Chapter 209: Chapter 209: Earth-Shattering, Monstrous Might

As a Quasi-Fourth-Order spirit vessel.

The Ghostly Flood Dragon was indestructible. Its towering, pitch-black hull, as majestic as a mountain, was its greatest weapon!

BZZZT!

Following Su Ye’s command.

A blood-red light emerged on the hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon as it began to change shape.

The bow sealed shut, retracting the main cannon into the hull.

On the ship’s exterior, bones as white as jade rapidly spread across its surface, draping the Ghostly Flood Dragon in a thick layer of ’armor’.

Simultaneously, the bony, upturned ram at the bow began to grow rapidly!

SWOOSH! 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The ram extended for hundreds of feet, flashing with a cold light like the sharpest of swords!

Within seconds, the entire Ghostly Flood Dragon had shifted its configuration, prioritizing ’impact’ and ’defense’!

At the same time.

At the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s stern.

Thousands of turbine nozzles, resembling planetary engines, sprouted forth!

This was the propulsion system that Jiaojiao, the ship spirit, had created based on the inspiration Su Ye had given her!

BZZZT!

Crimson-black souls shrieked and roared!

Within the turbine nozzles, the souls began to burn, using the permanent incineration of tens of thousands of their kind as fuel!

BOOM!

Thousands of crimson-black tail flames erupted violently, like an exploding nebula!

The flames swept out for a thousand feet, igniting the air, the Spiritual Qi, the very ash... everything was set ablaze by the sanguine fire!

"It was as if a rain of fiery blood fell from the sky..."

This is how an eyewitness to the Immortal City incident would describe it to their descendants many years later.

WHOOSH!

Propelled by the turbine flames, the entire Ghostly Flood Dragon accelerated to its maximum speed in an instant!

A pitch-black light emerged on the ship’s hull.

Nine Nether Ghost Realm!

Su Ye activated this domain ability, unique to the Ghostly Flood Dragon, to unleash its full destructive potential!

FWOOSH!

The air shrieked!

The massive, towering, pitch-black hull transformed into a streak of light in mid-air.

It even left behind a trail of afterimages!

"No!"

Sensing this, the Blind Saintess’s expression turned to one of panic.

She tried to form a hand seal and activate an ability to stop the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s charge.

But...

"Fiend, do you take us for dead men?"

Canghai said coldly.

SHIING!

The Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber flew from his hand, transforming into a streak of azure light as it slashed toward the Blind Saintess.

At the same time.

Qinghe, Hongri, and the other cultivators of the Cyan Profound Sect followed his lead.

They activated their own artifacts and techniques to keep the Blind Saintess occupied!

Even though they knew nothing about the Ghostly Flood Dragon,

its immediate action of bombarding the Divine Tree upon arrival...

...meant it was most likely friend, not foe!

Besides, even if the Ghostly Flood Dragon did have malicious intent...

...the Crystal Perfection cultivators were already at a complete disadvantage in this battle.

Relying on their combat experience, they could clearly see,

that if nothing unexpected happened, defeat and death...

...were only a matter of time!

Under these circumstances, the Crystal Perfection cultivators naturally had to support the Ghostly Flood Dragon and pin down the Blind Saintess!

After all, a one-in-ten chance of survival was infinitely better than none at all!

BOOM!

The Blind Saintess’s face was grim. Her white hair whipped about as a brilliant white light surged from her.

Activating the ’Erosion of Nothingness’, she easily knocked back the already heavily injured Crystal Perfection cultivators, sending them reeling and spitting blood!

Yet, her expression held no trace of joy.

"You... damn you all..."

Just then.

BANG!

The Ghostly Flood Dragon’s hull crossed dozens of miles, closing in on the Divine Tree!

With its terrifying mass, incredible speed, and the power of the Quasi-Technique [Netherworld Boat], it wielded a force as vast as mountains and seas...

...and rammed into the Divine Tree!

Like a divine spear piercing the sun and moon.

