Age Of The Endless Star Ocean Chapter 271: Ascension Task for the Sky blue vessel initiated - Novel Cool

Chapter 271: Ascension Task for the Sky blue vessel initiated

Chapter 271: Ascension Task for the Sky blue vessel initiated

Indeed, after Song Chi returned to the tenth direct line's base, he immediately initiated the warship ascension task, not even bothering to absorb the strand of the supreme quality orange starfire.

After all, before the Sky Blue vessel ascended to a cruiser, whether the fire source was purple or orange, the warship component enhancement level couldn't possibly break through the fifth rank. Plus, the special slot positions were completely sufficient, and Grandfather was urging him on as well. So, Song Chi simply initiated the warship ascension task directly.

Warship ascension task (Sky Blue vessel)

Current ascension success rate: 0.1%

Special ascension resource formula (0/3): Ice Source Stone 1, Ten Thousand Year Volcanic Lava Iron Mother 1, Tier 3 Blood Core 1

Additional ascension resources: None

Bathed in alien blood: None

Unlike the initial 1% success rate for the ascension of an ether energy airship to a frigate, the initial success rate for a frigate to a cruiser is only 0.1%. This means that if you attempt the ascension without any preparation, only 1 out of 1,000 frigates might succeed, making the probability very low.

Additionally, the special resources required for the Sky Blue vessel's ascension to a cruiser were not as unfortunate as before. Out of the four possible resources, only three were needed, and the Tianlong crystal was not required.

Inside the Sky Blue vessel, Song Chi successively retrieved the three resources: Ice Source Stone, Tier 3 Blood Core, and Ten Thousand Year Volcanic Lava Iron Mother.

The latter two were prepared by Song Chi himself, while the Ice Source Stone was obtained from the family sequence subsidy resources.

As these three resources were successively integrated into the warship's hull, the current ascension success rate changed dramatically.

The original 0.1% instantly increased to 10.1%.

After this, a component that Pulse Line had temporarily lent to him was activated on the Sky Blue vessel—a blue-quality warship embedding device.

Since it was the lowest-quality embedding component, the light belt generated by this component was only one, capable of embedding only one Flame Heart warship with the Sky Blue vessel.

The warship currently embedded was neither the "Furious Battle Lion" nor the "Mountain," but a twenty-meter-long ether energy airship from the Pulse line. This ether energy airship was arranged by the pulse line as a transfer warship. Besides it, inside the airship, there were several pulse line clan members. They would all leave space beacon imprints on the Blood Savage Continent, later serving as transfer warships between the Blood Savage Continent and the tenth direct line.

Additionally, Song Ming Song and Song Shan, who had put away their flagships, were also among them.

The Sky Blue vessel needed to bathe in alien blood to ascend to the third rank, which naturally couldn't be completed in just 24 hours. Therefore, it was necessary to arrange subsequent transfer warships.

With a strong spatial fluctuation, the Sky Blue vessel, having activated the "Holy Cross beacon" component, towed the other ether energy airship and disappeared from the sky above the Green Moon Lake.

In the alien star domain, on the Blood Savage Floating Continent.

As a Grade 3 life-type Star Sea floating continent, the Blood Savage Continent's area is only average among Grade 3 floating continents, not particularly large.

For this reason, the news of the Sky Blue vessel's recent massacre of two large tribes has already spread throughout the entire continent, significantly raising the vigilance of the Wolf Savage clan's large tribes.

Indeed, the two warships had just been deployed outside the floating continent, and shortly after descending into the floating continent's interior, they were immediately discovered by a nearby large Wolf savage tribe.

Above the sky, the tribe's totem spirit beast had long entered its totem true body form. With a large amount of faith power, a fourth-rank pressure that was difficult to describe spread out from above the tribe in all directions.

Inside the Sky Blue vessel, Song Chi stared intently at the golden eagle phantom with a wingspan of several thousand meters, his expression unchanged.

Compared to the "Cold Moon Snow Python" on the Sky Blue vessel, this tribe's golden eagle totem spirit beast was clearly far inferior.

Due to the limitation of the floating continent itself, it remained at the peak of the third rank. Additionally, its own bloodline power was insufficient to touch the threshold of the half-step fourth rank. This also meant it could not comprehend any law power, despite having fourth-rank energy under the totem faith's enhancement.

It was like someone with a powerful internal force but lacking the means to perfectly utilize and release it. Compared to a genuine same-rank creature, its combat power was pitifully weak.

Furthermore, with the assistance of the "F renzy Battle Lion" and the "Mountain," it wasn't long before the golden eagle fell to the "Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon."

