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Chapter 670: Final Desperation
Chapter 670: Final Desperation
As if flames were burning on the Mysterious Shrine, the Eight-Arm Snake Demon, at the peak of the eighth rank, channeled a vast amount of primal law power from all directions.
The origin rules of the mysterious realm were a straightforward manifestation of the realm's rules. As more and more primal laws gathered, the origin rules of this mysterious realm began to condense above the Shrine. The vague flickering lights captured by the Flame Warship captains above were not an illusion; these initially condensed origin rules had indeed shown signs of being ignited.
Thinking of the consequences of a complete ignition, all the Flame Warship captains witnessing this scene above had no hesitation. A massive amount of ethereal energy and law power surged out from their ships, frantically assaulting the surrounding field of power.
However, the result was not as satisfying as expected. This Eight-Arm Snake Prison, created by the combined release of multiple eight-rank Eight-Arm Snake Demons, was not something any Flame Warship could easily break free from.
Even if all the Flame Warships present were the elite of the elite, it wouldn't be enough.
Under the various suppressive effects of the multi-layered Eight-Arm Snake Prison—entrapment, blockade, deceleration, and withering—only a few Flame Warships managed to break free from its control, a mere five in total.
These included the contemporary Nine Prince of the Immortal Qin Dynasty, Meng's Core Dreadnought, and, of course, the Heavenly Void Azure Firmament Mirror Battleship, which was one of the five.
As for how they achieved this feat, the other four Flame Warships were unsure, but Song Chi himself had relied on the Astralis Flash Component to replicate the parts.
This golden Astralis Flash component had a unique ability called "Astralis Flash Evasion," which could directly ignore spatial blockades, ship entrapment, magic domains, and time stasis, allowing the equipped warship to freely evade.
With this ability's assistance, the Mirror Battleship and the other few warships successfully broke through the Eight-Arm Snake Prison.
Interestingly, all five warships that burst out were dreadnoughts, with no sign of battlecruisers, star destroyers, or star river ships among them.
Upon realizing this, Song Chi knew that there were more Flame Warships capable of breaking free from the Eight-Arm Snake Prison above. At least several star destroyers and star river ships could have done the same.
The reason it was these five was that the star destroyers and star river ships above had their own crucial tasks. They needed to hold back a larger number of seventh and eighth-rank Serpent Demon Sovereigns.
Otherwise, with the support of the Eight-Arm Snake Prison, the Serpent Demons would have far surpassed them.
However, this left the final crucial task entirely on the shoulders of Song Chi's group of five.
Without any communication or hesitation, after breaking free from the Eight-Arm Snake Prison, three of the five dreadnoughts immediately charged towards the flying eighth-rank Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent below.
These three dreadnoughts were the Heavenly Void Azure Firmament Mirror Battleship, Meng's Dreadnought, and an elite dreadnought from the Xianqin Conglomerate, all of which were known for their exceptional defensive attributes.
As far as Song Chi knew, these three warships were equipped with black-grade hull armor and had a "double-layered armor" feature. Their hull thickness was visibly greater than that of ordinary dreadnoughts.
It was this confidence in their defenses that allowed the three to dare to fly forward so boldly.
Of course, if there were other options, no captain would willingly face an eighth-rank lifeform, even with confidence in their ship's defenses. The threat posed by an eighth-rank entity, even one with significantly reduced combat power, was unimaginable.
But to stop this Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent from advancing, they had to take this risk.
How could they ensure that the firepower of their dreadnoughts would be enough to stop an eighth-rank lifeform? Just like now, the attacks from the two other dreadnoughts behind had already whizzed past, precisely hitting the remaining heads of the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent, but the damage inflicted was barely tolerable, creating only two blood slots less than a hundred meters long on the serpent's heads.
A hundred meters might sound significant, but for a colossal being with a volume exceeding a million kilometers, a hundred-meter-long blood slot was like a mere itch.
It wasn't that the two dreadnoughts behind were weak; one of them belonged to the contemporary Nine Prince of the Dynasty. He had just activated an eighth-rank black hyper main cannon attack trait.
