Boom!
The thrusters blasted in reverse, forcing the spaceship to hover high in the sky.
“Trying to run? Not a chance!”
Xing Ke’ai let out a soft snort and set down her Heartmare.
She tightened the black butterfly ribbon in her pink hair and strode quickly to the position of the Jet Module.
The Jet Module was a device used for boarding battles.
It could launch Star Energy Users into the starry sky like bullets—one of the most basic pieces of equipment on a spaceship.
Naturally, these ships were equipped with them as well.
Xing Ke’ai crossed her arms over her chest.
Whoosh!
In the next second.
She was pulled out like a message capsule from a vacuum tube and shot violently outside the spaceship.
She opened her eyes midair, stretched out her limbs, and the raging airflow whipped her pink hair, making it dance like seaweed.
“Cute Shooting Star Strike!”
Xing Ke’ai suddenly transformed into a brilliant, multicolored star, crashing at incredible speed into the Rock Barrier.
Compared to a year ago, the star was now bigger and brighter, and even its light had turned into a flashing Seven-Colored Starlight.
It was clear how far she had developed her ability.
And in front of this attack, the already cracked Rock Barrier didn’t stand a chance. Accompanied by a terrifyingly loud explosion, it was shattered to pieces by the Seven-Colored Starlight.
Amidst the countless flying shards of rock.
The pink-haired ball of fluff shimmered with starlight as she floated lightly to the ground.
She raised her head proudly and pointed her index finger at Lilu.
“Surrender! Don’t force me to kill every last one of you!”
“In your dreams!” A student from Class Six roared, shooting out hundreds of Frost Spears.
But Xing Ke’ai swept her hand, releasing a stream of Seven-Colored Starlight that intercepted and smashed them midair.
The gap was too great.
The students present clenched their fists in frustration.
After the annual evaluation, Xing Ke’ai had climbed to the top ranks by relying on her special ability.
In both Class Six and Class Three, only the very top few could even hope to match her.
But now, even those few were all lying unconscious.
「Pink-haired loli is just too cute」
「Still so arrogant after an ambush, guess pink inside is always black」
「Laolin’s become a clown this round—just allied, said they’d join forces against Class Five, then got ambushed right away, 2333」
“Boss, do you really trust those people from Class Five?”
Just one light-minute from the asteroid where Lin Zhen and the others were, on another asteroid.
Dozens of spaceships were flying at near light speed.
At the lead ship stood a youth with cold pale skin.
It was none other than the leader of Class Four—Heishui.
Like Xing Ke’ai, he too had risen to his position thanks to his powerful ability, shooting up to eighth place and becoming the unquestioned leader of his class.
But the usually arrogant and cold expression on his face.
Now, upon hearing his companion’s question, revealed undisguised fatigue and irritation.
“It doesn’t matter if I trust them or not, that woman is pressing us hard. With the way things are now, we have no other choice!”
Heishui gritted his teeth, clenching his fists. “As long as we take down Class Three, who are close with her, then join forces with Class Five and Class One, no matter how strong she is, she’ll be left all alone!”
“There’s no way Moyuan and three hundred ships can’t take her down!”
“And even if we’re eliminated, before we go, Class Four will drag down as many classes as possible!”
“Losing together is better than losing alone!”
「That woman (on alert)」
「Could it be?」
「I’m a newbie, who is that woman (side-eye smile)」
「I’m guessing it’s some blue-haired fluff」
「Wait, that can’t be right. A class has four or five hundred people and a hundred ships—how can they not beat Laoxi alone?」
「Who knows, Laoxi’s always been absurdly strong」
As the comments flashed by, the dozens of ships led by Heishui had already reached the asteroid where Lin Zhen was.
At this moment.
The battle on the surface had reached a near-brutal stage.
The conscious students of Class Three and Class Six were barely holding back the Class Five students who had landed with Xing Ke’ai.
Outnumbered and outmatched in strength, the defeat of Class Three and Class Six was nearly certain.
Meanwhile, Class Five’s ships continued to bombard the ships of Class Three and Class Six, which were parked on the ground.
In the barrage of fire, even if a ship managed to take off, it was quickly shot down.
Each class had only a hundred ships.
Every ship could be considered an extension of the base—arguably even more valuable than a single student.
If all these ships were destroyed, even if the strongest from Class Three and Class Six managed to escape the ambush, they’d be stranded without ships and forced to retreat, drastically reducing their threat.
This was also why Class Four had chosen to ambush other classes’ ships before.
“Leave only one person on each ship. The rest, land with me and assist Class Five to crush Classes Three and Six!”
“Understood!”
Hearing the response in the comms channel, Heishui sneered, turned, and walked toward the Jet Module.
But at that moment.
The dozens of ships in the sky began to tremble all at once.
“What’s going on?” Heishui exclaimed in shock, grabbing the handrail and looking down at the surface through the porthole.
He saw that the people—like Lin Zhen and the others—who had been lying unconscious in the rear cabins, were now one by one opening their eyes.
The Heartmare’s power had been broken!
Simultaneously controlling over twenty students for a minute was already the Heartmare’s absolute limit.
Lin Zhen stepped out of the cabin, his right hand clenching at the air, veins bulging at his temple.
“Full Cycle Burst!”
He roared inwardly.
The flow speed of his internal Full Cycle Star Energy network surged in an instant.
His Star Energy Index instantly rose from 95 to 110.
This was the result of a year’s worth of development under Dr. Forefinger’s guidance on that A-Rank Secret Technique.
In the [Full Cycle Burst] state, he could unleash all the circulating star energy in one go.
Of course, this would cause the technique to shut down due to lack of circulating energy, and it wouldn’t resume until he replenished it—usually taking most of a day.
But on the edge of elimination, how could Lin Zhen care about that!
The ancient battlefield hadn’t been found yet; how could he stop here!
He roared and swung his right hand.
In the sky, the nearest spaceship to him, right before everyone’s eyes, began melting rapidly from front to back, lost all power, and plummeted straight down.
Then the second, the third!
After destroying five ships in a single breath, Lin Zhen finally unclenched his hand, gasping for air, his face pale.
“The Heartmare is still in that ship! Take him out now!” Xing Ke’ai screamed sharply.
She immediately leapt up, turning into starlight as she shot toward the plummeting ship.
「Whoa, how is Laolin so strong now?」
「Well, he’s the protagonist after all」
「Low IQ, got ambushed, so he’s using unbeatable power to break out? Drunken Sword Style, you bastard」
「Laolin and Laoxi’s abilities are really similar」
「Well, they are a couple (laughs)」