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Chapter 1430: Chapter 1432: Predicting Trajectories Chapter 1430: Chapter 1432: Predicting Trajectories Captain Swo stared at Song Jian, astonished to see him actually catch an orange-red streak of light, “What? How’s that possible?”

It seemed as if Song Jian casually reached out his hand and the streak of light obediently burrowed into his palm, appearing as though it willingly threw itself into the net. Compared to others, it was far too easy.

“Why is this happening, how did he do it?” Captain Swo’s eyes blazed with an even fiercer flame, as if he had discovered something quite incredible.

Song Jian narrowed his eyes, focusing on the constantly dancing streaks of light in the air. Captain Swo had said that the darker the streak, the more Purple Crystal Essence it contained, and the more battle experience it could provide. Now, with only two opportunities left to use his supernatural abilities, he couldn’t afford to waste them.

Song Jian set his sights on a deep purple streak and a dark gold streak; among all the streaks of light, these two were the deepest in color. No, there was also a pure black streak of light, but it looked lazy, as if it was fixed in the void, barely moving.

Moreover, this pure black streak gave Song Jian a vague sense of danger, leading him to immediately give up on capturing it.

Song Jian, focusing on the deep purple streak, began to use his supernatural abilities.

Critical Moment!

Swish~
Song Jian’s thoughts flickered like the speed of light, and the scenes of the next three seconds almost instantly appeared before his eyes. Using the supernatural ability hardly required any consumption, but it was not something just anyone could withstand; three seconds of future time compressed into an instant would cause an ordinary person’s head to explode the moment they used such an ability.

Even Song Jian, having stepped into the Legendary Realm, would have his body directly collapse if he dared to use such an ability without the Time Law Sigil.

As Song Jian used the ability again, the Time Law Sigil on his chest turned red-hot, as if it were a branding iron, instantly radiating thousands of degrees of heat.

A sudden sharp pain rushed from his chest, causing Song Jian to cry out involuntarily, his face contorted in agony, but he endured the pain and directly used the Soul Wander ability, shooting towards the sky like lightning.

Whoosh~
The same scene as before played out again, the deep purple streak of light, as if purposely heading towards Song Jian’s palm, was effortlessly caught in his grasp.

This time, the struggle of the deep purple streak was much fiercer than the orange-red one before, and biting pains, as if jaws full of fangs covered its surface, gnawed at Song Jian’s palm.

Song Jian endured the pain, his head throbbing fiercely, a sensation of being seared emanating from his chest, and a tearing agony in his palm.

Song Jian’s forehead was drenched in sweat, his body standing as rigid as iron, motionless. Although his Vitality Points didn’t suffer any loss, the mental anguish was a hundred times worse than the physical pain!

After a long struggle, Song Jian finally fell to his knees on the deck, but his right hand still tightly gripped the deep purple streak, until it stopped moving and then burst with a “bang,” turning into sparkling particles that merged into his body.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
This time, Song Jian’s level shot up by five, his body bursting forth with five beams of white light, a scene that turned other players green with envy.

“Five levels, he actually jumped five levels at once, and now his level has turned into the skeleton rank. My god, did his level soar to one hundred and ten?”

“Why is it so easy for him to capture these light streams, while I can’t even catch one? It’s so hard!”

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The other five, except for Guo Zhiqi who was only slightly surprised, stared at Song Jian with undisguised envy, their expressions full of longing. One even gave up on capturing the light streams and focused solely on Song Jian’s movements.

At this moment, Song Jian felt weak all over, kneeling on the deck, taking deep breaths. Typically, a player would return to their optimal state after leveling up, whether in terms of Vitality Points, Spirit Points, or Sword Qi Value, all would be instantly replenished, no matter how much was expended.

But now Song Jian felt completely enervated, as if entering a state of virtual weakness, yet his status bar showed no adverse effects.

“Could it be that he has mastered the Power of Law? No, impossible, there’s not a trace of the Power of Law on him, not even a smidgeon. He cannot have mastered it. But then why, why can he see through the trajectory of the light streams?” Although Captain Swo appeared calm, internally it was as if a level twelve typhoon was raging, fixating on Song Jian without moving an inch.

Song Jian was utterly drained, unable to muster a shred of strength, but this also made him realize that he could not use the “Soul Wander” skill consecutively. Although it would still be successful, the consequences were too severe. If he used it twice in a row and didn’t manage to defeat his opponent, then he would be entirely incapacitated.

“No matter, I still have the Shattered Divine Realm. Unless I encounter a strong opponent who has grasped the Space Law and can use skills like a time-space anchor to lock down the entire space, they’ll never be able to kill me!” Song Jian chuckled, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Captain Swo, seeing that everyone else was watching Song Jian and not trying to capture the light streams, couldn’t help but snort and said, “You only have half an hour. Once time’s up, these light streams will flee into the void, and you’ll leave empty-handed, without any mission rewards!”

All those who entered the time-space node and cosmic fragments must offer a portion of their “treasure” as a “ship’s due” to the Ghost Ship, and in return, the Ghost Ship won’t be stingy. It will multiply the combat experience everyone gains from hunting monsters in the cosmic fragments by ten and give it back as light streams to those who survive the journey.

This system benefits both sides and also serves to reduce the resentment of the passengers who return alive. Otherwise, if they were to spread bad word, who would want to embark on the Doomsday Cruise Journey?

However, Captain Swo obviously didn’t want to just hand over the light streams to them but made them capture it themselves, so it all came down to ability. If you were capable, like Song Jian, you could gain several levels at once; if not, you’d have to watch helplessly as others leveled up!

“He seems to be able to see the trajectory of the light streams, even predicting their movement in the future…” Captain Swo was deeply shocked, as such ability was beyond ordinary skills.

“Time Law, only by mastering the Time Law could one have such supernatural abilities, no, it’s impossible. How could that be, he’s only third-tier in Combat Power. If it were some other more common Law, perhaps it would be possible, but one of the top three Laws, the Time Law? How could he possibly comprehend it!” Captain Swo roared internally, the shadow of the Death God manifesting again behind him. From within the black void’s silhouette, a pair of blood-red eyes intensely focused on Song Jian, eager to discern every detail of his movements!

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