Chapter 158: Gathering (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Raging Fire) (Third Update)

Begfins immediately issued orders after receiving Irelia’s command.

“Everyone listen up, change to the Blade Formation. It’s our turn now.”

“Yes.”

One by one, the first-year students replied nervously.

“Junior students, I know many of you are participating in this kind of space battle for the first time, but it’s okay, your senior students will lead you. So this time, we senior students will act as the vanguard. All third-year students, line up, second-year students follow, and first-year students line up at the very end to pick up the scraps.”

Begfins immediately issued the directive.

“Understood!”

Aquia and the other senior students responded in unison.

They skillfully maneuvered their mechas to fly behind Begfins, forming a pyramid-like formation.

Qin Feng and the others were deeply moved after hearing this.

It was known that the vanguard bore the greatest pressure and danger, and the highest casualty rate, meaning the senior students were protecting them.

Su Ming and the others then silently piloted their mechas, flying to the rearmost position in the formation.

Seeing the formation complete, Begfins immediately gave the order.

“Let’s go!”

He and Olivert, piloting their Shadow Killers, led the charge, with the subsequent mechas following in an orderly fashion.

The distance between the two sides continuously shortened, and just as they were about to make contact…

All 1-5000 launch ports on the mothership’s hull opened.

Whoosh, whoosh~

Missiles rained down from the sky.

These missiles swept past Su Ming and the others, instantly colliding with the incoming Kirami.

Boom, boom, boom~

One by one, the Kirami were blown to pieces, black flesh splattering everywhere.

Immediately after, the mecha group, like a sharp blade, crashed into the Kirami. Begfins and Olivert, piloting their Shadow Killers, swept through like Light Shadow.

Crack!

Clusters of Kirami were sliced in half.

Following closely, Aquia and the other third-year students, piloting their Third Generation Mecha · Wind Chasers, first engaged in long-range shooting. Once the Kirami closed in, they wielded their beam sabers, striking down the Kirami pressing in from both sides, one blow after another.

The second-year students attacked the Kirami that the third-year students had missed.

As for the Kirami that finally broke through, they collided with the first-year students at the very back.

The entire mecha formation was like a sharp blade piercing the enemy’s chest, but unfortunately, they couldn’t penetrate completely.

Begfins, Olivert, and the third-year students, who were acting as the vanguard, were held back by the swarming Kirami that rushed forward.

They could only stop advancing and began to maneuver backward, fighting as they went.

At this moment, Su Ming led his team and also encountered some stray Kirami. He piloted his mecha to raise its beam gun, leading the continuous firing at the Kirami.

Buzz, buzz~

Beams of light struck the Kirami, dissolving patches of their disgusting black cellular tissue.

The weaker Kirami died instantly on the spot, stopping their movement and drifting in space. However, Kirami with higher life activity or stronger forms managed to withstand the attacks.

“Everyone pay attention, provide fire support for each other, don’t spread out too much, and don’t chase after any single Kirami!”

Su Ming professionally reminded Rhine, Qin Feng, and the others.

“Understood!”

Rhine and the others replied in unison.

For a time, the entire star region became an intense battle zone, and in this chaotic battle, the Royal Court Academy’s second-year and third-year students erupted with powerful combat capabilities, enduring most of the pressure.

This allowed the first-year students to kill the Kirami by outnumbering them.

Some of the stronger senior students also occasionally diverted their attention to look after nearby junior students.

At this moment, Aquia saw some slain Kirami corpses, drifting and gathering together, reviving and preparing to ambush a junior student. She immediately piloted her Wind Chaser, rushing over like the wind, and at the moment of proximity, swung her beam saber, slicing the revived Kirami in half with one blow.

“Ah?”

That junior student was also startled.

“Be careful of those Kirami corpses; once they gather, they will revive and launch a sneak attack.”

Aquia reminded the junior student.

“Thank you, senior student.”

The junior student immediately thanked her.

On the other side, Su Ming and the others continuously shot down the stray Kirami, but then he suddenly noticed that many classmates in his team had their mechas flipped over and were drifting further and further away from the team.

He immediately called out names on the communication channel.

“Mandy, what are you doing? Why are your mechas upside down and drifting further and further away?”

“I don’t know what’s going on either. While fighting, I suddenly felt a bit dizzy.”

Mandy and the others replied in confusion.

Su Ming frowned. He turned his head to look around and found that many first-year classmates were experiencing this problem.

On the public channel, students asked in confusion, one after another.

“What’s wrong with you guys? Your mechas flipped over while fighting.”

“Are you the one who flipped over?”

“No, it must be you!”

At this moment, Olivert’s rough voice sounded.

“Don’t panic, because the universe is vast and very empty, without reference points, it’s easy to get lost and disoriented! To describe it using a phenomenon on Earth, it’s like heaven and earth are indistinguishable! In this situation, you need to look at the direction indicator on the right side of your mecha’s control panel, or use teammates or the mothership as reference points to adjust!”

“Understood.”

Everyone responded in unison after hearing this.

Su Ming then shouted to his team members.

“You all follow what Senior Olivert said, adjust your mechas and move closer again.”

“Okay!”

Mandy and the others responded in unison.

Su Ming took a deep breath. All sorts of problems were immediately exposed in this actual combat.

However, these senior students were truly powerful, bearing most of the pressure and patiently guiding all the first-year students.

Su Ming could clearly see that the classmates who were initially very clumsy were becoming more and more proficient in combat.

In fact, these first-year students were just too inexperienced and didn’t have enough time to grow. But this didn’t mean they were bad; on the contrary, their learning ability was very strong, and their progress was very fast.

In the Du Mu’s command room.

Operators were reporting the situation, one by one.

“Squad B11 has reduced personnel, combatant BJ367 has died.”

“Squad C17 has reduced personnel, combatant CJ985 has died.”

“The number of Kirami is rapidly decreasing.”

Irelia looked at the casualty summary with a very calm expression. Although there were some casualties, the overall battle was fought very well.

Since the Kirami scattered until now, their numbers had already decreased by one-third.

As long as they were given a little more time, completely annihilating this Kirami force was a foregone conclusion.

However, at this moment, the scattered Kirami, like a receding tide, all maneuvered and turned back, then frantically gathered together, forming a giant black cellular fleshball.

The surface of the entire black cellular fleshball constantly writhed, and its kais biological reaction continuously soared.

Bila Duo, seeing this scene, immediately issued a warning.

“Officer, the Kirami have retreated and gathered together.”

Irelia then looked at the main cannon, but unfortunately, the main cannon was still cooling down, with eleven minutes and twenty seconds remaining until it was ready. So, she decisively issued orders.

“Transmit my command: load all launch ports, unleash the second wave of barrages. At the same time, order the 3rd Grade Battleship · Wind Shadow, the 3rd Grade Battleship · Rock Shield, and the mecha group to focus fire and attack!”

“Yes.”

Bila Duo immediately responded.