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Chapter 539: The Giant Hand Across the Starry Sky
Chapter 539: The Giant Hand Across the Starry Sky
To be honest, with the means at his disposal and the luxurious setup of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, even if a Seven-Star Ancient Demon Sovereign of the Seventh Rank were to appear, he wouldn't be overly concerned. He was fairly confident in his ability to escape unscathed.
What worried Song Chi was the Seven-Star Peak, or even an Eight-Star level Ancient Demon Deity. Facing such a grand existence, the Heaven Ruin Skydome still had a significant risk of sinking.
Although the Fifth Rank Floating Continent beneath his feet was connected to a Seventh Rank Floating Continent, who could guarantee that there wouldn't be an Eight-Star Ancient Demon sitting in that Seventh Rank Floating Continent?
Just like the two Six-Star Ancient Demons stationed on the Fifth Rank Floating Continent beneath his feet.
Thinking of this, Song Chi's heart sank.
He quickly opened the battleship's cabin door, and two Fifth Rank Tribulation Star Tribe members rushed out. In addition, he took out two storage capsules and two Void Market Passes.
"You two, guard this place. As soon as you mine the titanium crystals, send them into the Void Market using the Pass!"
After instructing the two Fifth Rank Tribulation Star Tribe members, Song Chi didn't linger and recalled the Six-Star Ancient Demon. Then, the Heaven Ruin Skydome soared into the sky, heading towards the Ancient Demon King City.
After retrieving all the puppet soldier statues, Song Chi didn't hesitate and activated the Crimson Horizon Warp Device's regular warp.
Beyond the starry sky, 13,000 light-years away from the Fifth Rank Floating Continent of the Ancient Demon Tribe, the Heaven Ruin Skydome appeared.
"13,000 light-years should be safe, right?"
With this thought, Song Chi didn't stop and activated the second regular warp.
After a moment, the position of the Heaven Ruin Skydome was more than 26,000 light-years away from the Fifth Rank Floating Continent, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.
The reason for not directly activating the Crimson Horizon Warp was that its charging time was nearly three times that of the regular warp. Song Chi didn't dare gamble that the Ancient Demon Tribe from the Seventh Rank Floating Continent wouldn't appear during the charging process, so he proactively activated the regular warp, hoping to quickly move away from the Fifth Rank Floating Continent.
Seeing that the warp had brought them more than 20,000 light-years away, he then activated the Crimson Horizon Warp feature.
While charging, he communicated with the two Fifth Rank Tribulation Star Tribe members on the Fifth Rank Floating Continent, inquiring about their progress in mining the mineral veins.
"Is there any danger on the Floating Continent now? Titanium crystals..."
But before he could finish his telepathic message, the hurried voice of the Tribulation Star Tribe interrupted him.
"Master, an Ancient Demon Sovereign has arrived!!"
Song Chi's eyes narrowed, and a sense of urgency suddenly arose within him.
However, this wasn't due to concerns about his own safety but rather the worry that the two Fifth Rank Tribulation Star Tribe members might not be able to bring back those tens of thousands of titanium crystals.
Ancient Demon Sovereigns possess extremely terrifying perception. Although the Fifth Rank life Floating Continent isn't small, spanning nearly a light-year, if the Ancient Demon Sovereign were to search with all their might or possess special detection components, the chances of being discovered wouldn't be small.
However, before he could think further, the telepathic message from the other Fifth Rank Tribulation Star Tribe member made his heart tremble.
"Master, the Ancient Demon Sovereign didn't stay within the Floating Continent. After appearing, they immediately rushed out of the Floating Continent, most likely in pursuit..."
At this point, Song Chi no longer had the mind to listen further. In the starry sky behind the Heaven Ruin Skydome, intense spatial and energy fluctuations had already emerged.
Turning to look, he saw an enormous hand, too large to describe, reaching out from a giant spatial rift that had been torn open in the rear starry sky. It advanced, enveloped in overwhelming might.
Visible to the naked eye, this hand, with a volume exceeding ten thousand kilometers, was rapidly approaching. Along its path, the spatial rift was merely a side effect, but what was terrifying was that wherever the hand passed, space collapsed in its wake.
"An Eight-Star Ancient Demon reaching across the starry sky?"
Song Chi couldn't determine the level of the owner of this terrifying giant hand. It could be a Seven-Star Ancient Demon or even an Eight-Star Ancient Demon, because for Ancient Demons, their strength couldn't be judged by their size.
According to the records, it was common for Seven-Star Ancient Demons to have a volume exceeding one million kilometers, and there were even larger ones.
