Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 594: Devouring and Slaughtering

Now, Xiao Yu could be said to have used every means at his disposal. Transporting stars to bombard the Level 5 Civilization Alliance could be counted as Xiao Yu’s final move, but now even this move had lost its effect, because the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had finally mastered planetary curvature flight technology and, without Xiao Yu’s knowledge, had quietly completed its practical application. Once this technology was mastered, the limitation of insufficient mobility for planetary war stars was completely broken. The Level 5 Civilization Alliance no longer had any worries.

This meant that Xiao Yu could no longer possibly break through the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s defenses to obtain their technology. It meant Xiao Yu could only watch helplessly as the Level 5 Civilization Alliance escaped while freely developing their own technology, ultimately perhaps reaching a level even more advanced than Xiao Yu’s.

After several centuries of war, barring unexpected circumstances, the outcome had already been decided at this moment, Xiao Yu lost, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance won. Under the leadership of the former leader of the Pegasus Civilization, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had at last lasted till this day.

Yet at this very moment, just as Xiao Yu had fallen into despair and was planning to give up attacking the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, Xiao Yu sensed that familiar fluctuation. Without even needing to think, Xiao Yu knew that his Specter companion had arrived. Xiao Yu’s heart immediately leapt with excitement.

The current situation had truly reached a point where it could not be salvaged. Although five stars had already been detonated, the energy of the explosions would still need some time to reach the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, and in that time the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had ample time to initiate curvature flight and, by traveling faster than light, escape this encirclement.

Once they escaped the encirclement, it would be like a dragon returning to the sea. Xiao Yu would no longer have the strength to create such a situation.

The arrival of the Specter companion could completely change this situation.

“Excellent, my Specter companion, you have finally come.” Xiao Yu thought, full of excitement. “When you left last time, you were already a Level 3 Specter. Even if you are not yet a Level 4 Specter now, you have reached the peak of Level 3, right? A Level 3 peak Specter, combined with me, a Level 5 peak Technological Civilization, would mean I do not even need to transport stars anymore. We can take down the Level 5 Civilization Alliance directly on the front line.”

“So you have finally arrived?” Xiao Yu forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and transmitted a message toward the direction of that fluctuation.

“Yes, my Main Civilization, I have arrived. I have come to help you advance to a Level 6 Civilization, and at the same time let myself advance to a Level 4 Specter. Here there are more than a trillion intelligent beings of Level 5 civilizations. These intelligent beings are the best nourishment for my advancement. When you advance to a Level 6 Civilization and I become a Level 4 Specter, then there will be far fewer concerns. We will be able to fight side by side without end…”

“Very good. The union of the two of us will allow our team’s strength to leap directly past the initial stage of a Level 6 Civilization. Once we successfully advance, we can, within a short time, possess the strength to contend with the Taihao Civilization or the Guardians Civilization. Even when facing the Sweepers Civilization, we will have the power to fight. We will no longer have to run about the Milky Way Galaxy like homeless dogs, no longer be alarmed and frightened by the slightest rustle of grass. We can finally stand here openly and proclaim the name of our Earth humans and our Divine Ark Civilization. Come, my Specter companion, come fight by my side.”

Xiao Yu laughed heartily in his heart. The gloom and oppression of centuries were swept away. Xiao Yu issued orders with great speed, “Aside from the biological army staying behind to guard the planetary base and the Home ship, all warships, including the Earth, all sortie. Let this battle be the final battle between our Divine Ark Civilization and the Level 5 Civilization Alliance. Let this battle decide who will have the qualification to advance to a Level 6 Civilization.”

As many as sixteen million warships clustered around the planetary war star and the Earth, charging toward the Level 5 Civilization Alliance that had just escaped the stellar explosion encirclement. Alongside this vast cluster of warships, an unidentified existence rippling like water waves followed these ships, charging toward the Level 5 Civilization Alliance as well.

The Level 5 Civilization Alliance had clearly made ready to engage. Xiao Yu saw that around the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s planetary war stars, there were packed warships everywhere, already prepared for battle.

“Then let us begin the final battle. This battle will determine the fate of our two civilizations…” Xiao Yu murmured in his heart, directing his fleet and meeting the enemy without hesitation.

