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Chapter 649: Excitement
Chapter 649: Excitement
Song Chi's gaze suddenly shifted, focusing on another component within the warship—the Sky Cleaver, which had recently evolved into a silver-quality component.
Sky Cleaver lv70
Quality: Silver
Property: Sky Cleaver
Property 2: Increases the warship's spatial resistance by 6400
Property 3: Doubles the effect of the first property of the component
Property 4: Increases the energy concentration within the warship by 50%
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To be more precise, his attention was fixed on the third property of the Sky Cleaver.
Doubling the effect of the first property of the component.
Coincidentally, the first property of the "Azure Dragon Battle Ship" was the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram component, and if this property were replaced with the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram, would the restriction of the "Azure Dragon Battle Ship" also be relaxed by twofold?
Although Song Chi had this thought, he didn't rush to put it into practice.
Such an operation would inevitably require replacing one of the other four properties, and deciding which one to choose was undoubtedly a troublesome matter.
Property: Azure Dragon Battle Ship
Property 2: Azure Dragon Starry Sky Array
Property 3: Azure Dragon Realm
Property 4: Azure Dragon Guard
Property 5: Azure Dragon Cataclysmic Breath
Each of these properties was excellent, and it would be a pity to replace any of them.
After a moment of hesitation, Song Chi quickly reconsidered.
Since he wasn't even sure if it would work, it was unnecessary to dwell on it at this moment.
With this in mind, he immediately sent a message to the encrypted group chat.
"Old Ancestor, let me give it a try."
Instantly, the core members, who had been greatly disappointed, felt a surge of excitement, and their eyes collectively turned to Song Chi.
They were well aware of the astonishing abilities of this junior member of their family, and upon hearing Song Chi's words, they became intrigued.
'How difficult is it to change the attribute of a golden-quality Sacred Domain component? But if it's Song Chi doing it, perhaps there's a chance...'
This was the thought that flashed through the minds of the core members.
Old Ancestor Song Wujang didn't hesitate. A ray of light shot out from the Flame Boiling Sea, and after entering the Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship, the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram component, which had been enhanced to lv80, was quickly removed without any damage.
After obtaining the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram, Song Chi immediately went to the Bazaar.
In the end, he spent 20 red artifacts and 10 orange artifacts and successfully replaced the "Azure Dragon Guard" property of the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram with "Doubles the effect of the first property of the component."
When he looked at the first property of the "Azure Dragon Battle Ship" again, its attribute had indeed undergone a significant change.
{Azure Dragon Battle Ship: Consumes 1000 shadow energy points. Under voluntary conditions, bind a warship that is no lower than four tiers below your own as an Azure Dragon Battle Ship. Currently, a maximum of twenty million ships can be bound.}
Originally, only warships two tiers lower could be bound, but now it had directly increased to four tiers. With this, a sixth-tier Invincible Ship could bind second-tier Escort Ships, and with the number of Flame Commanders in the Song family, this requirement could be easily met.
According to the recent data from the family's internal affairs hall, the family now had nearly eight hundred million members, and among them, around twenty million had successfully awakened the Flame Seed and become Flame Commanders.
Out of these twenty million, nearly ninety-five percent were at the zero and first tiers.
Of course, the majority were at the first tier, as the number of zero-tier Shadow Energy Shuttles was very limited.
The success rate of promoting a Shadow Energy Shuttle to a Shadow Energy Yacht was evident, and as long as they didn't perish during exploration in foreign star domains, they could all successfully advance.
However, the second-tier Escort-class Shadow Energy Warships were different. The Song family currently had just over a million Escort Ships, but fortunately, this already met the minimum requirement of ten thousand ships for the Azure Dragon Fleet.
As soon as Song Chi posted the attributes of the new Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram component in the encrypted group chat, the core members of the family instantly became exhilarated.
Song Tianhao: "I knew it! Since Song Chi took the initiative, he must have a good chance of success!"
