"Whoa! The power erupted by these two Ship Girls is so strong! Even though we've isolated the battlefield from this far away, I still feel palpitations in my heart even with my own Ship Girl's shield active!"
"Isn't it? To be able to fight against the Five-Star Epic Ship Girl Königsberg—if I'm not mistaken, that silver-haired Ship Girl is definitely the Five-Star Epic Ship Girl Dido, under the command of one of the three Admirals of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Shenli Lingyue."
"You're not mistaken, it's her. I saw her Admiral at a banquet last time. Back then, Admiral Shenli Lingyue was taking Dido around to flex, saying her Ship Girl accidentally broke through to Five-Star Epic Ship Girl, making the resources of her Naval Base very tight. It was basically a seal riding on one's face!"
After the Admirals shared their opinions, they all enthusiastically turned their gaze toward the battle between the two Five-Star Epic Ship Girls in the sky. Usually, these Epic Ship Girls were hard to see, let alone a scene where they were fighting each other.
A battle of this level wasn't something one could just encounter anytime! Now that there was a chance, they naturally had to watch closely! Then they could brag to others about having seen a battle between Epic Ship Girls.
Illustrious looked at the two Five-Star Epic Ship Girls in the sky, feeling a massive headache. She hadn't expected a small blue-grade Azure Island to actually attract three Five-Star Epic Ship Girls. But even so, it was no big deal.
One had to know that after entering the gates of a blue-grade Azure Island ruin, the order and rules inside would suppress the strength of a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl to that of a Three-Star Epic Ship Girl. In other words, they could only exert the power of a Three-Star Epic Ship Girl, which was a good thing for Illustrious.
"Boom!" Königsberg was struck and knocked directly into the sea, but before long, over a dozen sword qi beams shot out from the surface, attacking Dido like lightning.
Watching the sword qi, Dido flashed nimbly to dodge them continuously, finally stopping at a certain spot.
Königsberg, who had originally fallen into the sea, suddenly appeared behind Dido and delivered a slash. If this slash landed, Dido would be crippled if not killed.
Just as Dido was about to breathe a sigh of relief, her Precognition Ship Qi sensed danger from behind, and she immediately used her greatsword to block in front of her.
With a clang, the two blades collided, producing a loud noise and erupting in sparks of power.
Seeing the opponent block her attack, Königsberg secretly thought it was a pity. But even so, the winner would still be her. Without pausing, after the blades collided, Königsberg quickly used the reaction force from the impact to retreat a distance before shooting toward Dido again.
Dido didn't retreat in the slightest. Gripping her greatsword tightly, she also shot toward Königsberg like lightning.
"Clang, clang, clang..." The two Ship Girls displayed their swordsmanship in close combat, constantly swinging their blades at each other. Terrifying energy shockwaves surged around them, and the immense pressure made those isolated from the battlefield feel difficulty breathing.
In the continuous exchange, Königsberg was the first to falter. There was no helping it; Dido's strength and speed were both slightly superior to hers.
She was just all brawn and no brains, relying on brute force. Why should she fight her head-on? If she kept slashing like this, she would only be humiliating herself. After one last clash, Königsberg immediately disengaged, retreating a great distance from Dido.
Hovering in mid-air, Königsberg's aura surged. purple Ship Qi enveloped her entire body like flames. Gripping her longsword tightly in her right hand, she gave a sharp shout.
"Falling Sword Rain!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... A sky full of sword qi swung out from Königsberg's longsword, attacking Dido like lightning. Such a dense attack left Dido with no way to dodge.
Since she couldn't dodge, she would take it head-on. With a boom, Dido erupted with a powerful aura. purple Ship Qi enveloped her body like flames. Gripping the greatsword with both hands, the blade burst with a piercing black light. The black light grew deeper and deeper until it finally looked like a black hole.
"Black Radiance Bloom!"
With a slightly solemn expression, Dido gave a cold shout, and a black energy crescent blade, a full three zhang wide, shot out from the greatsword.
The black energy crescent blade sliced through the sky with incredibly powerful momentum, charging toward the sky full of sword qi as if it didn't even care about them.
Boom, boom, boom... The black energy crescent blade destroyed the sword qi one by one. Gradually, more than half of the black energy crescent blade was consumed, but even so, it still charged toward Königsberg.
Looking at the half-consumed black energy crescent blade, Königsberg ignored it. After flashing to the left to dodge it, she charged at Dido, who was a bit out of breath from unleashing her ultimate move, intending to take her life while she was weakened.
Seeing Königsberg charging toward her, Dido didn't panic. Just as Königsberg approached her, the corners of her mouth suddenly curled up slightly.
Seeing Dido's expression, Königsberg immediately knew she might have been tricked by her weakness! Without any hesitation, she intended to leave her side immediately.
"Want to escape? Too late!" Dido laughed as if she had seen through Königsberg's thoughts.
Boom! Black gas erupted from Dido's entire body, spreading in all directions and completely swallowing Königsberg in the blink of an eye!
This black gas was Dido's special-type ability — Death. If the Death Qi was directed at someone its master deemed an enemy, it would cause damage to eliminate them. Once in contact with this Death Qi, one would be corroded and die; its offensive power was quite formidable. If not deemed an enemy, the Death Qi would have no lethality and would be like white mist, only feeling a bit cool.
"Holy crap! What is that black gas? It looks dangerous! Should we run further away?"
"Run for what? This is Dido's special-type ability — Death. As long as the master of this ability doesn't deem us enemies, the Death Qi it produces won't do a damn thing."
"It's true! This Death Qi looks terrifying, but it actually doesn't cause any harm at all. I feel a cool sensation all over. With this Death Qi, we don't even need to turn on the air conditioner when it's hot!"
The Death Qi covered the Admirals and Ship Girls on the field. They all found this Death Qi very miraculous; it could kill enemies and cool things down—it was simply too useful.
Königsberg was having a very hard time right now. This Death Qi was too overbearing; it was constantly corroding her Ship Qi Shield. She had to use all her strength just to barely maintain the Ship Qi Shield, so in this state, she could be said to have no combat power left.
She had to carefully prevent the Ship Qi Shield from being corroded away, otherwise her body would be exposed to this Death Qi. She saw that this Death Qi could easily corrode her Ship Qi Shield with a sizzling sound.
It wasn't hard to imagine that if flesh were exposed to it, Death would be horrific. Damn, this person's ability is truly terrifying.
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