A single Calamity Abyssal Entity could deal with three Legendary Ship Girls due to its thick skin and flesh. Now that three Calamity Abyssal Entities had arrived, with the combat strength of only one Ship Girl and the King of Thunder, it seemed the Abyssals had the advantage. Back then, everyone thought the South Pacific Governor-General's Mansion would be destroyed and become an Abyssal paradise.
However, the former Ruler, the King of Thunder, unleashed the profundity of the Thunder Authority—the King of Thunder's Strike—in this desperate situation, severely injuring and repelling the three Calamity Abyssal Entities of the same level, safeguarding the South Pacific Governor-General's Mansion and avoiding the consequence of it being occupied and turned into an Abyssal paradise.
Because of this battle record of one against three and successfully severely injuring the Calamity Abyssal Entities, the former Ruler, the King of Thunder, became widely renowned. All Abyssals were terrified of dueling the King of Thunder, especially those Abyssals who possessed the special Mist State ability, because his King of Thunder's Strike could crush everything; even if they possessed the special Mist State ability, they would still be hit.
Once the King of Thunder's Strike descended, Azuma and the others, who were far away, looked as if they had seen a ghost. So the Admiral had been taking hits to buy time to brew the King of Thunder's Strike.
This King of Thunder's Strike was truly terrifying. Even though they were so far away, they could still feel the terrifying destructive power of the thunder within the King of Thunder's Strike. They couldn't imagine what the Island Princess, who was receiving this strike, was feeling.
Seeing the King of Thunder's Strike descend, the Island Princess continuously condensed her Ship Qi, causing her momentum to keep increasing. When it reached its peak, she stopped, lightly raised her right hand, and pointed her index finger at the King of Thunder's Strike.
Countless violent energies continuously gathered at her index finger. At her fingertip, a light spot the size of a glass bead appeared. The light was blinding, like the sun, making it impossible to look directly at it.
"Black Light—World Annihilation!"
At that moment, the air around the Island Princess instantly solidified. Pointing her finger at the descending King of Thunder's Strike, she let out a cold shout that resounded through the sky. Black light flashed violently, and an extremely thin black line shot out like lightning.
This black line was quite terrifying. Wherever it passed, sonic booms echoed, and its terrifying destructive power left a distinct trail in the blue sky.
This black line had astonishing power, as if it wanted to thoroughly pierce through everything in the sky that dared to block it, leaving no chance of survival.
Watching the Island Princess actually hide such a terrifying move, Illustrious sighed. This person was not simple. Today, they were locked in a fight to the death. For future safety and to avoid trouble, she had to completely kill the Island Princess.
The black line tore through the sky and, under countless Gazes, fiercely collided with the slowly descending King of Thunder's Strike. A thunderous sound rang out. At the point of explosion, countless energy shockwaves surged out from the collision point, finally spreading in all directions.
These shockwaves hit the sea surface, and the sea instantly became turbulent.
The energy shockwaves assaulted Azuma and the others. They hurriedly deployed energy shields. Feeling these energy shockwaves, Azuma and the others were filled with shock. The aftermath alone forced them to struggle so hard to defend; it was hard to imagine how terrifying the center of the explosion was.
Seeing the Ship Girls struggling so hard to defend, the Aircraft Carrier hurriedly deployed the barrier befitting a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl. Once the barrier was deployed, the energy shockwaves hit it, causing ripples to continuously appear on the barrier wall, signaling the astonishing power of the energy shockwaves.
"Thank you for deploying the barrier to protect us." Azuma looked strained; just now, she couldn't maintain her energy shield after receiving the energy shockwaves, let alone anyone else being able to maintain their energy shields.
If it weren't for the Aircraft Carrier deploying the barrier, these Ship Girls would definitely have ended up with minor injuries.
"You and I are both Ship Girls of the Naval Base, no need for thanks!" The Aircraft Carrier smiled and said.
The black line collided completely with the King of Thunder's Strike, but it did not destroy the King of Thunder's Strike, nor could it even block its advance for a moment.
"Ho... How can it be this strong!" Seeing that her ultimate move couldn't destroy or even block it for a moment, the Aircraft Carrier widened her eyes in shock.
What was the Island Princess feeling now? The Island Princess indicated that she was done for. The King of Thunder's Strike smashed fiercely into the Island Princess's Ship Qi Shield.
"Boom! Clang!"
The Island Princess had originally thought the Ship Qi Shield could at least block it for a while, but she was wrong; the Ship Qi Shield couldn't resist it at all. The Ship Qi Shield only held for a moment before shattering loudly, turning into fragments and falling from mid-air.
Without the protection of the Ship Qi Shield, the Island Princess took this terrifyingly incomparable King of Thunder's Strike head-on. All the violent thunder within the King of Thunder's Strike continuously poured into the Island Princess's body.