Song Tian Mang: "Hahaha, heaven blesses our Song family! With this, a sixth-tier Invincible Ship can load this Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram, and as long as we have enough Invincible Ships and Escort Ships, our family will have eleven more seventh-tier battle forces in the future!"
Song Shixing: "It's a bit of a pity that the 'Azure Dragon Guard' property was replaced, but overall, it's definitely great news."
Song Xingru: "Who cares! The most important thing is that we can create multiple fleets with seventh-tier battle strength."
Song Yan: "I personally think it would be better to replace the 'Azure Dragon Realm' property. Seventh brother, if there are any changes in the future, can you still revert this property?"
"In that case, let's leave it as it is for now. As for the 'Azure Dragon Realm' and the 'Azure Dragon Guard' traits, I agree with Song Chi." The Original Ancestor continued, "The 'Azure Dragon Guard' is indeed a group protection trait, but it's an active ability with a limited duration and a relatively long cooldown. On the other hand, the 'Azure Dragon Realm' is a passive ability that remains active as long as the Azure Dragon Battle Ship or its sub-ships are assembled, clearly giving it a higher priority."
Song Shiyuan paused, then added, "More importantly, the 'Azure Dragon Guard' trait can be replaced. For example, the 'Angelic King True Spirit Guardian' on Song Chi's ship, Song Yan's 'Flame God Sovereign Spirit Guardian', and the 'Star Sea Stone Spirit Heart' component we obtained from the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Civilization's Seventh Rank Floating Land decades ago, its 'Stone Spirit Sovereign True Spirit Guardian' can also achieve this."
Song Shiyuan's logical explanation convinced the group, and no one further dwelled on this issue.
However, Song Wujang, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, "If the binding restriction is relaxed to four major tiers, it's not impossible to consider having the Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship carry the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram..."
In the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's eyes narrowed in concentration.
Though he didn't express his thoughts in the group chat, his flickering gaze revealed that he had already considered this idea.
If the Annihilation Starship could be bound, it would represent an Eighth Tier combat power, something he couldn't have overlooked.
But the matter wasn't that simple. If the Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship was chosen, the lowest tier of the Azure Dragon Battle Ships it could bind would be Third Tier Cruisers. With the Song Family's current size, they had barely over 30,000 cruisers, a far cry from the required 100,000.
As Song Shiyuan was contemplating this, a response appeared in the group chat.
"If the Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship is to carry it, it's not feasible for our Song Family alone. We'd have to involve the Bone Gnawing Clan, the Dawnstar Family, and the Stark Family, and even then, it might not be enough. We'd have to bring in the Dongli Xiao Clan, but do we really want to expose the details of the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram to outsiders?"
"While we could forcefully demand their cooperation given our current strength, the issue is that the only binding condition for the Azure Dragon Battle Ships is voluntary consent. Forcing them could lead to unrest, which could be catastrophic if it occurs during a battle."
Song Shixing added his thoughts, "I agree with Shiyuan. Also, let's not forget that the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram component only mentions the ability to fight above its tier. Its actual combat power and whether it can compete with extremely powerful beings of the same tier, like the Eighth Tier Serpent Demons, remains unknown.
Furthermore, from what I understand, the Bone Gnawing Clan has already decided that for the next millennium, they won't participate in frontline wars and will focus on recuperation. Even if we include the Dongli Xiao Clan, the cruiser attribute will most likely still be insufficient!"
The discussion went on for a long time, and it was several hours before a conclusion was reached.
Please...you...collect...6...9...books...!
In the group chat, Song Wujang was making the final decision.
"Then it's settled. Twenty years from now, the Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship and several dreadnoughts will lead half of our clan's escort ships (500,000) to the battlefield where the newly established Eleventh Route Advancing Fleet of the Divine Dynasty is located. The Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram will be carried by Song Chi and Song Yan!"
The others nodded in agreement, having no objections.
They were already familiar with the newly established Eleventh Route Fleet, and its key feature was the presence of two Star River Ships, which significantly enhanced the fleet's safety, a crucial factor in the Song Family's decision to rejoin.
