As the massive golden sword and the huge pink energy ball clashed intensely, the two kept devouring each other, but because the power contained within the massive golden sword was extremely strong, the huge pink energy ball only lasted a short while before being completely devoured.
After defeating the huge pink energy ball, the massive golden sword, though weakened significantly, continued its momentum, roaring towards Eugen.
"My Flower Emperor actually lost, how is this possible!" Eugen looked shocked.
Watching the incoming massive golden sword, Eugen immediately deployed a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl-level Ship Qi Shield to defend.
"Crack! Clang!"
Although Eugen had deployed a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl-level Ship Qi Shield, because the power contained within the massive golden sword was too immense, the Ship Qi Shield only lasted a short while before shattering into pieces."
The massive golden sword struck Eugen's defenseless delicate body solidly, smashing Eugen, along with her sword, into the ground.
"Pfft!"
In mid-air, Eugen couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, and after feeling the power of the massive golden sword that destroyed everything, her face was full of horror.
The massive golden sword carried Eugen and crashed fiercely into the ground; in an instant, the massive golden sword erupted with golden light.
"Boom!"
A huge explosion suddenly rang out, flames soared into the sky, and a mushroom cloud rose up; the powerful energy shockwave generated by the explosion instantly shattered Eugen and Illustrious's domain into pieces!
With the domain destroyed, Illustrious returned to reality once more; looking in one direction, Illustrious saw Eugen lying on the ground.
Eugen was heavily injured and had passed out on the ground, still tightly gripping her ship-slaying great sword; looking at the unconscious Eugen, Illustrious now intended to root out the problem.
Having disrupted Eugen's plans time and again, Eugen had already marked her as someone who must be killed; Illustrious believed that since she had already formed a feud with Eugen and the two sides were now in a life-or-death struggle, there was no reason to spare the unconscious Eugen.
After seeing Illustrious and Eugen appear from the domain, Princess Fiona, who had been shooting at King Hiddell's Ship Qi energy shield with a machine gun, stopped firing.
Upon seeing that Illustrious was safe and sound, and that Eugen lying on the ground was unconscious, Princess Fiona immediately said happily: "Hee hee hee! Illustrious, it seems you have already defeated Eugen! That's great, help me break the Ship Qi energy shield that bastard over there has deployed!"
Seeing the powerful Eugen unconscious and hearing Princess Fiona request Illustrious to break his shield, Hiddell panicked; if Illustrious were to make a move, he didn't think the Five-Star Epic Ship Girl-level Ship Qi energy shield in front of him could last long.
"Illustrious! Don't listen to her; if you kill Fiona, whatever benefits Fiona is giving you, I, as the King of the Free Iris, can give you double." Hiddell said anxiously.
Illustrious shook her head and refused: "Sorry! Fiona hasn't given me any benefits; what I am doing is merely helping Atago. Since Atago wants Fiona to become the Empress, you naturally cannot remain alive in this world."
"Don't be like this! Whatever you want, I can give you; if you want money, I will give you money; if you want men, I can give you a group of handsome guys, guaranteed to serve you to your satisfaction!" Hiddell said a lot, fearing that Illustrious wouldn't agree.
"I am not interested in money or men!" Illustrious said indifferently.
"Then what on earth do you want! As long as you help me kill Fiona, I can give you anything." Hiddell was anxious; he had never seen someone so indifferent to worldly desires.
What Illustrious wanted was Atago; now that Atago had become her girlfriend, she didn't want anything else. "What I want, you cannot give me; if you still want to live, hurry and beg Fiona for mercy. If Fiona doesn't want to kill you, I naturally won't interfere."
"What! How can this be!" Hiddell became dejected.
Fiona said triumphantly: "Hee hee hee! Give up on that idea! Illustrious won't help you. Illustrious, please break that damn shield. As long as it is broken, I will go in and kill him, and then we will have accomplished our task for today."
"Rest assured! As soon as I become the King of the Free Iris, I certainly won't forget your great kindness."
Illustrious looked at Fiona and said: "Wait a moment, I will finish off Eugen over there before I come to help you."
"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Fiona nodded.
Illustrious held the ship-slaying great sword and came before Eugen, holding the ship-slaying great sword high; countless Ship Qi swirled around the blade, and the ship-slaying great sword erupted with dazzling light. "I'm sorry, Eugen! You and I walk different paths and cannot work together; today, you should rest in peace!"
