great-warnovel Chapter 305 The Ship Rises from the Belly of a Beast
Chapter 305 The Ship Rises from the Belly of a Beast
The Beast King's sternum flipped open to the sides, and the silver bow rested against the bone beam, rising towards the Beast Court.
Nine power supply tubes were pulled out of the abdominal cavity, their walls encasing flesh and blood, with the other end fastened into the deck.
The pipeline branched off into smaller branches, crawling along the markings of the nine beast herds guarding their dens.
For every half foot the ship rose, a new crack appeared on the Beast King's shoulder and back, and blood seeped through the seams of the array plates.
Qin Wuyi stood guard in front of the main plate. Two hundred and eighty-seven array plates had been placed in the Nine Palaces, only the Northwest Outer Ring was missing.
Three boxes of leftover food were piled up on the west side of the road, and three silver-seal beasts blocked the passage, their forelimbs specifically targeting the foot of the formation.
The Nine Lotus Lanterns lowered their silver threads, retrieving the military orders that had been branded onto the necks of the beasts.
The copper shell was stomped into a concave shape, exposing the magic crystal core inside the array plate.
Three rows of sampling records pop up on the tactical screen, with the Beast King's wounds, array plate location, and guardian mark being entered into the database simultaneously.
Wen Yue raised the crossbow, pressing the muzzle against the rotating acquisition lens below the bow of the ship.
"It's testing the formation."
Lu Yan pressed down on her crossbow: "It even remembers the order in which we fired."
The data transmitted back from the lens of the Void Disc was disassembled, and the Nine Palaces Formation, the Beast Horde's military orders, and the Beast King's bone and blood were merged into the same blueprint.
Just as the black lotus beneath Lu Yan's feet was about to unfold, nine silver mirrors sprang out from the ship's belly, aiming at the edge of the domain.
The mirror surface displays the structural parameters of the Pure Land, and the intervals between opening and closing are also marked on the scale.
Lu Yan withdrew his domain, leaving only a narrow strip of black lines to adhere to the edge of the Beast King's wound.
The overflow crystal wire broke into several pieces, and after landing, it drilled into the deck gaps, failing to get close to the core.
"It will wait for me to expand the Pure Land before using the Black Lotus Law to calibrate the ship."
Lin Chuxue slung the staff over her shoulder: "Then let's fix up some scraps."
Zhao Leiguang blocked the entrance to the West Ring Road with two shields: "The logistics department will have to discipline you if they hear this."
"Just survive today, then you can wait in line for your punishment."
The first Silver Seal Lord Beast stepped out of its cage, its forehead pressing against the tattered flag behind Nezha.
Nezha inserted the flagpole into the crevice in the stone, and with three long and two short copper whistles, the order to return the flag passed through the beast court.
The lord beast paused for a moment, but the silver number in its brand climbed up the flagpole.
"It remembers the old decrees, and the church uses the old decrees to pass on the new chains."
The ferocious fangs rammed in from the side, and the three beast heads pressed against the side of the lord beast's neck, pushing it away from the array line.
The second boss beast leaped up from the wall, its silver armor leaving long streaks, and landed directly on the remaining tray box.
Zhao Leiguang blocked with his shield, then savagely charged at the beast's shoulder, sparks flying from the edge of the shield against the bone armor.
"Old Shen, get it a parking space."
Shen Xinglin's lance unfolded its locking bar, pierced through the animal's leg joint, and the butt of the lance wedged into a copper nail in the ground.
The lord beast lunged forward half a step, its locking bar bending into an arc shape. Shen Xinglin pressed down on the butt of the spear, preventing it from crossing the line.
The third horde of beasts split into two groups along the cave wall: the left group rushed towards the array box, while the right group pressed towards Qin Wuyi.
Qin Wuyi did not turn around; the Chang'an projection was swallowing half of Qin Zheng's arm guard.
He pulled out the nine array plates from the outer ring, and the stone ridge on the western ring ground rose up, creating a narrow path for the remaining array boxes.
"Xiao Qianyu, get the box."
The spatial marker landed on the box lid, Xiao Qianyu stepped into the marker, and the battle halberd cut the silver thread securing the box.
The silver thread coiled back and wrapped around her right wrist, while Su Yunqing's shield covered the surface of her armor, keeping the crystalline liquid on the outside.
Xiao Qianyu dragged the first box of leftover plates, and the silver nails shot from the bow of the ship pierced the marker at her feet.
She thrust her halberd into the rock face, using the shaft to deflect it, and the box grazed the edge of the silver nail.
Wen Yue spread out scatter grenades over the western ring, the rocket bodies pinning the hanging rings, and several iron cages fell.
The iron cage separated the beasts from the passage. The silver-spotted beasts in the front row raised their paws, lifted the gate, and continued to push forward.
Lin Chuxue pressed the Blood Explosion Array into the bottom of the cage, with the array patterns only attached to the silver crystal, bypassing the belly armor of the beast horde.
Half of the silver number was burned off, but the lord beast still dragged the iron cage westward in a spiral.
