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Chapter 313: Matters Settled and Stark's Past
Chapter 313: Matters Settled and Stark’s Past
Looking up at the gradually departing Sky Dome, all the guests within Saint Roland Manor had unusual glints in their eyes.
Carefully calculating, from the moment Song Chi, the seventh sequence of the Song Clan, appeared until he left, it was only about a minute in total.
Even though he did not utter a single word throughout, he left an indelible impression in everyone's hearts.
After all, from the previous battle situation, it seemed that Anlock had no resistance at all from start to finish. If not for the intervention of the Chasing Deer ship from the Morning Star Royal Family, his flagship would have only one fate: sinking.
"Speaking of which, he is indeed handsome, but isn't our Prince Song Chi a bit too aloof?"
"Ha ha ha, I completely agree. If it were me, after suppressing the opponent, I would definitely say something like, 'I, a member of the Song Clan of Dinghai, am not someone to be bullied by just anyone.' That would be so much cooler!"
"Think about it from another angle. It's also Anlock's fault for picking a fight. If he had just disciplined the Song Clan member instead of going for a killing blow, Prince Song Seven might not have intervened!"
"How did he manage to say nothing at all? What a perfect opportunity to show off in front of everyone..."
"Is there a possibility that Prince Song Seven believes that being aloof is the coolest response?"
...
Hearing the whispers around him, Song Chi, who had quietly retrieved the Sky Dome using the Mirage Dragon Transformation Pearl and the Void Membrane, had a stiff expression.
He was loudly defending himself in his heart.
"It’s not that I’m aloof. I wasn’t even on the warship, okay..."
"Slander, this is slander. How could I be someone who likes to show off?"
Of course, these were just minor episodes. Most of the guests' attention was still focused on the sky.
Not long after the Sky Dome left, the veteran Chasing Deer ship of the Morning Star Principality also quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
In essence, today's events were the dirty laundry of the Morning Star Royal Family. As a royal Chasing Deer ship, staying even a second longer would have been a loss of face.
On the other side, Anniel maneuvered her warship quickly toward the Northern ship. A beam of light shot out from her flagship and, once it merged with the Northern ship's hull, the Northern ship, which had nearly lost its ability to move, was repaired to a significant extent.
Looking at Anlock's flagship, with the departure of the Sky Dome and the royal Chasing Deer ship, Anlock also came out of the "Meditation Seal: Outer Time Stop" characteristic. However, he no longer had the arrogance and brutality he had before, with only deep fear in his eyes.
The effect of the "Meditation Seal: Outer Time Stop" characteristic made him feel like a piece of fish meat to be carved up at will, with no chance of resistance.
No matter how his mind turned, he could not find any way to counter it with the current components of his flagship, and this deep sense of powerlessness filled him with fear.
His gaze flickered, scanning the three warships ahead. Anlock couldn't bear to stay any longer. Together with his servant, the two warships quickly disappeared into the horizon.
To the guests below, the two of them looked more like two dogs that had been driven away, and everyone sneered inwardly.
Though most people had been watching the events unfold with a sense of entertainment, all the guests present were citizens of the Morning Star Principality. Instinctively, they still favored their own countrymen. Seeing the foreign dogs depart in disgrace, everyone felt a great sense of satisfaction.
After this series of events, the birthday banquet naturally couldn't continue. An Se Wei had lost all interest.
As the banquet was declared over, the numerous guests began to leave one by one.
Though the outcome of this banquet was not ideal, being able to witness such a thrilling conflict still left most of the departing guests with broad smiles on their faces.
Song Chi followed the crowd toward the manor's entrance. Originally, he had planned to find An Se Wei again before leaving, as he had promised to give her a birthday gift that would satisfy her. However, he did not do so now.
After such a series of events, An Se Wei's mood must have been quite terrible. Going to present the gift at this moment would clearly be inappropriate.
He could only make up for it later.
Exiting the manor, Song Chi immediately summoned the Sky Dome.
However, the Sky Dome had already been deliberately dimmed by him, making it impossible for outsiders to connect it with the cruiser that had suppressed Anlock earlier.
