Chapter 1060: Star Dancer
A terrifying explosion took place on the seabed continent.
The resulting violent, turbulent flow of water affected all of the living beings within a radius of over fifty kilometers, some of which were knocked flying, while others were completely ripped to shreds. All of the marine mutant beasts fled for their lives.
The devastating energy slowly dissipated.
A gargantuan crater appeared at the very center of the energy explosion.
“Cough cough cough… That was way too scary! It was like trying to blast a mosquito with a cannon!”
At the center of the crater, a huge black brick was pushed aside.
An Lin crawled up from Lan Xiaoni’s arms, looking very much worse for wear.
He had pulled out his Chaotic Alloy Brick at the very last moment before positioning himself in front of Lan Xiaoni, thereby unfortunately being sandwiched between Lan Xiaoni and the brick…
However, the person who got the shortest end of the stick was not An Lin, but instead, it was Lan Xiaoni, who was behind An Lin.
Lan Xiaoni’s body was simply too soft, and it felt quite comfortable for An Lin to crash into her body. However, Lan Xiaoni was squashed half-dead by An Lin and the brick…
“Underling Lan, Underling Lan… Are you alright?” An Lin shook the unconscious Lan Xiaoni with a concerned expression.
Lan Xiaoni slowly awakened, and she felt like her body was about to fall apart at the hinges as tears welled up in her eyes. However, she knew that she couldn’t always cry in critical moments, so she repressed her tears.
“I… I’m fine.” Lan Xiaoni stood up with difficulty and rubbed her sore chest as she looked up at the ma.s.sive battles.h.i.+p with fear in her eyes. “Big Boss An Lin, it turns out this battles.h.i.+p’s cannons work after all. What do we do?”
An Lin spoke with a stern expression, “Running away won’t solve any of our problems. Hence, what we have to do is to evade the cannon blasts and kill the skipper!”
Lan Xiaoni was shocked. “Are you sure there is a skipper on the s.h.i.+p?”
An Lin: “That’s not the point. The point is, we cannot back down!”
Thus, the two of them came to another happy consensus before approaching the battles.h.i.+p again.
This time, they had learned from their mistakes and skirted around the openings of the s.h.i.+p cannons as they approached the bow of the s.h.i.+p.
Under normal circ.u.mstances, the most powerful living being should be situated at the bow of the s.h.i.+p, commanding all of the proceedings. Thus, An Lin led the way to the bow, unleas.h.i.+ng his divine sense to its fullest extent at the same time to a.s.sess their surroundings.
None of the sea monsters dared to approach the ma.s.sive battles.h.i.+p. Even though it was as dazzling as a jewel from all of the glowing marine plants, it was still deathly silent. Even the light emanating from it seemed to be cold.
This was an atmosphere of death and desolation, and it made An Lin a little nervous.
“Hmm? There appears to be a living being up ahead.”
An Lin’s expression s.h.i.+fted minutely as he spoke in a quiet voice.
“That is a living being from the Spirit Fish Clan.” Lan Xiaoni was also able to detect this living being’s presence through their bloodline connection.
On the s.h.i.+p deck.
The ground below was constructed from a special dark golden wood, and it was riddled with craters and cracks. Those weren’t the marks left by the pa.s.sage of time. Instead, those were marks left by battles.
There were many skeletons scattered all over the vast deck of the s.h.i.+p, and even though they had died countless years ago, the skeletons still exuded powerful energy fluctuations, thereby indicating just how powerful these being would have been when they were alive.
An Lin looked at the skeletons and found that they were quite unfamiliar. Not only were they all in extremely bizarre shapes, but all of them also had sharp bony spikes, as if this were a bone hedgehog.
He turned toward the end of the s.h.i.+p deck and discovered a female mermaid that was standing outside the s.h.i.+p’s operating room.
This mermaid had a gorgeous figure and her pink fishtail waved gently in the water, sending ripples through s.p.a.ce. She had a head of flowing, black hair, which fell all the way to her waist and was also waving lightly in the water.
What was especially noteworthy was that she was even more scantily clad that Lan Xiaoni. She only had two sh.e.l.ls on her chest, and that was it. The rest of her smooth, fair skin was exposed for the world to see.
