76: Anomalies in projection space

The flames of war spread through the void, and the warships emitted silent wails.

Like a massive meat grinder, the four gargantuan fleets were diminishing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Equipped with 120 heavy cannons, the "Suppressor I" served as the main force for suppressing fire for all parties, while simultaneously bearing the brunt of the attacks on the front lines, and was quickly depleted.

After losing this powerful warship, although the artillery fire in the void remained intense, it was a world of difference compared to before.

After all, the warships built by these Pirate Groups themselves were only at the peak of the fifth level, and the pressure they brought was far less than the "Suppressor".

At this moment, without the cheat-level weapons, the Transcendent of the major factions finally had a place to demonstrate their skills.

A sea of deep red flames, reaching a full thousand zhang high, was the first to rise from the "Blaze" camp.

The leader of the "Blaze" Pirate Group, Loranger, had his red hair flying as he laughed arrogantly:

"Fross, you and I are currently both at a disadvantage. How about we join forces and kill one person first?"

The voice, bolstered by S-Class Transcendent power, ignored the rule that sound cannot travel through a vacuum and resounded throughout the void.

"That suits me perfectly. That guy Morsa has strange abilities; I don't want my body to become his puppet. How about we kill him first?"

A thousand-meter-tall giant stood up from the "Heavy Mountain" camp, his voice rumbling like thunder.

His muscles bulged all over his body, as if cast from steel and iron, and his might was astonishing.

"Agreed."

Loranger immediately held up the monstrous sea of flames with one hand and charged toward the "Gale" camp.

Due to negative effects, he and the "Heavy Mountain" camp were at a clear disadvantage in direct combat; the only plan now was to carry out a decapitation strike.

As long as the enemy leader was eliminated, the rest would be leaderless and not worth worrying about.

"Damn it, Loranger, I haven't offended you!"

Morsa, the leader of "Gale", had his expression change drastically upon hearing this. His abilities were not suited for direct combat, and he might not even win a one-on-one fight, let alone facing two.

"Hmph, twenty-five years ago, at the Golden Palace on Sea Tree Island, you took advantage of my lack of preparation to steal the opportunity for a private solo performance from Miss 'Butterfly Dance'. I have kept this grudge in my heart, and today we shall settle it."

Loranger's expression remained unchanged. The Four Great Pirate Groups had coexisted on the "Peaceful Passage" for over a hundred years; if one wanted to find an excuse, where couldn't they find one?

"Bullshit! It was clearly Miss Butterfly Dance who appreciated my talent. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Attack, stop them!"

Morsa retorted angrily and said no more.

Black energy swirled around his hands hidden under his black robe, and he lightly tapped out a piece of music in the void that ordinary people could not hear.

Instantly, hundreds of corpses stood up from the ruins, swaying as they opened their hollow eyes and lunged at the two.

Song of the Dead, capable of controlling the corpses of living beings that had died within one hour!

"Hahaha, Morsa, have you gone senile? Do you want to stop me with these things?"

Loranger snorted coldly and slammed down the right hand holding the monstrous sea of flames. The raging inferno instantly engulfed the hundreds of corpses, burning them to ashes. Many mecha warriors nearby also perished along with them.

Fross, the leader of "Heavy Mountain" who had transformed into a giant, was even more direct. He brought down his palm, which was dozens of meters wide, and instantly crushed a large group of corpses.

"Damn it... Retreat quickly."

Morsa's face was terrifyingly gloomy.

His ability could only be fully utilized after a strong person had died. Now, relying only on the corpses of those B-Class and A-Class Transcendents, he couldn't stop the two S-Class individuals at all.

"Loranger, Fross, are you acting as if I don't exist? Hahaha!"

At this moment, a thousand-zhang-high giant wave rolled in. Hetok, the leader of "Deep Sea" dressed in a deep blue combat suit, stood with his hands behind his back on the crest of the wave. With a point of his finger, a massive wave surged toward the sea of flames.

"Hetok! Help me kill one, and I guarantee you first place!"

Morsa, who was about to retreat, couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted repeatedly.

Following the chaotic fleet battle, the strongest of the Four Great Pirate Groups, the four S-Class Transcendents, had finally all entered the fray.

"It seems there is a fundamental difference between S-Class and Double A-Class. Warships below level six can hardly pose a threat to them anymore."

Protected by the shielding effect, Zhang Huaiyuan watched the four people in the projection with burning eyes, as streams of information fed back into his mind.

【Loranger】

Classification: Carbon-based lifeform.

Ability mastered: Purgatory Fire—Fire-type mutant Transcendent ability, can control flames from an unknown space to attack, ignoring conventional elemental suppression, with power increasing synchronously with level.

Ability level: High-tier.

extraordinary level: S.

【Fross】

Ability mastered: Spirit of the Great Mountain—Earth-type enhancement Transcendent ability, can borrow the power of mountain ranges to comprehensively strengthen oneself; the higher the level, the stronger the effect.

【Hetok】

Ability mastered: Deep Sea Giant Wave—Water-type attack Transcendent ability, can gather water elemental power in space to form a wave that crushes everything, with power increasing with level.

Added to that was the "Song of the Dead" of Morsa, the leader of "Gale", whom he had seen before.

Complex diagrams evolved in his mind.

This was also the second major purpose of Zhang Huaiyuan coming here—to collect more powerful Transcendent diagrams.

The joy in his eyes grew ever stronger; although the combat power of these four pirates was not as strong as Leios, that was mostly due to the gap in equipment, as the grades of their abilities were all among the strongest of the high-tier.

"However, with my current mental capacity, it will take quite some time to fully analyze S-Class abilities; I'll record them completely first. Besides, there are some Double A-Class Transcendents; some of their abilities are also good and can be recorded as well."

Zhang Huaiyuan quickly locked onto one target after another, increasing his accumulation.

At this moment, the battle in the center had also reached a white-hot intensity.

The fleet below was almost entirely gone, with only some pirates wearing mechas and combat suits left in the chaotic battle.

And the four S-Class Transcendents no longer had their initial arrogance, their might having weakened significantly.

"Morsa, help me hold them off for thirty seconds. I have an ultimate technique with an eighty percent chance of killing one person instantly."

Hetok, standing on the wave, saw the battle gradually turning disadvantageous and secretly used communication to transmit his voice.

"Good, hurry up."

Morsa dodged a stream of fire somewhat embarrassedly and gritted his teeth.

His direct combat power was far inferior to the other three, and in a 2v2 situation, the disadvantage was growing. If the other party could really kill one instantly, even if he had to risk severe injury, he could use his ability to control an intact S-Class Strongest for a short time, and victory would ultimately belong to him.

"Song of the Dead!"

He gave a low shout, his hands rapidly playing the musical score belonging to the dead.

A full thousand corpses swayed as they stood up, summoned to form a human wall.

"Wrath of Purgatory!"

Seeing this, Loranger's expression also turned cold. The remaining flames converged and constricted, becoming only thirty meters square, but the color changed from deep red to pitch black.

"Overestimating your own capabilities!"

The thousand-meter giant Fross snorted coldly. The veins on his arm, which was dozens of meters thick, suddenly bulged, and he smashed down from the air with the momentum to crush everything.

"This is..."

Watching this scene, Zhang Huaiyuan, who was in the middle of analyzing the diagrams, suddenly had a flash of undisguised shock in his eyes.

Under the display of True Sight, the entire projection space seemed to freeze for an instant, and these four strong individuals, originally fabricated from data, suddenly turned into real carbon-based lifeforms at this moment!