However, this wasn't the point of Song Chi's concern. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: to do everything possible to get the Heaven Ruin Skydome away.
He didn't even have time to consider why the other party could accurately lock onto him across nearly 30,000 light-years.
As he watched the Ancient Demon hand rapidly approaching from behind, Song Chi could only hope that the charging progress of the Crimson Horizon Warp would be faster.
Of course, in addition to this, his brain was rapidly turning, and his thoughts raced across various components.
The Heaven Ruin Skydome was equipped with numerous components, and he had to make the best use of them to better ensure the safety of the battleship.
The first component he activated was the "Lotus Time Realm" feature of the Bhrama Meditation Seal.
With the activation of this golden-level, Seventh Rank time domain, the time in a large area of the star domain slowed down tenfold. In the instant the Lotus Time Realm was activated, the Ancient Demon hand did indeed pause for a moment, but this didn't last long, and it quickly recovered, no longer affected in any way.
"Does the Ancient Demon Sovereign possess high-level time resistance or some kind of starry sea oddity? This is truly..."
Song Chi's expression turned somber. Even the Lotus Time Realm couldn't take effect, causing a shadow to cloud his heart.
However, he quickly dispelled this feeling and rapidly activated two more components.
Divine Binding Chain: "Void Bond"
Locksky Seal: "Heavenly Prison Chain"
Two chains burst out from the void, precisely entangling the starry sky giant hand from two different directions.
But the result was obvious; without any surprise, the two chains shattered one after the other, failing to hinder the Ancient Demon hand in the slightest.
In the command room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's temples began to sweat. After two rounds of operation, the Ancient Demon hand was already within reach, and he didn't have much time left.
A moment ago, the Skyward AI had calculated that the charging time of the Crimson Horizon Warp would nearly coincide with the time it would take for the Ancient Demon hand to touch the battleship's hull.
In other words, if he couldn't actively delay things for a moment, the Heaven Ruin Skydome wouldn't be able to dodge this frontal strike.
Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed, and he quickly activated multiple components.
Void Projector Tomb: "Quad Projection"
Golden Source Penetrating Cannon + Black Hole Evolution Layer: "Black Hole Singularity Burst"
Neutron Star Core Armor: "Neutron Star Fission"
But that wasn't all. After activating these components, he quickly handed control of the battleship to the Skyward AI and immediately entered the Multiverse Ruins Market.
The moment he entered the Multiverse Ruins Market, the spiritual body in the battleship also activated the Void Market Pass in his hand.
Space shook, and purple mist energy gathered as the projection of the Multiverse Ruins Market descended from the starry sky above the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
Only when he saw the projection of the market's sovereign power enveloping the entire Heaven Ruin Skydome did Song Chi finally breathe a sigh of relief.
With the protection of the Sovereign's power and various means, the safety of the Heaven Ruin Skydome can be said to have been fully maximized.
At the moment the Void Market Projection was barely condensed, four projections with the full strength of the Heaven Ruin Skydome collided head-on with the palm of the Ancient Demon Sovereign. The four warship projections, which were originally the strength of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, still had considerable maneuverability.
However, at this moment, Song Chi's sole task was to try to delay the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm for a moment, without worrying about anything else.
In addition, the singularity of black hole energy condensed by the Golden Source Penetrating Cannon also erupted entirely, and a miniature black hole formed in the palm of the Ancient Demon Sovereign.
There was no other way; although the Golden Source Penetrating Cannon was a secondary cannon and only of Red quality, its firepower was not even enough to tickle a formidable lifeform like the Ancient Demon Sovereign. However, its firing rate was incredibly fast, and only by binding the singularity to these secondary cannons could the singularity be instantly fired.
Otherwise, if the Blood Spear, Celestial Thunder Cannon, or Taiyi Quantum Sword Array were to bear the load, the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm would have struck the Heaven Ruin Skydome before the ship's cannons could even finish charging.
Indeed, under the influence of these multiple measures, the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm behind them did pause for a moment.
But that was it; whether it was the four warship projections or the miniature black hole, they couldn't create too much of a splash in front of the palm of an Ancient Demon Sovereign.
In the end, the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm collided with the purple mist of the Multiverse Ruins.
Up until this moment, this giant palm that had been pushing its way through was finally truly stopped, and both sides were at a stalemate.
However, most of Song Chi's attention was not on the confrontation with the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm but on monitoring the charging progress of "Crimson Horizon Warp" through the spiritual body he had left on the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
[Notice: The current charging progress of "Crimson Horizon Warp" is 96%... 97%... 99%.]
