The T4 Starlight Emperor-class Medium Carrier Starship · the bridge.
Qin Hu sat in the captain's chair, his face overcast.
"Relay my order — the fleet is to enter combat status. And have all the interstellar fighters aboard the T4 Starlight Emperor make ready to launch! This Zhao Chen dares take a dump right over my head; today I'll make him pay the price for it!" Qin Hu said savagely.
Though he knew the Owl Dragon fleet was strong—
one must bear in mind that he now had, in hand, a T4 Starlight Emperor-class Medium Carrier Starship!
A T4-grade interstellar warship of the genuine, true-worth article.
And the far side were all T3-grade interstellar warships.
Were it truly to come to blows, then it wasn't yet certain who'd lose and who'd win!
"Yes!" His subordinates began handing down orders of every sort.
And it was just at this moment that the starship-radar soldier suddenly cried out in alarm, "Report — a high-speed-moving starship energy signal has appeared on the starship radar. By its starship-energy intensity, it's suspected to be a T4-grade interstellar warship!"
"A T4-grade interstellar warship? Could it be an interstellar warship some other noble has sent? If this can help me in the fight, then my odds of victory grow all the greater!" Qin Hu was overjoyed.
But when this T4 interstellar warship, at exceedingly swift speed, appeared before the eyes of all—
every last person was stunned.
A crimson-red hull; a streamlined design of form — man or woman, any who saw this class of interstellar warship would let out a gasp.
Gorgeous beyond all telling!
But a certain starship crest upon this crimson-red interstellar giant left everyone all the more shaken.
That was… the Owl Dragon crest!
This was the Owl Dragon fleet's T4 interstellar warship!
"How can this be! How could the Owl Dragon fleet possibly have a T4-grade interstellar warship!" Qin Hu shot to his feet, looking in disbelief at this T4 interstellar warship racing toward them.
For even he, a dignified Third Prince, needed to report and obtain permission before he could mobilize a T4-grade interstellar warship.
Yet a mere imperial marquis opposite could, of all things, possess a T4-grade interstellar warship?
"This looks like… like… the T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser the Chu family announced a while back!" an officer on the bridge cried out.
The Chu family?
Only now did everyone call it to mind — that a month ago, the Chu family had just made public that they'd developed and manufactured a class of interstellar warship.
Observed closely, it was, with this crimson-red interstellar warship before them, quite simply one and the same.
"But how would the Owl Dragon fleet come to possess the Chu family's T4 interstellar warship!" someone doubted.
"Have you forgotten what standing Zhao Chen holds? He's the Chu family's live-in son-in-law, Chu Xuan's betrothed — Chu Changhe's grandson-in-law! The more so since, as I recall, when the Chu family published the relevant development departments, among them there were the words 'the Owl Dragon Starship Research Institute.' And back when that legendary interstellar warship, the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser, first came to light — wasn't this Zhao Chen said to be a genius of the starship-manufacturing-and-design discipline?" someone cried out.
This news very soon spread out through the place; even the Su family's side came to learn of it.
The turn of this matter had come far too fast.
The appearance of this T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser had, at a stroke, wrought an enormous change in the situation on the scene!
Originally, the Third Prince Qin Hu had held in hand the trump card of a T4 Starlight Emperor-class Medium Carrier Starship, so that there might, perhaps, be a chance of matching himself against the Owl Dragon Legion.
But now the Owl Dragon Legion had, too, brought forth a T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser.
And with that, the gap between the two was no longer great.
And a scene no one had foreseen appeared: this T4 Vermilion Bird, under its exceedingly swift speed, of all things charged straight toward that T3 Dragon-Croc-class Medium Interstellar Battleship where Su Lan was.
At the same time, its all-around T4-grade star-shield system switched on.
Because of the sheer swiftness of the speed, no one had foreseen it; add to that the fact that everyone's focus, before, had been on the Owl Dragon fleet itself — and no one had thought to intercept this abruptly appearing T4 Vermilion Bird.
And so the T4 Vermilion Bird did, in fact, smoothly draw in close to the surroundings of the T3 Dragon-Croc.
"This is bad! The other party's aim is the T3 Dragon-Croc where Su Lan is!" The Su family folk saw the aim.
"Patriarch…" No small number of them looked toward the Su family governor.
The Su old governor, as before, said not a word, and looked upon all of it blandly.
By the look of it, the Su old governor truly did not mean to make the first move; he did not do things he had no sure grasp of.
"Your Highness!" the adjutant looked toward Qin Hu, whose face had gone grim.
"It's but one T4 interstellar warship! This one of mine is a carrier starship!" The Third Prince Qin Hu was beside himself with rage; he was on the very point of handing down the order — he could not brook another snatching away his own wife before his very face.
"Make ready for battle for me—"
"Report — two more energy signals suspected to be T4 interstellar warships have appeared on the starship radar!" This abrupt report from a crew member cut short the Third Prince Qin Hu's order.
His expression turned aghast.
"Two more? Where are these interstellar warships from!"
Could it be the Owl Dragon again?
Impossible — absolutely impossible!
For the Owl Dragon Legion to have one T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser was one thing, but how could they possibly have three…
Very soon, those two T4-grade interstellar warships, too, appeared within the range the deep-space telescope could detect.
Their identity was confirmed.
They were T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruisers!
These two T4 Vermilion Birds did not charge straight in as the first had; rather, they circled and prowled about the outer region, their speed exceedingly swift!
"Gulp…" The adjutant looked at the Third Prince.
"Your Highness… this of theirs is meant to overawe and threaten us… If we dare take any rash action, these two T4 Vermilion Birds of astonishing speed will come straight in for a decapitation strike, charging right at our flagship, the T4 Starlight Emperor. Add to that those five T3 interstellar missile ships opposite…"
The meaning behind the adjutant's words was already plain enough.
They now stood beneath a wall on the very verge of collapse.
Even the Third Prince Qin Hu's own life had come under threat.
"Your Highness… are we… still to carry out the battle order?" the adjutant inquired, careful and cautious.
Qin Hu's face was black a long while; and at the last, he sank down into the captain's chair, feeling a deep and bitter humiliation.
But three long spears pointed straight at his heart.
A madman!
That fellow opposite was a madman through and through.
He was a Third Prince, the younger brother of the future Great Emperor of Starlight; he could not die here.
As for that woman… she was but a woman; so long as he lived, what manner of woman could he not have!
"Cancel the battle order. All interstellar warships hold position." Qin Hu ground the command out through his teeth.
"Yes." The adjutant let out a breath of relief.
And at the same time, that T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser, drawn in close to the T3 Dragon-Croc-class Medium Interstellar Battleship, made its move.
Several hatches upon the T4 Vermilion Bird-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser opened, baring within them a squad of T3 Templar-class Medium Interstellar Combat Mecha!
"Board!" A man's voice rang out within these mecha squads' built-in comms.