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Chapter 570: Hunting the Ancient Matriarch
Chapter 570: Hunting the Ancient Matriarch
Song Chi's guess was correct; the Ancient Matriarch's chosen target for a second frenzy was the very one that Song Wujiang had previously exiled into the void.
As the Dominator Sovereign went into a frenzy, the recently repaired spatial rift gradually reappeared, further compressing the already short-lived exile.
In the lower atmosphere of the Floating Land, after withstanding a direct attack from the main cannon of the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring, a significant wound was torn on the Ancient Matriarch's bloated body. Although it wasn't fatal, it caused her to experience intense pain.
Without giving the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring a chance for a second strike, the Ancient Matriarch's bloated body suddenly released a massive amount of life energy. These life energies were of extremely high purity, specifically extracted and stored in her body as backup energy during her previous massive energy consumption.
As these life energies were released at full speed, a semicircular life energy shield quickly formed above the Ancient Matriarch's body, protecting her entirely.
This was yet another inherited divine ability of the Ancient Matriarch of the Starry Sky Insect Tribe—the Life Crystal Shield. This shield boasted formidable defensive capabilities and was one of the Ancient Matriarch's signature life-preserving techniques.
Soon, the other main cannon at the bow of the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring also completed its charging, and a scorching beam shot out once more.
The beam landed on the semicircular Life Crystal Shield below, but it only caused ripples of negligible intensity on the shield.
Looking up, the Dominator Sovereign, which had been exiled into the void, was struggling even more fiercely, and it seemed it wouldn't be long before it completely broke free from the void.
This situation was obviously unfavorable for the Song family members.
Inside the Lotus Time Realm, Song Chi's gaze focused on the Time Chessboard, the colorful/upper-tier module.
He had originally planned not to use this mythical component due to its long cooldown time, but now he had no choice.
With a thought, the interior of the warship glowed with a seven-colored radiance.
Time Chessboard - "Time Chessboard" activated!
After the seven-colored radiance flashed, an extreme force of time shot out from the Heaven Ruin Skydome, leaving the Black Scorpion Bug in front of it no time to react.
The stars tilted, and space transformed.
This was the thought that flashed through Song Chi's mind and that of the Black Scorpion Bug opposite him—a dizzying sensation of the heavens spinning and the earth turning. A ship and a bug were simultaneously pulled into a high-dimensional space by the vast power of time.
The difference was that the Heaven Ruin Skydome, equipped with the Time Chessboard, showed no change in its energy aura, while the Black Scorpion Bug, which had been over ten thousand kilometers long just a moment ago, was now directly compressed to a mere hundred kilometers. Moreover, its strength was forcibly suppressed to the sixth rank.
As the initiator of the ability, Song Chi was naturally not surprised. At the moment the "Time Chessboard" effect took hold, he activated several other modules on the warship.
Phantom Sea Projection Necropolis - "Quadruple Projection"
Fresh Blood Spear - "Hunting God's Weakness Mark"
Black Hole Evolution Layer - "Singularity Burst"
Fresh Blood Spear - "Fresh Blood Judgment"
Ten Thousand Souls Annihilation Bow - "Soul Annihilation Arrow"
Supreme Quantum Sword Light Cannon - "True Immortal Quantum Sword Light"
Heaven's Universe God Slayer - "Heaven's Universe God Slayer"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The space on both sides of the Heaven Ruin Skydome shook, and two warship phantoms appeared on each side.
Including the Heaven Ruin Skydome itself, all five warships aimed at the Black Scorpion Bug, whose power had been suppressed to the sixth rank. Their bows rapidly gathered a massive amount of divine light.
At this moment, the Black Scorpion Bug felt an extreme threat of death, and its instinct drove it to dodge. However, the golden light that shot out first from the Heaven Ruin Skydome froze its body in place.
Previously, the "Tranquil Seal · External · Temporal Stop" could, at most, freeze it for 3-4 seconds. But now, its life essence had been forcibly suppressed to the sixth rank by the power of time, doubling the effect of the temporal stop.
With the "Tranquil Seal · Internal · Temporal Speed" effect, the second temporal stop golden light followed immediately, leaving the Black Scorpion Bug frozen in place for a full 14 seconds. Combined with the "Heaven Frost Crown's" "Frost Immobilization," the Black Scorpion Bug was completely controlled in its original position until all the warship cannons finished charging, without moving a single bit.
Fresh blood energy, quantum sword light, annihilation arrows, and black hole bursts... The damage caused by these terrifyingly powerful attacks could be easily imagined.
Even the Heaven Ruin Skydome, nearly 200,000 kilometers away, turned into a miniature neutron star in this high-dimensional space constructed by the power of time, barely surviving the terrifying energy shockwave.