“Specter, coordinate with my fleet. We will concentrate our strength at one point and first break through their defensive line.”

“Alright. I will move together with your planetary war star.”

After a brief exchange to confirm follow-up tactics, the two strongest civilizations below Level 6 finally collided.

A ferocious war began in an instant. Countless warships pursued each other. All kinds of shells flew across the battlefield. Stripes of pitch-black spatial rifts crisscrossed the war zone. Warships constantly exploded, releasing fierce bursts of fire, then falling silent.

Xiao Yu saw that in this campaign, the Level 5 Civilization Alliance also began using that kind of spatial fluctuation weapon to attack. This was clearly a batch of newly built warships of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, now brought to the field for this battle.

The Level 5 Civilization Alliance had also gone all out. They understood very well that as long as they broke out this time, then afterward their sky would be high enough for birds to fly and the sea broad enough for fish to leap. The Divine Ark Civilization would no longer be able to threaten them.

But something unexpected occurred. They discovered that many ships which should not have been destroyed suddenly lost all energy supplies. Every instrument aboard completely failed, and the soldiers piloting the ships in such circumstances died naturally.

“What is going on?” This question began spreading through the thoughts of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s commanders.

Evidently, they did not know about the existence of the Specter Race. In a calm environment, they might still have detected that special fluctuation that the presence of a Specter brought, but now the situation was simply too chaotic, and the Specter’s existence was perfectly concealed.

Faced with a Level 3 peak Specter, that so-called Specter detector, said to have been obtained from the Guardians Civilization and buildable even by a Level 2 civilization, was useless. Xiao Yu had tried using it when his Specter companion approached him, with no reaction whatsoever.

Amid this chaos, the Specter companion was wantonly devouring the spirits of intelligent beings. Any ship that the body of the Specter companion approached would flicker violently for an instant, then rapidly dim and lose all energy supplies, becoming a corpse with no autonomous consciousness. Moreover, after the Specter companion had destroyed enough ships and become practiced in the method of destruction, the ships it approached no longer all suffered total energy depletion. Instead, only the ship’s shield was destroyed. This phenomenon clearly indicated that the Specter companion had become familiar with the structure of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s ships and grasped the technique.

With the ship’s shield gone, the Specter companion could recklessly devour the lives inside the ship.

During this process, Xiao Yu continually received messages from the Specter companion. “This is so exhilarating, Xiao Yu. I can feel my power constantly increasing. Since my birth, this is the first time I have so heartily swallowed the lives of intelligent beings. At this rate, I will soon be able to advance to a Level 4 Specter.”

“Excellent. Then, for now, concentrate on inflicting casualties on the enemy’s living forces as much as possible. However, in the later phase of the campaign, I will begin outreach for surrender among the Level 5 Civilization Alliance. At that time, take note not to kill any intelligent beings who have surrendered.” Xiao Yu replied.

Seeing such a rapid and efficient method of killing, even Xiao Yu felt a chill in his heart. Although Xiao Yu had also annihilated intelligent beings planet by planet, he still felt that this blatant practice of the Specter companion, boosting its own power by devouring intelligent beings, was far too bloody and violent.

Moreover, those devoured by the Specter companion were all intelligent beings of Level 5 civilizations. These intelligent beings possessed extremely high development of body and brain regions. Especially the scientists within the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, if they could submit to Xiao Yu, it would be of indisputable great benefit to him. It must be remembered that the scientists of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance had, without any external assistance or higher-civilization artifacts to analyze, forcibly developed planetary curvature flight technology and spatial fluctuation weapons. Just thinking of such talent made Xiao Yu covetous.

Most important of all was the former leader of the Pegasus Civilization. Through centuries of confrontation, Xiao Yu had come to fully understand this leader’s capabilities. In some respects, he had completely surpassed Xiao Yu and Luka Two. If he could join the Divine Ark Civilization, who knew how many benefits would follow.

But now was not the time to speak of ethics. Furthermore, if he wanted to compel the Level 5 Civilization Alliance to surrender, he had to inflict sufficiently heavy casualties on them in the early phase to form adequate deterrence. Therefore Xiao Yu did not stop the Specter companion’s slaughter.