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Chapter 624: The Bazaar Projection Strikes Again (Second Update)
Chapter 624: The Bazaar Projection Strikes Again (Second Update)
As expected, the Celestial Thunder Punishment and Soul Annihilation Gaze descended almost simultaneously upon the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body.
Song Chi's eyes narrowed, his full attention focused on the battle below.
His mind was tense, and if he sensed anything amiss, he would not hesitate to activate the 'Meditation Seal · Inner Time Speed' and unleash a second Soul Annihilation Gaze.
But his heart soon froze.
When the Celestial Thunder Punishment and Soul Annihilation Gaze fell upon the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body, an ancient secret rune suddenly flashed across its gray misty body, and then ancient secret runes appeared around it, forming a circle of golden rune light shield on its surface.
"A golden defensive mythical artifact..."
Song Chi immediately recognized the origin of this golden rune light shield, and although his expression remained calm, his heart sank.
The high-rank lightning attribute Law Crystal was extremely rare, and the last time he killed a Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body, he also used an intermediate-rank lightning attribute Law Crystal to activate the 'Nine Layers of Celestial Annihilation Thunder'. So, this time, he did the same.
However, an unknown golden defensive mythical artifact appeared, which made a huge difference. The Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body held this golden artifact, and although it couldn't fully unleash its power, the 'Nine Layers of Celestial Annihilation Thunder' activated by the intermediate-rank lightning attribute Law Crystal was clearly insufficient to quickly defeat the opponent.
In reality, it was the same.
The Soul Annihilation Gaze was the first to deplete its power, erasing a small number of secret runes on the golden rune light shield before completely dimming.
In comparison, the might of the Celestial Thunder was far superior.
Boom, boom, boom...
Consecutive extreme yang celestial thunderbolts descended, each more intense than the last, and each strike of thunderbolt erased a portion of the secret runes on the golden rune light shield. After nine strikes, the golden rune light shield shattered, and the eighth and ninth thunderbolts finally struck the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body directly.
However, it was evident that these last two thunderbolts were insufficient to annihilate the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body, and the damage inflicted was not even fatal.
Seeing this, Song Chi's thoughts raced.
At this moment, he had many options for follow-up attacks.
For instance, he could borrow the 'Meditation Seal · Inner Time Speed' to unleash a second Soul Annihilation Gaze.
Or, he could have the Mirror Ship flash-dodge and then activate 'Neutron Star Fission'.
Soul bodies and spirit bodies were generally inclined towards the yin attribute, and the extreme heat and flames from neutron star fission could also inflict significant damage on them.
Alternatively, he could activate the second attack attribute of the 'Celestial Thunder Cannon', the 'Ten Thousand Talismans Purple Heaven Thunder Hell'.
...
However, these thoughts that flashed through his mind were quickly dismissed by Song Chi.
Not for any other reason, but for the sake of time, he couldn't afford to delay.
The ethereal body's eyes glanced to the right, and through the Mirror Ship's panoramic view, he could clearly see a gigantic phantom tens of light-years away, floating in the sky.
At first glance, this phantom's height seemed no less than ten light-years, and its oppressive aura was astonishing. Even from a distance of tens of light-years, Song Chi felt a subtle sense of suffocation.
This gigantic phantom appeared just a moment ago, the node where the Mirror Ship officially launched its attack, and if his guess was correct, this phantom was an Eighth Rank Nightmare Soul Body, a phantasm-like entity empowered by the will of the Nightmare Soul Continent's origin.
Before he could think further, the distant gigantic phantom had already opened its mouth. Its mouth, like a medium-sized black hole, widened to a terrifying arc, and the next second, a scream that seemed to shatter the void erupted from its maw.
Song Chi's reaction was swift. Sensing that other methods would not be in time, he controlled the ethereal body to activate the 'Bazaar Projection Token' in his hand before the gigantic phantom fully materialized.
This time, he not only concealed his identity but also used the Mirror Ship's body to freely activate the 'Bazaar Projection Token'.
Soon, purple mist energy rapidly gathered atop the Mirror Ship, and the projection of the Multiverse Nether Market quickly materialized.
Just before the scream wave reached them, the Multiverse Nether Market projection took shape, and the next second, a giant illusory palm extended from the purple mist projection.
Although the illusory palm's extension seemed slow, it had already appeared above the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body in the blink of an eye.
The projected Nether Market, which had near-Eighth Rank strength, was already a formidable force that the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body couldn't resist.
As expected, the illusory palm, formed by the combination of time, space, light, and purple mist energies, effortlessly swatted and completely eradicated the previously injured Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body.
Wuuu! The right side was engulfed by a tidal wave of sound that seemed to cover the heavens and earth.
Even with the protection of the Multiverse Nether Market projection, Song Chi felt a continuous influx of screams entering the Mirror Ship and then, through the ethereal body's divided consciousness, reaching his main body's mind.
