Chapter 351

Chapter 351: Crushing Dominance

A portion of the red demon "Rose Hound" instantly invaded the Fury Cruiser.

Composed of microscopic mist particles, the Rose Hound seeped into every possible opening.

From the engine’s massive air intakes to ventilation shafts, Vanguard ship launch bays, and hundreds of weapon barrels – all became entry points.

Though the Fury Cruiser had protective magic arrays against toxins, these defenses proved useless. The Rose Hound’s nature wasn’t poison but pure consumption – it devoured flesh eagerly and magic even more voraciously.

The very magic arrays meant to protect the ship became the creature’s feast. How could such defenses hold?

Soon thick red mist filled every corridor of the warship.

Wherever the red mist spread, it left death in its wake.

Invisible jaws seemed to rip apart everything within the crimson haze – metal, flesh, even the air itself screamed.

Heavy plate armor offered no protection. The mist seeped through seams to attack from within, devouring the wearer.

Screams erupted throughout the vessel.

Only high-level experts above level 60 survived behind seamless magic shields. Ordinary practitioners perished rapidly upon contact, their magic and vitality draining plague-fast.

The Fourth Temple’s leader stood powerless aboard his dying ship.

His formidable magic kept him alive but useless for counterattack. Every spell he cast merely fed the red mist. Mental assaults fared worse – mind-related abilities vanished without effect against this magical entity hybrid.

As the mist thickened, the screams aboard the Fury Cruiser shifted from terrified cries to frantic chaos before fading into hollow silence.

The warship became a ghostly derelict, drifting uncontrolled through the fleet.

When the Fury Cruiser collided with a poison needle warship, the resulting explosion lit up the battlefield.

Surviving experts abandoned ship via escape pods and Vanguard ships.

Alice watched calmly from her crimson mount’s back, fingers threading through the Rose Hound’s shimmering fur. She waited.

The psychic energy flare shot from the cruiser like a comet.

No command needed – the Rose Hound surged forward, intercepting the escaping brilliance between dagger-like fangs.

Blue light shimmered as the Fourth Temple leader materialized, magic shield crackling under the beast’s bite. His Star Shift escape had failed.

Four tentacles writhed as the Heart-Seizing Demon attempted telepathy, only to be blocked by Alice’s mind-blocking earrings.

"You think this cage can hold me?" he rasped.

"Cage?" Alice’s smile chilled the air. "Why cage what I can kill?"

In the next moment, accompanied by her icy words, ripples spread through the void beneath the Fourth Temple leader. It seemed like a newly awakened Behemoth was forcing its way through the narrow summoning passageway.

The cold-blooded Heart-Seizing Demon felt his psychic energy surge uncontrollably, an unprecedented sense of dread gripping him.

When he tried using Star Shift again to distance himself from Alice and her Summoned Beast, horror struck – he couldn’t move.

Countless psychic threads had silently wrapped around his entire body like spider silk, leaving him completely paralyzed.

From eight points across the hundred-meter-wide void emerged spear-like insect limbs.

The Crystal Spider Queen’s eight legs appeared.

This supreme psychic beast had woven an imperceptible mind-web, trapping the demon like a fly. Though Alice lacked power to fully summon it, creating passageways for its legs sufficed.

Once sensing prey, the Spider Queen would drag it back to her realm by any means.

The Fourth Temple leader struggled fiercely, but his psychic strength paled against the Psychic Crystal-constructed Spider Queen. Ambushed and entangled in the mind-web, both his physical form and psyche remained bound, resistance nearly impossible.

Within minutes, without Alice lifting a finger, the mighty demon’s body was pierced by hundred-meter legs. His fear-filled gaze vanished into the void, leaving no trace.

By any measure, this counted as instant defeat.

"One remains." Alice exhaled, wiping sweat from her brow. Summoning the Crystal Spider Queen strained even the Mist Sorceress, but the stubborn girl pressed on. With Fina controlling the battlefield, she’d complete her task without complaint.

Before Alice could target another Fury Cruiser, unimaginable changes occurred.

The sect headquarters fleet began retreating.

Against Fina’s suppressing Magic Beams, Alice’s unpredictable beasts, and Midi restraining their Leader, victory became impossible.

"Damnation!" A thunderous roar shook the Star Ocean.

The Blue Truth Leader stared in disbelief. When Wind King Warship arrived, All-Seeing Demon tracked it immediately. They’d assumed this was Midi’s last reserve force – potentially capturable for an ancient warship. Perhaps a diversion tactic.

Maintaining position seemed wise when dominating. The Leader hadn’t erred – but couldn’t anticipate the Queen of Magic and Mist Sorceress’s unconventional tactics.

The warship meant nothing – its passengers changed everything.

United at last, the Hawk Brigade’s Iron Triangle unleashed devastating synergy. Fina’s battlefield-clearing beams, Alice’s mysterious beasts, and Midi’s psychic might combined into unstoppable force.

Overwhelming.

Centuries-old Blue Truth Sect couldn’t withstand this new star’s glow. Ten warships lost. Temple leader slain. Command structure crumbling. Now the Leader found himself pinned.

Continuing meant sect’s downfall. Retreat became his only option.

"Midi Asreks! Fina Hamilton! Alice Otolopas!" The Leader’s telepathic snarl reached Midi. "Remember this, humans! We’ll meet again to decide Star Ocean’s true ruler!"

His crystal Skyship jerked backward, fleeing battlefield-ward. The battered fleet retreated under covering fire, leaving dozens of wrecks declaring their defeat.