Free Web NovelChapter 233: Chapter 210: Surprise Attack by a New Force
「White Sand Star」
Aboard the largest black starship hovering in the sky, Ye Moyun watched Yu Lan below, who was continuously using an Energy Cannon to target and shoot down the other ships.
An inexplicable smile touched the corners of his lips.
He had never seen a female quite like Yu Lan.
’Clever and decisive!’
She was surrounded by cannon fire, yet she showed not the slightest hint of fear.
The more he watched, the more certain Ye Moyun became that choosing to cooperate with Yu Lan had been the right decision.
A Star Thief, having discovered that White Sand Star wasn’t as easy a target as the planets they’d plundered before, scrambled back to the main ship. His legs gave out as he collapsed to his knees before Ye Moyun.
"B-Boss! We can’t hold on any longer."
"We never expected that pretty boy with the fair skin to be 3S-level. The boys really can’t beat him."
"We need you to step in."
A top-tier 3S-level individual could easily suppress those with lower-level talents.
Not to mention, the highest-level talent among the attacking Star Thieves was only A-level.
Usually, they only managed to pull off their robberies and raids by relying on sheer numbers.
When they met a truly tough opponent, they’d all try to outrun each other.
Fortunately, their boss, Ye Moyun, was also a top-tier 3S-level male.
As long as he stepped in to hold off Yu Wenzhou, they could handle the rest however they pleased.
Ye Moyun, lounging lazily on the main throne, gave a mocking smirk. Mingling with this band of Star Thieves had never been his true intention.
It was merely a means to establish contact with the Dark Force.
Now, his objective was achieved.
This man could now be...
Power secretly gathered in Ye Moyun’s hand as he prepared to deal with the man directly.
Suddenly, from not far away, a tremendous shout erupted.
"Reinforcements! The Dark Planet’s forces are here to back us up!"
"Hahahaha! White Sand Star? A 3S-level? They’re nothing in the face of the Dark Force!"
"Die!"
Ye Moyun’s hand froze.
He snapped his head up to look into the distance. His amethyst eyes constricted and trembled unnaturally.
In the distance, a fleet of starships, shrouded in black mist and exuding a thick, ominous aura as if they had crawled from a dark abyss, was rapidly approaching White Sand Star.
The Star Thieves, who had been starting to have second thoughts and consider a retreat in the face of White Sand Star’s fierce resistance, were instantly ecstatic.
"It’s the Dark Force!"
"The Dark Force is here!"
"Nobody be afraid! Kill them! Show White Sand Star what we’re made of!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
A clamor of battle cries rose.
Every Star Thief present was fired up.
With crazed expressions, they charged madly toward the surface of White Sand Star as if they had lost their minds.
Even with sharp blades blocking their path, they were desperate to carve a piece of flesh from the people of White Sand Star, even if it cost them their lives.
It was madness. It was chaos. The entire scene had descended into a frenzy.
Yu Lan looked up, keenly aware that the situation was spiraling out of control.
One after another, black projectiles shot out from the newly appeared starships.
The shells suddenly detonated in mid-air, releasing a dense black mist that drifted down in wisps.
It soon fell upon the people of White Sand Star who were fighting desperately on the ground.
It was like two reactive chemicals meeting, causing an immense and instantaneous change.
In that instant, those who had been desperately resisting the Star Thieves suddenly seemed as if they were drunk.
Their skin turned red and swelled, their breathing grew ragged, their blood vessels bulged, and their clear eyes became frenzied in an instant.
The next moment, one of the men collapsed to his knees with a tormented expression and let out a wretched howl.
"AHHH!!!"
Then, strands of hair began to appear, faintly visible through his skin.
The man kneeling on the ground instantly transformed into his beast form and began attacking everything around him indiscriminately, friend and foe alike.
The scene instantly reminded Yu Lan of the assassination attempt on the Empire’s founding day.
Her eyes widened slightly as the madness of that day replayed in her mind.
In that single moment, the entire tide of battle had turned completely.
One should be fearless when killing the enemy.
But what if that enemy was a friend, a family member, who had been fighting alongside you just a minute ago?
They had only become this frenzied because of the Dark Planet’s drug.
’Should we kill them?’
’Should we spare them?’
"Go! Get out of here!"
"Avoid the black mist! Avoid the black mist! There’s something wrong with it!"
"Don’t touch the black mist, no matter what!"
People shouted warnings through the air, alerting their friends and family.
「Meanwhile」
The starships hovering in the sky once again rang out with a series of violent booms.
Projectile after projectile exploded in the air.
The entire sky above White Sand Star now seemed to be shrouded in a layer of black mist, filled with a sinister and eerie aura.
Ye Moyun closed his eyes, unable to bear the sight.
He clenched his jaw tightly.
He had no idea what madness had possessed the Dark Planet to suddenly send people to White Sand Star.
It completely disrupted his and Yu Lan’s plan.
All this meant was that Belina’s connection to the Dark Force ran even deeper than he and Yu Lan had imagined.
Right now, his only hope was that Yu Lan could escape with her life.
Only by surviving was there any hope for the future.
’Yu Lan is a smart woman. She’ll definitely make the right choice.’
Aboard the starship, Ye Moyun’s gaze drifted downward, past layers of other ships, to land on Yu Wenzhou, who was holding Yu Lan and trying to take her away.
"Lanlan, go! We have to go now!"
"That’s an elite squad from the Dark Force! White Sand Star can’t hold out for long."
"I’ll get you out of here first. Marshal Arturo will be here soon. You can come back then, okay?"
When it truly came down to it, even Yu Wenzhou, who had claimed he would support all of Yu Lan’s decisions, couldn’t help but try to find a way for her to survive.
’Please agree.’
’Get out of here.’
’As long as you’re alive, there’s always hope.’
’You can achieve anything you want.’
But...
Yu Lan’s gaze fell upon the people of White Sand Star in the distance—those scrambling to evade the black mist, those who failed and were brutally cut down by the Star Thieves, and those who had suddenly transformed into beasts and were slaughtering each other.
"If I leave, what will happen to them?"
Yu Lan asked softly, raising a hand to wipe away the tears at the corners of Yu Wenzhou’s eyes.
"You know... anyone can leave."
"But I can’t."
This battle was orchestrated by Belina, and it was aimed at her.
Whether she had agreed to cooperate with Ye Moyun or not, Belina would have found a way to send people to White Sand Star to eliminate her.
Using the Dark Force was the least suspicious way to do it.
Who would have ever thought that the Queen of the Empire, who had long resided on Central Star, would have ties to the enemy Dark Planet?
It was just too absurd!
"AHHH!!!"
Not far away, someone failed to evade the black mist. They instantly dropped to their knees, letting out a pained, guttural roar.
The next moment, their body contorted into a beast form, and they began to slaughter indiscriminately.
In the sky above, shells exploded continuously, the black mist spreading through the air across all of White Sand Star.
Even Yu Wenzhou was beginning to lose control. He knelt trembling on the ground, a series of pained, stifled groans escaping his lips.
’Making them slaughter each other... What a vicious scheme!’
