Chapter 612: Battle of Cloud City

This one is called Boba. Fett's bounty hunters had already calculated that after sending Captain Solo to Tatooine, this bounty alone would be enough for him to live happily for months. The previous bounty earned from Vader was enough for him to make another systematic upgrade of his ship.

Just as he was happily trying to figure out how to enjoy himself after leaving here, Luke, armed with a lightsaber and blaster, suddenly appeared at the end of the hallway. "Damn Jedi Induction!" Boba cursed inwardly.

Having encountered Jedi many times, he naturally knew that Luke had not found him here because of luck. As someone who has a personal vendetta against the Jedi, Boba. Fett has always been passionate about helping the Empire wipe out the remnants of the Jedi.

After years of research and practice, he had come to know the strengths and weaknesses of the Jedi. For ordinary mercenaries, the Jedi and Sith Knights with the ability to predict are almost invincible, but he has personally slashed several genuine Jedi Knights as a mortal, and several of them have been killed by him with the lightsabers he captured.

It can be seen from this that Boba. How superb Fit's abilities are. In his opinion, the most disgusting skill of the Jedi is this Force Sensing ability, and this cheating skill makes every time he faces the Jedi a gamble.

He had previously relied on strict psychic training and a large array of specially crafted equipment to gain the upper hand in the battles of the Jedi. Because he wears a special costume that can resist the detection of the Force for a certain distance, he avoids being discovered by his prey in advance.

And because of this, Boba. Fett knew that Luke definitely didn't sense himself coming. The other party must have sensed the loot behind him, and Captain Solo's hibernation chamber was able to find himself in Cloudsdale with a complex passage.

As a bounty hunter, Boba. Naturally, it was impossible for Fett to give up the loot he had just gotten. The moment he saw Luke, he immediately fired several shots in that direction for fire suppression.

He's an excellent marksman, and the accuracy of his purpose-built blaster is among the best in the galaxy. But these shots just avoided Luke. Only a few large holes were made in the back and side walls.

He deliberately missed because Vader had told him and the other bounty hunters that they were not allowed to hurt Luke, or he would pinch that man to death with his own hands. Boba. Fett didn't know who Luke was from Vader, and he didn't want to know.

He had seen all sorts of incredible things in his previous work for Vader, and he had even seen this Sith Lord betray his apprentice without hesitation, it was hard to imagine that such a hard-hearted man would care about the safety of others.

After a brief exchange of fire with Luke. Boba Fett and his party were able to exit through the other passage and destroy the door control. Unable to open the door quickly, and sensing that more of his companions were on the other side of Cloudsdale, Luke didn't chase any further.

After searching in Cloudsdale for a while, he was led to a repair shop where Vader was. This is the location of an important controller in Cloudsdale City, as well as the location of traps. Vader's plan hasn't changed, and it's still here to face and defeat Luke.

With a lot of changes going around here, so has the way Vader appears and opens here. Luke watched vigilantly as he entered, but before he could spot anything out of the ordinary, the door behind him closed and locked.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Young Skywalker! Ben followed the sound of his trademark mechanical breath as Vader emerged from a dark corner a dozen meters behind Luke. Upon hearing his voice, Luke immediately drew his lightsaber and turned to respond.

He had never sensed Vader's existence before, and although Master Yoda and Obi-Wan's Force Ghost had warned him that he would soon encounter Vader, he still did not realize the disparity in strength between himself and Vader.

Before that, he had only had a one-time relationship with Vader on the Death Star. At that time, he had not yet begun to cultivate the Force, and he could not clearly feel how powerful the dimension in the distance was. In his opinion at the time. Vader's fighting power is not necessarily stronger than that of Obi-Wan against him, which gives him some false confidence.

On the way he came. Vader had been carefully hiding the Force fluctuations around him, but the moment Vader appeared just now, a surging Force fluctuation struck. It was only then that Luke realized how powerful the enemy on his side was.

It was because of the very hard training he had just undergone that Luke's perception of the Force had never been stronger. He could feel it. The Force fluctuations in Vader's body were literally solid, approaching him with pressure.

If his own Force cultivation is compared to the water of a bathtub, the Force cultivation of Vader he bought is at least equivalent to a swimming pool. This qualitative and quantitative disparity makes the outcome of the battle between the two sides very predictable.

However, Luke did not back down because of the difference in strength between the two anti-anti, he raised his lightsaber and rushed through with all his strength. With the blessing of the Force. He is as fast as a cheetah, and his impact is almost like that of a small car.

