Chapter 435: The Ancient Star of the Multiverse - Death Doom Star (Part 2)

Chapter 435: The Ancient Star of the Multiverse - Death Doom Star (Part 2)



The amount of Star Sea Artifacts and rare resources that could be scavenged from a Level 6 Star Sea Floating Land was unknown, but one thing was certain: the earlier a captain chose, the more valuable the loot they would obtain.

This was also the reason why the previous few families were so persistent in securing the remaining nine link slots.

...

As time passed, the White Night Morning Star and the nine battleships gradually came under complete suppression by two Sixth-Rank Doom Star Clan members and more than a dozen Fifth-Rank Doom Star Clan members. The defensive formation was on the verge of collapse, and the rift above the Floating Land Shield was finally torn to a size large enough for an Invincible Ship to pass through.

With the assistance of a Sixth-Rank Ten-Winged Archangel summoned from the White Phantom, a half-step Ultimate Invincible Ship and an Ultimate Invincible Ship finally achieved their predetermined goal of breaking through the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land Shield within the negotiated time frame.

The Sea Domineering Dragon Soarer, the Golden Light Crisscross, and the Stark family's other Invincible Ship, the Radiant Gold Lord, all three Invincible Ships activated their engines and rushed into the interior of the Floating Land through the rift at full speed.

Following them were all the other battleship captains from the joint fleet.

After them came the Deer Hunt Ships, which numbered in the thousands. The three newly entered Invincible Ships quickly joined forces with the White Night Morning Star, and the four ships paired up to engage a Sixth-Rank peak-power Doom Star Clan member each.

Below, the numerous battleships and Fifth-Rank Doom Star Clan members quickly divided the battlefield into Fifth-Rank units. Song Chi and the majority of the Deer Hunt Ships could only intercept the Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan members constantly flying from the surface of the Floating Land while providing occasional long-range fire support from the edge of the battlefield.

Unlike the Celestial Star Clan and the Horned Tribe, the Doom Star Clan civilization was more similar to the Eight-Armed Snake Demon, relying more on their individual combat power rather than powered armor or interstellar warships.

Although their innate abilities did not reach the level of the Eight-Armed Snake Demon, they also possessed their unique innate abilities and secret technique legacies.

Like the two Sixth-Rank Doom Star Clan members currently battling four Invincible Ships in the sky, while fiercely bombarding the Invincible Ships head-on with their formidable physiques, the dense dark starlight surrounding them contained nearly perfected Light Origin Laws.

Unlike the Radiant Star Tower, rumors suggested that the Doom Star Clan's light-related abilities originated from a multiverse-era ancient star named Death Doom Star. It stood in the depths of the sky above a super-sized Floating Land, its position so high that it was difficult to describe with words.

Swish!

The Divine Derivation Sword slashed fiercely at a Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan member in front of him. Under the strong cutting power bestowed by the Mid-Cultivation Spatial Law, the already heavily injured Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan member's body was completely separated into two halves.

However, one had to admire the resilience of the Doom Star Clan's life force. Even with its body severed in half, the Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan member did not die immediately. Dark starlight flowed around its two halves, and the nearly perfected Light Law transformed into numerous black beams with powerful piercing abilities, continuously firing at the Tianxu Cangqiong Number in its Mythical Battle Armor form.

Unfortunately, this posed no threat to the Tianxu Cangqiong Number. The black and white Yin-Yang Counterbalance Annihilation Shield on the outer layer of the battle armor had been enhanced to Level 67 before this, and the attacks from the same-rank Doom Star Clan members caused negligible damage.

The Divine Derivation Sword slashed again, effortlessly killing the Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan member. Song Chi's gaze shifted to another Fourth-Rank Doom Star Clan member not far away.

The propulsion device beneath his feet roared, and before the Tianxu Cangqiong Number transformed into a Mecha Giant, Song Chi's expression inside the battle armor suddenly turned solemn.

When a battleship transforms into a Mythical Battle Armor form, the captain is in a state of complete fusion with the battleship, not only achieving neural synchronization but also sensory synchronization.

