Chapter 589: The Armored Serpent Prison
Chapter 589: The Armored Serpent Prison
At the moment of connection and binding, the Celestial Serpent Warship fleet, several times larger than their own, had already charged into the Song Clan's formation, initiating an intense melee.
Over at the Morning Star Clan's side, their initial fleet of 11 million ships was also engaged in a fierce battle with 20 million Celestial Serpent Warships.
Of course, compared to these two clans, the joint fleet of the Golden Horn Lu Clan and the Dusk Family, which was at the forefront of the formation, had already been in a tough battle for over a quarter of an hour. At this moment, their total casualties had reached nearly a million, with a casualty rate far exceeding that of the Song and Morning Star Clans.
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If it were just a battle against the Celestial Serpent Warships, the casualties would not be so high. The advantage of the ordinary Celestial Serpent Warships also lay in their special petrification control ability and their Celestial Serpent Main Cannon. Their other capabilities were only slightly superior to the ordinary nuclear-powered starships of the Flamefire Human Civilization, and they couldn't compare to the same-tier Flame Warships.
The high casualty rate was due to the fact that these Celestial Serpent Warships often carried one or even multiple heads of the same-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.
After the two sides officially clashed, these Celestial Serpent Warships would seize any opportunity to open their hatches and release the Eight-Armed Serpent Demons inside.
As a result, the pressure on the Flamefire Human side naturally increased.
The Eight-Armed Serpent Demons' physical attributes were already astonishing, and in such a large-scale confrontation, their lethality was terrifying.
At a certain battlefield, two Stag Class warships were struggling against five fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.
"Yi Chuan, stall them for 5 seconds, I need to charge the main cannon!"
The warship enveloped in a silver light shield activated a component, and its bow began to gather a dazzling white light.
Upon hearing this, the Stag Class warship beside it reacted immediately.
Kacha, Kacha! A sharp sound of metal friction came from the bow, and in the blink of an eye, the original red-quality super main cannon was replaced by an alloy ram gleaming with cold light.
The engines roared, propelling the warship to ram into the oncoming fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demon at high speed.
Boom! The warship collided with the hard flesh of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, and as expected, the fourth-tier demon was knocked away.
Compared to the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, the damage to Song Yi Chuan's warship, the Dragon Spine Current, was much less severe. This was not only because its hull armor had been enhanced to a sixth-tier red-quality armor, but also due to the 43% armor protection bonus provided by the Dark Star Tortoise Armor.
However, Song Yi Chuan did not relax his vigilance. After repelling a fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, he quickly activated another component on the Dragon Spine Current called the Water Snake Whip.
Water Snake Whip - "Water Snake Bind" activated! Behind them, another fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demon that was trying to approach the Vast Sea Roaring Dragon was quickly entangled by a rule-based water snake that appeared out of thin air.
In this way, the Dragon Spine Current did its best to protect Song Yi Ming's Vast Sea Roaring Dragon.
At one moment, the white light at the bow of the Vast Sea Roaring Dragon reached its peak.
An intense gray-white beam pierced through, and strangely, this gray-white beam initially appeared as a single beam, but as it burst out of the super main cannon's muzzle, it inexplicably split into two.
After a moment, the two gray-white beams with annihilation power simultaneously hit two different fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, and they were the ones that had suffered the most severe injuries in the previous battle.
Finally, the two fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons were killed one after the other.
Seeing only three Eight-Armed Serpent Demons left, Song Yi Chuan in the Dragon Spine Current was delighted.
"Brother, did your silver Deep Void Annihilation Cannon get enhanced? The 'Dual Annihilation Strike' directly killed two fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons!"
In the magnetic wave communication group chat, Song Yi Ming's response quickly followed.
"Yes, it's been enhanced to level 69, but this can't be entirely attributed to the Deep Void Annihilation Cannon. The severe injuries we inflicted earlier were also crucial!"
As they chatted, their gazes once again turned to the remaining three fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons ahead.
With a two-on-three situation, the strength of their two warships was sufficient to handle it.
Just as they were about to engage the three fourth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, an indescribably powerful pressure suddenly descended upon their warships.
