Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1728: Chapter 843: [Traitor]

The jump engine of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship emitted a humming sound, and ripples appeared in the space around the ship. In the next second, it vanished from its original location.

When it reappeared in stable space, a different scene greeted them through the portholes—chaotic gas flows surged like roaring rivers, endlessly churning in the void.

"The arrival of the Star Demon Clan just now was peculiar, as if they had anticipated our jump trajectory."

Inside the cabin, Ferdinand frowned and said.

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan brought up the previous space fluctuation records.

"Their interception net’s energy nodes are arranged very methodically, not like something set up temporarily."

Ying Yi also furrowed his brows tightly:

"The Chaos Divine Land’s factions are deeply entangled. Even though our route is encrypted, there’s no guarantee that a traitor from the other three sides didn’t leak the information. The Abyss Demon Race just left, and the Star Demon Clan showed up. It’s hard not to overthink."

As they spoke, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship suddenly shook violently, the onboard alarm ripping through the cabin’s calm once more:

[Warning! Super Chaos Storm detected! Intensity index is continuously rising!]

The chaotic gas flows outside the portholes instantly became violent; what had been streamlined currents suddenly twisted into countless sharp vortices, like rotating giant blades, slicing towards the warship’s hull.

More eerily, the surrounding space began to overlap. The distant stars alternately appeared clear and blurred, as if an invisible hand were kneading the entire universe.

"It’s a Time-Space Worm!"

Jiang Yuan’s voice carried a note of gravity.

"These special living beings excel at using their super time-space abilities, relying on the destructive power of intense chaotic gas flows for hunting. Is this a coincidence or is there an alien race trying to prevent us from reaching the Origin Star?"

No sooner had he spoken than a grey tentacle as thick as a barrel suddenly reached out from the void, carrying a corrosive ghost light, and lashed fiercely at the hull of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship.

The surface of that tentacle was covered with barbs, each one surrounded by energy capable of causing space to collapse.

The mythical-level spiritual force gave Jiang Yuan unparalleled reaction speed. Instantly, an Eleventh Rank Divine Soul illusion emerged around the Shenxia Jiuli Ship, combined with the warship’s own Level 120 Seven-Colored Energy Shield’s dual protection, the swift strike of the grey tentacle caused intense ripples but did not inflict the slightest damage on the hull of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship.

No time to rejoice, more tentacles soon emerged from all directions in the chaotic gas flows, densely enveloping the Shenxia Jiuli Ship like a torrential downpour.

In the gaps between the tentacles, eyes flickering with greedy red light could be vaguely seen, belonging to the Time-Space Worms lurking in the depths of the chaos storm.

"We can’t get entangled with them. These creatures’ tentacles can continuously consume energy; the longer we delay, the worse it gets."

Controlling the Shenxia Jiuli Ship to suddenly ascend sharply, Jiang Yuan also activated the ship’s [Breaking Realm Blade].

A golden light blade, ten billion kilometers long, shot out from the ship’s bow, slicing through the group of tentacles ahead as if cutting through butter.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship employed the same trick, the engine roaring violently, and the warship transformed into a stream of light, rushing towards the thinnest part of the chaotic storm.

The severed tentacles twisted several times in the void before they were quickly consumed by the chaos storm. But more tentacles pursued from behind, like maggots clinging to a bone.

[Three minutes remaining to reach the next jump point!]

The prompt from the ship’s AI sounded.

Song Chi, staring at the relentless tentacles outside the porthole, suddenly suggested:

"Quick, let’s fire a salvo with the main ship’s cannon!"

As he said this, all the captains quickly responded and summoned their respective flagships.

Shhh—

One side of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship’s hatch opened with a roar. Under the greater mother ship’s area compression field of the Mythical Immortal Ship, millions of warships gathered in the cabin without feeling cramped. They all assembled at the opened hatch of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship. In the brief moment Jiang Yuan deliberately tilted the Shenxia Jiuli Ship slightly, millions of already charged Torch Warships erupted with a loud blast.

[Order Light]·"Order Light"

[Heavenly Wand]·"Holy Light Judgment"

[Blood Erosion Destruction Cannon]·"Blood Erosion Destruction Beam"

[Star Emperor Spear]·"Star Splitting Sky Strike"

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One after another, terrifying beams of light in dark red, blazing white, azure blue, and pitch black colors shot out from the Shenxia Jiuli Ship’s flank. Wherever the light beams passed, the grey tentacles behind exploded one by one. This not only greatly reduced their pursuit speed but also halved their numbers.

"Effective!" Ying Yi’s eyes lit up.

Jiang Yuan did not hesitate; taking this opportunity, the Shenxia Jiuli Ship increased its flight speed again, showing no intention of engaging in a prolonged struggle with the Time-Space Worms. He firmly controlled the warship to charge straight into the upper sky.

It wasn’t that they truly feared the Time-Space Worms. With the combat power of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship, they might not easily inflict severe damage on the same-rank mythical Time-Space Worms which held an environmental advantage, but they were certainly capable of stalling them long enough to ensure a full retreat.

However, Jiang Yuan’s mind wasn’t on this at all. He only wanted to unite with the other three wizard civilization factions as soon as possible.

The Torch Warship system indeed allowed the newly ascended Tenth Rank [Shenxia Jiuli Ship] to possess combat power not weaker than the old mythical creatures. But considering the current situation, in which countless mythical creatures from all heavens and myriads of worlds gather in the Chaos Divine Land, even an Eleventh Rank mythical being risks falling; addressing those previous doubts became ever more pressing. Under such circumstances, only by quickly joining forces with the other overlord civilizations can sufficient safety be assured in future operations.