Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 808 - 790: Technology Clash!

Chapter 808 -790: Technology Clash!

After the flanking units of both sides engaged, the War God Battleship utilized its range advantage to take the initiative and launched a fierce barrage.

Following a round of bombardment, the casualties among Goodley’s dispatched troops were naturally significant, with dozens of warships being sunk without even a chance to fire. However, this result left Felly very dissatisfied, as he believed that with the War God Battleship’s firepower, they could achieve even greater results.

This cast a shadow over his heart.

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Though Felly always appeared unremarkable beside Rocky, as if his role as Fleet Commander was dispensable, this wasn’t due to Felly’s incompetence but rather Rocky’s brilliance overshadowing him. In reality, after becoming the Fleet Commander, Felly studied relevant knowledge almost daily and tried to summarize experiences from every battle, thus enhancing his capabilities far beyond what outsiders knew.

Because of this, upon discovering the unsatisfactory results of the War God Battleship’s first barrage, he developed a foreboding sense. As one of Rocky’s trusted aides, he might not understand technology well, but he was acutely aware of its impact in battle. Felly astutely realized that the enemy warships must also be equipped with advanced technology, otherwise, with the War God Escort Ship’s combat strength, they couldn’t have achieved such meager results.

Indeed, outsiders underestimated Felly because he was absolutely right!

Goodley’s dispatched fleet indeed carried new technology, such as the interference system, which caused the War God Escort Ship’s bombardment to fall short.

This interference system could drastically alter the mana fluctuations within the warship’s Defensive Net. Though it offered no direct enhancement to the net itself, it could affect the enemy’s targeting systems, as any targeting system relies on mana locking to function. Once the mana’s fluctuations changed, the targeting system’s accuracy would significantly decrease, thereby diminishing the enemy’s attacks to the greatest extent possible. This was why the War God Escort Ship’s offense was ineffective.

This interference system naturally originated from the Mana Energy Research Institute.

As one of the Three Great Alliances, the Mana Energy Research Institute has always been committed to developing mana technology, and thus possesses an extremely rich and advanced technological reserve. Although this technology has evolved from traditional mana techniques and can no longer compare to Rune Technology in development potential, the Mana Energy Research Institute’s longstanding technological reserve is so rich that once they deploy their most advanced tech on warships, they can indeed contend with Rune Technology.

So today’s battle not only concerns whether the Three Great Alliances’ plans will succeed or if Backhill Village can continue to exist, but it is also a contest of technology!

This is a top-tier showdown between traditional technology led by the Mana Energy Research Institute and emerging technology spearheaded by a Rune Battleship!

“Continue the bombardment!”

“Keep firing!”

“Gunners, don’t stop. Don’t give the enemy a chance to approach!”

After a round of shelling, although the results fell short of expectations, the fleet composed of War God Escort Ships did not cease their attack, nor did they lose confidence, because so far they still maintained a range advantage. As long as the opponent couldn’t reach them, they could continue the assault indefinitely.

Soon, the second round of main gun attacks commenced, and the brief interval between the second and the previous rounds exceeded the enemy’s expectations. This was the advantage of the Rune Battleship: due to the use of Rune Technology, mana was exceedingly abundant, shortening the Magic Energy Cannon’s charging time significantly. Once the attack intervals were reduced, the offensive power naturally doubled. The War God Escort Ship was using this advantage to conduct long-range intensive strikes on the enemy.

As the second round of main guns fired in unison, the momentum was greater than before, as by this time, a hundred War God Escort Ships had adjusted their formation. The main guns that couldn’t fire during the earlier attack found suitable angles, making the offense even fiercer.

By the end of the second round of shelling, the flanking unit dispatched by Goodley had already suffered losses exceeding a hundred. Though these warships were equipped with interference systems that maximally affected enemy accuracy, they couldn’t withstand the overwhelming force of the War God Escort Ship’s attack. Each War God Escort Ship was equipped with ten main guns, and when all the main guns on every ship fired simultaneously, it meant a total of a thousand main guns were attacking!

Such dense firepower couldn’t be stopped by the interference system, or to put it plainly, with such potent firepower as a foundation, the War God Escort Ship didn’t even need to aim accurately; they only needed to fire roughly in the enemy’s direction. A thousand main guns would certainly hit something.

In this situation, the commander of the enemy’s flanking fleet immediately ordered all warships to speed forward and launch interference shells.

Once this order was issued, all warships at the fleet’s front line began firing into the air, but what was launched wasn’t Magic Energy Bullets but fireworks-like shells. These shells exploded shortly after being launched, linking with countless others to form a shimmering light screen in the battlefield’s center.

This light screen looked like mist but was exceptionally bright. As it formed, each War God Escort Ship’s Captain reported that the warship’s targeting systems were completely obstructed, unable to aim at the warships behind the light mist.

“Idiot! Use your eyes to aim! Order to aim with eyes!”

“Captain, I can’t even see the enemy.”

“What?!”

Hearing this, the overall commander of the hundred War God Escort Ships immediately rushed to the bridge to observe the enemy. Indeed, they couldn’t see the enemy’s warships behind the light mist.

Evidently, this was another technology from the Mana Energy Research Institute. The purpose of these special shell-discharged light mists, essentially mana, was precisely to block the enemy’s aim completely and to obscure the fleet’s whereabouts. The opponent’s use of this method at this moment had one simple goal: to cut off the attack while seizing the opportunity to close in.

With no choice, given the War God Escort Ship’s range advantage and attack power were too strong, relying solely on conventional methods to charge head-on was a losing battle. Therefore, the opponent tried using this approach to close the gap, and once within range, their numerical superiority and modified warships would definitely give them a fighting chance.

“Damn it!”

The commander of the War God Escort Ship fleet wasn’t a fool; he immediately understood the enemy’s intentions. However, he didn’t panic but promptly issued an order: “Order the fleet to advance at full speed. If the opponent wants close combat, we will oblige!”