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Chapter 350: The Trial's End
Chapter 350: The Trial's End
Sizzle! Hiss!
The extreme heat scorched everything in its path, and as the Pseudo Binding Chain of Gods shot out, several Eight-Armed Serpent Demons simultaneously activated the 'Celestial Serpent Blessing' trait of their warships.
The ancient Celestial Serpent Phantoms enveloped the three Celestial Serpent Warships, roaring and struggling against the terrifying million-degree heat emitted by the miniature neutron star.
Even so, this million-degree heat, released almost at point-blank range, was akin to the power to incinerate the heavens and boil the seas. How could three Celestial Serpent Phantoms, separated by an unknown distance and containing only a trace of Celestial Serpent essence, withstand it?
Under the extreme heat, the three Celestial Serpent Phantoms were burned to nothingness, and without their protection, the outer hulls of the three Celestial Serpent Warships began to melt rapidly.
By the time the extreme heat dissipated, all three Celestial Serpent Warships had suffered significant damage.
Seizing the opportunity, Song Chi immediately summoned the Flaming Tyrant Giant.
The temperature, which had just dropped from over a million degrees, still made the surrounding starry sky resemble a giant furnace. Any other lifeform would have struggled to endure it, but the Flaming Tyrant Giant was different. As a Fire Clan creature and with near-mastery over the Fire Law, its power only increased in such an environment.
Unfortunately, the Flaming Tyrant Giant didn't get a chance to act. The three Celestial Serpent Warships, along with the three veteran Fourth-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons inside them, vanished.
Song Chi had already guessed as much.
Even the all-seeing Beidou Seven Stars Hall would treasure these Fourth-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons and wouldn't let trial challengers kill them so easily.
The 57th level of the trial involved four Celestial Serpent Warships.
This time, Song Chi didn't engage directly. Instead, he employed the Mirage Trace ability of the Ethereal Orb and Mirage Propulsion, along with the Soul-Stabilizing Seal of the Taiyi Soul-Stabilizing Stele, to wage a guerrilla war.
The goal, of course, was to wait for the cooldowns of the Behemoth Body and Neutron Star Fission traits.
As for the Inner Meditation Seal of Speed trait of the Lotus Meditation Seal, Song Chi didn't rush to use it. After all, its cooldown was ten days, and once used, it would be difficult to wait for the next cooldown.
During Song Chi's repetitive kiting and guerrilla tactics, the Cob Alt Number relied on its Neutron Star Core Armor's innate recovery ability, along with components like the Final Blessing and Healing Fruit, to gradually overcome the 57th, 58th, and 59th levels.
(PS: The Cob Alt Number's body is currently at the Third Rank, and while the Second-Rank Healing Fruit is still effective, its effectiveness is somewhat reduced.)
By the 60th level, the challenge consisted of seven veteran Fourth-Rank Celestial Serpent Warships. Facing such a number of warships, it was difficult for the Cob Alt Number to continue its kiting and guerrilla tactics.
It's worth noting that even in the previous 59th level, facing the joint siege of six Celestial Serpent Warships, Song Chi had already used the Final Blessing trait, which had just cooled down.
Considering this, Song Chi abandoned the idea of delaying.
The next moment, he turned his gaze to the Lotus Meditation Seal component on the side.
As the only Golden Holy Domain component on the Cob Alt Number, this component had always been Song Chi's trump card, and now was the time to play it.
"Lotus Time Realm, activate!" Song Chi muttered subconsciously.
Immediately, the seven Celestial Serpent Warships approaching from behind slowed down by nearly ten times, and the beam cannons they fired also followed suit.
To ordinary eyes, this level of slowing might not seem effective at all. After all, these warships had been cruising at the speed of light, and even at one-tenth of that speed, they were still too fast for the naked eye to capture.
But for Song Chi, it was different. In the Cob Alt Number's perception, the slowed-down warships had numerous fatal flaws.
Take the Cob Alt Number's current movement, for example. To the warships, it seemed like instantaneous teleportation. Every time it flew close to a Celestial Serpent Warship, the Flaming Tyrant Giant, wielding the DivineEvolutionSword, would charge out. With the near-mastery of the Fire Law, it was effortless to defeat these warships, even with their Celestial Serpent Phantom defenses.