Su Yunqing shielded the remaining tray with a shield. The tray did not break apart after being hit at the corner, and the surface of the tray was not stained with liquid crystals.
"Second box, yard eight," Wen Yue reported the coordinates.
Xiao Qianyu delivered the first box into the stone ridge passage, and as she turned toward the second box, the Beast King's front paws pressed against the stone surface.
Blood flowed from the cracks in the carapace, and claw marks left four military characters on the outside of the array plate.
The remaining plate is in the western ring; first, lock the hull of the boat.
Lu Yan cast the claw mark into the main plate, and the Nine Palaces Plate Diagram flipped downwards from the center.
The original layout held down the Beast King's sternum, but after the ship's hull was extended, the point of support shifted to below the abdominal cavity.
If the remaining plate is returned to its original position, the formation can only trap the empty shell, while the core will break through from the bottom of the formation.
"Change formation."
Qin Wuyi pressed his palm against the main plate, blood dripping from his nose onto the engraved lines: "All two hundred and eighty-seven must be moved."
"The West Ring Road is empty; the beasts will trample it in," Zhao Leiguang said, pressing against the Lord Beast.
"The West Ring is handed over to the Beast King."
Lu Yan linked the remaining points of the plate together like a chain: "It can still hold its ground."
The Beast King's spine bent to the west, its forelimbs dragging nine copper nails, pressing down towards the array box.
Nezha leaped onto the Beast King's shoulder bone, and used his Fire-Tipped Spear to pry open the silver conduit next to the copper nail.
Nine collecting insects crawled out of the broken duct, their mouthparts aimed at the new wound on the Beast King's shoulder and back.
Lu Yan only pressed the black lotus against the edge of the wound, and the collecting insects were cut off one by one. The data was not sent back to the ship's belly.
Seven holes popped open on the side panels of the ship, and silver gun barrels emerged, all aimed at Lu Yan.
Wen Yue pulled the trigger of the crossbow, and the high-explosive arrow passed through the hole. The gun barrel was nailed back onto the deck as soon as it came out.
"Don't take a sample from it; it even calculates the speed at which its wounds heal."
The silver-masked man's projection stood on the bow of the ship, the number seven insignia on his chest reflecting the flames of the Nine Lotus Lanterns.
"Captain Lu, even with one less layer of Black Lotus data, the ship can still sail."
"You return the beast horde's military order to me, and I will escort Qin Zheng into the house for you."
Xiao Qianyu dragged out the second box, while the third box had already been trampled into the pile of rubble by the two silver-seal beasts.
She nailed the beacon to the bottom of the box and used her halberd to cut open the lock handles of the iron cage above.
The iron cage pressed down on the hind legs of the two silver-seal beasts, and Lin Chuxue's array patterns adhered to the bottom of the cage.
The magic passed over the fence, burning only the brand, not touching the animal bones.
One of the lord beasts lay down on the ground, its military markings on the back of its neck turning back from silver to the old style of the Jade Void Palace.
The bronze whistle sounded, and the lord beast raised its paw to push open the third box, sending it into the stone ridge passage.
Qin Wuyi took the box, and the seventy-three remaining plates were neatly stacked next to the main plate, not one more and not one less.
"The enemy has provided us with a complete set of equipment, all they're missing is the transportation fee," Zhao Leiguang shouted through the animal cage.
Wen Yue tossed him the empty quiver: "Nine hundred rounds of ammunition were wasted. Get reimbursed from them."
Qin Wuyi placed the remaining plate inside the main plate, and the original array diagram was disassembled into nine folding chains.
The Northwest Outer Ring abandoned its blockade, and all forces converged towards the area below the Beast King's abdomen.
The boundary between heaven and earth shrinks to a hundred meters, fixing gravity, coordinates, time sequence, and the ship's volume together.
The silver deck crossed the battle line by half a foot, but was pulled back by the formation, its bow wedged between the Beast King's sternum.
The nine power supply pipes were tightened, and the beast king's head pressed against the stone surface, its claw marks half-covered by blood.
"The hull is locked." Qin Wuyi's throat was bleeding. "The array's core is almost at its limit."
There's another layer outside the ship.
Lu Yan raised the Void Disc and aimed it at the bow of the ship.
The circular cabin opened, and the Nine Lotus Lantern was lifted from the Beast King's chest by silver threads and slid into the cabin.
Nezha flung out his Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon), and a silver partition closed from both sides of the hatch, blocking the ribbon's body.
The flames pierced through the isolation barrier, leaving nine holes through the Beast King's bone armor on his chest.
Before the hatch closed, twelve wing-shaped military stripes were revealed inside, the stripes interlocking with nine lotus flames.
Yang Jian pressed the divine seal cloth on his forehead tighter: "Twelve-winged military emblem, Vatican main combat order."
The silver-masked man's projection retreated into the cabin, and the Team Seven emblem shattered into silver dust beneath the wing markings.
"The seventh knife, it's time to rejoin the team."
The cylindrical chamber sank deep into the ship's hull, while the second mobile sanctuary remained stuck in the line of fire and was still being pushed outwards.