In the blink of an eye, the thirty-plus-zhang King of Thunder's Strike had all entered the Island Princess's body. With the Island Princess as the center, the thunder overflowing from within her body expanded outward into a three-zhang-large thunder sphere. Outside the thunder sphere, countless violent thunderbolts were constantly raging.
There were countless thunderbolts inside the Island Princess's body. These thunderbolts were not her thunder, but Illustrious's thunder. Therefore, these thunderbolts did not consider the Island Princess their master, so they continuously destroyed the Island Princess's body.
The devouring of ten thousand thunderbolts caused the Island Princess extreme pain. She wanted to die right now; she didn't want to continue suffering like this. She wanted to detonate the Nightmare Core but discovered that the Nightmare Core had already been destroyed by these thunderbolts. Therefore, unable to self-destruct, she begged Illustrious for help. "Kill me, please, I beg you, kill me!"
"Hmph! Like hell I'd help you, hee hee hee! If you knew this would happen, why did you act like that in the first place? Whoever wants to destroy my Naval Base and my Ship Girls, their fate will be worse than death." Illustrious watched from the side, with no intention of helping at all. She had learned from Ayanami that in a future where she was absent and didn't return to the Naval Base in time, the Naval Base was destroyed, and Azuma and the others were all dead!
Since this Island Princess had done such excessive things, how could Illustrious possibly help her? She wanted to watch the Island Princess slowly die in pain; only then could she relieve the hatred in her heart.
Seeing that Illustrious refused to end her, the Island Princess cursed Illustrious with a Vicious face. "You snake-hearted woman, your heart must be black. Seeing others in such pain and not offering to help, you are simply a disgrace to Ship Girls!"
"You mark my words, after I die, I will definitely not let you go even as a ghost..."
"Ah! It hurts, I'm sorry! I was wrong, it hurts me to death, please, I beg you, kill me..."
No matter how the Island Princess begged, Illustrious simply did not strike to end her life.
Five minutes later, the Island Princess, who had been enduring the devouring of ten thousand thunderbolts, let out one last miserable shriek, and her body began to slowly turn into countless particles starting from her feet.
Watching herself begin to turn into countless particles, the Island Princess was not sad but instead looked joyful. She finally didn't have to painfully endure the devouring of ten thousand thunderbolts. Having found release, the Island Princess smiled as she turned into particles and disappeared into mid-air.
The three-zhang-large thunder sphere that had enveloped the Island Princess also gradually disappeared into mid-air. The sea surface returned to calm. A Five-Star Nightmare Deep Sea had thus fallen; it was truly pathetic and lamentable.
If the Island Princess hadn't attacked this place, perhaps she wouldn't have died. But there are no such ifs in the world. If there's anyone to blame, it's her bad luck for encountering Illustrious, this jinx.
Watching the Island Princess disappear into mid-air, Illustrious felt neither sorrow nor joy, her face expressionless. This profundity of the Thunder Authority—the King of Thunder's Strike—was indeed powerful, easily annihilating the Island Princess, who possessed the special Mist State ability.
But this move was very Vicious and had no humanity to speak of, because the person hit had to endure the devouring of ten thousand thunderbolts, suffering incomparably, unable to live or die.
The most terrifying thing was that this state of devouring by ten thousand thunderbolts would only stop when the body completely collapsed.
Illustrious imagined what it would be like if she had taken this King of Thunder's Strike; she definitely wouldn't have fared any better than the Island Princess.
It was precisely because of the viciousness and inhumanity of the King of Thunder's Strike that the Calamity Abyssal Entities, who feared this move back then, did not want to receive such a Vicious move in the future.
The Abyssals dispatched six Calamity Abyssal Entities to join forces and kill the former Ruler, the King of Thunder, while he was out executing a mission.
Only after the King of Thunder fell did these Calamity Abyssal Entities feel at ease, no longer having to worry about one day receiving such a King of Thunder's Strike from the King of Thunder.
Illustrious clenched her fists. To avoid dying a miserable death like the Island Princess, she had to become stronger. Only in this way could she protect those she loved.
With a bang, Illustrious turned into a stream of light and rushed toward Azuma and the others. Upon landing on the roof, she said to all the Ship Girls: "Sorry everyone, I kept you waiting."
As Illustrious landed, the clothes on her body changed from a white high-slit qipao to a white off-the-shoulder dress. The silver sword three hundred meters high in the sky also flashed and finally disappeared into mid-air.
Seeing Illustrious land in front of them, Azuma and the others immediately stepped forward to greet her.
Azuma was the first to hug Illustrious. "Admiral! That's great, I thought you were going to be beaten to death by that Island Princess. How is it? Does it hurt?"
