Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 726: Hidden Executioner

Back when Xiao Yu agreed to Xu Junpo’s request to transport so many stars here and set up such a great number of star system’s defense systems, he was actually playing another card in his heart. He hoped that the chaotic battlefield and the exploding stars could conceal the trace of the Micron corpse and provide convenience for the Micron corpse to strike the Neutron War Star.

Now, Xiao Yu’s arrangements were taking effect. In this chaos, under the control of the Specter companion, the Micron corpse was like a hunter hidden behind layers of leaves and weeds, silently approaching the Neutron War Star.

To hide the trace of the Micron corpse, Xiao Yu could not open a safe, attack-free corridor along the Micron corpse’s path forward. Fortunately, the Micron corpse possessed extremely formidable abilities as well. Xiao Yu’s attacks likewise could not cause any obvious damage to the Micron corpse.

At this moment, the Neutron War Star was still wantonly displaying its overwhelming might. In front of it, nothing was reliable. A colossal interstellar fortress tens of kilometers long was no obstacle to it, and a star was no obstacle either. It moved freely through this sector, unstoppable and invincible.

Black lightning, spatial rifts, dimensional attacks, negative matter attacks, light-beam weapons fire, gravitational assaults and all the rest seemed to exist as a backdrop to set off the Neutron War Star. The backdrop was always just a backdrop, and the Neutron War Star was the protagonist.

“Specter, the Neutron War Star’s next target is Star Number 357. Hide in advance within the stellar atmosphere and look for the chance to ram the Neutron War Star. Specter Taihao, Alien Beast Taihao, you must be ready. When the Neutron War Star tries to escape, you must block it. As long as we eliminate the Neutron War Star, I do not believe the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional forces will be a match for me.”

From the seemingly patternless chaotic motion of the Neutron War Star, Xiao Yu accurately predicted its next target and immediately issued corresponding deployments.

“Alright, rest assured.” The Specter companion, Alien Beast Taihao, and Specter Taihao answered in unison.

This would be the most critical collision. This collision could very well decide the life and death of two pinnacle sixth-level civilizations.

“If the Sweepers Civilization were to drive all of its conventional forces into this sector, they might not fail to discover the traces of Alien Beast Taihao, Specter Taihao, and the Micron corpse ahead of time. But they did not do so. Perhaps they think that to deal with me, one Neutron War Star is enough. The Sweepers Civilization has always been this overbearing and arrogant. However, you will eventually pay the price for such arrogance and tyranny.” Xiao Yu pondered silently while simultaneously operating the ubiquitous observation instruments he had placed across the battlefield, keeping a close watch on the Neutron War Star and the Micron corpse.

Compared with a colossal star, the Micron corpse was like a speck of dust so tiny it could be ignored outright. The Micron corpse had already fully screened off its gravity. It emitted no radiation in any band. It entered the star from the other side as quietly as a drop of water merging into the sea. Even stellar matter that could melt hydrogen-atomic polymer material could not affect the Micron corpse. If it wished, the Specter companion controlling the Micron corpse would not have to spend much more effort than the Neutron War Star to destroy a star.

After entering the star, the Micron corpse behaved like a fish lurking in water. It began to move within the star, traveling from one side to the other. The Micron corpse thus lay quietly in ambush within stellar matter, waiting for the Neutron War Star to arrive. Meanwhile, Specter Taihao and Alien Beast Taihao also quietly lay in wait beside this star.

When the Neutron War Star tried to flee, Specter Taihao would use its ability, not yet analyzed by Xiao Yu, to attach itself to the Neutron War Star and steal its momentum, while Alien Beast Taihao would use its body to form a wall to block the Neutron War Star’s escape. In a frontal battle, the Neutron War Star likely would not need more than a few hours to kill these two formidable beings. Even if the two joined forces, they could not be a match for the Neutron War Star. But Xiao Yu believed that if they exerted their full strength, holding the Neutron War Star for half a minute, just half a minute, should still be achievable.

The Neutron War Star had just burst out from the far side of another star. After the Neutron War Star penetrated that star, its surface still maintained a superficial calm. A few seconds later, it exploded violently and blew itself into fragments. By then the Neutron War Star had already traveled nearly a million kilometers. The exploding star was like celebratory fireworks for the Neutron War Star.

