Chapter 509
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Chapter 509
Choosing to ignore that Elder Intan had instantly gotten within a few millimeters of death or at least deadly injury, Anton instead focused on the chaos and disruption inside the barrier. It only took a few moments before everything shifted, collapsing around individual enemy ships instead of being one large bubble around them. That meant that fighter pilot Ty and Elder Intan only managed to cause moderate damage in the few moments they had. Several more ships were destroyed in those moments, and with the larger barrier suddenly unavailable suddenly the orbital defenses and waiting fighters were effective.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
It seemed that with the Worldbinding cultivator focusing on them each ships barriers were slightly stronger than they should normally be, but it was nothing compared to the near-invulnerability they had just lost.
With the focus shifted away from Anton he had a few moments to reorient himself, picking out critical targets. The strongest of those who had a connection to the aura user, and any ships he felt he could bring down. Anton considered attacking the Worldbinding cultivators directly, but wasnt confident he could seriously affect them yet. Better to whittle away at their source of power while he had the chance.
Ruteras fleet reacted quickly, weaving themselves among the enemy ships and making it impossible to simply take out the hindrances within the formation and reestablish the barrier. Anton was impressed at the speed with which the opening was exploited.
The maneuver didnt come without cost. With the Ruteran ships inside their formation, the full power of the invaders was brought to bear, including the Worldbinding cultivators. That aura was a problem, weakening the moderate strength cultivators on Ruteras side greatly.
Spectral energy was still the solution, Anton pulling upon as much of it as he could to pierce through the now weakened barriers, targeting any he felt had a connection to the woman. With the larger barrier collapsed he could feel she was a woman now- both Worldbinding cultivators were, though the barrier augmentor was significantly older.
Whenever Anton targeted someone with his spectral arrows, the barrier augmentor focused her efforts on those ships but there was only so much she could adjust such things on the fly. Anton settled for a half dozen weaker arrows at once, some only appearing as spectral energy because his stores were limited. Some managed to still pierce the barriers, their specific qualities making them difficult to stop, while others were completely negated. Even if they had all been stopped, however, Anton felt his efforts were worthwhile. While the second woman focused on stopping his attacks, the rest of the fleet was facing slightly diminished enemy defenses that they were happy to continue to exploit.
Along with Ruteras fighters, there was now a hefty mix of Ceretos cultivators moving between the ships. Not all of them could completely control their movement in space, but they were able to jump between both enemy and allied ships, using them as platforms. The combat continued to rotate around the planet, not quite matching that of the orbital platforms and thus allowing fresh arsenals to open fire. Anton could only imagine how costly this battle would be for Rutera- ammunition meant to fight cultivators was not cheap- but no costs could compare to what would happen if they allowed themselves to be conquered.
As each ship fell, Anton felt both Worldbinding cultivators weaken. He knew that even without any support at all they would still be worth more than a dozen Life Transformation cultivators each- the stronger one perhaps several times that- but compared to what they had been doing Anton was little concerned about their individual combat capabilities. Soon enough the enemy fleet had been cut by a quarter and then they began to pull away from Rutera.
It was just a single arrow, but it went straight through the sails on one side of the flagship. The barrier from the second Worldbinding cultivator was instantly forced to its maximum as his attack went, but with half of the fleet missing and the woman having been constantly pushing herself it wasnt enough. The barrier defended the body of the ship, but with the sails on that side went a quarter of their energy replenishment capabilities and a great amount of their stability.
His second arrow went through one of the lesser ships. His third came from behind the enemy fleet, from the direction of the star. Hed actually launched that one moments after he cut off the flow of power, minutes ago. They werent close enough to the star for him to simply melt the entire fleet with a giant net, but they were inside Sizipra, the innermost planet. Anton felt a significant boost as he began to tear through the ships and people- and the Worldbinding cultivators power.
Front-facing weaponry on their ships couldnt do anything to Anton with his current position, and the myriad of attacks the weaker cultivators launched in his direction hardly mattered as he swept himself back and forth behind them, his momentum keeping his position behind the fleet while he changed his lateral motion on a whim. The barrier augmentors attacks were the only thing that could concern him, but she was fatigued and the fleet was only getting smaller. Half of Antons efforts countered her attacks, while the rest whittled the fleet lower and lower.
As the enemy fleet became less and less worthy of the name, Anton felt a wave of energy from the enemy- not an attack, but an attempt at communication. Wait! We surrender.
In other circumstances, Anton would have thought it entirely impractical to attempt. Containing not one but two Worldbinding cultivators, even away from their optimal bases of power? That wasnt something they had restraints for. Actually, Anton would bet that Everheart had something that would do it, but he wasnt exactly willing to wait a week.