At this moment, Song Chi felt as if a towering mountain had suddenly descended upon his shoulders. As for the source of this mysterious oppressive aura acting upon the Mecha Giant...

High in the sky, a virtual dark star with a diameter of several thousand kilometers hung in the air. The starlight emitted by this virtual star spread across nearly half of the Floating Land's sky, and it was this dark starlight that suppressed the Tianxu Cangqiong Number in its Mecha Giant form.

Unless something unexpected happened, this virtual star should be a projection of the Death Doom Star summoned by a Sixth-Rank Doom Star Clan member using a secret technique.

It wasn't just the Tianxu Cangqiong Number; all the Flame Ships that entered this Cataclysm Wind Floating Land were currently suppressed by this Death Doom Star projection, including the Invincible Ships.

In contrast, the Doom Star Clan members in the sky seemed to be enhanced by this dark starlight, and their combat power increased significantly in a short time.

Moreover, under the influence of the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land's origin rules, the Flame Ships, which were subjected to dual suppression, began to gradually lose their previous advantage.

However, at this moment, the direct descendant of the Eagle Clan who was the captain of a battleship suddenly activated a golden holy domain component on his ship, the Eagle Soaring Number.

Divine Wind Domain Stone, Level 69

As one of the highest-level trump cards of the Eagle Clan, this golden domain-type component was left behind by the first Eagle Marquis.

However, due to Slim Eagle's Red Flame Seed, this component had never been enhanced to Level 70.

With the activation of the "Divine Wind Domain" characteristic of this component, a pale cyan wind domain slowly spread out from the Eagle Soaring Number battleship, easily enveloping all the Doom Star Clan members and warships in the Floating Land's sky.

But this time, everything seemed to have flipped for both the Flame Ships and the Doom Star Clan. All Flame Ships were automatically considered friendly units, while the Doom Star Clan members were considered hostile.

As the oppressive force on his body was mostly eliminated, Song Chi's thoughts raced.

Numerous spatial laws gathered around the Mecha Giant, quickly forming a shockingly long Nether Return Blade Beam.

At the same time, the Mecha Giant's right hand rose, and in the palm of its hand was the Ten Thousand Souls Annihilation Bow...

The formidable main cannon's menacing muzzle was exposed, followed closely by the two main cannons on its shoulders.

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

The Divine Derivation Sword swung out, and the Nether Return Blade Beam advanced towards the designated position, pushing horizontally. As a spatial secret technique, the Nether Return Blade Beam's firing speed was astonishing, easily striking several Doom Star Clan members in its path who had no chance to dodge. The blade beam seemed to completely ignore the distance between them, effortlessly landing on their bodies.

Moreover, the spatial law that Song Chi controlled was already at the Mid-Cultivation level, instantly inflicting severe damage on several Doom Star Clan members.

At the same time, the three fully charged turrets also fired in succession. Even with just regular attacks, they effortlessly eliminated three Doom Star Clan members.

He didn't even use the "Black Hole Collapse" trait.

There were many captains like the Heaven Ruin Skydome who seized the opportunity to strike fiercely. In the blink of an eye, the number of Fourth Rank and above Doom Star Clan members killed in the sky would not be less than three digits.

If one were to view this from the perspective of the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land, they would witness the scene of hundreds of Fourth Rank and above Doom Star Clan corpses falling. This sight would undoubtedly be a shocking blow to all lower-ranked Doom Star Clan members on the Floating Land.

Not long after, the entire Cataclysm Wind Floating Land's surface, with hundreds of millions and billions of ordinary Doom Star Clan members, quickly fell into chaos.

Actually, only a small portion of the Doom Star Clan was in disarray at this point, but the blood rain that followed, covering the entire Floating Land, further exacerbated the situation.

A large number of Fourth Rank and above Doom Star Clan members fell simultaneously. This was the Floating Land Will's lament, and the blood rain was just the first step. Next, there would be extreme natural phenomena such as earthquakes, mountain tremors, and hurricanes.

