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Chapter 1191: Chapter 645, The Fate of the Phoenix_2

However, Gu Hang had to admit that he underestimated his opponent a bit. The spiritual energy that formed the field didn’t have any effect at all and was easily broken by Su Lie. Then, a series of extremely fast and fierce sword strikes left Gu Hang momentarily at a loss, to the point where when Su Lie closed in again, he found himself unable to defend.

Nevertheless, even though he opened his mouth to call for a stop, Su Lie clearly had no intention of halting.

When one strike was blocked, Su Lie didn’t press further but instead withdrew his longsword. Then, with even greater speed and ferocity, he launched fifteen consecutive strikes against the spiritual energy shield in front of Gu Hang.

No matter how strong a spiritual energy shield, it couldn’t withstand such an assault from an Emperor Champion, ultimately shattering into nothing amidst a sharp screeching noise.

However, when the sword struck Gu Hang again, it hit nothing but air.

Gu Hang’s body dispersed like foam and reappeared dozens of meters away.

Su Lie’s reaction speed was extremely fast. He turned his body and charged once more.

Having suffered multiple losses and personally felt the top-level combat strength of this Battle Group Leader of the original group, Gu Hang no longer dared to show any disregard.

He stirred up his spiritual energy, summoned a lightning spear with all his might, and thrust it viciously towards Su Lie.

The charging Lord of the Phoenix swung his sword fierce and wide. The purple-gold longsword cleaved through the lightning, and as it was about to strike Gu Hang again, a more ferocious thunderstorm group erupted directly in the rear.

This time, even Su Lie couldn’t withstand it; he was blasted dozens of meters back, crashing into the wall.

He wasn’t severely injured, just felt a strong impact. He could still fight.

At this moment, Gu Hang’s voice, carrying a hint of helplessness, sounded again: “Battle Group Leader Su Lie, I know you’ve been under immense pressure for a long time, but I believe with your mental will, you should be able to discern what is an illusion, what is the temptation of the Subspace Evil God, and what is truly real and unobstructed.”

Landing from the wall, Su Lie did not charge in immediately again.

Gu Hang breathed a sigh of relief and noticed a few elite members of the Phoenix Guard hearing the commotion were entering with guns. Feeling a bit heated, he waved his hand, sending a shockwave that knocked them back, conveniently locking the door.

Turning his gaze back to Su Lie, seeing that the Lord of the Phoenix had not made any more aggressive movements, it was clear that he also realized Gu Hang’s move just now would cause no substantial harm to his subordinates.

At this point, Gu Hang breathed another sigh of relief.

He continued: “Let me reintroduce myself, I truly am Gu Hang.”

Su Lie did not attack but also did not speak, merely scrutinizing Gu Hang with a strong sense of vigilance in his eyes.

How could he not be cautious?

The Phoenix Legion and their flagship, the Glory Queen Battleship Phoenix Crown Feathers, had been drifting in subspace for ten years.

The time the Phoenix Legion went missing from the real universe wasn’t actually that long, only about three years.

However, subspace is a magical place. Time and space are distorted here. The clocks on the Phoenix Crown Feathers, the time logs, and the time experienced by the interstellar warriors all clearly show that they have actually gone through ten years.

In the real universe, three years being distorted into ten years is actually considered relatively mild in subspace; they have to thank the protective field on the ship, which is ancient technology, the so-called ’Geller Field’, rather than the currently common Star Realm Protective Field used primarily for safer navigation through the Star Realm Tunnel. Otherwise, the situation would be much worse.

This includes the spaceship’s ability to navigate through subspace, which is a technology that existed before the Emperor ascended.

In that era, there was no such thing as a Star Realm Tunnel; for faster-than-light travel across galaxies, subspace navigation, which was very dangerous, was the only choice. Ships were equipped with subspace engines and Geller Fields for protection within subspace. However, the hazards of subspace are far greater compared to the Star Realm Tunnel.

Time during navigation in subspace is unstable.

In modern Star Realm Tunnels, one clearly knows which location to exit from when entering a galaxy and how long it takes. But primitive subspace navigation had no such certainty; perhaps it would take three to five days, or maybe one couldn’t emerge for three to five years; most likely, the destination was correct, but there was also a considerable chance of getting lost to an unknown location, even with navigation.

Such instability in navigation alone was already deadly. Despite the Empire’s current administrative inefficiencies, they were even more pronounced in that era due to communication and transportation issues.

Moreover, there were also the risks inherent in the navigation itself. The whispers in subspace would tempt, drive the crew insane, and even allow Subspace Demons to invade the ship. The Geller Field could protect against most such occurrences, but occasional unusual subspace forces would intrude without warning.

Occasionally, there would be reports of a ship emerging from subspace, and upon reaching the port, everyone on board had transformed into mutants, but each of them still believed themselves to be human; once this belief was shattered, they would lose all reason and become completely berserk.

These occurrences gradually became history after the Emperor ascended, and Star Realm Tunnels formed widely. Subspace engines and Geller Fields gradually disappeared from the stage, only retaining those ancient and now practically useless things on ships built during that time.

The Phoenix Crown Feathers is one such battleship that emerged from that era.

It is worth mentioning that the Empire today no longer has the ability to construct Queen of Glory-class ships. Currently, all Queen of Glory-class ships in the Empire were built in the era before the Emperor ascended, each incorporating some design personally crafted by the Emperor, making them undoubtedly the most powerful warships of the Empire.

Even though the subspace engines and Geller Fields on the Phoenix Crown Feathers had not been used for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, when cornered with no other escape from pursuit and encirclement, these two devices still loyally performed their intended functions.

Otherwise, the Phoenix Legion would have been finished, unable to hold out for ten years so long.

Nonetheless, problems of the Geller Field being unmaintained due to its age still exist, and the Phoenix Legion has endured tremendous pressure over these ten years.

Subspace Demons frequently invade the ship, being dealt with by the surviving three hundred Phoenix Warriors. But during this process, losses are unavoidable. Up to now, nearly half of the Phoenix manpower has been sacrificed.

Among these sacrifices, not everyone died in battle. Instances of being tempted, mutated after subspace forces invaded, and then being tearfully executed by their own battle brothers also happen occasionally.

Even worse, it seems something in subspace has taken notice of them.

The unspeakable entity is most interested in none other than Su Lie himself.

Su Lie often hears ’Its’ voice.

It promises him that as long as he nods, he can immediately gain eternal life, perfect eternity, eternal pleasures, and ascend to ’Prince’.

And each time, he firmly refuses.

No matter what sweet words that entity whispers in his ear or what beautiful illusions it constructs before him, he remains unmoved.

When Gu Hang appeared, he thought it was another of ’Its’ temptations.

Although it didn’t quite feel like it, the fact that Gu Hang suddenly appeared on the Phoenix Crown Feathers, which was within subspace, was even less like reality.

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