Sky-cracking Rider

Countless beams of light converged from all directions, and with three pairs of membrane wings lost, the six-legged monster insect was forced to use Wind Series Magic "Wind Wings" to maintain its flight capability. Suddenly, a concentrated light spot no larger than a foot in diameter shone upon it, causing black smoke and a pungent burnt smell to emanate from the insect.

If not for the "Wind Wings" stirring the air and speeding up heat dissipation, it might have burst into flames on the spot.

Over a thousand hexagonal mirrors converged the collected light energy, which even the airship found difficult to withstand, let alone the mere flesh and blood of the six-legged monster insect.

The sun hung high, clearing the air of any dust, and the endless light enabled the focused light attack to vastly outperform the laser weapon, which at least had to maintain cooling, whereas these large mirrors needed only to hold their positions.

It was akin to being roasted over a lightwave furnace, add a sprinkle of salt and spices... mmm, high-protein!

"Oh... it can be used this way?"

"Amazing, amazing!"

The circular floating platform was filled with praises.

Anyone with eyes could see that the six-legged monster insect, relentlessly pursued by the scorching light spots, was already at the end of its rope. Once its magic power and spiritual power were exhausted, it would be like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The chasing focused light spot suddenly refracted away without warning, and a faint light film appeared at the side of the six-legged monster insect.

The parasitic species excel not only at spiritual power; suddenly casting a Light-based Spell to refract the light spot was not unexpected at all.

Chen Fei became more convinced that a significant parasite must be inside this awkwardly struggling insect, and it must be a Royal Breed.

If it were a King Species or a General Breed, it wouldn't have lasted this long.

Unfortunately, the command center wanted it alive, otherwise, an Element Annihilation Bomb would have sent it to its grave (a cenotaph), ending the matter. Chen Xiao'er wasn't the only one drenched in sweat.

The light spot refracted by the Light-based Spell posed no risk of causing friendly fire.

After all, the six-legged monster insect was the focus, and once refracted, the light spot would disperse, with its density diminishing rapidly with distance, ultimately becoming harmless sunlight upon human contact, bypassing any risk of friendly fire.

Guiding sunlight to attack—anyone with elementary knowledge wouldn't make a mistake. If anything was lacking, it was that one's naked eyes couldn't stare at the light spot for long without risking vision damage, easily solved by wearing sunglasses.

In truth, the six-legged monster insect couldn't deal with the numerous mirrors; there were simply too many, easily a thousand. Even smashing regular glass mirrors would take a while, and if its attention faltered, the humanoid combat mobile armor might stab it severely, with potentially worse consequences.

The parasite within the six-legged monster insect didn't know that the peculiar spear held by the humanoid mecha was embedded with a special weapon designed specifically for the "Sagali." If stabbed, a small gunshot wound would pale in comparison to the instantly unleashed Mental Force Storm, annihilating the parasite's consciousness on the spot, even sparing no Royal Breed.

The Cangqiong Star Civilization had been in a standoff with the Extraterrestrial Races for ten thousand years, amassing significant experience, and knew this parasitic species' weaknesses well: their strongest point was also their weakest. Using a Mental Force Storm to destroy consciousness was far more efficient than shredding the enemy to pieces.

The bona fide pursuit of the "pirated" transformed and deconstructed back into humanoid mecha shape, and the missile bay at its back ignited immediately, launching two short-range combat missiles with trailing tails.

Missiles reload slowly, preventing continuous firing, but they didn't impact a surprise barrage.

The four-meter-long "Longinus" spear, stacked with hundreds of parts, evolved into a railgun weapon. The "Godslaying Spear" remained within, embedded in one of the acceleration tracks, not for additional killing effect but as a filler.

A 120mm armor-piercing incendiary shell was loaded into the acceleration track, and the AI "Adam" automatically completed the targeting calculation, marking the impact point and simulated trajectory on Chen Fei's AR visual assistance interface.

Chen Fei wasn't a sharpshooter nor had the talent for it, but with the Dog System and "Adam" feeding him, even with his eyes closed, he could hit the target.

Once the impact point and simulated trajectory were locked in, he decisively pulled the trigger.

Despite missile pursuit, Chen Fei never expected the combat bombs to finish the job from the start. If parasitic species were so easily dealt with, the Cangqiong Star Civilization would have pushed into the near-orbit spatial rift ages ago.

Snap!~

The purely electromagnetic kinetic weapon lacked the chemical firing sound, producing only a sharp, crisp sonic boom as the projectile breached the sound barrier.