Looking at the warship ascension success rate, it increased from 10.1% to 10.2%, meaning that a peak third-rank alien only increased the Sky Blue vessel's success rate by 0.1%.

Fortunately, in addition to the totem spirit beasts, the Third-Rank Wolf Savages and the Second-Rank Wolf Savages in this Wolf Savage tribe could also boost the success rate.

The Third-Rank Wolf Savages, like the Golden Eagle spirit beast, could increase the success rate by 0.1%. The effect of the Second-Rank Wolf Savages was minimal, with dozens of them only adding another 0.1%.

After wiping out all the Second-Rank and Third-Rank Wolf Savages in this tribe, the Cobalt Number’s promotion success rate barely reached 13%.

The three warships then proceeded to the second large tribe.

Time passed slowly in this routine, and three months flew by in a blink.

During these three months, the three warships successively slaughtered over twenty large Wolf Savage tribes. With the substantial contributions from a large number of Second-Rank and Third-Rank Wolf Savages, peak Third-Rank totem spirit beasts, and even a few Near-Fourth-Rank totem spirit beasts, the Cobalt Number’s promotion success rate was now not far from 60%.

However, this was still not enough. Promoting a cruiser was no small matter, and a success rate below 60% was still too low.

Therefore, the three warships continued to roam the Blood Savage Continent.

One of the last remaining large tribes on the Blood Savage Continent, the Howling Silver Wolf Tribe.

Due to the totem spirit beast being highly compatible with the Wolf Savages, and the Howling Silver Wolf itself having a remarkable bloodline, it had long reached the Near-Fourth-Rank level.

Thus, this battle was particularly intense.

Compared to when Song Chi dealt with the Cold Moon Snow Python, it was much more dangerous.

However, this was from the perspective of the frigate and the cruiser. Currently, Song Ming Song was personally controlling the Furious Battle Lion skirmish warship, and the situation was completely different.

Since Song Ming Song had yet to possess Divine Mind Power, the Furious Battle Lion could not fully utilize the mythical mecha form, which was the strongest capability of a skirmish warship. However, even in its warship form, it still possessed solid Fourth-Rank combat power, completely overwhelming the Howling Silver Wolf that had been empowered by its totem true body.

Before long, the Near-Fourth-Rank Howling Silver Wolf was dragged to the front of the Cobalt Number like a dead dog by the Furious Battle Lion.

Song Chi didn’t hesitate and directly activated the Pure Yang Sword Beam Cannon to end its life.

With the addition of the Near-Fourth-Rank alien blood, the Cobalt Number’s promotion success rate increased by another 0.5%.

Ship Ascension Mission (Cobalt Number)

Current Ascension Success Rate: 60.2%

Special Ascension Resource Formula (3/3): Ice Source Stone 1, Ten-Thousand-Year Volcanic Lava Iron Mother 1, Third-Rank Blood Core 1

Additional Ascension Resources: None

Bathed in Alien Blood: Near-Fourth-Rank Howling Silver Wolf… Total 50.1%.

With this, the Cobalt Number’s ascension success rate officially surpassed 60%.

“There are still quite a few Second-Rank and Third-Rank Wolf Savages in this Howling Silver Wolf Tribe. We can’t miss their tribal treasure vault. If it’s like the previous one, finding another 15 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Continent Essence would be great…”

Grandfather’s reminder came from the Furious Battle Lion. The three warships landed one after another, and Song Chi began to exterminate the Second-Rank and above Wolf Savages in the tribe. Grandfather and Uncle Song Ming Song were responsible for searching for the tribal treasure vault of the Howling Silver Wolf Tribe.

After a few hours, the Cobalt Number had basically killed all the suitable Wolf Savages. At this moment, a shout from Uncle Song Ming Song came from a distance, indicating that he had found the location of the Howling Silver Wolf Tribe’s treasure vault.

When Song Chi and Song Ming Song gathered, they found that Song Shan had indeed discovered the location of the treasure vault. However, what caused his exclamation was not the vault itself, but a purple-glowing artifact in a secret room beside the vault.

Song Chi was quite familiar with this cylindrical artifact.

Totem Spirit Pillar lv0

Quality: Purple

Traits: Spirit Pattern

Consumption: 8/s (Mana Points)

Effect: Bind a living being and transform it into a totem spirit beast {Current Binding (None)}. Worship and venerate the totem spirit beast to automatically accumulate totem faith. The totem spirit beast can consume totem faith to provide special buffs to itself or totem faithers.

