20demayo Chapter 722 - 351: Ascension (Part 2)
Chapter 722 - 351: Ascension (Part 2)
It wasn’t shaped like a ship, but rather appeared in the form of a standing Steel Giant, with the head as the bizarre mask of the Annihilation Star Soul, composed of three colors—white, purple, and black—its patterns disordered, looking from a distance like some kind of abandoned ancient giant.The first two colors came from Jenoside, while the black was the main color of the Imperial Battleship.
However, at the center of the chest of this gigantic monster, composed of Star Soul and ship, was the incomplete hull of the Holy Sanctuary, the only inconsistent part of the design.
Inside it, the never-extinguishing Ancient Energy Core was wrapped in Annihilator Flesh, and together with other ship engines, it became the energy core of the monster’s body.
"The Fellowship of Fortunate Stars is far away, can there even be a Celestial Group near the Flos Sky Realm, even if they rush here, who knows when they will arrive..."
Xiaomo frustratingly pressed his temples.
Even though various situations were encountered, still, events unfolding in such a dire manner dealt a significant blow to morale.
The appearance of the Destruction Battleship triggered an intense reaction from everyone in the City of the Ship’s Rudder. From above, the once joyous crowd turned into panicked animals, seemingly even having forgotten how to flee, only mindlessly huddling together, with the few who could maintain reason being swept along in the chaotic wave, unable to do anything.
The City of the Ship’s Rudder vibrated violently, forcibly halting the chaotic jostling and trampling as the Destruction Battleship ascended.
With immeasurable weight, pure flight was almost impossible; it relied entirely on a Magic Field surrounding it to provide unimaginable power, lifting its massive body slowly, as if repelling from the distant Bloody Red Land.
Hovering above the City of the Ship’s Rudder, only then did everyone clearly see its appearance, the initial panic freezing into a choking terror.
[Annihilation Star Soul Mode Conversion・Destruction Battleship]
[Within the Creation Formula inside the body of Jenoside, the Creator wrote multiple contingency plans, envisioned as their ultimate weapon. Apart from having power targeting the Star Soul as a special attack, it also possesses expandability to fulfill other needs. The Destruction Battleship is one among them. Depending on the absorbed ship hulls, the power of this form can at best rival Divine Spirits, and this one can even compete with a Transcendent Demon Beast.]
[Species: Star Soul·Mechanical]
[Combat Wisdom: 10 [Elemental Chaos Law]]
[Servant: Annihilator Flesh Corrosion Mode Autonomous Cannons, Tier 1—9]
[Energy Source: Anti-Creation Formula, Level 9. Ship Engine, Tier 1—9]
[Physical Strength: Ship Steel Body, Tier 1—9. Annihilator’s Body, Level 9]
[Special Attack: Elemental Aggregation Annihilation Cannon, Elemental Chaos Cannon, Destruction Domain]
[Skills: Power of the Annihilator, Matter Dissolution, Spatial Rift, Light of the Star Soul [Star Soul Greenhouse Link], Creator Link [Access Denied], Link to the Creator, Fleet Firepower, Ship Assimilation]
The Destruction Battleship raised an arm, the gust it caused directly sweeping onto the street, eliciting shrieks.
On its arm, composed of ships large and small, the ship cannons turned, the Light of the Star Soul flickered, and the cannon muzzles glowed, firing countless beams.
These Magic Light Beams converged in the air, forming a concentrated bombardment that instantly reduced a wide avenue of the City of the Ship’s Rudder to ash.
Even the metal foundation built by the Blacksmith cracked and shattered under this blast, the shockwave demolishing and flinging nearby houses.
Whether it was people near the street or those watching from afar as the destructive beams shattered buildings, all felt like they had fallen into an ice cellar, plunged into a deathly silence, though many still ran toward the port.
The Giant Metal arm lowered, replaced by the other arm aiming at the edge of the City of the Ship’s Rudder, sweeping a beam across, smashing many ships attempting to flee this Sky Island to pieces, and those ships yet to take off immediately stopped, abandoning the escape thought temporarily.
After displaying its power, amplified announcements echoed from the Destruction Battleship.
"Notice to the residents and visitors of the City of the Ship’s Rudder, you are now under the control of the Holy Speriel Empire and have become captives of the Empire, your lives have become the Empire’s property. To fulfill your value, please cease the commotion and accept the Empire’s arrangements. This command will only be repeated once."
This seemed unlike something said by the Eye of God; the tone more resembled the Imperial researchers seen before, perhaps they had entered the ship forming its body before the Destruction Battleship was near completion.
Being called a "battleship," it seems reasonable that certain parts of the ship-constructed body can accommodate people.
During the Destruction Battleship’s cannon fire, Li Ang had already descended to a nearby shipyard.
There he saw the figures of the Order Knights, who were coordinating with those from the Shadow Shipyard to evacuate workers.
Andasu came running over, emerging from the cockpit of the descending Howling Wolf, came to Li Ang’s side. Originally using the yacht race to mask the conspiracy, and the scheduled time Ivynis spoke of, turned out entirely mismatched with unforeseen factors.
Melegon rushed over immediately, stating that at the moment of vibrations he and Loken took preemptive action, signalling the warriors hidden within the shipyard and coordinating with Bostein and other shipyard executives to rescue the workers.
The Destruction Battleship had already taken shape, flying toward the direction of the main city. The Empire was unaware of the matters concerning the Mechanical Creation Furnace and the Machine Core Tunnel, not noticing that the seven coerced shipyards had already been liberated.