A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 2623 - 1760: Breaking Into the Battlefield
Duanmu Huai has always hated the Titan Clan.
Not just because of their cowardly behavior of only attacking from a distance, but also because of their foolish creed—under the name of Superior Virtue, the Titan Clan has brought many alien species under their command. They all believe in Superior Virtue and are willing to fight for it.
But as a Judge, Duanmu Huai sees this as a foolish and ignorant venture.
The consequences have now manifested.
"—————!"
Countless glowing eyes dance in the darkness, like pairs of fireflies. Duanmu Huai grips his War Hammer tightly and swings forward.
"Without darkness, there is no light!"
The Thunder Warhammer slams down forcefully, crushing the shadow before him into pieces.
"Without death, there is no sacrifice!"
Ogis raises her hands, and invisible threads transform into blade-like webs in the darkness, slicing the glowing eyes into fragments.
"Without war, there is no victory!"
Thunder erupts from the War Hammer, the blinding light filling the entire passageway, burning even the retinas. Silver serpents dance wildly, and the alien beasts trapped inside desperately wave their four arms before being scorched to ashes by the rushing thunder. Duanmu Huai strides forward, his feet crushing the corpses and charred remains on the ground, breaking out of the tunnel.
Meanwhile, a figure taller than Duanmu Huai appears beside him.
"WAAAAAGH!!"
The Green Giant opens its bloody mouth, letting out a deafening roar. It wears armor pieced together like steel plates, reminiscent of child’s play blocks, without any order, ragged and shabby. In its hand, it grips a massive Battle Axe, tearing through the air, smashing towards Duanmu Huai head-on.
But Duanmu Huai simply turns, swinging his War Hammer in a semicircle in the air, hitting its left rib before the opponent’s ax reaches his forehead. Then the entire upper body of the Green Giant disappears like a golf ball being struck, crashing through a wall beside him, and vanishes. Its torn lower body sways before collapsing to the ground.
"Damn, what a mess!"
Duanmu Huai spits, then stomps on a Titan Clan cub trying to crawl out of the rubble, crushing its remains on the ground like squashing a bug. As Duanmu Huai picks his leg up again to advance, all that remains on the once intact, cold floor is bloody, dung-like mush.
The entire city is in chaos now. The orc invasion was beyond Duanmu Huai’s expectations, and the Genetic Thief’s raid brought him an unexpected surprise. It proves that clans like the Titans who disregard taboos in search of universal fusion will eventually face catastrophic destruction; their fate was inevitable.
If it wasn’t happening now, it would have been better.
And when the Tribunal’s Night Guards descended from the sky to join the battle, the situation grew even more chaotic.
In response, Duanmu Huai had only one command.
"Kill all those damn alien rascals!"
In fact, other forces thought similarly.
Green skins’ battle roars, Messy Brother’s screeches, Tribunal’s howls, and Titan Star people’s wails intertwined, turning the city into a nearly erupting volcano. Wherever you look, it’s fighting, fighting, fighting. Lumiaire clutched Duanmu Huai’s shoulder tightly, curling up her body. Though under Duanmu Huai’s protection she was nearly unscathed, the chaotic battlefield made Lumiaire feel dizzy and her vision blurred.
On the other side, Ogis remained unwavering, manipulating wires with fingers turned into invisible blades, layering upon layer like webs around Duanmu Huai. If anything tried to sneak attack, it would swiftly become a pile of sliced flesh.
As for Duanmu Huai, he was like a raging bull, simply lowering his head, holding his War Hammer, striding forward boldly. No matter what’s ahead, nothing can stop Duanmu Huai’s step forward. He breaks through walls, swinging his War Hammer to smash away every prey standing in his path.
Duanmu Huai’s actions naturally drew the attention of his enemies, especially those large Green Orcs—Messy Brother Two with its big teeth. What did they see? They saw someone equally WAAAAAGH as them! If they could fight with him and then kill him, they too would become more WAAAAAAGH. Eventually, everyone would become more WAAAAAGH!
"WAAAAAAGH!!"
Duanmu Huai breaks through a wall, met by Green Orc’s roar alongside explosive bullet sounds. Whirling bullets strike Duanmu Huai’s helmet then ricochet away, while Duanmu Huai grips his War Hammer and proceeds, like swinging a broom, smashing the gun muzzle that was staring at him, contemplating why it couldn’t blow his head off, sending the Orc’s large body spinning in the air before crashing down.
