The story of the black silk female knight

He tried to teleport away from the lab to gather reinforcements for an attack, but his very skilled teleportation spell failed... or rather, it didn't quite work.

He teleported, but instead of teleporting out of the laboratory, he was bounced back as if he were running at high speed and crashing into an invisible wall, falling against the wall of the laboratory.

This situation was clearly intentional on the part of the enemy. Without thinking, the Ninth Sage immediately cast several layers of magical shields on himself the moment he landed... but alarm bells were still ringing in his mind, so he used one of his most treasured life-saving techniques as well.

As it turned out, the Ninth Sage's decisiveness was quite correct... In the instant he fell after his teleportation failed, another figure appeared behind him and stabbed him in the heart with a hand chop.

Chapter 78 Zhuque escapes, Xiao Hu flees in defeat

The power of a Noble Phantasm also grows as its master's strength increases, so in most cases, the Noble Phantasms of Moon-rank warriors are stronger than those of Star-rank warriors.

Nearly four years of rigorous training not only made Valensa's strength truly reach the pinnacle of the continent, but also elevated Nana, her strongest Noble Phantasm.

The current Nana is not only faster and more silent when flanking and attacking from behind, but her hand chop and leg whip are also more powerful, easily penetrating most defenses.

The Ninth Sage's hastily constructed multi-layered magical shield was utterly useless, easily pierced by Nana's hand chop, which ripped out his heart.

However, the Ninth Sage's decisive use of his life-saving trump card still worked... His body instantly transformed into a mercury substitute the moment it was pierced by the hand chop, while his real body was forcibly teleported 3 meters.

Although his back was stabbed by a hand and blood was flowing freely, his heart was saved at the last minute, so it was not a fatal injury.

This attack made the Ninth Sage realize the gap between them completely. He didn't even dare to look at who was coming to kill him. He used his life-saving trump card again and kept running away, without any intention of fighting to the death.

Valensa could have easily captured the Ninth Sage if she had used her domain, but she didn't. In fact, she deliberately let him off the hook during the pursuit, leaving only a few more wounds on the Ninth Sage instead of killing him completely.

This was certainly not because I was soft-hearted.

There are only two Moon Gods guarding this place. Now that the Ninth Sage is under attack by a powerful enemy, even if he can call for help from the outside world, it will be too late for them to come to his aid.

The only way to survive is to first reunite with another Moon God here, and the two of them join forces to fight against the powerful enemy and try to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

This also conveniently led Valencia the way... The structure of this testing ground is quite complex, and finding the right path without causing large-scale damage is rather troublesome.

But having someone to guide you is a different story.

The Ninth Sage, fleeing in panic, didn't think too much and ran all the way to where another Moon-level expert was.

The Moonlit expert was a woman with a good figure and fair skin. However, she wore a mask so her nose and mouth were not visible. She was wearing a U-shaped backless palace dress, and a gaping maw could be seen on her smooth back.

Clearly, this is also someone with demonic beast blood, just like other high-ranking officials in the Central Continent Empire.

This woman was clearly much more arrogant than the Ninth Sage. After receiving news of the intrusion, she didn't think of asking for help immediately, but instead took matters into her own hands and killed the intruder.

So she was imprisoned in Valensa's domain along with the Ninth Sage, but died even faster than the Ninth Sage... because she was too courageous.

Although the Ninth Sage had many ways to survive, the difference in strength was too great, and his confidence was shattered right from the start, so he didn't get to unleash much of his combat power and was eventually killed by Valensa.

After the death of the two-month-old expert, the remaining 300-plus Imperial soldiers at the test site were naturally even less capable of resisting and were quickly wiped out by Valensa.

At this point, less than half an hour had passed since Valensa began her operation.

Upon receiving the news, Dong Hui and Que'er exchanged bewildered glances... They found it hard to imagine how two experts at the peak of the Celestial Realm could have died so quickly and almost silently.

But it doesn't matter; the stronger the allies, the better. They'll only get excited about it.

Once all the Imperial Army members at the Imperial Test Grounds have been eliminated, it will be much easier to find the place where Suzaku is being held.

