Following An Qi’s transfer to the hospital, Liu Hui secretly swore in his heart that he would repel these damned aliens. At this moment, he wasn't fighting for himself; he had to secure a bright future for his beloved, his child, and every loyal citizen of the "City of Starlight."

When Liu Hui returned to the Command and Control Center, he contacted Alexander of the Magic Plane again, but there was still no response. It seemed Alexander's war was far from over. Though Liu Hui was consumed with anxiety, there was nothing he could do.

As Liu Hui was agonizing in his room, Zhou Tengyun summoned him outside because the "City of Starlight" faced an imminent crisis: one of the five small battleships dispatched by the alien mothership was closing in on a "City of Starlight" transport vessel.

In the face of the alien's small warship, the "City of Starlight" transport was pitifully weak, utterly incapable of escape. The aliens aboard the small vessel were now using the communication channel to demand the surrender of the transport, threatening to destroy it otherwise. Yet, the transport remained silent, offering no reply to the alien hails.

"Boss, what should we do? Our transport only has a few small laser weapons and an electromagnetic cannon, and no shielding. They stand no chance against these aliens," a dispatch officer said anxiously.

Liu Hui assessed the situation immediately and declared, "Notify our transport vessel to surrender to the aliens immediately. I authorize them to reveal some secrets of the 'City of Starlight' after they surrender."

Desheng, who had returned to the control center at some unknown time, stepped forward and announced loudly, "Boss, absolutely not! If they surrender, they will immediately divulge some of our secrets to the aliens. The secrets of our fully cloaked forward bases, aura communication, and stealth satellites deployed in the solar system—the aliens will know everything. These secrets are our trump cards against the aliens! Once they are known, the aliens will quickly find countermeasures, and that will pose a fatal threat to us…"

Although the personnel in the Command and Control Center couldn't bear to watch their transport vessel be destroyed by the aliens, they were equally unwilling to see their people surrender and leak the ultimate secrets of the "City of Starlight." They hesitated internally, unlike Desheng who spoke his mind instantly.

Liu Hui said in a deep voice, "They are the warriors of the 'City of Starlight,' working far from home for our development for years. They have already sacrificed too much for the 'City of Starlight.' We cannot ask too much of them. They are living people, not just data points on paper; they have parents, wives, and children. They deserve to be with their families, not die in space. Rest assured, even if the aliens learn some of our secrets, it won't be fatal to us. We can still drive them away and rescue our employees…"

Desheng gritted his teeth, then suddenly knelt before Liu Hui with a soft thud, saying, "Boss, please don't do this! Those crew members are our kin; we don't want them to die either. But if they really surrender to those aliens, the aliens might devise ways to deal with us. Therefore, for the greater good, for the sake of the Boss's ideal, they must be sacrificed…"

Liu Hui said coldly, "Desheng, what are you doing? Who is in charge here, you or me?"

Desheng remained kneeling on the floor and said, "Boss, the 'City of Starlight' is the culmination of your life's work; I watched it grow bit by bit. While your ideal is not fully realized, we cannot afford such a risk! Boss, please let me speak with the crew of that transport vessel; I will surely persuade them…"

Liu Hui felt displeasure hearing Desheng’s words. Although the sacrifice of the crew on that transport vessel would benefit the "City of Starlight," if he acted that way, his ideal society would never materialize. In his vision of society, every individual was crucial; the society was complete because of these people, not by sacrificing innocent lives for some supposed greater good.

Liu Hui looked at the people around him but saw no one moving; they were all staring blankly at him. He roared in anger, "What are you waiting for? Transmit my order to surrender to that transport vessel immediately."

