Chapter 597: The Sudden Attack
Chapter 597: The Sudden Attack
At a critical moment, the distant starry sky suddenly rippled, and in the next second, the Heaven Ruin Skydome's Mirror Battleship appeared from the spatial passage.
Following this, Song Wujiang, Song Shiyuan, Song Xingru, and others quickly rushed out of the Mirror Battleship and swiftly summoned their own warships.
The Oceanward Soaring Dragon suddenly surged out at extreme speed and, in a moment's effort, charged towards one of the Seventh Rank Serpent Demon Sovereigns.
Along with the almost simultaneous actions of the Luo Family Annihilation Ship and the Tyrant Crab, all three Serpent Demon Sovereigns were stopped in their tracks.
The moment Song Wujiang and the others returned through the Mirror Battleship, the three suddenly appearing Eight-Armed Serpent Demons had their expressions change simultaneously.
They had planned to take advantage of the opportunity while the tiger was away to launch a surprise attack, never considering that the Song Family support fleet would return so quickly after leaving for several days.
Now that the Oceanward Soaring Dragon had rejoined the battle, along with the unexpected Tyrant Crab, they reacted swiftly. Their bodies turned, and their Sovereign power was pushed to the extreme. In the next moment, the three simultaneously fled towards the distant starry sky.
"Everyone, focus on keeping the leftmost Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereign here!"
Suddenly, a communication module on the Heaven Ruin Skydome transmitted a message, and Song Chi quickly responded.
Under the dissipating Triple Eight-Armed Serpent Prison, he activated the newly acquired Starlight Flash Spirit Talisman component.
In the next second, with the intense suppression, the Heaven Ruin Skydome, whose movement speed had been drastically reduced, suddenly transformed into a ball of light and vanished from its original position.
Although the component successfully took effect, this flash-dodge was still significantly affected. At least, the component that could allow a single dodge of over ten light-years was unable to reach even a few hundred million kilometers this time.
Fortunately, it still allowed the Heaven Ruin Skydome to catch up with one of the rapidly fleeing Serpent Demon Sovereigns, specifically the one on the far right.
Immediately after, multiple components on the Heaven Ruin Skydome were activated.
[Binding God's Chains] - "Void Binding"
[Sky Lock Seal] - "Heavenly Prison Chains"
[Bodhimanda Concentration Seal] - "Tranquil Seal: External Temporal Stasis"
The targets of these components were all the Serpent Demon Sovereign ahead, but due to the influence of the Eight-Armed Serpent Prison, their power was greatly weakened.
However, the Serpent Demon Sovereign was no ordinary enemy, and its reaction was astonishing. As soon as the Heaven Ruin Skydome completed its flash-dodge, it immediately responded.
Sovereign power and the perfect Earth Law surged around it, and before the three components could take effect, a gigantic Eight-Armed Serpent Demon shadow, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, condensed above its head.
It was the Snake Magic Manifestation divine ability.
With the ancient Snake Magic Manifestation's empowerment, the Serpent Demon Sovereign's aura surged several times over. The two special chains shot out from the void were blocked by this shadow, causing the Binding God's Chains to shatter first, as it was only a component from a red talisman.
The Heavenly Prison Chains were much sturdier and successfully pierced through the shadow, coiling around the Serpent Demon Sovereign's body. However, by this time, it had already been severely damaged, and under the terrifying physique of the Serpent Demon Sovereign, it couldn't withstand even a second before shattering completely, just like the Binding God's Chains.
Next, the golden light from the activated "Tranquil Seal: External Temporal Stasis" passed through the Snake Magic Manifestation shadow, dimming significantly. Finally, although it successfully froze the Serpent Demon Sovereign in its original position, it was clear that this temporal stasis wouldn't last long.
As expected, in less than two seconds, the Serpent Demon Sovereign broke free from the temporal stasis.
While continuing to fly towards the distant dark starry sky, it didn't forget to retaliate against the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
One of the gigantic Eight-Armed Serpent Magic Manifestation's arms lashed out, carrying the power of the Seventh Rank peak, and tore through space, creating numerous spatial rifts as it struck towards the Heaven Ruin Skydome behind it.
Almost instinctively, Song Chi was about to activate the "Neutron Star Fission" characteristic.
However, he quickly stopped this action and instead allowed the warship to face the attack head-on without any other defensive measures.
Boom! Boom!
The Serpent Magic Manifestation palm print collided with the energy light shield on the outer layer of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, and a terrifying energy storm followed.
