Protect Our Patriarch-Chapter 87Book 6: : Shou Zhe Chi Yuan! Great victory!

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This Shattered Star Beach was a chaotic environment, with millions of shattered stars scattered throughout the void sea. They varied in size, from as small as a football to as large as a continent. The chaotic energy field trapped them like a cage, making the environment extremely complex and unpredictable.

Without powerful detection equipment or intimate familiarity with the area, even a True Immortal might get completely lost if they ventured in alone.

The location of the Crystal Ancient Ruins was right in the middle of this chaotic beach, where the shattered stars were most densely packed.

For Wang Shouzhe, this harsh environment had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that the Immortal Palace could stealthily approach the Atana fleet using the complex environment of the shattered stars.

The disadvantage was that the enemy had over ten tower ships, and if they scattered in a retreat, it would be difficult to pursue them. Especially the opponent with fifteenth-level combat power, who absolutely could not be allowed to escape, or it would lead to endless trouble.

Therefore, a single decisive strike was necessary to minimize the enemy's chance of escape. This was why the rescue team planned to trap the enemy like turtles in a jar.

At this moment, the Immortal Palace had lowered its energy operation to the minimum, silently hiding behind a large shattered star.

The battlefield was not far away, and the Sacred Lord could tear through space and launch a surprise attack at any moment.

At this distance, the enemy couldn't detect the Immortal Palace, but the Immortal Palace could clearly monitor the enemy fleet's every move using the Haotian Eye.

It was a perfect ambush spot.

The "gift" was ready, and now they just had to wait for Yun Tiange to lure the enemy into the subspace according to the plan.

Waiting was always the hardest part.

While Wang Shouzhe and the other big shots were closely monitoring the situation and adjusting their battle strategies, and others were busy practicing coordination and building rapport, Wang Anye and the Tree of Fortune, Wang Bao Fu, were idle, having no important tasks.

The two mascots were leisurely chatting about trivial life matters on the Immortal Palace's observation deck, like academic performance and whether there were any girls they liked in the advanced clan school.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Wang Anye noticed a flash of reflection on the shattered star where the Immortal Palace was hidden, as if something was there.

Feeling something was amiss, they went to find Wang Shouzhe.

Using the Haotian Eye, Wang Shouzhe investigated and discovered a massive high-grade spiritual vein and an unknown reserve of spiritual stones inside the shattered star.

After putting down the Haotian Eye, Wang Shouzhe gave Wang Anye a complicated look.

Even though he was well aware of Wang Anye's luck, this kid always managed to surprise him.

Luck, indeed, was an unpredictable thing.

"After the battle, arrange for further exploration. Consider it an extra gain from this trip," Wang Shouzhe thought to himself, maintaining a calm exterior. "Given the patience of these green-skinned demons, their next attack shouldn't be far off. Stay at the base with us and prepare for battle."

The matter of the spiritual vein and spiritual stone mine was just a small interlude. The most important thing now was to deal with those green-skinned demons.

In the tense wait, time seemed to pass unusually slowly.

After about ten days, Prince Shaman of the Atana fleet finally regrouped and launched another attack on the Crystal Ancient Ruins subspace.

This time, they believed they had figured out the details of the Immortal Clan and the Crystal Ancient Ruins, deducing that the opponent had no more tricks up their sleeve. They reformed their tactics, centering their formation around the giant tower ship flagship for a full-scale assault.

The flagship's energy cannon, in coordination with Gong Lao, once again tore open the subspace barrier.

Facing the fierce attack, Yun Tiange seemed to finally reach her limit. After holding out for a while, she suddenly faltered, spitting blood and retreating with her subordinates.

Seeing this, Prince Shaman was overjoyed: "It seems that the Immortal Clan's female True Immortal previously forcibly enhanced her strength and suffered backlash! A heaven-sent opportunity~!! Quick, quick, quick! Full-scale attack!"

Although he wasn't very familiar with the Immortal Clan's cultivation, he knew that strength and cultivation were usually accumulated bit by bit. Trying to take shortcuts would inevitably lead to instability, backlash, or even death.

The Atana race launched a massive attack, their momentum unstoppable.