Desheng cried out on the floor, "Boss, you can't do this…"

A communications officer spoke with an unusual expression, "Boss, actually… we never disconnected the communication line with the transport vessel, so they heard everything you just said…"

Liu Hui stepped forward, took the communicator, and shouted, "Transport 4007, this is Liu Hui. I command you now to surrender immediately to those aliens outside. Preserve your lives as much as possible. I expect to see you back in the 'City of Starlight'…"

The communicator on Transport 4007 fell silent for a moment, then someone inside said, "Boss, this is Captain Yang Wei of 4007. Boss, everyone on this ship thanks you for your concern. Following you in this life has made it all worthwhile. Your ideal is our dream, so we will defend the security of the 'City of Starlight' to the death. We will absolutely not surrender to those damned aliens. Farewell, Boss…"

Liu Hui was furious, shouting loudly, "What are you doing? Trying to be heroes? Remember this: you are ordinary people, just do your ordinary duties well. I once said that the 'City of Starlight' is a world for ordinary people; heroes are not needed here. Your lives belong only to your parents, loved ones, and children…"

As Liu Hui was speaking loudly, he heard a click from the opposite communicator. He froze, and the nearby communications officer said, "Boss, they have disconnected the communication line."

Liu Hui threw down the communicator he was holding and roared, "Observe the status of Transport 4007 immediately! I need to know exactly what they are doing…"

Soon, Liu Hui knew what had transpired aboard Transport 4007.

"Boss, Transport 4007 has activated its self-destruct system. Explosion estimated in twenty seconds."

Liu Hui exploded in rage, "Damn sons of bitches, they went off to play heroes! What about their parents, wives, and children? They should protect their own homes; they shouldn't leave them for us to care for! Immediately cancel their self-destruct sequence."

A control staff member reported, "Boss, they have destroyed the control system linking us to them. We can no longer control them."

The countdown on the screen had dropped to three. Liu Hui slumped back into his chair in defeat. He knew he could no longer stop his most loyal people from self-destructing.

Three seconds later, on the display of the Central Command Center, the bright spot representing Transport 4007 vanished forever.

Liu Hui stood up, glanced at Desheng weeping on the floor, and said expressionlessly, "Immediately pull up the list of all crew members from Transport 4007. They are the heroes of the 'City of Starlight,' and we will remember them forever…"

Soon, the complete roster of Transport 4007, which chose self-destruction over surrender, was displayed, scrolling across the screen. Liu Hui stared at the names, feeling immense despair. Minutes ago, these names represented vibrant lives; now, they were just cold text, their bodies forever lost in the vast expanse of space.

"Wait a moment, this name…" Liu Hui studied the list of the fallen intently and suddenly spotted a very familiar name amidst the roster.

Liu Hui looked at the name again; his heart shuddered. He turned back to Desheng, who was still kneeling on the floor, his body shaking uncontrollably.

Liu Hui dragged Desheng up and saw the tears on Desheng's face. He erupted in furious rage, suddenly throwing a punch that sent Desheng flying against the wall, yelling, "Desheng, what kind of father are you? Your only son was on Transport 4007, and you forbade him from surrendering! Fine, you satisfied your loyalty, but did you ever consider the sorrow and helplessness he felt hearing his own father stop him from yielding over the communicator…"

The people in the room were stunned and quickly looked over, indeed spotting Desheng's only son's name among the deceased.

Liu Hui’s lingering fury was unspent. He lunged again, about to strike Desheng, but Zhou Tengyun rushed forward, intercepting and pulling Desheng away into an adjacent room.

Seeing Desheng gone, Liu Hui had nowhere to vent his rage. He let out a wild cry, roaring, "Damned aliens, wait for me! I will never let you go. I swear eternal enmity with you. If I don't eliminate all of you, I am not Liu Hui…"

Just as Liu Hui reached the peak of his fury, his planar transceiver suddenly vibrated. A thought struck Liu Hui, and he forcibly suppressed all negative emotions, stepping into the adjacent private chamber to connect the transceiver. On the screen, he saw Alexander, covered in blood.

Liu Hui was startled and quickly asked, "Alexander, what happened to you? Are you hurt?"

Alexander offered a weary smile and respectfully said, "Respected Teacher, I am fine. The blood on me belongs to the enemy."

Liu Hui asked, "Does that mean you defeated the Great Elf King's army again?"