Just as it was about to reach 100%, a large amount of special energy suddenly appeared on the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm, which was holding back the Multiverse Ruins projection. The next second, these special energies condensed into a small ancient seal.
"Ancient Demon Clan's Inherited Divine Ability - Eternal Demon Seal!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The entire body of the Heaven Ruin Skydome violently trembled, and under the massive impact force at its stern, the entire warship was thrown forward.
In the Multiverse Ruins, Song Chi's pupils constricted. This sudden attack from the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm caught him off guard.
The critical point was that the moment the Heaven Ruin Skydome was struck by the special seal, it happened to be the node where the "Crimson Horizon Warp" had completed its charging.
This put the Heaven Ruin Skydome in an extremely dangerous situation.
Although the warship successfully entered the warp channel, the warp channel collapsed directly under the strike of the ancient seal emitted by the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm.
In other words, although the Heaven Ruin Skydome successfully escaped the unknown Ancient Demon Sovereign, it found itself trapped in a terrifying spatial turbulence.
In the sky of the Multiverse Ruins, Song Chi's gaze turned gloomy.
This was the situation he had tried hard to avoid, but unfortunately, it still happened in the end.
However, there was no time for him to think further; what he needed to do now was to protect the Heaven Ruin Skydome in the spatial turbulence as much as possible.
The good news was that, thanks to the early activation of the Void Market Projection Order, the protection of the Sovereign's power from the projection, and the Heaven Ruin Skydome's own decent spatial resistance, it did not suffer too severe damage from the terrifying spatial turbulence around it.
However, the Void Market Projection was, after all, just a projection and not a physical entity. It couldn't completely prevent the cutting and collision of the infinite spatial turbulence.
Streaks of luck continuously penetrated the spatial cracks and spatial gale winds in the purple mist energy, colliding with the energy shield on the surface of the Heaven Ruin Skydome's hull.
The energy shield, which was already wobbling under the ancient seal, quickly became increasingly dim.
Fortunately, the Skyward AI acted quickly, immediately activating the repair ability of the Final Blessing component, and the Yin-Yang Counteract Annihilation Shield was once again filled to more than half.
However, this didn't last long, as the destructive power of the spatial turbulence far exceeded expectations. With the projection's power gradually weakening, the glow of the Yin-Yang Counteract Annihilation Shield soon became unstable again.
The Skyward AI could only activate the Final Blessing's repair ability once more, and the orange-quality Atomic Repair Device on the warship was also used.
This allowed the Heaven Ruin Skydome to persist for a little longer.
But the final result was inevitable. At a certain moment, the Yin-Yang Counteract Annihilation Shield completely overloaded.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The terrifying spatial gale winds began to strike the hull of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, but the armor layer was not immediately damaged, as there was still a black hole evolution layer on the surface of the armor.
After the Neutron Star Core Armor was promoted to Golden quality, the defense of the black hole evolution layer also reached the level of Golden-quality hull armor, so it held up quite well.
After several dozen seconds, the black hole evolution layer completely shattered, and the Neutron Star Core Armor began to come into contact with the spatial gale winds.
After another several dozen seconds, the Neutron Star Core Armor also shattered entirely, and the damage to the hull reached 78%.
Seeing this, Song Chi didn't wait any longer. He instructed the Skyward AI through his spiritual body to activate the "Final Blessing" ability of the Final Blessing component.
The next second, the Yin-Yang Counteract Annihilation Shield, Neutron Star Core Armor, and the Heaven Ruin Skydome's hull all suddenly returned to their peak state.
However, the Holy Light Shield and the black hole evolution layer did not have this treatment and had to patiently wait for their components' own recovery.
"The projection's power is almost exhausted..."
In the sky of the Void Market, as the controller of the projection, Song Chi was the first to sense that the projection's power was about to run out.
First, it collided head-on with the Ancient Demon Sovereign's palm, and then it persisted for so long in this spatial turbulence. The purple mist energy had been weakened to the extreme.
This should have been the worst news, because once the protection of the Void Market Projection was gone, the Heaven Ruin Skydome would sink in the endless void turbulence.
Although he could continue to use the second Void Market Projection Order, summoning the projection took time. With "Neutron Star Fission," "Meditation Seal·Inner·Instant Speed," and "Angel King's True Spirit Guardian" all in cooldown, it was uncertain if the Heaven Ruin Skydome could hold out until the second Void Market Projection was condensed.
However, Song Chi's heart was not worried at all; instead, he seemed confident.
The reason, of course, was the "Black Hole Domain" ability of the Black Hole Evolution Layer component, which had not been used yet.
(End of Chapter)
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