Chapter 669: The Nine-Headed Abyss Snake
Chapter 669: The Nine-Headed Abyss Snake
In the end, orders took precedence over everything else.
The Torch Battleships slowed down, but soon resumed their pursuit at full speed upon receiving the stern command from the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship Captain.
However, this brief pause wasn't without consequence. Even the weakest of the remaining Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, with their fifth-tier strength, had managed to create a significant distance in a short time due to their swift evasion abilities.
Over a thousand Eight-Armed Serpent Demons were now within close proximity to the ground below.
"That's the Ritual Platform of the Secret Realm. They're going to ignite the origin rules of the universe's secret realm. Once the origin rules of a universe's secret realm are ignited, they'll gain temporary combat power strong enough to fight across tiers. We must stop them!"
No one knew what component the captain of the Star River Battleship, who hailed from the Divine Court of Xianqin, was using, but his voice was once again precisely transmitted to all the Torch Battleships present. This time, his tone carried a sense of urgency.
The captains of these ships were all elite among elites, and they instantly grasped the enormous threat posed by the so-called Ritual Platform of the Secret Realm.
A loud buzzing sound filled the air, accompanied by a violent spatial fluctuation. The Ying Clan's Star River Battleship took the lead, activating its flash-dodge ability.
In a moment, the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship appeared amidst the rapidly descending Eight-Armed Serpent Demons. Its target was clear—a single Eight-Tiered Eight-Armed Serpent Demon within the group.
With the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship taking the initiative, the Torch Battleships from various factions followed suit. One by one, they activated their flash-dodge components, appearing within the Serpent Demon group with a flash.
Intense combat resumed, interspersed with the self-detonations of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.
However, this time, the Torch Battleship captains seemed to have learned their lesson. Before flashing into the Serpent Demon group, each Torch Battleship either activated its hull armor defense trait or employed defensive measures from their special components. As a result, the casualty rate from the subsequent self-detonations significantly decreased.
Song Chi's side also followed suit, and the four old ancestors did the same. One by one, they charged into the midst of the Serpent Demon group.
They were merely warship avatars, and sinking wouldn't be a significant loss. Naturally, they couldn't afford to stay in the rear any longer.
Occasionally picking up loose ends or benefiting from others' efforts was understandable, but at such a critical moment, any failure would be intolerable to the outside world's powerful figures who were monitoring the situation within the secret realm.
The Song family members were well aware of the importance of this pivotal moment.
Amidst the chaotic battle, Song Chi couldn't help but miss the 'High-Energy Particle Storm' trait, a highly destructive group attack. With all the surrounding friendly forces having activated their special defensive abilities, it would have been the perfect time to unleash this trait.
Unfortunately, the cooldown period for this trait was a staggering ten years, and even with the assistance of the Pusa Dhyana Seal, it still required two years. The time until its next activation was still a long way off.
Nevertheless, even without this trait, the powerful firepower of the mirror warship continued to swiftly annihilate Eight-Armed Serpent Demons of various tiers. On the outside, the hunting contribution points on the Snake Demon Continent Hunting Contribution List, attributed to the Beidou Seven Star Temple Yao Guang Star Tower Jing Zhe, were rapidly rising.
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"Eight-Armed Snake Prison, Snake Magic Formation, activate!"
On the battlefield of the Eight-Tiered units, several Eight-Tiered Eight-Armed Serpent Demons simultaneously activated their innate talents, accompanied by layers of domains and eight-armed phantoms surrounding them. The Star River Battleships of the Ying Clan, Xianqin Heavy Industries Group, Beidou Seven Star Temple, and Meng Clan were instantly suppressed.
Seizing this opportunity, the only Eight-Tiered Peak Serpent Demon among them unleashed a surge of Dominator power, and the darkness of eternal night flickered on its body.
Before the Star River Battleships could react, this Eight-Tiered Peak Serpent Demon's body transformed into a shadow and vanished from the Floating Continent's low-altitude battlefield. When it reappeared, it was already standing atop the blood and bone altar below.
