The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Facing an enemy force ten times its size, the human ships roared their kinetic main guns, and dense live ammunition ripped through the star sea, but all of it hit the Covenant's thick energy shield, only stirring up layers of fine energy ripples, unable to even break through the enemy's defenses.

At the same time, the airspace over New Alexandria Airport and the Waden supply point were both subjected to heavy artillery fire.

The Covenant's assault fleet easily tore apart the thin outer anti-air defenses and defensive turrets...

Three battlefields, three deadlocks.

At this moment, the Star Alliance is still immersed in the trap it has woven, carefully waiting for the mysterious fleet to appear.

Meanwhile, the three prophets sat on their supreme thrones in the City of Love, watching the scene through a live, cross-stellar broadcast.

Despite their admiration for the pioneers' technology, they still wanted to see the strength of that mysterious fleet.

If the enemy's warships were left behind by the Forerunners... then they must seize them no matter what!

We must never allow humanity to desecrate it!

As for losing?

In order to annihilate all of humanity's high-end combat power in one fell swoop, they almost exhausted the main force of the star field accumulated over thousands of years and deployed an overwhelming force.

The number of Covenant forces fighting on the three major battlefields is only a small fraction.

Inside the Earth UEG Council hall, everyone watched the live battlefield footage, their faces turning completely pale.

"Why haven't the pioneers arrived yet?!" a member of parliament shouted angrily.

It's currently being broadcast live by the Covenant, and almost everyone has seen the destruction of their homes and bases.

If they don't take some action now, they'll really be buried by the inflamed crowd.

"Speaker, our fleet is still on the warp track. Even if the pioneers are advanced, they won't arrive anytime soon..."

"..."

"Damn it!!"

The three war zones collapsed simultaneously, leaving the defending forces exhausted and with nowhere to retreat.

With their colonial lifeline completely locked up by the Covenant, a sense of powerless despair envelops the entire human elite with every thought.

And just as the Covenant was preparing to tighten the encirclement and completely wipe out the three remaining forces.

At the edge of deep space on the three major battlefields, space storms that shook the starry sea were almost simultaneously unleashed.

Unlike the Covenant's rough and violent warp fluctuations, three deep blue spacetime portals spanning tens of thousands of stars slowly unfolded, serene and grand.

The main fleet of the multi-party alliance finally arrived at the battlefield.

In the airspace over Marskolov, the world's main fleet made its first appearance.

A massive, silver-white mothership led the formation, followed by thousands of standard warships arranged in a neat battle array. Upon their appearance, a locking system far ahead of its time instantly covered the entire enemy formation.

New Alexandria Airport, Wadden Resupply Area, and two other battle-hardened elite fleets made their simultaneous appearance.

All detection instruments in the Covenant forces went on high alert and were in a state of shock.

They anticipated the strength of their opponent, but they never imagined that the other side would actually have three main fleets!

As for how to recognize them?

Of course, one can tell from the appearance of the warship that it is completely different from the current human types.

Before the Star Alliance could recover from their shock, an overwhelming counterattack suddenly began.

The high-level energy shield deployed, easily blocking the barrage of plasma cannon fire, rendering the Covenant's proud main combat firepower completely ineffective.

Meanwhile, the main cannons of the Alliance roared, and streaks of condensed annihilation white light shot through the air, ignoring distance and shields, instantly piercing through the armor of the Covenant warships.

It's all about pure technological superiority!

With each ray of white light that fell, a Covenant capital ship was pierced through.

A series of dense explosions and flashes of light erupted, instantly tearing apart the previously tightly encircling Star Alliance formation.

The emergence of the three-way battlefield by the multi-party alliance shattered the Covenant frontline forces' predictions.

It's truly unexpected that humanity possesses such depth, but that's all there is to it!

It was unexpected, yet not entirely unforeseen.

The three prophets of the City of Benevolence narrowed their eyes, looking at the battle record of the three warships, their eyes surging with shock, fear and intense greed.

"It is impossible for humans to achieve such a technological breakthrough in a short period of time!"

"They really did inherit the legacy of the forerunners!" The Prophet of Truth's voice was filled with fervor.

For them, seizing the true legacy of the Forerunners was their ultimate goal, rather than annihilating humanity.

Now that all the big fish are in the net, there's no reason to stop halfway.

"Activate the final encirclement plan!"

The War Prophet suddenly raised his hand and issued the highest operational order in a stern voice.

The deadly trap, meticulously planned over several days, was now fully revealed in its sinister form.

In the blind spots of deep space jumps, dark matter interlayers, and dead corners of the star field in the three major battlefields, the previously hidden and silent space suddenly trembled violently.

Thousands of spatial ripples exploded simultaneously, and countless dark ship hulls, carrying dense purple plasma energy, continuously jumped from subspace into the present world.

