Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 601: Ambush

Allen's ship, the Dawn, was located behind the fleet. From their portholes, they could see that the family battleship was leaping out of the sea like a big fish, gradually escaping from the warp channel. In the blink of an eye, the first half of the ship had already entered normal space, while the stern was blurry and clear. The battleship was mainly black, covered in dark golden lines, and formed a golden python pattern on its body.

That's the Grant family emblem.

After Grant's Diego disappeared from Planet Paradise, the family took several measures, including sending rescue teams. This time, the Grant Clan did not participate in the free hunt. They only sent out the main force of the clan, the Golden Scaled Snake. Now, the battleship was carrying some of its troops to the Rudson Domain.

Just as the battleship was about to completely enter the normal space, a strange change occurred.

Even though he was inside the starship, Alan suddenly felt an enormous pressure. He looked at the Grant Clan battleship with an awe-inspiring look in his heart. In the space above the warship, a pitch-black dot first appeared. This pitch-black light was constantly enlarging as it descended towards the battleship at a speed visible to the naked eye. Apparently, the Grant Clan battleship had already discovered the situation. Many of the cannons on the ship began to move, raising their barrels and aiming at the black spots above.

Flames suddenly flashed outside the porthole, and the battleship opened fire. Rows of intelligent turrets shot out a dense firepower net. As the ship's high-energy cannons and high-explosive missiles were added to the attack, a huge cloud of fire almost burned in the sky above the battleship. From the fire cloud, one could feel violent Origin Energy spreading out everywhere. However, under such firepower, a pitch-black mass of things passed through the clouds of fire and arrived above the battleship.

Amidst the flames, Alan could clearly see that it was a black rock that was tens of meters long and wide. He didn't know what kind of material it was, but it was actually able to pierce through the cannon fire of the battleship. At this moment, Black Rock shook violently, forming an invisible shock wave, causing the surrounding things to distort. After that, the black rock split apart and unfolded, turning into a giant with its head crossed in its knees. The giant stretched its body in mid-air, and its pair of thighs covered in black and rough skin directly stepped onto the top of the battleship. Then, he swept his hands wildly and pinched and exploded a few of the surrounding turrets.

The explosive flames illuminated the giant's body. It raised its head and roared. Dark yellow streaks of light swirled around its body. From afar, it looked like a volcano that was flowing with magma!

"It's a Grai! And it's the Dark Titan!" Lucy cried out in alarm. Everyone in the cockpit's expression changed when they heard the name Dark Titan.

The Grai are extremely rare powerful beings in the universe that can travel through the stars with their own bodies. Like the Ghanaians, they could travel through outer space with their own bodies and withstand most of the known cosmic rays. They could even pass through the wormhole unscathed. Without a doubt, the defenses of the Grai people had reached a terrifying level.

If every adult Grai was a mobile fortress, then the Dark Titan was a mobile fortress. The Dark Titans were the elite forces of the Grai people. They possessed powerful bodies and powers that could drive the Dark Origin Energy and turn it into a myriad of strange attacks. In the Dark Titan, after experiencing a long life and battle, there were some individuals whose genes would mutate. After obtaining the chance to evolve, this completely transformed Grai was the Prison Flame Giant!

If an adult Grai was considered a soldier and the Dark Titan an officer, then the Prison Flame Giant was a general. The only ones who could command the Prison Flame Giant were the few top experts of the Grai people. Such as Giant Elder Eliog, or Crosser, who was in charge of the Yordon Alliance Army.

The Grant Clan should be glad that it was the Dark Titan who attacked the battleship, not the Prison Flame Giant. Otherwise, the battleship wouldn't have been able to maintain its integrity, and it would probably have exploded under the destructive flames of the Prison Flame Giant. However, the Dark Titan wasn't a vegetarian either. After he landed on the top of the ship, the battleship quickly organized a counterattack, and even sent out small warships to attack. The Dark Titan ignored the fact that the battleships could not threaten his firepower at all. The giant roared, its entire body surging with flames as dark beams of light shot out from its large palm.

It was a jet of energy that drove the darkness origin energy. They landed on many of the battleship's turrets and high-energy cannons, creating waves after waves of explosions. The battleship was completely out of warp space, but most of its hull was already on fire, emitting thick smoke. When the Dark Titan bent down and tore open the armor plate, Alan saw countless figures flying out of the cabin under the fire.

When they were in space, those people had no chance of surviving. Not to mention that the Dark Titan had directly drilled through the gap in the ship's hull. A moment later, a fierce explosion occurred in the middle of the battleship. Under the intense light of the explosion, countless scorching metal fragments scattered everywhere. The Dark Titan, carrying a body of flames, burrowed out from beneath the battleship. The battleship broke off in the middle and exploded several more times, eventually becoming part of the cosmic dust.

