Age Of The Endless Star Ocean Chapter 205: Annihilation and Conflict of Interests - Novel Cool

Chapter 205: Annihilation and Conflict of Interests

Chapter 205: Annihilation and Conflict of Interests

As the "Neutron Star Fission" characteristic activated, the Sky Dominion transformed, shrinking from its battleship form into a micro neutron star.

The micro neutron star emitted a blinding purple pulse, and in the instant of transformation, millions of degrees of heat radiated from its surface.

Zzzt!

Instantly, the Fourth-Rank Golden Armored Giant Beast's mouth began to emit intense burning sounds as its blood and flesh were rapidly evaporated by the millions of degrees of heat.

Gurgle!

The hook tail, which had been lashing upwards, suddenly paused. A muffled gurgle came from the Golden Armored Giant Beast's throat, and its crimson eyes, which had been filled with rage, now showed fear. It wanted to roar, to scream, but the millions of degrees of heat from the neutron star made it impossible.

Its golden-scaled body, covered in intricate golden energy, began to rapidly gather the immense vitality bestowed by its Starry Beast lineage. This prevented it from dying instantly in the terrifying heat of the neutron star's fission.

With its last bit of rationality, the Golden Armored Giant Beast mustered all its Law Power to suppress and heal the gruesome wound that had nearly melted half of its head.

However, it was clear that no matter how much it struggled, it was already beyond saving and would not survive this day.

But even though the outcome was certain, this did not mean it was completely harmless. The rapidly gathering Golden Law Power was not only to suppress the terrible wound on its head but also to make one final, desperate attempt.

Infinite Golden Law Power surged into its mouth, cutting toward the Sky Dominion, which was still inside. As an extremely sharp Law, the Golden Law Power, once gathered in its mouth, fiercely attacked the Sky Dominion, still in its micro neutron star form.

Song Chi, however, was not the least bit afraid.

Although the intense heat from the micro neutron star had dissipated and could no longer harm the Golden Armored Giant Beast, its defensive capabilities remained unchanged. The Law Power condensed by the severely injured Golden Armored Giant Beast could not harm the Sky Dominion at this moment.

But he knew this, and it did not mean others did as well.

Above, the Roaring Lion had already circled around the Golden Armored Giant Beast's hook tail and approached. Even though the black smoke from the Golden Armored Giant Beast's mouth and the melted half of its head puzzled him, it did not affect his concern for his grandson.

So, a dramatic scene unfolded.

"Ship Body Exchanger, activate!!"

As Song Ming Song activated a special purple component on the Roaring Lion, the space around the Sky Dominion, still trapped in the Golden Armored Giant Beast's mouth, suddenly transformed. When he reacted, the black micro neutron star had appeared above the Golden Armored Giant Beast, and the Roaring Lion had taken the Sky Dominion's place, remaining in the beast's mouth.

Song Chi was startled, able to guess what had just happened.

At that moment, the already melted half of the Golden Armored Giant Beast's head burst open even more. The first thing Song Chi saw was the Roaring Lion's bow, which had transformed back into a golden ramming horn, breaking through the Golden Armored Giant Beast's head. The entire Roaring Lion then burst out of the beast's head.

With this, the already weakened Golden Armored Giant Beast could no longer hold on. The glow in its crimson eyes faded completely, and the blood-red mist that had been continuously evaporating from its body dissipated, turning it into a lifeless corpse.

At the same time, without the suppression of the blood-red mist, the Bloodthirsty Vine that had been rooted on the Golden Armored Giant Beast's head was no longer restrained. Endless vines emerged from the crack on the beast's head, rushing into its flesh to rapidly absorb the nutrients from the Fourth-Rank Starry Beast's corpse.

Nourished by the Fourth-Rank blood and flesh, the Bloodthirsty Vine's aura visibly grew at an alarming rate.

In the Sky Dominion, which had returned to its battleship form, Song Chi marveled.

The vitality of this Bloodthirsty Vine is truly...

The melted half of the Golden Armored Giant Beast's head included the spot where the Bloodthirsty Vine had been rooted, yet it had not been evaporated by the millions of degrees of heat. Its vitality was beyond imagination.

