Chapter 711: Song Chi's First Annihilator Ship Captain Servant

Chapter 711: Song Chi's First Annihilator Ship Captain Servant

Song Chi had a great interest in the Eighth-Rank Shadow Devourer King, but he was equally excited about enslaving an Annihilator Ship Captain-level Ember Captain.

Whether in the Xinfu Human Galaxy Cluster or during future explorations of alien domains, the value of an Annihilator Ship would never be less than that of an Eighth-Rank star beast.

Of course, the most crucial point was that the Master-Servant Pact component had already been evolved to silver quality, which was more than sufficient to bind a Seventh-Rank Ember Captain in a Master-Servant Pact.

As he pondered, the Asura Emperor standing on the Dragon Spine Plains seemed to have found the perfect moment to surge. When the energy tide on the Dragon Spine Plains reached its peak, His blood essence surged, advancing from Eighth-Rank Peak to the very limit of the Eighth Rank.

Perhaps due to the two previous instances of personally touching Ninth-Rank power through the Enslavement Seal, the Asura Emperor's Ascension this time was smooth and effortless, easily reaching the Eighth-Rank limit.

Now, He was truly just a step away from the Ninth Rank.

...

Compared to the Asura Emperor's situation, the breakthroughs of the two Six-Star Ancient Demons on another corner of the Dragon Spine Plains were much more difficult.

It was unclear whether it was due to a lack of foundation or a short time spent at the Sixth-Rank peak, but both Six-Star Ancient Demons' first attempts at breaking through ended in failure.

Fortunately, they did not suffer any injuries. Reluctantly, Song Chi had to turn his attention to the Fate Octagonal Furnace (Remnant) component on his warship.

The black component's Trait 5, "True Immortal Breakthrough Pill", and Trait 6, "Triple Transformation Golden Body Pill", both required black-grade Fire Seeds. Fortunately, he had obtained a thread of black Corpse Devouring Coldfire from the belly of the Sky Devouring Python and a second thread from the Black Tooth Clan's ancestral grounds.

Initially, Song Chi had not planned to use these hard-earned black Fire Seeds prematurely. He had already broken through to the Seventh Rank, so the "True Immortal Breakthrough Pill" was no longer useful to him. His goal was the more valuable "Triple Transformation Golden Body Pill", which required three threads of black Fire Seeds to refine.

However, with no other choice, he decided to refine two "True Immortal Breakthrough Pills" to help the two Six-Star Ancient Demons break through.

With a thought, one of the two threads of black Fire Seeds in the Fate Octagonal Furnace began to rise, and the entire furnace started to emit a dark black glow.

After about a dozen seconds, the glow faded, and a pill the size of a dragon's eye appeared in the furnace—the True Immortal Breakthrough Pill.

Like the Triple Transformation Golden Body Pill, each batch of the True Immortal Breakthrough Pill could only produce one pill. However, Song Chi's focus was not on this; he was more interested in the black Fire Seed in the furnace.

"It has dimmed by about a quarter, meaning one thread of black Fire Seed can only refine four batches, or four True Immortal Breakthrough Pills. By the same logic, three threads of black Fire Seed for the Triple Transformation Golden Body Pill should also follow this pattern..."

Song Chi was fairly satisfied. In his view, this quantity was quite good.

Next, he replaced the thread with another and refined another True Immortal Breakthrough Pill.

With the help of the two True Immortal Breakthrough Pills, the two Six-Star Ancient Demons' subsequent breakthroughs went without a hitch, successfully reaching the Seventh Star, or Overlord Ancient Demon.

Seeing this, Song Chi nodded in satisfaction.

Two Seventh-Star Ancient Demons were more than enough to become the absolute rulers of an ancient demon clan. This would greatly enhance the efficiency of the family's management of that ancient demon clan. If they were to occasionally mix the blood of the two Seventh-Star Ancient Demons in their breeding, combined with the spiritual ground of the Floating Continent's young snake, the breeding efficiency would see a terrifying increase.

