Shadows of the Deep Space

At this moment, Nether Moon Star Defense Headquarters.

Long Chen watched the battle footage unfolding before him, a faint smile appearing on his face.

“Angulat and Hayes are fighting well, they’ve already suppressed the enemy. As long as they keep it steady, crushing them is only a matter of time.”

“Exactly.”

Commander Fulaya replied in agreement.

“But Su Ming’s side doesn’t look so smooth. That Second Elder of the Chilami Clan is insanely strong. Do you need me to go lend a hand?”

Morigko said in a low voice.

“No need, you keep anchoring the formation. As for Su Ming, don’t worry too much. With his strength, even if he can’t win, he can definitely hold out.”

Long Chen said after weighing it over and over.

“Alright!”

Morigko nodded in response.

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Inside Defense Zone No. 5.

Aifulin piloted the Wandering Spirit Messenger, swinging the Super Particle Light Blade in her hand, cleaving a blocking IV-type Chilami clean in half, then shouted to the retreating troops with Misa and the others.

“Move it! Fall back into the firepower coverage zone of the defense line!”

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One ship after another opened their launch ports to pour out missiles while retreating in an orderly fashion into the defense line’s firepower coverage area.

At the same time, Su Ming was fighting as he controlled Ilyas to fall back toward the defense line, avoiding getting wrapped up and surrounded.

“Trying to run? Keep dreaming!”

Elder Oshim flared his Bone Wings and shot forward, swinging the black Bone Sword in his hand, slashing at Su Ming like a storm.

Su Ming hurriedly raised the Dragon Base Spear in his hand, blocking again and again.

Crack~

Sparks sprayed wildly.

A terrifying force hammered into Ilyas over and over.

Su Ming felt like every block was a punch slamming straight into his body.

But he didn’t lose his composure because of it; instead he grew even calmer, continuously analyzing Oshim’s attacks.

Seeing Su Ming still this solid under his fierce assault, Oshim was secretly shocked.

Su Ming’s expression sharpened. He keenly caught an opening, lifted the Dragon Base Spear, and the spear tip slithered like a serpent, scraping past the black Bone Sword and stabbing straight into Oshim’s chest.

Crack!

Oshim was blasted straight back, the AT Barrier Clothing on his chest violently rippling.

Su Ming drove Ilyas forward, charging at Oshim with a vicious burst of speed.

Just then the scarlet light in Elder Oshim’s eyes flared. He opened his mouth, condensing a powerful Kais Beam and blasting it at Su Ming.

Su Ming twisted Ilyas’s body to the side, skimming right along the Kais Beam, surging toward Oshim like a fish swimming upstream.

Seeing this, Elder Oshim beat his Bone Wings, streaking toward Su Ming like a ray of light.

Su Ming’s pupils shrank; the whole world seemed to freeze. He pushed Ilyas to the absolute limit, slipping past the attack, then unleashed all his strength, lifting the Dragon Base Spear in his hand and driving it forward in a savage thrust.

Omshi’s body shifted to the side.

Rip~

The Dragon Base Spear scraped across Omshi’s body, slicing open both the AT Barrier Clothing covering him and the red flesh beneath, leaving a gaping wound.

Oshim’s scarlet eyes locked onto Su Ming, and he swung the black Bone Sword in his hand in a sweeping slash at Su Ming.

Su Ming instinctively sensed extreme danger and reflexively pulled back.

Suddenly the black Bone Sword split segment by segment, transforming into a Bone Whip!

“Crap!”

Su Ming’s eyelid twitched. He was just about to react, but he was still a step too slow.

Bang~

The black Bone Whip smashed square into Ilyas.

Whoosh!

Ilyas was sent flying, slamming hard into the wreckage of a Level 4 Ship.

The entire ship detonated and broke apart.

Su Ming quickly adjusted the mech’s posture. He hadn’t expected this guy’s weapon to be able to change forms; he’d been caught off guard and set up.

The scarlet light in Oshim’s eyes suddenly brightened, strands of nerve-like lines inside him radiating a strange glow. His Kais biological reaction spiked, ripples spreading through the surrounding space, and then he slipped into the void and vanished.

“Careful, this guy has gone into stealth.”

Ilyas reminded Su Ming.

Su Ming drew in a deep breath and simply closed his eyes, his mind going razor sharp.

In an instant!

The whole Starry Sky surfaced in Su Ming’s mind like the surface of a lake.

Then, in the starfield to his right, a faint, almost imperceptible ripple appeared.

Su Ming snapped his eyes open, his Spiritual Power erupting in a flash. Ilyas’s power spiked, her whole body crackling with raging black lightning arcs. She spun around, driving the spear forward in a ruthless thrust.

“Thunder Strike!”

Crack!

A massive shockwave burst outward.

Elder Oshim was forced out of Subspace, retreating backward, staring at Su Ming in disbelief. His proud void-assassination technique had actually been cracked.

Su Ming controlled Ilyas and lunged at Oshim again.

The scarlet gleam in Oshim’s eyes turned feral as he charged at Su Ming without a hint of fear.

The two streaked past each other.

Rip!

Ilyas’s and Oshim’s bodies were both sliced open with shocking wounds at the same time.

Su Ming pulled an extreme feint and curved around, attacking again. He lifted the Dragon Base Spear in his hand and stabbed forward viciously.

Oshim didn’t dodge. Instead, he raised his left arm and unleashed its power.

In an instant his entire left arm bulged, splitting into writhing tentacles that wrapped around the incoming Dragon Base Spear.

“Foolish!”

Oshim’s right hand turned the black Bone Sword into a Bone Whip and lashed it out, instantly coiling it around Ilyas and tightening with brutal force, trying to crush her.

A wave of intense pain crashed through Su Ming’s mind.

“Ah!”

Su Ming gritted his teeth and held on, then quickly activated the power of the Dragon Base Spear.

Fizz~

Violent red lightning arcs rampaged outward, shredding the tentacles wrapped around the spear, and the next thrust drove straight at Elder Omshi.

Elder Oshim was taken aback and immediately twisted his body to dodge, then whipped the Bone Whip hard, flinging Su Ming away.