The Seventh Base

Chapter 904: Chapter 5: The Great Thief Legion (Part 2)

“Perhaps this is the reason Solan wants to directly seize your warship.”

Xu Mo nodded. The Church has now developed to a certain extent. In terms of individual aspects, combat power is already strong enough, and the influence is extremely terrifying. The next step is inevitably to develop a fleet. Without their own fleet, strong influence is meaningless.

The Church doesn’t hide its ambitions at all.

However, the Church hasn’t seen the true combat power of the Chiyou. Destroying the previous Samo Army fleet was only a partial outburst of strength. If the Church wants to capture the Chiyou, they would probably need to deploy top-tier warships from an advanced civilization. It is almost impossible to easily capture the Chiyou.

“Activate the curvature engine and accelerate away from this area.” Xu Mo didn’t want to get entangled with the Church here and issued orders to the intelligent body system.

“Fleet detected. Besides the Church, there is another fleet. Do you wish to leave?” the intelligent body system responded.

“Oh?” The carrier showed a hint of surprise and said, “Display the fleet.”

As his words fell, several warships appeared on different positions on the screen. They belonged to different fleets, among which several warships were Church warships coordinating with cruisers.

However, the other fleet was not Church warships; the battleships had a slanted cross skull symbol engraved on them.

“What fleet is this?” Xu Mo showed the symbol to Lan Qing.

“The Skull Army,” Lan Qing frowned and said, “A powerful interstellar pirate army. Their strength is not weak. I heard they were cleared by the Church, significantly weakening their power. Have we encountered the Skull Army?”

“They should be targeting the Church.” Xu Mo found it interesting. The Church searched for them in space, yet the Skull pirate army targeted the Church.

From Lan Qing’s words, the two sides seem to have an old grudge, as the Church had cleared the Skull Army before.

The carrier immediately ordered not to leave for now and prepared to watch the excitement.

In space, the Church’s cruisers quickly discovered the Skull Army, but both sides were already within each other’s range.

The Skull Army’s main ship was a giant Skull Ship. Inside the command room was a black-haired, blue-eyed young man. His gaze was deep and bright, with a hint of melancholy, yet his eyes were exceptionally cold at this moment. He wore a black cape, giving a few hints of chilliness.

“The other party requests a connection.”

“Connect.” The young man responded, and soon the image of a middle-aged man from the Church appeared on the screen. He wore the Church’s divine office uniform and gazed at the young man, saying, “Chris, surrender and join the Church. The creator will forgive your sins, and I can be your recommender.”

“Be induced and killed by you all, just like my father? Are all you Church people so shameless?” Chris replied, “Open fire.”

“Have you thought clearly about the consequences of attacking the Church fleet?” The middle-aged man shouted loudly. Chris ignored him and ordered to open fire. Immediately, the battleships fired powerful laser beams at the Church warships.

The Church’s warships activated shield defenses, fired attacks, and fled in reverse. They knew their fleet was at a disadvantage and that starting a battle now was not wise.

Chris was the Young Commander of the Skull Army, and his father was the leader of this army. However, in recent years, the Church had been sieging the Skull Army. Under immense pressure, Chris’s father eventually chose to negotiate with the Church but was induced and killed instead. The Skull Army suffered significant losses, and Chris’s father chose to die in battle rather than be captured.

Now, the Skull Army is severely weakened, but the Church’s plan to incorporate the Skull Army failed. Instead, it provoked a mad counterattack from the Skull Army, causing trouble for the Church and giving them headaches. Their initial goal was to seize the Skull Army’s power for their own use.

Inside the Chiyou Battleship, the carrier silently watched the battle as both sides opened fire.

The Skull Army’s warships had an absolute advantage and quickly destroyed two of the Church’s warships, but their main ship was still fleeing, with the shield yet to be broken.

The Chiyou Battleship moved forward as well, but chose to remain hidden and not expose itself.

“Church warship reinforcements detected,” the intelligent body said and displayed it on the screen.

The carrier stared at the screen. He saw many cruisers; those warships followed the cruisers, making Xu Mo feel that the Church’s prepared warships were meant to ambush the Chiyou, yet they encountered an attack by the Skull Army.

In that case, a fierce battle is likely to erupt between the Skull Army and the Church fleet.

On the Chiyou Battleship, Lan Qing and Xu Mo also came to the battleship’s control room. Here, they could clearly see the battle between the Skull Army fleet and the Church fleet, as if peering into the battlefield.

This also made Lan Qing realize how strong this battleship was. They were watching the battlefield, but the opposing side was entirely unaware.

“Why was the Skull Army able to survive under the Church’s siege?” Xu Mo asked curiously. The Church’s strength surely couldn’t compare to an interstellar pirate army.

“Because of geographical reasons,” Lan Qing replied. “The Skull Army is called the Skull Army because they originate from Skull Star. That Star Domain is a very dangerous area, with a massive energy storm on the periphery. The Skull Army controls the navigation routes. Other fleets entering would face total destruction. All along, the Skull Army has existed relying on that dangerous Star Domain.”

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