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Chapter 418: The Astral Marketplace Token's First Trial - The Dominant Black Devouring Beast
Chapter 418: The Astral Marketplace Token's First Trial - The Dominant Black Devouring Beast
The next day, Song Chi finally turned his attention to the large chunk of antimatter source.
Since yesterday, the Antimatter Evolution Engine had been restless, eagerly waiting to devour this antimatter source.
Compared to the previous antimatter energy crystals he had obtained, this antimatter source was even larger in quantity, surpassing the total of those dozen or so crystals.
"There should be some changes this time, right?" he muttered to himself.
With that, the antimatter source was fused into the Antimatter Evolution Engine.
For a moment, the entire ship was bathed in golden light, and Song Chi waited with anticipation.
However, reality soon disappointed him. The golden light flickered but showed no signs of turning black.
This process lasted for several minutes, and when everything calmed down, Song Chi's gaze shifted to the Antimatter Evolution Engine itself, focusing on the 'Antimatter Source Evolution' section.
At the end of this trait, the supplementary prompt indeed showed a new change.
"The current engine is evolving (3.5/10). Please continue to invest more antimatter sources..."
Seeing the '3.5/10', Song Chi had a lot on his mind.
If the previous antimatter source crystals he had obtained only represented 1.5 progress, then this large chunk of antimatter source was roughly equivalent to 2. In other words, he still needed to obtain three to four more portions of the same antimatter source to fully evolve this Golden Holy Domain Engine into a Black Engine.
Song Chi wasn't entirely satisfied with this answer; the difficulty level was indeed high.
However, he soon realized that at least he now knew the exact quantity required, which was better than blindly pouring resources into it without knowing how far it had progressed.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.
The Celestial Ruin Heaven had fully cooled down, and its traits were ready to be used again. The moment the ship regained its full strength, Song Chi eagerly controlled it to advance into the black hole's interior.
During these ten days, he had further enhanced the Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield component to level 63, further boosting the ship's defensive capabilities.
In the control room, as the Celestial Ruin Heaven continued its advance, a smile appeared on Song Chi's face.
The ship had now surpassed the balance point of the previous Immortal Realm Five Elements Heavenly Energy Shield, but its recovery speed was still far superior to the damage caused by the external compression and devouring energies, which was undoubtedly good news.
The engines hummed, and the Celestial Ruin Heaven steadily moved forward. It wasn't until it slightly exceeded the position of the previous antimatter source that the new balance point finally appeared.
This meant that if the ship were to continue advancing, the Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield, a golden energy shield, would be continuously worn down.
Without hesitation, the ship continued its advance.
As time passed, the Final Sanctuary component had been activated once, but Song Chi realized that the ship was still a considerable distance from the Luminous Black Glow.
However, by now, he could confirm that the Luminous Black Glow did exist, and unless something unexpected happened, it was undoubtedly a Black Ultimate artifact.
With this conclusion, his hesitation vanished, and the Celestial Ruin Heaven continued its determined advance.
Every second felt like an eternity in the black hole's core region.
Song Chi knew that after the second activation of the Final Sanctuary, it wasn't long before the Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield component overloaded.
"Warning: The ship's hull armor has sustained 9% damage due to external compression and tearing energies."
As the Skyward Intellect's warning sounded again, the damage now affected the Neutron Star Core Armor component.
"Warning..."
"Warning..."
Song Chi didn't react; as long as the ship could still move, he wasn't concerned.
Until...
"Warning: Ship hull armor is at 100% damage, and the ship has sustained 68% damage. Captain, please repair immediately!"
Hearing that the ship's armor had completely failed, Song Chi was startled.
But he quickly recovered.
"No, it's not time yet!"
He clenched his teeth and continued to push the engines to their limits.
After a few more seconds, the Celestial Ruin Heaven's advance abruptly stopped, and the entire ship froze in the black hole's core region.
"Warning: Ship damage exceeds 80%. The ship has lost its ability to move. Please repair immediately!"
Hearing the final warning in his ear and finding himself in the very heart of the black hole, anyone else would be terrified and waiting for death. But Song Chi's expression remained calm, without a hint of panic.
With a thought, he activated the Final Sanctuary.
The "Final Sanctuary" trait of the component was activated at this moment, and the cooldown time for this trait was as long as five years. Even with the reduction from the "Calm Seal Inner Speed" trait, it would still take a year, and he would never use it unless absolutely necessary.