Every being born on the Floating Land carried a trace of Floating Land Essence rules within their bodies. The higher their life level, the more Floating Land Essence rules they possessed, all of which were closely related to the state of the Floating Land Core itself.

The massive death of high-ranked beings meant that the Floating Land Essence rules they carried also dissipated, naturally weakening the Floating Land Core.

Outside the Floating Land, the two Invincible Ship Captains who sensed this change exchanged a glance. Then, the mecha giant arms of both sides unleashed their full power, and even the Ten-Winged Angel assisting them on one side emitted scorching holy light.

The significant weakening of the Floating Land Core resulted in a backlash that also reached the Floating Land Shield. Sensing the substantial decrease in the Floating Land Shield's strength, the two Invincible Ship Captains simultaneously exerted their strength.

Additionally, although the two mecha giants couldn't use the two main cannons on the palms of their arms due to the need to hold back the rift, the four main cannons on their shoulders, two on each side, were not restricted. Together with the numerous secondary cannons on the mecha's back, they were currently firing at the increasingly dim Floating Land Shield with full force.

...

The Floating Land's sky, a Sixth Rank battlefield.

Seemingly sensing the change in the situation, the second Sixth Rank Doom Star Clan member also used a secret technique to summon the Death Doom Star projection.

Two Death Doom Star projections with astonishing diameters appeared, hanging high in the sky, one on the left and one on the right.

The appearance of the second Death Doom Star projection brought even stronger oppression. It was only because the quality of Slim Eagle's Divine Wind Domain Stone was high enough that the Wind Domain didn't completely shatter.

Although the domain's coverage area was compressed to the extreme, as long as it didn't break, the Flame Fleet wouldn't lose their ability to resist completely.

Everyone abandoned the offense, no longer paying attention to the Doom Star Clan members around the warship. Instead, they gathered around the Eagle Soaring, ready to switch from offense to defense.

The reason was simple; everyone noticed the changes in the Floating Land Shield above. Even the Stark Clan and the Morning Star Family members had received messages from their ancestors outside.

The message about the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land's shield being on the verge of breaking!

With this information, it was natural for them not to resist the two astonishing Death Doom Star projections above. As long as they waited for the two most powerful Invincible Ships to enter the Floating Land, these Doom Star Clan members would no longer pose any threat.

However, this wasn't something known only to the Flame Fleet Captains. The two Sixth Rank peak Doom Star Clan members in the sky also understood this well.

Perhaps it was this realization that drove them to complete despair.

A sharp, crisp buzzing sound echoed, and the quickest to react was the old man Lu Beili, who issued a warning.

"Be careful, the Death Doom Star projection is expanding!"

Upon hearing this, the captains looked up, and everyone's pupils constricted.

They saw that the two Death Doom Star projections, originally with a diameter of only a few thousand kilometers, had now expanded to nearly 20,000 kilometers. Moreover, this expansion was still ongoing.

Instinctively, many Flame Fleet Captains were about to activate their Skyward Escape components or the protective traits of their ship's armor.

Even before the Expansion War began, each family had already gathered intelligence on various aspects of the Doom Star Clan's civilization.

It was for this reason that almost everyone clearly understood what the expansion of the two Death Doom Star projections represented.

"Damn it, isn't the Death Doom Star · World Annihilation supposed to be one of the most challenging secret techniques to comprehend in the Doom Star Clan's heritage? How come there are two of them?"

As they were thinking this, a voice rang out in the warship's magnetic wave communication group chat—Kareem Stark.

"Maintain formation. Those with Flash Evasion components, run downwards. Others can take cover under the Radiant Gold Lord. I can block the first wave of Death Doom Starlight Energy Shockwave after the explosion..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he activated a special component on his ship, and a semi-circular energy shield with a radius of over a thousand kilometers quickly formed above the Radiant Gold Lord Invincible Ship.

This energy shield resembled an oversized parasol, completely covering the Radiant Gold Lord and numerous Flame Warships without Flash Evasion components below.