Yun Tiange and her group seemed to have exhausted their tricks, no longer showing themselves, but instead relying on their position, using the Crystal Ancient energy cannon and shield to hold their ground.

The battle seemed to be at a stalemate.

"Gong Lao!" Prince Shaman, seeing the situation, became even more excited and directly turned to the elder beside him, "Please personally break through the Crystal Ancient shield. Capturing the Immortal Clan and the ruins is within our grasp today!"

The green-skinned Sacred Lord accepted the order, his body entering the subspace.

At that moment, the long-prepared Immortal Palace moved!

"Boom~~!!"

A terrifying energy wave erupted from the Immortal Palace as the core.

In that instant, the massive object, previously silent and inconspicuous like a rock, suddenly burst into dazzling light. Then, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, it shot out from behind the shattered star, charging aggressively toward the green-skinned demons' tower ships.

Simultaneously, the Reincarnation Tree, Cai Youdao, and the Shuiyue Sacred Diagram, these three Sacred Lords, broke through the void, traversing the void sea with their bodies, using the Void Great Teleportation technique to cross space.

In just a few moments, they crossed the giant tower ship at an incredible speed, entering the subspace breach.

Such a commotion couldn't possibly escape the detection equipment on the giant tower ship.

On the bridge, Prince Shaman's expression froze as he witnessed this scene.

He didn't know what had happened, but he was greatly shocked.

What did he see? Was it three Sacred Lord-level combatants entering the subspace? Was it his illusion? Or was he so excited that he was daydreaming in broad daylight?

However, before he could react, a series of violent tremors emanated from within the subspace, shaking the entire subspace.

Simultaneously, Gong Lao's furious and terrified roar echoed from within the subspace.

"Not good, it's a trap!"

Prince Shaman shivered, finally waking up as if from a dream, his face turning a ghastly green.

"Retreat! Immediate retreat!!"

He stood up abruptly, shouting orders. Seeing his subordinates not responding, he raised his voice by an octave.

As for the fate of his top combatant "Gong Lao" and the troops that entered the subspace, he didn't dare to think about it, nor did he have the time.

In fact, Prince Shaman hoped that Gong Lao could hold out a little longer in the melee, buying him more time to escape.

Under Prince Shaman's urgent orders and the frantic operations of all the crew, the giant tower ship quickly turned around, preparing to flee with six other small tower ships that still had leaders.

Unexpectedly, in just a few moments, the Immortal Palace, larger than the tower ships, had already flown over, blocking the retreat route of the tower ships.

At the same time, the Immortal Palace's attack sword formation and defense formation were activated, operating at full power.

In an instant.

Silver-white sword beams shot out, sweeping across the void like a storm of swords, rushing toward the enemy.

A multicolored light shield also rose at the same time, enveloping the Immortal Palace.

At that moment, the Immortal Spirit Stones embedded in the formation began to "burn fiercely."

The Immortal Palace's attack sword formation was extremely formidable, the sword beams like rain, striking the energy shield of the giant tower ship, causing the entire shield to tremble and the giant tower ship to be pushed back by the impact.

However, this tower ship was, after all, the pinnacle of Atana technology, not an easy opponent. In a hurried counterattack, a beam of light struck the Immortal Palace's shield, causing the Immortal Palace to tremble.

If not for the gravity balance formation within the Immortal Palace's own formation, greatly reducing the amplitude of the Immortal Palace's vibrations, it might have already been "shaking like an earthquake."

But the Immortal Palace's combat methods didn't stop there.

This time, Wang Ningxi had prepared a large number of the "Heaven's Punishment" series. During the long journey, numerous launch pods had already been installed around the Immortal Palace.

The cubic "Heaven's Punishment" launch pods were installed around the Immortal Palace's observation deck, divided into twelve by twelve independent launch pods, with a full load capable of holding 144 Heaven's Punishment No. 49.

Under Wang Ningxi's command, the well-trained artillerymen first locked onto their targets using the "Void Sky Eye," and then, at Wang Ningxi's command, the "Heaven's Punishment No. 49" missiles were launched from the pods, like divine weapons, shooting toward the six small tower ships and the giant tower ship.

