"Noah Light Cannon!"
With a low shout that echoed through the sky, a massive red energy beam that caused the space to ripple shot out from the red energy lightsaber.
The red beam was grand and powerful, its destructive force seemingly wanting to pierce a large hole through the sky.
The red beam tore through the sky and, under the watchful eyes of Atago and the Light Cruiser Demon, collided violently with the hundreds of energy afterimage swords. A thunderous roar suddenly erupted in the azure sky, and a terrifying energy shockwave surged out from the impact point, finally spreading in all directions.
After a while, the energy shockwave dissipated. Seeing their attacks cancel each other out, the two immediately raised their weapons and shot toward each other.
In the blink of an eye, Atago arrived before the Light Cruiser Demon, gripping her ship-slaying great sword to deliver a horizontal slash.
Seeing the horizontal slash, the Light Cruiser Demon immediately vanished. After Atago's slash missed, she immediately used Precognition Ship Qi to probe the Light Cruiser Demon's position. Sensing her to the left, Atago immediately raised her Tachi for a diagonal slash, which cut the Light Cruiser Demon in two.
After cutting the Light Cruiser Demon in half, Atago felt no joy because she had hit an afterimage. She immediately tried to use Precognition Ship Qi to investigate, but she was a step too slow and was successfully ambushed from behind by the Light Cruiser Demon.
The Light Cruiser Demon slashed Atago's back, and Atago immediately crashed into the ground like a shooting star, creating a massive crater.
Seeing Atago crash into the earth, the Light Cruiser Demon charged down with her longsword. Atago immediately stood up from the giant crater. A sword wound had been slashed across her back, with blood flowing continuously, but Atago didn't mind. She continuously swung her ship-slaying great sword, and over a dozen red sword beams erupted from the blade.
Watching these sword beams strike toward her like lightning, the Light Cruiser Demon used her Ship-Slaying Longsword to hack them all into fragments.
After eliminating these sword beams, the Light Cruiser Demon frantically circulated the Ship Qi in her body and held her longsword high, countless strands of Ship Qi continuously condensing onto it.
The longsword began to emit a blinding light that grew more and more dazzling, like a radiant sun.
The longsword turned into a three-meter-long lightsaber, which kept growing larger and longer—first three meters, then ten meters, finally stopping at twenty meters.
The twenty-meter red giant lightsaber manifested in the sky. Once formed, the surrounding space began to vibrate incessantly, and an aura of destruction continuously radiated from it.
Holding the red lightsaber in her right hand, the Light Cruiser Demon suddenly raised her left hand and slapped the void, and a five-zhang-long black Western dragon instantly formed.
The black dragon soared into the sky, stopping in mid-air once it reached a high altitude, and let out a roar toward the heavens.
The roar echoed through the sky, the dragon race's pressure manifesting prominently.
After the black dragon finished its roar, it shot toward the Light Cruiser Demon like a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, the black dragon collided with the Light Cruiser Demon's red lightsaber. The blade of the red lightsaber gradually began to turn black, and its aura grew increasingly terrifying as it darkened.
After a moment, the red lightsaber had become a pitch-black lightsaber. Its aura was more than ten times stronger than the previous red lightsaber's, and this was the terrifying boost brought by the black dragon.
"Great Prison Demonic Sword!"
This move, Great Prison Demonic Sword, was the Light Cruiser Demon's signature technique. Its power was incredibly formidable; any object that tried to block it would be slashed in two.
Gripping the black lightsaber with both hands and looking at Atago not far away, the Light Cruiser Demon charged once more.
In an instant, the Light Cruiser Demon flew in front of Atago and raised the black lightsaber to hack down fiercely.
The black lightsaber was like a streak of black lightning, carrying a fierce energy that caused even the space to fluctuate. This force was so strong that it cleared away all the air beneath the blade.
The intense pressure of the energy caused Atago's clothes to cling tightly to her skin, outlining her curvaceous figure.
Looking at such a powerful strike, Atago didn't want to take it, nor did she dare to, because she felt that trying to block it would surely mean her end!
Atago flickered away from her spot. The Light Cruiser Demon's black lightsaber strike crashed down, splitting the earth in two and creating a chasm.
Appearing in mid-air, Atago looked at the earth split in two and couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, she didn't try to block it just now, or she really would have been killed!
Seeing her attack miss, the Light Cruiser Demon raised her black lightsaber and shot toward Atago.