Apart from Song Chi, the two Shining Eye Birds under the command of the Old Ancestor and Song Yan also made significant progress. With the aid of the Eighth-Rank Energy Tide, the two Shining Eye Birds successfully restored the missing Laws within their bodies. Although they didn't immediately break through to the Seventh Rank, the repair of their internal Laws removed the constraints on them. Given the Shining Eye Birds' powerful potential, it was only a matter of time before they advanced.

Next, the lower and middle-ranking members of the Song Family also benefited from the Ascension energy tides of the Dragon Spine Continent. According to the latest report from the Internal Affairs Hall, nearly a million family members saw their Spiritual Energy Vessels (First Rank) Ascend to Escort Ships (Second Rank). Nearly 20,000 Second Rank family members had their vessels Ascend to Third Rank Cruisers, and almost a thousand more reached the Huntship level.

Additionally, 33 family members Ascended to Battleships, including Song Tianshu, Song Yichuan, Song Hang, Song Mingsong, Song Chao, and Chen Lixia, whose vessels Ascended to Dreadnoughts.

As a result, the Song Family now had over 1.2 million Second Rank members, nearly 100,000 Third Rank members, over 2,000 Fourth Rank members, and more than 80 Fifth Rank members.

Regarding the Sixth Rank members, Song Chi did a rough count. Including the six who just Ascended, the number of Sixth Rank Dreadnought captains in the family now stood at 19:

Song Xuancang, Song Shixing, Song Xingru, Song Zhendong, Song Tianhao, Song Tianshu, Song Bei, Song Han, Song Yan, Song Mingsong, Song Ze, Song Yiming, Song Yichuan, Shen Youran, Song Hanyu, Song Ting, Song Chao, Chen Lixia, and Song Hang.

With four Annihilator Ships, the Song Family had truly grown into a towering tree, one that could even claim a high position among the ten-thousand-year-old immortal clans.

With the Time Boundary Tree Secret Realm under the family's control, as long as the Song Family didn't suffer a catastrophic loss of its elite members in the future, the continuity of its legacy was virtually guaranteed.

...

However, at the critical moment when countless family members were celebrating, Song Chi quietly left the Dragon Spine Continent with the Asura Emperor.

Thanks to Lu Xuewu as an insider, Song Chi easily reached the core alien colony of the Lu Family.

This colony, named Second Home Colony, was the second most important territory of the Lu Family, aside from their ancestral land in the Xin Fu Human Galaxy Cluster. When they first discovered this star region, the Sixth-Rank Life Floating Continent here was already at its peak, far surpassing the Sixth-Rank Floating Continent in the Xin Fu Human Galaxy Cluster in terms of potential.

As a result, the Lu Family immediately changed their strategic direction, placing the peak Sixth-Rank Floating Continent on par with their ancestral land.

After thousands of years of relentless effort, the Floating Continent, named "Eternal", lived up to expectations. Not only did it Ascend to a Seventh-Rank Floating Continent, but the resulting energy tide also allowed the Lu Family's Old Ancestor to Ascend to an Annihilator Ship.

Eternal Floating Land, the Floating Continent that fueled the rise of the Lu Family. It was a success story, one that was quite inspiring. In the 300,000-year history of the Xin Huo Human Civilization, many immortal clans had risen from humble beginnings, just like the Lu Family.

Without Song Chi, they might have continued to flourish, gradually accumulating power and eventually becoming a well-known super clan, a high-ranking household that countless common women dreamed of marrying into.

Unfortunately, they had offended Song Chi over a thousand years ago.

Song Chi's arrival was silent and unobtrusive. With Lu Xuewu's assistance, the Floating Continent's shield of the Eternal Floating Land required no effort from Song Chi. He easily followed Lu Xuewu's Heavenly Martial Frost into the interior of the Floating Continent.

...

Eternal Floating Land, Eternal City.

As the central city built by the Lu Family on this second ancestral land, Eternal City once covered a vast area. During its prime, it housed multiple large warship docks, capable of supporting tens of millions of people.