An Lin clicked his tongue in wonder at how open-minded people in the ancient past were, and he couldn’t help but to appraise her for a while longer with a “critical” gaze.
Lan Xiaoni had noticed the s.h.i.+ft in An Lin’s expression, and she rolled her eyes.
She was clearly more beautiful than that pink tail mermaid, so why was An Lin’s attention focused entirely on that mermaid? Could it be that the more scantily dressed you were, the more attention you attracted?
The mermaid had also detected An Lin’s invasive gaze, and she crossed her arms over her chest before unfurling the two foldable fans in her hand as a suffocating killing intent rolled off her body.
“You two are the ones my master wants to eliminate?” the mermaid said in a cold voice.
Lan Xiaoni stirred slightly in preparation for a battle.
An Lin immediately shook his head in reply. “Nope.”
The mermaid faltered slightly.
Lan Xiaoni: “…”
The atmosphere seemed to have congealed for an instant.
The mermaid was a little vexed by An Lin’s response, and she turned toward him with an angry gaze. “I am the Star Dancer, and I am the ninth skipper of the Spirit Fish Clan’s Starfire Battles.h.i.+p!”
Lan Xiaoni immediately let loose a cry of surprise upon hearing this, “This is the Starfire Battles.h.i.+p?!”
An Lin blinked with confusion in his eyes. “What is this Starfire Battles.h.i.+p?”
“It’s one of the core strategic weapons of the Spirit Fish Clan. It is a moving battle fortress with a core constructed from star essence stones. It has many unpredictable powers and is said to be able to directly battle even Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures. It mysteriously disappeared during the battle against the Ancient Heavenly Fiendcelestial. So this is where it has ended up…”
Cold sweat was beginning to materialize on Lan Xiaoni’s forehead, and she nervously tugged on An Lin’s sleeve. “Big Boss An Lin, this Starfire Battles.h.i.+p doesn’t appear to be fully inoperable, and there might be many powerful weapons that can pose a threat to you. You have to be careful!”
“Aren’t you worried about the Star Dancer?” An Lin was a little perplexed.
“The Senior Star Dancer confronting us is clearly just a manifestation of some residual power. Back when she was alive, she was a mighty figure at the Return to Void Pinnacle Stage, so how much power could she have retained following her death? Big Boss An Lin is not even scared of Tian Chenji and Xi Haizi, so why would you be scared of her?” Lan Xiaoni a.n.a.lyzed with a justified expression.
An Lin’s lips twitched upon hearing this, but it made sense.
It had to be said that Underling Lan was quite confident in Big Boss An Lin.
A cold sneer appeared on the Star Dancer’s face. “Looks like I’ve been underestimated. So be it. You can pay with your lives for your mistake of belittling me.”
An Lin immediately waved a hand at Lan Xiaoni. “Get far away from here, and cheer me on from the sidelines.”
Lan Xiaoni pursed her lips, but she knew that she couldn’t do anything in a battle of this caliber, so she quickly opened up some distance between her and the imminent battle.
It was also at this moment that an extremely terrifying power burst into the sky.
The Star Dancer waved the fan in her left hand. “Wind Rise!”
A hurricane swept toward An Lin along with a boundless wave of water.
An Lin sensed the terrifying power behind the attack and adjudged the Star Dancer to be around the Return to Void Intermediate Stage. Of course, this type of attack was not enough to hurt him.
“Star Fall!” The Star Dancer waved the fan in her right hand this time.
The light at the bottom of the ocean suddenly dimmed.
A sense of danger suddenly welled up in An Lin’s heart, and he was just about to make a move when the boundless wave of water and wind suddenly transformed into powerful feelers that restricted his actions.
So her first attack was just a smokescreen to lure him into a false sense of security before restricting his movements.
All of this was a setup for her second attack!
An Lin had just struggled free from the binding water when countless stars imbued with the power of the star divine dao crashed down upon him like torrential rain, allowing him no avenue for escape.
An Lin was shocked. Wasn’t this Star Dancer just the residual power of a mighty figure at the Return to Void Pinnacle Stage? Why was she so proficient at using the power of the divine dao?
He didn’t even get a chance to do anything before his body was buried under countless blue stars!