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Chapter 342: Showing Strength, A Move Across the Endless Void
Chapter 342: Showing Strength, A Move Across the Endless Void
The dark black energy seemed like a pitch-black Nine Abyss Snake, shooting towards the spatial gateway under the control of the black-robed figure.
However, interestingly, after making its move, the black-robed figure showed no intention of staying. Powerful energy surged around it, carrying its form as it rapidly fled into the distance.
Clearly, this figure was not foolish. Since it had already learned that the entity behind the spatial gateway might be a great existence at the Sovereign rank, it naturally would not stay here foolishly.
As for why it made the move, the strand of dark black energy carried a sliver of its consciousness. If it truly managed to penetrate the so-called "Celestial Ruins Market," its true self could receive some feedback.
It harbored significant doubts about the entity behind the spatial gateway, the so-called Lord of the Market. Otherwise, it wouldn't have acted so rashly.
After all, if it were truly a peak existence at the Sovereign rank, why would it only allow third-rank and lower creatures to enter? Was it incapable, or afraid of higher-rank creatures entering?
If it could truly investigate this, there might be a chance to turn the tables using that sliver of consciousness.
This was the primary reason it was willing to take such a risk.
From the description of the Guard Commander, it immediately saw the terrifying value behind the Celestial Ruins Market. If it could control it, the path to ascension that had been cut off might be reconnected.
Of course, if Song Chi knew about this figure's series of thoughts, he would probably laugh until his jaw dropped.
The rank of the Celestial Ruins Market itself was higher than that of a primordial secret realm. Attempting to seize control of the Celestial Ruins Market with just a sliver of consciousness? If he received any feedback, it would count as a loss.
...
Celestial Ruins Market.
Song Chi, who had just stepped out of the Star Source Empire shop, suddenly stopped in his tracks, his gaze quickly shifting to the spatial gateway through which the Skysupport Clan had entered and exited.
His eyes were icy cold, and the ether energy and Market Rule Force rapidly condensed on his body.
"Fifth-rank energy fluctuation, Law of Darkness, a fifth-rank Skysupport Clan member making a proactive move to test the waters!"
After breaking through to the third rank in the guiding technique, comprehending the spatial origin law, and the Celestial Ruins Market itself reaching the third rank, his control over the Celestial Ruins Market had reached a new level.
Thus, the moment fifth-rank energy surged into the spatial gateway from the outside, he, as the Lord of the Market, sensed it immediately.
A thought crossed his mind, and he instinctively wanted to seal the entire spatial gateway, letting the fifth-rank energy dissipate in the void turbulence.
However, Song Chi paused again, stopping this action.
Such probing had happened once before. Back then, he was just a lowly first-rank Flameheart Captain, with very limited control over the market. A fourth-rank Black Moon Clan member had struck from a distance, and although he had managed to withstand it, he had suffered minor injuries and took some time to fully recover.
Compared to that time, this prober was clearly much stronger, with fifth-rank attack methods. If he were still a first-rank captain, he would likely be severely injured or even die from this strike.
Thinking of this, he found it impossible to suppress the anger rising within him.
Does he think I'm just a piece of clay that anyone can knead?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Divine Mind Power rapidly swirled, and the Market Rule Force surged throughout the market.
High in the sky, a ten-thousand-meter-tall Flamewraith Giant stood under the Celestial Dome, with scorching flames surging around it. Under Song Chi's active enhancement with the Market Secret Realm Law, the circle of Fire Law around it nearly solidified, spreading an indescribable aura of pressure throughout the market.
Below, the various alien creatures looked up in shock, staring in awe at the Flamewraith Giant that resembled a flame demon god, their hearts filled with shock.
No one knew what rank this flame demon god-like Flamewraith Giant was, even the few most powerful aliens present were unsure.
At the entrance of the House of Silver shop, the gnome Luke gazed at the sky in terror. Compared to the few fourth-rank elders behind him, this suddenly appearing Flamewraith Giant was far more powerful.
Zhou Ping's reaction was almost the same. Even the Patriarch of his sect, a Deity of Soul Transformation, emitted a presence far weaker than the flame giant in the sky.