The Vermilion Bird was actually inside the magma of the volcano, but the Imperial Army concealed it with a grand formation, and the base of the formation was guarded by the Imperial Army's elite troops.

The Imperial Army guarding the area has been wiped out, and the great formation has been violently destroyed by Valensa. Suzaku has naturally appeared in the lava.

Compared to the legendary majestic sacred beast, the Vermilion Bird is now extremely miserable and listless.

Its wings were completely broken, with less than a third of each remaining. Its body was covered in wounds, more than 7% of its feathers had been plucked, and its eyes were cloudy and unfocused.

It looks exactly like a graphics card that has been working in a blockchain cryptocurrency mining farm for many years.

"...Can it still be of use?"

After carefully examining Zhuque, Valensa looked at Dong Hui and Que'er with great suspicion.

The current Suzaku is too weak, so weak that she can easily kill him without even having to take it too seriously.

"Of course it can! It was once a sacred beast that protected the nation!"

Que'er, however, still had great faith in Zhuque.

Valensa didn't say anything more and gestured for Sparrow to begin her secret technique.

Que'er quickly took off all her clothes and put on a very gorgeous fiery red dress.

The long dress not only has a complex structure with multiple layers of lace and pleats, but it is also equipped with many accessories made of precious metals and jade, all of which have strong spiritual energy fluctuations.

"This is the formal attire of the Queen of Nanli Kingdom, and also an essential prop for the sacrifice to the Vermilion Bird... It is the only well-preserved treasure of the Nanli royal family after the fall of the kingdom."

After changing her clothes, Que'er gave a brief explanation and then began to dance.

Unlike her stunningly alluring charm when she was a courtesan in a brothel, Que'er's current dance moves are very serious, even exuding a sense of righteousness.

About three minutes later, as a full-force spinning jump ended, a crack suddenly appeared on Que'er's chest, and fresh, hot blood gushed out, sprinkling onto Zhuque.

Que'er's face turned much paler, while Zhuque shuddered, and her eyes, which had been clouded by the Empire, suddenly regained some clarity.

It struggled to lift its head in the lava, looked at the sparrow, and tears welled up in its eyes.

Que'er smiled with satisfaction, but the ritual continued, and she kept transferring the blood and energy in her body into Zhuque.

Valensa, who had been watching this scene, suddenly swallowed and turned her head away.

As the bird dance progressed into its second half, Valensa suddenly found the bird to smell very delicious... not the kind of delicious smell associated with beautiful women, but rather the smell of food.

After the sparrow's chest split open and sprayed blood, the aroma of the delicious food became even stronger, making Valensa's mouth water and making her want to eat the sparrow and the Vermilion Bird together.

It's the instinct of the evil spirit of the Abyss God acting up again.

Although Valensa can now completely control the power of the evil god and prevent it from going berserk, this craving will not disappear; she can only suppress it.

However, enduring the discomfort was still difficult. With Dong Hui looking after Que'er, there shouldn't be any major problems. Valensa then said goodbye and left first, continuing to wait outside the crater while preventing other powerful figures from the Central Continent Empire from disrupting the ceremony.

Fortunately, perhaps because the Central Continent Empire was truly short-handed, or perhaps because the destruction of Hua Sui Prefecture had attracted the attention of many imperial experts, the Vermilion Bird's rescue operation went quite smoothly.

About eight minutes after Valensa left the crater, a huge firebird soared into the sky from the crater with a clear cry, dancing in the heavens.

It is the Vermilion Bird that has been reborn.

The secret techniques of the Southern Kingdom's royal family are indeed miraculous. The Vermilion Bird has not only had all its wounds healed and grown new wings, but it has also absorbed a great deal of the power of the volcano, greatly restoring the power that the empire had plundered and stolen over the past few hundred years.

In terms of pure energy intensity, it should not be at the peak of the Moon's Radiance.

However, the Vermilion Bird is a pseudo-divine beast rather than a cultivator, and coupled with the power of its inextinguishable flame, its actual combat strength is no less than that of a peak Moon Radiance cultivator.

Dong Hui quickly emerged from the crater and found Valensa, clutching only the red queen's dress that Que'er had worn before... The dress remained, but the beauty had completely vanished.