But at this exact moment, he felt confident in managing things on his own. His energy connected to the enemy, transferring his message back to them. About time. Then he used another powered arrow to pierce through the core of their flagship, rendering it nearly nonfunctional. He wasnt much more merciful with the Worldbinding cultivators, gathering part of the star and forcing it into their dantians. If I lose control, that energy will explode. Im sure you know what would happen to you.
Without the barrier, he could even feel the two nod their heads before they carefully responded, their energy barely able to squeeze past the burning fire Anton tossed into them. We understand.
Anton then tossed out a massive net- not using the direct power of a star, but rather a more conservatively sized net made of peaceful natural energy. The remnants of the fleet were gradually slowed by him so they would not drift past the star, as Anton instead settled them into an orbit. He also caught the other ships and pieces of them as they came into reach, further behind since they had stopped accelerating when destroyed. Hed greatly increased his storage bags size after previous incidents, but even now he didnt have enough space for dozens of ships, so he settled for holding them in place. As for any surviving cultivators, they were thrust into one of the surviving ships that still had air and some protection from the stars radiation.
Then Anton sent a message to Everheart. Got two Worldbinding cultivators, could use longer term restraints. Come to Ruteras star with a solution and you can have first dibs on interrogating them. That should be sufficient to get him interested, and since they couldnt have a back-and-forth discussion, he went with what he hoped to be tempting. Everheart knew much about Ascension. Hed surpassed Integration and reached Augmentation, and perhaps wasnt even too far from Domination himself but Worldbinding and Assimilation seemed to be limited to the lower realms as options. Or perhaps they were simply unnecessary with the power of Ascension but Everheart would be tempted to find out regardless.
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Chapter 509
Choosing to ignore that Elder Intan had instantly gotten within a few millimeters of death or at least deadly injury, Anton instead focused on the chaos and disruption inside the barrier. It only took a few moments before everything shifted, collapsing around individual enemy ships instead of being one large bubble around them. That meant that fighter pilot Ty and Elder Intan only managed to cause moderate damage in the few moments they had. Several more ships were destroyed in those moments, and with the larger barrier suddenly unavailable suddenly the orbital defenses and waiting fighters were effective.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
It seemed that with the Worldbinding cultivator focusing on them each ships barriers were slightly stronger than they should normally be, but it was nothing compared to the near-invulnerability they had just lost.
With the focus shifted away from Anton he had a few moments to reorient himself, picking out critical targets. The strongest of those who had a connection to the aura user, and any ships he felt he could bring down. Anton considered attacking the Worldbinding cultivators directly, but wasnt confident he could seriously affect them yet. Better to whittle away at their source of power while he had the chance.
Ruteras fleet reacted quickly, weaving themselves among the enemy ships and making it impossible to simply take out the hindrances within the formation and reestablish the barrier. Anton was impressed at the speed with which the opening was exploited.
The maneuver didnt come without cost. With the Ruteran ships inside their formation, the full power of the invaders was brought to bear, including the Worldbinding cultivators. That aura was a problem, weakening the moderate strength cultivators on Ruteras side greatly.
Spectral energy was still the solution, Anton pulling upon as much of it as he could to pierce through the now weakened barriers, targeting any he felt had a connection to the woman. With the larger barrier collapsed he could feel she was a woman now- both Worldbinding cultivators were, though the barrier augmentor was significantly older.
Whenever Anton targeted someone with his spectral arrows, the barrier augmentor focused her efforts on those ships but there was only so much she could adjust such things on the fly. Anton settled for a half dozen weaker arrows at once, some only appearing as spectral energy because his stores were limited. Some managed to still pierce the barriers, their specific qualities making them difficult to stop, while others were completely negated. Even if they had all been stopped, however, Anton felt his efforts were worthwhile. While the second woman focused on stopping his attacks, the rest of the fleet was facing slightly diminished enemy defenses that they were happy to continue to exploit.
Along with Ruteras fighters, there was now a hefty mix of Ceretos cultivators moving between the ships. Not all of them could completely control their movement in space, but they were able to jump between both enemy and allied ships, using them as platforms. The combat continued to rotate around the planet, not quite matching that of the orbital platforms and thus allowing fresh arsenals to open fire. Anton could only imagine how costly this battle would be for Rutera- ammunition meant to fight cultivators was not cheap- but no costs could compare to what would happen if they allowed themselves to be conquered.
As each ship fell, Anton felt both Worldbinding cultivators weaken. He knew that even without any support at all they would still be worth more than a dozen Life Transformation cultivators each- the stronger one perhaps several times that- but compared to what they had been doing Anton was little concerned about their individual combat capabilities. Soon enough the enemy fleet had been cut by a quarter and then they began to pull away from Rutera.
