Chapter 617: Hyperdimensional Deployment
Chapter 617: Hyperdimensional Deployment
As the micro black hole unleashed its extreme explosion, the energy storm in the starry sky gradually subsided, and the Seven-Rank Serpent Demon Sovereign, with almost half of its head missing, came back into Song Chi's view.
Apparently, this series of attacks had inflicted severe damage, but they hadn't completely eliminated its combat capabilities.
Perhaps enraged by this relentless assault, this Seven-Rank Serpent Demon Sovereign showed no intention of retreating. Instead, its blood boiled with rage, and its eyes, with their vertical pupils, glowed crimson, indicating a state of frenzy.
The blood-colored steam and the power of the sovereign intertwined, releasing intense bursts of energy that enveloped its massive body, over ten thousand kilometers long, and surged towards the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
【Antimatter Evolution Engine】 - "High Overload Burst"!
The engine of the Heaven Ruin Skydome suddenly unleashed its power, causing the battleship's speed to surge several times, and the mirrored battleship beside it did the same.
Taking advantage of this sudden increase in speed, the main and auxiliary ships simultaneously turned, trying to put as much distance as possible between them and the Serpent Demon Sovereign ahead.
However, the eight projected battleships had a different reaction. Under Song Chi's control, they charged straight towards the Serpent Demon Sovereign without hesitation.
The Serpent Demon Sovereign's body was enveloped in boiling blood-colored steam, transforming into a torrent of energy that rushed towards the eight rapidly approaching battleship projections.
But the next moment brought an unexpected twist that even made the Serpent Demon Sovereign's madly glowing crimson eyes tremble.
Just before the eight battleship projections made contact with the blood-colored torrent, a subtle glow appeared on each of them.
Initially, the Serpent Demon Sovereign didn't pay much attention, as its full rage was focused on the physical Heaven Ruin Skydome and its mirror image. But as the eight lights grew brighter and the heat they emitted intensified, it finally sensed something amiss. Its blood-colored energy surged, and it tried to stop its forward momentum.
But it was too late.
The next moment, the eight micro neutron stars completed their transformation, and the scorching heat, capable of melting high-grade alloys, enveloped its entire upper body.
Since they were illusory projections, these eight micro neutron stars also took on an illusory form, and the heat they generated didn't reach the level of the actual Heaven Ruin Skydome. However, due to their combined effect, the Serpent Demon Sovereign experienced an intense scorching.
But this wasn't the end.
A buzzing sound filled the air, and a streak of eternal darkness shot out, piercing the remaining half of the Serpent Demon Sovereign's head through the gradually weakening neutron star heat.
Only when the darkness had completely pierced the Serpent Demon Sovereign's head did its true form reveal itself—a long spear emitting an eternal dark light, with a Nether Return Ray hidden within its tip. As the spear pierced the remaining half of the Serpent Demon Sovereign's head, the Nether Return Ray erupted within its skull.
If it wasn't the Celestial Demolition Spear, what else could it be?
From millions of miles away, as the result remained uncertain, Song Chi was about to activate another component. Suddenly, a mechanical alert sounded in his ear.
[Killing a Seven-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon grants 1 wisp of Sixth-Rank Floating Continent Essence!]
Hearing this, Song Chi turned to look at the Soul Devouring Altar component.
When he saw that the Soul Devouring Progress had directly reached the third stage at 19%, he finally confirmed that the Serpent Demon Sovereign ahead was truly dead.
...
In the dark star domain, a giant corpse floated in the starry sky, surrounded by a large amount of scattered pale silver blood and charred limb remains.
A battleship with a length exceeding 160,000 meters hovered quietly nearby. At one moment, this battleship fired a silver beam of light, which entered the giant eight-armed corpse, causing it to rapidly shrink.
Once the eight-armed corpse had shrunk to less than one-tenth of its original size, the battleship fired a traction beam, slowly pulling the corpse towards itself.
In the battleship's control room, Song Chi watched as the Sky Brain took control. Although he didn't say anything, his ever-changing gaze revealed that his mind was not at peace.
Indeed, Song Chi had many thoughts at this moment.
In the past, the Deer Hunt Ship and the fourth-rank lifeforms of the Star River System were formidable beings that he thought he could never challenge. But now, just a few hundred years later, the Heaven Ruin Skydome could even confront a Seven-Rank Sovereign head-on.
How could he not marvel at this? But after his initial amazement, he quickly felt it was only natural.
