Chapter 155 Interception

Hongli was now intimately familiar with the war fortress. In less than fifteen minutes, he had carved out a massive pit right next to the Devourer base.

Subsequently, the war fortress descended into the pit, continuing until it was a hundred meters below the Devourer base. It then fired its beam cannons sideways, exposing the pipe used to absorb the universe's origin.

"Move closer and test it!"

Upon seeing the pipe, Li Chenzhou, Duan Lei, and the others couldn't help but grow tense. Although Xiao Qing had assured them there would be no issues, the Devourers had used a specific material to create the pipe for absorbing the universe's origin, which must have its purpose.

Hongli controlled the war fortress, moving it closer to the pipe. Li Chenzhou and Duan Lei stared intently. They were no longer concerned about the small world's upgrade, because if the small world could truly absorb the universe's origin, they could intercept it right here and disrupt the Devourers' plans.

However, because the pipe also had an energy shield, the war fortress couldn't get too close. If the two energy shields touched, it would rapidly consume a large amount of energy.

No matter how many Slaughter Points Li Chenzhou had, he didn't dare compete with the Devourer base, which had a strong backing. Especially after learning how the small world was upgraded, Li Chenzhou suddenly felt that several billion Slaughter Points didn't seem like so much anymore.

"Xiao Qing, tell me immediately when we can absorb the universe's origin!"

Li Chenzhou kept his eyes on the fortress as it slowly approached the pipeline, and he didn't forget to remind Xiao Qing – this was his third reminder.

"Understood, Master!"

Fortunately, Xiao Qing was an AI and didn't find it annoying, always replying with those same four words!

With Hongli's maneuvering, the distance between the fortress and the pipeline continued to shrink: 100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters, ten meters, nine meters...

"We can do it!"

Just as the distance between the fortress's energy shield and the pipeline's energy shield grew smaller, Xiao Qing's voice suddenly rang out:

"Master, maintain this distance! We can already absorb the universe's origin!!!"

"Phew!"

Hearing this, Li Chenzhou, Hongli, Duan Lei, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the distance between the war fortress's energy shield and the pipeline's energy shield was less than two meters.

This distance might sound significant, but for a behemoth like the war fortress, it was practically negligible!

Fortunately, they could now absorb the origin. Any closer, and if they collided, the resulting energy drain was something Li Chenzhou didn't want to face.

"Xiao Qing, if we absorb it here, will the Devourers..."

Li Chenzhou looked at the pipeline and began to ask, but he stopped mid-sentence because he already knew the answer.

He wanted to ask if the Devourers could still obtain the universe's origin if they were absorbing it here, but at that moment, the Devourer hive above suddenly split open, and countless fighter jets poured out.

Moreover, these fighter jets weren't the cage fighters from before, but a different type Li Chenzhou had never seen. Most importantly, the hulls of these fighters all gleamed with white light – energy shields.

Previously, no matter how much they provoked the Devourers, they had remained indifferent. Clearly, their top priority was absorbing the universe's origin.

Now, Li Chenzhou's interception prevented the Devourers from absorbing the origin, so they were getting desperate, wanting to drive him away. The appearance of those fighters with shields further convinced Li Chenzhou that the spatial channel in this Devourer base was connected to the Devourers' main nest.

Otherwise, they would have directly deployed these types of fighters when they wanted to stop him before, instead of sending out cage fighters that had little offensive capability and no energy shields.

"All units, counterattack!"

At this moment, Li Chenzhou couldn't retreat, so he immediately issued the order. Duan Lei automatically took over the command position. Although Hongli owned the war fortress, Hongli knew Duan Lei's identity and immediately relinquished command.

Under Duan Lei's command, the beam cannons in the fortress began firing continuously. The fighters with shields clearly couldn't be taken down quickly.

The fighters and tanks also launched attacks on the war fortress. Due to its massive size and its focus on absorbing the universe's origin, all those attacks landed on the war fortress's energy shield.

However, because they were in an underground pit, the fighters didn't have much room to maneuver, and they were constantly being hit by the war fortress's defensive fire. The energy shields around their hulls trembled continuously, and some were even shattered, causing the fighters to explode into balls of fire in mid-air.

This kind of battle also consumed a tremendous amount of energy. One side had the energy shield constantly absorbing the massive energy consumed by the dense attacks, while the other side had the energy constantly consumed by the beam cannons firing non-stop.

Because Li Chenzhou was inside the fortress, he could directly use Slaughter Points to replenish the energy consumed by the war fortress.

The battle continued relentlessly. Because of the energy shield, the war fortress hadn't suffered any real damage, but the Devourer's fighters were constantly being lost. Almost every ten seconds, a ball of fire would erupt in the air.

But the Devourers didn't care about the loss of their fighters. Inside the Devourer's base, there was a steady stream of fighters flying out.

Moreover, those fighters weren't just attacking the war fortress now; they were also focusing their fire on the surrounding soil.

Li Chenzhou knew that the Devourers were expanding the pit where the war fortress was located, because only by expanding it could more fighters join the battle simultaneously!

The Devourers' situation was now exactly the same as Li Chenzhou's had been before. They also wanted to drive Li Chenzhou away, but because of the energy shield, they had to deplete the war fortress's energy.

The Devourers were very confident in this, because no matter how much energy was stored in the war fortress, it couldn't compare to them. Behind them was the entire Devourer race, constantly replenishing their energy and reinforcements!

Li Chenzhou, inside the fortress, also realized this. Although he had more than two billion Slaughter Points left after exchanging for those twenty war fortresses, he couldn't last long in this intense battle!

He had just checked, and he was currently consuming an average of several hundred thousand Slaughter Points per minute. Moreover, as the Devourers expanded the battlefield, that number would increase in the future!

And what they were relying on now was the energy shield. If they lost the shield, the war fortress would be instantly destroyed by the countless fighters...