Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1746 - 852: Retreating Unscathed

"Move! Don't leap yet; attempt to escape the poisonous fog domain first!"

Jiang Yuan’s roar erupted through the comms as the Jiuli Collision Horn of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship slammed into the fangs of the Two-headed Poison Flood Dragon Emperor, triggering a violent eruption of energy sparks.

Song Chi’s fingers danced across his control console, causing the engines of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to howl with deafening power.

"It can be done! The corrosiveness of this toxic mist is intense, yet it requires time to breach the energy shields and armor of the Mirror Image Warship. Given our velocity, we can endure long enough to break out of this domain!"

"Understood. I shall take the lead; Greedy Wolf, follow me closely!"

The Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon under Ying Yi’s command pivoted sharply. Millions of secondary cannons discharged in unison, vaporizing the void and carving out patches of pure vacuum.

As the sovereigns of the Four Great Empires of Torch, these men were not prone to indecision. Faced with such a dire turning point, they immediately embraced this clearly superior strategy.

Since they were merely piloting warship avatars, even if the Shenxia Jiuli Ship covering the rear fell into a crisis, it would not result in a true life-and-death catastrophe for their main bodies.

Nevertheless, the price of failure remained steep.

Few could boast the luxury of Song Chi’s Mirror Image Splitting, which only required a painless cooldown of roughly one month after being destroyed.

Not everyone possessed a flagship outfitted with Time Chess Board components of the colorful extreme rank, nor did they have the "Zen Seal: Inner Speed" from the Purusa Zen Seal, which provided a staggering 90% universal cooldown reduction.

Furthermore, the Mirror Image Splitting held an inherent edge over other high-tier warship avatar components. Originally of golden quality, it had been evolved to its current colorful upper quality through the use of Golden Apples and Origin Refinement.

In contrast, the colorful upper and extreme rank avatar components held by Jiang Yuan were of that quality from the start. Typically, the higher the initial grade of a component, the longer its recovery period. While the Mirror Image Splitting had a base cooldown of ten years, these other components often demanded centuries or even millennia to reset.

Consequently, even if the Human Emperors possessed lower-quality cooldown reduction modules, they usually had to wait a century or more before they could manifest their warship avatars again.

Unless absolutely forced, they would never discard their warship avatars lightly.

The three vessels surged forward, tracing the vacuum path cleared by the Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon. Even though the Three Corpses Superstate Mecha had been uncoupled, the tactical coordination between the three superdimensional mother ships remained breathtaking.

Sacred runes shimmered across the hull of the Heavenly Light. A beam of pure white light pierced through the toxic haze, acting as a guiding beacon for the group.

"We're out of time!" Ferdinand’s shout came abruptly.

A Demon Bone Warship, shaped like a gargantuan spinal column, had appeared on the radar and was now within visual range.

The pulsating flesh on its surface suddenly burst, launching tens of thousands of bone projectiles that rained down like a monsoon.

"Boom!"

The shields of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship shuddered under the impact, barely holding firm against the onslaught.

Jiang Yuan’s voice remained eerily composed: "Song Chi, take the Sun Deuterium Stone and escape. Ying Yi, Ferdinand, provide him with cover."

Engaged with the Two-headed Poison Flood Dragon Emperor while simultaneously absorbing this new barrage, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship was pushed to its limit. It could no longer spare the strength to suppress the Demon Bone Warship.

Rather than letting everyone be snared by this mythical Demon Bone Warship, it was better to ensure the survival of at least one vessel.

However, Song Chi countered the order immediately.

"No. You two and Emperor Ying should go. I will stay behind."

The others began to protest, but Song Chi cut them off.

"The cooldown for my Mirror Image Warship is only a month. The loss is negligible even if it is sunk."

Song Chi withheld another vital reason: the Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon and the Heavenly Light might lack the means to truly halt the Demon Bone Warship. His Mirror Image Warship was different; with the "Twelve Lives Life and Death Chess," he could stall for a significant duration.

"Very well!"

Learning that his avatar component reset in just over a month, Emperor Ying and the others ceased their arguments. The Sun Deuterium Stone Raw Ore had already been secured within the Heavenly Destruction Market; their decisions were now purely based on maximizing strategic gain.

As Song Chi watched the twin engine trails of the departing Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon, his mind raced. The auxiliary cannon batteries of the Mirror Image Warship swiveled, locking onto the skeletal spine of the Demon Bone Warship.

A relentless barrage of fire erupted, manifesting as thousands of flaming serpents that lunged toward the closing enemy vessel.

Simultaneously, he triggered the Purusa Zen Seal, expanding the "Pusuo Time Realm." This time domain caused external time to slow drastically relative to the Mirror Image Warship's frame. In Song Chi’s heightened perception, a single second now felt like ten.

Only the interior of his ship remained unaffected by the temporal distortion.

Yet, this was insufficient. The Demon Bone Warship was a tenth-rank unit, moving with terrifying speed. Song Chi wasn't certain if the "Pusuo Time Realm" alone could check its advance.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The void above began to ripple as dozens of seven-colored chess pieces materialized, weaving together to form an ethereal, prismatic chessboard in the sky.

Under the weight of dual time domains, the Demon Bone Warship’s pursuit visibly faltered. Every tremor of its fleshy hull and every minute detail of its movement became crystal clear in Song Chi's sight.

"Boom!"