Chapter 1333 - 1079: Powerful Armor

The three spaceships ahead were now moving extremely slowly, a planet appearing before them. According to the star chart, it was a desolate planet, where although humans could survive, none lived there. The three spaceships immediately headed towards that planet.

"Want to land? That’s just perfect!" Yahola sneered. If he had blown up their ships in space, those aboard would definitely have no bodies left to claim. But landing? Yahola was very much looking forward to catching those daring to offend him by hand!

The three spaceships ahead landed on a plain, and the smaller ships immediately landed nearby, while the largest flagship simply stayed aloft, blocking the space above the three ships from taking off.

"Mahal, are you still there?" Yahola felt extremely pleased because the surrounding scout ships likewise detected no ambush. It seemed that this time Mahal must have made a foolish move.

"Boom!" A light cannon blasted towards the flagship in the sky, but was blocked by the shield. After this blast, the array on the light cannon gradually lost its brightness from insufficient energy.

"All hands, prepare for combat! Kill everyone, but leave Mahal for me! I want to skin him personally!" Yahola commanded loudly.

Pirates loved to bully the few with numbers, so as soon as Yahola’s order was given, all the pirates roared and swarmed out. In the blink of an eye, a large group of pirates had already surrounded the ships, which had lost all ability to resist, whooping and hollering loudly, unmistakably treating the pirates inside those three ships as sitting ducks.

Then, the doors of the three ships slowly opened.

Mahal stood at the forefront, looking down at the large group of pirates. Not long ago, he was one of them, but now everything was different; he was no longer for anyone but himself!

"Brothers! Charge! Leave no one behind!" Mahal put on his helmet and led the charge. Subsequently, all the heavily-armored warriors charged out following Mahal.

Yahola had been expecting a battle where sheer numbers overwhelmed the few, but the expected crushing defeat did not occur.

"What is that..."

Yahola felt parched in his throat because he saw something that had once awoke him laughing in his dreams. It was when he first learned about the power of battle armor, dreaming that he had acquired a dozen sets, and his men in battle armor had crushed every Pirate Group in this plane, eventually making his own Pirate Group the strongest.

Yes, that dream made him wake up laughing.

But then, all the top mechanics he knew told him that these battle armors were very special in structure, and they couldn’t possibly replicate them with their current knowledge. In the end, Yahola had to abandon that plan. Later, after participating in several battles while attired in this armor and realizing the armor had quite low defense after several repairs, its initially intimidating appearance also drastically diminished, he simply gave the armor back to Mahal, as it served him no purpose in his possession.

And last time, when Mahal lost the battle armor, it didn’t make Yahola so mad, what truly enraged him was the damage to his ship—the mine wasn’t really going to disappear into thin air.

But this time, when these hundreds of battle armors appeared all at once, Yahola truly panicked.

However, his first reaction was: Mahal had tricked him!

Originally, Mahal had bought the armor from an adventurer, but clearly, Mahal hadn’t been truthful! Not only had he bought the armors from the adventurer, but he had also gained access to the armor’s storehouse!

The bastard!

"Don’t worry! You’ve all seen these heavily-armored warriors! They’re just a bit stronger than you, but their defense is very weak; just concentrate your firepower, and they’ll quickly break!"

Yahola roared.

Yahola’s voice immediately reassured a group of pirates. After all, due to Yahola’s long-established menace, all pirates followed him somewhat blindly. Besides, quite a few pirates knew the origin of this kind of battle armor and understood that although it could enhance Fighting Aura, it was unexpectedly fragile. Thus, many pirates relaxed, and some even began to mockingly heckle.

Then, the two sides made contact. Without any psychological burdens, pirates launched a series of fierce attacks, hoping to initially break through the heavily-armored warriors’ defenses to establish an advantage.

But after several rounds of assault, although the speed of the heavily-armored warriors was reduced, not a scratch appeared on their armors!

This was not as agreed!

"Attack! Keep up the fierce attacks! They won’t be able to hold on much longer!" Yahola shouted loudly, obviously noticing the armors seemed somewhat different. From his memory of using that armor before, this definitely shouldn’t be happening. The first wave of attacks was very fierce, and even if it couldn’t completely crush those armors, at least there’d be some cracks or something. But on the spot, not to mention cracks, not even a scratch was present!

