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Chapter 588: High-Energy Particle Storm
Chapter 588: High-Energy Particle Storm
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.
On this day, above the Civilization Great Wall section of the Tianpan Galaxy System, countless warships, numbering in the tens of millions, detached themselves from the law-empowered light curtain of the Civilization Great Wall and charged towards the space wormhole entrance at the end of their field of vision.
On the other side of this space wormhole passage was the Chipan Galaxy System, ruled by the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon. In other words, if they successfully passed through this passage, they could push the front line into the Chipan Galaxy System.
However, achieving this goal was clearly not going to be easy. Just like now, ten large Celestial Serpent Mother Ships and dozens of small Celestial Serpent Mother Ships, accompanied by over a billion ordinary Celestial Serpent Warships, were blocking the entrance to the space wormhole.
Judging by their formation, it was clear that they intended to stop the Tianpan Galaxy System's expeditionary fleet from advancing, preventing the war from spreading into the Chipan Galaxy System as much as possible.
Since both sides were well aware of this, the two fleets from the Tianpan Galaxy System directly deployed over a billion warships, skipping any probing and determined to crush the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon's defenses in one fell swoop.
Among them, the three major powers of the Yao Han Kingdom each contributed 27 million warships, totaling 80 million in all.
The Dawnstar Kingdom deployed 30 million warships.
The Dawnstar Clan contributed 11 million.
The joint forces led by the Golden Horn Lu Clan and others had 12 million.
The Song Clan sent 7 million.
Within the Song Clan's forces, 5 million warships from affiliated factions surrounded the 2 million warships dispatched by the Song Clan, forming a group of 7 million warships that closely followed the Three-Eyed Imperial Clan's Sovereign Flagship. The massive fleet advanced towards the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon's army.
Compared to the Song Clan's battle fleet, the other two kingdoms' forces had a noticeably weaker aura, even with their greater number of warships. A single Sovereign Flagship could easily wipe them out.
At the forefront of the Dawnstar Clan's forces were two menacing Advanced Mobile Battle Stars.
After joining the ranks of the Immortal Clans, the Dawnstar Clan's development over the past few hundred years had been remarkable, adding two more Fearless Ship Captains and numerous battleships and Stag-class ships.
However, in a direct confrontation with a large-scale defense line, the effectiveness of a Sixth-Rank Fearless Ship was evidently inferior to that of a Sixth-Rank Advanced Mobile Battle Star.
The Dawnstar Clan's million warships all closely followed the two Mobile Battle Stars, slowly advancing forward.
Leading the charge for the kingdom's fleet was the joint fleet led by the Golden Horn Lu Clan, with over 12 million warships lined up in a row, advancing with difficulty under the fire of billions of Celestial Serpent Warships.
Initially, the Golden Horn Lu Clan and the other families were reluctant to deploy their entire forces, as the casualty rate during the advancement of the front line was the highest.
But no matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to comply with the strong demands of the two Star Annihilation Fleet Admirals, Song Wujiang and Rosetta Morningstar.
Fortunately, the families had made some preparations.
The three Advanced Mobile Battle Stars, each with formidable Sixth-Rank defensive capabilities, acted as solid Stellar Defense Fortresses, allowing the 12 million warships to advance with reduced casualties, at least for the time being.
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"Aisha, Ai Yuan, what do you think?"
"The humans of the Tianpan Galaxy System are prepared to break through our defenses at all costs. We don't have any advantage on this side of the Tianpan Galaxy System. Should we fight or retreat?"
Inside several large Celestial Serpent Mother Ships of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, several towering Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereigns were discussing through the warship's communication system.
Facing the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon that clearly possessed peak Seventh-Rank combat power, another Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereign said:
"Retreat is inevitable. Our home ground is in the Chipan Galaxy System, but we can't retreat so easily. Otherwise, anyone would guess that we have a setup on the other side of the wormhole."
...
As the order to engage the entire army was issued from the ten large Celestial Serpent Mother Ships of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, dozens of Celestial Serpent Mother Ships began launching more Celestial Serpent Warships.
In a short time, the number of ordinary Celestial Serpent Warships surpassed the two-billion mark.
What's more, these over two billion Celestial Serpent Warships did not sit idly by. They fearlessly formed a vast Stellar Serpent Warship net, advancing towards the billions of Tianpan Galaxy System warships as if to annihilate the first wave of the Tianpan Galaxy System's joint fleet.