Luke hoped that his sword would cause at least some minor damage to the opponent. However, even if he has used all his strength, it is still not enough to face Vader. Vader stood in place with his sword raised in one hand, and with a very easy block, Luke's full force was blocked, and then with a slight force, Luke was pushed several meters away.

The balance of power between the two sides was almost like that of a baby against a black bear, and that move alone ruined Luke's hopes of victory in this duel. However, Luke did not despair, and like his own father, Luke was favored by the Force.

Although he had used all the Force he could mobilize just now, in the blink of an eye, the Force around him surged into his body again, replenishing most of his losses. Instead of attacking when he fell to the ground, Vader watched quietly.

By the time Luke stood up, Vader realized that he had recovered most of the Force in his body. Relieved, Vader no longer pretended to be forced to fight with a sword with one hand, but held a lightsaber in both hands like Luke and was ready to continue fighting.

Not like Luke, of course. Luke wields a two-handed sword because he has only learned two-handed swordsmanship, while Vader is afraid of injuring his son in a one-handed fight. Over the past few decades, Vader has faced countless enemies that are stronger than Luke's current ones.

He had long developed the most efficient combat habits in the battle against those enemies, and when using the sword with one hand, he would habitually use the other hand to gather the Force to make a big move. Force Lightning Ball, Force Push and Pull...... There are also other skills that are extremely lethal.

The problem is that with Luke's current cultivation, he will definitely not be able to withstand his big move. If he inadvertently makes a big move in the next battle, he is likely to seriously injure or even kill his own son. In order to avoid such a tragedy, Vader decided to return to holding the sword in both hands and suppress his offensive impulses, reducing the level of Force use to try not to hurt Luke.

Of course, in Luke's opinion, nothing has changed. Because the difference in strength between him and Vinda is too huge, he can't feel the difference between Vinda and Vinda using ten points of force or one point of force. After getting up, Luke mustered up the courage to rush forward again and fight Vader.

His courage is commendable, but Vader is a far more sophisticated swordsman than he is. No matter how Luke attacks, he will be caught by Vader's lightsaber. Luke was like a ball, he seemed to be running happily, but he was being manipulated by others.

After a few moves, Luke was forced into the trap by the experienced Vader. After pushing Luke to the trap of the Rapid Hibernation Device, Vader pushed Luke in with a little force. Before he could turn on the device, however, Luke jumped out again and escaped through one of the exits.

After experiencing this kind of thing, Luke realized that he had come over to capture him instead of killing him. Since he can't defeat Vader himself, as long as he can run away, he can thwart the opponent's "evil" plan.

Luke's idea was good, but Vader had already laid out every aspect of the trap here. After Luke escaped from the room, Vader just chased after him unhurriedly, and at such a close distance, no matter how much Luke hid his Force fluctuations, he couldn't escape his detection.

Finally, in the central control room, the two met once. Luke fought hard. But under Vader's fierce lightsaber attack, he unconsciously retreated all the way, not even trying to parry, and there was almost no room for breathing.

After an unsuspenseful fight, Luke is forced to the central tunnel of Cloudsdale. It's already considered an outdoor place, with a long pipe leading to the ground thousands of meters below, surrounded by only a handful of scaffolding and communication equipment for maintenance.

Here, they ushered in the final showdown. Vader's lightsaber swung from side to side as if it had eyes, each time it approached Luke's vital point but stopped at the critical moment, never hitting him directly.

Luke doesn't have Vader's anticipation and bottomless reserves of the Force, and in the heat of battle, even his perverted recovery speed can't keep up with the rapid drain of the Force.

Unable to support the Force's foresight, he was quickly knocked to the ground by Vader, whose lightsaber was pointed at his throat less than two centimeters away. Feeling the scorching edge of the lightsaber, Luke finally understood how close death was to him.

His head was covered with the hot sweat accumulated during the fight and the cold sweat that was now scared, and the continuous acceleration of his heartbeat and breathing only made him feel dizzy. His body was protesting everywhere after a high-intensity exercise.

Feeling his limbs twitching slightly from the loss of strength, and his numb hands, Luke fell into a brief panic. Seeing Vader standing in front of him as solid as a statue, he knew that even 10 of himself together would not be able to defeat each other.

In this short moment, he even had the shameful idea of surrendering. But what Vader was going to say later changed his mind. (To be continued......)

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