The reason for this lay in the law field surrounding the eighth-rank Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent. This eighth-rank law field had already weakened the power of the energy beams by half before they even hit the serpent's heads.
This was also why Song Chi and his group chose to engage in close combat.
The three Dreadnoughts were equipped with control-immune components, which might not have much effect on the multi-layered Eight-Arm Snake Prison above, but they could still withstand the Rule Field released by a single severely weakened eighth-rank lifeform.
As the engines roared, the three Dreadnoughts slowed down as they rushed into the Rule Field surrounding the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent. However, the good news was that the ships didn't come to a complete stop and continued to approach the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent below.
At the same time, outside the Demon Serpent Floating Land, the leaders of various major powers within the Xianqin Divine Dynasty's main fleet were closely monitoring the situation in the Mystic Realm through various means.
Even these ancient ship captains, some of whom had lived for over ten to twenty or even three hundred thousand years, couldn't help but hold their breath at this critical moment.
The final outcome would influence the entire Demon Serpent Continent's battlefield situation and might even affect the entire civilization war.
...
Inside the Mystic Realm, in the lower airspace of the core Floating Land, the first to reach the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent was Song Chi's Mirrored Battleship.
The Mirrored Battleship had a Golden Blood Battle Monument and had also activated the Berserker's Heart, making the Rule Field released by the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent have little effect on the ship.
As the Mirrored Battleship collided with the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent, its two sharp ramming horns at the bow directly pierced into one of the seven severed head wounds of the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent.
Blood splattered as the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent let out a low, anguished roar.
But this was far from over. Taking advantage of the distance between the two Dreadnoughts behind him, Song Chi didn't hesitate to activate another trait of the Cosmic Minds.
The next second, a blinding flash of light shot out from the streamlined hull, and during this time, the Mirrored Battleship transformed into a micro neutron star.
The intense heat instantly released scorched the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's body, causing severe damage, especially around the wound where the Mirrored Battleship's ramming horn had pierced, which melted a large area.
Being an eighth-rank colored component, this colored component's power was far beyond that of the previous Neutron Star Core Armor. It was clear to see that after this scorching, the already weakened Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent became even more listless, and the life force it emitted almost dropped to the eighth rank.
Not only did the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent suffer severe damage, but the Meng Clan's Dreadnought and the Xianqin Conglomerate's Dreadnought behind Song Chi's Mirrored Battleship also suffered significant scorching damage.
Fortunately, Song Chi's timing was perfect. When the micro neutron star's terrifying heat erupted, the two Dreadnoughts were still at a considerable distance, and although they were affected, they didn't suffer any fatal damage.
By the time the two ships got closer, the terrifying heat on the surface of the micro neutron star had already dissipated.
Two more clear slicing sounds echoed as the Meng Clan's Dreadnought and the Xianqin Conglomerate's Dreadnought, like the Heavenly Void Azure Firmament Mirrored Battleship, had also transformed their ramming horns. With the extreme kinetic energy enveloping the ships, they too plunged deeply into the other two severed head wounds of the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent.
Especially the Meng Clan's Limitless Dreadnought, its subsequent activation of a special ability left Song Chi, who was in the Multiverse Bazaar, in awe.
"A colored-grade ramming horn!"
Under the precise capture of the Sixth-Rank Dual Vision Technique, he spotted a flash of color at the base of the blood-red ramming horn of the Meng Clan's Limitless Dreadnought.
"Tri-color, a lower-tier colored-grade ramming horn!"
In an instant, he confirmed the specific quality of their ramming horn component.
Before he could think further, the Meng Clan's Dreadnought's next action once again caught Song Chi's attention.
With a whoosh, the Meng Clan's Limitless Dreadnought, seemingly due to the active trait of its colored ramming horn, began to rotate strangely after piercing the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's head wound.
The rotation started slowly, but within seconds, the Dreadnought's spinning became more and more astonishing, until finally, the entire ship seemed to transform into a gigantic steel top, with the colored ramming horn as its drill bit, relentlessly drilling into the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's flesh.
At this moment, the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent finally felt the extreme pain and let out mournful roars from its remaining two heads.