Just as Illustrious was about to swing down the ship-slaying great sword, Vicious, ahead of Atago and the others, flew to Illustrious's side. "Illustrious! It's great that you're okay; I thought you would die at Eugen's hands!"
Seeing Vicious's worried look, Illustrious smiled and said: "What could happen to me? I am very strong. This Eugen's strength is indeed not bad, but compared to me, she is still far too lacking."
"Are you going to kill Eugen now?" Vicious said.
Illustrious explained: "That's right! Now that Eugen is unconscious on the ground, it is the perfect time to kill her. If she wakes up and activates time stop, she might escape!"
"You stand aside for now; I am going to kill Eugen with one sword strike. It wouldn't be good if the aftermath injures you later."
"Mm! Okay!" Vicious obediently retreated behind Illustrious.
"Vicious! You are so obedient; you truly are worthy of being my girlfriend!" Illustrious was very happy; it seemed that having one more girlfriend like Vicious was also a good thing.
Illustrious turned her Gaze to Eugen, gripped the ship-slaying great sword tightly, and held the ship-slaying great sword high; because Vicious's sudden appearance had interrupted her just now, she had to condense power onto the ship-slaying great sword again.
Even if a Legendary Ship Girl is unconscious, it still takes a Legendary Ship Girl using her full strength to completely kill her; if an Epic Ship Girl were to go up and try to kill her, even if she slashed thousands or ten thousand times, she would be unable to injure the Legendary Ship Girl's body.
The ship-slaying great sword was once again surrounded by countless Ship Qi, and the blade erupted with dazzling light; the light became increasingly blinding, until in the end, it was like a blazing sun.
Looking at the unconscious Eugen, Illustrious gripped the ship-slaying great sword tightly and swung it down fiercely.
Just at the moment Illustrious swung it down, Vicious's eyes behind her began to turn blood-red, her expression changed from a smile to something gloomy, and she grabbed into the void behind her, a dagger appearing in her hand.
This dagger was not an ordinary dagger, but a one-time use paralyzing dagger of the heavenly radiance ship device; once inserted into the body of a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl, it would make the Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl unable to use her power and unique abilities for five minutes.
While Illustrious was not paying attention, Vicious instantly approached Illustrious, gripped the dagger, and stabbed it fiercely into Illustrious's back.
"Pfft!"
Illustrious, having been kidney-shot by Vicious, spat out a mouthful of blood; the light of the ship-slaying great sword vanished, and when the ship-slaying great sword, now lacking the power of a Legendary Ship Girl, struck Eugen, it was deflected by the Ship Qi Shield that Eugen's body had automatically redeployed for self-defense.
The repelling force was too strong; Illustrious, lacking the power of a Legendary Ship Girl, could not hold on. In the end, the ship-slaying great sword flew from Illustrious's grasp, flipped a few times in mid-air, and embedded itself into the ground.
"The Saints of our Deep Sea Cult are not yours to kill!" Vicious, with an expressionless face, pulled the dagger that had been inserted into Illustrious's body out.
Illustrious, whose stomach was already aching intensely from the stabbing, felt even more pain as Vicious forcefully pulled the dagger out. Illustrious knelt on the ground, powerless. She slowly turned her head, looking at Vicious who had wounded her with the dagger, and asked in confusion: "Vi... Vicious! Why would you do this!"
It wasn't just Illustrious who had this question; Fiona and Hiddell, who were present, were also completely bewildered. How did it end up with allies attacking each other?
"Why! I forgot to introduce myself; I am the Third Saint among the seven Great Saints of the Deep Sea Cult!" Vicious licked the blood off her dagger with a sickly expression.
Fiona looked surprised, thinking to herself: "What Third Saint? Why would Vicious, a member of the Atlantic Military Police, be a Saint of the Deep Sea Cult? Could it be that she is undercover in the Atlantic for some purpose?"
But regardless of the purpose, it had nothing to do with Illustrious; the current situation was very unfavorable for her.
Based on the estimation that the Sixth Saint, Eugen, was a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl, Illustrious reached a conclusion: every Saint of the Deep Sea Cult was definitely among the world's peak powerhouses. The minimum standard to become a Saint must be a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl. Tsk! Victory was almost within reach, and yet such a terrible situation occurred; how unlucky!
Fiona went silent; she wanted to lower her presence. If the Third Saint noticed her, she would be done for. The people of the Deep Sea Cult had always wanted her dead! If she were jumping around in front of them, she would definitely be killed.
Fiona bent down and sneakily moved away from the area. Vicious had been focusing on Illustrious, so she did not notice Fiona's small movements.