Of course, Duanmu Huai smashed its head.
But that didn’t stop the Green Orc’s advance; they are green-skinned, fearless, their existence signifies eating, dying, battling, and slaughter!
"Kill him! Crush him!"
The green orcs surged forward, akin to elderly shoppers in a supermarket rush, striding vigorously towards Duanmu Huai. Surrounding him completely, they leap and shout, battling for the chance to fight this very WAAAAAAGH enemy. They would even smash the heads of comrades blocking their path with their weapons in order to advance over their corpses.
"Make way, let me through, I want a good fight with that shrimp holding a big hammer!"
Big Teeth jumped and shouted in frustration from the back.
Duanmu Huai was equally irritated.
He had no desire to be squeezed among a bunch of hulks, nor did he want to be jostled with such creatures. It’s one thing if they were girls, but why squeeze with stuff like this?
Thus, Duanmu Huai raised the War Hammer and forcefully smashed it into the ground.
"Boom———————!!"
The earth shattered.
Centered around Duanmu Huai, the ground within hundreds of meters exploded like fragile biscuit skin, with a pitch-black abyss devouring buildings, vehicles, and hundreds orcs, the Titanium Clan, and chicken thieves. They wailed, struggled, and screamed, futilely flailing their arms in an attempt to grasp something. However, all that responded was the rain-like fall of rubble and earth.
"Thud!!"
Duanmu Huai landed heavily on the ground, the resulting recoil made Ogis and Lumiaire, sitting on his shoulders, tremble with their petite bodies, especially Lumiaire, who felt that her internal organs might have been jolted out.
"Ugh... Great Judge, can’t you take it less urgently?"
"I don’t want to, but these damn bastards really piss me off."
Duanmu Huai raised his head to look at the hole above, the fight continued, while nearby, the fortunate survivors among the green orcs and chicken thieves climbed up, though mostly severely injured. Evidently, this didn’t instill fear in these alien hybrids; instead, their eyes filled with ferocity and killing intent.
"Alright, I want to see how long you can survive!"
Duanmu Huai’s expression slightly changed, filled with terror and despair, the destruction aura radiated out again centered on him, while Duanmu Huai raised his hands, gripping the War Hammer tightly.
Just then, light emerged.
Strands of dark green light suddenly shone, dispelling the underground darkness. Faced with this sudden change, everyone was slightly stunned, instinctively turning to look around — metal statues stood on either side, like metallic tombs silently emerged revealing their true forms.
Subsequently, the tomb’s gates silently opened and guards holding long spears along with countless metal beetles poured out, rushing towards these uninvited guests disturbing the tomb’s slumber.
"What the heck..."
Seeing this, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.
At this point, he’s somewhat inclined to issue an extinction order for this planet.
Seriously.
Meanwhile, a similarly chaotic battle unfolded in the orbit above the planet.
Defeating the Titanium Clan’s defensive fleet wasn’t difficult for Aikute, but what happened next somewhat exceeded her expected scope — a mixed fleet suddenly appeared from the direction of the Eye of Fear, and attacked the Tribunal’s fleet.
Although Aikute wasn’t familiar with them, just by looking at these warships’ blasphemous, vile exteriors, Aikute could guess that they were Tribunal’s mortal enemies, eternal traitors, enemies to be totally annihilated — the Chaos Legion fleet.
Aikute was not interested in guessing how they appeared here, but it didn’t matter. She swiftly issued orders for the fleet to turn and counterattack the surprise side attack. The enemy was strong but poorly maintained, utilizing the power of the Net Path, Aikute had maneuvered the fleet to evade their attacks and counterattack more than once.
She hadn’t exposed the remaining Tribunal’s fleet, as Aikute felt it wasn’t the right time. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
"Do not let the enemy approach the planet, crossfire, concentrated shooting."
Staring at the star map before her, Aikute’s hands moved swiftly, issuing commands like a pianist performing music, controlling her fleet to push the enemy away as much as possible to prevent them from bypassing and attacking the planet’s rear. She cautiously deployed troops, trying not to let the enemy notice her intentions.
With habitual caution, Aikute dispatched several reconnaissance fleets again, conducting large-scale searches and scouting around.
She had learned the latest developments in the battle below from Gavi.
Aikute also had to admit, this time... could be very tricky.