Chapter 527: 【Crimson Horizon Warp Device】 and the Golden 【Stellar Mirror Stone】
Chapter 527: 【Crimson Horizon Warp Device】 and the Golden 【Stellar Mirror Stone】
The sky above Star Core City was bathed in a radiant ocean of light, as if the very stars themselves had descended upon the city.
The intensity of the light and the power it exuded were so great that even the Star Core Shield hovering above the city struggled to conceal it entirely.
High in the heavens, the Star Spirit Sovereign finally detected the anomaly emanating from within the Star Core City below.
"Angel Sovereign?" Their voice was sharp, with a hint of underlying fear. As a newly ascended seventh-rank Sovereign, if the being before them was indeed an eighth-rank Angel Sovereign, the Star Spirit Clan would face an inevitable outcome.
However, in the next instant, they realized their mistake.
"No, it's just the Angel Sovereign's True Spirit Avatar, not the true eighth-rank Angel..."
Upon recognizing this, they prepared to withdraw and return to Star Core City.
At that moment, the Star Core Shield seemed to be drawn by an unknown force, causing a vast amount of starlight to converge into a single point. It then transformed into a pillar of stars, shooting upwards and precisely piercing the Star Spirit Sovereign's body in the sky above.
Strangely, upon contact with the Star Spirit Sovereign, the pillar of stars seemed to directly link with them, continuously supplying an endless stream of starlight power.
With this boost, the Star Spirit Sovereign's combat strength increased significantly, turning the tide of the battle. The Starry Sky Shark began to fall into a disadvantage.
The Star Spirit Sovereign was well aware that the "Black-Toothed Great Shark" was merely a distraction to lure them out, and the true crux of this event lay within Star Core City.
The starlight hand seal, formed from the division of starlight, collided with the Starry Sky Shark once more, forcing it back. Simultaneously, starlight surged around the Star Spirit Sovereign, and under the empowerment of the Light Law, their figure vanished from the Crimson Star Continent's sky.
"Intruder in the Star Spirit Ancestral Land, face my judgment!"
A thunderous voice echoed from above, causing Song Chi's ears to ring as if struck by lightning. Even their heart trembled under the force of this deafening proclamation.
Within the Fireseed Ancestral Land, at the heart of the chaotic space, the illusory hall enveloped the Fireseed, glowing with black light that eventually solidified.
It was only when the illusory Dragon Whale Hall revealed itself that the rolling thunderous sound was expelled from the Fireseed Ancestral Land.
Song Chi's trance-like state lasted only for a fleeting moment, but when he looked up again, he saw a massive starlight hand seal descending from above, blocking out the sky.
The hand seal, empowered by the Sovereign's might and the perfection of the Light Law, was incredibly solid. It struck down upon the Angel Sovereign's True Spirit Avatar aboard the Heaven Ruin Skydome, unleashing a terrifying blast of light and energy that caused the space around them to fracture slightly.
Below, an eighth-grade Floating Land provided a sturdy foundation, ensuring the space remained stable. Had this confrontation occurred in the outside world, the impact would have caused a spatial collapse spanning millions of miles.
Inside the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's face tightened.
After all, it was a direct attack from a seventh-rank Sovereign. Even the Angel Sovereign's Wing, a golden sacred component, had been enhanced to the seventh rank, yet it was still unable to withstand the blow.
Visible to the naked eye, the Angel Sovereign's True Spirit Avatar rapidly dimmed, holding its ground against the starlight hand seal for tens of seconds before completely dissipating, its power exhausted.
The Supreme Quantum Blade Cannon, the True Immortal Quantum Sword Beam.
As the Angel Sovereign's True Spirit Avatar vanished, Song Chi had already activated the Supreme Quantum Blade Cannon. A nearly ten-kilometer-long quantum sword beam shot upwards, colliding with the dimming starlight hand seal above.
After another intense explosion, Song Chi continued without pause, swiftly unleashing the Soul Annihilation Eye Cannon's "Soul Annihilation Eye" and the Heaven's Godslayer Cannon's "Heaven's Godslayer".
Only after these three consecutive main cannon attacks was the remaining power of the starlight hand seal completely eradicated.
But this was far from enough. The Starry Sky Shark in the sky above Star Core City also descended rapidly upon Song Chi's command.
Enveloped in a terrifying aura of blood, its massive body slammed into the Star Core Shield, causing this sixth-rank peak shield to become unstable with just one strike.