Alexander nodded, "That is correct; we crushed the Great Elf King's forces once more. However, this was largely thanks to Teacher's Six-Winged Battle Angel. Its outstanding performance prevented the Twelve Divine Envoys from assisting the Great Elf King, allowing us to secure the victory."

Liu Hui was slightly puzzled and asked, "My dear Alexander, why did it take the Six-Winged Battle Angel so long to dispatch the twelve envoys of the Nature Goddesses this time?"

Alexander explained, "Respected Teacher, the strength of the Six-Winged Angel inherently surpasses those Divine Envoys. But unexpectedly, when they encountered the Six-Winged Battle Angel, the twelve envoys suddenly unleashed a bizarre formation, trapping the Angel within. After an intense battle, the Six-Winged Battle Angel broke free of the formation activated by the Twelve Divine Envoys and slew them all. When the Great Elf King realized his greatest reliance was eliminated, he panicked, and we overwhelmed him immediately. Their army has retreated several hundred kilometers already, and we are preparing to press the advantage."

Seeing that Alexander had indeed won again, Liu Hui felt a wave of relief, but he was immediately reminded of his own precarious situation and urged, "My dear Alexander, hurry and trade the Six-Winged Battle Angel to me."

Alexander paused, then instantly understood, saying, "I grasp the Teacher's thoughtfulness. You don't want us to become overly reliant on the Six-Winged Battle Angel, fearing that having such a powerful backer might hinder the improvement of our own combat capabilities. I understand; I will be mindful of that."

Liu Hui was momentarily stunned speechless. Alexander trusted Liu Hui so completely that he could fabricate such a grand and logical justification for every word Liu Hui uttered, viewing it from Liu Hui's perspective.

After speaking, Alexander placed the Six-Winged Battle Angel onto the planar transceiver and clicked 'Trade.' Liu Hui also clicked 'Trade,' transferring the Six-Winged Battle Angel to his own plane.

Liu Hui was anxious and could only manage to say, "My dear Alexander, when pursuing the enemy, be extremely careful, extremely careful, lest you fall into an ambush set by the enemy." After saying this, Liu Hui closed the communication line with Alexander.

The Six-Winged Battle Angel knelt before Liu Hui. Liu Hui observed closely and noticed various cuts, large and small, on its body. However, these wounds were rapidly healing due to the continuous replenishment from the mysterious power of the void. The size of its wings remained unchanged.

It seemed that while the Six-Winged Battle Angel was trapped in the formation while slaying the Twelve Divine Envoys, it did not suffer catastrophic damage; the Angel still possessed formidable fighting strength.

Liu Hui retrieved the heavy box containing forty high-yield map bombs made from the crystal cores of Tier Eight and Divine-level magic beasts from his storage space, and he commanded the Six-Winged Battle Angel to pick up the container.

Just then, Zhou Tengyun and Desheng pushed open the door. Having been persuaded by Zhou Tengyun, Desheng was preparing to enter to have a heart-to-heart with Liu Hui. They suddenly discovered a Six-Winged Angel emanating a sacred aura standing in the room. Never mind Desheng, even Zhou Tengyun was seeing a Six-Winged Angel beside Liu Hui for the first time. They stood frozen at the doorway, dumbfounded, unable to speak as they gazed at the Angel. The strange behavior of Zhou Tengyun and Desheng attracted the attention of others. When they looked, they immediately saw the sacred Six-Winged Angel kneeling before Liu Hui.

Earlier, when these people witnessed Liu Hui controlling the Chinese Divine Dragon, they already considered him unfathomably mysterious. Now, seeing a Six-Winged Angel radiating divine light, and moreover, kneeling before Liu Hui, this sight instantly exceeded the limits of their imagination. Some of the more quick-witted individuals actually felt an impulse to worship Liu Hui as a god.