In this manner, during the 15-minute duration of the Lotus Time Realm, the seven Celestial Serpent Warships were successively crippled, though he didn't deliver a killing blow, knowing some information about the trial.
When the Lotus Time Realm ended, a prompt sounded in his ear.
[Congratulations on passing the 60th level. The subsequent challenges will be extremely risky. Do you wish to continue?]
Song Chi remained silent, his eyes flickering with uncertainty. He didn't immediately respond.
Most of the Cob Alt Number's trump cards had already been played, and the chances of clearing the next level weren't high.
What troubled him was that, after passing dozens of levels, it was clear that the Beidou Seven Stars Hall's trial tasks were grouped into major stages every five levels. He had just passed the 60th level, which was the 12th major stage. If he could pass one more minor level, he would enter the 13th major stage, and the subsequent rewards would be significantly better.
After much hesitation, the prompt sounded again, and Song Chi gritted his teeth.
"Continue!"
Meanwhile, within the Yaoguang Star Tower, over twenty human-shaped holograms gathered around a starlight display screen, silent and motionless.
After a long while, one of them spoke up.
"After 'White Eyebrows,' is Yaoguang Star Tower going to produce another member who can cross two ranks in combat?"
"It's difficult. Out of all of us here, at least half have challenged the 61st level, and only White Eyebrows succeeded!"
"He's already in the 61st level. I wonder how long he can last!"
...
In the dark starry sky, the Cob Alt Number hovered silently.
In the main control room, Song Chi stared intently ahead, knowing that the 61st level would be a brand-new challenge, likely very different from the 60th level.
Suddenly, Song Chi's eyes flickered, and his fists clenched involuntarily.
Ten kilometers ahead, a brand-new Celestial Serpent Warship slowly emerged.
Seeing its size, far surpassing the previous Fourth-Rank Celestial Serpent Warships, Song Chi murmured, "A Fifth-Rank Celestial Serpent Warship and a Fifth-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon..."
He had expected the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon in the 61st level to be terrifying, but he never imagined it would be a Fifth-Rank.
The Eight-Armed Serpent Fiends are darlings of the Starsea, and although the one before them is likely a newly-entered Fifth Rank, it can still rival other Fifth Rank Starsea lifeforms of senior rank.
Song Chi reacted swiftly. After a brief moment of shock, he immediately activated the Light Energy Aggregation Engine and Mirage Propulsion, two of the components.
Remember, it's directly activating the two components' Light Energy Aggregation and Mirage Trace abilities, allowing them to enter the hyperload operation state at the first opportunity, rather than simply activating them.
After a few seconds of charging by the propulsion system, the Shining Star's speed soared to its peak. With the 690% thrust boost from the Light Energy Aggregation ability and the 2000% speed boost from the Mirage Propulsion within 15 seconds, the Shining Star's speed reached several dozen times the speed of light.
At the same time, ten warships with the exact same appearance as the Shining Star followed closely behind, creating an extremely confusing trail for the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship behind them.
Even though the Celestial Serpent Warship behind them was a Fifth Rank vessel known for its speed, it was still left far behind by the Shining Star's extreme cruising speed.
However, this advantage didn't last long. The Shining Star had a special means of acceleration, and the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship also had its own, although it didn't have the terrifying burst of power like the Mirage Propulsion. As the 15-second duration of the Mirage Trace passed, the Shining Star's speed began to lag far behind, relying only on the 690% thrust boost from the Light Energy Aggregation ability.
Half a minute later, no matter how reluctant Song Chi was, the Shining Star was caught up to by the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship.
The terrifying pressure of the Fifth Rank engulfed the Shining Star like an overwhelming tidal wave.
Even with the protection of the Immortal Realm Quintessential Energy Shield and Neutron Star Core Armor components, Song Chi still felt as if he was carrying a mountain on his back. Under this oppressive pressure, his entire body started to emit bursts of cracking sounds.
If his guess was correct, this was a sign that his internal bones couldn't bear the burden.