"...We did it."

Forcibly holding back tears of both grief and excitement, Dong Hui looked intently at Valensa:

"Next, we will keep our promise and start uprisings throughout the empire to create chaos and provide opportunities for your actions, my lord... May you have good fortune in battle, my lord."

. . . . .

At the same time, on the front lines of the Frenoia continent.

Two days have passed since Xiao Yu was temporarily trapped by the spatial seal after drawing his sword.

In the past two days, the main fleet of the Central Continent Empire launched a full-scale attack, enduring the continuous long-range nuclear bombardment from the ship girls and engaging in fierce battles with the allied forces.

Xiao Hu divided his remaining 12 amphibious mobile fortresses, Xuanwu, into two groups: one group attacked Mirror Island, the most populous island in the Four Islands Alliance, while the other group headed straight for the capital of Fran.

The main defense force on Mirror Island consists of Admiral Sunglasses' Second and Third Fleets of the Allied Forces, the island's own defense forces, and the ninjas of the Chiba Clan.

Meanwhile, in the capital of France, the Allied First Fleet and the Royal Knights of France personally led the attack.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

Every second, allied soldiers and imperial soldiers died in the fighting, and warships hundreds of meters long burned and shattered, eventually sinking into the sea.

The ship girls' long-range nuclear bombardment was incredibly powerful, shattering the Central Continent Empire's fleet, causing Celestial Realm experts to perish one after another, and destroying the mobile fortress Xuanwu one after another.

However, the Vermilion Bird Fire and White Tiger Mask of the Central Continent Empire were equally formidable. The allied warships had no way to defend against the Vermilion Bird Fire's attack. More than 7% of the soldiers who died were burned to death, and almost all the lost warships sank in the flames.

Even many of the Knights of the Royal Knights of Fran faced the Vermilion Bird Flame while guarding the capital and ultimately perished completely.

The White Tiger Mask, combined with suicide tactics, also caused considerable casualties to the Allied forces... Many of the Allied forces' defensive lines were breached by a large number of berserk Imperial soldiers wearing the White Tiger Mask.

This was an extremely fierce battle, arguably the most brutal battle since the resurgence of human civilization on Planet Eve.

In just two days, more than 50 people died on both sides of the battle, most of them leaving no trace.

Fortunately, Valensa's plan went smoothly, and she successfully rescued Suzaku.

The moment Suzaku was completely freed and reborn, the battle situation on the continent of Frenoia was completely reversed.

The Vermilion Bird Fire, the most powerful weapon of the Central Continent Empire fleet, suddenly turned against them. Not only did it stop attacking the allied warships and soldiers, it launched a frenzied retaliation against the Central Continent Empire fleet, even turning the two mobile fortresses, the Black Tortoise, into giant fire turtles and burning them to the ground.

The allied forces, of course, would not let such a good opportunity pass by and launched a full-scale counterattack.

Many of the allied warriors, whose relatives and friends had already perished in previous battles, disregarded their own lives and risked their lives to destroy the defensive array of Xuanwu Fortress, or to fight against the Celestial Realm experts of the Central Continent Empire on Xuanwu Fortress, leaving all the gates of Xuanwu Fortress wide open.

The nuclear missiles launched by the ship girls slipped through the gaps, exploding into huge fireballs and mushroom clouds on the surface or inside of various Xuanwu Fortresses, causing devastating damage to the Imperial Army.

Even though the Central Continent Empire used more White Tiger Masks in an attempt to turn the tide, it was to no avail.

The warriors who protect their homeland have no shortage of courage and determination... They never back down when they encounter berserkers wearing white tiger masks. Even if they have no chance of winning, they will use themselves as coordinates to guide the ship girls to use nuclear missiles for precise strikes, and perish together with the berserkers wearing white tiger masks.

Under this offensive, even the highly brainwashed and fanatical Imperial Army was finally broken.

The lanternfish warships had long been annihilated, and the Xuanwu Fortresses sank into the sea one after another.

In less than two hours, 10 of the 12 Xuanwu Fortresses were destroyed, and the remaining two were where all the remaining powerful warriors of the Central Continent Empire gathered and fled in disarray.

