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Chapter 204: Space Plants [Bloodthirsty Vine]
Chapter 204: Space Plants [Bloodthirsty Vine]
Without a warship to choose from, the massive wound on its belly, stretching a kilometer, was less of a target compared to the head wound caused by two specially designed cobalt shells. Under the concentrated fire of over twenty frigates, countless beams of energy rained down on the golden giant's fearsome head. As time passed, the wound on its head visibly widened, and the damage continued to worsen.
However, despite this, Song Chi and the others showed little joy on their faces.
The vitality of a fourth-rank creature was truly terrifying. Even with severe wounds on its head and belly, it remained exceptionally resilient.
As for it being on the brink of death?
No, that was far from the case.
It wasn't that the frigates' attacks were ineffective, but the results were not significant. After all, not everyone had the foresight to obtain an orange-grade main cannon like Song Chi early on.
Many, even after advancing to the third rank, still equipped their ships with purple or even blue-grade main cannons, and with only second-rank ship hulls, their damage to the golden giant was limited.
Thus, relying solely on Song Chi was far from enough. Quickly defeating the golden giant was virtually impossible.
In normal circumstances, this wouldn't be a problem. Gradually wearing down the enemy was a common strategy for ember fleet warships.
However, the situation was different now. The five cruisers below were clearly struggling to hold on, and the brief balance they had maintained was an illusion.
The golden giant's massive size meant that even two Huntfor ships might not be able to hold it back.
Could five cruisers match two Huntfor ships?
The answer was obvious.
The golden giant was gradually approaching the ground, now less than ten kilometers away. There was no time to slowly attack it.
Suddenly, Bai Chongwen, the captain of the lowest cruiser, could no longer hold back. Without recalling the special chains his ship had fired, he opened the ship's hatch a crack, and a Kentauros soldier puppet rushed out, heading straight down.
Kentauros puppets, being creatures of the floating lands, lacked the ability to fly. However, Bai Chongwen's Kentauros soldier puppet tree had been reinforced to level 40, and the puppets naturally possessed the ability to glide through the air.
Of course, their gliding speed was far inferior to that of creatures with innate flight capabilities, much like the difference between a turtle and a rabbit. In actual aerial combat, these pseudo-fourth-rank puppets and creatures would be severely limited.
However, Bai Chongwen's release of these pseudo-fourth-rank puppets was not for combat assistance but for a special purpose.
Below, the golden giant was surrounded by a powerful fourth-rank aura and the golden laws, creating an oppressive force that far exceeded imagination. For ordinary creatures, the mere approach would likely result in being crushed into a pulp by the terrifying aura.
However, the Kentauros puppets were different. Being fourth-rank, even though they lacked control over a special extraordinary system and were only considered pseudo-fourth-rank, they were not significantly hindered by the fourth-rank aura.
After all, they still possessed fourth-rank puppet bodies.
Swish!
Seemingly sensing the approach of the Kentauros puppet, the golden giant's golden hook tail lashed out.
The Kentauros puppet was flung far away.
But this wasn't the end. A second and then a third puppet followed, and Bai Chongwen sent twenty Kentauros puppets out of his ship one after another.
Above, in the Raging Lion cruiser, Song Ming Song was puzzled:
"Is he trying to harass the enemy? Is he just bored?"
He was highly skeptical of Bai Chongwen's actions. Although they were both fourth-rank, the gap between a puppet and a true fourth-rank creature was like the difference between heaven and earth. The attacks of these Kentauros puppets might not even be felt by the golden giant below.
Just as he was about to ask, a sudden change below caught the attention of all the ember fleet captains.
Everyone looked down in shock at the golden giant, more specifically, at the wound on its head.
At some point, a dense network of vein-like structures had appeared in the wound, resembling a mass of unknown tentacles, spreading outwards from the wound.
"What is this?"
"The first feeling is disgust, but the second feeling is familiarity..."
"I also feel a sense of familiarity!"
