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Chapter 411: Countering the Fifth Rank
Chapter 411: Countering the Fifth Rank
In a moment of panic, Song Chi subconsciously activated the Void Escape Orb component, and with a subtle spatial fluctuation in the sky, a nuclear pulse shot out from below, piercing through the Celestial Ruin Heaven high above.
Immediately, a figure, barely a hundred meters tall, swiftly flew out from the primeval forest below. Under the illumination of the external light, this figure, crafted entirely from a special alloy, shimmered with bright silver light. It was the signature technological product of the Starlight Clan, the Starlight Power Armor, and moreover, it was the highest-performing Advanced Power Armor.
As expected, the pilot inside this power armor was undoubtedly the Fifth Rank member of the Starlight Clan.
Having dealt with the Starlight Clan for over a thousand years, the Song Clan was very familiar with all the information about the "Starlight Power Armor."
It was divided into three models: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. The basic model didn't require much explanation, as its performance was not much different from some of the better exoskeleton armors. The key models were the intermediate and advanced ones.
The Intermediate Power Armor was a product the Starlight Clan had developed a thousand years ago. It boasted excellent defensive capabilities and powerful close and long-range attack abilities. Among its few drawbacks, the most critical was its high energy consumption. Even with the Starlight Clan's specialized, enhanced mini-controllable nuclear fusion power core, it still struggled to support long-range combat operations.
This was the case for the intermediate model, let alone the advanced one.
Additionally, this armor could only be piloted by the Starlight Clan. If other beings attempted to forcefully control or dismantle it, they would risk triggering the armor's recognition system, leading to self-destruction.
The Song Clan's database recorded that several researchers from the clan had perished due to such self-destruction.
The only way to control them was to directly enslave the Starlight Clan members piloting the power armor, just like the Fourth Rank Mara Royal Clan member from before. Unfortunately, due to the Starlight Clan's inherently strong mental power, they were difficult to enslave.
This limitation had earned the Starlight Power Armor a reputation as a double-edged sword. Otherwise, even with the backing of the Chaos Star Domain and the Cataclysm Clan, the Song Clan would have taken action long ago.
It wasn't until the Fifth Rank member of the Starlight Clan, piloting the Advanced Starlight Power Armor, burst out of the primeval forest that he realized the Celestial Ruin Heaven above was merely an afterimage. The real Celestial Ruin Heaven had already teleported to a distant location.
Whoosh!
The battleship's two main cannons fired in quick succession. The benefits of pre-charging were evident as the cannons unleashed their blasts before the Fifth Rank member of the Starlight Clan could react, and the beams of energy shot towards his vicinity.
After the intense explosion, Song Chi's eyebrows furrowed in the main control room of the battleship.
The Advanced Starlight Power Armor seemed to have withstood the bombardment from the Celestial Ruin Heaven's two Sixth Rank main cannons without any apparent damage.
However, the opponent seemed concerned about the arrival of other Flame Human Civilization battleships and showed no intention of pursuing. With the propulsion of the thrusters beneath the power armor, it turned around and headed back towards the forest below.
Song Chi was not about to let him get away. The Celestial Ruin Heaven had already detached from the magnetic wave sensing range of the other two clan elders' battleships. This Red River Star Domain was not within the jurisdiction of the Flame Human Civilization, and the Flame Local Network was not set up here, so he couldn't notify the others in a short time.
For now, the opponent still had some reservations, but if Song Chi let him stall for too long, the opponent would eventually realize that no reinforcements were coming. At that point, Song Chi would face a Fifth Rank opponent at the peak of their power, unencumbered by any reservations and bolstered by the Fifth Rank Floating Continent's Origin Rules.
With this in mind, Song Chi didn't hesitate any longer.
The Void Escape Orb component was activated again, and the Celestial Ruin Heaven instantly teleported to the vicinity of the Fifth Rank member of the Starlight Clan.
The Starlight Clan member reacted swiftly. As the Celestial Ruin Heaven appeared from the void, his body spun rapidly, and a special ray shot out from the power armor's chest, targeting the power core of the Celestial Ruin Heaven at a terrifying speed.
