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 command thundered 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, creating a violent eruption of energy sparks.

Song Chi’s fingers blurred across the control interface, causing the engines of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to let out a deafening, intense roar.

"It can be done! The corrosiveness of this toxic mist is severe, but penetrating the energy shield and armor of the Mirror Image Warship will take time. Given our velocity, we can endure until we break out of this domain!"

"Understood. I'll take the lead; Greedy Wolf, follow my path!"

The Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon under Ying Yi’s command pivoted sharply. Millions of secondary cannons discharged at once, incinerating the void and carving out pockets of pure vacuum.

As the supreme lords of the Four Great Empires of Torch, these figures were not prone to indecision. Faced with such a dire situation, they immediately embraced this clearly superior strategy.

Ultimately, they were merely piloting warship avatars; even if the Shenxia Jiuli Ship at the rear fell into a crisis, it would not result in an actual death.

Nevertheless, the price of failure remained steep.

Few could boast the luxury of Song Chi’s Mirror Image Splitting, which required a mere month of painless cooldown after being sunk.

Not everyone possessed a flagship outfitted with Time Chess Board components of a colorful extreme position, let alone a component like the Purusa Zen Seal with its "Zen Seal: Inner Speed," granting a massive 90% universal cooldown reduction.

Furthermore, the Mirror Image Splitting held a natural edge over other high-rank warship avatar components. Though it began as golden quality, it had been elevated to its current colorful upper quality through the use of Golden Apples and Origin Refinement.

In contrast, the colorful upper and extreme position avatar components held by Jiang Yuan possessed that high quality from the start. The greater the initial quality of a component, the longer its recovery cycle. While the Mirror Image Splitting had a base ten-year cooldown, these other components often demanded centuries or even millennia to reset.

Consequently, even if the Human Emperors possessed high-quality cooldown reduction gear, they frequently faced waits of a hundred years or more before they could manifest their warship avatars again.

Unless there was no other choice, they would never willingly sacrifice their warship avatars.

Guided by the vacuum path cleared by the Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon, the three vessels surged forward. Even with the Three Corpses Superstate Mecha disassembled, the tactical synergy of these three superdimensional mother ships was breathtaking.

Holy runes shimmered across the hull of the Heavenly Light, firing a beam of pure white radiance through the toxic haze to mark the escape route.

"We're out of time!" Ferdinand barked suddenly.

Appearing on the long-range scanners, a Demon Bone Warship shaped like a skeletal spine had entered visual range.

The pulsating flesh on its exterior suddenly ruptured, launching tens of thousands of bone projectiles like a violent storm.

"Boom!"

The energy shield of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship shuddered under the impact, barely managing to withstand the volley.

Jiang Yuan’s voice remained eerily composed:

"Song Chi, take the Sun Deuterium Stone and retreat. Ying Yi, Ferdinand, provide him with cover."

Caught between the Two-headed Poison Flood Dragon Emperor and this new barrage, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship was reaching its limit. It could no longer spare the strength to suppress the Demon Bone Warship.

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

However, Song Chi immediately voiced his disagreement.

"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 little over a month. The loss is negligible even if it is destroyed."

Song Chi kept another motivation to himself. The Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon and the Heavenly Light alone might lack the means to halt the Demon Bone Warship. The Mirror Image Warship of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong was different; with the "Twelve Lives Life and Death Chess," he could stall for a significant duration.

"Very well!"

Knowing that Song Chi’s 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; at this stage, decisions were based purely on maximizing the collective benefit.

Watching the twin engine trails left by the retreating Immortal Qin Ancestor Dragon, Song Chi’s mind worked at high speed. The auxiliary cannon arrays of the Mirror Image Warship swiveled in unison, locking onto the spine-like Demon Bone Warship.

A relentless tide 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." Within this domain, the flow of external time slowed drastically relative to his ship. A single second in reality now felt like ten seconds to Song Chi’s heightened perception.

Only the interior of the Mirror Image Warship remained unaffected by the temporal distortion.

Yet, this alone was insufficient. The Demon Bone Warship was a tenth-rank unit, moving with terrifying speed. Song Chi wasn't certain the "Pusuo Time Realm" could hold it back for long.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Spatial tremors rippled through the void as dozens of seven-colored chess pieces materialized, forming a translucent, prismatic chessboard in the sky.

Under the combined effect of the dual time domains, the Demon Bone Warship’s pursuit slowed visibly. Every twitch of its fleshy hull and every minute detail was now laid bare before his eyes.

"Boom!"