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The first step of the plan went perfectly.

Over the following hours, the players followed their earlier plan and swiftly seized control of the Feast and its two escort ships.

They then disarmed all the Fanatics and Soul Eaters and confined them in special compartments that blocked bandwidth and void abyss energy.

Thanks to Jawbone's negotiations, Su Yi was soon delivered to the second warship as a "gift."

Two hundred "empty" suits of company Powered Armor went with him.

The ship's commander was a Shadow Smith named Fire Hammer, who had advanced to become a Void Abyss Prophet.

He had already abandoned his flesh, merging his soul with a Shadow Mech.

His vessel, the Firehammer, was a 3,000-meter Catastrophe-Class transport ship and Su Yi's primary target.

"Level 30? Jawbone's really made something of himself. He actually managed to capture a level-30 company executive?"

Standing in the docking bay, Fire Hammer looked thoroughly unimpressed.

"Let's see whether he's just bragging or trying to make himself look mysterious."

The instant the hatch opened, it wasn't Jawbone who emerged to personally deliver his gift, but a dark figure charging toward them at incredible speed.

Before Fire Hammer could react, he heard a series of agonized screams.

Fire Hammer immediately turned and roared, "Enemy—"

Then he saw a black runic sword pressed against his neck.

A warped, maddening suction was rapidly drawing his soul into the blade.

The suffocating pressure unique to the Black Abyss Overlord instantly left Fire Hammer's mind blank.

"You have two choices."

"Let your soul become food for my Soul Abyss Dominator."

"Or I can use Holy Binary Magic to repair the damage to your soul."

!!!!

After hearing those blunt, brief words, Fire Hammer froze for two seconds before indescribable excitement blazed in his eyes.

"Holy Binary Magic?! You