“Kun Kun, can you really not find them?”
Li Changqing wiped the water from his face with a towel he had pulled from who knew where, his expression turning serious.
“Whale…”
The Cloud White Wind Whale indicated that it couldn’t sense the wind signatures of either of them within a radius of 100 miles.
Li Changqing sat cross-legged atop the whale’s head and carefully analyzed the situation.
“The Silver Moon Wolf girl only displayed High Extraordinary-level strength when she fled with Luo Ning.”
“That’s worlds apart from the High Monarchs inside this secret realm.”
“Could she have some kind of temporary enhancement ability?’
“And based on the distance of their previous spatial jumps, each teleport should’ve remained within your sensing range, Kun Kun.”
“But after they arrived here, they vanished completely.”
“Kun Kun, do you think they came here on purpose?”
“Or perhaps… they deliberately lured us here?”
“Whale!”
The Cloud White Wind Whale frowned slightly.
Its enormous whale eyes were filled with confusion.
It couldn’t detect anything unusual here.
“Could something really be hidden here?”
“Like a spatial secret realm that even we can’t detect?”
“Tch. What a headache.”
“That Silver Moon Wolf girl’s mastery of spatial teleportation is seriously troublesome.”
“And Silver Moon Wolves are such rare creatures.”
“So why did one appear in Jiang City?”
“Yesterday, it somehow seemed to predict the future and formed a contract with Luo Ning before she even had a contracted beast.”
“It even had Luo Ning throw herself into the arms of the Primordial Bloodline, indirectly resolving yesterday’s crisis.”
“Could she also possess some kind of future prediction ability?’
“Holy hell! Is she really a Silver Moon Wolf?”
“Kun Kun, you’re supposed to be the ruler of the skies, and even you don’t have abilities like that!”
“And judging from the way they reacted to me…”
“I suspect they ran away because they were worried I’d capture them and bring them harm.”
“If that’s the case, then the Silver Moon Wolf girl most likely hid something here.”
“Something capable of making her strong enough to face us again?”
Li Changqing sucked in a sharp breath.
The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became.
Why couldn’t he ever run into a Silver Moon Wolf with cheat-like abilities?
“And Luo Ning’s beast-taming talent is incredible.”
“If even the Primordial Bloodline has its eyes on her, she definitely isn’t ordinary.”
“As expected of someone Boss said possesses an ancient inheritance.”
Li Changqing sighed unconsciously.
“Sigh. If it weren’t for Boss’s instructions, this would’ve been reported to headquarters so they could deal with the headache.”
“But thinking about it now…”
“This is actually getting interesting.”
“Kun Kun, if that Silver Moon Wolf girl appears again…”
“Do you think she’ll really bring out something that amazes us?”
“I have a feeling she’s extremely confident.”
“But before that…”
“Kun Kun, could you activate your wind barrier first?”
“If I stay soaked and keep getting blasted by the wind, I’ll be calling in sick tomorrow.”
Feeling his hair wildly dancing atop his head, Li Changqing couldn’t help complaining.
“…”
The Cloud White Wind Whale fell silent.
Oops.
It had forgotten.
Getting sick really wouldn’t be good.
It immediately let out a low whale cry.
Pale green wind patterns rippled across its massive body as flowing wind energy formed a translucent wind barrier around it.
It perfectly enveloped the whale itself.
…And completely excluded the soaking wet Li Changqing sitting on its back.
“…”
Li Changqing stared blankly.
“You little…”
Inside the Protective Secret Realm, Luo Ning thoroughly satisfied her urge to pet fluffy things.
She had successfully spoiled both Yin Yue and Shuo Ling with endless head pats.
Yin Yue also rose gracefully from her proper kneeling posture.
“Master.”
“Now that we have Shuo Ling, we finally have the leverage to negotiate with him.”
“B-But…”
“Shuo Ling can’t remove this Protective Secret Realm…”
Shuo Ling lowered her dark eyes.
Her soft, sweet voice carried a hint of disappointment.
The starlight core embedded in her chest dimmed slightly.
She carefully recalled the locked permission barriers deep within her core before explaining.