With that settled, the group continued their discussion on the items they had exchanged.
Aside from Song Chi, Song Wujang had exchanged the Azure Dragon Starry Sky Diagram, Song Yan also obtained a Nine Turns Spiritual God Fruit to prepare for the future promotion of the Flame Boiling Sea to an Annihilation Starship. Song Xingru, on the other hand, exchanged four strands of silver-grade Fireseed and an additional Star Spirit Elixir.
As for Song Shiyuan and Song Shixing, they both chose the same items: an eighth-rank Golden Apple and a Star Spirit Elixir.
The Star Spirit Elixir was for their personal use, and the two eighth-rank Golden Apples were to repay the family for their support. The same went for Song Xingru's exchange. The reason they were able to obtain such significant gains in such a short time was largely due to the Dual Differentiation component provided by Song Chi.
Even the younger generation like Song Chi was willing to selflessly contribute to the family, so the elders couldn't fall behind.
The donation of the two eighth-rank Golden Apples once again presented a difficult choice for the group.
According to the group's consensus, there were two main ways to utilize these two eighth-rank Golden Apples.
First: Use them to evolve the two strands of silver-grade Ascension Flames into two strands of golden-grade Ascension Flames.
Second: Use them on the Origin Core Extractor and the Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring to evolve them into Golden Holy Domain components.
Both options had their advantages. The first option was more personal, as the two strands of golden-grade Ascension Flames would allow the family to have two more members with golden-grade Fireseed, which could further enhance the potential and combat power of their vessels.
The second option would benefit the entire family. The Origin Core Extractor, if promoted to golden-grade, would increase the efficiency of refining the Floating Land Origin Cores in the future, thus accelerating the transformation of the Dragon Backbone Continent, including the future Floating Lands of the Song family.
If the Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring were promoted to Golden Holy Domain quality, it would not only be able to safely uninstall black-quality and below components, but also uninstall more than 24 components in two rounds. This would provide greater assurance and boost the confidence of the family members attempting promotion in the future.
In the end, the second option was favored.
Soon, both the Origin Core Extractor and the Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring completed their promotions and became Golden components.
From then on, the Origin Core Extractor would be effective on eighth-rank Celestial Sea Floating Lands, unlike before, where it required meticulous preparation for centuries, only to extract a negligible amount of Origin from the Crimson Star Hyperdimensional Continent.
In comparison, the Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring underwent a more significant change in attributes.
Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring lv70
Quality: Golden
Attribute: All attribute effects are doubled
Attribute 2: Additional 2 (1x2) single-round Soul Binding
Attribute 3: Fixed slot count of 1 for this component
Attribute 4: Additional 2 (1x2) to the maximum Soul Binding quality
Attribute 5: Double the number of effective components
Consumption: 200,000/round (Shadow Energy Points)
Effect: Applies Soul Binding effect to 28 designated { (12+2) ×2 } components. For the next 30 days, regardless of uninstallation, their enhancement levels will not be reset, and it will be effective up to black-quality (silver-quality +2) ship components.
Charging: 30s; Buffer: 480 hours
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The group carefully examined the attributes of this component, and their faces lit up with smiles.
From the attribute description, it was evident that with the promotion of the Tri-Eye Soul Binding Ring to Golden quality, although it could still only Soul Bind for two rounds before a warship promotion, the number of components it could bind in a single round increased from 12 to 28.
And this was only at the seventh rank. If it could be enhanced to the eighth rank, Song Chi estimated that it could bind up to 60 components in two rounds and even handle black-quality components. This was undoubtedly a qualitative improvement.
It was worth noting that even the Heaven Ruin Skydome currently had only over eighty components installed. With two rounds of Soul Binding, it could essentially uninstall all high-level components without any concerns, allowing the warship to initiate its promotion without hesitation.
And this was just for Song Chi; for the other clan members, two rounds of Soul Binding would be enough to uninstall almost all components, leading to an increase in the number of clan members attempting promotions in the future.
PS: One more chapter to go!
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