As he thought, a beam of light suddenly shot out from his grandfather's Roaring Lion, directly targeting the Bloodthirsty Vine that was rapidly consuming the Golden Armored Giant Beast's flesh.

Song Chi's eyebrows raised, recognizing the familiar mark.

"Servitude Mark, Grandfather is..."

Before he could speculate further, the battleship received a private communication request from the Roaring Lion.

As soon as the connection was established, Grandfather's urgent voice rang out first.

"Chi, the Bloodthirsty Vine can't be enslaved in its seed form. Only after it has taken root and transformed into a sapling can it be enslaved. The mother plant of the Bloodthirsty Vine below is likely at least a fifth-tier existence. The purple enslavement component on the Raging Lion is only enhanced to the third tier, so the success rate of enslaving it is very low. Hurry, give it a try too!"

Song Chi was a bit puzzled, but he didn't question it much. He had a good idea why Grandfather was doing this.

Attempting to form a contract with the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling indeed went against the previous profit-sharing agreement with the Bai family. However, the reason for this was the Bai family's own intelligence failure, which almost led to a catastrophic loss for both families. As such, the previously agreed-upon profit-sharing agreement no longer needed to be followed.

Moreover, the successful slaying of the Golden-Armored Giant Beast had nothing to do with the Bai family. At least, they contributed nothing to the final decisive blow.

Thus, it was entirely reasonable for them to claim the largest share of the spoils.

Above the sky, the dramatic reversal of the battle on the ground came so quickly that most people hadn't even had time to react.

However, Bai Chongwen was not among them. The moment the Golden-Armored Giant Beast was killed by Song MingSong with the Yuejin Zongjiao (Golden Axe Horn), he immediately turned his warship and sped down.

Bai Chongwen knew the situation with the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling better than anyone. Only the fourth-tier purple enslavement component on his warship had a high probability of success in enslaving it.

Because of this, even though he hadn't contributed to the final kill of the Golden-Armored Giant Beast, he was still the one with the highest chance of enslaving the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling.

But he was clearly overthinking it. The enslavement component on the Raging Lion was indeed difficult to use, but there was still the Enslavement Medal on the Cangqiong.

After hearing Grandfather's words, Song Chi immediately returned Chel to the Marketplace of All Realms and temporarily sealed her. Once he had freed the enslavement mark, he quickly activated the Enslavement Medal to attempt to enslave the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling, which had already grown to the first tier in a short time.

However, even the red epic-quality Enslavement Medal failed on the first attempt.

This showed just how difficult it was to enslave the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling.

Song Chi's face remained expressionless, and he quickly began his second attempt at enslavement.

At that moment, Bai Chongwen's warship was already less than a kilometer away.

Fortunately, the second attempt at enslavement went smoothly, and he successfully enslaved the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling.

In the main control room of the warship, Bai Chongwen's cloudy eyes widened in disbelief.

"Impossible, how could he enslave the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling? It's just a frigate... Could it be an orange-quality enslavement component?"

A myriad of questions flashed through his mind, and Bai Chongwen's face turned dark. His eyes were cold as he silently maneuvered the warship downward.

Unaware of Bai Chongwen's inner turmoil, Song Chi was now issuing commands to the Bloodthirsty Vine sapling, which was chirping in his mind, to continue consuming the Golden-Armored Giant Beast's flesh.

To be honest, he was extremely excited. Before they officially arrived at the Copper Mountain Floating Land, everyone in the Song family, including himself, believed that the titanium crystal vein was the greatest gain.

However, after they arrived, Grandfather and Uncle had deduced that the Bai family's main target was actually the Golden-Armored Giant Beast. They later informed the family about the fourth-tier bio-blood.

So, he had a clear understanding of the value of the Golden-Armored Giant Beast's flesh. It could be used to extract fourth-tier bio-blood, which would greatly assist in the advancement of cruisers and the breakthrough of high-level guidance techniques, making it extremely valuable.

Additionally, he thought about the ancient star battlefield, where there were numerous high-tier alien corpses, each equivalent to a portion of high-tier bio-blood, waiting for him to collect in the future.

