"Speed is damage..."
Li Mu muttered to himself.
Under his perfect control, the Five Virtues Phoenix's speed began to rise continuously.
Spark particles from the Chaos Engine sprayed out without end. The wings fused with Wings of Freedom kept accelerating, time acceleration enveloped the entire ship, and spatial power tore through all resistance along its path. Finally, Chaos Overclock's trait was activated, increasing its base speed a hundredfold.
Combined with the warship skill Phoenix Soars Through Nine Heavens for agile turns, countless Five Virtues Phoenixes appeared across the surrounding tens of thousands of light-years.
They were all afterimages—countless densely packed afterimages that nearly overlapped completely.
Under such circumstances, the Benevolent Thought's enemy ship could not lock onto the Five Virtues Phoenix at all.
Once its speed had been pushed to the absolute limit, Li Mu began activating every means the Five Virtues Phoenix possessed to boost damage.
There was the tenfold-damage strike after Phoenix Soars Through Nine Heavens, the fleet enhancement from Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix hidden within the folded void surrounding the Five Virtues Phoenix, Size as Desired shrinking the ship to increase its speed, Void Demon Eye—the original trait of the Deep Space Demon Eye—boosting damage, and the Spark Limiter's four modes of charging, splitting, overload, and energy gathering all activated at once.
Once the ship's damage amplification was complete, its various talents began enhancing its damage in turn.
Endless innate metal baleful energy ignited across the hull, while the Red Lotus Karmic Flame and Nirvana Divine Flame merged with the innate metal baleful energy.
The power of the White Tiger Fierce Armament merged directly into the Five Virtues Phoenix's beak, while all kinds of primeval sacred relics fused into the hull to improve its damage and defense.
Even Tong Xue went all out, using