Witnessing this, the Star Spirit Sovereign knew that if the Star Core Shield were to shatter, the Star Spirit Clan within the city would suffer severe harm. They dared not linger any longer and turned to face the Starry Sky Shark, which was preparing for a second impact.
However, just before breaking through the dimming Star Core Shield, they unleashed a powerful palm strike.
This palm strike carried even greater might than the previous one, determined to annihilate Song Chi and Song Yan, who were within the Treasure Hall.
Seeing their opponent's unwavering determination to strike again, Song Chi, inside the warship, gave a light snort.
"Even a Sovereign should not underestimate others so easily. My Heaven Ruin Skydome possesses more than just the 'Angel Sovereign's True Spirit Guardian' ability!"
With a cold snort, Song Chi's thoughts raced.
At the bow of the warship, a vast bloodlight rapidly converged, but the charging of the Blood Spear super main cannon was clearly different from usual.
In an instant, the shallow layer of light transformed into an incredibly solid judgment blood spear.
"Blood Judgment" + "Black Hole Singularity Explosion"!
The blood spear tore through the sky, precisely colliding with the starlight palm seal above.
The bloodlight and starlight clashed fiercely, neither giving an inch. However, as time passed, the bloodlight began to wane, gradually being overwhelmed by the starlight.
Just then, a thumb-sized pure black singularity erupted, transforming into a miniature black hole. Under the terrifying suction of this black hole, vast amounts of starlight were devoured, further weakening the starlight palm seal's power.
Although the starlight palm seal ultimately emerged victorious, its remaining power had been reduced to a mere fraction of its former strength.
Without hesitation, Song Chi activated the "Neutron Star Fission" ability as he steered the Heaven Ruin Skydome towards the approaching black hole.
As expected, the starlight palm seal, now reduced to a mere wisp of power, completely dissipated under the thousands of degrees of heat emitted by the miniature neutron star, and the Heaven Ruin Skydome remained unharmed throughout.
...
Below, within the Treasure Hall, Mirror Princess and Song Yan sensed the astonishing commotion outside. Mirror Princess hesitated, but Song Yan shook his head.
"No need to worry, we just need to speed up!"
Song Chi, the seventh brother, had been discussed by the family elders numerous times, and they had some understanding of the Sovereign's projection. For this reason, Song Yan was confident that Song Chi would be safe and could buy them enough time.
Rushing into the Treasure Hall, Song Yan and Mirror Princess headed straight for the basement, following the information provided by their insider.
"Ignore the other floors, go directly to the fifth basement level!"
The Star Spirit Clan's treasure hall was designed with seven levels, all located beneath the building. To access them, one had to use an elevator-like device, but the key point was that this Star Spirit Clan's "elevator" had a special restriction—it could only access one level at a time. To change levels, one had to return to the ground floor and re-enter.
Time was of the essence, and Song Yan, Song Chi, and Mirror Princess naturally didn't have the luxury of wasting it. They could only explore one level of the Star Spirit Clan's treasure vault.
Fortunately, Song Yan's previous inside source had a high position and knew that the most valuable level of the vault wasn't the deepest but the fifth level.
With the level confirmed, the three of them quickly reached the entrance to the underground fifth-level vault.
[Please present your identification!]
The Star Rock Gate at the entrance to the vault required special verification, but Song Yan immediately produced a special identity card from the Star Spirit Clan.
[Star Core Battle Hall Elite Warrior 'Star Yu', you have permission to enter the Secret Vault. Verification successful!]
The intelligent voice of the Star Rock Gate sounded again, and the vault's doors opened with a boom.
"Quick, make the most of the time and grab the most valuable items!"
After testing with a few puppet soldier statues and finding no danger, Song Yan and the others rushed into the vault, then split up to collect various items from the vault.
Song Yan chose the right side, and after separating from Mirror Princess, he didn't immediately collect items but took out the Dimensional Space Stone that Song Chi had given him.
Under the influence of Dark Energy, the Dimensional Space Stone was activated, and the next second, three rays of light shot out from it, transforming into three sixth-rank Void Shadow Kill Tribe puppet soldier statues in front of Song Yan.
"This is... remote puppet control ability?"
Song Yan hadn't known that Song Chi would give him the Dimensional Space Stone and ask him to open it as soon as possible upon entering the vault, so he was a bit surprised. But when he saw the three puppet soldier statues without any signs of sluggishness, he instantly understood.
He smiled but didn't delay further. He began to control the three Void Shadow Kill Tribe puppet soldier statues with his mind-wave imprint, gathering the items in the vault.