The moment the semi-circular energy shield took shape, the two Death Doom Star projections in the sky had expanded to nearly 50,000 kilometers, and the next second, they both exploded.

Two massive mushroom-shaped clouds of explosion appeared in the depths of the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land's sky, followed by the familiar Dark Light Energy Shockwave sweeping across the land.

Song Chi was not among those who remained in the sky; with the assistance of the Skyward Escape Orb component, the Heaven Ruin Skydome effortlessly descended to a safe distance.

This decision was not due to a lack of trust in the Sixth Rank Ancestor of the Stark Clan, but rather because he had stated that only the first wave of energy shock could be endured, and subsequent waves would require the captains to defend themselves.

The Neutron Star Core Armor equipped on the Heaven Ruin Skydome was obviously not the type of component suitable for activating protective features within a fleet, so detaching from the group was the best choice.

Even after two consecutive Flash Evasions and maintaining a safe distance, the terrifying energy shockwaves from the two Death Doom Star projections' explosions quickly spread, but fortunately, their power had diminished significantly, reducing the value of the Yin-Yang Annihilation Shield's shield by less than 8%.

Of course, this was just the first wave; subsequent Death Doom Starlight Energy Shockwaves would follow, but their power would gradually weaken, posing little threat to the Yin-Yang Annihilation Shield.

Although the Heaven Ruin Skydome had escaped danger, Song Chi's face did not show much joy, and his gaze turned upwards.

Compared to the Heaven Ruin Skydome, which had already distanced itself, the Radiant Gold Lord and the hundreds of Deer Hunt Ships beneath it were truly within the inner zone of the "Death Doom Star Explosions," enduring an unimaginable blast of power.

Even with the protection of the Radiant Gold Lord's shield, Song Chi was certain that some Deer Hunt Ships would sink.

Indeed, as his gaze shifted upwards, he saw several ships falling towards the surface of the floating land.

And this was just the first wave; at that moment, more Deer Hunt Ships were falling from the sky.

Seeing this, Song Chi's heart instinctively tightened.

If his eyes had not deceived him earlier, Grandfather Song Ming Song's Furious Battle Lion should also have been stranded in the sky. He could only hope that the Furious Battle Lion was not among the falling Deer Hunt Ships.

There was no other way; even with his support, the Furious Battle Lion had only recently ascended to the Deer Hunt Ship rank, and Flash Evasion components were too rare. In the previous situation, he had no way to bring the Furious Battle Lion along.

After a few minutes, as the energy aftermath from the two Death Doom Star explosions completely dissipated, Song Chi controlled the Heaven Ruin Skydome to quickly ascend, along with hundreds of other ships that had also Flash Evasioned downwards.

When he saw the Furious Battle Lion still intact and hovering below the Radiant Gold Lord, Song Chi heaved a sigh of relief.

It made sense.

Even though the Furious Battle Lion had only recently ascended to the Fourth Rank, the quality of the components it carried was not inferior.

The orange-quality Energy Shield and the orange-quality Ship Body Armor, both enhanced to the Fifth Rank, were a defensive configuration that could barely rank among the upper echelon of Deer Hunt Ships at this stage. It was not surprising that they managed to withstand the blast.

In comparison, the dozen or so Deer Hunt Ships that sank during the explosion were mostly equipped with only purple-quality Energy Shields and Ship Body Armor, or had orange-quality shields and armor, but due to their purple Flame Torch Ship bodies, they had only been enhanced to the Fourth Rank.

When the final statistics were tallied, even with prior mental preparation, everyone's hearts still felt incredibly heavy.

A total of 17 Deer Hunt Ships had sunk, including 1 from the Stark Clan, 2 from the Morning Star Family, 2 from the Twilight Family, 2 from the Golden Horn Lu Clan, 1 from the Song Clan, 4 from the Eagle Clan, and 5 from independent Deer Hunt Ships.

Although only numbers were presented to the crowd, they represented seventeen precious high-rank combatants. With the expansion war still in its early stages, how could their hearts not be heavy, knowing that they might face a similar fate in the future?