Once he boarded the warship, the Sky Dome quickly ascended, and the Saint Roland Manor behind him rapidly shrank until it completely disappeared from view.
...
At the same time, in a vast hall made of green stone, six formidable Flame Torch Captains sat in different directions. In the center of the green stone hall, a holographic image was being projected.
If someone from Saint Roland Manor were present, they would certainly recognize that the image showed the entire conflict that occurred in the manor.
When the image finally showed Song Chi's Sky Dome ascending into the sky and disappearing from view, the image froze.
The next moment, the other five people in the hall all turned their gazes toward the female Flame Torch Captain on the north side.
After a silence of about two to three seconds, the white-haired elder on the right finally coldly snorted:
"Song Xingru, your Song Clan has produced a remarkable person!"
"Raymond, stop your insinuations. If you can't compete, it's best to keep a low profile. You might end up like today, with no sixth-rank ancestor of the Morning Star family to protect you!"
"You..."
The tension in the green stone hall instantly grew thick, and it seemed as if a real conflict was about to break out.
In the end, it was the elder sitting in the center who spoke up, diffusing the potential conflict.
"Alright, it's just a minor squabble among the younger generation. We old-timers don't need to get involved."
This elder also had a weathered appearance, though not as exaggerated as the "Raymond Stark" on the east side, he was certainly no longer young.
However, his words clearly had a significant impact. With his intervention, both Raymond and Song Xingru, after a cold snort, chose to remain silent.
The reason was simple.
This elder was from the Morning Star Royal Family, active three thousand years ago. He was the eldest prince of that generation of the Morning Star Principality, invincible among his peers, and later went to the Radiant Han Kingdom, where he also earned a great reputation.
Three thousand years have passed, and his strength has become unfathomable. His most recent achievement, a little over a hundred years ago, was when his flagship, with the power of a limit-breaking battleship, directly killed a sixth-rank Evil Buddha Bodhisattva on the Demon Buddha Continent.
It should be noted that in the Broken Star Sea, the higher the rank, the greater the disparity in combat strength. At the fifth and sixth ranks, the gap is already enormous, let alone with the enhancement of the 7th-level Floating Land rules.
It was precisely because of this that everyone present acknowledged the identity of the old relic from the Morning Star Royal Family, and they were willing to lower their postures in front of him. After all, among the other five people present, no one dared to openly claim that they could kill a sixth-rank creature with the rules of a 7th-level floating land.
On the northern seat, although Song Xingru no longer continued to speak, her gaze remained icy.
She would give some face to the old relic of the Morning Star Royal Family, after all, whether in terms of personal strength or the strength of the family behind her, the other party was a step ahead.
Of course, the key was that the Morning Star family was right in front of her. Offending them would indeed bring considerable trouble to the Song Clan of Dinghai.
But what about the Stark family? Their sphere of influence was tens of thousands of light-years away, and they still dared to speak boastfully in front of her?
Yes, the Stark family wasn't weak, with a legacy of over ten thousand years, and they were once respectfully referred to as an immortal family.
But that was over seven thousand years ago. When that Stark ancestor managed to board a star destroyer, he only remained active in the Radiant Han Kingdom for less than a thousand years and left the family with very few seventh-rank level cards before losing contact during an exploration of an alien domain.
Now, seven thousand years have passed, and that Stark ancestor has had no news since. He most likely perished in an alien domain. To this day, the Stark family is merely a somewhat stronger sixth-rank family, still immersed in the brief glory of the past.
Regardless of their reach, even if the Stark family's influence could reach the Morning Star Principality, the Song Clan of Dinghai, now with an ancestor who has advanced to the sixth rank, wouldn't necessarily fear them much.
"Alright, let's get to the main topic. The shield of the Immortal Continent fragment will weaken in a little over a year. What do you think..."
...
Song Chi was naturally unaware of the conversation between the six fifth-rank Flame Torch Ship Captains. After leaving the Saint Roland Manor, he quickly headed to the family's Sky Rush Valley once he confirmed that he wasn't being monitored or followed.
In the previous battle, although he had suppressed the direct descendant of the Stark family with ease, it was only possible with the help of the golden sanctum component.