The attack from the Meng Clan's Dreadnought indeed achieved excellent results.
Before everyone could rejoice, the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent went completely berserk due to the attack, its entire body enveloped by a near-substantial crimson vapor.
If the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's burning life force was merely a minor inconvenience before, it would only leave it weakened for a short period after the battle, costing it a few hundred years of life at most.
But now, it had clearly gone completely mad, fully activating the forbidden art of burning life force. No matter how long the battle continued, it would inevitably meet its end with its life force exhausted.
However, correspondingly, its battle prowess surged.
Initially, under the 'Neutron Star Fission' and the Meng Clan Dreadnought's ferocious onslaught, the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's aura had officially dropped to the Seventh Rank. But with its life force fully ignited, its aura rapidly rebounded.
Within just a few breaths, it crossed the peak of the Seventh Rank and returned to the brink of the Eighth Rank. Soon, it would regain its Eighth Rank status.
In the distant Multiverse Bazaar, high above the sky, Song Chi, enveloped in Ninth Rank Sovereign power, hung in the sky. His eyes, with the power of Dual Vision, became substantial, and his mind operated at an indescribable speed, making countless decisions in an instant.
This caused an instant in the outside world to feel like an eternity in his mind, as he made numerous decisions one after another.
At one moment, his eyes suddenly hardened, and a captivating light shone from within.
In the Demon Serpent Floating Expanse, within the Cosmic Secret Realm, at the low-altitude battlefield of the core Floating Land...
Thanks to Song Chi's decisiveness, the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent's aura had just returned to the brink of the Eighth Rank when the Heavenly Void Azure Firmament's Mirror Battleship responded.
Inside the Mirror Battleship, a series of commands were issued by the Cosmic Minds.
The first command targeted the Neutron Star Core Armor, which had temporarily evolved into a Radiant Mythic Grade hull armor.
Neutron Star Core Armor - 'Gamma Ray Burst'!
Following this, other commands were swiftly executed.
Black Hole Evolution Layer - 'Black Hole Singularity Flash'!
Pasada Zen Seal - 'Zen Seal - Internal - Speed'!
Blood Spear - 'Hunting God's Weakness Mark'!
Binding Chain - 'Void Binding God'!
...
The rapid issuance of these commands activated numerous components within the Mirror Battleship, causing the main control room to erupt in a dazzling display of red, silver, gold, black, and radiant colors.
It's worth mentioning that Song Chi's activation of the Pasada Zen Seal's 'Speed' trait was not used on super attack traits like 'Gamma Ray Burst' or 'Ninefold Azure Sky Extinction Thunder.' Instead, he unconventionally targeted the 'Hunting God's Weakness Mark' trait, which was still cooling down.
The reason for this is simple.
There is only one Pasada Zen Seal, and 'Zen Seal - Internal - Speed' can only be used once in a short time. It couldn't be used on both 'Gamma Ray Burst' and 'Ninefold Azure Sky Extinction Thunder' simultaneously, as the charging time for these traits is not short.
Instead of wasting it, Song Chi decided to use it on the 'Hunting God's Weakness Mark' trait, which can combine the damage of 'Ninefold Azure Sky Extinction Thunder,' 'Black Hole Singularity Flash,' and other traits, replicating and maximizing their combined damage.
This is why the Celestial Prisoner Lock and the Void Binding God chains appeared later.
For an Eighth Rank entity, the red and silver-quality binding chains would have little effect, but Song Chi was well aware of this. The two special chains that emerged from the void were not meant to bind the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent. Instead, under the replication control of the Cosmic Minds, they unexpectedly linked the Mirror Battleship and the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent together.
In this situation, the special chains had no binding effect on the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent; their sole purpose was to further bind the Mirror Battleship and the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent.
The objective was to prevent the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent from forcibly shaking off the Mirror Battleship.
After the Cosmic Minds activated numerous high-level components, the Umbra Nine-Headed Serpent sensed the extreme threat posed by the Mirror Battleship. A powerful Sovereign force surged from within, continuously striking the Mirror Battleship's hull, attempting to forcibly shake it off.
(End of Chapter)
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