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Chapter 301: [God-Binding Chain]
Chapter 301: [God-Binding Chain]
There is a huge difference between enslaving a regular creature and enslaving a Flame Torch Warship Captain.
An enslaved creature can mostly only serve as a bodyguard or cannon fodder, but a Flame Torch Warship Captain’s role is far more extensive.
Their warships can also be equipped with a variety of special components.
If used well, they can serve multiple roles such as a relay warship, firepower support, coordinate positioning, and a spokesperson, far surpassing what an enslaved creature can do.
After equipping this component, Song Chi reinforced it to level 30 before shifting his gaze back to the newly-promoted Chasing Deer Warship below.
"Come out of the warship, don't make me repeat myself..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Zhen, with utmost self-awareness, opened the hatch of the [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger] and flew out of the warship, with ether energy flowing around him.
The moment he entered the Sky Dome, he respectfully spoke, fearing that a single displeasure from Song Chi could cost him his life.
"Your Highness Song Seven, this old man, Wang Zhen, has toiled for over four hundred and fifty years to barely promote my warship to the fourth rank. I apologize for any inconvenience!"
His warship had just been promoted to the fourth rank, and he had yet to enjoy the honors and revered status that a Chasing Deer Warship Captain deserves. In the future, with his Guiding Technique reaching the fourth rank, he would have over a thousand and five hundred years of life ahead of him. How could he die wretchedly here?
Turning to glance at him, Song Chi was not surprised that Wang Zhen could immediately identify him.
Most of the Flame Torch Warship Captains who specialized in spatial law in the entire Morning Star Principality came from the Song Clan of Dinghai. Add to that the signature "Return to Ruins Slash" secret technique and the commotion caused by the Dragon Spine Shop two months ago, it wasn't difficult to deduce his identity.
Scanning Wang Zhen's body, he sensed his peak third-rank Guiding Technique and confirmed that his previous guess was correct: Wang Zhen’s warship had been promoted to the fourth rank no more than three years ago.
With this confirmation, he had no further concerns. The [Master-Servant Contract] component, which had been barely upgraded to the third rank due to a lack of titanium crystals, would be sufficient to take effect on him.
As for the future, he was confident that he could reinforce the [Master-Servant Contract] to level 40 before Wang Zhen’s Guiding Technique broke through to the fourth rank.
With a thought, two streaks of purple light overflowed from the [Master-Servant Contract] component, respectively merging into Song Chi and Wang Zhen's bodies. Immediately, a mechanical prompt sounded in both their ears.
[Do you wish to sign the Master-Servant Spiritual Bond with Wang Zhen (Master)?]
[Do you wish to sign the Master-Servant Spiritual Bond with Song Chi (Servant)?]
After both confirmed, the Master-Servant Spiritual Bond was quickly formed.
In Song Chi's mind, a strange feeling arose, as if he and Wang Zhen were now linked by a special connection. With a thought, he could erase Wang Zhen's mind (soul) and cause his complete death.
As for Wang Zhen, he might not even realize it, but his gaze towards Song Chi now held a genuine sense of affection, as if Song Chi was everything, the god who bestowed everything upon him.
"Really can enslave a Flame Torch Warship Captain!"
Song Chi was filled with excitement. Although this [Master-Servant Contract] component only had two servant slots and wouldn't increase with reinforcement levels, its utility was still irreplaceable by other components.
Besides, a faint sense of unreality also arose in his heart.
"An esteemed fourth-rank Flame Torch Warship Captain has become my servant just like that?"
His thoughts were interrupted by Wang Zhen’s voice.
"Your servant greets you, Master!"
Song Chi frowned slightly.
"Skip the 'Master' part, just call me Highness."
"Yes, Highness!"
The two warships rapidly descended towards the ground. The Cold Moon Snow Python’s ascension was not yet complete, and someone needed to personally watch over it.
While waiting for the final life ascension of the Cold Moon Snow Python, Wang Zhen began to recount his past in detail.
Within a few minutes, Song Chi had a general understanding of him. As a Flame Torch Warship Captain who had been navigating the star sea for over four hundred years, Wang Zhen was indeed quite good at managing his life.
Apart from the properties he had acquired in Holy Star City, which would ensure a steady income even if he stopped exploring alien domains for a while, he had also maintained multiple mistresses over the past few centuries, with many children.
Song Chi naturally had no interest in these personal matters, but he looked at Wang Zhen’s [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger] Chasing Deer Warship with keen interest.
Of course, although he was certain of his absolute control over Wang Zhen’s life and death, he still exercised caution and did not rashly enter the [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger]. Instead, he had Wang Zhen send over the detailed attributes of all the components on the warship.
