Hard work pays off. During an accident, Illustrious unexpectedly encountered a Five-Star Nightmare Deep Sea. Illustrious, who only had the strength of a Four-Star Epic, was on the verge of being beaten to death when she suddenly had an epiphany. In that moment of enlightenment, she unleashed that ultimate secret technique—Momentary Final Slash!
After sinking the enemy into the sea, her strength advanced from a Four-Star Epic Ship Girl to a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl... Ending the flashback, Illustrious watched the giant fist descending from the sky. She first pressed her left hand against the scabbard, placed her right hand on the hilt, and assumed a sword-drawing stance.
Then, closing her eyes to sense the enemy's killing intent, Illustrious entered a world of darkness. In this world, she was alone. As her perception focused continuously, the flow of time for the things around her began to slow down.
Upon finding the core of the enemy's killing intent, Illustrious quickly opened her eyes. A golden light flickered at the point of the draw, flashing incessantly as she swiftly drew her blade.
"Momentary Final Slash!" Illustrious shouted coldly, her voice echoing through the air.
Hundreds of eight-zhang long silver sword scars remained in the sky. The massive energy fist falling from the heavens and the Middle Princess were directly sliced into fragments.
Before dying, the Middle Princess said feebly, "How can this be... even I am actually going to sink? Damn it..."
Sinking? Illustrious shook her head. If her strength had been lower, the one sinking would likely have been her. Thus, weakness is the original sin.
The Admirals outside were stunned by Illustrious's terrifying strike and began to discuss it one after another.
"That giant fist was coming down from the sky; just now I thought Illustrious was finished. I didn't expect her to have a hidden trump card. That strike was truly terrifying!"
"Illustrious's strength is truly frightening! You have to realize that Dido and Souryuu were both heavily injured by the Middle Princess, yet Illustrious not only remained unhurt but took down the Middle Princess single-handedly. If Illustrious hadn't been there, our Ship Girls would probably have sunk right there!"
"Illustrious is a good person. We must thank her properly; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to get the chest from the third Nightmare Abyssal."
Everyone was very grateful for Illustrious's actions, and their faces were filled with admiration for her.
Three golden treasure chests and two glowing gems appeared where the Middle Princess had sunk. Seeing those two glowing gems, Illustrious was very excited. They were the purple silver heart and the green silver heart. Hadn't she put so much effort into conquering Azure Island just for these two glowing gems?
She grabbed the two glowing gems with her hand and placed them into the corresponding slots on the silver sword, which the silver sword absorbed immediately.
Kaka...
Two authorities of the silver sword began to unlock: one was Thunder, and the other was Hurricane. As these two authorities were unlocked, Illustrious's aura continued to surge. Her strength, which originally rivaled a Three-Star Epic Ship Girl, rose all the way until it could rival a Five-Star Epic Ship Girl before stopping.
Clenching her fist and feeling the surging power, she felt great. As long as she collected the other four gems, she could become the strongest Ruler. Then, she could use this power to protect those she cherished.
Of the three golden treasure chests, two belonged to Illustrious and the other to Dido. Souryuu was too pitiful; her damage against the Middle Princess hadn't reached 10%, so she only had a guaranteed purple treasure chest.
Looking at the Ship Girls still in fierce battle below, Illustrious went down to help. The Abyssal forces below were at most High-Level Abyssals. Without their commander, the Nightmare Abyssal Middle Princess, they quickly lost their resolve. With Illustrious's help, the Abyssal side was wiped out completely in short order.
The conquest could have been faster if the Aircraft Carrier had helped, but the Aircraft Carrier had stopped halfway to the third Abyssal Princess, saying she didn't want to fight the Middle Princess. The reason was that the Aircraft Carrier and the Middle Princess were born in the same place; she couldn't bear to kill her, so she had to retreat to the second Abyssal Habitat to wait for Illustrious's victorious return.
After conquering this Azure Island, all the Ship Girls cheered happily.
"Great! It's finally over. My body is all dirty; I need to take a bath when I get back!"
"People said Azure Island was hard and that it was a narrow escape, but it seems like nothing special to me."
"That's thanks to the three big shots leading us; otherwise, we would have sunk long ago."
"Exactly! Especially that Illustrious. If she hadn't killed that Middle Princess, we would have been the ones dying."
"What are you all still talking about? Open the chests! Didn't we fight to the death just for this moment?!"
The Ship Girls began to harvest the fruits of their labor. Now was the moment to test their luck; they prayed to open rare items, as they didn't want torpedoes.
Javelin opened her guaranteed purple treasure chest, and a white pleated skirt appeared before her eyes. Information about this garment surfaced in her mind.
ship device: Unlucky Skirt
Level: Zero-Floor Tier
Effect: The wearer will become extremely unlucky. For example, they might suddenly trip while walking, choke while drinking water, or be bitten by a dog for no reason.
Note 1: Once the skirt is put on, it takes one day to take off. If the bound user intends to take it off, it can be removed immediately.
2: After the bound user gives it to someone else, if it is given without unbinding, the person wearing it cannot learn the skirt's information.
3: This is a most insidious treasure for pranking people; you can give it to a love rival, an enemy, or someone you just don't like.
"What kind of ghost ship device is this! How could I pull something like this? Forget it, I'll give it to the Admiral and let him sell it!" As a kind-hearted Ship Girl, how could Javelin use such a skirt to harm others? She could only sell it for money.
A purple treasure chest was opened. Saratoga looked at the item in the chest and found it was a piece of black lace underwear. Upon taking it in her hand, information about this underwear surfaced in her mind:
ship device: Breast Enlargement Underwear
Level: Zero-Floor Tier
Effect: The wearer will increase by two cup sizes. This means if you are an A-cup, you will become a C-cup.
Note: If you are a 'washboard' and are so flat that you don't even have an A-cup, then wearing it will have no effect.
Seeing that the underwear could make one's breasts larger, Saratoga's eyes sparkled. she wanted to try it immediately. She desperately wanted to become a large-breasted woman; which Aircraft Carrier wasn't well-endowed nowadays? It just had to be her with small breasts.
Walking among the groups of Ship Girls, she was always asked what model of Destroyer she was! Hearing those words made her feel very uncomfortable.
It was as if a needle was being inserted into her body, pulled out, and then inserted and pulled out again, repeatedly, causing her immense pain.
Now she could finally change the minds of those who looked down on Saratoga's small breasts and let them know she was an Aircraft Carrier, not a Destroyer.
Since there were many people here, Saratoga ran to a nearby reef that could hide her to change her clothes.
She took off her top and her original underwear and put on the Breast Enlargement Underwear. After putting it on, Saratoga was very happy and wanted to see the results, only to find that there was no change in her chest. Her breasts were still as flat as before, as if they had been flattened by a steamroller.
Saratoga tilted her head, three question marks appearing above her: What's going on? Why didn't my chest get bigger?
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