However, the city's appearance today is a far cry from its former glory. Only a few individuals hurriedly walk the city's streets, highlighting the desolation that now envelops it.

There's no help for it. A few years ago, the Lu Family detected the presence of an eighth-rank Shadow Devourer King. While they were doing their utmost to help their patriarch break through, hoping that Lu Qifeng would achieve the rank of a formal Annihilator Ship Captain and use the seventh-rank Floating Continent shield of the Eternal Floating Land to fend off the Shadow Devourer King,

they didn't place all their hopes on this one strategy.

Breaking through a seventh-rank Guidance Technique is no easy feat. Even if Lu Qifeng were to achieve the rank of a formal Annihilator Ship Captain before the Shadow Devourer King arrived,

the Lu Family's resources are limited, and high-rank components are scarce. With Lu Qifeng himself only possessing a Silver Flame Seed, even with the Floating Continent shield and the will of the Floating Continent itself bolstering him, there's little confidence that he could truly withstand the eighth-rank Shadow Devourer King.

Thus, over the past few years, more than ninety percent of the Lu Family members on the Eternal Floating Land have already boarded transfer warships and returned to the Flame Human Civilization's territory. Those who remain are the elite members of the Lu Family.

In the main hall of Eternal City, as one family member after another arrived, the hall soon filled with dozens of Lu Family members.

After thousands of years of inheritance, and with the recent Ascension of the Eternal Floating Land, the Lu Family still has a substantial foundation. At least, the over forty people in the hall are all Huntship Captains or higher.

This includes five Battleship Captains and one Dreadnought Captain.

Of course, this Dreadnought Captain is not the patriarch Lu Qifeng, but rather the second Dreadnought Elder of the Lu Family, who recently Ascended with the help of the Eternal Floating Land.

Despite his warship having Ascended only about ten years ago, the aura he emits is already that of a sixth-rank, indicating that his Guidance Technique has surpassed the sixth-rank.

The brainwave imprint attached to Lu Xuewu allowed Song Chi to clearly sense the aura emanating from the other party, which is indeed a level 60 Guidance Technique.

Song Chi was not surprised by this. Lu Xuewu had already discussed this with him. The Lu Family's treasure vault had long contained a Azure Marrow Essence Liquid, a special spirit item that aids in breaking through from the fifth-rank to the sixth-rank. With the help of this item, the individual managed to break through in just a few years.

"That Shadow Devourer King is less than a year away from descending upon our Lu Family's Eternal Floating Land. Have any of you come up with a solution?"

Once all the family members had gathered, the sixth-rank elder broke the silence in the hall.

The looming threat of an eighth-rank star beast hanging overhead had kept the Lu Family on edge for years.

The opening words of the sole Dreadnought Captain finally eased the tense atmosphere in the hall, and soon others began to speak up.

However, it was clear that in the face of an eighth-rank star beast, the solutions proposed by the Lu Family members were all weak and ineffective. In the end, they were left with only one option:

Abandon the Eternal Floating Land and return to the Flame Human Civilization's territory.

Listening to the Lu Family's internal deliberations from a distance, Song Chi, hidden in a subterranean tunnel somewhere on the Eternal Floating Land, couldn't help but shake his head.

This is the eternal pain of interstellar colonization. While the vast Star Sea is filled with various opportunities and many star regions are suitable for development, none of them can be considered truly safe outside the Flame Human Civilization's core territory. Even some of the most powerful immortal factions' fully developed colonies, which may have been continuously supplying high-rank resources, can be discovered and easily destroyed by other advanced alien civilizations in an instant.

It is precisely because of this understanding that the Lu Family is doing everything in their power to secure the Red Disk Galaxy. Only a territory within the Flame Human Civilization's domain can truly be considered their root.

Just like the Lu Family, they had been proudly developing their second ancestral land, the Eternal Floating Land, not long ago. However, the next moment, an unstoppable crisis struck them head-on, and they have yet to fully recover from the shock.