Like a titan shaking the pillars of heaven.

BZZZT!

At the moment of impact, an incomparably dazzling spiritual light flared to life!

A world-shaking CRACK—a sound loud enough to echo for hundreds of miles—suddenly erupted!

The Divine Tree, which blotted out the sky and soared into the clouds, trembled violently.

The air shrieked, erupting into tornadic gales that howled in every direction!

WHOOSH.

The Ghostly Flood Dragon, clad in its exoskeletal armor, was like a sharp blade.

Using its ram as a tip, it followed the scorched-black hole blasted open by the [Song of Hell], pulverizing everything in its path as it pierced deep into the Divine Tree!

The entire Divine Tree had suffered an unprecedented blow!

...

「At the crown of the tree.」

The Crystal Perfection cultivators fighting the Blind Saintess felt the change most acutely.

"My Magical Power... it’s recovering?"

"The suppressive force of this Orbit on me has been drastically reduced!"

the Crystal Perfection cultivators exclaimed in delighted surprise via voice transmission.

With the Divine Tree heavily damaged, the suppressive power of the ’Four Elements Locking Heaven’ Orbit...

...naturally plummeted at a visible rate!

’I can’t let this happen... I have to stop it...’

The Blind Saintess frowned, her heart tight with urgency.

This Divine Tree was a manifestation of the ’Reverse World’—or rather... a manifestation of the rules of the Divine Continent!

The Divine Tree’s existence suppressed the rules of this world.

It allowed the Blind Saintess to exert a ’home-field advantage’ in the ’away field’ of the Yaoguang Islands!

This was what enabled her to single-handedly suppress three cultivators at the Crystal Perfection realm!

But if the Divine Tree were to be destroyed...

’Absolutely not!’

The Blind Saintess’s thoughts grew grim.

After knocking back the cultivators, she connected her consciousness to the Divine Tree, attempting to salvage the situation.

RUSTLE.

From the canopy, leaves as red as fresh blood began to drift down like autumn foliage.

They turned into motes of light in mid-air and dissipated into the horizon.

Having suffered such a heavy blow, the entire Divine Tree even began to shrink in height!

The crimson-black canopy above grew increasingly thin.

Even the rampaging sea of branches and vines throughout the Immortal City stiffened and recoiled like hibernating snakes.

Under the Saintess’s will, the Divine Tree began to retract its power!

...

「At this very moment.」

As the Blind Saintess resolved herself.

A flicker in Su Ye’s Divine Sense immediately alerted him to the anomaly!

Inside the Divine Tree.

The crimson-black wood, like living flesh, squirmed and grew, creeping toward the Ghostly Flood Dragon.

It was like muscle tissue squeezing a poisoned spike embedded within it!

’It still has strength to spare?’ Su Ye thought, raising an eyebrow.

’But... it’s no matter.’

"Jiaojiao, activate form two!"

Su Ye transmitted the schematics for a new form into Jiaojiao’s mind.

"Oh? This feeling... it’s so interesting!"

Jiaojiao’s eyes lit up.

BZZZT!

The hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon once again animated and transformed!

The ram at its bow became broader and thicker, taking on a conical shape with spiraling threads!

It was... a drill!

"My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" Su Ye grinned ferociously.

BZZZT!

The drill on the bow began to spin at incredible speed, frantically grinding away the wood!

At the same time, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s thrusters burned souls, spitting fire and accelerating the ship!

SWOOSH!

Inside the trunk, the Ghostly Flood Dragon tore a path with its drill, rocketing forward!

The entire Ghostly Flood Dragon ascended at incredible speed, wreaking havoc on the Divine Tree’s internal structure!

Finally!

CRASH!

At the very top of the crown.

The wooden platform suddenly bulged upward.

Then...

...with an almost explosive force, countless splinters flew everywhere as dust and debris billowed!

Brimming with monstrous might, the towering, pitch-black Ghostly Flood Dragon had arrived!