Desheng recovered fastest, stepping forward to apologize, "Boss, I am sorry…"

Liu Hui looked at this old subordinate who had lost his only son due to his unwavering loyalty. The anger that had just flared up over the discovery of his secret instantly vanished. He stepped forward, patted Desheng’s shoulder, and said emotionally, "Desheng, you do not need to apologize to me. If anything, I should thank you and your son. You have given everything for my 'City of Starlight'; the 'City of Starlight' owes your entire family. I am content to have been your boss in this lifetime."

Although Desheng had become increasingly cold and grim, he was deeply moved upon hearing Liu Hui’s affirmation. Liu Hui did not let Desheng speak, continuing, "It is done, since you have all seen, I will hide nothing further. This sacred Angel before you just sensed my call and descended from the heavens to aid us. I command it now to avenge your son, to avenge all the Starlight people murdered by those damned aliens…"

As soon as Liu Hui finished speaking, the Six-Winged Battle Angel in the room stood up. Its entire body began to emit a sacred, brilliant white light. Its six pairs of wings unfurled, and its body floated in mid-air, instantly filling the entire room with the power of light.

Liu Hui felt a touch of helplessness, but at this moment, he could only play the role of a divine charlatan, as explaining the appearance of the Chinese Divine Dragon and the Six-Winged Angel was proving difficult. He theatrically commanded, "Six-Winged Battle Angel, go!"

The Angel, clutching the large box Liu Hui provided, flapped its wings slightly and flew out through the nearby window. As soon as it flew out, it shot straight up into the sky, rapidly heading toward space. Liu Hui controlled the Angel's swift flight while telling the people in the room, "That is enough for now. You all leave; I need a moment of solitude."

The people in the room were still immersed in the shock brought by the Six-Winged Angel, and their respect for Liu Hui deepened. They obeyed Liu Hui's command and turned to leave the room. Desheng was the last to exit, closing the door to Liu Hui's room behind him.

Once they were gone, Liu Hui focused all his attention on the Six-Winged Battle Angel. In an instant, the Angel reached space. It oriented itself and transformed into a streak of light heading towards Mars. Liu Hui intended to destroy that massive alien mothership, which was still savagely ravaging Mars and destroying the decade-long investment of the "City of Starlight" from the Martian surface.

In the Command and Control Center of the "City of Starlight," more hidden satellites were activated. They began tracking the near-light-speed flight of the Six-Winged Battle Angel, marveling at its velocity. If the tracking capabilities of the "City of Starlight" satellites weren't powerful enough, they wouldn't have detected the Angel's flight path at all.

The Six-Winged Battle Angel streaked through the cosmos like a ray of light. Within five minutes, it reached Mars' orbit. The alien mothership had not detected its approach at all. It was only when the Angel flew within one hundred kilometers of the mothership that the ship's detection radar picked it up due to the intense sacred white light emanating from its form.

Liu Hui controlled the Six-Winged Battle Angel to halt one hundred kilometers in front of the mothership. He immediately activated the most powerful cultivation spell within the Battle Puppet Core Array—the Myriad Destruction Technique (Wan Po Mie Shu). This technique was rapidly initiated, and the Angel's spiritual energy poured madly into the spell to drive this high-powered attack.

Liu Hui felt the activation of the Myriad Destruction Technique this time was exceptionally smooth, unlike the previous failure due to insufficient spiritual energy. Now, he possessed virtually limitless spiritual energy and no longer feared being unable to cast the spell.

As soon as the Myriad Destruction Technique was launched, an anomaly occurred in space. In the void directly ahead of the Six-Winged Battle Angel, a massive collapse vortex rapidly materialized. This vortex was spiral-shaped, spinning at an alarming rate, generating astonishing destructive power. It was tearing holes in the very fabric of space, through which cosmic hurricanes howled, throwing the entire area into chaos.

Thiulgi watched, dumbfounded, shouting, "How is this possible? How can spatial collapse occur here? And what is this glowing, long-winged being? What kind of thing can emit such terrifying attacks?"