Song Chi, hidden among the crowd, was extremely satisfied with this scene. This was actually one of his goals.
Compared to maintaining a sense of mystery, occasional displays of true strength were necessary. Otherwise, the image of him as the Lord of the Celestial Ruins Market would eventually be doubted. While no alien might dare question it openly, the respect and awe would gradually fade over time, which was not what he wanted.
So, he took this opportunity to show his strength to all the aliens.
Thanks to the Market Rule Force enhancement, the Flamewraith Giant, who already possessed fifth-rank veteran combat power, had its aura initially reach the sixth rank. This level of strength was more than enough to intimidate certain aliens in the crowd.
Speaking of the Market Rule Force enhancement, if summoned from the outside, it could only be limited to the market's own rank. However, within the market, there was no such restriction. If Song Chi wished, he could enhance even a sixth-rank lifeform to a near-seventh-rank level, though beyond the seventh rank was not possible, as the market was currently only at the third rank.
All of this happened in an instant. Before the star sea aliens could understand the reason, and while they were still puzzled about the sudden appearance of the Flamewraith Giant, the flame giant in the sky spoke.
"By the command of my master, to punish the alien that attacked the market from the outside. You have no need to panic!"
This voice was transmitted through the market's rules, clearly reaching the ears of all the alien creatures present, and they instinctively understood its meaning, requiring no translation.
Instantly, all the aliens understood. They knew that some creature had attacked the Celestial Ruins Market from outside the spatial entrance.
"I wonder what kind of creature it was..."
As the aliens speculated, the Flamewraith Giant, now enhanced by the Market Rule Force, made its move.
Its crimson right arm suddenly raised, and an enormous amount of flame energy, along with a large amount of Fire Law, condensed into a massive, illusory flame hand.
As the Flamewraith Giant extended its arm, the illusory flame hand shot downward at the spatial gateway where the Skysupport Clan had entered and exited.
"I see, it was the Skysupport Clan..."
An alien who had seen the Skysupport Clan members enter and exit murmured, immediately sparking discussions among the surrounding aliens.
"Buying so many red and orange artifacts at once, I suspected that the forces behind them weren’t simple. I never thought they would dare to target the Market Ruins..."
"Truly, they are courting death!"
Outside, the black-robed figure, who had been flying swiftly, suddenly revealed a look of extreme terror in its eyes. It sensed the terrifying energy fluctuations coming from behind were of the Sixth Rank.
"Sixth Rank, this is an attack of the Sixth Rank. Even through the vast void, it still carries the power of the Sixth Rank. Damn, could it really be a great existence of the Sovereign level?"
It roared in anger within its heart, a deep regret swirling in its eyes. However, there was no time to think much about it. The life pressure of the Fifth Rank spread from its body, and red artifacts revolved around it. But before it could employ more means, a huge flaming hand emerged from the spatial gateway behind it, hovering above its head.
The black-robed figure’s eyes narrowed sharply. In the next second, the illusory hand, filled with the Law of Fire, came crashing down.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The intense explosions spread throughout the primeval forest, the flames radiating outwards, capable of incinerating everything. The air in the entire region twisted severely.
However, no spatial rifts appeared. The level of the Ancient Continent was not ordinary, and the spatial stability of the floating land was astonishing.
Hundreds of thousands of miles away, on the peak of Western King Mountain.
The Third Successor Saint Son suddenly stood up from its seated position, sensing the intense energy fluctuations coming from afar.
"A Sixth Rank Great Power has acted. Has something happened?"
In the primeval forest, the terrifying flames had incinerated a vast vacuum region with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of miles. In the center of this dark vacuum region, a massive handprint indentation was left on the ground.
After an unknown amount of time, a bedraggled figure crawled out of the handprint crater. The black robe it had been wearing had been incinerated by the intense flames, revealing the elder face of a Skysupport Clan member beneath.
At this moment, the elder Skysupport Clan member still had a deep look of fear in its eyes. Its left arm was empty, and its entire body was covered in terrifying burn scars.
...
In the Market Ruins, the Flame Wraith Giant retracted its arm, along with a bloodied arm that was also pulled back through the spatial gateway.
