Chapter 882 – 12 Sky Wings
882 – 12 Sky Wings
TL: BluVerse
“Yes! Of course!” Nangong Ling responded without hesitation.
Lan Xuanyu nodded and said, “Alright, we can exchange some for you later, but it will be at the black market price. Because the quant.i.ty we can provide is not obtainable outside at regular rates.”
Over the years, they had been undertaking various tasks and gaining experience, so the acc.u.mulation of Douluo Coins was quite substantial for Lan Xuanyu and his team. However, with their increasing focus on real combat and limited interest in the Douluo World, the utility of Douluo Coins was not significant. After all, they didn’t have the intention of establis.h.i.+ng a fleet in the Douluo World; their goal was to own a powerful wars.h.i.+p in reality.
“No problem!” Nangong Ling readily agreed. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. They had hired “big shots” before, but many of them were just deceivers, taking a lot of money but achieving little. However, these “big shots” before them had genuine strength!
Previously, the first girl who invaded their group, a seven-ring Soul Saint and a Two-Word Battle Armor Master, was exceptionally powerful. Despite their numbers, they had no chance of resisting her. Now, with their current captain, who must be even more formidable, they might have truly found a powerful ally. It was even possible that they were members of the War G.o.d Temple.
Therefore, Nangong Ling immediately made the decision, which was the result of their previous discussions. At the same time, she had her own little plan; now that they all agreed to cooperate, when returning the Star Palace, there shouldn’t be any issues.
For Lan Xuanyu, this was just a potential avenue for them to earn money. Perhaps because nearby wars.h.i.+ps had been lured and eliminated, the following period pa.s.sed smoothly. Soon, they had spent over thirty-six hours in the Chaos Star Field, and more than half of the a.s.sessment time had elapsed. Everyone had also rested to their optimal conditions.
Naturally, Lan Xuanyu wouldn’t conservatively spend time. With the teachers watching outside, if they wanted more members of the Star Wars Experimental Cla.s.s to enter the Inner Court, they needed to perform better.
Now that the basic tasks were mostly completed, the next step was to demonstrate their strength. Under Lan Xuanyu’s command, the Star Palace wars.h.i.+p and the Star Wars Experimental Cla.s.s wars.h.i.+p continued to penetrate deeper into the Chaos Star Field. The further they went, the higher the chance of encountering enemies.
On the Star Palace wars.h.i.+p, Lan Xuanyu handed over the command to Qian Lei. Although Qian Lei wasn’t the most adept at controlling wars.h.i.+ps, his spiritual power was high, making him suitable for pilotng the Star Palace wars.h.i.+p.
Lan Xuanyu returned to the Star Wars Experimental Cla.s.s wars.h.i.+p, preparing to employ a new tactic they had attempted before.
The Star Palace wars.h.i.+p and the Star Wars Experimental Cla.s.s wars.h.i.+p maintained a certain distance from each other, forming a defensive formation. Meanwhile, Lan Xuanyu led a group of companions and quietly piloted the Skywing fighters away.
This time, only the strongest individuals from the cla.s.s partic.i.p.ated—Lan Xuanyu’s team, excluding Qian Lei, all six members, along with the three members of Bing Tianliang’s squad. Additionally, three other companions who excelled in piloting Skywing fighters were included.
In total, twelve Skywing fighters flew out. The battle plan was to use the Skywing fighters to break through the wars.h.i.+ps. This was a combat style that truly showcased their strength.
Typically, soul fighters faced challenges when engaging wars.h.i.+ps in combat, unless they had an absolute numerical advantage. Otherwise, it was challenging to breach the wars.h.i.+ps’ protective s.h.i.+elds. Moreover, their defenses couldn’t withstand the wars.h.i.+ps’ firepower. Even the secondary guns of a meteor-cla.s.s wars.h.i.+p could easily destroy interstellar fighters. Not to mention, wars.h.i.+ps had various means to deal with fighters, such as capture nets and homing missiles.
In real combat, very few s.p.a.ce fleets carried a large number of s.p.a.ce fighters. Most fleets only had a small number of elite fighters.
The twelve Skywing fighters were in a formation, led by Lan Xuanyu, and flew towards the depths of the Chaos Star Field. It had to be admitted that flying in the asteroid belt was much easier for fighters than wars.h.i.+ps—they navigated through the asteroid belt like fish swimming through water.
In a short time, they found their first target: an Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p that seemed to be conducting a scouting mission. Radar waves quickly detected their approach.
Wars.h.i.+ps capable of deep-s.p.a.ce operations were usually experienced in combat. The Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p immediately released a large number of star mines around itself.
This was one of the methods wars.h.i.+ps used to deal with fighters.
Twelve Skywing fighters instantly spread out like a shower of flowers. Almost simultaneously accelerating, they flew towards the Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p.
Soul cannons burst forth from the Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p, covering their direction.
However, Lan Xuanyu’s team had been trained by Tang Zhenhua to become top-notch pilots; they weren’t bothered by these energy beams. Rolling, evading, and easily avoiding the attacks.
Lan Xuanyu’s Skywing fighter, the fastest in flight, quickly approached the area with star mines. Just as the star mines were about to be triggered, he suddenly changed direction and ascended. However, it seemed like he had made a mistake in his maneuvering, and the surrounding star mines were still attracted and quickly chased after him.
Yet, he had drawn away these star mines, creating an open s.p.a.ce in the area. Meanwhile, the other eleven Skywing fighters concentrated their firepower and launched an attack on the Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p.
The commander of the reconnaissance s.h.i.+p was also skilled, manipulating the s.h.i.+p to retreat rapidly and taking advantage of the cover of nearby asteroids to avoid the attacks. Simultaneously, the protective s.h.i.+eld was fully activated.
Twelve interstellar fighters typically posed no threat to a Meteor-cla.s.s wars.h.i.+p, but for an Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p, they were a deadly threat. After all, the Asteroid-cla.s.s s.h.i.+p had a smaller volume and limited energy reserves. If it were entangled by the enemy, the fighters had a chance to win.
Therefore, this reconnaissance s.h.i.+p had no intention of engaging in direct combat. After releasing the star mines, it had already begun to retreat. It wasn’t alone in coming to the Chaos Star Field; it had companions!
From the perspective of the reconnaissance s.h.i.+p, the Skywing fighter that had been tracked by star mines was probably doomed. The opponent likely intended to sacrifice one fighter to divert the star mines, creating an opportunity for their companions. This decisive action made the Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p highly vigilant because, with the star mines diverted, they wouldn’t have enough time to escape the battle.
Under tension, the s.h.i.+p continuously fired at the approaching fighters, attempting to block them.
Unfortunately, what they didn’t know was that the Skywing fighter drawing away the star mines was piloted by Lan Xuanyu, the captain of the Star Wars Experimental Cla.s.s and one of the top-ranked G.o.d-level pilots in the Federation.
Could a Skywing fighter piloted by a G.o.d-level pilot be destroyed by star mines? Wasn’t that just wishful thinking?
Lan Xuanyu’s Skywing fighter changed direction and soared high. Thanks to the cover of the asteroid belt, the Asteroid-cla.s.s reconnaissance s.h.i.+p could no longer track its position, let alone pay attention to it.