In less than a minute, two high-speed frigates belonging to the Sunrise flew towards the Dark Titan, creating a series of explosive fireballs on the giant's body.

The Dawn suddenly shook violently.

"What's going on!" Alan said anxiously.

"We're fine. We're just affected by the shock wave. But behind us" The pilot opened a screen and saw two fireballs. Behind the fireball, a rough-looking enemy ship appeared behind the family starships.

These starships that had suddenly arrived from the rear looked extremely heavy, but the weapons they carried were extremely powerful. In just one shot, the two family starships behind the Dawn exploded. More and more starships like these were chasing after the tail of the fleet.

From time to time, an adult Grai could be seen on these heavy enemy ships. Although they weren't as powerful as the Dark Titan, they were more than enough to destroy the family starship. These tyrannical giants that could survive in outer space had rough brown skin that made them look like moving rocks. The Giant's destructive methods were very simple, but they were very efficient.

They often jumped from their own starships after locking onto their targets. He clasped his hands together and crashed into it like a meteorite. The starship exploded and disintegrated when they collided. Occasionally, the luckier ones would only get knocked off course, but their bodies would also distort. At this time, the giant pounced on the starship again, using both his hands and feet. In three or two strikes, he directly dismantled the starship.

This was an ambush, an unexpected ambush. The Jordon Alliance Army had obtained information about the Federation, so they were able to launch a surprise attack at this precise time and place. The sudden attack caused the fleet to become chaotic. Many starships began to turn around and counterattack. However, because they did not open a distance, they instead let stray bullets accidentally injure their own starships, which in vain benefited the enemy.

The Sunrise Cruiser finally discovered that something was amiss. It repeatedly issued nervous notifications to the various starships, telling the family starships to go to the Sunrise as soon as possible to seek refuge. At the same time, the Sunrise had already dispatched three combat squadrons to support them. However, the distant water could not put out the nearby fire. Seeing that the flames of war were about to burn to his butt, Allen gritted his teeth and said, "Prepare for battle. All weapons platforms are on standby. Activate the magic energy shield!"

Just as he finished speaking, the starship radar had already indicated that an enemy ship was approaching. Alan looked ahead. In front of the Dawn, there was a large group of family starships. There was no way they could fight each other. It was precisely because of this that his opponent had managed to destroy nearly seventy to eighty percent of the starships at the stern of the fleet in a short period of time.

"Go down! Leave the fleet!" Alan shouted.

The pilot did not hesitate and followed Ellen's orders to press down on the joystick. Dawn dived down at an angle of almost 45 degrees. Just as the starship flew below the fleet, a khaki-colored beam of energy swept over and blew up a family starship in front of Dawn. The Dawn spun 180 degrees below the fleet, turned its muzzle and aimed at the abdominal compartment of the enemy ship above, firing fiercely!

A few high-energy beams of light slanted upwards, immediately creating a large hole in the enemy ship's abdomen. A human figure was sucked out from the gap in the explosion. The camera closed in, and Alan could clearly see that it was some kind of upright rhinoceros-like life. They were still wearing rough armor, but their bodies had stopped moving and they had died in space. As a shockwave missile drilled into the enemy ship's body, the warhead vibrated and exploded. The entire enemy ship exploded in mid-air, turning into a fiery red ball of light. josei

"That's a Catu starship." Alan recognized that the creature inside the enemy ship was the Catus from Barbarian Stone Star. The Catus' own interstellar travel skills were lagging far behind, and the capital they used to travel through the stars came entirely from the Nilms. The Federation already had a large amount of information confirming that the Nilms would sell decommissioned starships and weapons to the Catus in exchange for the unique metallic rock crystals on Barbarian Stone.

Due to the near-blind admiration for power, the Catus would convert the starships they were selling into powerful outfits with powerful, yet single-handedly attacking weapons platforms. In fact, after such a modification, the starship's performance was much worse than before, but it was unexpectedly sought after by the Catus. As a result, the Catu starships were almost all of the same virtue. They were as heavy and rough as rhinoceroses, but they had a strong sense of strength.

Alan didn't have time to rejoice when he killed a Catu starship. Radar showed that two more enemy ships were chasing after him. At this time, the fleet above also began to exchange fire with the enemy ships. In addition, the Dark Titan had already killed two high-speed frigates in the distance and was beginning to rush towards them. '"We have to get out of here and head for the Sunrise," Allen decided. "Hurry!"