Fortunately, the dual reduction of the Bazaar Projection and the battleship's inherent absolute isolation properties had diminished the shrieking sound by nearly eighty percent. Moreover, with the power of the eighth rank and the protection of the Dragon Whale Pavilion, Song Chi, who was currently in the Multiverse Nether Market, only felt a slight dizziness and no other adverse effects.
Suppressing the throbbing pain in his mind, he forcefully piloted the Mirror Ship downward.
Soon, the battleship successfully retrieved the remains of the Seventh Rank Nightmare Soul Body, but this time, it was slightly different. In addition to a Seventh Rank Gray Crystal, there was also a multicolored mythical artifact from the Star Sea, along with five strands of Chaos Qi.
Seeing this harvest, Song Chi was quite satisfied, feeling that his risk of losing the Mirror Ship was worth it.
His gaze returned to the giant phantom on the right, and in the short time it took for the Mirror Ship to collect the loot, the unknown entity rapidly approached. In just about ten seconds, it had traveled from dozens of light-years away to less than a light-year from the Mirror Ship.
However, Song Chi showed no signs of worry. Instead, he quickly activated a Warp Component on the Mirror Ship using his Ethereal Body.
The reason he didn't use the Void Escape Orb, Starlight Flash Spirit Talisman, or Angelic Dominion Wings was that the distance was still too short. It wasn't enough for the Mirror Ship to create enough distance to completely shake off its pursuer.
Whoosh!
Just before the warp charge was complete, the unknown Eighth Rank Nightmare Soul Body seemed to have guessed Song Chi's intention. Its giant Dharma form spat out another gray seal.
This gray seal flew at an incredibly fast speed, and Song Chi even suspected it might be empowered by special spatial energy. In an instant, it crossed nearly a light-year and struck the right side of the Mirror Ship.
The seal ignored the multiple layers of energy shields on the Mirror Ship's surface and directly affected its hull.
If one were to look from the outside, they would undoubtedly see that this gray light seal was an ancient Sealing Rune. After it made contact with the Mirror Ship, Song Chi quickly realized that the ship's nearly completed warp charge had been forcibly interrupted.
He then tried to activate the Void Escape Orb, Starlight Flash Spirit Talisman, and Angelic Dominion Wings one after the other with his Ethereal Body, hoping to escape with a flash, but all attempts failed.
Although all three components were activated, the Mirror Ship remained stationary.
In this brief moment, the giant phantom on the right had closed in significantly, now less than a million kilometers away from the Mirror Ship.
At this point, a wave of unease finally stirred in Song Chi's heart, and his previous composure was gone.
After all, it was a genuine Eighth Rank entity, and it was empowered by the Primordial Floating Continent's will. If the Multiverse Nether Market's projection, a Near-Eighth Rank ability, were to clash directly with it, it wouldn't last long.
At this moment, Song Chi remembered a component he had used not long ago.
The Starlight Flash Spirit Talisman!
But this time, he didn't use its ordinary flash-dodge ability. Instead, he activated its "Starlight Flash Spirit Escape" trait.
{Starlight Flash Spirit Escape: Consumes 600,000 Youneng Points, ignores spatial locks, battleship imprisonment, magic forbidden domains, time stasis, and other control effects, flashes in a specified direction, the current maximum flash-dodge distance is one light-year, and the cooldown time is fixed at 50 years.}
This trait could ignore various control effects, including spatial locks, and Song Chi's intuition told him that the unknown sealing ability of the Eighth Rank Nightmare Soul Body was likely on this list.
In the distance, the giant phantom rapidly approached, and with each blink, it could traverse vast distances. With another step, it arrived directly in front of the Mirror Ship.
The Dharma hand that covered the sky and earth suddenly struck out, creating a wave of energy powerful enough to blow away even the weakest Seventh Rank Sovereign.
As the hand pressed down, spatial fissures and collapses followed in its wake.
One could imagine that if this phantom hand struck the Mirror Ship, even with its double-layered energy, double-layered hull armor, and luxurious configuration with no components below the golden quality, there would be no chance of survival.
However, just as the Dharma hand was about to make contact with the Mirror Ship, the ship, which had been tightly bound by the Sealing Rune, suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a faint spatial disturbance.
Beyond the Nightmare Soul Continent, the Mirror Ship reappeared in the desolate starry sky.
Once he confirmed that the Mirror Ship had successfully escaped danger, the Bazaar Projection, which had been hovering above the ship, slowly dissipated.
However, this didn't mean Song Chi was completely at ease. For an Eighth Rank being, escaping the Floating Continent was as easy as a thought, and the current distance was still far from safe.
So, Song Chi activated the Crimson Dome Teleportation Device again, and only after the battleship teleported twice, each time for tens of thousands of light-years, did he finally relax.
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