Chapter 721: Chapter 351: Ascension
Even though a slow spell had been used on Rams previously, the duration would be greatly reduced this time, but it was enough.
Rams was bound by the spiritual grasp, thrown backward, landing in the ashes burned by the shelling of the destructive battleship.
Dust and charred remains covered his face, as he glared at Li Ang with eyes wide open, letting out a hysterical roar.
"You can’t win!"
Inside the teleportation gate, a pinpoint of light began to rise slowly.
It was a beacon without any offensive power, merely a magic item transmitting signals, evidently tossed out when he had just leaned in.
Behind one of the teleportation gates stretched out from the body of the Jenoside, a large flying airship slowly sailed into the dimensional rift against the starry backdrop.
It was painted in silver, with engravings of flames and silver flowers on its hull, some of which were carved from the shipbuilding treasure wood Li Ang, Xiaomo, Farina, Viel, Kitan, and many old comrades personally mined when they turned it into their new ship.
Now, the external armor, hovercraft, and engine had been replaced many times, and many carvings had been permanently replaced due to damage, erasing traces of old members, but it still carried deep memories.
The Holy Sanctuary, the main ship of the Soul Apex Corps.
This was a good ship, having endured countless battles, sailed through the filthy rivers of the Sub-human Kingdom, traversed the sacred cloud mist surrounding ancient ruins, crushed through low-tier demon hordes, and rammed against the scale armor of transcendent demon beasts.
Initially, it was just a large ship built by a group of people full of resentment due to team conflicts, cutting down trees with determination, but after experiencing adventures, it gradually acquired legendary status.
Yet it ultimately fell into Rams’ hands, who simply used it as a bargaining chip, giving it to the Empire in exchange for a rescue from the Eye of God, though he did not succeed.
But the Holy Sanctuary continued to move forward, sailing into the writhing flesh of Annihilation Star Soul, where it was immediately enveloped by the star soul’s soft, plaster-like body, the hovercraft crushed, but the hull enhanced with a large amount of high-tier materials and the engine with a powerful energy core were engulfed.
Li Ang and the others froze for a moment, the beast-eared youth swore, and despite being exhausted, he rushed to Rams, kicking him in the face. Though this elicited pain from the leader of the Soul Apex Corps, it could not erase his sinister smile.
"You didn’t want to see this moment, right? This is my last resort, no choice but to use a celestial group’s flagship as the price to send you to hell! Ooh—"
Li Ang’s demon arm firmly gripped Rams’ throat. He struggled, batting at the demon’s hand, but soon lost consciousness under the inhuman monstrous strength.
"Go!"
A flagship of a celestial group was incomparable to ordinary Imperial battleships, and as it merged, the destructive battleship was fully formed.
The surface appeared plaster-like, but the edges surged with a purplish-black flesh congealing into tendons, dragging the ship-formed limbs to slowly stand, the space gate trembled violently, internal balance disrupted by the formation of this colossal entity, with the pressure of the magic power dimension pouring into the material dimension, making it seem as though the entire world was quaking.
What was about to happen was entirely foreseeable; there was no room for hesitation, and they had to immediately move away from the point where one could see that space gate.
Li Ang summoned wind element gas masses to cage Rams, calling his companions to leave.
Meluna and Meimei had just informed them that those Eyes of God couldn’t step out of the dimensional rifts; they could only move within, and the opening of the space gate was not so free, so long as they weren’t hit by the destructive battleship’s cannon shot, they could escape.
Li Ang continued to shout, and everyone else was already running, except Meimei, who seemed a bit dazed.
"Hurry up!" Li Ang grabbed the girl by her slender arm, pulling her along to retreat.
An engine roared in the sky, and the silver silhouette of the Howling Wolf swept overhead.
Just in time.
Li Ang enveloped the people around him with wind elements, using spiritual grasp to make the first leverage, using the Howling Wolf’s power to lift everyone into the air.
With the initial speed, using Orichalcum’s power to induce wind elements got much faster.
On the Howling Wolf was Andasu who had come to check on Li Ang out of worry, seeing her beloved master begin to retreat while using the ship’s body for leverage, she circled around, providing leverage points for him.
After flying a distance, a massive explosion behind robbed everyone’s hearing, and after the intense heat surge and the dazzling light flooding the sky and earth, a frenzied storm swept around.
Space shattered, a giant hand slowly reached out, clinging onto the highest point of the City of the Ship’s Rudder.
Each finger was a small battleship, and the palm, the arm, were all ship bodies bound with annihilator flesh, drawing the body behind it bit by bit through the widened space gate.
Amidst the endless light bright enough to blind the eyes, a steel giant seemingly composed of soaring spires finally manifested, its size and grandeur enough to leave one speechless.
"This is... the destructive battleship..." Meimei turned her head to gaze at the entrance of the enlarged star soul, muttering to herself.
Meluna’s face was somber, her fists tightly clenched.
The Eye of God had been their adversary in combat, but this special entity transformed from a regular star soul completely exceeded their understanding.
Compared to the entire island of the City of the Ship’s Rudder, the destructive battleship standing at its peak at this moment was like someone had climbed a rockery; it was already an entity of an entirely different level.
