Lord of the Sky City

"My Air Pirate Group is finished, and you won't fare any better!"

Seeing his fleet doomed in the space battle, with defeat being only a matter of time, Kilov viciously roared at Karina, and then the shoulders of the Void Magic Armor he was wearing suddenly opened, revealing the Mana Launchers hidden inside!

"Annihilation Cannon!"

Accompanied by Kilov's roar, the Mana Launchers on his shoulders burst into a dazzling light, and immediately two mana energy beams shot fiercely towards Karina!

Kilov's Armor's ultimate move was the Annihilation Cannon. As one of the elite among the fourth-generation mass-produced Armors, its magic energy value reached 3900 points. The Annihilation Cannon, as its most powerful move, had a power of an astounding 1000 points. Its power was not only on par with Magic Cannons but even reached the level of a warship's main guns!

In fact, the Annihilation Cannon was not meant to be used against Void Magic Warriors but designed to directly counter large warships.

Unfortunately, Kilov had already gone mad, directly using the Annihilation Cannon against Karina.

To be honest, Karina had not expected him to use such a move as the Annihilation Cannon against her. She was wearing fourth-generation Special Armor, which had an extremely obvious speed advantage, so a weapon like the Annihilation Cannon, meant for ship combat, should not have been able to hit her at all.

However, it was exactly because of this thought that Karina became complacent, and so when Kilov fired the Annihilation Cannon, not only were they extremely close in distance, but she was also half a beat too slow in reacting, missing the optimal opportunity to dodge.

And so, after a single breath's time had passed, the two mana energy beams of the Annihilation Cannon struck Karina!

In an instant, truly just an instant, Karina was engulfed by the light produced by the mana explosion. The scope of the blast that resulted from the hit was so large that, with Karina at its center, it covered a radius of dozens of meters. The scorching wave of explosion in mid-air looked like a miniature sun—terrifying and blinding!

The sudden explosion even drew the attention of both fleets. Rocky, who had just destroyed a Reconnaissance Ship, stopped mid-air as soon as he heard the loud noise and hurriedly looked in Karina's direction.

As his gaze followed, the sun-like fireball remained for more than ten seconds before gradually receding. And as the flames and light slowly faded, a circular Defensive Net appeared in front of everyone, with Karina floating in its center!

If Kilov had been facing a regular Void Magic Warrior wearing just a standard Armor, then without a doubt, he would have won by now. The immense power of the Annihilation Cannon would have been enough to instantly obliterate the enemy to the point of leaving no trace. Unfortunately for him, he was facing Karina, and Karina was wearing the fourth-generation Special Armor!

In the moment before she was hit, she had timely activated the Armor's Defensive Net, barely managing to block the strike!

"Kilov!"

After the explosion's smoke cleared, Karina shouted angrily in mid-air, but by the time she looked in Kilov's direction, she found that he had vanished...

Kilov had run away!

"Damn it!"

Realizing that Kilov was nowhere to be seen, Karina immediately figured out that she had been tricked.

Indeed, she had indeed been duped by Kilov.

As mentioned before, Kilov had faced Karina more than once and knew very well that he couldn't gain any advantage in Armor combat. So, while it seemed like he had fallen into madness out of desperation, he was actually planning his escape, using the Annihilation Cannon as a smokescreen.

From the moment Karina was hit by the Annihilation Cannon to the complete dispersion of the explosive smoke, more than ten seconds had passed. That amount of time might not seem like much, but for Kilov, wearing a fourth-generation Armor, it was more than enough, at least plenty to make his escape.

In fact, when Karina realized she had been deceived, Kilov had already taken a low-altitude route across half the battlefield at full throttle, and within minutes, he had returned to his flagship!

"Run! Run now!"

Upon returning to the flagship, Kilov didn't say a second word and instantly ordered the flagship to turn around and flee.
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Here it must be mentioned, though the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was just a bandit group, the core members had considerable synergy. For instance, the commander on the flagship knew the moment Rocky joined the battle that the tide had turned.

Thus, while the other warships in the fleet moved towards the Thunderhawk and prepared for the decisive battle, the flagship of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group lingered slowly at the back, evidently ready to escape.

In such a situation, when Rocky, Karina, and the others noticed Kilov had fled back to his flagship, the ship had already accelerated away from the battlefield...

Watching Kilov escape, Karina felt somewhat unwilling to let him go but kept her cool. She didn't chase after just one man and a warship. Instead, she had her team of Void Magic Warriors continue to engage the enemy as she swiftly flew towards the battlefield where the two fleets were locked in combat.

In the blink of an eye, Karina entered the battlefield, but she didn't return to her flagship; instead, she headed straight for an Escort Ship of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group.

Instantly arriving in front of the Escort Ship, Karina raised her left hand without a word!

Raising her left hand, there was a crisp sound as the Armor on her left hand sprang open like a blooming flower petal. All the magic energy in her body then gathered in her left hand.

"Sun Slash!"

Seconds passed as the magic energy finished gathering. With her right hand supporting her left arm, Karina then fiercely unleashed a huge magic energy beam!

This beam, half a meter in diameter and shining like sunlight, shot towards the Escort Ship!

An instant later, the beam hit the Escort Ship's Defensive Net, shattering it in a moment, then landed on the bow's armor. Unhindered, the beam, capable of withstanding bombardments from Magic Cannons, pierced through the armor as if it were made of paper. In a brief moment, the beam ran the entire Escort Ship through, leaving it devastatingly penetrated from end to end!

Sun Slash, the ultimate ability of Karina's Special Armor, which could only be used twice in each battle. Every activation could unleash a magic energy power of 2000 points!

This was a truly devastating move, one that required Kilov to flee at the mere sight of Karina raising her left hand in preparation. It was also a move that could instantly obliterate an Escort Ship!

After the Sun Slash had pierced the Escort Ship from bow to stern, the hundred-meter-long warship slowly tilted in the air, then exploded and disintegrated as it fell, becoming a hundred-meter-wide fireball in the sky...

The explosion's glow cast upon the face of everyone on the battlefield, painting their faces blood-red!

At that moment, the gunfire stopped, and the roaring ceased; the entire battlefield fell silent.

And in this silence, Karina, floating in the air, slowly raised her left hand again, aiming at another Escort Ship. Then she yelled with a woman's distinctive scolding voice:

"Surrender!"

"Or die!"

PS: A reminder that there has been confusion with the chapter numbers, but it's only the chapter numbers that are mixed up—not the story itself. This was a mistake on Little Detective's part, and I apologize for any inconvenience this caused to the readers during their reading.