“This Protective Secret Realm is the defensive lock mechanism of the Divine Sky Star-Chasing Battleship.”
“My ship body is damaged.”
“I’m currently only Tier 2.”
“Extraordinary rank.”
“I must restore the ship body to Tier 4.”
“That is, Monarch rank.”
“Only then can I unlock the necessary permissions to independently open or remove this secret realm barrier.”
Speaking of her insufficient permissions, the little shipgirl lowered her tiny head helplessly.
“Shuo Ling.”
“Did you forget how we got in here?”
Luo Ning blinked and motioned for her to think.
“Sister Yin Yue can use spatial teleportation.”
“Whoosh, and we’ll be outside.”
Luo Ning proudly explained Yin Yue’s ability.
Shuo Ling blinked in surprise.
Right!
She recalled everything that had happened earlier.
Sister Yin Yue was amazing!
Looking toward the elegant and gentle Yin Yue, admiration naturally appeared on Shuo Ling’s little face.
Her neat black bob swayed gently.
Just as hope rekindled within her, she suddenly remembered something.
Her tiny brows furrowed.
“But…”
“The person outside…”
She spoke softly, her sweet voice cautious.
“Shuo Ling has been secretly monitoring the outside.”
“That human has been waiting for you and Sister Yin Yue the entire time.”
“His beast-taming strength seems incredibly powerful.”
“That’s true.”
“Master and I alone aren’t enough to fight him.”
“So I need your help, Shuo Ling.”
“I’d like to borrow the power of the ship body.”
There wasn’t the slightest trace of panic in Yin Yue’s clear, icy eyes.
Only calm confidence remained.
“Borrow… it?”
“That’s right!”
“Sister Yin Yue, you also possess the ship body’s highest authority!”
Shuo Ling’s eyes suddenly lit up.
She remembered the memories she’d seen within Yin Yue’s sea of consciousness.
That was the new form future Shuo Ling had developed.
As the core of the ship body, she could allow everyone to gain part of the battleship’s armored power.
That was also why, in the future, she entrusted everyone with the ship body’s highest command authority.
That special armored form…
Was called Shipgirl Armament.
A faint smile curved Yin Yue’s lips.
Her gentle gaze rested upon the innocent little shipgirl.
It seemed Shuo Ling had already understood her plan.
“That’s right.”
Yin Yue nodded lightly.
Her cool voice calmly laid out the entire strategy.
“I also possess the highest authority.”
“As long as you wholeheartedly accept me, Shuo Ling…”
“We can activate Shipgirl Armament once.”
“At that time, I’ll combine the Moonlight Power temporarily replenished last night…”
“Master’s bond enhancement…”
“And the battleship’s Shipgirl Armament.”
“My strength can temporarily reach the Low Overlord rank.”
“This Protective Secret Realm can’t be withdrawn for now.”
“So we’ll leave it here.”
“Once the ship body has been repaired to the appropriate tier and the necessary permissions are unlocked, we’ll return and retrieve it.”
“Our priority right now is negotiating with the Legendary Beast Tamer outside, Li Changqing.”
“When that time comes, Master…”
“We’ll be relying on you.”
“Shuo Ling and I will give you the bargaining chip needed to stand on equal footing with him.”
“Shuo Ling understands!”
The little shipgirl immediately straightened her tiny body.
Her black bob swayed gently as her round eyes sparkled brightly.
Her soft voice was filled with determination.
“Shuo Ling will give it everything she has!”
“Wait, wait!”
“Shipgirl Armament?!”
Luo Ning’s eyes widened instinctively.
The pink ahoge atop her head shot straight upward like an exclamation mark.
“No way!’
“Is it really the kind of Shipgirl Armament I’m thinking of?’
Her little face overflowed with disbelief and excitement.
She instantly became completely energized.
“That’s right, Master.”
Yin Yue immediately guessed what Luo Ning was imagining.
“So then, Master.”
“Are you ready?”
“I’m ready!”
“I’m super-duper ready!”
Luo Ning clenched her little fists.
Her flushed face was filled with eager anticipation.
Shipgirl Armament!
What would it look like?
Seeing that her master had fully composed herself, Yin Yue hesitated no longer.