In the warship's control room, Song Chi's attention was mostly focused on the alerts from Heaven's Mind.
The reason he hadn't taken any defensive measures was to test the current defensive capabilities of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
With the Angelic Dominion's Wings, Yin-Yang Counterbalance Annihilation Shield, Black Hole Evolution Layer, and Neutron Star Core Armor consecutively enhanced to the Eighth Rank, Song Chi himself wasn't entirely sure what level of defensive attributes the Heaven Ruin Skydome had reached.
The Serpent Demon Sovereign's attack, launched during its escape, was unlikely to cause secondary damage, and thus, it was the perfect opportunity to test the warship's defenses.
Soon, alerts sounded in his ears one after another.
[Alert: The Holy Light Shield has shattered due to high-intensity external energy attacks!]
[Alert: The current warship's energy shield has sustained 16% damage from external high-intensity energy attacks. Please repair promptly!]
[Alert: The energy shield has sustained 32% damage... Please repair promptly!]
...
In the end, the Yin-Yang Counterbalance Annihilation Shield's damage stabilized at 32%. After shattering the Holy Light Shield, which had the protective value of the Yin-Yang Counterbalance Annihilation Shield, it could still erode 32% of the energy shield's value. This strike's power was indeed astonishing.
However, overall, the result was still within Song Chi's acceptable range.
It's worth noting that this was a full-power strike from a Serpent Demon Sovereign empowered by both the Eight-Armed Serpent Prison and Snake Magic Manifestation. Strictly speaking, this strike absolutely possessed the might of the Seventh Rank peak.
Even so, it only managed to deplete 32% of the Heaven Ruin Skydome's energy shield. What does this imply? It means that the Heaven Ruin Skydome's defense has officially reached the level of the Seventh Rank peak, and with the warship's multiple self-healing abilities, it could even withstand a direct confrontation with a Seventh Rank peak Eight-Armed Serpent Demon for a period.
After the small surprise, Song Chi quickly turned his attention back.
With a basic understanding of the warship's defensive attributes, his task now was singular.
To keep the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereign ahead at all costs.
The fleets of the two great kingdoms had been in the Crimson Disc Galaxy for several years, and during this time, only the three families of the Yao Han Kingdom had achieved the feat of killing a Seventh Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon. Although this was partly due to the insufficient foundation of the Dawn Star Kingdom, no one could say anything about it.
However, the insufficient foundation couldn't affect the distribution of post-war interests. The distribution of benefits after the war was solely based on the fleet's achievements.
In other words, only by successfully killing a Serpent Demon Sovereign could they have equal qualifications with the three families of the Yao Han Kingdom in the subsequent distribution of territories.
In the corner of his eye, Song Chi noticed that the charging of the Annihilation Cannon on the Oceanward Soaring Dragon was not yet complete. He was about to activate the 'Tranquil Seal: Inner Speed' ability to reactivate the 'Tranquil Seal: External Temporal Stasis' for the second time.
Just then, a spatial disturbance emanated from the side of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, signaling the return of the Fiery Sea Boiling alongside the Mirror Battleship.
From within the Fiery Sea Boiling, a scroll imbued with flickering flames suddenly shot out.
"Flame Pact - Flame Son Scroll · Binding Scroll!" The scroll pierced through the phantom of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereign's serpent magic image, causing it to freeze once again, just like the effect of the 'Tranquil Seal: External Temporal Stasis'.
The immobilization from the Binding Scroll lasted almost as long as the Bodhimanda Concentration Seal, barely two seconds. After that, Song Chi activated the 'Tranquil Seal: External Temporal Stasis' for the second time.
By the time the 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon broke free from its immobilized state, the attack from the Oceanward Soaring Dragon was already upon it.
The black-grade Annihilation Cannon, enhanced to level 80, unleashed the ultimate attack, 'Annihilation Shattering Strike', causing devastating damage.
Even without activating the 'Super Accumulation' ability due to limited charging time, the Infernal God Annihilation Cannon, enhanced to the 8th rank, had a 75% chance of triggering a double-crit damage with each attack. And this time, the 'Annihilation Shattering Strike' successfully triggered the double-crit.
The initial attack had already severely wounded the Serpent Demon Sovereign, and with the double-crit damage, its body was completely pierced, leaving a thousand-meter-wide bloody hole in its chest.
Soon after, the 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon lost all signs of life.
However, after this attack, the other two escaped 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons had already disappeared without a trace, making further pursuit impossible.