Thiulgi's advisor frowned, "Sir, the situation is not right. It seems we have provoked something we shouldn't have…"

Thiulgi became somewhat fearful and yelled, "Attack that winged being quickly! Don't let it continue its assault on us…"

But Thiulgi’s command was clearly too late. The leading edge of the collapse spiral generated by the Myriad Destruction Technique had already struck his mothership.

The energy shield of the dreadnought was activated immediately, but the sheer power of the Myriad Destruction Art actually caused the shield to buckle inward, forcefully punching a massive hole through the vessel. Although the Myriad Destruction Art dissipated instantly, and damage control crews managed to patch the breach, the event left Liu Ji utterly shaken.

Inside the dreadnought, Liu Ji stared, his mouth agape and unable to close, at the Six-Winged Battle Angel, which appeared as minuscule as a grain of sand in the void yet unleashed such devastating power.

Liu Ji's chief strategist, reviewing the dreadnought’s energy readouts, gasped in alarm. "My Lord," he exclaimed, "this light-being with wings launches attacks of immense potency. Observe here: from that single strike, although our dreadnought’s shield held, its total energy reserve dropped by five percent."

Startled, Liu Ji looked over and confirmed that in an instant, his dreadnought’s total energy had indeed depleted by five percent. For a vessel of this magnitude, five percent represented a colossal reserve—enough energy, in fact, to propel his ship for a thousand light-years without resupply.

Though the Myriad Destruction Art inflicted severe damage, it failed to penetrate the dreadnought’s energy screen. A fierce resolve hardened Liu Hui's heart. He began channeling vast quantities of lingqi energy from the Six-Winged Angel’s core, pouring this immense spiritual force into the Myriad Destruction Art. Under Liu Hui's full exertion, the twelve wings on the back of the Six-Winged Battle Angel visibly began to shrink at a rapid rate.

Only when the Myriad Destruction Art could no longer absorb any more lingqi did Liu Hui realize that more than half of the wings on the angel's back had withered away, testifying to the sheer volume of spiritual energy concentrated in that cultivation spell.

It was precisely this terrifying input of lingqi that propelled the Myriad Destruction Art to an unimaginable level of destructive force. Once more, an immense vortex of spatial collapse manifested in the void. This time, it was no mere ripple; it solidified into something tangible. The vortex spun relentlessly forward, shearing open space along its path, allowing Liu Hui to glimpse the bizarre imagery lurking beyond the ruptured dimensions.

On the dreadnought, Liu Ji watched the amplified Myriad Destruction Art rapidly approach, consumed by terror. He roared, "Fire all weapons upon that winged bird-man…"

Before the Myriad Destruction Art could impact the dreadnought, the ship's main cannons unleashed a concentrated beam of energy upon the Six-Winged Battle Angel. Instantly, a massive sphere of light enveloped the angel. Shielded within this orb, the energy beams proved utterly incapable of harming it in the slightest.

Shocked, Liu Ji commanded, "Cease firing on the bird-man! Immediately reroute all power to the energy shield!"

Every joule of the dreadnought's reserve energy was shunted into the external protective barrier. The vessel nestled deep within the full-power defense screen. At that precise moment, the Myriad Destruction Art struck the dreadnought’s energy shield. The cosmos erupted in a blinding, intense radiance that forced everyone present to close their eyes.

When the fierce light subsided, Liu Ji’s dreadnought drifted intact in space, while the Myriad Destruction Art unleashed by the Six-Winged Battle Angel had completely vanished.

However, instead of dismay, Liu Hui was secretly delighted, while Liu Ji’s face was ashen. In the final moments of the prior assault, the Myriad Destruction Art had consumed the dreadnought’s entire energy reserve just before its own dissipation. Consequently, both the attack and the shield vanished simultaneously. The Six-Winged Battle Angel still possessed formidable combat power, while the dreadnought was now nothing more than a helpless shell.

Liu Ji was aghast. "Contact them at once!" he barked. "Tell them we surrender and implore them to accept our terms…"

But Liu Ji's hope for surrender would never materialize. With a swift surge, the Six-Winged Battle Angel outside smashed a new breach into the dreadnought, and Liu Hui piloted the being directly inside the vessel.