But it didn't end there. Just as the Shining Star's speed reached its lowest point, a petrifying beam of light shot out from the bow of the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship above.
Compared to the Fourth Rank petrifying beam, this Fifth Rank one was far more terrifying.
With just one strike, Song Chi felt as if the Shining Star had almost completely stopped. If he could see the exterior of the ship at this moment, he would find that even the Neutron Star Core Armor had been covered in a layer of gray rock, a sign of petrification.
At the same time, the door of the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship above opened, and the Fifth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Fiend extended its crimson rock gun, a crimson black arm with knotted muscles.
The Earth Law of the Middle Achievement Rank flowed around the tip of the crimson rock gun, and the next second, the crimson black arm pressed down with overwhelming force.
With the Fifth Rank's exceptional physique and the Earth Law of the Middle Achievement Rank, the terrifying power of the descending crimson rock gun was beyond description.
The Starsea roared, and space began to shatter.
Inside the Shining Star, Song Chi's face turned pale. Already under the pressure of the Fifth Rank, he now faced this deadly strike, and one could only imagine the incredible pressure he was enduring at this moment.
However, at this critical moment, the fear in his eyes suddenly vanished, and strands of spiritual light flowed in his pupils.
In the end, he focused his attention on one particular component.
Dome Sky Intelligence System!
"Heaven Tilt·Dome Sky Autonomous System, activate!"
With this command, the Dome Sky Intelligence System component began to flash with intense silver light, and in the next second, the control of the Shining Star was entirely taken over by the Dome Sky Intelligence.
At the same time, this silver high-rank intelligence system boosted its computational speed to the limit. With its extreme calculations, it combined all the capabilities of the currently usable components on the Shining Star, and in just an instant, the Dome Sky Intelligence had determined the perfect countermeasure.
Behemoth Heart
Mythical Dragon Transformation Orb
Ethereal Orb
Lotus Meditation Seal "Stasis"
Neutron Star Core Armor
Lotus Meditation Seal "Speed"
Neutron Star Core Armor
In the blink of an eye, multiple components were activated in succession, resulting in a series of changes in the external environment.
From the outside, the Shining Star's hull suddenly glowed with intense red light. The "Behemoth Body" ability of the Behemoth Heart freed the ship from the constraints of the petrified state.
Immediately after, a life force pressure of the Sixth Rank emanated from the warship, which was the "Mythical Dragon Pressure" ability of the Mythical Dragon Transformation Orb.
This sudden surge of Sixth Rank pressure startled the Fifth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Fiend within the Celestial Serpent Warship above.
Taking advantage of the enemy's momentary daze, the Shining Star used the Ethereal Orb to teleport to the vicinity of the Celestial Serpent Warship above, and the "Outer Meditation Seal of Stasis" ability of the Lotus Meditation Seal was activated, causing the Fifth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Fiend to fall back into a state of temporal stasis.
At this point, the "Neutron Star Fission" ability of the already cooled-down Neutron Star Core Armor was activated, and the intense heat that descended upon the Celestial Serpent Warship's hull began to rapidly melt it. However, it was a Fifth Rank warship with the Celestial Serpent Blessing, and the million-degree heat that lasted for only an instant was clearly insufficient to cause devastating damage.
Therefore, the "Inner Meditation Seal of Speed" ability of the Lotus Meditation Seal was also activated, allowing the "Neutron Star Fission" ability to instantly complete its cooldown and be reactivated, transforming the Shining Star into a micro neutron star form once again.
As a result, after this second activation, the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship was finally melted halfway.
But in fact, up to this point, the battle was not yet over. Although the Fifth Rank Celestial Serpent Warship had lost its combat capability, the Fifth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Fiend within it still retained its Fifth Rank combat power.
However, the trial space seemed to understand that the Shining Star also had the Fifth Rank Flaming Tyrant Giant, a force equal to the Fifth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Fiend. As a result, the trial space ended this challenge, signifying that Song Chi had successfully passed through this 61st trial.
"Huff!"
Inside the Shining Star, Song Chi's heavy breathing was audible. The previous battle had been incredibly dangerous, with the Shining Star using all its trump cards, but fortunately, the outcome was good in the end.
(End of Chapter)
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