The Shadow Phantom Ship dragged the Scavenger unit, which had been initially controlled by Chaos Nirvana power, leaving an almost invisible trail through the void as it fled madly toward the Sky Patrol Immortal Boat. Behind it, the two Scavenger patrol ships that had broken free of the Heaven and Earth Grid Net's restraints surged forward like enraged wasps, pursuing relentlessly. Pale white beams of Existence Erasure continuously fired from their prows, tearing black scars through the void in their wake.
"They've locked onto us! They're too fast!" The Golden Immortal elder piloting the Shadow Phantom Ship went pale. The vessel shook violently under the dense barrage of beams, and its shield energy plummeted.
Master of Qingwei Temple repeatedly swept his horsetail whisk, laying layer upon layer of pure immortal light into defensive barriers behind the ship. Yet before the beams of Existence Erasure, those barriers often held for only moments before shattering, their effect limited.
Li Wuyang sat cross-legged within the ship's cabin, most of his focus immersed in the initial analysis and suppression of the newly controlled Scavenger unit. Though this cold construct was temporarily dominated by his Divine Soul Imprint, its original internal command set still resisted stubbornly, attempting to reclaim control and send warning signals to its kind.
"We have to disrupt their pursuit and communications!" Li Wuyang split off a thread of divine sense and controlled the captured Scavenger, imitating its signal pattern to send the pursuers a chaotic interference message filled with contradictory commands.
Upon receiving the garbled message, the two pursuing Scavengers visibly hesitated for an instant. The light across their hulls flickered irregularly, as though they were processing a logical conflict. Seizing the chance, the Shadow Phantom Ship instantly widened the distance.
"It worked!" Master of Qingwei Temple's spirits lifted.
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