[Warning: The battleship has been attacked by a special light wave. Immortal Realm Five Elements Energy Shield has lost 8 billion shield points. Current shield strength is at 66.7%. Please repair immediately.]
The prompt in Song Chi's ear startled him. This attack had depleted one-third of the shield points of the already enhanced Sixth Rank Immortal Realm Five Elements Energy Shield.
And it didn't end there. The improved mini-controllable nuclear fusion power core in the chest of the Advanced Starlight Power Armor was still rapidly gathering energy.
With the assistance of the Skyward Mind System, Song Chi quickly micro-managed the battleship, but this time, the opponent had fired not a single beam but a fan-shaped array of light energy particles.
In this situation, the Celestial Ruin Heaven's weak hull couldn't dodge in time.
The Skyward Mind System's prompt sounded again.
[The battleship's surrounding space is slightly restricted due to the influence of special stiffening particles, reducing its movement speed by 30%.]
Song Chi remained calm, and a flash of determination appeared in his eyes.
He had already spent a considerable amount of time here, and his purpose for coming to the Celestial Star Continent was to obtain high-level Floating Continent Origin and various rare special resources. The only way to achieve this was to end the battle quickly and head towards the Celestial Star City.
Without further hesitation, he activated the Behemoth Heart component.
Kacha, kacha, kacha! A sharp sound of metal friction emanated from the battleship's bow, where the original super cannon's muzzle had been replaced by a black gold horn emitting a chilling glow.
With the replacement of the super cannon, the "Black Gold Charge" trait was activated, along with the "Hyperload Burst" trait of the Antimatter Evolution Engine.
In an instant, the Celestial Ruin Heaven's speed reached a frightening level as it charged towards the Advanced Starlight Power Armor, leaving behind a trail of afterimages.
Before the Fifth Rank member of the Starlight Clan could react to the sudden loss of control, he instinctively turned the power armor around. However, from the rear of the Celestial Ruin Heaven, several black chains shot out first.
The Bind God Chain of purple grade had limited binding effects on Fifth Rank units bolstered by Floating Continent Origin Rules. In the blink of an eye, the alloy chains were completely severed by the Advanced Starlight Power Armor's pulling force.
But this brief pause cost the opponent the best opportunity to escape, filling the Starlight Clan member with both fear and frustration.
Of course, he didn't know that even if the Bind God Chain (Fake) component didn't work as intended, there was still the powerful trait of the Twirling Meditation Seal Extern Temporal Pause golden component awaiting him.
Clang, clang, clang! A loud metallic clanging sound rang out, and the hundred-meter-tall power armor was hurled thousands of meters away.
This was the limitation of the Bound God Chain - Fake component. If it were the genuine Bound God Chain of Red grade, this attack would not only have caused maximum damage but also further restrained the opponent, providing the perfect opportunity for the Celestial Ruin Heaven to transform into a miniature neutron star.
Fortunately, from a distance, they could see the power armor that had been knocked away. Its outer shell had a gigantic dent that almost encompassed its entire body, and in the middle of the dent was a crack that had completely pierced through the armor. This was the impact point of the Black Gold Horn.
The battle was not over yet. A 5th-rank power armor wouldn't be so easily scrapped, so Song Chi decided to intensify the attack.
Hoooowl!
A giant red-glowing mace descended from the sky, slamming into the power armor's head. Amidst the intense sparks, the hundred-meter-tall one-eyed ogre raised its arm. Seeing that the red light in the power armor's eyes had not yet faded, the ogre lifted its red artifact-grade mace again, intending to strike another blow.
The normal size of a one-eyed ogre was only a few meters tall, and even the 6th-rank ones were no different. However, they possessed an innate ability called the True Demon Body, which allowed them to inflate their bodies at will. A 6th-rank one-eyed ogre could expand to a height of ten thousand meters, but at this moment, the ogre had not yet displayed its full potential.
As the mace, imbued with chaotic laws, was raised high again, the Celestial Ruin Heaven drew closer. The Black Gold Horn at the ship's bow had been replaced with the Universal Annihilation Bow, a super main cannon. The cannon's glow intensified, and an astonishingly long arrow-shaped shadow had already taken shape.