It was just a single arrow, but it went straight through the sails on one side of the flagship. The barrier from the second Worldbinding cultivator was instantly forced to its maximum as his attack went, but with half of the fleet missing and the woman having been constantly pushing herself it wasnt enough. The barrier defended the body of the ship, but with the sails on that side went a quarter of their energy replenishment capabilities and a great amount of their stability.
His second arrow went through one of the lesser ships. His third came from behind the enemy fleet, from the direction of the star. Hed actually launched that one moments after he cut off the flow of power, minutes ago. They werent close enough to the star for him to simply melt the entire fleet with a giant net, but they were inside Sizipra, the innermost planet. Anton felt a significant boost as he began to tear through the ships and people- and the Worldbinding cultivators power.
Front-facing weaponry on their ships couldnt do anything to Anton with his current position, and the myriad of attacks the weaker cultivators launched in his direction hardly mattered as he swept himself back and forth behind them, his momentum keeping his position behind the fleet while he changed his lateral motion on a whim. The barrier augmentors attacks were the only thing that could concern him, but she was fatigued and the fleet was only getting smaller. Half of Antons efforts countered her attacks, while the rest whittled the fleet lower and lower.
As the enemy fleet became less and less worthy of the name, Anton felt a wave of energy from the enemy- not an attack, but an attempt at communication. Wait! We surrender.
In other circumstances, Anton would have thought it entirely impractical to attempt. Containing not one but two Worldbinding cultivators, even away from their optimal bases of power? That wasnt something they had restraints for. Actually, Anton would bet that Everheart had something that would do it, but he wasnt exactly willing to wait a week.
But at this exact moment, he felt confident in managing things on his own. His energy connected to the enemy, transferring his message back to them. About time. Then he used another powered arrow to pierce through the core of their flagship, rendering it nearly nonfunctional. He wasnt much more merciful with the Worldbinding cultivators, gathering part of the star and forcing it into their dantians. If I lose control, that energy will explode. Im sure you know what would happen to you.
Without the barrier, he could even feel the two nod their heads before they carefully responded, their energy barely able to squeeze past the burning fire Anton tossed into them. We understand.
Anton then tossed out a massive net- not using the direct power of a star, but rather a more conservatively sized net made of peaceful natural energy. The remnants of the fleet were gradually slowed by him so they would not drift past the star, as Anton instead settled them into an orbit. He also caught the other ships and pieces of them as they came into reach, further behind since they had stopped accelerating when destroyed. Hed greatly increased his storage bags size after previous incidents, but even now he didnt have enough space for dozens of ships, so he settled for holding them in place. As for any surviving cultivators, they were thrust into one of the surviving ships that still had air and some protection from the stars radiation.
Then Anton sent a message to Everheart. Got two Worldbinding cultivators, could use longer term restraints. Come to Ruteras star with a solution and you can have first dibs on interrogating them. That should be sufficient to get him interested, and since they couldnt have a back-and-forth discussion, he went with what he hoped to be tempting. Everheart knew much about Ascension. Hed surpassed Integration and reached Augmentation, and perhaps wasnt even too far from Domination himself but Worldbinding and Assimilation seemed to be limited to the lower realms as options. Or perhaps they were simply unnecessary with the power of Ascension but Everheart would be tempted to find out regardless.
Chapter 509Choosing to ignore that Elder Intan had instantly gotten within a few millimeters of death or at least deadly injury, Anton instead focused on the chaos and disruption inside the barrier. It only took a few moments before everything shifted, collapsing around individual enemy ships instead of being one large bubble around them. That meant that fighter pilot Ty and Elder Intan only managed to cause moderate damage in the few moments they had. Several more ships were destroyed in those moments, and with the larger barrier suddenly unavailable suddenly the orbital defenses and waiting fighters were effective.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.It seemed that with the Worldbinding cultivator focusing on them each ships barriers were slightly stronger than they should normally be, but it was nothing compared to the near-invulnerability they had just lost. With the focus shifted away from Anton he had a few moments to reorient himself, picking out critical targets. The strongest of those who had a connection to the aura user, and any ships he felt he could bring down. Anton considered attacking the Worldbinding cultivators directly, but wasnt confident he could seriously affect them yet. Better to whittle away at their source of power while he had the chance. Ruteras fleet reacted quickly, weaving themselves among the enemy ships and making it impossible to simply take out the hindrances within the formation and reestablish the barrier. Anton was impressed at the speed with which the opening was exploited.The maneuver didnt come without cost. With the Ruteran ships inside their formation, the full power of the invaders was brought to bear, including the Worldbinding cultivators. That aura was a problem, weakening the moderate strength cultivators on Ruteras side greatly.Spectral energy was still the solution, Anton pulling upon as much of it as he could to pierce through the now weakened barriers, targeting