...
In the warship group chat, the second-rank captains quickly discussed the sudden appearance of this unknown organism.
At this moment, a second-rank Ember Fleet captain from the Bai family, who was over two hundred years old, suddenly spoke up:
"I remember now, this seems to be the Bloodthirsty Vine..."
The moment the words "Bloodthirsty Vine" were spoken, all the Ember Fleet captains in the group chat immediately recalled the information about the Bloodthirsty Vine.
The Bloodthirsty Vine is a type of space plant. Generally, the regions where such space plants grow are filled with the corpses of space battles. Only in such environments can they quickly pass through their initial growth stage, as they are plants that specifically extract energy from blood.
As long as there is enough flesh and blood in the environment, they can grow at an incredible speed. Once the flesh and blood are depleted, they will produce seeds that will continue to spread throughout the surrounding star domains. When these seeds encounter flesh and blood life forms, they will parasitize and devour these life forms, storing the consumed flesh and blood within the seedlings until they can be returned to the mother plant.
Indeed, the Bloodthirsty Vine that appeared in the wound on the golden giant's head was a seedling that had transformed from a Bloodthirsty Vine seed.
Thinking of this, Song Chi's eyes narrowed.
"So, this is the Bai family's final trump card. It's somewhat unexpected, but it's indeed effective. As long as the golden giant can't completely remove the Bloodthirsty Vine seed from its body, the seedling will continuously extract flesh and blood from within, eventually devouring it all."
On the Raging Lion, Song Ming Song was equally surprised.
At this moment, a private communication from Song Shan came through.
"Bloodthirsty Vine seedling, their trump card is actually this. By the way, are they planning to use this to extract the source blood from the golden giant's corpse as well?"
Song Ming Song first shook his head, then nodded lightly, and said:
"Extracting source blood is impossible; the Bloodthirsty Vine seedling doesn't have that capability. However, they can use the seedling to remove all the flesh and blood from the golden giant's corpse. Later, they can have someone refine the flesh and blood, which will allow them to extract the source blood."
Hearing this, the projection of Song Shan on the side nodded lightly.
...
While everyone was lost in their thoughts, the golden giant below also felt a significant threat.
It no longer tried to break free from the chains but instead began to mobilize all its rule forces to cut and deal with the Bloodthirsty Vine seedling on its head.
Roar!
In its rage, its boundless blood energy surged, and the golden rule of law transformed into countless blades of law, rapidly swirling around it, cutting through everything they touched, including the special chains.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal clashing filled the air as the special chains began to show countless tiny cracks.
Seeing this, Bai Chong Wen quickly retracted the chains and had his ship rapidly ascend into the sky.
He had absolute confidence in the Bloodthirsty Vine seedling. Years ago, he had been lucky enough to obtain a few sealed Bloodthirsty Vine seeds, which he used to kill many alien creatures. The Bloodthirsty Vine seeds had always been effective for him.
However, just as his ship was ascending, the radar on the side suddenly emitted a series of urgent beeps, and someone in the group chat of the fleet's projections shouted in alarm.
Reacting on instinct, which had been honed over five hundred years, Bai Chong Wen immediately activated the active defense feature of his ship's armor.
As a special alloy protective layer enveloped his ship, a violent tremor shook the vessel from below.
Before he could fully understand what had happened, the ship's AI issued an urgent warning.
"Hull under attack, armor damaged 84%, hull damaged 67%, please repair immediately!!"
This sudden alert brought Bai Chong Wen back to his senses. He didn't have time to be shocked that the armor, which had been reinforced to the fourth rank and had active defense activated, had been damaged by more than sixty percent in a single hit.
His mind raced, and he immediately activated a hull repair component on his ship.
But before he could think further, the image on the front screen of his ship made his heart sink.
A golden light tinged with a hint of blood red streaked across the sky above his ship, striking another cruiser directly.