Boom! The outer layer of the super alloy armor of the Advanced Mobile Battle Stars continuously exploded. Initially, the Mobile Battle Stars could withstand the onslaught, but as time passed and more Celestial Serpent Warships focused their fire, even with their Sixth-Rank extreme defensive capabilities, the Mobile Battle Stars could no longer hold out.
Crack... Boom! After a deafening explosion, one of the Advanced Mobile Battle Stars at the forefront of the joint fleet led by the Golden Horn Lu Clan was completely blown apart.
Although the large number of warships behind it had noticed the impending explosion and moved away in advance, minimizing the damage to the fleet, it was still a significant loss.
It's important to remember that Mobile Battle Stars are not Flame Warships; they are technological creations. To unleash their combat power, each massive Mobile Battle Star must have a sufficient number of operators within.
This Advanced Mobile Battle Star belonged to the Eagle Family, and its explosion signified the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Eagle Family members.
Even if these hundreds of thousands of Eagle Family members were ordinary clan members without awakened Flame Seeds, it was still a considerable loss.
Moreover, the three Advanced Mobile Battle Stars had barely been able to cover the 12 million warships, and with one less, several million were now exposed to the endless swarm of Celestial Serpent Warships ahead.
Boom! The sound of cannon fire intensified, and in a short time, hundreds of thousands of warships from the joint fleet led by the Golden Horn Lu Clan were heavily damaged, and soon after, they sank under the concentrated fire of the next wave of Celestial Serpent Warships.
"No, all captains, listen up! Activate the defensive traits of your warships!"
In an instant, the outer layers of numerous warships in the fleet glowed with light, but these were still a minority. Among these millions of warships, Flame Warships were already a minority, and ordinary starships made up the majority.
Compared to the chaos in the Dawnstar Kingdom's vanguard fleet, the Yao Han Kingdom's performance was much better.
However, there were still moments of confusion, as many forces from the Yao Han Kingdom were also eager to take a gamble in this civil war.
...
In the Dawnstar Kingdom, on the right side, was the Song Clan's fleet.
Due to the presence of the Three-Eyed Imperial Clan's Sovereign Flagship leading the way, the Song Clan's fleet naturally attracted more attention from the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon's forces.
Over two hundred million Celestial Serpent Warships rushed towards them, but more than thirty million, over four times the number of the Song Clan's fleet, were specifically targeting the Song Clan.
Seeing the overwhelming swarm of Celestial Serpent Warships, a Stag-class captain from the Song Clan's fleet anxiously asked in the high-level communication group chat:
"Do we need to call for reinforcements?"
"Their numbers far exceed ours!" exclaimed a fourth-tier family elder from a clan affiliated with the Song Clan, who had never witnessed such a grand spectacle compared to the Song Clan.
In response, Song Xingru's voice soon echoed within the Song Clan's fleet in the center of the armada.
"Don't panic, they're just ordinary Celestial Serpent Warships. What's the harm in their numbers?"
After this outburst, Song Xingru turned her gaze towards Song Shiyuan in the communication group chat and saw him nod. She then raised her voice again, "Attention all Song Clan members, release the Hellfire Battle Armor!"
As her voice rang in the ears of every Song Clan member, over 20,000 frigates from the Song Clan fleet opened their hatches.
The next moment, countless mini-mecha charged out from these frigates.
Once they emerged from the warships, these mini-mecha began to rapidly expand in size. Eventually, over 20,000 Hellfire Battle Armors, each standing over a hundred meters tall and possessing fourth-tier firepower, appeared at the forefront of the Song Clan's combined fleet.
The Song Clan had been preparing for this a century in advance, producing batch after batch of Hellfire Battle Armors. This expeditionary fleet of eight million ships carried over 50,000 Hellfire Battle Armors, and the current deployment of 20,000 was not even half of that.
Under the relentless fire of the Hellfire Battle Armors' fourth-tier destructive nuclear ray guns, every second, hundreds and thousands of Celestial Serpent Warships in the dense swarm above were destroyed.
However, even with this, it was still difficult to stop the Celestial Serpent Warship swarm from approaching. Thirty million—this number was truly astonishing.
Seeing this, Song Chi on the Heaven Ruin Skydome made a decision.
After a quick word with Song Shiyuan and Song Xingru, he fixed his gaze on the overwhelming Celestial Serpent Warship army ahead.
Leading this first batch of Song Clan members were Song Chi, Song Shiyuan, and Song Xingru. Elder Song Yan and Song Shixing were currently at the rear, while Song Shixing was stationed in the Dragon Spine Continent. After obtaining their consent, Song Chi immediately took action.
