LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 411: Chapter 379: Copper Walls and Iron Barriers!

“Sir! They’re going to ram us!”

Hearing this, Rocky hastily looked towards the enemy and indeed discovered that Lapaton’s flagship and the Fleet he led, amidst the gunfire, had not slowed down at all, but were instead speeding up towards their own side!

Felly was absolutely right; Lapaton was indeed planning to forcefully break a path through for the Fleet!

The Fleet under his command outnumbered Rocky’s, and it was certain that in a head-on fight, he would win, but unfortunately, there was no time for that.

For Lapaton, the battle situation was a race against time. Karina, leading the Void Magic Squad, was harassing his Fleet as much as possible. In just these few short minutes, two more warships had been sunk, and at a greater distance, Berg was leading other warships to close the encirclement. Once surrounded completely, Lapaton would face an enemy force many times his own, and by then, neither he nor his Fleet would be able to escape.

Thus, Lapaton made a swift and decisive choice, the most straightforward and brutal method to break out: to charge straight through.

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So, facing the enemy’s firepower, even under the attack of the Sky-piercing Cannon, Lapaton did not slow the Fleet down; on the contrary, he ordered the Fleet to reach maximum speed. All the officers and crewmembers of the Fleet were also acutely aware that they were at a critical moment of survival, and not a single person showed any signs of backing down. Instead, they kept close pace with the flagship.

They all knew that once they were surrounded, it would mean a certain death, with no second option, so they had to fight with everything they had.

“All warships, turn the ship around!”

The enemy’s intentions were so clear that Rocky could see them at a glance, so he too made the same choice to order all the surrounding warships to turn around, forming a wall by positioning a dozen or more warships horizontally in midair!

“Brothers!”

After issuing the command, he rushed into the Captain’s Cabin of the War Steed, picked up the communicator, and spoke to all the surrounding warships:

“If we let the enemy break through, we are done for! Even if just one warship escapes back to Chenxiu City, we will face an endless stream of enemies. Brothers, we must not let the enemy get through!”

In this critical moment, Rocky resolutely chose to burn the boats; he would stop the enemy at any cost, or just as he said, if even one enemy returned to Chenxiu City, the Tri-City Allied Forces would be finished.

Under his command, all the surrounding warships turned in unison, each positioning its hull horizontally in the air; in just a moment, over ten warships including the War Steed had formed an iron wall in midair!

At this time, Rocky moved to the deck once more, and upon looking out, he realized that the enemy was already quite close.

Four hundred meters?

The distance between them and the enemy was less than four hundred meters, and closing fast.

At such a close distance, they were already within the firing range of the Magic Energy Cannons; thus, the warships led by the War Steed had already unleashed a barrage of artillery fire, both from the main and secondary cannons, firing in unison to block the enemy as much as possible.

Likewise, the enemy had launched a fierce counterattack, also doing everything possible to bring down the warships that were blocking their escape.

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, the distance between the two sides quickly closed to three hundred meters.

In the frantic exchange of fire, another warship from the enemy’s Fleet was sunk, and two more warships, heavily damaged, had to slow down and were soon swallowed up by the approaching Void Magic Squad.

In contrast, one of Rocky’s warships was brought down into the forest, and upon seeing this, Rocky immediately issued a command to the other warships to quickly fill the gap, leaving no space unattended.

Although both sides suffered losses in the fierce bombardment, the main force led by the flagship under Lapaton’s command was still moving at an unrelenting speed. More importantly, during the high-speed approach, Lapaton had even adjusted the formation of his fleet!

By the time the distance between the two sides had closed to within two hundred meters, the fleet led by Lapaton had transformed into a wedge formation, with his flagship at the forefront, followed by the other warships arranged behind it, forming a standard penetration formation.

It was clear that Lapaton was determined to break through the encirclement, even at the cost of risking himself!

The gap of two hundred meters vanished in an instant, mere moments later, the distance between them had shrunk to one hundred meters!

A hundred meters—what did that entail?

At that range, the commanders of both sides could already see each other!

In fact, when the distance had narrowed to this extent, Lapaton at the prow of his ship and Rocky on the deck could already see each other, looking at one another from less than a hundred meters apart, their expressions almost identical, both revealing a look of resolution!

One hundred meters…

Fifty meters…

Thirty meters…

In less than a minute, the fleet led by Lapaton charged towards Rocky, and then Lapaton’s flagship collided with the War Steed!

The War Steed, Rocky’s command ship, was a Fifth-Generation Battleship, exceeding three hundred meters in length—a truly colossal vessel.

Though not a battleship, Lapaton’s flagship was the lead patrol cruiser; it might be slightly smaller than the War Steed, but the difference was not significant.

The two massive behemoths collided head-on!

When the warships met, the first thing to collide was the Defensive Net, which, although designed to withstand countless assaults, could not last even a second upon impact, shattering almost instantly.

As the Defensive Net shattered, the prow of the flagship slammed hard into the side of the War Steed!

A thunderous roar resounded as Rocky, who stood on the deck, was thrown into the air. The heavy-armored hull of the War Steed caved in under the massive impact force, and the entire battleship began to tilt to one side, as if it were about to capsize. Several crew members were thrown over the railings in the violent collision, screaming as they fell through the sky.

Of course, the enemy who violently crashed into the War Steed fared no better. The bow of the flagship split open upon impact; half of it was pulverized by the collision, and Lapaton, who had been standing at the prow all along, was thrown off just like Rocky, propelled by the tremendous force.

On the other side, as the flagships of the two forces collided, the other warships also smashed into each other at that moment!

This caused the skies to be alight with fire.

Not every warship possessed the defensive power of the War Steed, and likewise, not every ship could remain afloat after colliding like Lapaton’s flagship did.

So when the other warships of the two forces collided, some were bisected by the impact, exploding in midair instantaneously, others sank after the collision as they could not withstand the immense impact force. In that instant, the entire airspace was engulfed in a blaze of fire…

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