In the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's gaze was fixed on the radar display before him.
The golden sky-scanning radar, 'Heaven's Eye', showed that the two missing Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Sovereigns had successfully joined up with a medium-sized Celestial Serpent Mother Ship located 180 light-years away. Although he could catch up to them if he pursued, he ultimately decided against it.
Even if he did catch up, to completely defeat them, he would either have to use the Void Market Projection Token or summon the second Sovereign Worm from the battleship and utilize the Time Chessboard, a mythical component.
Clearly, neither option was something Song Chi or the Song Family would willingly choose.
The consequences of rashly using the Void Market Projection Token were obvious; before his promotion to the rank of Star Annihilator Captain, there was a significant chance of others taking advantage of the situation.
The second option would not only expose the fact that they possessed a Sovereign-level Worm Queen, but also, the cooling time for each ability of the Time Chessboard was not short, making it unnecessary.
Additionally, this would undoubtedly attract the attention of the 8th Rank Great Beings of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon civilization, resulting in more harm than good.
More importantly, they had already successfully killed a 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, which gave them the qualification to negotiate on equal terms with the three families of the Yao Han Kingdom.
"Chi, it's up to you now!" Song Wujiang said, gazing at the motionless body of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon floating in the starry sky.
Soon after, the Heaven Ruin Skydome used the Superspace Contraction Card to absorb the corpse into the battleship.
With the status of the Oceanward Soaring Dragon as a Star Annihilator, it was capable of refining the 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon's corpse on its own, but being of the same rank, the process would undoubtedly take a significant amount of time.
In comparison, the refining process of the Ruins Market, backed by Song Chi, would be dozens of times faster, making the choice obvious.
As for the Bone-Cracking Luo Clan, they remained silent throughout the process, even after the Heaven Ruin Skydome had absorbed the corpse.
The combat power displayed by the Song Family this time had clearly exceeded their expectations, and they no longer considered themselves on equal footing with the Song Family.
Furthermore, after witnessing the defeat of the 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, their Star Annihilator had been controlled by the Triple Eight-Armed Serpent Prison from start to finish, offering no assistance.
[Fleet Communication Group Chat]
Luo Yi: "I didn't expect these Eight-Armed Serpent Demons to use such a diversion tactic. If not for the timely support from the Song Family, our entire fleet might have faced a major crisis."
Song Wujiang: "This time, there was indeed an unexpected twist. Under the pressure from the three families of the Yao Han Kingdom, they chose this method to break free. But with the loss of another 7th Rank Sovereign, there are only four 7th Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons left in the Crimson Basin System. They've lost the ability to confront us head-on!"
Song Shiyuan: "In other words, the Crimson Basin System will likely enter a prolonged sweep phase for the next few decades. Perhaps it's time for us to initiate the operation on that 7th Rank Floating Continent."
...
On the Dragon Spine Continent, deep within the underground chamber of the Dragon Spine Mountain, a large black tower stood tall.
In this vast chamber, a black tower tens of thousands of meters high loomed, with numerous Song Family members gathered at its base.
"According to the family's information, this black tower is called the Time Tower. One year in the outside world is equivalent to fifty years inside the tower, and our age imprint will only be calculated based on the outside time, without actually consuming fifty years of our lifespan."
"Yes, I've also heard that this black tower can accommodate tens of thousands of people for cultivation and enlightenment. Many have already been inside for almost a year, and it'll soon be our turn."
"I heard about a clan brother who, after recently comprehending the Law of Light, entered the Time Tower and upon returning, his understanding of the Law of Light had directly surpassed 1%."
...
As the 3rd Rank clan members discussed, high above in the Time Tower.
In the dark space, a Dreadnought hovered silently, and within its main control room, Song Chi sat on a virtual golden throne. The time energy and law, derived and gathered by the Time Chessboard, circulated around him.
In his palm, he tightly held a high-grade Time Law Crystal of silver quality, infusing it with vast amounts of divine mind threads to comprehend the Star Sea Time Law it contained.
At one moment, Song Chi's eyes suddenly snapped open.
His Martial Arts Heavenly Eye, located between his eyebrows, also opened, and within his vertical pupils, the vast Law of Time flowed.
"It's complete! Truly a black-grade ultimate treasure."
Song Chi stood up, and the Law of Time, now at the Great Accomplishment level, circulated around him.
These fifty years had indeed been a fruitful period.
(End of Chapter)
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