The airspace over the Marskolov Shipyard, the airspace over the New Alexandria Airport, and the airspace over the Vaden supply depot were simultaneously filled with a massive number of ships.

One ship, a hundred ships, a thousand ships!

Within just a few dozen seconds, more than 3,500 Star Alliance warships appeared on all three main battlefields!

The situation between the enemy and our forces reversed in an instant. The UNSC defenders, who had just begun to have hope, had all their hopes shattered the moment they saw the dense red dots and data displayed on the radar.

The surviving soldiers stared blankly at the starry sky, their eyes filled with utter despair.

Inside the Geneva Parliament Hall, the high-ranking officials were all deathly pale, their faces so as if a pin drop could be heard.

The Star Alliance has revealed its trump card, deploying nearly ten thousand warships at once.

No matter how strong the vanguard fleet is, it has no chance of turning the tide!

No one dared to harbor any extravagant hopes.

"Hehehe, it's over...it's completely over!"

A high-ranking official's legs went weak, and he slumped into his chair, his voice filled with despair.

"This is clearly a killing move that the Star Alliance has been planning for a long time!"

"No matter how elite the three fleets are, they cannot withstand the repeated attacks and saturation strikes of thousands of warships!"

"The numerical gap is too large. This is not a gap that can be bridged by tactics; it is an overwhelming crushing force of sheer numbers!"

Guns need bullets to fire, and even if the pioneers can kill one person with one shot, they still can't break through the encirclement before their energy runs out!

However, the multi-party alliance doesn't think that way; they had anticipated the possibility of a trap.

As soon as the enemy fleet appeared, they bared their fangs as well!

Since the Star Alliance wants to fight a large-scale team battle with thousands of ships clashing, they'll play along to the end!

Just half a minute later than the Star Alliance, even more dazzling highlights appeared in the higher-dimensional space of the three battlefields.

Countless advanced and exquisitely crafted combined warships are constantly appearing.

They stood in neat formation, exuding an imposing aura.

Elite warships quickly completed formation replacement, division of combat zones, and fire lock-on.

In less than a minute, 3,400 multi-unit warships were deployed to the three battlefields.

Three thousand four hundred versus three thousand five hundred, the advantage is in my hands!

There was no unnecessary standoff; the two sides immediately opened fire with a barrage of artillery fire upon meeting!

At this point, it would be almost impossible for the Covenant to withdraw.

Such a large-scale leap was prepared in advance, and now it is almost possible to restart it.

The three prophets of the City of Benevolence's pupils constricted; they could hardly believe the ten thousand ships they had assembled with the full strength of their nation…

The opponent was actually able to deploy an equally large force to counterattack!

"This is impossible!"

"Damn it! If humanity were this large-scale, how could so many colonies have fallen!"

The three men were furious, but with the arrow already on the bowstring, they had no choice but to release it.

A barrage of purple plasma cannons fired, countless beams of high-temperature energy piercing the darkness like an overturned purple celestial river, carrying the terrifying power to incinerate stars, covering the entire formation of the alliance fleet and launching an indiscriminate saturation attack.

This is the Covenant's strongest firepower, the foundation upon which they dominate the galaxy, and enough to easily incinerate any human interstellar fleet.

But the next second, the gap, the naked technological difference, was revealed in full!

All warships in the alliance simultaneously activated high-level barriers, with a thin yet extremely stable silver-white energy shield enveloping each warship, forming a complete all-area defense network.

The barrage of violent plasma cannon fire bombarded the barrier, creating ripples of energy and bursting into blinding starlight, yet it couldn't even budge the barrier, easily dissipating and isolating it!

The Covenant's all-out, devastating firepower has been completely ineffective!

Before the entire Star Alliance army could be shocked, the Alliance's counterattack had already struck like thunder!

All main guns of the army simultaneously charged up and fired!

One after another, extremely condensed beams of annihilation light shot through the air at breakneck speed.

When the first Covenant capital ship was breached, it was reduced to a sky full of metal fragments and dazzling fireworks.

The second, the third, the tenth, the hundredth...

With each ray of white light that falls, a Covenant warship is destroyed and disintegrated.

The continuous, dense explosions echoed throughout the entire starry sky, and the intermittent flashes of fire illuminated the dark night sky as bright as day.

The encircling Covenant fleet collapsed, shattered, and routed instantly under the ultimate force.

Despite their large numbers, the Covenant warships were like fragile paper toys, utterly powerless to fight back.

Their prized shields, armor, and firepower are rendered useless in the face of the advanced technology of the multi-faceted alliance.

Hull strength, shield technology, weapon energy level, lock-on accuracy, maneuverability, energy system... it's completely outclassed in every aspect!