However, there was also good news; the two Death Doom Star projections' explosions had directly impacted the two Sixth Rank Cataclysmic Star Clan members, and in this secret technique akin to mutual destruction, the two Sixth Rank Cataclysmic Star Clan members had already perished.

"What a pity, two drops of Sixth Rank biological source blood are gone just like that!"

A captain from an independent ship lamented in the ship communication group chat.

Not long after, the Floating Land Shield in the sky completely shattered, exposing the entire Cataclysm Wind Floating Land to the millions of ships in the joint fleet.

The upcoming task for the various families was a harvest feast.

However, before scavenging for resources, the interests and distribution among the families still needed to be specifically negotiated.

Cataclysm Wind Floating Land, Doom Star Temple.

As the highest authority institution of the Cataclysmic Star Clan on this Sixth Rank Floating Land, the Doom Star Temple had collected nearly 70% of the resources from the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land over the past tens of thousands of years.

Although many of these resources had already been handed over to the Cataclysmic Star Clan Court, which was on the Seventh Rank Floating Land, the remaining resources still impressed the major powers of the joint fleet.

The total value of the various items collected from the Doom Star Temple alone was almost equivalent to multiple Silver Legendary Components.

"Hadi Stark: The following is the inventory of resources collected from the Doom Star Temple this time. According to the previously agreed-upon method, the captains of the Invincible Ships and Battleships will each select one item, while the rest will be divided according to the proportion of Stark 2.5, Morning Star 2, Lu Clan, Song Clan, Twilight Family 1.2 each, Eagle Clan 0.7, and the remaining 1.2 to be shared among other forces. What do you all think?"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded, as this was the distribution method they had agreed upon earlier, and there was nothing to oppose at the moment.

However, at this moment, Slim Eagle from the Eagle Clan suddenly spoke up:

"This time, aside from Hadi and Rosetta, I should be the third in line to make my selection!"

Hearing this, everyone understood that this was the return favor for the other party's initiative in offering the golden Divine Wind Domain Stone component. Why had he offered such a golden component earlier?

In order to seize the initiative at this moment!

No one objected to this, and the order of selection for the Invincible Ship Captains was quickly decided.

Hardi Stark, Rosetta Morning Star, Slim Eagle, Karem Stark, and Angele Morning Star.

As for the last three, Song Wujiang, Lu Beili, and Hols Twilight, they could choose together. If two people chose the same item, it would depend on their individual negotiations.

Apart from these eight, the next in line were naturally the nine Battleship Captains who had performed the Deep Sea Link and were the first to reinforce the White Night Morning Star.

Finally, it was the turn of the remaining Battleship Captains.

With the order decided, the list of loot from this raid appeared in the group chat.

Seventh Rank Floating Land Essence: 40 strands

Sixth Rank Floating Land Essence: 5,000 strands

Fifth Rank Floating Land Essence: 610,000 strands

Fourth Rank Floating Land Essence: Over 10 million strands

Third Rank and below Floating Land Essence: Over 300 million

Silver Legendary Artifact: 1 piece

Red Epic Artifact: 26 pieces

Orange Glory Artifact: 305 pieces

Purple and below: Over 5 digits

Primordial Copper: 10 kg

Titanium Crystal: Exactly 1 million

Sixth Rank Void Crystal: 2 pieces

Sixth Rank Silver Apple: 1 piece

...

Looking at this astonishingly long list, not only Song Chi but all the Flame Captains in the group chat of over a thousand people couldn't help but feel envious.

Soon, Hardi Stark, the Ultimate Dreadnought Captain, made his choice first.

He took the silver artifact, which could transform into an energy shield called the Dark Light Energy Shield, making it the most valuable item among them.

As for the 40 strands of Seventh Rank Floating Land Essence, it was not for distribution and would be evenly divided among the six major powers of the joint fleet.

The other three second-tier forces with battleships, although resentful, had no choice but to comply, as the situation was stronger than them.