However, it was obvious that the current situation was different. Compared to a black ultimate-grade Star Sea Artifact, what was a one-year cooldown?
A cluster of shimmering silver light surged from the [Final Sanctuary] component, quickly enveloping the entire Tianxu Cangqiong, which was already in a state of disrepair. When the silver light dissipated, the damaged areas of the ship's body were all restored, and even the overloaded Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield was restored.
In the blink of an eye, the ship's body, armor, and energy shield all recovered to 100% full state, and one couldn't help but marvel at the power of this trait.
After that, the warship, which had already lost its ability to move, began to advance again, continuing towards the luminous black glow.
However, compared to the drastic changes in the Tianxu Cangqiong, Song Chi's expression in the control room remained grave.
Just then, the analysis results from the Skyward Intellect sounded in his ear.
[Comparing the external energy intensity and tearing force levels, along with the damage reduction of the energy shield, shield value recovery, and additional amplification of the ship's armor, it is estimated that we can only advance another 50,000 meters.]
[With the addition of traits like "Neutron Star Fission" and "Calm Seal Inner Speed," we can reach a maximum of 80,000 meters, at which point the warship will once again be fully exposed to the external tearing force.]
Compared to the distance of 80,000 meters, Song Chi estimated that the warship was still nearly 200,000 meters away from the region where the luminous black glow was located.
Don't be fooled by the mere 100,000-meter difference; in this region, the core of the black hole, where every step was a struggle, these 100,000 meters were like an insurmountable chasm.
His eyes darted rapidly, and his mind raced as he desperately tried to think of another solution. But no matter how his thirty-four thoughts turned, he could only see two paths before him.
One: The task is impossible; leave for now and wait for another opportunity.
Two: The Bazaar Projection Token.
At this critical moment, he didn't hesitate. After a brief moment of hesitation, his eyes became firm with determination.
Shadow energy flowed, and strands of spatial law power appeared around him. Soon, a phantom ethereal clone appeared behind him.
At the same time, a light flashed in his forehead, and the Bazaar Projection Token, which had always been stored in his Ancestral Aperture, was taken out and thrown to the ethereal clone behind him.
After the ethereal clone received the golden token, Song Chi's figure disappeared inside the warship.
In the Multiverse Bazaar, Song Chi quickly mobilized the divine sense he had left with the ethereal clone.
As the shadow energy flowed, the golden Bazaar Projection Token held by the ethereal clone began to tremble.
The next moment, a vast power descended from the token, crossing the endless void and landing in this core region of the black hole.
Looking outside, at some point, a terrifyingly large rift had torn open in the void, and the vast, ethereal projection of the Multiverse Bazaar appeared from within.
For some reason, the bazaar projection was always shrouded in a layer of purple mist, giving it a mysterious and transcendent feel as it flickered in and out of sight.
The ethereal projection of the Multiverse Bazaar hovered above the Tianxu Cangqiong, and under its mighty protection, the pressure on the Tianxu Cangqiong was reduced by more than ninety percent.
At the same time, under Song Chi's command, the Skyward Intellect controlled the warship to fly forward at full speed.
With the high-load burst trait of the Antimatter Evolution Engine also activated, the ship's speed increased to an exaggerated level.
In the highly compressed core region of the black hole, the faster the speed, the greater the pressure the ship's body had to endure, a fact that Song Chi was well aware of.
But at this moment, with the protection of the Multiverse Bazaar projection, this influence could be almost completely ignored.
This was the reason he dared to let the Skyward Intellect activate the "High-Load Burst" trait.
As the ship's speed increased, and with the support of the Dominant Force, the Tianxu Cangqiong arrived at the region where the luminous black glow was located without any mishaps.
The ship's cabin door quickly opened, and a traction beam shot out, heading straight for the luminous black glow.
It wasn't until the traction beam pulled the object emitting the luminous black glow that Song Chi saw its true form for the first time.
It was an oval-shaped object, the size of a basketball, with a black surface that had a reddish hue. From the outside, it didn't reveal much information.
As this oval object slowly moved towards the open cabin door of the Tianxu Cangqiong, Song Chi, who was standing silently in the sky above the bazaar, with the Dominant Force flowing around him, frowned.
"Hmm?" A soft exclamation escaped his lips as he opened his tightly shut eyes, revealing the shadow of his dual pupils, now even more solid than before.
At the same time, in the Chaotic Heaven Zone of the universe, within the core region of a small black hole, Song Chi opened his eyes.