At twenty times the speed of sound within the Arena, there was no need to worry about the projectile becoming plasma due to high-velocity air friction. The vaporization threshold was far beyond the Arena's radius, allowing full-power use of the railgun weapon.

Without any delay, the six-legged monster insect, fully engaged in casting a Magic Shield to escape, found itself trapped like a mouse in a box: no escape route. Moreover, the ability user team on the circular floating platform was always watching, ready to pounce for a few rounds at any moment.

Continuing this war of attrition, the Royal Breed inside the six-legged monster insect likely comprehended the dire outcome already.

As it prepared to make a resolute decision, the layers of Magic Shields were instantly penetrated and dispersed into the atmosphere as free Elemental Energy. The insect's body, receiving a severe blow, deviated in its flight path, with a large hole appearing in its glossy shell-covered abdomen.

Shattered organs and body fluid were flung out into space due to centrifugal force, scattering in colorful trails, like a miniature firework display.

At the Arena's edge, a burning projectile was suspended mid-air, rotating slowly while spewing intense flames. Sadly, it only achieved armor-piercing and failed to ignite within the insect's penetration point, falling short of complete success.

The six-legged monster insect suffered severe damage. Despite railgun weapons not being able to smart track like missiles, their impact when they hit was considerable.

The condition of the internal parasite was unclear, but the host seemed to be in dire straits.

While the outer exoskeleton of arthropods like shrimp, crabs, and insects had many advantages, once cracked like an eggshell, the consequences were almost universally imaginable.

The six-legged monster insect, spinning wildly and unable to stabilize its flight posture, finally faced the gnashing teeth of the maneuvering twin missiles nearby.

Bang bang! Two near-simultaneous explosions merged into one giant fireball.

"Prepare for live capture!"

The command center, staffed with experts, recognized the six-legged monster insect had lost its Magic Shield protection and had been pierced by a railgun-fired armor-piercing shell—its doom was imminent.

"Hold on; there's an abnormal Elemental Energy fluctuation. No, this thing plans to self-destruct."

The Arena only isolated physical entities but didn't block energy passage, allowing external sensing of the Elemental Energy changes.

"Damn, how many seconds until it blows?"

While asking, Chen Fei simultaneously acted.

The "Dragon King" Assault-Type Combat Mobile Armor's railgun reverted to spear form, and without hesitation, charged into the still-dispersing smoke cloud, toward the seemingly dazed and immobile six-legged monster insect.

"Hey, 'Rookie,' get back here! That thing's gonna blow!"

Spellcasters on the circular floating platform also keenly sensed the drastic changes in Elemental Energy fluctuations, a sure sign of trouble.

A suspected Royal Breed self-destruction was no joke, with destruction on par with an Element Annihilation Bomb, potentially fatal even for a Heavenly Order.

As they raised alarms, the ability users on the floating platform frantically deployed various defenses—physical shields, magic shields, all readied to face the imminent Elemental Energy impact.

"Ahhh, I can't control myself!"

Whoosh!~ Three sections of the "Longinus" spear merged and drove deep into the six-legged monster insect, bursting through the other side.

The "Godslaying Spear" Mind Annihilation activation required direct contact, using the holder's spiritual power fluctuation as a trigger, rapidly amplifying into a ferocious Mental Force Storm to obliterate consciousness.

Command Center: "..."

The small team on the floating platform: "..."

The audience on the Sovereignty Combat Spaceship: "..."

Joint Defense Committee leaders on Yangzhou Continent: "..."

Phht!~

In the bridge of the second flagship, S-Class ability user Yan Ling couldn't hold back anymore and snorted with laughter.

What a farce!

"Couldn't you come up with a better excuse?"

Miyoshi Monk sighed, rubbing his forehead. With everyone watching, did you have to make everyone look like fools?

Unexpected occurrences always cropped up, making this report challenging!

"Alright! We're done here!"

Chen Fei exhaled deeply, collapsing in his cockpit seat as if drained of energy.

The smoke finally cleared, and the "Dragon King" raised its spear high, displaying the impaled six-legged monster insect, as if flaunting its victory.

Just before the Elemental Energy fluctuation reached a critical point, the "Godslaying Spear" was thrust into the enemy, with a Mental Force Storm quelling the Elemental Energy fluctuation instantly.

Thankfully, this was on the relatively inert Blue Star. Such reckless actions on Cangqiong Star might have been too late to fix.

The Royal Breed's consciousness was eradicated by the Mental Force Storm, its body maintained life only by instinct, virtually no different from death. The command center didn't want a mere walking corpse.