Although this cruiser had also activated its armor's defensive features, it didn't have the fourth-rank reinforced armor like Bai Chong Wen's ship.
Crack!
The cruiser, which had been intact just a moment ago, was now split in two, its halves drifting apart.
This cruiser was the second senior cruiser of the Bai family, commanded by his own grandson. The golden flash that had cut through the air could only have been the vicious hook tail of the golden giant beast.
Bai Chongwen didn't have time to mourn his grandson. He quickly maneuvered his ship upward, choosing to flee.
Indeed, he was fleeing. The aft images from his ship showed the golden giant beast below, its body enveloped in a thick, blood-colored mist. This burning blood energy not only quickly suppressed the bloodthirsty vines above but also freed its hands to attack the other ember fleet ships.
Just after the initial strike, it was already preparing for a second.
Whoever fled the slowest would become the target of this second attack.
"Damn it, how does this thing have the secret art of burning life? This kind of secret art isn't something a regular golden giant beast can control. Hurry, get out of here!"
In the Song family group chat, Song Mingsong was shouting in rage. This sudden turn of events had set his heart ablaze with fury. This mission was clearly a failure, and no one had expected that the golden giant beast would have a blood-burning secret technique in its bloodline.
At this moment, the failure of the mission was the least of his concerns. He was more worried about how many of his family members would be casualties. Under the pursuit of a life-burning fourth-stage golden giant beast, most of the ember fleet ships would likely be destroyed. The thought of it made his heart bleed.
After all, everyone here was his own kin, and the loss of even one was unacceptable.
Thinking of this, Song Mingsong clenched his fists tightly. In the next second, his eyes narrowed sharply.
"Boss, take Hongxue and the others and go. I'll stay behind. If anyone wants to kill my descendants, they'll have to go through me first!"
Without waiting for Song Shan's response, he abruptly turned the Lion's Fury and charged straight toward the golden hook tail sweeping up from below.
Below, seeing Song Mingsong's reaction, Bai Chongwen, whose face had been pale, suddenly felt a surge of hope. He increased the power of his ship's engines and urgently called out:
"Song kid, this time it's my family's intelligence failure. I swear, once we return, I will give Xiuqin enough compensation!"
Song Mingsong didn't respond to his words. His eyes were wide with fury as he stared at the golden giant beast, its body enveloped in endless blood energy.
Despite his outward madness, deep inside he was filled with deep regret, though his nature wouldn't allow him to show it.
He regretted agreeing so easily to the Bai family's invitation.
He regretted underestimating a fourth-stage star giant beast with a fifth-tier genetic bloodline.
He regretted realizing too late that if a fourth-stage entity could be so easily defeated, it wouldn't have the power to elevate an entire species to a mid-level civilization.
He regretted bringing his family on this dangerous mission, only to end up harming them all.
But just then, another unexpected change occurred below.
A 120-meter ember fleet cruiser suddenly appeared above the golden giant beast's head and, without hesitation, charged into its mouth as it roared.
"Xiao Chi, come back!!!"
In the Lion's Fury, Song Mingsong roared, his eyes already moist.
The cruiser that had appeared out of nowhere was the Azure Sky.
As for why Song Chi made this choice, it needed no explanation.
With the [Void Escape Pearl] and the help of the marketplace, he could have safely left at any time. But he couldn't do that. His grandfather, father, mother, and uncle were all in danger, and at any moment, they could meet the same fate as the previous cruiser.
So, he couldn't run.
While he could easily escape, it didn't mean he could casually save anyone from the golden giant beast's clutches without directly defeating it.
So, this was what Song Mingsong had seen just now.
Song Chi had seized the moment, using the [Void Escape Pearl] to teleport close to the golden giant beast as it roared. Without hesitation, he directed the Azure Sky to charge into its mouth.
The moment the Azure Sky entered the beast's mouth, he immediately activated the [Neutron Star Core Armor].
"Neutron Star Fission!!!"
(End of Chapter)
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