The Dragon Snake starship had taken two successive heavy blows from the high-tier deity Void Thunder Sovereign. Its arrays, restrictions, and even its hull had all sustained considerable damage.
On top of that, Peng Yue had disregarded the cost and driven the Elemental Sea's source power to erode and damage the ship.
The Dragon Snake was now practically half-destroyed. Since Liang Ji and the others had acquired it, it had never suffered such grievous damage.
For some time to come, the Dragon Snake would have to be sent away for repairs and maintenance. Liang Ji and the others would no longer be able to ride it into battle.
In a battlefield environment like the Little Void Sea, without the Dragon Snake to protect them, Liang Ji and the others would face hundreds of times greater danger.
What was more, they had now drawn the attention of a high-tier deity, Void Thunder Sovereign. Continuing to fight in the Little Void Sea would be more than a thousand times as dangerous.
Liang Ji was already considering withdrawing from the Little Void Sea battlefield.
However, he was still two sixth-tier divine crystals short of completing Kunlun Star Palace's graduation assessment. He also lacked the divine crystals needed to advance the Deification List after he became a Sixth-Tier Star Lord.
Naturally, he couldn't simply abandon the assessment and the materials needed to advance the Deification List and retreat.
So when he saw the fifth- and sixth-tier deities charging at them, Liang Ji made up his mind.
He would seize this final opportunity to pluck the tiger's teeth and claim the last two sixth-tier divine crystals he needed. Then he would leave the Little Void battlefield for good and return to the Heavenly Demon Star Domain, avoiding the attention and pursuit of high-tier deities.
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