Song Chen had no time to get tangled up with it. As he retreated, he asked Yue Kui over his communicator, "How much longer do you need?"
Yue Kui replied quickly, "At least fifteen minutes. Our people are pinned outside the energy compartment. There are too many elite Blood-Eclipse defenders!"
Watching the Star Crown level being advance toward him, Song Chen said, "Hurry. I might not be able to hold out much longer."
Then he turned and charged toward the area most densely packed with Blood-Eclipse Organisms.
He would not fight this Star Crown level opponent head-on. He could not win anyway, but he could fight while stalling for time and clear out more elites along the way.
His opponent seemed in no hurry to kill him. Instead, it followed him like a cat toying with a mouse, occasionally striking with its palm and sending him flying, blade and all, before leisurely catching up again.
Song Chen used the gaps between its pursuit and attacks to unleash Starcore Thunder Prison and Star-Splitting Slash in a frenzy, slaughtering every Blood-Eclipse Organism he encountered along the way.
Notification chimes flooded his mind like an endless patter of raindrops.
As their battle continued, the damage to the Purple Moon grew increasingly severe.
The ship's AI alarms sounded from every direction, a mechanical female voice repeating its warnings in every corner of the massive vessel.
"Warning. Energy compartment breached."
"Warning. Section B deck depressurized."
"Warning. Propulsion system damage exceeds sixty-seven percent. Descent speed continues to increase. Estimated time to impact: two hours and seven minutes."
"Warning. Hull structural integrity index below forty-one percent."
"Warning. Star Crown level psionic fluctuations detected. All personnel must take emergency shelter."
Amid the alarms, Song Chen passed through corridor after corridor, fighting his way from the stern to