Expedition Sets Sail, Tricking Meishiki

Beneath the deep, boundless starry sky.

Nine narrow curvature-flight trails flashed past, speeding toward the depths of the distant cosmos.

They belonged to nine enormous [Velvet Turtles], traveling at full speed.

Long ago.

The [Otsutsuki Clan] had thoroughly conquered and enslaved the [Spirit Turtle Lineage].

Among the Spirit Turtle Lineage, three kinds were the rarest and most outstanding.

The [Plow Turtles] excelled at time-based abilities; the [Pelican Turtles] excelled at barrier techniques; the [Velvet Turtles] excelled at spatial abilities.

Powerful [Plow Turtles] could reverse time and return to the past!

The shed shells of powerful [Pelican Turtles] could be forged into [semi-divine artifacts], indestructible!

And powerful [Velvet Turtles] could distort space, achieving faster-than-light curvature travel!

Therefore.

[Giant Velvet Turtles] were also one of the vehicles specially used by the [Otsutsuki Clan] for long-distance travel, much like the war-beast mammoths of the [Maha] Clan...

After all, most spatial abilities consumed an enormous amount of chakra.

And they were setting out on an [expedition] into an unknown starfield.

They could hardly keep a portal open all the way there.

What if they arrived at their destination exhausted and gasping for breath, only to be wiped out by a single enemy ambush?

Besides, abilities like [Yomotsu Hirasaka].

They were fairly convenient to use within known starfields.

But once they left the territory ruled by the [Otsutsuki Clan], it became difficult to teleport accurately to a fixed location.

Thus, for this [expedition].

They traveled through the already-established [worm bridges] for the first half of the journey, reaching the edge of the known starfields.

Then, they boarded [Giant Velvet Turtles] and sailed directly toward the [Fallen God Starfield].

Each of those nine [Giant Velvet Turtles] was as large as a city.

They could carry tens of thousands of people, along with vast quantities of