Fiona did not feel ashamed about fleeing without a fight. As the saying goes, "As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood." As long as she escaped successfully, she would have a chance to make a comeback in the future.
If Fiona kept this up, she could indeed escape successfully.
But there were not only Vicious and Illustrious here; not far away was her arch-nemesis, Hiddell, who was also Fiona's younger brother.
Upon hearing that Vicious was the Third Saint of the Deep Sea Cult, Hiddell was no longer panicked. He was on the same boat as the Deep Sea Cult, so the Third Saint would not harm him.
Feeling very secure, when he saw Fiona trying to flee, Hiddell naturally would not allow it. If Fiona were allowed to escape successfully, then he would continue to face life-threatening crises like this next time.
For the sake of his own safety, Hiddell wanted to use Vicious's hand to kill Fiona here. "Lord Saint! It's bad, that bitch Fiona wants to escape; you cannot let her go."
Vicious immediately noticed Fiona. A feeling of being locked onto by a powerhouse surrounded Fiona. Vicious stared deeply at Fiona, as if she would strike and eliminate her the moment Fiona dared to move again.
Being targeted by Vicious, Fiona didn't dare to move—she really didn't dare to move. For the sake of her life, Fiona stopped running and turned her head to curse at Hiddell. "Hiddell, you bastard! May you die a horrible death."
Hiddell smirked: "Hahaha! Fiona, it's not that easy for you to escape. Just stay here obediently and wait for Lord Saint to deal with you!"
"Th... Third Saint!" Looking at Vicious's red eyes and that sickly expression, Illustrious felt that the current Vicious was different from her usual self.
Illustrious guessed a possibility: that Vicious had been possessed by the Third Saint. "What did you do to Vicious? You actually possessed her body; you are truly bold. I don't care what kind of ghost Saint you are; if anything happens to Vicious, I will not let you off."
Answering Illustrious was a powerful Legendary aura emitted by Vicious, which sent Illustrious flying backward.
Lying on the ground, Illustrious couldn't help but gasp. Vicious flashed and appeared in front of Illustrious. Looking at Illustrious's soft stomach, Vicious stomped down hard with her high heel!
"Ah!"
The tip of the high heel was very sharp; being stomped on like that by Vicious almost cost Illustrious her life.
Between being stabbed by Vicious's dagger, blown away by the aura, and stomped on by the high heel, this series of torments almost made Illustrious faint. Fortunately, she bit her tongue, which kept her from passing out.
Vicious, who was pressing down hard on Illustrious with her high heel, looked down at her with eyes like she was looking at a bug, saying: "You seem to have not grasped the situation. Right now, you are a fish on the chopping block, waiting for me to slaughter you. So, fix your attitude, or else I will kill you right now."
With a fading aura, Illustrious weakly grabbed Vicious's ankle, staring tightly at the Third Saint: "You still haven't answered me; how is Vicious doing now?"
"What do you mean how is Vicious doing? I am Vicious!" Vicious said indifferently.
Even though she was in a disadvantageous position, Illustrious was not afraid of the Third Saint at all. "No! You are not Vicious. Vicious is usually very gentle and kind; she would never be as fierce and cruel as you. To actually lay a hand on that cute and gentle Vicious—as expected, there isn't a single good person in the Deep Sea Cult, especially you Saints, whose hearts are the darkest and most poisonous!"
"Darkest and most poisonous! That is simply the greatest compliment to me. Any more? Don't stop! Continue..." Instead of being angry, Vicious looked joyful.
"..." Illustrious felt like she had punched a ball of cotton, soft and powerless. Could this Third Saint be a masochist?
Vicious looked at Illustrious and smiled: "Rest assured! Vicious is fine. I don't mind telling you! Vicious and I are sisters. When we were born into this world, we shared the same body. Simply put, it is a dual-soul-in-one-body situation. The blue-eyed Vicious you usually see is my younger sister, and now the red-eyed Vicious—me, the older sister—has taken the stage."
Illustrious couldn't help but be surprised. "Dual-soul-in-one-body; I didn't expect there to be a Ship Girl with this kind of constitution in this world."
Vicious blinked and said: "Although we sisters are one, my soul is stronger than my sister's. As long as I appear, the strength that was originally only that of a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl will become that of a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl."
"I can appear at will, while my sister cannot. My sister doesn't even know that she has an older sister like me yet. But it's better if she doesn't know; if she knew that there was an older sister who could seize her body at will, she would definitely hate me."
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