...

What the Lu Family members did not know was that, while they were discussing the critical matters concerning their family's survival, an uninvited guest had already arrived quietly and effortlessly entered their ancestor's secluded cultivation area.

Crossing a long, dark corridor that sloped downward, Song Chi found himself in a vast underground space.

At the center of this expansive underground area was an enormous seventh-grade Floating Continent origin point, above which a super battleship, commanded by a Captain, was silently hovering.

With the continuous influx of origin energy from the seventh-grade super origin point, the conversion rate of Spiritual Energy inside the Annihilator Ship had reached a new height. The Spiritual Energy enhancement provided by the level 79 Spiritual Energy cultivation platform, powered by this dense Spiritual Energy, far exceeded the norm.

At this moment, Lu Qifeng, who had been standing on the cultivation platform for years, suddenly opened his eyes, interrupting his standard Guidance Technique cultivation posture.

His gaze quickly shifted to the front of the ship, finally landing on Song Chi, who had just entered the underground space.

"What is your name? Which lineage do you belong to? How did you get in here?"

Through the auxiliary functions of the Annihilator Ship, Lu Qifeng's questioning voice instantly echoed through the vast underground space.

In response to the barrage of questions, Song Chi's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to step forward slowly, as if he hadn't heard a thing.

"Regardless of which lineage you belong to or how you inadvertently entered, this place is a family forbidden zone. You should leave immediately."

Seeing that the other party still believed he was a member of the Lu Family, Song Chi finally spoke.

"It seems you've forgotten, Lu Qifeng. Shall I help you remember?"

As he spoke, 7th Grade Dark Energy surged from his body, and a powerful seventh-grade pressure instantly filled the entire underground space.

"Seventh-grade Guidance Technique, Captain of the Annihilator Ship, you are... no, you are Song Chi!"

Finally, the humiliating event from over a thousand years ago resurfaced in his mind, and Song Chi's face gradually became clear in his memory.

Along with it came the unmistakable fear on Lu Qifeng's face.

How could he not know about the Song Family, who had become a formidable force over the past 1,500 years?

Especially after the Song Family produced several Annihilator Ship Captains, he had long abandoned any thoughts of retaliating against them. The gap between the two families was simply too great.

He had already made his plans: once his Guidance Technique broke through, he would immediately participate in a few Civilization Wars as an Annihilator Ship Captain, secure a new territory in the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Galactic Cluster, and move there to keep a safe distance from the Song Family.

Now, with Song Chi suddenly appearing before him, his fear was palpable.

Seeing that Song Chi had not summoned his battleship and had appeared in person, a moment of ferocity flashed across Lu Qifeng's mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

Because of his deliberate attention, he had long known that the Song Family had four Annihilator Ship Captains. If he were to make a move now, not only would Song Chi, who seemed confident and likely had a means of survival, be a formidable opponent, but even if he succeeded in killing him, what then?

The other three Annihilator Ship Captains of the Song Family would wage an unrelenting war against the entire Lu Family.

Trying to calm his racing heart, Lu Qifeng spoke as calmly as he could.

"Song Chi, how did you enter the Eternal Floating Land? What is the purpose of your visit?"

Song Chi laughed lightly.

"How I entered the Floating Continent is none of your concern. As for the purpose of my visit, are you really that clueless?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qifeng's face darkened.

Song Chi thought he would react with anger, but to his surprise, Lu Qifeng's response was swift.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

A spatial fluctuation suddenly swept through, and it was clear that the other party had already activated the ship's flash evasion component.

This person clearly had no intention of engaging in a confrontation. He had already activated the flash evasion component while questioning him.

"Ha..."

A hint of derision flashed across Song Chi's face.

Looking at Lu Qifeng inside the Annihilator Ship, his expression had become extremely grim.

"How is this possible? The flash evasion component was clearly activated. Could it be a golden-quality spatial lock component?"

With that thought, Lu Qifeng had already prepared himself for the worst.