Looking at the clearly Skysupport Clan left arm, the crowd of Star Sea alien races instinctively swallowed their saliva, the fear in their eyes not diminishing.
Because at this moment, a creature in the crowd was providing an explanation.
"The blood with a faint silver tinge, Fifth Rank, this is a Fifth Rank Skysupport Clan arm!"
"Yes, this pressure is even greater than the Fifth Rank Domain Lord on our continent."
...
The words "Fifth Rank" immediately triggered numerous gasps of shock.
A Fifth Rank Star Sea lifeform was a formidable existence capable of becoming the lord of a star region. In some intermediate Star Sea civilizations, such a level of combat power could serve as the civilization’s ultimate reserve.
Yet, such an existence, which was merely a legend to most alien races, was easily left with a severed arm from across the vast void.
Don't miss the key point; the crucial part is the attack from across the vast void.
This meant that the Flame Wraith Giant in the sky was not just Fifth Rank but likely Sixth Rank.
A Sixth Rank Star Sea lifeform, yet merely a servant of the Market Ruins' Lord. One could only imagine the level of the Market Ruins' Lord himself.
The reactions of the Star Sea alien races perfectly matched what Song Chi had intended to achieve before he acted.
Turning his gaze to the Fifth Rank Skysupport Clan arm, his eyes flickered with light.
Indeed, he had not killed the Fifth Rank Skysupport Clan member. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t.
The Flame Wraith Giant, under the influence of the Market Ruins' laws, had its life pressure and law strength fully reach the Sixth Rank level. However, it was a remote attack through the void, and the suppression from the floating land’s origin rules of the Ancient Continent limited its effectiveness.
However, even though he couldn’t directly kill the Fifth Rank Skysupport Clan member, he inflicted significant injuries, severing one arm and leaving behind deep wounds from the infinite Law of Fire. The pain from these wounds would likely last for a hundred years, with the victim enduring the extreme agony of being consumed by flames.
In the sky, as Song Chi’s thoughts shifted, the towering Flame Wraith Giant slowly dissipated, and everything returned to normal.
However, this did not calm the agitated hearts of the Star Sea alien races. Even after the Market Ruins’ transaction ended, the alien races remained unsettled for a long time.
Just as all the alien races were teleported out, leaving Song Chi alone in the Market Ruins, his originally calm expression suddenly turned pale, and his mind and spirit simultaneously experienced intense pain.
After a short while, he chuckled bitterly:
"Indeed, showing off comes with a price..."
At this moment, his condition was a mess.
The reason?
Joking, the Market Ruins itself was only at the Third Rank level. Did he really think it could casually provide law empowerment to a Fifth Rank Flame Wraith Giant?
This required a price. The Flame Wraith Giant was still better off, although it also suffered some backlash, its powerful recovery ability would allow it to recover in no time. However, Song Chi was different; he was just a Star Sea human.
Compared to the physically renowned same-rank creatures in the Star Sea, the gap was enormous. After all, the human base was set, and no matter how much he enhanced his physical body, he could never match the likes of star beasts, giants, and dragons.
"Now, the Flame Wraith Giant has just come out, and I have to go in as well..."
He was referring to the "Life System Medical Repair Pod." This component mainly treats external injuries and has limited effectiveness against law backlash, but it would still be faster than allowing it to recover on its own.
Thinking of the Flame Wraith Giant’s recent recovery from the self-destruction of a Fifth Rank mechanized combat beast, Song Chi couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless.
However, this was just a sigh. If he had to do it again, he would still choose to have the Flame Wraith Giant act.
Enduring the discomfort in his body, Song Chi summoned the Sky Dome.
Before going to the medical pod for treatment, he wanted to first enhance the components that needed it.
The first to rush out of the Sky Dome was the Thorned Dragon. It seemed to have caught the scent of the blood from the Fifth Rank Skysupport Clan arm and flew straight toward Song Chi.
Seeing its appearance, Song Chi seemed to have an idea, his eyes shining:
"Can this thing help you advance to the Fourth Rank?"
Compared to before, the Thorned Dragon’s desire was particularly strong this time. Given that its life level had already reached the peak of the Third Rank, Song Chi couldn’t help but make this connection.
(End of Chapter)
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