Chapter 66: Fierce Battle with the Purifier

Just as the Purifier, perched atop a massive hammerhead shark-themed battlesuit, dove towards U1206 like an eagle swooping on its prey. 

A series of red shells swept in from the distant sea, striking the Purifier in mid-air.

Boom boom boom!

The continuous explosions from the hammerhead shark battlesuit disrupted the Purifier's laser fire and forcibly halted its dive.

"We're saved, gurgle gurgle..."

Seizing the opportunity, U1206 quickly dove away, with U556 and U101 also hastily submerging and disappearing beneath the surface.

"Hey! Purifier, long time no see. What's this about you picking on little lolis?"

A battle-ready voice called out from the distant storm. A girl with black hair and red eyes rode a battlesuit, cutting through the towering waves.

On Magdeburg's iron giant shark battlesuit, the gun barrels were emitting smoke.

Behind her, Elbing, with red and blue eyes and white hair, had smoke still lingering from her battlesuit's gun barrels.

She seemed to be murmuring "make sure to hit them" repeatedly under her breath.

"You two, coming to ambush me, a poor old Siren!"

Though the series of light cruiser main guns didn't inflict much damage on the Purifier, they did leave the Purifier looking disheveled.

Nevertheless, it didn't affect her mood.

The Purifier, with a delighted smile, seemed to have found long-awaited fun, laughing as she controlled her giant hammerhead shark battlesuit to charge at Magdeburg.

Her spirits were noticeably higher than before.

"What exactly has made you break free from the natural simulation system? Could it be that person has returned? Hahaha!"

As the Purifier charged towards her, Magdeburg fired the last loaded set of main guns while tightly gripping her sharp claws.

"You don't need to know so much!"

The agile black-haired girl collided head-on with the Purifier's hammerhead shark battlesuit using her own giant shark battlesuit, resulting in a loud metallic tearing sound.

But the next moment, the Iron Blood's black and red shark battlesuit let out a cry of distress, being forcefully repelled by the Purifier's battlesuit, and stumbled back several meters on the sea surface.

Magdeburg is just a light cruiser, and even though she has reached max level under her commander's training, she ultimately cannot match a battleship in raw power.

As the Purifier landed on the sea with her massive hammerhead shark battlesuit and was about to speak, a black figure suddenly dove from above towards her.

This combat-oriented Iron Blood girl had, during the recent clash, leapt high in her giant dragon battlesuit and launched a flying kick attack directly at the Purifier in mid-air!

"That's it! That's it! This is getting interesting!"

Bathing in the pouring rain, the Purifier's golden eyes shone brightly in the dim light as she agilely jumped back to dodge the black-haired girl's descending flying kick.

At the same time, she swung her slender fist and delivered a powerful punch to Magdeburg, who had landed in front of her hammerhead shark battlesuit.

Boom!

Though the punch seemed soft, it had a terrifying impact.

Magdeburg, relying on her combat instincts, quickly raised her arms to block.

However, this punch contained the full force of a Siren battleship flagship, and the black-haired girl was immediately knocked off her hammerhead shark battlesuit by the powerful impact, her slender body falling towards the sea.

Fortunately, her dragon battlesuit was already rushing to her aid and caught her on the water.

"Damn, she's gotten much smarter than before..."

Magdeburg got up, shaking her numb arms and still showing determination on her rain-soaked face.

Before the smiling Purifier could regain her footing and take to the air again on her hammerhead shark battlesuit, several torpedo strikes had already arrived from behind.

Boom boom boom!

The torpedoes struck the rear of the hammerhead shark battlesuit, causing a series of underwater explosions—attacks from Elbing coming from another direction.

"I told you, I don't like ambushing!"

Before Elbing, with her white hair and mismatched eyes, could fire her new round of main guns, a barrage of yellow tracers cut through the storm and headed her way!

"Waaah! What, what should I do? I'm going to be sunk!"

Elbing shouted in panic with a grim face, but she swiftly evaded the dense barrage with sharp reflexes.

Though her dragon battlesuit was hit by several tracers, they didn't pose a major threat in the short term.

However, being continuously hit by the barrage, no matter how agile she was or how thick her battlesuit was, it eventually reached its limit.

As Elbing began to struggle, a group of Iron Blood carrier-based aircraft, skimming the sea, suddenly shot up into the sky.

Beneath these aircraft, in the now darkened sea, seven or eight air-dropped cluster torpedoes trailed white foam and charged towards the Purifier.

Boom!

The cluster torpedoes hit the Purifier's hammerhead shark battlesuit, which was continuously firing tracer rounds, causing a deafening explosion.

At the same time, Magdeburg's main gun attack arrived, hitting the Purifier directly and causing a series of explosions.

The tracer barrage was finally interrupted, and with Elbing's parasol already quite damaged, she used the opportunity to retreat with a grim expression, joining Magdeburg.

"Ugh, I knew my attacks wouldn't do much against her..."

Seeing the Purifier, who despite significant damage to her battlesuit, seemed unaffected and was already taking off again on her giant hammerhead shark battlesuit, Elbing muttered sadly.

Magdeburg's face also showed a grim expression, her red eyes burning with fierce determination.

Even after the concentrated attacks from the carrier-based aircraft's cluster torpedoes and Elbing's battlesuit torpedoes, the Purifier remained vigorous.

The terrifying power of a Siren battleship flagship was on full display at this moment.

"By the way, you might not believe it, but I haven't even gotten serious yet!"

Proudly standing on her massive hammerhead shark battlesuit, the Purifier looked down at the two on the sea with an excited smile.

"Honestly tell me, the directives of your port..."

As the Purifier was speaking with a smile, several large-caliber main gun shells carrying immense shockwaves finally descended and accurately hit her!

Boom!!!

A massive explosion, vastly different from before, erupted on the sea where the Purifier was located.

Even the dark clouds above seemed to have been partly blown away.

"You've been running away from me, and now you dare to stop and show off? That's your mistake!"

Rüpprecht's angry shout came, and with her voice, several equally powerful main gun shells fell on the same spot.

The firepower of a battleship's main guns was incomparable to that of a light cruiser's.

Not to mention, it was combined with a +13 Champagne cannon's max-level main gun and full-level skill barrage!

"It hurts so much! Why are you still so ruthless? I'm so angry..."

The Purifier's voice came from within the lingering explosion cloud.

But before she could finish her words, several larger caliber main gun shells descended from the sky!

Boom boom boom!!!

The earth-shaking roar announced the arrival of Brunhilde's attack.

"I... think I can still hold on a bit longer..."

A noticeably weaker voice came from the explosion cloud, but the Iron Blood fleet's main attack was not yet over.

Lützow's main gun attack...

Had arrived.

Boom boom boom boom!!!

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