"Not good!"
The captains in the control rooms of several Star River Battleships paled simultaneously. If the demons succeeded in activating the ritual platform, all the Eight-Armed Serpent Demons within the secret realm would receive a terrifying boost, and every Torch Battleship present would likely face annihilation.
If they were to fall, the remaining Torch Battleship captains within the Floating Continent would also likely meet the same fate.
Moreover, this would jeopardize the plan to protect the entire Floating Continent with the Floating LandShield. If that happened, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
Song Chi also noticed that as these seven illusory star towers became more substantial, the void above them tore open.
Tian Quan Star
Tian Shu Star
Tian Ji Star
Tian Xuan Star
Yu Han Star
Yao Guang Star
Kai Yang Star
The seven ancient stars from the Multi-Universe Era projected their images, tearing through the void. Their brilliant starlight illuminated the entire celestial vault of this universe's secret realm.
With the arrival of these seven ancient mythical star projections, all the Torch Battleships bathed in this radiant starlight received an indescribable boost, especially the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship, which now exuded a much stronger aura than before.
As for Gongshu Qiu's battleship, beneath the same seven-colored radiance, a virtual mechanical cube was formed. This was one of the Xianqin Heavy Industries Group's mythical foundations, known as the Star River Mechanical Cube, or the 'Torch Industrial Pearl'.
This peculiar object primarily enhanced mechanical prowess, but it had other effects as well. As the cube continued to rotate, one of its fully merged sides suddenly shot out a beam of seven-colored light, which pierced through the combined Eight-Armed Snake Prison released by several Eight-Tiered Serpent Demons ahead.
Thus, a special corridor appeared in front of the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship, constructed entirely from a special mechanical alloy. Within this corridor, not a trace of energy fluctuation could be detected.
This was the 'Magic-Nullifying Mechanical Corridor' trait of the Star River Mechanical Cube.
Without hesitation, the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship, empowered by the starlight of the Beidou Seven Stars, entered the corridor's entrance.
In the face of this 'Magic-Nullifying Mechanical Corridor', the layered and nearly ninth-tier-level Eight-Armed Snake Prison could no longer affect the Ying Clan's Star River Battleship.
In the blink of an eye, the eight eight-armed serpent demon lords realized the situation, but by then, the Xianqin Star River Battleship had already broken through the suppression of the Eight-Armed Snake Prison and appeared above the Ritual Platform of the Secret Realm.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The bow of the Star River Battleship, where the light had reached its peak, erupted in multiple beams of light, shooting downwards.
Among the beams of light were not only the attacks from the two Star-Destroying Cannons but also a Celestial River Cannon.
Whether it was the Star-Destroying Cannons or the Celestial River Cannon, they were all symbols of ultimate destructive power in the boundless shattered star sea, representing the most terrifying offensive capabilities of the Torch Human Civilization in external battles.
In the records of countless civilizations in the shattered star sea, the Star-Destroying Cannons and Celestial River Cannons were the nightmares they could never erase.
Even from the records of these alien civilizations, one could tell the terrifying power of the Star-Destroying Cannons and Celestial River Cannons.
It was evident that facing the concentrated fire of two Star-Destroying Cannons and one Celestial River Cannon, the eight-armed serpent demon lord on the Ritual Platform was under immense threat. Even as an eight-tier peak lifeform, it had no choice but to stop activating the Ritual Platform and instead use all its power to defend against the annihilating beams of light from above.
The eight-tier peak lord's power erupted, with golden and black radiance flowing through its eight giant arms. Faced with such a deadly threat, this super lifeform, just one step away from the ninth tier, had no time to spare. It unleashed all its abilities, determined to block every attack.
Not a single mistake, not a single shot, not a single internal error, not a single delay, not a single glance at the book!
Held aloft was a dark green bone shield, emitting a dense black light, clearly a black supreme quality defensive artifact.
The eight-tier peak lord's power activated the black supreme quality bone shield, unleashing nearly ninety percent of its power. However, even with this, it couldn't withstand all the attacks.