As for the outside world, whether it was the Kingbugs or the other members of the Song family, they all witnessed the Heaven Ruin Skydome and the Black Scorpion Kingbug suddenly disappear from their original positions. After a mere few dozen seconds, when the Heaven Ruin Skydome reappeared, the Dominator-grade Black Scorpion Kingbug had quietly turned into a corpse.
Song Chi didn't have time to explain, nor could he explain.
The Time Chessboard component was too sensitive, being a colorful top-tier time artifact. If its existence were to be leaked, even the ancient giant aristocratic clans like the Shang family of Xianqin Shangdang, with a heritage of over 200,000 years, would go crazy over it.
Controlling the Heaven Ruin Skydome, they rushed out of the still-active Lotus Time Realm. They headed straight for the Dominator Kingbug that had already emerged halfway from the void.
As the warship flew by, an astonishing amount of purple sky thunder gathered at the bow of the ship, and the key was the cannon at the bow, which was an astonishingly large-caliber Star Annihilation Cannon.
It was Song Chi who activated the Ninefold Purple Heaven World-Exterminating Tribulation Thunder characteristic of the Purple Heaven Thunder Cannon with a silver-grade Thunder Attribute Law Crystal.
Boom! Thunderclouds gathered, and a vortex of thunderclouds covered the sky, blocking out the sun.
At one moment, the awe-inspiring heavenly might descended from the heavens, and the Ninefold Purple Heaven World-Exterminating Tribulation Thunder arrived.
The ninefold tribulation thunder accurately struck the Life Crystal Shield below, and with each strike, the semicircular Life Crystal Shield above the Ancient Matriarch dimmed. After all ninefold tribulation thunders struck, the Life Crystal Shield had become extremely dim.
However, this also demonstrated the strength of the Life Crystal Shield formed by the Ancient Matriarch. Even the "Ninefold Purple Heaven World-Exterminating Tribulation Thunder" activated by the silver-grade advanced thunder attribute law crystal couldn't completely break it.
Inside the Life Crystal Shield, the Ancient Matriarch's upper body had a flash of red light on her beautiful face, and she began to extract the remaining life energy stored within her body to repair the Life Crystal Shield.
Suddenly, two scorching beams of light shot down from above without any warning.
Boom!
Crack!
Before the Ancient Matriarch could begin the repair, the already extremely dim Life Crystal Shield could no longer hold on and completely shattered.
The Ancient Matriarch's bloated body was once again exposed to the outside world.
In the low altitude of the Floating Continent, Song Wujiang seized this perfect opportunity and immediately activated the strongest attack method on the warship.
In the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi subconsciously glanced at the sky above when he saw the Ancient Matriarch's body exposed again.
Soon, he got his answer.
The two crucial attacks that had just been launched were from the Three-Eyed Royal Clan's Dominator flagship, which had just teleported over, and Song Yan's Crimson Flame Boiling Sea.
The Three-Eyed Royal Clan's Dominator flagship used the golden Star Annihilation Cannon, the Death Doom Star Cannon, while Song Yan's side had a golden-quality super main cannon. With both sides attacking at full force, they finally managed to completely penetrate the Life Crystal Shield.
Because of this, the Crimson Flame Boiling Sea was held back by the Dominator Kingbug it was dragging, and the Dominator Kingbug seized the opportunity to fiercely gnaw and cut at the ship's body several times. Fortunately, the activation of the "Black Hole Fission" characteristic was timely, and it didn't suffer any fatal damage.
Hiss! The Dominator Kingbug struggled in the void, roaring. It was about to break free from the void exile, and in its frenzied state, its entire body was filled with an extreme bloodthirst.
Just as it was about to completely break free from the void, two special chains shot out from the void, tightly coiling around its enormous body, one on the left and one on the right.
Snap! Snap!
The first to shatter was the God-binding Chain, after all, it was only red-grade, and the silver-grade Heaven-imprisoning Chain lasted much longer, but only for three seconds.
But that was enough.
The few seconds of delay allowed the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring below in the low altitude of the Floating Continent to successfully complete its attack charging.
Firegod Annihilation Cannon - "Annihilation Star Smash"!
With the full power of this black Star Annihilation Cannon, the pitch-black annihilation beam pierced downward, precisely striking the body of the Ancient Matriarch below.
The Ancient Matriarch's seemingly indestructible purple crystal skin couldn't withstand a single blow from the annihilation beam. After barely resisting for less than two seconds, the Ancient Matriarch's bloated body was completely pierced, and this was far from the full extent of the black Star Annihilation Cannon's attack.
After easily piercing the Ancient Matriarch's body and leaving a huge hole in her bloated body, the annihilation beam continued downward, piercing through the core of the Floating Continent.
In an instant, the entire Floating Continent trembled wildly, giving a strong sense of impending doom, like the end of the world.
Hiss!