They originally intended to flee eastward, hoping to escape into the super maze between the continents of Frenoia and Tianxuan to cover their escape.

But Tia had anticipated this, and had the main forces of the dragon and elf races wait along the coast of the Witch Forest to launch a fierce attack on the fleeing Central Continent Empire fleet.

If the Central Continent Empire's fleet still had a double-digit number of Xuanwu Fortresses and hundreds of Lanternfish Warships, then the dragons and elves would definitely be easy prey.

But now that only two ships remain in the Xuanwu Fortress, both of which have been destroyed by nuclear bombs, and almost all the Celestial Realm experts in the fortress are injured, there's nothing to fear.

Needless to say, the dragons are few in number but each one is a powerful being, and every breath of theirs can worsen the situation of the Central Continent Empire's fleet.

Although the Elven race has been quite incompetent despite years of military training, they can still effectively suppress and beat a defeated enemy from a safe distance using magic and arrows.

Despite being a technically unskilled player, reaching the highest rank through years of experience is still a high-ranking achievement.

Although they might not be able to defeat anyone of the same level in actual combat, the energy fluctuations are undeniable, and even the already defeated Central Continent Empire fleet couldn't distinguish them.

In their eyes, the enemy had already cut off their retreat with a surprise attack... Although the number of them was small, each of them was a strong fighter, and a direct confrontation would most likely result in their total annihilation.

With no other option, Xiao Hu, whose leg had been blown off by a nuclear bomb, could only order his men to flee south. They were chased and beaten by the ship girls' missile planes and the dragon elves, and eventually all of them ended up in the most dangerous area of ​​the entire planet Eve—the space turbulence zone of the Antarctic Circle.

No one has ever returned from that place. It would be perfectly acceptable to assume that the remnants of the army who fled into such a place have already been wiped out.

After annihilating the entire fleet of the Central Continent Empire led by Xiao Hu, the allied forces did not stop for a moment and once again marched north along the coastline to the area where the Sage's Tower was located.

There are still 11 Imperial troops stationed at the Xuanwu Fortress. Although they were thrown into another world by the Sage Tower using its pseudo-divine power, they were not annihilated. Instead, many Imperial troops directly destroyed the ecological environment of the other world.

The Sage's Tower is now almost unable to control the pseudo-divine power of the core pillars, and the pseudo-divine power must be shut down... that way, the Central Continent Empire fleet that was thrown into the other world will also return.

The Sage's Tower alone cannot withstand an imperial army of 11 Xuanwu-sized towers; timely support from the allied forces is essential.

Fortunately, although the allied forces suffered considerable losses, they also gained valuable combat experience.

Under the cover of the ship girls' ultra-long-range nuclear strikes, the Central Continent Empire fleet, having lost the Vermilion Bird Flame and Xiao Hu's command, is nothing more than a tiger with a broken leg... Although it is still fierce and will bite, with patience it can be killed sooner or later.

. . . . .

Tianxuan Continent, the Imperial Palace of the Central State Empire.

The main hall was completely silent.

News of the disastrous defeat of the army at the front and the widespread rebellions within the empire had already reached them. All the ministers dared not breathe loudly, for fear of being killed by the enraged Dragon Emperor in his rage.

The Dragon Emperor's face was indeed gloomy, but he was not so angry that he lost his mind. His lizard-like vertical pupils looked even calmer.

He tapped the armrests of the dragon throne with his fingers, causing the heartbeats of the imperial officials in the hall in front of him to change with the rhythm of his tapping. Many of them were drenched in sweat and felt as if they might faint at any moment.

"……snort."

Just when many people were about to reach their breaking point, the Dragon Emperor finally spoke:

“I know everything… There’s no need to worry about the front lines. The Imperial Army’s crushing defeat was indeed somewhat unexpected, but Yu’er hasn’t lost yet, so the outcome is still uncertain.”

"Her Highness the Imperial Concubine is a peerless warrior, invincible in battle. She will surely be able to turn the tide of the war and cut those cunning barbarians down with her sword... uh."

Immediately, ministers echoed his flattery, but were suddenly glared at by the Dragon Emperor, and they froze as if petrified, no longer able to move.

"It's really noisy!"