322 Battleship Breaker

—I want to live no matter what.

Bang! Li Aoz raised his hand to block her claw attack, then smoothly chopped her arm with a chop, before kicking Nefes away. As Nefis landed, he dragged his sword to her side, then gently angled the blade and placed it against her abdomen.

"--Um?"

Nefes was taken aback.

Sizzle!

Without any hesitation, Li Aoz dragged the sharp blade and slashed open the gap in the armor on her lower abdomen. What flowed out was not intestines, but artificial organs that were half-organized and half-mechanical.

"Hiss!"

Nefes felt no pain, yet instinctively clenched her teeth, her whole body trembling. She covered the wound, pushed the organ back in, and temporarily blocked it with rapidly growing scales.

Swoosh! Just as she raised her head, Li Aoz's sword was already at her neck.

"Don't die! Get up and keep fighting!"

"...Um."

Nefes instantly ducked, delivered a shoulder ram into Li Aoz's arms, and spun around to Li Aoz's abdominal armor.

Power Explosion!

With a steady elbow strike to the chest, the force instantly flowed and erupted towards Li Aoz.

Bang! Li Aoz remained unmoved, but also stopped in his tracks. Silver runes appeared in his left eye as he tracked Nefes's footsteps, while a purplish-red lucky star spun in his right eye.

[Calamity] Descends.

Not long after Nefes dodged his attack range, her feet suddenly trembled, but she immediately adjusted her balance and sprang up, lunging at him.

Bloodline

Li Aoz calmly thrust out a palm strike, which Nefes met head-on. Nefis then extended both claws towards Li Aoz! — Even if you have nothing left, at least you still have life.

*Snap! Li Aoz stepped into the spatial rift, appearing behind Nefes, and raised his hand.

Gravity flips!

Within the Aoneng range, everything detached from its original position and fell towards the sky, while the continent beneath their feet was instantly flung towards Nefes.

—Only today, for the first time, did I feel fear.

Nefes touched the ground with her toes, her fingertips digging into the earth to prevent her body from falling into the air. With her core strength engaged and relying on the grip of her toes, she charged towards Li Aoz again, raising her fist to strike Li Aoz's thigh.

Whoosh—! Blazing wings obscured Nefes's vision, and her body was immediately covered in a layer of sulfur. Sodom circled around and slashed down with his blade from behind her.

As Nefes was engulfed in flames, and just as she turned to pounce on the angel, the Shadow Demon Gomorrah suddenly sprang out from the shadows beneath her feet and forcibly attached itself to her.

Extraordinary and forbidden!

With its power instantly severed, Nefes lost its protective force and could no longer resist gravity, plummeting rapidly into space.

The fear of death stems from the fact that we possess life.

She thrashed and thrashed about, trying to expel the demon from her body, but as the air grew thinner, the vacuum of space pulled her closer to the universe.

Thump! Her back slammed heavily against the bow of a spaceship, stopping her fall and giving her a chance to get up. But just as she placed her hands on the white deck, a series of gritted-teeth roars came from the solid object. "Leo!!"

Is this Nalia?

Before Nefes could react, Nalia slammed her foot on the accelerator, gripped the lever tightly, and pushed forward. "Hey, you piece of junk, go and get him back—get Lioz —back!!!"

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Li Aoz slowly raised his head and looked at the large spaceship that broke through the sky and charged downwards against the gravity that was flipping him up—its white and purple paint and its flamboyant cannons all showed that it was a warship.

These are the group's combat ships.

Under the curse of [Calamity], it seems that Nalia has torn off all pretense of civility.

"Wow, wow, wow! Saisiergen-class Intelligent Destroyer —you've got some good stuff, haven't you?"

Priest Ailiya gripped the safety handles tightly, pressed firmly into her seat by the G-force, but that didn't stop her from marveling at the expensive warship. "If you have a trump card, you should use it from the start. Holding back will only lead to greater losses—"

"Shut up!"

"Kill him, then resurrect him!"

Nalia's face contorted in pain as she screamed and laughed maniacally. The turret spun rapidly, unleashing a barrage of fire at the ground where Li Aoz stood.

[Frost Ray Activation: Sealing Mode] Whoosh—

A blinding blue ray struck instantly, dissipating the heat from the space around Li Aoz and forming condensed frost. His movements immediately became stiff and slow.

[Neutron Scattering coverage - power 70%] Bursts of emerald green high-energy rays fell without gaps. Li Aoz crossed his arms, using gravity to deflect the rays one after another, letting the earth and mountains around him evaporate, while Li Aoz remained motionless.

[700mm Void Energy Ship Cannon Loading in Progress - Ammunition Load Complete] "Go and kill, Lioz!"

Nalia grinned maliciously, her face contorted, and pulled the trigger.

Buzzing sound—boom!

A burst of dark purple light erupted instantly, engulfing Li Aoz on the ground along with his Aoneng range.

Under the continuous irradiation of the Void Energy laser, the earth was purified, and everything it touched was annihilated. The entire Tomb Stars was pierced through in an instant.

This is very fast, just like turning a flashlight on and off.

Snap

As Nalia's finger left the trigger, the entire Tomb Stars was blasted open, creating a hole 120 kilometers in diameter.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble...

With gravity returning to normal, the Sethelgen-class warship instantly resumed its normal cruising speed and plunged straight down the crater it had been pierced.

"Hey! Merchandise! Go and kill him!"

She couldn't take it anymore. She called out twice, but received no response.

"Tch! Disobedient, inferior product."

Nalia cursed, then immediately shot Zuo Manru and began to turn around.

"We must go back and check on Li Aoz's condition..."

The influx of air put the triangular-shaped ship at a disadvantage when turning around, taking a full two seconds to turn halfway.

Just as the bow of the ship was about to turn 180 degrees, Nalia suddenly felt a flash of light in front of her.

"Huh? What's that?"

She instinctively peeked out.

"Nalia, I feel like something's not right—"

Smash!

The glass in front of the bridge shattered instantly. Before Nalia could react, a deep red, maggot-infested demonic sword pierced through the Priest Ailiya beside her. Before the latter could even let out a wail, countless plump, monstrous maggots immediately gushed from the wound.

Whoosh! The ship's intelligent air defense system finally reacted, extending out to fire and pursue the deep blue flash that was swaying in the air.

"Damn it!

Nalia shuddered, her adrenaline surged, and she gripped the lever tightly:

"Turn around, turn around, turn around!"

However, even with the torque maximized, a destroyer cannot increase its speed within the atmosphere, especially deep within a planet with high atmospheric pressure.

Bang! A violent impact struck her head, Nalia slammed her head against the dashboard. The head injury was secondary; her first reaction was to freeze in place, muttering:

"—This ship is finished!"