In the void sea, with its thin matter and lack of air resistance, the Heaven's Punishment No. 49 missiles accelerated under their own propulsion, becoming faster and faster until they turned into mere afterimages.

The small tower ships tried to evade with agility, but they didn't expect the Heaven's Punishment No. 49 missiles to have lock-on tracking capabilities under the guidance of the Void Sky Eye's spirit artifact.

Flames erupted one after another.

The Heaven's Punishment No. 49 missiles continuously struck the energy shields of the small tower ships, causing the shields to tremble and space to shake violently, emitting intense shockwaves.

Before long, the energy shields of the small tower ships were the first to collapse.

Without the protection of the energy shields, they were like lone boats in the waves, tossed up and down. The metallic hulls of the tower ships began to dent and deform under the bombardment, with parts falling off.

The giant tower ship fared no better. Under the concentrated fire of the Heaven's Punishment No. 49 missiles, with most of the firepower focused on it, and combined with the relentless bombardment of the Immortal Palace's attack sword formation, the energy shield was distorted and deformed, unable to maintain its original form, looking like a sieve full of holes.

"Execute boarding combat according to Plan A."

Seeing this, Wang Shouzhe, as the overall commander of the operation, calmly issued the order from within the Immortal Palace.

Although he had rarely personally commanded battles in recent years, his temperament had been honed to be incredibly resilient after serving as clan leader for so many years. Even though this was his first time commanding a void battle and facing the warships of an unknown race, he remained calm and composed.

In void sea combat, long-range bombardment was naturally the primary mode of battle, but boarding combat was also a common tactic. However, boarding combat could only be conducted when there were no energy fields or similar barriers in the way.

Simply put, the enemy's protective shield had to be broken first.

With Wang Shouzhe's order, the prepared True Immortals immediately sprang into action.

The Saintess of Shuiyue was the most eager to prove herself.

According to the plan, she teamed up with the Qingyuan Holy Son and Baiyu Chao Lu, tearing open a spatial rift out of thin air. Wrapping a group of Void and Divine Realm cultivators in her profound energy, she used the Great Space Teleportation technique to directly traverse space, bringing everyone into the interior of the giant tower ship.

The other True Immortals also brought their subordinates, using space teleportation to invade the interiors of the various tower ships.

Moreover, due to the ample number of True Immortals on their side, they often paired up to teleport into the same tower ship.

A boarding battle unfolded within the enemy's tower ships.

The other teams also began to perform their respective duties.

At this point, there wasn't much left for the commander to do. To ensure a swift victory, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan decided to join the battle themselves.

Wang Shouzhe handed over command to Wang Anye, then, with his wife Liu Ruolan, tore open space and, along with the Stay Immortal Valley group and the Wang Clan members, teleported into a small tower ship.

Seeing the enemy invasion, a green-skinned squad led by an eleventh-level captain charged over, shouting in their language.

Liu Ruolan was the first to rush forward.

With a flick of her wrist, she wielded the Primordial Water Sacred Sword "Bobo," and a sword beam flashed. A ninth-level green-skinned enemy was cut in half, killed instantly.

Rarely taking to the field himself, Wang Shouzhe seemed unwilling to be outdone.

He wielded the Green Emperor Sacred Sword, and with a sweep, he ensnared a ninth-level green-skinned enemy. In just two or three breaths, the green-skinned enemy was cut into several pieces.

As for why the Green Emperor Sacred Sword was in Wang Shouzhe's hands, it was a simple story.

When Wang Anye learned of the sword's "whereabouts," he would occasionally patrol the boundary rift in the original Shenwu Heavenly Abyss.

In just nineteen years, he "retrieved" the Green Emperor Sacred Sword, which had drifted back from the ruins of the demon domain space.

According to the Green Emperor Sacred Sword, she sensed the weakening of the space storm on the Shenwu World side and began finding a way back, eventually following Wang Anye's aura to return.