Gleaming Gold Hyper Shield Armor lv49
Quality: Orange
Trait: Gleaming Gold Protection
Trait 2: Defense value increased by 100%
...
Spirit Energy Beam Fusion Device lv30
Quality: Purple
Trait: Additional +1 Fusion Light Band
...
Pseudo God-Binding Chain lv40
Quality: Purple
Trait: Effective range of the chain doubled
...
Seeing the component information sent by Wang Zhen, Song Chi’s eyes twitched, wondering if this Flame Torch Warship Captain, who had been in the principality for four hundred years, was a bit too frugal?
One orange, ten purple, and the rest are all blue and white components. To be honest, he even felt a bit reluctant to look at them directly.
But upon second thought, he realized that this was actually the most common configuration for the vast majority of ordinary Flame Heart Captains. After all, the path of an ordinary Flame Heart Captain was always difficult.
Thinking back to the captain of the Blood Blade Pirate Group, "Blood Knife," from twenty years ago, who was even older than Wang Zhen and had a sizable pirate fleet under his command. Yet, the components on his flagship only included one orange-quality energy shield, with the highest being purple components.
After a moment's consideration, Song Chi said:
"Bring over the [Psionic Beam Fusion Device] component."
While the number of components on the [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger] was not small, the ones that caught Song Chi's eye, aside from the initial [Master-Servant Contract], were only the [Psionic Beam Fusion Device] and the [Pseudo God-Binding Chain].
The [Psionic Beam Fusion Device] was a type of fusion component that the Sky Dome lacked, and Song Chi naturally didn't hesitate to take it. As for the [Pseudo God-Binding Chain] component, it was the one used by the [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger] to bind the Sky Dome.
Initially, Song Chi had thought of directly taking it and installing it on the Sky Dome, but Wang Zhen's next words immediately drew his attention.
"The true [God-Binding Chain]?"
The [Howling Wolf and Roaring Tiger] only carried a pseudo [God-Binding Chain], and according to Wang Zhen, he had obtained it by chance. The true [God-Binding Chain] component was actually in the heart of the Chaotic Star Region, requiring a journey of over ten thousand light-years into the Chaotic Star Region.
Hearing this news, Song Chi's interest was piqued. If a pseudo component was already purple quality, then the quality of the original was obviously even higher.
"Do you know what quality the true [God-Binding Chain] component is? Orange? Or even higher?"
Wang Zhen didn't even think before responding:
"Red!"
A red epic component. Song Chi's interest in this component grew even more.
Such a binding component was extremely suitable for the current Sky Dome.
Imagine if the Sky Dome could tightly bind the enemy, and then activate the "Neutron Star Fracture" ability right up close. The thought alone could make the enemy despair.
At the moment of conversion, the temperature of the micro neutron star exceeded several million degrees... no, not long ago, the [Neutron Star Nuclear Armor] component was reinforced to level 50, and the temperature emitted by the micro neutron star had already surpassed twelve million degrees. Twelve million degrees of heat bursting right up close would likely be unbearable even for a Fifth-Rank Star Sea creature.
Although he was very eager to get this component, traveling over ten thousand light-years into the heart of the Chaotic Star Region was not a place one could rush into on a whim.
The Chaotic Star Region was a star region where multiple medium-sized civilizations converged, and it was not lacking in Fifth-Rank or even Sixth-Rank alien creatures. If he truly wanted to obtain that red [God-Binding Chain] component, he would need to carefully plan.
While thinking, Song Chi reinforced the newly installed [Psionic Beam Fusion Device] component to level 20.
It wasn't that he didn't want to reinforce it further, but he had no Titanium Crystals left.
However, the [Psionic Beam Fusion Device] component reinforced to level 20 had decent attributes. With the ability's boost, it could generate three fusion light bands at once, allowing it to integrate three Flame Torch Warships simultaneously.
Sss!
A sharp hiss suddenly came from below. The two of them looked down to see that the Cold Moon Snow Python, which had been coiled at the peak of the snow mountain, had already soared into the sky. Its body length had grown from one kilometer to nearly four kilometers, and the Ice Law it had initially displayed had explosively increased after breaking through to the Fourth Rank.
Song Chi was very concerned about this.
Because the Cold Moon Snow Python was like himself. At the Third Rank, it had already controlled the Law Power and inherited secret techniques. Once it broke through to the Fourth Rank, the Law Power and secret techniques it controlled at the Third Rank would see a significant enhancement.
So Song Chi was curious and wanted to use the Cold Moon Snow Python's current transformation to estimate the boost he would experience when he broke through to the Fourth Rank.
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A few seconds later, at his command, the little guy fully released the Ice Law within its body.
"About 8%!"