Looking at that black lightsaber, Atago didn't dare to engage and could only continuously flicker to dodge.
Seeing Atago vanish, the Light Cruiser Demon also flickered. Whenever Atago manifested, she would see the Light Cruiser Demon slashing with the black lightsaber, scaring her into flickering again.
The battle had now turned into a chase. As long as Atago flickered, the Light Cruiser Demon would also flicker and strike.
Seeing the Light Cruiser Demon's persistence, Atago felt incredibly frustrated. She really wanted to raise her ship-slaying great sword to fight back, but seeing the sight of the earth split in two, Atago's courage failed her. If she used her ship-slaying great sword to strike, she would surely be cut in half by that black lightsaber.
But dodging like this wasn't a solution either. What surprised Atago was that despite the black lightsaber being massive and looking very heavy...
Logically, the Light Cruiser Demon should have been quite slow using it, but she wasn't slow at all. Her swinging speed was as if the black lightsaber were her own arm, allowing her to wield it with ease.
"Hiding and running—is this your so-called method for stopping us Abyssals from wiping out humanity? Hahaha! It's truly an eye-opener," the Light Cruiser Demon mocked as she flickered and slashed.
Atago silently flickered away and soon appeared not far away. She knew the Light Cruiser Demon was trying to provoke her into taking the black lightsaber head-on.
Atago naturally wouldn't fall for such a provocation. However, to end this chase, she planned to activate her unique ability.
Atago's unique ability was the Spacetime Slash, which could strike enemies in the past and future within one minute, with a five-minute cooldown.
Holding her ship-slaying great sword diagonally, a crisp sword chime rang out. A red clock appeared at the midpoint of the blade. The red clock began to turn back one minute. Once the ability was activated, Atago saw the position where the Light Cruiser Demon had been one minute ago.
In that position was an afterimage, which was exactly the Light Cruiser Demon holding the black lightsaber and wanting to strike her. Atago immediately flickered to this position. She raised her ship-slaying great sword high, intending to cut this afterimage of the Light Cruiser Demon in two.
Seeing Atago stop at a certain point in mid-air and raise her Tachi as if to strike thin air, the Light Cruiser Demon's intuition told her that if Atago were allowed to swing that Tachi, she would surely die. To prevent Atago from swinging, she hurriedly flickered away from her spot.
In the brief moment Atago held her ship-slaying great sword high, the Light Cruiser Demon flickered behind her. Looking at Atago's body, she gripped the black lightsaber and hacked down fiercely.
Sensing the Light Cruiser Demon swinging her sword behind her, Atago immediately stopped hesitating and slashed down at the afterimage she saw.
Both of them swung their weapons at the same time, but in terms of speed, Atago was one step ahead. She cut the Light Cruiser Demon's afterimage in two first.
Once the afterimage was cut in two, the Light Cruiser Demon—who was only a millimeter away from hacking Atago into pieces—suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The black lightsaber vanished, reverting to its original Ship-Slaying Longsword form.
The Light Cruiser Demon's entire body inexplicably split in two and fell from mid-air to the ground. With a bang, her bifurcated body exploded, and the Light Cruiser Demon perished.
Until the moment she died, the Light Cruiser Demon didn't understand why she had lost. She was clearly just a bit away from killing Atago. Victory should have been hers, so why did it end like this!
Seeing that the Light Cruiser Demon had finally been slain, Atago breathed a sigh of relief. "That was close. If I had been a step late, I'm afraid I would have been the one cut in two."
Looking around, Atago saw Essex, Vicious, and Saratoga standing in different spots, resting and recovering their stamina. "That's great. It seems they've defeated the King's Guard."
"I wonder how things are going on Illustrious's side. She must not lose!"
...In Eugen's Twilight Garden, Illustrious was in the middle of a difficult battle.
On a large bed, countless beautiful Ship Girls surrounded Illustrious, serving her.
"Darling, does it feel good?"
"Do you want to stay here forever? If you want, we will serve you eternally."
"Darling, I want more!"
Illustrious, her face covered in lipstick marks, smiled happily. "Heavens! This is so wonderful and comfortable, it's practically paradise."
However, although it felt great, Illustrious knew this was nothing more than an illusion. She stood up from the pile of beautiful Ship Girls and, after tidying her dress, slowly walked in one direction.
Seeing Illustrious's behavior, the countless beauties couldn't help but ask.
