Chapter 2564: Tiger at Dawn!
“What ‘National Protection Army’? What ‘Boss Bai’? Who the f*ck do you think you are? You are asking a marquess of the Imperium to follow your command?”
On the bridge of “Alloy Virus”, the hologram of a tall and cocky noble was displayed in front of Boss Bai.
Song Changlie, Marquess Hushan, was exactly like Li Wuji, Marquess Yongchun, two months ago. Raising his head high and looking at Boss Bai with his nostrils, he said in despise, “Are you too blind to see the emblem on my flagship, or are you mentally deranged because you have taken wrong medications?”
Song Changlie, Marquess Hushan, had every reason to be arrogant.
His confidence came not just from his identity as a center noble of the four families, or his title as a marquess of the Imperium, or the three Colossi on his flagship “Tiger Roar”, but also from his remarkable command ability and reasonably good luck, which allowed him to avoid the hunting and sweeping of the defenders in one day and gather a thousand loose starships to form his own temporary fleet.
While it was slightly less impressive than Boss Bai’s side, Song Changlie did not believe that Boss Bai would be bold enough to challenge him with those untrained soldiers.
If the guy dared to challenge him, so be it. He still had three Colossi, all used by his most trusted family members. He was not afraid at all!
“Please calm down, Marquess Hushan.”
Faced with the guy’s haughty reply, Boss Bai retained remarkable humbleness. He said rather hesitantly, “It is the order from Commander Yun that I must gather the loose starships at the edge of the space zone and condense them into a battle formation as soon as possible to attack the Seven Seas Grand Market at the center of the space zone.
“Look, it has been a whole day since we jumped over, and Marquess Hushan’s team is still wandering at the edge so far away from the central battlefield. It doesn’t seem very appropriate, does it?”
“Are you insinuating that I am a coward?”
Song Changlie’s eyes immediately grew sharp. Pointing at the tip of Boss Bai’s nose, he cursed aloud, “You damn prisoner, bold slave, and disobedient dog, do you have any idea who you are talking to and whose tactics you are questioning?
“Don’t presume that I do not know your background. Commander of the bulls*it ‘National Protection Army’? Hahahaha. It’s truly the greatest joke! You were just a bunch of humble space pirates and stray dogs who lived in panic all day. Yet, taking advantage of the competition between the four families and the reformists, you have assumed the skins of humans and pretend that you are humans too.
“Remember who you are. A dog is always a dog. It cannot change into a human because it wears the skin of the ‘commander of the National Protection Army’! I have my own plans about how to fight the battle. It is not the place of a dog like you to comment on my decision!
“Besides, hehe, you accused me of cruising at the edge of the space zone for a whole day, gathering the fleet instead of launching an attack at the Seven Seas Grand Market? Haven’t you been doing the same?”
“If I may let Marquess Hushan know—”
Boss Bai was truly a man of manners. Looking at Li Wuji who was secretly chuckling in a corner, he said unhurriedly, “I was doing it under the direct instruction from Commander Yun…”
“Then, let Yun Xuefeng speak to me in person!”
Song Changlie interrupted him rudely before Boss Bai finished. He sneered and said, “Don’t presume that I do not know what’s on Yun Xuefeng’s mind. He’s hoping that the fleets of the other families will lead the charge and die with the desperate rebels of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors before he jumps out and claims all the benefits, isn’t he?
“Hehe, does Yun Xuefeng really think that other people are idiots who will risk their lives for him? Help me forward my reply to your ‘Commander Yun’. Since he is eager for accomplishments, why doesn’t he lead the charge with his ‘Landslide’? Isn’t he one of the ‘two pearls of the expedition army’ on par with Lei Chenghu? I’m sure that the rebels of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors would immediately kneel and surrender the moment they hear his name, right? Haha, hahahaha!”
“Marquess Hushan, if you insist on that, it will be rather tricky for me.”
Boss Bai sighed rather helplessly. “You’ve seen Commander Yun’s secret orders just now and testified my permission in the ‘Flying Lightning Super Command Chain’, right? Under such circumstances, if you are still unwilling to listen to my command, according to the martial law of the Imperium…”
“The martial law?”
Song Changlie couldn’t help but burst into laughter. He laughed so hard that his face was red and his tears were almost flowing out. Patting his belly, he said, “Forgive me, but the ‘Flying Lightning Super Command Chain’ system installed on my warship, as well as all the communication units on all the starships, have been compromised in the space jump. So, it is impossible for us to be merged into the unified battle network of…’Commander Bai’. Why don’t we keep cruising in this space zone until all the communication units are recovered?”
After a long silence, Boss Bai looked at Li Wuji.
Li Wuji was almost laughing aloud.
Delightedly, he walked to Boss Bai’s side as well as Song Changlie’s sight.