This was not the Universal Annihilation Bow after activating the Soul Annihilation Arrow ability; it was just the regular attack of this super cannon.
However, the two main cannons on both sides of the super cannon had activated their attack abilities. Song Chi wanted to end this battle quickly.
Beep, beep, beep!
Suddenly, a rapid beeping sound caught Song Chi's attention. With decades of experience as a Flame captain, he instinctively sensed something amiss. The Soul Summoning Mark he had previously placed on the one-eyed ogre was activated, and the first Neutron Star Fission after the Neutron Star Core Armor's promotion to Silver grade was also triggered.
Song Chi wasn't overreacting; apart from his intuition, the Dual Pupil had also detected rapidly intensifying chaotic energy on the surface of the Advanced Celestial Star Power Armor.
Almost immediately after Song Chi's realization:
Boom!
A terrifying explosion erupted from the Advanced Celestial Star Power Armor, startling even Song Tian Shu and Song Tian Mao, who were millions of kilometers away.
The two Deer Hunt Ships immediately turned and rushed towards the source of the explosion.
Both elders couldn't help but feel anxious as the source of the explosion was the direction Song Chi had been searching. Such a massive explosion made them worry about their junior.
As a rare genius in the Song family, not only Song Xuan Cang and the few Progenitors but also many elders had high hopes for Song Chi. If he died on the Celestial Star Continent, it would be a significant loss for the entire Song family.
The two Deer Hunt Ships had met up midway and headed east without stopping.
It wasn't until they saw the seemingly unharmed Celestial Ruin Heaven in the distance that the two elders, both over 1600 years old, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chi, what happened?"
As soon as the communication link was established, Song Tian Shu and Song Tian Mao spoke simultaneously.
In response to the elders' inquiry, Song Chi, still somewhat frightened, explained: "That 5th-rank Starlight Clan member is ruthless. Seeing no escape, he chose to self-destruct!"
Hearing this, Song Tian Shu and Song Tian Mao's faces turned solemn.
The Song family had dealt with the Starlight Clan for a thousand years, but self-destruction by a power armor operator was rarely seen. This detail was not mentioned in the clan's information.
The previous explosions caused by forced control were not comparable to the full self-destruction of a 5th-rank power armor. The power of the two explosions differed by more than just one level.
All three of them agreed that this news must be reported immediately, regardless of whether it was an isolated incident. The clan members below needed to be mentally prepared.
"Let's go. Teleport directly to Celestial Star City. We must inform the Progenitors about the power armor's self-destruction!"
...
"So soon?"
In the skies above Celestial Star City, the bombardment of the Nuclear Energy Shield continued. When the three of them from the Celestial Ruin Heaven returned, Song Dingbang and Song Tianhao were surprised.
After hearing Song Chi's report about the self-destruction, Song Dingbang and Song Tianhao also took it very seriously.
A self-destruction at the 5th-rank level was no joke, even if it wasn't certain if it was an isolated incident. It couldn't be ignored.
With nearly three thousand years of inheritance, the Song family had only managed to cultivate over twenty 4th-rank members. Losing even one or two would be a significant loss, so they couldn't afford to take it lightly.
"Song Dingbang: Attention all, ships without 5th-rank or above Red Hull Armor are to immediately leave the Celestial Star Continent. All 5th-rank Starlight Clan members must be eliminated before entering."
Many elders of the Song family were not pleased with this sudden message in the warship's magnetic wave communication group chat. After all, those who left the continent now would miss out on the first-hand allocation of spoils. Still, more than twenty Deer Hunt Ships rose into the sky.
Being centuries old, they could distinguish right from wrong. Knowing that the Progenitor was considering their safety, no one dared to disobey the order.
Song Chi looked around and was surprised to see that nearly twenty Deer Hunt Ships remained. He was a little astonished.
These were all Deer Hunt Ships equipped with Red Hull Armor, and their Flame Seeds were all of Orange grade or higher. This alone showcased the Song family's profound heritage.
Red-grade Hull Armor was highly sought after in the outside world, and even ordinary battleship captains might not possess it. Yet, within the family, there were over twenty such pieces of armor.
And this was just the Hull Armor; the elders' ships must have other Red-grade components.
(End of Chapter)
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