Through the Green Emperor Sacred Sword, Wang Shouzhe learned that when the Green Emperor Sacred Sword was carrying the World-Destroying Pearl, it wasn't damaged. When the World-Destroying Pearl exploded, she cleverly hid in the core cabin of the "Chilong Demon Palace," relying on the Chilong Demon Palace's own defensive power to withstand most of the explosion's force.

When the explosion ended, the Chilong Demon Palace was severely damaged, but she was virtually unharmed.

Later, to conserve energy, she went into hibernation in the damaged core cabin until she recently awakened due to various changes.

Naturally, the Green Emperor Sacred Sword was temporarily in Wang Shouzhe's possession.

With the Green Emperor Sacred Sword in hand, and with Wang Shouzhe's bloodline power awakened to the eleventh level of the Pure Elemental Immortal Body, he could even contend with ordinary True Immortals. Weaker True Immortals might even be temporarily suppressed by Wang Shouzhe.

With such strength, dealing with those green-skinned elites, equivalent to the early stages of the Divine Realm, was as easy as cutting through vegetables.

The couple, working together, were unstoppable. Even the eleventh-level green-skinned expert only lasted ten breaths under their combined assault before being eliminated.

As they moved, the white and green sacred sword lights intertwined, truly resembling a pair of divine lovers traversing the ages.

The clan members and the Stay Immortal Valley group followed them, charging forward, almost sweeping through the opposition.

They weren't afraid of getting injured. As long as they weren't killed on the spot, with Shouzhe present, dying was difficult.

Moreover, Wang Lixian was stationed in the Immortal Palace, ensuring that any injured would be promptly sent to her for treatment.

Soon, they encountered a True Immortal-level thirteenth-level enemy leading a guard to block their path.

The green-skinned demon general was formidable, but unfortunately, he faced Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan.

The couple, whose strength had greatly increased, each wielding an offensive sacred artifact, wouldn't be intimidated by him. Together, they could suppress him completely.

Their combined power achieved a synergy greater than the sum of its parts, likely due to years of sparring as a couple.

They knew each other too well.

Under the couple's suppression, the green-skinned demon general couldn't even mount an effective counterattack, helplessly watching as his guards and elites were systematically eliminated by the Wang Clan members.

In despair, the green-skinned demon general tore open space, attempting to escape.

But the "divine couple" was prepared, instantly taking flight to pursue.

In the chase, it took only about half an hour for Liu Ruolan to decapitate the green-skinned demon general, ending his life.

By this time.

The Wang Clan team had cleared their target tower ship, successfully capturing it.

Of the six small tower ships attacked simultaneously, this was the first to be successfully captured.

"Boom!"

A spatial tremor erupted in the distance.

A small tower ship suddenly and unexpectedly self-destructed.

Fortunately, the attacking True Immortal had a contingency plan. Upon detecting the enemy activating the self-destruct mechanism, they teleported their team out.

Then, they began capturing and eliminating any surviving green-skinned enemies in the void sea, especially targeting the green-skinned demon general.

Similar battles were unfolding across the chaotic star beach.

After capturing one tower ship, Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan didn't stop. They moved to assist allies, quickly capturing one small tower ship after another.

Among the six small tower ships attempting to flee, three self-destructed.

Of the five tower ships with commanders inside that didn't manage to escape, four were captured, with only one successfully self-destructing.

In comparison, tower ships with commanders inside were more likely to activate the self-destruct mechanism.

After all, those commanders could still survive in the vast void sea if they escaped. In contrast, those at the eleventh or ninth levels found it challenging to migrate and survive long distances in the void sea.

However, even if the self-destruct mechanism was activated, it didn't necessarily mean the enemy's wishes would be fulfilled. As long as the self-destruct device was destroyed in time, the self-destruct could be prevented.

As a result, the rescue team successfully captured seven small tower ships, demonstrating the effectiveness of the surprise attack, catching the enemy off guard.

After clearing the outer battlefield.

The True Immortals led their teams, tearing open space and teleporting into the enemy flagship, the giant tower ship, to clear the final battlefield.

"Damn it~"

Prince Shaman, fighting two opponents, managed to barely hold off the Qingyuan Holy Son and the Saintess of Shuiyue, while his guard captain faced off against Baiyu Chao Lu.