With the backing of the Sky Market, how many rare treasures had he acquired in the past six hundred years?
Not to mention the Time Chessboard, a colored upper-rank mythical artifact, but also the Yin-Yang Counterbalance Annihilation Shield...
【Black Hole Evolution Layer】, 【Virtual Sea Projection Tomb】, 【Antimatter Evolution Engine】, and other high-rank artifacts, either black or golden, were all integrated into the Heaven Ruin Skydome. Is it strange for it to possess such combat strength?
Moreover, the Serpent Demon Sovereign just now was merely a typical Seventh Stage entity, estimated to have entered the Seventh Stage less than three thousand years ago. Additionally, it seemed to bear injuries, most likely one of those who had retreated from the Snake Fang Galaxy battlefield.
As he was thinking, a spatial fluctuation emanated from the rear starry sky, indicating the arrival of the 【Immobile Bodhimanda】 and 【Flame Boiling Sea】.
With the assistance of the two Sovereign King Worms, Song Shiyuan and the others successfully killed a Seventh Stage Eight-Armed Serpent Demon, but another one escaped, and they couldn't stop it.
After the ships established communication, Song Xingru's inquiry soon echoed in the group chat.
"Chi, how's it going over there? What about that Serpent Demon Sovereign?"
"I've taken care of it!"
Song Chi replied briefly, and upon hearing this answer, Song Shiyuan and the others showed no signs of surprise, only joy.
In their opinion, Song Chi's successful killing of the Serpent Demon Sovereign was likely achieved with the assistance of the Cosmic Shark, and he might have even used the 【Bazaar Projection Token】.
Song Chi noticed this, but he didn't offer further explanations.
After returning to the fleet, they began roaming various areas of the Flame Serpent Galaxy based on the rough star chart they had.
In contrast to the Song Clan fleet, which had largely escaped danger, the Blood Sui Yang Clan's Star River Ship and multiple Star Annihilators on the battlefield were facing their greatest crisis.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Above the Star River Ship, the clash between the Demon Blade and the White Jade Tower continued.
The relentless energy impact kept spreading outward, but at this moment, the surrounding starry sky's ships were either sunk or had fled, so even if the energy shockwave intensified, the threat was no longer as significant.
As time passed, the violent energy on the blade's edge continued to rage, but the Blood Sui Yang Clan's projected 【Heavenly Star Tower】 above the Star River Ship gradually showed signs of cracking.
Despite the extraordinary nature of the 【Heavenly Star Tower】, it had not been fully activated, and being a projection, it could only endure for about two minutes before becoming powerless. It was evident that it wouldn't last much longer before completely shattering.
After about ten more seconds, the cracks on the illusory Star Tower reached their limit.
The next second, the illusory Star Tower completely dimmed, and the clash between the Demon Blade and the Star Tower ended, with the Eight-Armed Demon God's Demon Blade proving to be superior.
The only comforting aspect was that after being blocked by the illusory 【Heavenly Star Tower】, the light on the blade's edge had also dimmed significantly.
Inside the Star River Ship, the man's expression turned grim as the mechanical alert sound rang continuously in his ear.
【Attention, the ship is under external energy attack, energy shield damaged by 18%, please repair promptly.】
【Attention, the ship is under external energy attack, energy shield damaged by 46%, please repair promptly.】
【Attention...】
After several consecutive alerts from the ship's AI, the black-quality energy shield, enhanced to the Eighth Stage, had already consumed over 80% of its shield value.
Even though he activated the two ship repair modules on the ship at the right moment, he still couldn't prevent the energy shield from overloading.
In the end, the dimmed Demon Blade, which had faded by over 80%, struck the ship's hull armor, which had activated its defensive trait.
Fortunately, most of the power had been dissipated, and with the hull armor's defensive trait activated, the Star River Ship only suffered minor damage.
"Something's wrong!"
Suddenly, the man's pupils constricted, and his gaze quickly shifted to the ship's tail.
There, he had just sensed a faint spatial fluctuation.
Before he could turn his gaze, a violent tremor shook the ship.
This was followed by a deafening explosion.
Then, the ship's AI issued an emergency alert.
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"A second Eighth Stage Serpent Demon!"
Only then did the man speak, his voice deep and low.
The attack on the ship's tail had come from the second Eighth Stage Serpent Demon.
It wielded a giant axe thousands of kilometers long, and with a single swing, it nearly split the tail of the Star River Ship.
Even so, the ship's hull armor suffered over 50% damage from this strike, and the ship's contraction reached 30%.