He knew very well that the component he had just activated was a silver-quality Flash Evasion component. However, although the component had been triggered, the warship remained motionless, which could only mean one thing: Song Chi had already preemptively locked down this space with a gold or higher-quality Lockdown component.

"What do you want to do? Or rather, what does the Dragon Spine Song Family want to do..."

His words were cut off, the last two characters stuck in his throat, unable to be uttered.

His eyes widened, staring fixedly at the front of the warship, filled with disbelief.

"You... you..."

Following his gaze, one could see Song Chi at the end of the field of vision, a faint smirk still on his face, and the Skygale of Tianxu, which had been hidden, now slowly revealing its terrifying 18,000-kilometer-long hull from the void.

Song Chi paid no heed to Lu Qifeng's reaction, his voice cold as he spoke.

"Surrender, or die!"

The words were not loud, almost a whisper, but to Lu Qifeng, they sounded like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploding in his mind.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

His eyes remained fixed on the Skygale of Tianxu, now fully revealed from the void. The ship, nearly twice the size of the Eternal Ice Dragon, left him with no will to resist.

As a seasoned Captain who had lived for thousands of years, how could Lu Qifeng not understand what a Flame-Ember Starship Captain represented?

Facing Song Chi, who had Ascended before him, with far more luxurious ship components and the title of a formal Annihilator Ship Captain, how could he possibly resist?

And most crucially, this was in an alien domain. If Song Chi wanted to, he could obliterate him without a second thought.

After nearly two minutes of silence, Lu Qifeng finally spoke, his voice strained.

"Surrender, what exactly do you mean? As you know, Ember Captains cannot be controlled by enslavement components. Are you suggesting a loyalty pact?"

"I have my plans. You only need to answer: are you willing, or not?"

With the terms laid out, Lu Qifeng fell into another long silence.

Song Chi, though impatient, had no better options. After all, the success rate of a Master-Servant Pact is highest when signed voluntarily. Furthermore, this silver-quality Master-Servant Pact had a low chance of success with a peak sixth-stage Dreadnought Captain.

After some thought, Song Chi added:

"My time is limited. I'll give you five seconds: 5, 4..."

As he spoke, Song Chi seemed to remember something and added:

"Oh, and that eighth-stage Shadow Devourer King, I can help you with it!"

"Is that true? Could you—"

Seeing the other's attempt to push further, Song Chi's expression turned cold.

"Last three seconds: 3, 2..."

"I am willing to surrender, but I hope the Song Family will keep its word!"

At the last moment, despite his reluctance, Lu Qifeng had no choice but to agree.

The hatch of the Eternal Ice Dragon slowly opened, and Lu Qifeng, looking somewhat aged, stepped out.

With Lu Qifeng's surrender, the subsequent process became much smoother.

Song Chi successfully converted him into his fifth servant through the Master-Servant Pact.

Seventh-stage Abyssal Demon

Dreadnought Captain Pan Ying

Battleship Captain Wang Zhen

Battleship Captain Lu Xuewu

And finally, the near-Annihilator Ship Captain, Lu Qifeng

Looking at the five names on the Master-Servant Pact, a hint of satisfaction flashed in Song Chi's eyes.

A future Annihilator Ship Captain as a servant was a significant milestone. Should the Song Family need to handle matters they couldn't do personally, they could always rely on Lu Qifeng.

However, it was important to note that Lu Qifeng's Guidance Technique was still at the sixth stage. Once he broke through, a silver-quality Master-Servant Pact would no longer be secure. It would be safer to wait until the next batch of Golden Apples matured and upgrade this component to gold quality.

With that settled, Song Chi took Lu Qifeng out of the Eternal Floating Land and headed straight for the location of the eighth-stage Shadow Devourer King.

The pact with Lu Qifeng was secondary; the primary goal was still the powerful eighth-stage star beast. It would serve as one of his trump cards when he made his move against the Patriarch of Veritas.

(End of Chapter)

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