Liu Hui had previously worried these aliens might contact reinforcements lurking behind them. Moreover, completely ignorant of their capabilities, he feared they possessed hidden desperate measures. Thus, his goal was the swiftest possible obliteration of the dreadnought. Whether he had noticed Liu Ji's attempt to surrender or not, he would have disregarded it anyway.

Upon entering the dreadnought, the Six-Winged Battle Angel immediately began planting its high-yield 'map bombs' throughout the massive ship. Liu Hui set the detonation timer for all the powerful explosives to exactly one minute. It flew rapidly through the vessel, planting charges as it went. Although the dreadnought detected the intrusion, its systems were utterly incapable of tracking the angel, which moved at speeds approaching the speed of light—they could only watch helplessly as it traversed their interior.

Soon, the Six-Winged Battle Angel had successfully deployed thirty Level Eight Demon Core Bombs. Finally, still uneasy, Liu Hui attached two God-Tier Demon Core Bombs for good measure. After securing all the high-yield explosives, Liu Hui directed the Six-Winged Battle Angel to swiftly evacuate the dreadnought.

The angel shot away from the vessel, executing several rapid micro-jumps until it reached a distance of one million kilometers in space, where it observed the status of the alien ship.

The minute passed quickly. In the distance, the dreadnought shuddered violently before being engulfed in a cataclysmic explosion, immediately followed by a rapid succession of other detonations. Under the impact of these powerful bombs, the dreadnought burst into flames, and its structure began to fail.

Finally, after two concluding explosions radiating a divine, multicolored light, the immense dreadnought collapsed completely, shattered into countless fragments, becoming nothing more than cosmic debris.

Liu Hui was inwardly stunned by the power of the Demon Core Bombs, capable of reducing such a durable starship to rubble so effortlessly. Under such violent detonations, he reasoned, no alien could possibly survive. Indeed, after observing the wreckage for a time, Liu Hui confirmed that no aliens had managed to escape the remains of the destroyed vessel.

At last, Liu Hui knew with certainty: the super-dreadnought that had come to menace Earth and Mars was finally eliminated by his hand.

Meanwhile, the inhabitants of 'Starry Sky City' had captured the entire engagement—the battle between the Six-Winged Battle Angel and the dreadnought—via hidden satellites, broadcasting it live. Upon witnessing the dreadnought’s annihilation, they erupted in ecstasy.

They rose to their feet, unable to conceal their surging excitement, high-fiving those around them, celebrating another victory for 'Starry Sky City'. Only Desheng remained apart, murmuring something under his breath that no one could clearly discern.

At that moment, every citizen of Starry Sky City felt an overwhelming debt of gratitude toward Liu Hui, who was in his chamber. It was Liu Hui who had deployed his Six-Winged Angel to destroy the seemingly invincible alien warship. The emergence of the Chinese Divine Dragon previously, coupled with the meritorious service of the Six-Winged Angel now, lent an air of profound mythology to Liu Hui, prompting widespread speculation about his true identity.

Liu Hui had eliminated the formidable alien dreadnought, resolving a major threat at the cost of half the Six-Winged Battle Angel's lingqi reserves. Yet, the war was far from over. With several swift flashes, he pursued the smaller fleet vessels that were scattering throughout the solar system.

Moving at speeds infinitely close to the speed of light, it took the Six-Winged Battle Angel only about ten minutes to annihilate every small alien vessel that had failed to initiate spatial folding technology in time.

Liu Hui's heart was filled with unquenchable hatred for these invaders. Even when the very last small vessel attempted to surrender, he refused to accept it, launching a quick attack spell that decisively destroyed the final alien craft.

With that, every alien warship that had assaulted Earth and Mars was eliminated. The aliens scattered across the surface of Earth would soon face their reckoning; under the relentless assault from 'Starry Sky City,' their total annihilation was merely a matter of time.