He was well aware of this and did not feel superior because of it.
His gaze flickered as he carefully recalled every detail of the previous battle.
If his perception was correct, the first follower of Anlock, who appeared, had comprehended the Law of Metal, with a Law Perception between 0.1% and 0.14%.
The two civilian limit cruiser captains who followed did not comprehend any laws and were ordinary Flame Torch Ship Captains.
As for the personal guard of the Fourth Prince Sain, he had comprehended the Law of Fire, and his Law Perception was likely below 0.1%.
As for Anni'er, she followed the Law of Light, with a Law Perception around 0.25%.
Song Bei also followed the Law of Light, but his Law Perception should not exceed 0.2%.
Finally, Anlock of the Stark family also followed the Law of Metal, with a Law Perception not less than 0.3%.
After deducing this, Song Chi's eyes flickered.
As previously mentioned, without considering the quality advantage of the "Bodhimanda Meditation Seal" component, just from the perspective of Law Perception, he did not have much of an advantage.
It's worth noting that his current Spatial Law Perception has reached 0.35%, but this was achieved by consuming two Spatial Law Fruits. According to his original progress, his actual Perception was only 0.17%.
Even though the difficulty of comprehending the Law of Space exceeds that of other laws, in reality, it wasn't much different from Anni'er, or the direct descendants of the major powers in the principality.
Thinking about this, Song Chi felt no sense of superiority, but rather a deep dissatisfaction with his own Law Perception speed.
As a lucky individual who held the Multiverse Market, he wouldn't be satisfied with merely matching the direct descendants of the principality.
Above the principality, there were kingdoms, and among the Flame Torch Human Civilization, there were over a hundred kingdoms, with the top four being the super empires. If he were to limit himself to a small principality, his potential would be severely capped.
The only good news was that with the advancement of the Market Mystic Realm, he now received a certain boost when comprehending laws within the Market Mystic Realm, and when combined with lower-level Law Crystals, his comprehension speed was not inferior to that in the Primordial Mystic Realm.
Moreover, there were no time constraints, which was his greatest advantage.
As long as he made good use of this, Song Chi estimated that his Law Perception speed would see a significant improvement. While he might not be able to match the top prodigies of the four super empires, he should not be weaker than the prodigies in the Flame Torch Human Kingdoms.
Returning to the Sky Rush Valley, Song Chi did not rush to enter the Market Mystic Realm or visualize the Mythical Mecha Projection. Instead, he immersed his mind in Chikura's 004 Cultivation Secret Realm.
His gaze focused on the [Spatial Law Tree] and the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] within the cultivation secret realm.
His eyes were filled with anticipation and desire.
According to his original plan, to enter the Market Mystic Realm and comprehend laws without any reservations, he needed to thoroughly assimilate his own laws into Star Sea Laws. Only then could he be completely at ease; otherwise, if something unexpected happened and his Law Perception became permanently fixed as an incomplete Mystic Realm Law, he would truly regret it.
However, to accelerate this process, only the [Spatial Law Fruit] could help. Otherwise, he would have to wait another decade or so, which was clearly unacceptable.
"The Mystic Realm Accelerator has been restarted for several months in the outside world, and several thousand years have passed within the secret realm. The four silver apples on the Silver Apple Mother Tree are almost fully mature, but this [Spatial Law Tree] remains motionless. Sigh..."
Staring at the [Spatial Law Tree] in the cultivation secret realm, Song Chi sighed deeply.
Although the [Spatial Law Tree] is not a star sea plant, its fruiting speed is no less slow, which left Song Chi feeling extremely helpless.
"Never mind, after all, it is an excellent resource for enhancing Law Perception. It's understandable that it's delicate. I just hope it bears fruit soon, as the time from fruiting to maturity is also not short."
Muttering to himself, Song Chi withdrew his mind and walked directly to the Nether Energy Training Platform. Since he couldn't enter the Market Mystic Realm for the time being, he could only use the ship's built-in training platform, which had a weaker effect, to accelerate the cultivation of the Guiding Technique. It was better than nothing, after all.
(End of Chapter)
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