Rosetta Morning Star, who was still only linked via voice chat, chose a flame seed from the red artifact.

It was a flame seed artifact that could transform into an advancement flame source.

While the first few were selecting, the encrypted group chat of Song's [Sea Domineering Dragon Soarer] was also buzzing with discussion:

"Song Dingbang: Ancestor, I suggest we take the Sixth Rank Silver Apple. This way, we can directly evolve the Floating Land Core Extraction Device to red quality. In the future, we can attempt to steal the core essence of a Level 6 Floating Land, which will greatly speed up the advancement of the Backbone Continent to a Seventh Rank Floating Land."

"Song Xingru: Agreed!"

"Song Tianhao: Although the Primordial Copper is good, this Sixth Rank Silver Apple is indeed more valuable to us!"

As they conversed, it was Song, Lu, and Twilight's turn to choose. Just as Song Wujiang was about to speak, Song Chi, who had just noticed the information in the encrypted group chat, hurriedly said:

"Ancestor, there's no need for the Sixth Rank Silver Apple. My grandson will have a way to obtain this kind of silver apple later, and not just one. Choose something else!"

As he finished speaking, he noticed that Hols Twilight had just mentioned the Sixth Rank Silver Apple, indicating that the Twilight family also had an urgent need to enhance a component to red quality.

Seeing Song Chi's message, Song Wujiang calmly shifted his gaze from the Sixth Rank Silver Apple and instead took the 10 kg of Primordial Copper.

After the Invincible Ship Captains, it was the turn of the Battleship Captains. As one of the nine Battleship Captains who had performed the Deep Sea Link, Song Xingru was granted the first choice.

Her Sixth Rank Fire Dragon Lizard had played a significant role earlier.

After some hesitation, she chose a red artifact that could be transformed into a secondary cannon component.

Song Chi couldn't help but sigh, regretting that Karem Stark and Angele Morning Star, the two Invincible Ship Captains, had each taken a Sixth Rank Void Crystal. Otherwise, he would have definitely let her take one.

Although it wasn't the Fifth Rank Void Crystal he needed, it was essential for enhancing the [Cultivation Secret Realm] after it reached the Sixth Rank.

As for compensating Xingru, he had already planned to give her a Fifth Rank Moon Spring, which was a priority for the family anyway.

Song Chi didn't think too much about it and shook his head. After the loot distribution was complete, the discussion turned to the overall distribution of the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land.

The loot they had gathered was only from the Doom Star Temple, and it didn't mean that there were no good things elsewhere in the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land.

However, the subsequent looting of the entire Cataclysm Wind Floating Land needed to be clearly delineated; otherwise, if everyone looted independently, conflicts might arise when they encountered each other.

Soon, the Stark Clan assigned dedicated personnel to divide the Cataclysm Wind Floating Land into seven portions, following the same proportion as before.

Stark: 2.5, Morning Star: 2, Lu Clan, Song Clan, and Twilight Clan: 1.2 each, Eagle Clan: 0.7, and all other forces in the Kingdom: 1.2.

Seeing that the division was fair, with no one being assigned to the most barren area or the most prosperous land, it was quickly approved.

However, just before the various families set off with their fleets, Hardi Stark said something that left everyone puzzled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the kingdom's high command has a clear rule: gathering existing resources is allowed, but untouched mineral deposits underground cannot be mined. We must wait until the end of the Great Expansion War and the formal distribution of territories before we can start mining. The previous Chaos Star Domain is not included, and no one will hold this against us.

But now we are in the Doom Star Territory, so remember this. Otherwise, if the Kingdom Inspector discovers any unauthorized mining, not only will all the resources have to be returned, but there will also be an additional penalty of twice the amount."

Without waiting for the other families to react, the Stark Clan fleet departed first.

The Morning Star and other families were baffled, but the Song Clan, which knew that the Immortal Qin Dynasty's high command was involved, felt a chill down their spines, remembering this matter deeply. At the same time, they also began to worry about seeking the protection of a dominant family in the future.

(End of Chapter)

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