"Darling, what's wrong? Is our service not good enough?"
"Don't go! Didn't you just say it felt great and comfortable? Why are you leaving?"
"Bastard, slut, bad seed! We are sincere toward you; you can't just throw us away after you're done playing with us."
Illustrious stopped, frowned, and turned to say to them, "Hey! Don't go too far. We only kissed; we didn't do that kind of thing. Don't go framing an innocent person!"
Seeing that Illustrious hadn't left but was instead talking to them, they immediately shouted at her.
"Don't go! As long as you come down, we can do things even more exciting and pleasurable than kissing!"
"That's right, that's right. We will definitely serve you well. Just stay!"
"Why leave! We are very obedient; we'll do whatever you tell us. We're many times better than the women outside. Please don't go!"
Listening to their pleas and looking at their incredibly beautiful bodies, Illustrious swallowed her saliva and almost nodded in agreement. Fortunately, she controlled her desires and didn't fall into the abyss. "What a pity. You are ultimately an illusion. If you were real, perhaps I would have stayed!"
Illustrious turned around and reached into the void, a ship-slaying great sword appearing in her hand. She raised the Tachi high, frantically circulating the golden Ship Qi in her body. Countless strands of Ship Qi condensed on the Tachi, and the blade erupted with golden light!
For this illusion, she could only use her unique ability: Above Heaven and Below Earth! I Alone Am the Honored One, to break it!
Others might fall in and be unable to withstand the temptation of countless beauties, but Illustrious was different. She possessed the unique ability Above Heaven and Below Earth! I Alone Am the Honored One; therefore, this illusion had no effect on her.
"Above Heaven and Below Earth! I Alone Am the Honored One!"
The Tachi in her hand became incomparably powerful under the enhancement of her ability. Looking at the void, Illustrious hacked down fiercely.
This sword strike startled the heavens and moved the gods, instantly splitting the world in two. The countless beautiful Ship Girls vanished, and Illustrious appeared once again in the Twilight Garden.
Looking toward a corner of the Twilight Garden, Illustrious spotted Eugen.
At this moment, Eugen was sitting comfortably in a white Western-style chair, drinking black tea from a white Western-style table. When she saw Illustrious appear before her, she immediately spat out her tea and said with a face full of disbelief, "You—how can you be here? Shouldn't you be trapped in the illusion?"
Eugen had originally thought Illustrious would be obsessed with the countless Ship Girl beauties in the illusion and be unable to extricate herself, finally falling into the abyss and never being able to recover.
How did Illustrious break out so quickly? How was this possible? No one should have been able to break her Flower of Desire!
Illustrious came before Eugen and pointed her ship-slaying great sword at her, saying with a look of displeasure, "You're quite comfortable, aren't you? While I was over there fighting a hard battle and risking my life, you were here drinking tea and enjoying life."
Eugen smiled and said sarcastically, "Flirting with countless beautiful Ship Girls—your battle really was quite 'hard,' wasn't it?"
Illustrious said, without blushing or skipping a beat, "It is indeed very hard work! It's just a pity that among the countless Ship Girl beauties, one Eugen is missing; that is truly a shame."
Eugen's face darkened immediately. This Illustrious was actually scheming against her; she really didn't know what was good for her.
Eugen wanted to make a move to finish off Illustrious, but the moment she thought about how Illustrious could break her Flower of Desire, she couldn't help but develop an appreciation for her talent. This person was powerful; if she could recruit her into the Deep Sea Cult and make her a member, it would be a great achievement.
The world began to turn black and white. Eugen activated time stop, flashed behind Illustrious, placed her left hand on Illustrious's thigh, and her right hand on Illustrious's face.
After doing all this, Eugen lifted the time stop. "If you find it a pity, why don't we play at something fun here?"
"Fu—fun things? No, wait!" Illustrious shook her head and said, "When did you get behind me? Let go of me!"
Illustrious was shocked. When did this person get beside her? She hadn't noticed a trace. Illustrious thought about the intelligence on Eugen and immediately remembered; she had heard that this person's unique ability was time stop. She must have used time stop to get behind her just now.
"Don't worry about those details. Give your body to me, and big sister will cherish you well." Eugen caressed Illustrious's cheek and blew a breath into her ear. Illustrious's face immediately flushed, and she clamped her legs together.
"If you do this again, don't blame me for being impolite." Illustrious said with a dark expression, blushing with anger.
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