“Marquess Yongchun?”
Song Changlie was slightly dazed. “Why are you not on your own flagship but on your subordinate’s? Where’s your fleet?”
Marquess Hushan immediately grew alert, but it was already too late.
“You will know it very soon, Marquess Hushan.”
At the same time, thousands of streaks of gold brilliance burst out from the rear of Song Changlie’s fleet, piercing into the rather rigorous battle formation like scorching, glittering spears. Countless turbulences of destruction were raised!
As it turned out, Boss Bai paved the lone warships that he subdued in the past day in the front, distracting and deceiving Song Changlie.
The main force of the real “Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs”, on the other hand, detoured to the rear of Song Changlie’s fleet, launching an attack when the guy was most arrogant and unprepared.
Song Changlie could never have dreamed that Boss Bai, a humble space pirate, was bold enough to fight him under such circumstances.
When the destructive mystic rays glowed around his flagship, what they illuminated was his dumbfounded face that was beaded with sweat.
Song Changlie was perhaps a qualified, experienced commander.
But what he commanded right now was not entirely his own subordinates. Most of the starships were the random starships that had been temporarily jumbled.
Those people did not have a high fighting will in the first place or any cooperation with him. Since even he did not foresee Boss Bai’s sudden attack, it was even less possible for those people to be braced for it.
The combat ability of the “Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs” was multiple times higher than the temporarily jumbled fleet, and it was attacking all of a sudden. How could the enemy put up any resistance?
Immediately, Song Changlie’s fleet collapsed like a fortress made of glass. The Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs split into dozens of transparent scalpels that were as thin as paper, conducting the most accurate dissection. Very soon, Song Changlie’s fleet was separated.
The dreamy scene was not only beyond the expectation of the soldiers in Song Changlie’s fleet but also took the fleet commanders who joined Boss Bai’s fleet in the past day unprepared. They did not expect that the mission Yun Xuefeng gave to Boss Bai was to fight the people on their own side. Dumbfounded and in a trance, they completely lost the ability of thinking.
“What are you waiting for? Those people are not connected to our command chain. They are not ‘allies’ at all. Lock onto Song Changlie’s ‘Tiger Roar’ and blow it up!”
Boss Bai commanded all the starships that were forced to join him. “This is the secret mission that ‘Commander Yun’ has entrusted to us. We are the supervisors of the battle. All the cowards who waver in the battle shall be executed immediately!
“You don’t need to have any concerns. Just fight with me. All the consequences will be taken care of by Commander Yun or even bigger shots than him!
“Otherwise, just use your idiotic head to think, how could I have been bold enough to attack Marquess Hushan as a space pirate?
“Besides, I’ve sent the information of all your starships to Song Changlie just now. He has remembered your names! If you don’t kill him now, are you waiting for him to return to the Song family and take down each one of you later?
“One wrong decision will turn you into bones, and one right decision will make you a lord. You don’t have a choice at all. Let’s go and kill!”
In Boss Bai’s almost twisted roars, all the fleet commanders seemed to have been woken up from a dream. Thinking quickly for a moment, they made the same decision.
Of course, the decision was in the spirit of the Immortal Cultivators’ usual selfishness.
“Let’s go and kill!”
The random warships on Boss Bai’s side seemed to have been injected with excitants. Even the warships were on fire as they charged at the broken battle formation of Song Changlie’s fleet fearlessly.
The random warships in Song Changlie’s fleet, on the other hand, also received the message that Boss Bai sent over via the public channel half a minute later.
“Song Changlie, Marquess Hushan, has violated the martial law by wavering in the battle. His crime is unpardonable!
“In the name of ‘Commander Yun’, I am inspecting the battlefield and supervising the situation, and I have been authorized to enforce punishment before reporting it to the superior!
“Song Changlie’s head will hit the ground soon. Are you going to resist idiotically and die together with him?
“Get away from Song Changlie’s command, exit the battlefield, lower your spiritual shield, and wait to be regrouped into my fleet. This is your last chance. Those who stay in the hotspot three minutes later will die together with Song Changlie!”
Those random warships were dizzy at first because of the ferocious barrage of the “Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs”. They were then scared out of their wits by Boss Bai’s most cold and cruel declaration.
Many smart Immortal Cultivators had immediately realized that it was a power struggle between the Yun family and the Song family or even an extension of the competition about the choice of the new emperor. There was simply too much involved in it.
A fight between the Yun family and the Song family was not something that the small fries like them were qualified to participate in.
They were not connected to Song Changlie’s command chain, and they were not commanded by him until several hours ago. Seeing that Boss Bai was obviously ten times stronger than Song Changlie, how could they die for Song Changlie for no good reason?
Those who suited their actions to the times were wise. They might as well listen to the warning and save their own lives first!