The Neutron War Star remained so arrogant, domineering, and scornful of all. It was like an emperor inspecting its dominion. It had already rushed toward the star ahead and showed no sign of pausing. Its intent was obvious, to plunge into this star and completely destroy it.

Its gravitational screening had already been shut down, so its gravity was fully unleashed. Its powerful gravity propagated at the speed of light in all directions. Before it reached this star, the star was already preemptively affected by its immense gravity. The star began to deform like a balloon being flattened.

The most magnificent moment was about to arrive. The collision that would determine the life and death of two pinnacle sixth-level civilizations was about to begin. Xiao Yu had deployed all observation instruments at his disposal to keep a close watch on every movement here. At this moment, Xiao Yu, who had long since lost his body, felt as if he still had one. He forgot to breathe and forgot his heartbeat.

The Neutron War Star was still three hundred thousand kilometers from this star. In about 1.6 seconds, it would plunge headlong into the star. Even before that, a great deal of stellar matter, under the influence of gravity far too strong, had already broken away from the star and begun to converge toward the Neutron War Star. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

“What a spectacular fountain…” At this moment, the Specter companion hidden within the star observed this scene by means of a special method. From his point of view, he could see what earthshaking changes were occurring on the star’s surface. A surface that was always violently active became even more so at this instant. Countless enormous waves tens of thousands of kilometers high roared wildly. Endless stellar matter was forcibly stripped from the star and converged toward that invisible dot in space. The sight was like the fiercest waterspout.

This time, it was not a waterspout here but a fire tornado. The power driving the tornado was not wind but gravity.

“It is now.” In this world-turned-upside-down environment, the Specter companion, who maintained constant contact with Xiao Yu and constantly probed external conditions by its own means, flashed with a thought and then charged out without the slightest hesitation. In the instant it rushed out, it also canceled its gravitational screening.

The Micron corpse also possessed powerful gravity, no less than that of a star. Under its own kinetic energy, its gravity, and the gravity of the Neutron War Star, it shot out at an incomparably swift speed, its target the Neutron War Star.

The Micron corpse mingled within the endless stream of stellar matter that was being drawn in and converging upon the Neutron War Star, rushing toward it at a speed beyond imagination to carry out the ram. With its gravitational screening canceled, both the Neutron War Star and the Micron corpse were like two huge magnets attracting each other. That attraction, combined with the Micron corpse’s own thrust, pushed its speed to nearly two hundred fifty thousand kilometers per second.

At that moment, long hidden within the chaotic backdrop, Alien Beast Taihao and Specter Taihao also charged out at the same time. These two formidable beings first executed a segment of curvature flight. In less than half a second, Specter Taihao had already dashed to the Neutron War Star and then, like a piece of taffy, stuck onto its surface. In that instant, the Neutron War Star, which had always moved with total freedom, suddenly felt a hint of heaviness in its motion. Alien Beast Taihao did not rush straight at the Neutron War Star. It charged to the rear of the Neutron War Star. Xiao Yu knew it was sealing off the Neutron War Star’s retreat. This scene had occurred many times in previous rehearsals.

Just as the Micron corpse was ramming toward the Neutron War Star at breakneck speed, the Neutron War Star suddenly stopped. Its immense kinetic energy was revealed in that instant. Dropping from nearly two hundred thousand kilometers per second to zero in a flash produced an overload strong enough to flatten any material that Xiao Yu could manufacture, even crushing atomic structures themselves. But the Neutron War Star showed no overly obvious reaction, only that its nearly perfect spherical shape became an ellipsoid for an instant.

At that instant, the Micron corpse was less than fifty thousand kilometers from it. At the speed of the two, fifty thousand kilometers would take only about one fifth of a second to cross. Shrouded by stellar matter filling the sky and emitting blinding radiance like flames in the void, the Micron corpse was rapidly closing in on the Neutron War Star.

Failure or success, the result would be revealed in the next instant.

The Neutron War Star suddenly stood still. Specter Taihao had already attached to it and successfully reduced its maneuverability. Alien Beast Taihao stood not far behind it, cutting off its retreat.

Xiao Yu felt all his spirit pulled taut.

[T/N: This cliff is too steep lol.]