Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 408: Chapter 407: Taste my ultimate sword!

Have we been spotted?

This was Fang Zheng’s first reaction when he saw Takao look up, but he quickly realized that Takao didn’t immediately attack them; instead, she furrowed her brows, showing a puzzled expression.

”It seems that Takao hasn’t spotted us...”

Iona also spoke softly.

”But there’s a good chance she’s sensed some sort of sign.”

”That’s indeed troubling.”

Seeing Takao looking around, Fang Zheng also felt somewhat speechless. Everything was normal at the moment, and there was no sign of being detected, but Takao obviously seemed to have noticed something. The only explanation right now could probably be ”women’s intuition”. Against such an unreasonable thing, Fang Zheng was helpless... no way.

”Vampire, release the drones and circle around to draw Takao’s attention.”

”Understood, setting off immediately!”

Vampire, who had already been bored waiting, took action immediately upon receiving Fang Zheng’s command. Soon, several drones emerged from the clouds, whizzing past towards Takao from behind.

”An attack? What is this...?”

Seeing the drones appear from the clouds, Takao was clearly surprised, but soon, she revealed a triumphant smile.

”You think you can defeat me with these things? Such a foolish dream!”

As she spoke, Takao suddenly gestured with her hand. In the next moment, her massive warship began to slowly turn, while the anti-aircraft guns on the warship also aimed at the drones in the sky and began firing wildly.

”Now’s our chance! Nymph!”

As Takao diverted her attention, Fang Zheng immediately gave the command. Hearing his order, Nymph nodded and then raised her hands.

”Domain, full open!”

Accompanying Little Angel’s proclamation, a circular semi-transparent sphere instantly unfolded around her, wrapping all of the Warships of Sea Mist inside it in the blink of an eye.

”What is this?”

At that moment, Takao finally realized something was amiss, and with a look of surprise, she raised her head to see the Hacker Realm spreading across the sky. Soon after, the bright red light rings floating beside her started to shake, and windows popped up rapidly, displaying clear warnings and ERROR signs.

”Someone is trying to hack into my warship? Not so easy!”

As a Mind Model, Takao only appeared to be a young girl, but inside she was also the core of a warship. Therefore, when Nymph’s intrusion reached her, Takao instantly sensed the real threat. Her hands moved rapidly, attempting to fend off Nymph’s hacking, all the while relying on the data flow, she located Nymph’s position.

”Is that where you are?”

While quickly launching her firewall, Takao looked up above her head. She had felt something amiss there just a moment ago, and now it seemed her intuition was indeed accurate!

”No matter what you are, trying to defeat me is just too naive!”

Gazing at the sky above her, Takao snorted coldly, and then with a sweep of her right hand, she watched as all the hatches on her warship burst open, revealing nearly a hundred vertical launching tubes. In the next instant, countless missiles soared into the sky, whistling upwards before bursting apart rapidly. A series of flames then roared into existence overhead, turning the entire layer of clouds a brilliant red. At the same time, within the clouds, a semi-transparent silhouette of a ship emerged.

”She’s not a fool after all.”

Seeing Iona revealed by the barrage, Fang Zheng was startled. But there was no time to admire the intelligence of this Heavy Cruiser—although Iona might have improved her defenses after the upgrade, she couldn’t withstand the bombardment from so many Light and Heavy Cruisers!

”Nymph, prioritize hacking into those light cruisers and paralyze their weapons systems. Vampire, get to the battlefield at top speed, your target is heavy cruiser Takao! I’ll go stall her! Iona, full defense!”

”Huh? Master?”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s commands, Nymph had yet to speak, but Iona’s eyes widened in surprise. The opponent was a heavy cruiser, and her master was human; how was he going to stall a warship?

Before Iona could voice her question, a surprising scene unfolded before her. Fang Zheng stood up in front of her, and with a casual wave of his hand in the air, a bright light appeared in Fang Zheng’s hand, and the next moment, a gigantic longsword materialized in his grasp. With a ”swoosh” sound, Fang Zheng vanished into thin air.

Indeed, as Iona had thought, if Takao was merely a warship, Fang Zheng would have few options other than turning into a dragon. But the problem was, this warship Takao had evolved a mind model!

Then... taste the power of my forty-meter greatsword!

It must be acknowledged that Fang Zheng’s unconventional tactic was quite effective. In fact, when he appeared in front of Takao and swung his longsword at her, the mind model was completely baffled.

I’m here setting up firewalls and launching missiles, and suddenly there’s a human? How did he get in? And... why isn’t this human using a gun, but a sword?

Despite a barrage of internal complaints, Takao was not idle. As the massive sword swung down by Fang Zheng approached, she raised her hand, and a hexagonal information barrier promptly appeared in front of her, blocking Fang Zheng’s strike.

”Clang!”

A metallic clang rang out, and the next moment, bright red runes emerged on the Vampire in Fang Zheng’s hand, however...

No use?

Seeing the unscathed and undamaged Takao before him, Fang Zheng was also taken aback, but he quickly realized that there was, damn it, still space between the shield he had struck and the opponent’s arm!

Having such a rigid effect on gear is not good either!

Watching this scene, Fang Zheng was speechless. He had not expected that mind models would have the ability to conjure shields out of thin air. But soon, Fang Zheng realized he knew too little about these mind models.

”Foolish human, you’re on a path to your own doom!”

After blocking Fang Zheng’s strike, Takao also angrily raised her hand, and with her gesture, Fang Zheng was shocked to see several semi-transparent longswords materialize in the air behind Takao, forming a semicircle around him...

Is this Infinite Sword Creation or Royal Wealth?

But right now, Fang Zheng didn’t have the time to comment or complain about that, because as Takao waved her right hand forward, dozens of longswords shot out, whistling toward Fang Zheng. He immediately activated Future Sight, turned into a blur of an afterimage amidst the whizzing swords, and one by one, the sharp longswords descended from the sky, just grazing Fang Zheng’s body and embedding into the deck. Meanwhile, the anti-aircraft guns on both sides of the warship Takao also turned toward Fang Zheng, unleashing a barrage of ”bang, bang, bang.”

How can we all continue to play nicely now!

Seeing the situation get progressively worse, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but concentrate. He had originally thought that dealing with fleet girls was a matter of... just swinging a sword and chopping away. It was only after he engaged in combat that he found out these ladies actually had cultivation abilities, waving around information barriers and Infinite Sword Creation, each one handling flying swords more nimbly than those of Shushan. If he wasn’t careful, he might just embarrass himself pretending to show off... that would be truly humiliating!

One Sword!

With this thought, Fang Zheng unhesitatingly swung his longsword forward. In an instant, time seemed to freeze, and then a shadowy figure appeared beside Takao, while Fang Zheng switched places with the pitch-black figure. Continuing his momentum, he thrust his longsword towards Takao.

”How did you appear here?”

Seeing Fang Zheng suddenly show up at her side, Takao was startled too. But her reaction was equally quick, and just as Fang Zheng’s longsword came within ten centimeters of Takao, a Radiance-filled information barrier reappeared, blocking his strike.

However, this time, Fang Zheng was not as surprised as before. If he made a move, he naturally had confidence in its success.

At the same moment that Takao’s barrier materialized, Fang Zheng extended his right hand and pressed it onto the barrier.

”Disintegration!”