Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1119 Seizing the Body
The gray chaotic energy filled with destructive power quickly and completely engulfed the barrier.

Lin Lan, along with the good man Richard and Miss D, quickly crossed the battlefield in front of the ruins of the Nirvana Palace.

Finally, he and Mercury Memorial hugged each other tightly.

"Ahaha~ I knew that my dear commander would come to rescue me. Maybe this is intuition?"

The Northern Union light cruiser girl with long black hair snuggled in his arms, a happy smile on her cute face.

Looking at the girl's slightly tired smiling face, and the young Suzaku around her who were covered in wounds, but not a single corpse was found.

Lin Lan knew very well that it was Mercury Memorial who had been protecting these Suzaku.

Although this Northern Alliance girl always showed her playful and cute side in front of him, he knew very well that every Northern Alliance ship girl had a great and selfless spirit.

The red medal on the chest of the girl's white military uniform further illustrates that even in the most desperate moment, Mercury Memorial will never know what giving up means.

Lin Lan felt a little guilty when she thought about how she had doubted Shuixing Jinian's ability to be a teacher.

"It's okay. I know you must still have a lot of questions, but now is not the time to explain."

After he finished speaking to Mercury Memorial, Ji Rong and others followed closely.

Ji Rong first cast a grateful look at Shuixing Jiian, then glanced at the little Suzaku surrounding him and asked anxiously:
"What on earth happened in the clan? When I left, the Candle Flame Vermillion Bird Formation was fine, so why was it broken through in such a short time?

"Where is Ji Ju? Where is Ji Ju now?"

However, Ji Rong's question caused all the little Suzaku around him to fall into a strange silence, and no one answered.

"Could it be that she was murdered?"

Ji Rong vaguely guessed something and his voice trembled.

"No, I think... the situation may be worse than you think."

But at this moment, Shui Xing Ji Nian, who was still hugging Lin Lan tightly, restrained the smile on his face.

After the elder from the Northern Alliance let go of Lin Lan, he hesitated for a moment and finally said:

"This disaster was caused by your sister Ji Ju. The barrier that trapped us and the nightmare crystals just now were also created by her."

"what?!"

Mercury's words not only surprised Ji Rong and several Suzaku who were accompanying him, but even Lin Lan showed an expression of disbelief.

"No, no, no, no, you must be lying to me... How could my sister do such a thing..."

Ji Rong shook his head and stepped back, as if he could not accept this reality.

But at this time, a young Suzaku, whose wings had not yet fully grown, finally said weakly:
"Young Patriarch, Teacher Shuixing didn't lie to you..."

The little Suzaku, whose other wing was still injured, also lowered its head and spoke in a low voice:
“After the Candlelight Suzaku Clan was breached, the Flame Cloud was filled with sealed members of the clan, and we couldn’t escape at all.

"Originally, under the leadership of Teacher Shuixing, we gathered at the Nirvana Fire Palace and planned to hold our ground and wait for help, but Sister Ji Ju suddenly appeared and brought those terrible monsters with her, intending to completely destroy us and Teacher Shuixing."

Lin Lan knew that the monsters these little Suzaku were talking about were the crystallizations of nightmares.

But why can Ji Ju summon and control nightmare crystals?
Could it be that he has also become an evil cultivator?

"She personally admitted that she was the one who destroyed the Candlelight Vermillion Bird Formation. She also said a lot of words we couldn't understand, such as slavery and gods, and then she entered the Shenmu Cave Heaven alone..."

Before the little Suzaku could finish, Ji Rong interrupted:

"No! The key to the Candlelight Vermillion Bird Formation can only be used by a Demon Lord! Similarly, only a Demon Lord can enter the Divine Tree Cave!

"Her cultivation level is no longer that of a demon master. Why can she do all this?"

Ji Rong's words immediately shocked all the Suzakus.

Lin Lan and the good man Richard also fell into deep thought.

If it is true as Ji Rong said, only a demon lord with the cultivation level equivalent to that of a Nascent Soul could do all this, then what exactly happened to Ji Ju?
"Teacher, could it be that she was corrupted by X and used the power of X to do all this?"

As soon as the good man Richard opened his mouth, he suddenly felt a chilling threat coming. "Hey~ If you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have noticed it. Isn't this our old acquaintance, Miss Richard?"