[Warning: High-tier lifeform energy oppression detected. Current warship energy shield value at 68%. Please repair immediately!]
The semi-automatic ZhiNao's warning sounded, startling the two brothers, but they reacted quickly.
In the magnetic wave communication channel, they heard each other's reminders.
"A Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon is targeting us, be careful!"
"Quick, activate the ship's armor protection ability!"
As the two had anticipated, a massive Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, measuring over 100,000 meters in size, burst into their battlefield, its eight muscular arms wildly swinging towards the two Pursuit Battleships.
Clang! Clang!
The strange weapons wielded by the eight arms slashed at the ships, causing significant damage despite the ships' reinforced armor and special protection.
[Warning: Ship armor damaged by 34%, please repair immediately!]
[Warning: Ship armor damaged by 50%, ship body damaged by 18%, please repair immediately!]
[Warning: Ship armor damaged by 69%, ship body damaged by 38%, please repair as soon as possible!]
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The Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, with its formidable physique, was even more formidable with eight arms, each holding a unique and powerful weapon.
"Brother, what should we do?"
"There are too many Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, and our ancestors can't handle them all. We need to find our own solution."
Just as the situation became critical, a mysterious Dreadnought, shrouded in a black energy shield, suddenly emerged from the void.
This impressive Dreadnought did not reveal its name, and its appearance was unfamiliar to the fleet.
However, under the watchful eyes of Song Yiming and Song Yichuan, it displayed incredible combat power.
In the blink of an eye, the super main cannon at the ship's bow fired a terrifying annihilation beam.
With just one strike, the formidable Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon was vanquished.
After this swift victory, the black Dreadnought showed no signs of stopping and quickly rushed to another battlefield in need of support.
"Brother, who is that?"
"Haven't seen them before, probably one of our hidden ancestors."
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In another part of the battlefield, the Heaven Ruin Skydome was single-handedly facing off against four Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.
In the main control room of the warship, Song Chi remained calm and composed, effortlessly handling the attacks of the four demons while also remotely controlling the mirror clone warships created by the Mirror Clone ability.
Indeed, the black warship that had just saved Song Yiming and Song Yichuan was indeed a mirror clone of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
He had intended to secretly protect the promising younger members of the clan, but after killing the Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, the Heaven Ruin Skydome received an unexpected bonus.
At the moment of the demon's demise, the Soul Devouring Altar's soul-devouring progress also changed.
This meant that the mirror clone's kills also contributed to the Soul Devouring Altar's soul accumulation.
As a result, the Soul Devouring Altar's accumulation rate would undoubtedly increase.
Sensing that their attacks were not causing much damage to the Heaven Ruin Skydome, the four Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons simultaneously activated their inherited divine abilities.
Two of them fired gray rays from their snake-like eyes.
These were the Petrifaction Rays, a unique ability of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon tribe.
The rays struck the Heaven Ruin Skydome with incredible speed, but unlike other Dreadnoughts, the Heaven Ruin Skydome was different.
The Blood Battle Stele component, enhanced to the eighth rank, granted the warship powerful control immunity.
So, before the other two Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons could launch their fierce attacks, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had already taken action.
The streamlined warship suddenly transformed into a 160,000-meter-tall Mythical Mech Giant, its right arm tightly gripping the Demise Immortal Spear, which glowed with eternal dark light. The tip of the spear concentrated the condensed Return to Origin Ray of the Spatial Law.
Swish!
The Mythical Mech Giant's mechanical arm shot out, impaling the eye of one of the Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons with the Demise Immortal Spear.
Roar!
The intense pain caused the demon to roar in anger, but the Return to Origin Ray erupting from its eye socket obliterated its entire head, ending its life.
The battle was not over yet. After killing the first Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, Song Chi quickly locked onto the second demon.
The Mythical Mech Giant raised its left arm, and a black cannon mouth appeared in its palm.
With the Concentration Seal: Inner Speed ability, an incredibly long Blood Spear formed in an instant.
The second Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon attempted to evade, but two special chains from the void tightly bound it.
In the end, under the judgment of the Blood Spear, the second Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon was also killed.