However, there was one thing he didn't yet know. In addition to this, Song MingSong had another hidden gain.

Inside the Raging Lion, Song MingSong looked at the virtual screen in front of him, his eyes filled with excitement.

[Warship Ascension Task (Raging Lion)]

[Current Ascension Success Rate: 14.05% (Initial Success Rate: 0.05% + Bathing in Fourth-Tier Golden-Armored Giant Beast's Blood: 14%)]

Ascension Special Resource Formula (0/3): Fourth-Rank Life Crystal 1, Earth Attribute Law Crystal 1, Ten-Thousand-Year Pure Yang Jade 1

Additional Ascension Resources: None

Bathed in Alien Blood: 14% from Fourth-Rank Golden Armored Behemoth

Indeed, in the final moments before slaying the golden armored behemoth with the Yuetal Horn, Song MingSong hesitated for a moment before activating the Battle Lion's ascension mission.

Although the Battle Lion had only recently ascended to the third rank, a little over sixty years ago, its foundation was far from that of a peak third-rank cruiser.

However, a fully mature fourth-rank golden armored behemoth, along with the drop of fourth-rank essence blood it could produce, presented a once-in-a-millennium opportunity that he did not want to waste.

If he missed this chance, he might never encounter such an opportunity again in his lifetime.

He had recently accumulated a substantial amount of gold merit, successfully exchanging it for a strand of orange-quality ascension fire source, which elevated his ember seed to purple quality. Given this fortuitous situation, he believed he shouldn't hesitate.

Moreover, he had a whole year to gather the other resources.

Considering all these factors, the Battle Lion's ascension success rate was actually not insignificant, so he chose to initiate the ascension task at the last moment.

And the facts have now proven that this decision was correct.

This bloodline-rich fourth-rank golden armored behemoth directly increased the Battle Lion's ascension success rate by 14%. If he could gather the three special resources and the bloodthirsty vine plant he had already enslaved, the ascension success rate would reach at least 40% after a year. This success rate would place the Battle Lion among the highest in the entire group of third-rank cruisers attempting ascension.

Thinking of this, Song MingSong's face involuntarily showed signs of excitement.

Just as the grandfather and grandson were reveling in their excitement, an unwelcome guest arrived, quickly dispelling their joy.

To the side of the Battle Lion, Bai Chongwen's cruiser slowly descended, and the communication link that Song MingSong had previously severed was once again requested.

Given Song MingSong's nature, he had no intention of connecting, as Bai Chongwen's swift escape earlier had left a very bad impression.

However, considering the bloodthirsty vine plant and the subsequent titanium crystal vein, he knew the two families needed to negotiate a new distribution plan, so he accepted the communication.

As soon as the connection was established, Bai Chongwen's icy voice immediately came through.

"Song kid, this isn't right, is it? We had an agreement..."

Hearing his accusatory tone, Song MingSong could no longer hold back.

"Not right? Old Man Wen, if you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll have to challenge you."

"Your intelligence failure nearly caused a disaster, and you were the first to flee, showing no regard for the lives of your younger clan members. Who is the one not acting right?"

"If it weren't for the one-time-use powerful weapon my grandson possesses, at least half of your Bai family would have been left behind. What right do you have to accuse me of not acting right?"

Hearing Song MingSong's relentless sarcasm, Bai Chongwen's already grim face turned even darker, as if it could drip water.

"You..."

Just as he was about to continue his rebuke, Song Shan and Bai Xiurong's ships descended from above and joined the communication channel, quickly trying to mediate.

With their intervention, the icy atmosphere finally eased slightly, and both sides formally began discussing the benefits of this operation.

The main focus of the discussion was the titanium crystal vein, while the Song family firmly held onto the bloodthirsty vine plant.

After all, the Song family had the upper hand in every aspect.

The Bai family, aware of their wrongdoing, did not argue over this matter.

As for Bai Chongwen, he remained silent, knowing well that his family was in the wrong. His earlier words were purely out of extreme frustration.

They had invested so much effort into this operation, only to lose a cruiser and gain nothing significant. This would be hard for anyone to accept.

(End of Chapter)

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