any he felt had a connection to the woman. With the larger barrier collapsed he could feel she was a woman now- both Worldbinding cultivators were, though the barrier augmentor was significantly older. Whenever Anton targeted someone with his spectral arrows, the barrier augmentor focused her efforts on those ships but there was only so much she could adjust such things on the fly. Anton settled for a half dozen weaker arrows at once, some only appearing as spectral energy because his stores were limited. Some managed to still pierce the barriers, their specific qualities making them difficult to stop, while others were completely negated. Even if they had all been stopped, however, Anton felt his efforts were worthwhile. While the second woman focused on stopping his attacks, the rest of the fleet was facing slightly diminished enemy defenses that they were happy to continue to exploit.Along with Ruteras fighters, there was now a hefty mix of Ceretos cultivators moving between the ships. Not all of them could completely control their movement in space, but they were able to jump between both enemy and allied ships, using them as platforms. The combat continued to rotate around the planet, not quite matching that of the orbital platforms and thus allowing fresh arsenals to open fire. Anton could only imagine how costly this battle would be for Rutera- ammunition meant to fight cultivators was not cheap- but no costs could compare to what would happen if they allowed themselves to be conquered.As each ship fell, Anton felt both Worldbinding cultivators weaken. He knew that even without any support at all they would still be worth more than a dozen Life Transformation cultivators each- the stronger one perhaps several times that- but compared to what they had been doing Anton was little concerned about their individual combat capabilities. Soon enough the enemy fleet had been cut by a quarter and then they began to pull away from Rutera.It was just a single arrow, but it went straight through the sails on one side of the flagship. The barrier from the second Worldbinding cultivator was instantly forced to its maximum as his attack went, but with half of the fleet missing and the woman having been constantly pushing herself it wasnt enough. The barrier defended the body of the ship, but with the sails on that side went a quarter of their energy replenishment capabilities and a great amount of their stability.His second arrow went through one of the lesser ships. His third came from behind the enemy fleet, from the direction of the star. Hed actually launched that one moments after he cut off the flow of power, minutes ago. They werent close enough to the star for him to simply melt the entire fleet with a giant net, but they were inside Sizipra, the innermost planet. Anton felt a significant boost as he began to tear through the ships and people- and the Worldbinding cultivators power.Front-facing weaponry on their ships couldnt do anything to Anton with his current position, and the myriad of attacks the weaker cultivators launched in his direction hardly mattered as he swept himself back and forth behind them, his momentum keeping his position behind the fleet while he changed his lateral motion on a whim. The barrier augmentors attacks were the only thing that could concern him, but she was fatigued and the fleet was only getting smaller. Half of Antons efforts countered her attacks, while the rest whittled the fleet lower and lower.As the enemy fleet became less and less worthy of the name, Anton felt a wave of energy from the enemy- not an attack, but an attempt at communication. Wait! We surrender.In other circumstances, Anton would have thought it entirely impractical to attempt. Containing not one but two Worldbinding cultivators, even away from their optimal bases of power? That wasnt something they had restraints for. Actually, Anton would bet that Everheart had something that would do it, but he wasnt exactly willing to wait a week.But at this exact moment, he felt confident in managing things on his own. His energy connected to the enemy, transferring his message back to them. About time. Then he used another powered arrow to pierce through the core of their flagship, rendering it nearly nonfunctional. He wasnt much more merciful with the Worldbinding cultivators, gathering part of the star and forcing it into their dantians. If I lose control, that energy will explode. Im sure you know what would happen to you.Without the barrier, he could even feel the two nod their heads before they carefully responded, their energy barely able to squeeze past the burning fire Anton tossed into them. We understand.Anton then tossed out a massive net- not using the direct power of a star, but rather a more conservatively sized net made of peaceful natural energy. The remnants of the fleet were gradually slowed by him so they would not drift past the star, as Anton instead settled them into an orbit. He also caught the other ships and pieces of them as they came into reach, further behind since they had stopped accelerating when destroyed. Hed greatly increased his storage bags size after previous incidents, but even now he didnt have enough space for dozens of ships, so he settled for holding them in place. As for any surviving cultivators, they were thrust into one of the surviving ships that still had air and some protection from the stars radiation.Then Anton sent a message to Everheart. Got two Worldbinding cultivators, could use longer term restraints. Come to Ruteras star with a solution and you can have first dibs on interrogating them. That should be sufficient to get him interested, and since they couldnt have a back-and-forth discussion, he went with what he hoped to be tempting. Everheart knew much about Ascension. Hed surpassed Integration and reached Augmentation, and perhaps wasnt even too far from Domination himself but Worldbinding and Assimilation seemed to be limited to the lower realms as options. Or perhaps they were simply unnecessary with the power of Ascension but Everheart would be tempted to find out regardless.