In just a few seconds, both Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons were slain, and this sudden change shocked the other two Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.
They no longer held back and simultaneously activated their strongest inherited divine abilities.
Armored Serpent Prison!
As one of the strongest inherited divine abilities of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon clan, the Armored Serpent Prison is a special domain-type ability.
Similar to the law force field that only a Star Annihilation Fleet Admiral can control in the Flamefire Human Civilization, within the Armored Serpent Prison, the Eight-Armed Serpent Demons themselves receive comprehensive amplification, while enemies naturally face total suppression.
Just like now, upon realizing that he was trapped in a dual domain, Song Chi immediately activated the two engines of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
He wanted to use the powerful thrust to quickly break free from the Armored Serpent Prison, but within this prison, no matter how strong the warship's thrust was, the mecha giant transformed by the Heaven Ruin Skydome could not increase its speed.
"I don't believe it!"
Inside the mecha, Song Chi once again activated the Spatial Flash Pearl module, attempting to directly flash-evade out of the two layers of the Armored Serpent Prison.
However, his heart sank as he realized that the remaining flash-evasion attempts of the Spatial Flash Pearl had been successfully triggered, but the Heaven Ruin Skydome had not managed to flash-evade, remaining in its original position.
"This... even space has been sealed?"
Before he could think further, a powerful force struck the Heaven Ruin Skydome from above.
One of the two Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, shrouded in a massive Eight-Armed Serpent Demon shadow, struck with its shadow arm, sending the mythical mecha giant transformed by the Heaven Ruin Skydome flying hundreds of thousands of meters away.
[Warning: The warship has sustained heavy damage. Hull armor damaged by 14%. Please repair promptly!]
This attack directly damaged the warship's hull armor by 14%. Although it may not seem like much, it's important to remember that the Heaven Ruin Skydome is equipped with eighth-rank Neutron Star Core Armor. Prior to this, even the normal strikes of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon struggled to break through the armor's defense.
After the strike, the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon behind followed up with another attack. Song Chi reacted quickly, but under the heavy restrictions of the Armored Serpent Prison, he was unable to effectively dodge.
Boom! The mecha giant was struck again, and the damage to the hull armor intensified.
"This should be an attack empowered by the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon's true spirit shadow, so it should be considered an energy attack. Why can it ignore the warship's dual energy shields and directly affect the hull armor?"
Song Chi remained calm as he pondered a countermeasure.
He had learned about the Armored Serpent Prison ability from the Twinkle Star Tower. As one of the strongest abilities of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon clan, each Eight-Armed Serpent Demon that masters this ability manifests a unique version of the Armored Serpent Prison.
Among these variations are abilities like space sealing, speed reduction, withering, true damage, and shield breaking. Song Chi had already confirmed that the two Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons possessed space sealing and speed reduction abilities.
Now, it seemed that shield breaking was also part of their arsenal.
His mind raced, and he seemed to have an idea.
"It seems this is the only way."
The next moment, a vast amount of temporal power surged from within the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
In an instant, within the dual domains of the Armored Serpent Prison, another layer of temporal domain appeared.
According to the records in the Twinkle Star Tower, the most direct way to break this Armored Serpent Prison ability is to use a stronger domain force to dismantle it from within.
The ability Song Chi activated was the Bodhimanda Timely Domain characteristic of the Bodhimanda Concentration Seal.
The golden temporal domain, enhanced to the eighth rank, should, in his opinion, be enough to crush the two layers of the Armored Serpent Prison.
However, he had underestimated the situation. As one of the strongest inherited abilities of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon clan, the Armored Serpent Prison was created by a Ninth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, and its upper limit surpasses even the Bodhimanda Timely Domain.
Although the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon using the ability was only Sixth Rank, it's important to remember that the Heaven Ruin Skydome was currently trapped within a dual Armored Serpent Prison, which was enough to make up for the difference in their ranks.
As a result, the Bodhimanda Timely Domain failed to break through the dual Armored Serpent Prison. Instead, under the all-around amplification of the Armored Serpent Prison, the time-slowing effect of the Bodhimanda Timely Domain itself was weakened by more than half.
(End of Chapter)
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