Faith Pool: 0/1000 (Each Zero Rank worshiper can provide 1 point of faith per day)

No need for recharging or cooldown

Upgrade Requirements: 8 strands of Floating Continent Essence (Zero Rank), 800 Mana Points, 8 life cores (Zero Rank)

{Spirit Pattern: Engrave a spirit pattern on a Zero Rank worshiper. Within a 10,000-meter radius of the totem spirit pillar, the engraver can actively activate the spirit pattern to buff themselves, lasting 1 minute with a 144-hour cooldown.}

After reviewing the attributes, Song Chi became even more certain that this artifact was the Totem Spirit Pillar from the Cobalt Number.

The component was a weaker version.

It was only of purple quality and lacked the "Totem True Body" characteristic, making it far less effective compared to the orange-quality spirit pillar.

However, it must be said that even with just the "spirit pattern" characteristic, this component was still a decent enhancement component.

Naturally, Song Chi promptly withdrew from the allocation.

Song Ming Song and Song Shan knew that Song Chi's warship already had a similar component, so they didn’t say much. In the end, the old man gave the purple spirit pillar component to Uncle Song Shan.

According to Song Ming Song, the Furious Battle Lion had already ascended to a Skirmish Warship and didn’t need the additional combat power provided by enslaved creatures. In comparison, the Mountain needed it more.

Uncle Song Shan didn’t hesitate; he indeed needed the component.

Apart from this purple artifact, the treasure house didn’t have any other resources that caught the eye. There were only a few thousand strands of Third-Rank Floating Continent Essence, which were eventually divided among the three.

Song Chi was initially determined not to take any. His grandfather and the old man had already wasted their time assisting the Cobalt Number in its ascension. He shouldn’t take any of the spoils obtained along the way. However, he couldn’t resist their strong insistence.

After clearing the Howling Silver Wolf Tribe, the three warships visited the last two large tribes. Once these two tribes were also cleared, the Cobalt Number’s ascension success rate had already reached over 65%.

Unfortunately, this was still not enough.

In the sky above the Blood Savage Continent, the three warships floated quietly, waiting for the relay warship from the pulse to arrive.

According to the previously established plan, a relay warship from the pulse would arrive every five days. Calculating the time, one should be arriving today.

During the wait, Song Ming Song said:

"65% is not enough. Since we only started the warship ascension mission less than four months ago, don’t rush, Little Chi. In the future, see if the elders in the pulse have any other Tier 3 Star Sea Floating Lands or third-tier civilization information. The success rate should be at least 80% before attempting the ascension!"

Song Chi nodded seriously, but in his heart, he immediately disagreed.

"80%, Grandfather, you’re being a bit too conservative. I won’t formally ascend unless it’s at least 90%, or even 95%."

Seeing Song Chi nod, Song Ming Song sighed softly:

"Unfortunately, our Tenth Direct Line’s foundation is still too shallow. If it’s truly difficult to find other Third-Rank Floating Lands or civilizations, we’ll have to ask the other lines within the clan!"

If it could be avoided, Song Ming Song wouldn’t want to take this step, but there was no choice. In a short time, finding suitable Third-Rank Floating Lands or third-tier civilizations wasn’t easy.

If they had to owe favors, so be it.

Song Chi, however, had his own thoughts.

Although the Blood Savage Continent had been cleared, he still had the asteroid belt with its humanoid aliens. With the presence of a half-step Fourth-Rank humanoid alien, rallying the Second-Rank and Third-Rank aliens among them wouldn’t be difficult at all.

The number of these aliens wasn’t small. After slaughtering them all, the Cobalt Number might directly reach a 90% success rate.

The next day, the three of them returned to the Dragon Spine Continent on a relay warship. Upon their return, they received good news: Uncle Song Hai had successfully discovered a Tier 3 Life-Type Star Sea Floating Land during the previous exploration of the alien star domain.

According to Uncle Song Hai, the dominant species on this Star Sea Floating Land was a humanoid species with dog heads, seemingly the dog-headed people recorded in the Star Sea Civilizations Encyclopedia.

However, the Black Sea had only discovered this Star Sea Floating Land in the final stages of its return, so it hadn’t gathered much more information about it.

Song Chi and the two others showed great interest in this Star Sea Floating Land, regardless of whether it was dog-headed people or some other race. In front of the Cobalt Number and the Furious Battle Lion, both with Fourth-Rank combat power, the danger should not be significant, after all, it was only a Tier 3 Star Sea Floating Land.

However, they would have to wait another month to visit this floating land. Only when the Black Sea’s alien star domain deployment cooldown was over could it lead others to establish a relay link with this Tier 3 Star Sea Floating Land.

Song Chi wasn’t in a hurry. It had been less than four months since the ascension task was initiated, and he still had plenty of time.

(End of Chapter)

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