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Chapter 681: Failure
“Ten, nine, eight, seven…”
“… three, two, one Fire!”
Kang Hui’s right hand slammed down onto the red button
Vrrrrru red beam fired from it It coalesced into an orb at the head of the canon, then shot out as an angry red colu the blackness of space
Even before the beam was close, asteroids in its path sizzled and fractured In only a few seconds the space rocks were disintegrated and cleared a path while the shot was kilo Hui’s office, everyone’s eyes were glued to the screens They held their breath and waited to see ould happen However e this shot caused would spell out the future of this fight If it hurt the aliens enough they could breathe a little easier
The shot ht The alien planet didn’t react in any way to Tyrannosaurus’ change or the blast froun It simply continued its slow, inexorable advance
What happened next stunned everyone into a duht in the center of the planet’s black hole However, they watched in disbelief as the shot reappeared behind the hostile world, and off into the e Hui reacted fastest He ied It wasn’t an orb, it was a ring It wasn’t exactly like what the Seventh Fleet had faced, but nonetheless they’d caused no da as the beam continued
Tyrannosaurus could only maintain continuous fire for a short time What they discovered shook the they were doing It had positioned itself just right to allow the Bastion’s attack to pass straight through
The red bea for it to harh
How could this happen? No one – not the Paragons, not the intelligence officers, not the Adined this would happen And yet the evidence was right in front of their terrified faces
It was ale and Tyrannosaurus’ blast was finite Even as Tyrannosaurus moved to try and reposition the beam, the alien planet moved with it in perfect hary was exhausted The red beaet
“Ade of the Capital ships!” One of the flight officers shouted the news
Kang Hui didn’t let his surprise impede on his role as commander “First and Third fleets prepare their Capital ships to fire Tell thee of the planet and avoid that hole Lock on before firing cannons Fleets Six, Eleven and Thirteen hold on alactic battle youHui ise enough to save a few tricks up his sleeve until the right e of the ships it stopped The Capital ships preparing to fire scrambled to react Meanwhile the black hole at the planet’s center began to change It adopted a deep purple hue and started to rotate like an enormous whirlpool
A thin curtain of asteroids still whipped about in space between the planet and the human fleets Unlike Tyrannosaurus’ attack, the rest of the ships couldn’t get passed the asteroids to hit the target behind
“What is it doing?” Kang Hui glowered at the scene, as curious as he was frightened