Upon detecting the second Eighth Stage Serpent Demon, the man immediately activated another golden module on the ship, and a giant true spirit phantom appeared above the Star River Ship—a special group true spirit guardian module.
In the wake of the Giant Race True Spirit Phantom's manifestation, the Rank 8 Serpent Demon behind them was pushed back a considerable distance. This True Spirit Phantom was a guardian component, an energy form distinct from the warship's energy shield, yet capable of withstanding physical attacks.
Seizing the opportunity, the man issued commands to over a dozen Star Annihilators nearby while simultaneously diverting a portion of his mental focus into the Flame Ancestor Vortex in his forehead.
...
Billions of light-years away, on the Immortal Qin Continent in the Immortal Qin Flame Ancestor Temple.
Within the majestic hall, a rainbow glow persisted, and any outsider would have undoubtedly noticed that with each flash, an unknown message appeared.
At this moment, numerous figures in the grand hall were recording, relaying, and consolidating these messages.
Deep within the hall, a flame emitting chaos light flickered and burned intensely.
In front of the chaos flame, an old man stood motionless, devoid of any energy fluctuations, as if he were an ordinary person. Suddenly, a figure approached from behind.
"Sir, Level 2 communication. Two Rank 8 Eight-Armed Serpent Demons have appeared in the Flame Serpent River System, and one of them has summoned a trace of energy from the Bottomless Abyss's Eight-Armed Divine Serpent. Yang Song of the Xue Sui Yang Family, responsible for guarding the Flame Serpent River System, is urgently requesting assistance!"
The old man, with his eyes tightly shut, responded with a calm, aged voice:
"Send the message to the front-line command center!"
At the same time, in another star domain billions of light-years away.
A vast expanse of starry sky was converging numerous warships, with multiple Star River Ships encircling the core of the fleet, and at its center stood an ultra-gigantic battleship with a length of over a billion kilometers.
Inside the ultra-gigantic battleship, in the Flame Ancestor Communication Chamber.
A rapid series of beeps abruptly sounded from the communication chamber.
"Received the latest Level 2 communication from the Flame Ancestor Temple: Two Rank 8 Eight-Armed Serpent Demons have appeared in the Flame Serpent River System. Yang Song is urgently requesting assistance!"
Upon receiving this message, the staff in the communication chamber swiftly relayed it to another chamber.
Simultaneously, one of the surrounding Star River Ships seemed to receive a command and promptly activated its engines, heading towards the ultra-gigantic battleship.
As the Star River Ship approached the ultra-gigantic battleship, it appeared to be affected by some unique quality of the larger vessel, causing the million-kilometer-long Star River Ship to shrink a hundred thousand times until it entered the interior of the ultra-gigantic battleship, reducing its length to just a few hundred kilometers.
The miniaturized Star River Ship flew through a doorway and quickly reached a special chamber via a corridor.
This chamber was enormous, and at its center stood a unique platform with an inscription above the chamber's entrance.
"Hyperdimensional Deployment Chamber"
After the Star River Ship in its miniaturized form docked on the central platform of the Hyperdimensional Deployment Chamber, it began to emit a blinding light. The light grew more intense until it illuminated the entire chamber.
When the light reached its peak, intense spatial fluctuations emanated from the chamber, and as the light finally dissipated, the Star River Ship within the Hyperdimensional Deployment Chamber had vanished.
Only then did a mechanical alert sound echo through the chamber.
"Deployment complete. This deployment chamber is temporarily closed!"
Following the mechanical alert, the spacious chamber reverberated with unusual sounds until all its doorways sealed shut.
However, it was evident that this wasn't the only Hyperdimensional Deployment Chamber on the ultra-gigantic battleship, though their numbers were undoubtedly limited.
...
Back in the Flame Serpent River System, above the Xue Sui Yang Family's Star River Ship, the Giant Race True Spirit Phantom had already faded significantly under the relentless assault of the two Rank 8 Serpent Demons.
In the main control room, Yang Song's expression was grim, and he had mentally prepared for the worst.
Before the True Spirit Phantom was completely exhausted, if the reinforcements didn't arrive, he would have no choice but to retreat from the battlefield.
Even if this decision put the dozen or so Star Annihilators in greater danger, he would face criticism from the Flame Ancestor Temple. However, to ensure his safety, he couldn't afford to consider the consequences.
Just then, intense spatial fluctuations emanated from the side.
(End of Chapter)
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