The moment Song Chi's eyes opened, a strange change occurred within the Multiverse Bazaar Projection above the Celestial Ruin Heaven. The infinite purple mist that surrounded it began to churn violently, and in the next second, two gigantic illusory eyes appeared in the center of the projection. Within these eyes, the shadows of dual pupils intertwined.
The dual-pupil eyes shifted their gaze, focusing on the deepest part of the black hole.
Strictly speaking, that was the very center of the black hole.
In the next instant, a devouring storm blew from the black hole's depths, explaining the reason for Song Chi's actions.
This devouring storm was terrifyingly powerful. Although it was at a disadvantage when colliding with the Multiverse Bazaar Projection, after being completely annihilated by the purple mist energy, the Bazaar Projection itself also dimmed significantly.
Song Chi, whose true body still stood in the sky above the Bazaar, breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't know where this devouring storm had come from, but he knew that without the protection of the Bazaar Projection, the Celestial Ruin Heaven would have been torn apart, leaving nothing behind.
However, before he could relax for long, his brows furrowed again, and his dual pupils turned back to the black hole's depths.
"That's not right, that is..." His pupils contracted sharply, and the power of dominance rapidly gathered around him. At the same time, his ethereal body inside the Celestial Ruin Heaven issued a new command to the Skyward Intellect.
"Quickly, get the item and leave immediately!"
As he spoke, the sound of a dragon whale's song echoed outside the warship.
Roar!
Within the Multiverse Bazaar Projection, the infinite purple mist energy gathered, forming a purple mist dragon whale over 15,000 kilometers long.
Inside the dragon whale's illusory body, the principles of space and light continuously circulated. After circling the Multiverse Bazaar Projection twice, the purple mist dragon whale let out a final roar and charged towards the black hole's deepest part.
Deep within the black hole, two scarlet eyes opened, and two streams of black energy burst from the nostrils of the creature they belonged to, instantly transforming into two storms even more terrifying than the devouring storm.
Indeed, the devouring storm was merely the breath exhaled by an unknown life form within the black hole.
It had been sleeping in the black hole and was awakened by the Multiverse Bazaar Projection, which had been activated by the Bazaar Projection Token, leading to the current situation.
The purple mist dragon whale charged forward, and even though the surrounding space had been compressed by the black hole to an incredibly stable state, it still couldn't withstand the purple mist dragon whale, which was imbued with the power of dominance.
As the dragon whale crashed through the space, the areas it passed through collapsed, a phenomenon even more challenging to achieve than tearing space.
When the purple mist dragon whale reached the deepest part of the black hole, it collided with the two devouring storms.
A violent explosion accompanied by flames erupted, but it was quickly devoured by the black hole's energy. However, in that fleeting moment of brightness, Song Chi, with the power of dominance enhancing his dual pupils, caught a glimpse of the massive creature at the black hole's center.
Even though it was just a fleeting, rough outline, Song Chi recognized the creature.
"Void Devouring Beast, a rare Celestial Beast!"
In the moment of recognition, Song Chi's anxiety deepened.
It wasn't just because the Void Devouring Beast was one of the most powerful Celestial Beasts, known for their mastery of the Devouring Principle, making them more challenging than most Celestial Beasts.
But also because he could confirm that this Void Devouring Beast was a genuine seventh-rank existence. Compared to his half-hearted dominance power, projected through the Bazaar Projection, the beast's strength was overwhelming.
Fortunately, at this moment, the attraction to the black-red elliptical stone block was complete, and the warship's cabin door had closed.
Intentionally, a wisp of purple mist energy detached from the Multiverse Bazaar Projection and surrounded the Celestial Ruin Heaven, which was running at full engine power.
With this wisp of purple mist energy, although it was far inferior to the Multiverse Bazaar Projection, it still reduced the tearing and compression forces on the Celestial Ruin Heaven by half.
In this situation, the Yin-Yang Offset Annihilation Shield's erosion was significantly slowed, and as long as there were no significant surprises, the Celestial Ruin Heaven could easily escape from the black hole's core region.
However, things were never that simple. The Void Devouring Beast, disturbed from its slumber, was furious. It not only targeted the Multiverse Bazaar Projection but also the Celestial Ruin Heaven.
A massive amount of devouring energy gathered, and in Song Chi's dual pupils, the energy intensity in the Void Devouring Beast's mouth rapidly surged.
(End of Chapter)
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