After blocking the main cannons and super cannons of the Xianqin Star River Battleship, this black quality bone shield could only withstand the impact of one beam of Star-Destroying Light for a few seconds.
As the power of the bone shield dissipated, a black giant hammer appeared next. This wolf-toothed hammer lasted even shorter, as it was not a defensive artifact.
After that, there was a black supreme quality tiger-head knife, a golden quality arm shield, and a black quality full-body armor.
In the end, it used up all its abilities to barely withstand the attacks of all the beams of light.
However, what made this eight-tier serpent demon lord feel desperate was that these beams of light were not the only attacks from the Star River Battleship above. As the annihilating beams of light were completely depleted, a familiar seven-colored long knife descended with unstoppable might.
What terrified it even more was that almost at the same time, multiple golden ropes of law shot out from the void around the Ritual Platform, tightly binding its entire body, making it difficult to move.
With its eight-tier peak strength and top-notch physique, breaking free from these golden ropes of law wasn't difficult. But at this moment, the phantom of the Dragon Crow Saber was already right before its eyes, leaving no time to break free from the ropes.
Roar!
At this critical moment, a howl suddenly echoed.
The roar seemed distant a second ago, but in the next, a dark shadow flashed, and a nine-headed serpent with a hideous body and nine heads appeared between the phantom of the Dragon Crow Saber and the eight-tier peak eight-armed serpent demon lord.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The phantom of the Dragon Crow Saber slashed down on one of the nine heads of the serpent, causing the void to explode. A terrifying energy storm formed and continued to spread in all directions.
"Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent!"
"It's an eight-tier Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent!"
As soon as they saw the hideous serpent, Song Chi and the others immediately recognized it.
The features of the Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent were too distinct, making it hard for anyone who had seen its true form to not recognize it.
Although they were curious about the sudden appearance of the Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent, all the Torch captains understood that its sudden emergence was definitely not a good sign.
The Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent was the mount of the Eight-Armed Demon God of the Bottomless Abyss, the deity worshiped by the eight-armed serpent demon civilization. The eight-tier Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent in the secret realm was just a bloodline descendant of the true Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent. Its bloodline potential and combat power were far inferior to that of the original Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent in the Bottomless Abyss. However, their connection to the Eight-Armed Demon God was undeniable.
As the energy storm from the explosion gradually subsided, the battle situation that reappeared before everyone confirmed this.
Above the Ritual Platform, the phantom of the Dragon Crow Saber had not yet dissipated, but its radiance had dimmed significantly. As for the Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent, which had originally had nine heads, only five heads remained, with the other four directly severed by the Dragon Crow Saber's phantom.
However, the eight-tier peak serpent demon lord remained completely unharmed and had already started to reactivate the Ritual Platform beneath it.
"Dragon Crow Saber, slash again!"
With the empowerment of the Beidou Seven Stars, the Xianqin Star River Battleship captain could summon the Dragon Crow Saber for a longer time, allowing him to slash out a second time.
The second seven-colored blade light swept across, and even though the Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent was also doing its best to defend itself, this second slash still severed three more of its heads.
In a short time, this eight-tier Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent was left with only two heads. Its silver blood, like mercury, gushed out uncontrollably, and its aura visibly weakened.
But at this moment, the Xianqin Star River Battleship had no time to pay attention to it.
The Star River Battleship's mighty law field repelled the Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent, which had already lost most of its resistance, millions of kilometers away, like a broken kite with no way to resist.
This Abyssal Nine-Headed Serpent might have received some kind of desperate order, as even in this state, it continued to struggle.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Scorching blood-red steam emanated from the hideous serpent's body as it burned its life force, regaining some of its mobility. The two remaining heads continued to roar tirelessly, and its body kept charging towards the Ritual Platform.
The Torch captains above, closely monitoring the situation below, couldn't let it succeed.
Several Star River Battleships roared their engines, ready to intervene and stop the troublesome black serpent. However, the eight-tier eight-armed serpent demon lords they were fighting against were also quick to react, blocking their way.
(End of Chapter)
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