Originally, in this situation, Qingyuan and Shuiyue would have had a hard time capturing the flagship, but with reinforcements arriving, the tide turned.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Prince Shaman used a trump card to repel Qingyuan and Shuiyue, activating the ejection escape device on the bridge.

With a flash of light, an escape pod, only a few meters long, detached from the flagship, speeding away into the distance.

In fact, because its speed exceeded expectations, it easily broke through several defensive lines set up by Wang Shouzhe.

The Saintess of Shuiyue's expression changed, and she hurriedly pulled the Qingyuan Holy Son to tear open space and pursue.

Shouzhe had previously instructed that whoever's enemy escaped would have their rewards deducted.

Unfortunately, that "escape pod" was no ordinary item but a trump card akin to a spatial sacred artifact, with a speed far surpassing the Saintess of Shuiyue and her companions' ability to fly through the void with their bodies.

The more they pursued, the greater the distance between them.

This outcome even caused Wang Shouzhe to frown slightly.

In this battle, manpower was ultimately too scarce. If there were enough people, he would have stationed personnel at key positions to prevent situations like this.

However, even with limited manpower, Wang Shouzhe believed that the lone Prince Shaman wouldn't cause much trouble. Escaping from this Shattered Star Beach would be extremely difficult.

He just needed to wait for their three Sacred Lords to free up, and with the Haotian Eye, they could slowly search, at most costing some time and effort.

Unexpectedly, before Wang Shouzhe even began the search, on the other side, just as the escape pod passed a strangely shaped shattered star, a massive void saw-shelled profound turtle suddenly emerged from behind the star.

The profound turtle was enormous, its raised shell resembling a mountain range. Compared to it, the less-than-three-meter escape pod was like an ant to an elephant.

It was unclear how long it had been lurking there, but its appearance was silent, and before Prince Shaman's escape pod could react, it "chomped" down on it.

After chewing twice and finding it couldn't bite through, it swung its head forcefully.

The escape pod was flung onto the shattered star, and Prince Shaman, inside, was dazed and nearly crushed along with the pod.

He hurriedly escaped from the pod, fleeing into the void sea with just his body.

But he hadn't run far before the void saw-shelled profound turtle blocked him again, swatting him back with a paw.

Once more, he fell like a meteor onto the shattered star.

The void saw-shelled profound turtle hovered above the shattered star, proudly watching the disheveled Prince Shaman, its gaze seemingly saying: "You dare attack me for no reason?"

"You attacked me, and now you dare come to my lair to cause trouble? I've been waiting for decades just to catch you for revenge!"

"Damn it!"

Prince Shaman was on the verge of tears.

This damn turtle, did it have to be so vengeful?

If he had known, he wouldn't have been so rash back then, ordering an attack on this turtle.

At that moment, the Qingyuan Holy Son and the Saintess of Shuiyue finally tore through space and arrived, joining forces to attack Prince Shaman.

"I surrender!"

Prince Shaman quickly assumed a surrendering posture.

However, Qingyuan and Shuiyue pretended not to understand, giving him a thorough beating before capturing him and restraining him with various seals.

Soon after, the rest of the reinforcements arrived.

Seeing this, the void saw-shelled profound turtle dared not linger and quickly turned its head, paddling its four legs to quietly leave, intending to hide its achievements and fame.

But as it turned, it suddenly froze.

Amidst the crowd of reinforcements, a striking figure caught its eye.

It was a young female turtle, elegant and noble in appearance.

It was a [Basalt] with the royal bloodline of turtles!

The starlight reflected on her beautiful shell, mirrored in her eyes as bright as stars, so beautiful it made the turtle dizzy, so beautiful it made its heart tremble.

"Owooo~~!"

Wang Lixuan, mixed in with a group of Yuan Shui Azure Dragons, was in her massive original form, howling to kill enemies and earn merit.

Of course, with her strength, she could only bully those ninth or tenth-level "small fry."

"Huh? Such a big profound turtle..." Wang Lixuan noticed the void saw-shelled profound turtle, her big watery eyes glancing over at it, "But it's so ugly~"

In that moment, the void saw-shelled profound turtle decided not to leave.

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