I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 430: Chapter 367: Battle in Space, Mutation of the Spatial Passage (Part 2)

"The left-wing fleet deploys the antimatter shield, the right-wing activates the curvature cannon, intercept the high-level demons!"​

Each fleet moved like precision instruments, changing formations under the commander’s direction.

Some warships released blue-white antimatter shields, spreading like star shields to fully counter the demon’s claws and energy assaults; some warships extended ring arrays from both sides of their hulls, firing curvature beams that distorted space, trapping backside demons in folded space-time fissures; even a giant fortress ship activated its dark matter annihilation cannon, with its muzzle concentrating dark energy spheres that continually devoured surrounding light, and as it thunderously fired, light itself was absorbed, instantly clearing a realm of stars. ​

A dark matter annihilation cannon blast from the fortress ship precisely hit a Tier Six demon, annihilating its massive body along with the surrounding space, leaving only a twisted void.

But right after, dozens of Tier Six demons broke through the firepower net, crashing into a frigate’s energy shield. The shield rippled violently and was eventually torn apart by claws, the frigate’s hull instantly shredding into pieces in an energy overload explosion, transforming into a cluster of resplendent light. ​

At that instant, several figures shot out from the flagship, clad in stellar armor and surrounded by the ripples of space left by their leaps—these were Tier Seven and Tier Eight powerhouses sent by the Empire. ​

A general, donned in star-patterned battle armor, wielded the gravity battle blade, charging towards a Tier Seven demon; as the blade swung, it manipulated the localized gravitational field, forcibly shattering the demon’s demonic flames.

Not far away, an elder formed seals with both hands, weaving countless luminous points into an energy net before him, entrapping several Tier Seven demons, whose nodes erupted in streams of energy that instantly decomposed them into elementary particles.

In the depths of the battlefield, a woman with wings of light faced a Tier Eight demon from afar, surrounded by burning halos; each punch she threw induced spatial collapse, colliding with the demon’s dark energy, creating impact waves capable of tearing stars apart.

In space, energy beams and demonic qi intertwined, while scattered warship wreckage and demon corpses floated amid, and the erupting explosion lights flickered like fireworks on black velvet.

The Royal Fleet opposed the abyssal flood with its iron-clad bodies, while the strong ones were composing a legend of bravery in the Star Sea.

This cross-star realm battle had no retreat, only a fight to the death, because behind them lay the Azure Wood Star Realm, home to billions of beings.

Inside the central chamber of the command ship, Dongfang Yue stood before a massive holographic star map, fingertips lightly tapping the alloy handrail.

The holographic projection vividly displayed all the battlefield details—the trajectories of energy beams, the movements of demon clusters, the array schedules of warships—flowing before his eyes.

His eyes were calm as a deep pool, showing no trace of disturbance, as if this ruthless battle before him was merely a simulation on a sand table. ​

Next to him, a few officers could hardly conceal their relaxation​

"This battle is much easier than previous ones," an officer responsible for fire control said while looking at the holographic star map, "All the passages on the first layer of the Demon Abyss have been sealed internally, saving a lot of trouble." ​

Previously, every time the space passage opened, the vast number of low-level demons from the first layer of the Demon Abyss posed very troublesome issues. Despite their weak prowess, they swarmed continuously like tides, often requiring massive forces to cleanse them.

This time, the three space passages located on the first layer were successfully sealed inside the Demon Suppression Abyss, allowing the fleet to concentrate firepower on stronger but fewer demons from the second and third layers.

Although the pressure brought by high-level demons remained immense, it was indeed much easier compared to before. ​

"General, the sealing troops are fully positioned, ready to execute the external sealing procedure at any time," a Major General quickly approached Dongfang Yue. ​

Dongfang Yue nodded slightly, retracting his gaze from the holographic star map, and said in a deep voice, "Begin." ​

The Empire never banked all hopes on the troops within the Demon Suppression Abyss.

After all, the forces entering the Demon Abyss still appear thin compared to the demons within.

Executing seals from within is naturally the optimal solution, but if things don’t go as planned, they are prepared to execute seals from the outside—even if it means paying the price far exceeding that of internal sealing, including the annihilation of several main battleships. ​

Just as the sealing command was about to be issued, a peculiar purple-black wave suddenly emerged near the entrance of the Demon Abyss’s void.

The wave spread swiftly like ink droplets thrown onto boiling water, followed by the abrupt appearance of a twisted space passage. ​

This passage was starkly different from the previous three; its edges were exceedingly irregular, akin to a rag torn violently by giant hands, continually flickering with unstable space arcs.

Countless dark demons covered in black scales swarmed out of the passage, shrieking excitedly as they launched attacks at the surrounding warships. ​

More shockingly, the passage had only appeared for a few moments before it started shaking intensely, emitting piercing space tearing sounds.

In the next instant, the main passage burst like shattered glass, splitting into hundreds of differently sized small space fissures!

These fissures, like black chess pieces scattered on a board, appeared randomly at various corners of the battlefield—some close to the warship’s energy shields, some floating in the gaps between fleet formations, and even a few directly appearing behind the flagship.

Numerous low-level demons spewed out from these fissures, instantly disrupting the previously tight formation of the Royal Fleet. ​

"What’s going on?!"​

"Emergency evasive action! A spatial fissure has appeared on the port side!"​

"Shield energy plummeting! Requesting support!"​

The screeching alarm sounds and panicked shouts instantly filled the communication channels of each ship.

The orderly fleet schedule was thoroughly disrupted; some warships had to forcibly change course to avoid the abruptly appearing fissures, nearly colliding with allied ships; others were directly breached by demons emerging from fissures, plunging them into close-range engagements. ​

In the flagship, the holographic star map was densely marked with red dots representing spatial fissures, like an outbreak of disease.

The faces of many commanders changed dramatically, their earlier relaxation replaced by stunned disbelief. ​

"What... what’s happening?"

Hundreds of randomly distributed spatial fissures, it utterly surpassed the Empire’s plan.

Their prepared sealing methods, be it internal or external, were all designed against large-scale space passages, utterly incapable of simultaneously handling so many scattered small fissures. ​

Dongfang Yue’s pupils contracted sharply, the force of his fingertips slightly deforming the alloy handrail.

He knew full well that at this moment, the fleet’s formation was in disarray, making it extremely difficult to reorganize effective defenses, let alone seal these fissures. ​

"Immediately contact the troops within the Demon Suppression Abyss!" Dongfang Yue’s voice carried a barely noticeable heaviness, "Inform them of the emergency situation outside; the fourth space passage has split into hundreds of fissures, we... cannot manage.

Now, we can only rely on them."