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Chapter 1018: Chapter 551, The ’Blood Shark’ in Space

The flagship of the New World Torch Battle Group became chaotic and sluggish amid intense combat for a reason: they were subjected to boarding operations.

This sounds a bit strange, a flagship from a fully equipped Starfighter Battle Group subjected to boarding operations?

Isn’t it usually them who board others?

If it’s another Starfighter Battle Group conducting the boarding operations, then it seems somewhat acceptable.

Especially since this group is notoriously ’mad’.

Alliance Fleet Commander Bai Qifan couldn’t recognize what this gray-coated battle group was, but the Battle Group Leader of the New World Torch, Wang Mengsong, could recognize it.

The Blood Shark Battle Group.

A hundred and thirty years ago, this battle group was unknown throughout the Empire; no one even knew such a battle group existed in the Empire.

However, during the great Violet Uprising of a hundred and thirty years ago, the Blood Shark Battle Group made its debut and participated in the ’suppression action’.

At that time, the Blood Shark Battle Group sided with the ’Iron Fury Stone’.

When the political situation on Holy Terra changed and the three groups—Violet, Starbreaker Blade, and Phoenix—were judged guilty, at first, these three groups did not simply surrender.

The three battle groups simultaneously resisted the Iron Fury Stone in the Thistle and Mustard Star Field, adjacent to the Princess Star Domain—which was the Violet’s former stronghold—and also contacted friends everywhere in an attempt to alter the political landscape on Holy Terra.

It can’t be said they had no results.

At least, the Phoenix Legion, as one of the founding battle groups, was quite sympathetic to the plight of their three brother sub-groups. They couldn’t directly intervene but were prepared to do so, actively operating within Holy Terra to exert their political influence, even securing a seat in a term of the Supreme Council.

Back then, the seats did not include an Interstellar Warrior representative; it was the Phoenix Legion that managed to charm their way to unseat a high lord and replace themselves.

However, as these political maneuvers were progressing swiftly and matters started to improve, the battlefield situation in the Spiderweb Domain suddenly changed drastically. The joint forces of the Violet, Starbreaker Blade, and Phoenix battle groups crumbled on the frontline.

Objectively speaking, this was inevitable. The Iron Fury Stone’s three battle groups had overwhelming military strength over the Violet and others.

But at that time, even the Iron Armor didn’t dare to reveal their considerable numbers openly—they indeed didn’t have as many as they would a century later.

The advantage in forces was evident and substantial, yet the three Violet groups were aware of this. Since they hoped to hold on until the political climate changed, they firmly adhered to their relevant strategy, staying defensive and not recklessly engaging in open battles.

In theory, employing flexible defense and focusing on a steadfast defense strategy, they had at least three standard battle groups. Even if they couldn’t win, they shouldn’t collapse too quickly.

Initially, this was indeed the case.

Until the Blood Shark Battle Group appeared.

They emerged from the gloomy darkness, claiming to be the ’Blood Shark Battle Group’. They declared they had heard the call of the Central Empire to suppress the rebellion.

The Iron Fury Stone initially questioned their identity.

A previously unheard-of battle group, more crucially, these people disliked interacting with the outside world. When meeting them, they seemed stern and even emitted a faint scent of blood that was hard to ignore.

No matter how it was viewed, it seemed suspicious.

However, they produced a series of documents concerning their group’s establishment, authorization, and mission statement…

This series of documents was very ancient; such items are generally considered the sacred relics of a battle group’s history, so they were preserved quite well.

The Iron Armor Battle Group’s think tank studied them and deemed the documents authentic.

It’s just that the Empire had lost the relevant records and couldn’t verify them.

This situation was also new to the Iron Armor.

But clearly, Iron Armor wasn’t some rigid, rule-abiding battle group. Someone coming to help fight a war—what’s wrong with that? Not to mention a battle group with uncertain origins, yet genuine identity, even if a group of defecting battle groups came to help, Iron Armor would probably also accept them.

And soon, the Iron Armor Battle Group was pleasantly surprised by their decision.

The combat strength and style demonstrated by the Blood Shark Battle Group were astonishing and efficient, to the point that even Iron Armor was impressed.

Their style can be summarized as a rapid-strike force.

They hardly ever engage in any kind of prolonged battle, preferring instead to rely on extreme speed or stealth to approach their target, attacking the enemy in the most unpredictable manner possible.

This approach held true whether in fleet operations or in the combat of Interstellar Warriors.

Their ships possessed some lost special technology that allowed them a degree of invisibility, making them difficult to detect in advance.

During attack operations, they would strive to quickly close in on the enemy, engaging in melee combat, or unleash their firepower at close range. Hence, besides their standard weapons, they would also carry somewhat excessive numbers of chainsaw axes and power axes, tearing enemies apart in close combat.

Their combat style is extremely efficient but also extremely brutal—their attacks are rapid and fierce, causing the maximum possible damage in the shortest time. If any enemies survive, they would merely hide and vanish, then attack again, persistently slaughtering the surviving enemy units until no resistance remained, facing destruction. Once the enemies before them were annihilated, they would unstoppably move to the next target, and repeat this process over and over until there were no living creatures left around them, only the wreckage of their slaughter.

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