[Spatial Flash Pearl] activated!
With the activation of the orange flash-evasion component, the Heaven Ruin Skydome suddenly vanished from the armada.
When it reappeared, it was already at the heart of the dense Celestial Serpent Warship swarm, having teleported right into the midst of the enemy's main force.
Compared to the surprise and doubt of the other admirals in the fleet, Song Chi, inside the command room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, remained exceptionally calm.
He muttered to himself, "Since the Neutron Star Core Armor was promoted to Golden Holy Domain quality, this new ability hasn't been used much. Let's see how powerful it truly is!"
As he murmured, with millions of Celestial Serpent Warships around them turning their cannons towards the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi was the first to react.
[Neutron Star Core Armor] - Neutron Star Fission, activated.
The 160,000-meter-long Heaven Ruin Skydome abruptly transformed into a miniature neutron star, and the temperature soared to over tens of millions of degrees, instantly engulfing the surrounding area. In just a few seconds, over ten thousand Celestial Serpent Warships were completely melted by this extreme heat.
Within the miniature neutron star, Song Chi glanced at the [Soul Devouring Altar] component with his peripheral vision.
[Current Soul Devouring Progress: Stage 1 - 12%]
This dangerous test was not for amusement but for the [Soul Devouring Altar] component.
What better way to feed this component with enough souls than through such a large-scale war? But this was just the appetizer; Song Chi's true ability was not the self-preserving "Neutron Star Fission" ability.
He activated this ability only to ensure that the Heaven Ruin Skydome could withstand the concentrated fire of numerous Celestial Serpent Warships for a more extended period.
His mind shifted again.
It was still the [Neutron Star Core Armor] component, but this time, the activation was not "Neutron Star Fission." Instead, it was the fifth ability derived from the component after its promotion to Golden Holy Domain quality.
"High-Energy Particle Storm," activated!
Whoosh!
Countless high-energy particle streams gushed out from the outer armor of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, and in just an instant, a high-energy particle storm with a radius of over a hundred million kilometers formed around the ship.
In the first second of the high-energy particle storm's formation, over ten thousand Celestial Serpent Warships were instantly engulfed by the scorching high-energy particle streams.
By the third second, the number of Celestial Serpent Warships destroyed had surpassed a hundred thousand.
This situation persisted as time passed; with each additional second, over a hundred thousand Celestial Serpent Warships were overwhelmed by the raging high-energy particles.
After ten seconds, over a million Celestial Serpent Warships had been destroyed.
However, Song Chi did not linger and activated the "Angelic Wing Evasion" ability of the [Angelic Dominion Wings], detaching from the Celestial Serpent Warship swarm and returning to the Song Clan's fleet.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but after ten seconds of rampage, over 80% of the Celestial Serpent Warships within the billion-kilometer radius had been destroyed. Continuing further wouldn't yield much more.
Instead, the tens of millions of Celestial Serpent Warships outside the high-energy particle storm had recovered and were trying to escape. If they didn't take this opportunity to retreat, being targeted by hundreds of thousands or even millions of Celestial Serpent Warships would pose a significant risk, even with the Heaven Ruin Skydome's current configuration.
"Song Chi is so awesome!"
"Wow, how cool can he get?"
Many admirals in the fleet were left dumbfounded by Song Chi's incredible display.
However, Song Chi paid no heed to the various discussions in the communication group chat. His gaze once again turned to the [Soul Devouring Altar] component.
[Current Soul Devouring Progress: Stage 1 - 78%]
Seeing this progress, he felt confident.
Although the required souls increased as the stages progressed, at this rate, he was sure that as long as there were no significant setbacks, the [Soul Devouring Altar] component would be able to accumulate all four stages during this civilizational war.
Before he could ponder further, the Celestial Serpent Warship swarm, still numbering over twenty million, was about to engage the Song Clan's fleet of seven million ships. On one side, Song Shiyuan on the Immovable Bodhimanda dreadnought seized the opportunity to activate the [Dark Star Tortoise Armor] component.
With the activation of this silver strategic-grade component, over 40,000 Flame Warships from the Song Clan were instantly linked, and their energy shield values and armor protection increased by over 40%.
The original efficiency was 50%, but since the Immovable Bodhimanda was a dreadnought, it couldn't maximize the component's effectiveness.
Besides the Song Clan members, the affiliated forces also received a few thousand slots. These were all voluntary affiliates, and it wouldn't do to let them down.
PS: This is the end of today's chapter.
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