Commander Mu of the Three-Eye Empire.
The ten conventional Star System clusters commanded by the former Angel Queen Elfi.
The five conventional Star System clusters commanded by the former Elven Queen Erwin.
In Lin Fan's deployment, the Three-Eye Race fleet was responsible for guarding the cosmic current node, Chels, that led to the Kempinia Super Star Cluster. The Angels and Elves were responsible for guarding the Xassalle Star Field. On one hand, they were to protect the base against Aliya's desperate actions. On the other hand, they could act as backup fleets that could attack at any time.
Three hours later, the atmosphere in the entire Xassalle Star Field was completely different. It was filled with an indescribable chill.
Nearly a hundred Federation Starfleet star system clusters were lined up neatly in the void. All the battleships had completed the corresponding replenishment a few days ago and were ready to set off for a long, high-intensity battle at any time.
As the time for battle approached, the first to move was the Netherworld Fleet. The ten Star System legions had already activated the hyperspace engine and quickly disappeared into the void.
Perhaps Aliya had expected that there would be a battle between the Zerg and the humans sooner or later, but she did not expect this battle to come so soon. Therefore, she was not fully prepared. Many Zerg Kings were even unprepared in the few star fields around Xassalle. This provided the Netherworld Fleet with the perfect opportunity to battle.
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Esias was a Class 1 Zerg King Zerg, and it could be ranked in the top ten of the Class 1 Zerg King Zerg in terms of evolution.
At this moment, it was lying in the void of Crete, enjoying a quiet nap. It was completely unaware that a life-and-death crisis was rapidly approaching.
It was Legion I of the Netherworld Fleet, and its commander was Wang Hai.
Even when the hyperspace window was opened and hundreds of millions of battleships flew out, Esias still did not take it seriously.
After all, Lin Fan had made a lot of arrangements for today's battle. One of them was to let a fleet wander around the surrounding star fields.
It was called "borrowing the path"!
Therefore, Esias did not care about the sudden appearance of the human fleet.
That's right, it was already used to it. It thought that this was another human's act of "borrowing"!
At the same time, in the bridge of Legio II of the Netherworld Fleet.
"Army Commander, the dark energy network has received a message from the insectoids asking us why we're here. Should we reply?"
"Of course we have to! Use the cannons!"
Wang Hai sneered.
"Combat team, lock onto the target immediately. Construct a large-scale dark energy array and release the compressed flow of dark energy particles. Aim to kill the enemy in one shot!"
"Yes, Legion General!"
The compressed flow of dark energy particles was the attack that Lin Yu had unleashed on Epnos when the Federation fleet first entered the Wills Special Supercluster.
This attack could be seen as the prototype of the induced dark energy compression cannon. Even Epnos, a Tier 8 lifeform, would be severely injured if it was careless. Not to mention the Tier 1 Insectoid King, which was only equivalent to a Tier 6 lifeform. Once it was hit, there was no chance of survival!
Wang Hai, who was now a Grade-A dark energy manipulator, had no interest in fighting at all. He directly handed the task over to the Grade-B dark energy manipulator under his command.
"Battleship DEAC operating at maximum efficiency … Multiple mirrors beginning construction!"
One after another, silver-white dark energy arrays began to be constructed in front of the battleship. Each one was larger than the previous and incomparably beautiful. It was as if a magician was constructing multiple magic arrays …
"Seven layers of mirrors completed. Compressed flow of dark energy particles … Initiating irradiation!"
Suddenly, the madly operating DEAC began to release the dark energy that it had accumulated to the point that it was about to explode. The dark energy rushed madly towards the first layer of mirrors in front of the battleship.
Layer after layer, the huge amount of dark energy was compressed by the mirror array that was constructed. After passing through six mirror arrays, the dark energy had been compressed to the extreme. The terrifying energy that could destroy the world made the scalps of all the lifeforms in the area tingle.
Finally, the dark energy that had been compressed to the point that it could no longer be compressed was sent into the last mirror array. This last mirror array had a completely different function than the previous six.
If the first six mirrors were used to compress the dark energy, then the last mirror array's function was to shape it.
Of course, this shape was not shaping the shape, but the form, the form of the dark energy!
In the next moment, a silver-white ray burst out from the seventh mirror array. It ignored the effect of time and directly swept towards Essett at 10,000 times the speed of light.
A distance of one AU was covered in only half a second at 10,000 times the speed of light. Essett did not even have time to shout a word before his entire body was swallowed by this terrifying attack.
"Army Commander, the target has been confirmed to have been eliminated!"
"Hmm, have the other Level 2 to Level 5 King Beetles been located?"
"This …"
"What are you talking about? Just say it!"
"Yes, all the King Beetles in Crete have been located. In addition to the Level 4 and Level 5 King Beetles scattered around the star field, there are two Level 2 and five Level 3 King Beetles. They are all located at the same coordinates as the Level 1 King Beetle, so …"
"Uh … So the attack just now killed all of them along the way?"
"Yes, Army Commander!"
Good heavens, this is too much of a coincidence. Could it be that I just happened to run into a gathering of high-level King Beetles?
After understanding this, Wang Hai could not help but complain to himself.
"Display the positions of the remaining Level 4 and Level 5 King Beetles on the star map!"
"Yes, Army Commander!"
Soon, dozens of red dots appeared on the virtual star map in front of Wang Hai. However, they were not scattered. Most of them were in groups of a few, and they were distributed in nine regions. This saved him a lot of effort!
"All the King Beetles here were killed in an instant. They probably did not have time to spread the news. Order the Third to Eighth B Squadrons to attack these eight regions and kill all the King Beetles as quickly as possible!"
"At the same time, order the First and Second B Squadrons to clear out the King Beetles on the spot. Clear out a safe area of at least one AU for the following squadrons to ensure their safety when they exit hyperspace!"
"Yes, Army Commander!"