How could this happen?

Yahola simply didn’t realize that all Long Yi had done was to change the metal used in those armors from the Human Realm to that of a middle plane, which immediately brought about a radical change.

The relentless attacks were ineffective, and by now the heavily-armored warriors had already charged to their front.

From a distance, Mahal made an insulting gesture at Yahola. Yahola was furious, yet his subordinates were the ones who suffered.

Pirates are seldom very strong, and those with great strength wouldn’t typically become pirates. Before the warriors enhanced by battle armor and Fighting Aura, these pirates inherently demonstrated their disorganized nature!

Yahola’s men held out for a while under the fierce attacks of the heavy-armored warriors, still hoping they could quickly break through the armor for an easy victory. However, this fierce attack lacked effective leadership; after all, they were not professional soldiers, nor did they need to fight like professional soldiers usually. Thus, despite their decent resistance, by the time the heavy-armored warriors reached them, they had still failed to penetrate the armor.

Then, it was time for the heavy-armored warriors to harvest.

Battle armor could amplify the warrior’s Fighting Aura by several times, and this multiplied power, when unleashed, was absolutely crushing against the disorganized pirates.

In the blink of an eye, screams were incessant!

Yahola was furious, he shouted loudly, "You bunch of useless fools! Idiots! Focus fire and kill one first! Just one!"

Although everyone heard him, it was a problem to focus fire in the face of heavy-armored warriors’ frontal charge. In the blink of an eye, casualties had already surpassed half! By then, without needing Yahola’s command, some of his men had already started to retreat into the spaceship. But were their retreat speeds comparable to those of a heavy-armored warrior’s sprint? Soon, several small warships were taken over!

"Leave here immediately!" Yahola ordered with a grim look, knowing that once these heavy-armored warriors fully occupied the smaller warships below, their next move would surely be to take his flagship. He wasn’t truly afraid of the heavy-armored warriors, as his real strength was extremely powerful, even beyond anyone’s imagination, but he couldn’t let his flagship be destroyed by others.

"But Group Leader, our brothers below..." his deputy said troubledly.

"They’re already dead," Yahola said coldly.

"Yes, I understand..."

The black Sea Demon flagship, which had been hovering in the sky, suddenly activated all propulsion arrays causing the huge ship to ascend rapidly, shattering any hope the pirates below had that the Group Leader might help them.

"Surrender or die!" Mahal shouted loudly.

Would hard-headed individuals become pirates?

Clearly not.

Thus, all the still living pirates surrendered one after another.

"Activate all defense shields, now."

Just then, Long Yi’s voice suddenly came through. Mahal was briefly startled, then loudly commanded all the heavy-armored warriors to activate their shields. This was a function built into the battle armor, drawing on the wearer’s Fighting Aura or Mana to create a robust shield.

And just as the shields were formed, a barrage of light beams crashed down from the sky.

It was an attack from the black Sea Demon flagship’s cannon! Yahola planned to blow up his own men along with Mahal’s men in one go!

After the bombardment, the black Sea Demon flagship immediately ripped through space and vanished without a trace. On the ground, the cannon fire left a series of deep pits, and many of Yahola’s men, who hadn’t managed to enter the protective area of the battle armor’s shield, were killed by their own flagship’s cannon.

Some pirates had felt slightly guilty about surrendering, but now, they were left only with despair.

But for Mahal, everything had just begun!

This was an entirely unexpected victory. Although he already had such a number of heavy-armored warriors, he did not believe he could defeat Yahola, a presence that had left a significant impression on him over the years and seemed unchangeable. However, after this victory, everything was different.

Mahal finally understood from the bottom of his heart that Yahola was not invincible! He could even flee in fear!

Mahal’s men began to celebrate their victory, while those under Yahola were all downcast. They were just a group of losers, awaiting a fate that was bound to be miserable.

"Alright, seeing your performance this time, I’m somewhat reassured. I’m giving you one month to unify the three major Pirate Groups, that shouldn’t be a problem, right... See you!"

After saying this, Long Yi directly left the spaceship. Shortly after, Mahal who had rushed there only felt the residual spatial magic fluctuations in the air. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qiandian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)