The battle outside continued, and although Song Chi had to divide his attention to fight, he had already reached the level of using one mind for fifty tasks. Temporarily dividing three paths of his mind was not a problem.
Through the perspective of the three Void Shadow Kill Tribe puppet soldier statues, he quickly saw a large number of resources and Star Sea Artifacts.
Silver Artifact: Star Stone
Sixth Rank Floating Land Essence - 500 Strands
High-grade Mineral Resource: Star Core Stone
Red Artifact: Starlight Orb
Seventh Rank Floating Land Essence - 10 Strands
...
As his gaze swept across, he did see many items of considerable value, but none that made him overly eager.
Of course, for items like the Silver Artifact Star Stone, Seventh Rank Floating Land Essence, and Red Artifact Starlight Orb, he still commanded the puppets to obtain them.
After all, their value was still good, and they weren't the kind of items that were difficult to carry.
As they reached the inner area of the vault, Song Chi finally saw one of his primary targets.
Neutron Star Remnants.
"Two Neutron Star Remnants, what luck!"
Without hesitation, he ordered the puppet to collect them using the storage capsules they carried, and then continued to search.
A few minutes later, Song Chi found an excellent artifact, or rather, an artifact that could be transformed into a warship component.
It was a Warp Device.
Crimson Horizon Warp Device lv0
Quality: Silver
Attribute: Maximum Warp Distance Doubled
Attribute 2: Warship Space Resistance +800
Attribute 3: Warp Charge, can be charged up to two times
Attribute 4: Crimson Horizon Warp
Consumption: 3000/time (Dark Energy Points)
Maximum Warp Count: 2/2
Effect: After charging, the warship warps through space in a designated direction. Current maximum warp distance: 40 (20×2) light-years.
Charge Time: 1 hour; Buffer: 24 hours
Upgrade Requirements: 10 Strands of Zero-Rank Floating Land Essence, 1000 Dark Energy Points, 10g of Spatial Sand
Note: This component occupies 4 slot positions.
{Crimson Horizon Warp: Consumes 80,000 Dark Energy Points to perform one long-range space warp, with a maximum warp distance of 100 times the normal warp limit. Cooldown time is fixed at 1 year. (This warp comes with great uncertainty, and without detailed star charts, it is highly dangerous.)}
For this silver warp device, Song Chi valued its "Crimson Horizon Warp" attribute the most. The reason was simple; if the grade of this component was enhanced, the single-warp distance of the "Crimson Horizon Warp" attribute would reach an extremely exaggerated level, starting from tens of thousands of light-years, and possibly reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions of light-years.
The key was that this was a component he urgently needed. To search for the Time Chessboard components, the Heaven Ruin Skydome would have to warp around within a range of hundreds of billions of light-years. If they relied solely on the current Aurora Warp Device and Roarer Warp Device, the search would be too slow.
Without hesitation, Song Chi took the silver component.
Time passed quickly, and the fifth-level vault space was almost entirely explored by the four of them, with only the innermost one-tenth of the area yet to be visited.
Just then, Mirror Princess's urging voice sounded.
"The spatial illusion effect is about to end. We have thirty seconds. We must leave in thirty seconds!"
Hearing this, the four of them didn't hesitate and rushed towards the deepest and most critical area of the vault.
This last one-tenth area was the most important part of the vault, and the scattered golden light alone told them that there was at least one golden Sacred Domain artifact here.
Indeed, the first thing the four of them rushed towards was this golden artifact.
Soon, Song Chi saw the attributes of this golden artifact.
[Artifact: Star Core Mirror Stone]
[Quality: Golden]
[Transformable: No]
[Note: A special golden artifact nurtured over millions of years in a seventh-rank Floating Land Star Core. Its use seems limited.]
Seeing its attributes, Song Chi and Song Yan frowned slightly, while the reactions of Mirror Princess and the other were completely different. Their goal this time was precisely this artifact. They had only received news that it was a silver-quality Star Mirror Stone, but they never expected it to be a golden Sacred Domain artifact.
Obviously, this was great news for them because the Star Mirror Stone could be used as a casting material for the Origin Illusory Mirror of the Mirror Illusion Clan. The higher the quality, the stronger the Origin Illusory Mirror that could be forged, representing their greater potential in the future.
However, regardless, collecting other items was still the priority. This core area had not only the Star Mirror Stone but also many other items. The allocation of the Star Mirror Stone would have to be discussed later.
(End of Chapter)
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