The shrill roars echoed through the clouds. The Song family members, protected by the Dragon Whale Hall's guardian spirit, were not greatly affected, but the several Dominator Kingbugs fighting them head-on seemed to have been stimulated, or perhaps they received a special command from the Ancient Matriarch's roar.
In an instant, all the Dominator Sovereigns were engulfed in blood-red steam, as if they were recklessly burning their own lives.
Facing these Sovereigns, the Song family members suddenly felt a pressure several times greater than before.
Aboard the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi was preparing to deal with the Dominator Sovereigns that had completely broken free from their exile, when suddenly he received a transmission from the Ancestor.
"Chi, come down quickly!"
Hearing this, Song Chi didn't ask for the reason, as he could guess what it was about.
Most likely, he was being asked to attempt to enslave the Ancient Matriarch. With the ability to enslave seventh-rank lifeforms at level 79, why had he previously forced the upgrade of the Celestial Balance Control Ring to level 80?
It was for this very reason.
In fact, when he decided to upgrade the Celestial Balance Control Ring, he had already intended to take action against the Ancient Matriarch.
Song Chi's expression turned slightly somber, knowing that he didn't have much time left.
Just now, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring's full-power attack had completely pierced through the core of the sixth-rank Floating Continent, which was nearly a thousand light-years in diameter. With the astonishing destructive power of the eighth-rank Black Star Annihilation Cannon, even with the Ancient Matriarch's substantial life energy to maintain its vitality, it wouldn't last long.
However, at this moment, the Dominator Sovereign in front of them, which had broken free from the Void Exile, was dead set on locking onto the Heaven Ruin Skydome. Once the warship turned its hull, it would undoubtedly face the full brunt of the enemy's attack.
Having already used the 'Neutron Star Fission' ability, Song Chi dared not take any chances.
"Should I use the 'Time Cage' ability?"
A thought flashed through his mind, and he hesitated.
The 'Time Cage' ability required a minimum of 36 chess pieces to imprison an enemy unit for a thousand years, and its cooldown time was always one-tenth of the imprisonment time. Even if he later voluntarily ended the imprisonment early, this cooldown time wouldn't change.
100 years was too long.
Fortunately, he didn't have to agonize over this for long. The Three-Eyed Royal Clan's flagship, which had returned from above, had already descended.
Seeing this, Song Chi immediately activated the 'Angel Wing Escape' ability.
The Heaven Ruin Skydome vanished, and the Three-Eyed Royal Clan's flagship took its place.
On the other side, the Dominator Sovereigns, in their frenzied state, had already been corrupted by bloodlust, and with the Ancient Matriarch unable to command at this moment, they didn't care about the sudden departure of the Heaven Ruin Skydome. They instantly shifted their aggression towards the Three-Eyed Royal Clan's flagship.
On the surface of the Floating Continent, the Heaven Ruin Skydome appeared out of thin air beside the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring.
While quickly activating the Celestial Balance Control Ring, the communication between the two warships was also quickly established.
Whoosh!
As the first ray of enslavement light shot downward, Song Wujiang's voice also rang out in the control room.
"Chi, all the insects on the Floating Continent are going berserk. We don't have much time!"
Without the Ancestor's reminder, Song Chi naturally understood the urgency. Seeing that the first enslavement seal received no response, he quickly activated the Celestial Balance Control Ring again, knowing that his first attempt had failed.
Failure!
Failure!
Still, failure!
After dozens of enslavement attempts, the result remained the same.
Although he was anxious deep down, Song Chi wasn't surprised. The enslavement attempts continued.
Although the Celestial Balance Control Ring had been enhanced to the eighth rank and theoretically could enslave eighth-rank Sovereigns, that was just in theory.
How could the Ancient Matriarch be compared to ordinary Sovereign lifeforms?
With their incredibly powerful mental strength, they were the most challenging species to enslave in the Star Sea.
"We can't hold out much longer up here, Chi. I'll buy you another minute. If it's still not working after that, we'll retreat immediately!"
As he spoke, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring soared into the sky and instantly arrived at the battlefield above.
At this moment, the most challenging opponents were not the few Dominator Sovereigns, as their numbers were limited, and insect Sovereigns were generally weaker than units of the same rank. Otherwise, Song Shiyuan wouldn't have been able to severely injure a seventh-rank peak-level Sovereign with just a Star Annihilation Wrath.
What truly made their skin crawl was the countless millions of low- and mid-rank insects that had gathered on the entire Floating Continent.
Although over 70% of these insects were low-rank, their sheer numbers were astonishing, and there were also numerous mid-rank insects. If this situation dragged on for too long, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring might be fine, but the Song family's other Unyielding Ships would undoubtedly face the risk of sinking.
Especially the Immovable Bodhimanda, which was already in a dire situation!
(End of Chapter)
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