The white-haired girl turned her head and saw the dark hole of the light cruiser's main gun aimed at her head.

Although Mercury Jinyi still had a smile on his face, he had already stood between her and Lin Lan, with a strong sense of vigilance flashing in his burgundy eyes.

"Commander, it seems like there's a big problem. This guy actually showed up here. It must be a bad omen!"

Seeing that Mercury Memorial was about to open fire, Lin Lan quickly grabbed the girl's arm and said to stop her:

"Wait! I have already ripped the bad omen out of her body and eliminated it!"

Lin Lan really didn't notice when Mercury Memorial aimed its main gun at the good man Richard.

After his brief explanation and Miss D's testimony, Mercury Memorial finally understood the cause and effect and turned its guns away.

"Hey~ Sorry, sorry, I see you have joined the Minato District and become our comrade~"

Mercury Memorial walked up to the good man Richard, held the hands of the aircraft carrier girl who breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile:

"It's mainly because you left a deep impression on Kronstadt and Volga before. They are just in case. Don't take it to heart."

"I'm actually very sorry for causing you so much trouble..."

Seeing that the misunderstanding was resolved, Lin Lan also knew that this was not a place to stay for long.

The corrupted Suzaku that they had just killed along the way would continue to revive, and the main force of the Nightmare Fleet would definitely arrive soon.

Thinking of this, he turned to Ji Rong who was still in a daze and said:
"We have to hurry and leave here. Your sister has probably become an evil... an alien demon. If we don't leave now, it will be too late!"

After he said this, Ji Rong finally seemed to come to his senses and nodded bitterly.

At this moment, Ji Rong no longer had the pride of the former young patriarch, he was just a brother who had lost his sister.

As for the Shenmu Cave Heaven, Lin Lan knew that leaving it alone would undoubtedly be a disaster.

But right now they have no way to fight the main force of the Nightmare Fleet head-on, and they must leave here before the Nightmare Fleet arrives.

However, just as Lin Lan was about to lead everyone and the Suzakus away, a deep female voice suddenly sounded from the Lihuo Tree:
"When the Heavenly Dao fell, the seeds of cause had already been sown, and this is the day of fruition... Where do you want to escape to, you Heavenly Demons?
"Embrace your fate and surrender to your savior!"

The female voice was not loud, but it made all the Suzakus stop suddenly.

As if they were controlled by invisible restraints, all the Suzaku turned around and knelt down in the direction of the Lihuo Tree where the sound came from.

"This voice... Commander, it's Ji Ju!"

Mercury Jinian recognized the owner of the voice and quickly looked towards Lin Lan.

Seeing that Lin Lan, the good man Richard and Miss D were not affected by this inexplicable force, the girl breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Lan looked at the Suzaku who suddenly knelt down, his eyes becoming colder and colder, as if he had guessed something.

The next second, a dark red pillar of flame filled with an eerie chill suddenly erupted from behind the Nirvana Hall and landed in front of the kneeling Suzakus.

Amidst the swirling dark red flames, a tall woman with long bright red hair and wearing an ill-fitting black and white robe slowly walked out.

His appearance is about 60% similar to Ji Rong when he transformed. Even without Mercury Ji Nian's introduction, Lin Lan guessed that this was Ji Ju.

However, Ji Ju's eyes were filled with deep dark silver, flashing an ethereal and vast feeling that was completely different from his young appearance, as if he was looking into the past and seeing the future.

The dark red pillar of flame behind Ji Ju reached straight into the dark sky. Countless corrupted Vermillion Birds that had just gathered together were like black flying insects, circling around the pillar of fire at high speed in the sky.

Ji Ju opened his arms, and the powerful pressure of the ultimate force wrapped in the corrosive aura of X suddenly spread out, making the surrounding space even darker.

"Oh, that's it."

Lin Lan silently looked at Ji Ju who opened his arms to welcome Zhuque's kneeling worship, and finally uttered a mocking sneer:
"Taking possession of a Vermillion Bird seems to give this old fellow from the Yantian Division a great sense of accomplishment."

Not until he finished saying this did "Ji Ju" finally seem to notice that there were still four people here who had not knelt down to her.

(End of this chapter)