Carefully sensing the Ice Law the little guy was releasing, Song Chi quickly arrived at a rough estimate.
Song Chi’s eyes soon sparkled.
Previously, the little guy's Law Enlightenment was roughly around 0.4%, and with this increase, the multiple was clearly about 20 times.
Obviously, this increase was somewhat unexpected. However, Song Chi was also aware that he was on the path of Spatial Law, one of the two most difficult laws to comprehend. The subsequent increase in Spatial Law would be hard to reach such a level.
Additionally, the Cold Moon Snow Python was a favored existence in the Ice Law path. However, in terms of Spatial Law, it was at best considered average.
Taking these two points into account, Song Chi estimated that the increase when he advanced to the Fourth Rank would be around 10 times.
"10 times, then before breaking through to the Fourth Rank in the Guiding Technique, my Spatial Law Enlightenment must reach at least 0.8%, only then can I maximize the effect of the increase."
Having set a goal for himself, Song Chi didn’t dwell on it further.
"Wang Zhen, take this [Market Travel Permit]. In the future, if anything happens, you can directly have your Second Rank enslaved creature report with this permit!"
After briefly explaining the function of the [Market Travel Permit], Song Chi didn’t want to stay any longer.
Before leaving, he added a few more words.
"Today’s matter must not be disclosed. Additionally, you should quickly break through to the Fourth Rank in the Guiding Technique. A Zelusui Ship that cannot be mechanized does not count as a true Fourth Rank warship."
"Complying with your command, Your Highness!"
Wang Zhen’s attitude remained respectful, but deep down, he was increasingly passionate.
Although Song Chi didn’t detail all the functions of the [Market Travel Permit], he could still glimpse its terrifying value from the fragments of information.
In the Sky Rush Valley, his personal estate.
Back at the estate, Song Chi sent a message to Song Yufeng, requesting to withdraw his 3000 Titanium Crystals sequence subsidy for the year in advance.
Once the 3000 Titanium Crystals arrived, he immediately upgraded the [Master-Servant Contract] component to level 40. After all, it involved a Fourth Rank Flame Torch Warship Captain as a servant, and he didn’t want any mistakes.
Apart from this component, the two newly acquired purple components, the [Ultrasonic Magnetic Detector] and the [Psionic Beam Fusion Device], were also upgraded to level 40.
Just three components cost nearly a thousand Titanium Crystals, which made Song Chi sigh.
However, even with just over 2000 Titanium Crystals left, he didn’t continue the upgrades.
The Fourth Rank Floating Land Essence and Law Crystals were already depleted.
After this round of upgrades, Song Chi once again took out the [Spatial Law Fruit]. After adapting for over two months, he felt he could now use the last Law Fruit.
Two days later, when Song Chi opened his eyes again, his Spatial Law Enlightenment had increased from 0.27% to 0.35%.
Compared to the first one, this [Spatial Law Fruit] only increased his Law Enlightenment by 0.08%, but Song Chi was already quite satisfied.
By this calculation, he could still take four more [Spatial Law Fruits], quickly increasing his Spatial Law Enlightenment by nearly 0.15%, bringing it to 0.5% when added to the current 0.35%. This was not far from his goal of 0.8%, a pleasant surprise.
Additionally, this Law Fruit accelerated his law assimilation progress by several years. Even if he did nothing in the future, he would only need another ten years or so to re-enter the Dragon Spine Mystic Realm to comprehend the Primordial Law.
Speaking of the [Spatial Law Fruit], after using the second one, Song Chi no longer had any such Law Fruits.
However, he wasn’t worried. Since the day he arrived in the Sky Rush Valley, he had already used the “Meditation Seal Inner Speed” characteristic. Now that the buffer period for the Mystic Realm Accelerator characteristic had passed, the cultivation secret realm had entered an accelerated state again.
With this component upgraded to the Fifth Rank, its acceleration rate was even more astonishing. Even without investing Fourth Rank or higher Void Crystals, one year in the outside world would accelerate all the plants in the secret realm by over 20,000 years.
Such a terrifying speed meant that even if the fruiting cycle of the [Spatial Law Tree] was long, he believed it wouldn’t be long before he could continuously harvest the second and third rounds of mature [Spatial Law Fruits].
"I hope the fruiting stagnation period of the [Spatial Law Tree] comes later..."
Muttering to himself, Song Chi’s mind shifted, and the next moment, even more concentrated Spatial Law condensed around him. Compared to two days ago, this Spatial Law was clearly more solid, and the power it contained had increased significantly.
PS: I’m home, so there’s only one chapter today. I’ll update as usual tomorrow.
PS2: Wishing all my precious readers a healthy and happy Dragon Boat Festival.
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