Azuma touched the wound on Illustrious's face, making her scream out in pain instantly. "Ah! It hurts! Don't touch it, you're hurting me."
"I'm sorry, Admiral! I hurt you. I'll use an egg to apply a compress for you in a moment!" Azuma blew on Illustrious's face to make her feel a bit better.
"Everyone has gotten to know each other now, right?" Illustrious said to the Ship Girls in front of her.
"We have!" the Ship Girls replied in unison.
Unicorn pulled Yukikaze to Illustrious and said, "Big sister! This is Yukikaze. She said she wants to join our Naval Base. Can you let her join?"
"Yukikaze! Of course you can..." Illustrious stopped mid-sentence as she suddenly remembered the deeds of a certain Yukikaze. This Yukikaze couldn't be the "Yukikaze"—the Naval Base killer that made all Admirals tremble with fear, could she?
"Yukikaze is my friend, please don't refuse, big sister," Unicorn said pitifully, seeing Illustrious hesitate.
Seeing Unicorn pleading like this, Illustrious's heart softened. As the Silver King who rivaled a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl, as long as she was strong enough, she didn't need to fear Yukikaze attracting the Abyss to her.
Besides, it would be fine even if the Abyss came! Her Ship Girls lacked combat experience anyway. If more Abyssals came, wouldn't it allow her Ship Girls to constantly improve their strength?
"Mm! Since it's Unicorn's request, how could I, as your big sister, not agree? Well then, Yukikaze! From today onwards, you are a Ship Girl of my Naval Base," Illustrious said with full majesty.
Yukikaze immediately gave a military salute and said, "Yes! Thank you for taking me in, Admiral. The Sakura Empire Destroyer Yukikaze will definitely protect the Admiral and the Naval Base."
Hearing that Yukikaze wanted to protect her, Illustrious actually felt a chill down her spine. "Very well, then sign a soul network contract with me!"
After a round of procedures, Yukikaze signed a soul network contract with Illustrious. After joining Illustrious's soul network, Yukikaze officially became a Ship Girl of the Illustrious Naval Base.
"That's great, big sister! You have another Gold-Plated Ship Girl!" the Aircraft Carrier congratulated her.
"Wait, Aircraft Carrier! Why are you calling the Admiral 'big sister'?" Yukikaze asked.
Unicorn narrowed her eyes at the Aircraft Carrier; she felt her position as the younger sister was being threatened.
Illustrious explained on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier. "Actually, the Aircraft Carrier was an Abyssal before! Some things happened between us, so now she calls me big sister. But don't worry, I've already given her a ship device called the Abyssal Purification Potion. After drinking it, she is no longer an Abyssal."
The Ship Girls suddenly understood. They hadn't expected such a ship device to exist in the world. However, there probably weren't many of them; after all, if there were many, they could completely purify all the Abyssals in the world.
"To celebrate the arrival of the new Ship Girl and our defense against the Abyss today, I'll cook something delicious for everyone!" Illustrious rolled up her sleeves, looking like she was about to start cooking.
Hearing that Illustrious was going to cook, Unicorn and the other Ship Girls turned pale with fright.
The Aircraft Carrier, however, was happy to hear her sister was going to cook. "Big sister can cook? Then make some for me to taste! I want to eat the food big sister makes."
"Is that so? The Admiral even knows how to cook! Then we're in for a treat." Haman's former Admiral Yang Xue didn't even know how to boil rice; Haman had always been the one doing the cooking. Now, hearing that Illustrious could cook, she immediately admired her. Illustrious could not only fight but also handle the kitchen and cook well—she was truly a role model for Admirals!
"Could the Admiral make a dish related to wine for Laffey? If the wine is Laffey, then Laffey will be even happier," Laffey said lazily.
"Hehehe! You guys are indeed in for a treat. My culinary skills have improved greatly recently, and I've learned a dish called Stargazy Pie. It'll definitely be so delicious you'll feel like you're in heaven," Illustrious said confidently.
"Stargazy Pie! That name sounds delicious. I want to eat it, I want to eat it!" Yukikaze gulped.
Seeing these new Ship Girls eager to taste Illustrious's cooking, Unicorn and the others who had experienced it shook their heads. These newcomers really didn't know what they were getting into!
"Ah! I suddenly remembered I have something to do. You guys go ahead and eat! Don't worry about me, desu!" Ayanami took her leave first.
Unicorn glanced at U-chan, and U-chan signaled she understood, immediately fainting. "Big sister! I'm sorry, U-chan is sick. I have to take U-chan back and take good care of her."
Unicorn tried to pull Yukikaze along, but Yukikaze didn't want to go. She wanted to taste what Stargazy Pie was like.
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