Chapter 726: [Three Corpses Divine Shrine]

Chapter 726: [Three Corpses Divine Shrine]

Even so, after the four Annihilator Ships successfully took down five Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlords, their arsenal of powerful offensive capabilities was nearly depleted.

Without these potent attack methods, it would naturally be quite difficult for them to inflict devastating damage on the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demons in a short period.

Group Chat:

Song Wujian: “Song Chi, let’s shift our focus to the Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons next. Although each one is only worth fifty thousand merit points, and we need to kill twenty to match the value of one Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon, the advantage is that there are many more of them.”

Song Shiyuan: “With our current combat strength, taking down Serpent Demon Overlords of the same rank isn’t difficult.”

Song Chi, however, remained somewhat silent in response to the two elders’ suggestion.

Deep down, he knew that hunting the Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons at this moment was indeed the best choice, as it was both safe and would yield a substantial number of merit points.

However, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off. According to their previous speculations, the current battle situation seemed to be gradually spiraling out of control.

If the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon clan had indeed reached some secret agreement with the Four Empires of Ember Flame, would they allow their Seventh-Rank Serpent Demon Overlords, who served as the pillars of their civilization, to be slaughtered en masse?

Even though he had been primarily active in the Eighth-Rank battlefield, the Eye of Truth’s powerful monitoring effect allowed him to be well-informed about the Seventh-Rank battlefield as well.

Unlike the Eighth-Rank battlefield, where the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demons had a clear numerical advantage, the Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons were actually outnumbered by the human Annihilator Ships on the Seventh-Rank battlefield. The Flame-Ember Starships, with their formidable individual combat capabilities, were already sufficient to counter the influence of the Demon God Floating Continent’s primordial will. With the addition of thousands of enslaved creatures, the nearly ten thousand Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons were comprehensively suppressed from the start.

In just the past few dozen minutes, nearly a thousand Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons had been obliterated. If this continued, the complete annihilation of the Seventh-Rank Serpent Demons was not just a possibility but a looming reality.

With this in mind, Song Chi quickly made his decision.

He shook his head and said:

“Elders, you go to the Seventh-Rank battlefield. I still have a few trump cards left and want to see if I can take down a couple more Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlords!”

Upon hearing his reply, Song Wujian and the other two didn’t hesitate. They nodded and said:

“Alright, be careful. If it gets too tough, come to the Seventh-Rank battlefield!”

With that, the three Annihilator Ships quickly turned and headed toward the vast Seventh-Rank battlefield below.

Thanks to the effects of the [Blessing of the Mermaid Queen] component, along with the several Seventh-Rank enslaved creatures they had on board—such as the Tiger Claw King Bug, the Star Devouring Wolf, and the Starry Sky Dragon Shark—plus the assistance of the Ship Clones, they quickly began to take down one Seventh-Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demon after another upon entering the Seventh-Rank battlefield.

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On the Eighth-Rank battlefield, a certain Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord, whose combat power had been boosted to the initial Ninth-Rank level by the primordial will of the Demon God Floating Continent, was surrounded by nearly twenty Eighth-Rank creatures of various races.

Even though the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon’s combat power had nearly reached the Ninth-Rank, it was still being tightly pinned down.

This Eighth-Rank creature army, composed of various beings such as the Angel King, Eighth-Rank Frost Giants, and Eighth-Rank Unicorns, was naturally summoned by the over thirty Galactic Ship captains in the vicinity.

The Song Family, with its five-thousand-year lineage, could now enslave Eighth-Rank creatures. The families of the Galactic Ship captains, which had been around for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, certainly had no shortage of high-rank enslaved creatures.

These weren’t even all of them. In another nearby battlefield, there were two Ninth-Rank enslaved creatures: a Ninth-Rank Dragon Spine Tyrant Whale and a Ninth-Rank Black Flame Dragon. These ultimate reserves were summoned by the Shen Xia Pei Family and the Beidou Seven Star Hall, respectively, and they were currently facing off against four other Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlords, whose combat power had also been boosted to the Ninth-Rank level by the primordial will of the Floating Continent.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

A ripple of spatial disturbance swept through, and suddenly, an Annihilator Ship appeared at the center of the battlefield where the Eight-Rank slaves were besieging the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord.

"Ridiculous!"

In the main control room of a Galactic Ship on a distant Eight-Rank battlefield, the Greed Wolf Hall Master frowned.

He recognized the Skygale of Tianxu Ship Clone. Although he knew it was just a clone and its destruction wouldn't be a significant loss, in this battle where every bit of Eight-Rank power was precious, the Greed Wolf Hall Master clearly did not want to see Song Chi meddle recklessly.

Just as he was about to find an opportunity to send a message to Song Chi's main body, a sudden change occurred on the side of the battlefield.

It was unclear what Song Chi was thinking, but the moment the Skygale of Tianxu Mirror Image Ship appeared, it transformed into a blur and charged at the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord with all its might.

At the ship's prow, the cannons had been replaced by two sharp, gleaming ramming horns. Perhaps to prevent the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon from evading, the Mirror Image Ship activated its Flash Evasion ability, disappearing and reappearing right in front of the Serpent Demon.

The sudden, swift charge caught the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon completely off guard. The two icy ramming horns pierced deep into its chest.

The moment the Flash Evasion ended, the intense Ninth-Rank law field around the Serpent Demon reacted strongly to the sudden appearance of the Mirror Image Ship. However, under Song Chi's remote control, the ship activated the Mythic Pulse Energy Shield's "Mythic Pulse Wave" feature, causing the Serpent Demon's energy to fall silent, giving the Mirror Image Ship a brief window of opportunity.

In that instant, the two ramming horns at the front of the Mirror Image Ship successfully penetrated the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord's chest.

The extreme pain caused the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon to let out a series of roars, but this was far from the end.

Killing the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon with just the two ramming horns was impossible. Song Chi, who had planned this all along, issued a shocking command.

"Execute order, initiate self-destruct sequence!"

Indeed, Song Chi had ordered the Mirror Image Ship to self-destruct. Seeing this, the captains of the distant Galactic Ships frowned, all feeling that Song Chi, a member of the Beidou Seven Star Hall, was going too far to secure the kill on the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon.

He was decisive, but it might not be enough.

The self-destruction of a top-tier Annihilator Ship might not be enough to kill a Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord, especially since this was just a Ship Clone and not a real top-tier Annihilator Ship...

Just as this thought crossed their minds, their eyes widened in shock once more.

"What is this?"

At the center of the explosion, as the energy shockwaves from the self-destruction subsided, the Mirror Image Ship, which had been reduced to dust, returned from the void, as if the self-destruction had been an illusion.

However, the events that followed proved that everything that had happened was real.

The Skygale of Tianxu Mirror Image Ship, which had just reappeared, chose to self-destruct again.

The Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord, already severely injured from the previous close-range self-destruction, reacted strongly.

Ninth-Rank energy gathered around its body, attempting to forcibly interrupt the Mirror Image Ship's subsequent actions.

At that moment, a beam of dark light shot out from the Mirror Image Ship.

This time, it was not the Mythic Pulse Energy Shield, but the Chaos Divine Core's "Chaotic Divine Oracle—External" feature.

The impact of this dark light plunged the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon Overlord into a state of chaos, leaving it unable to make any proper response.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mirror ship self-destructed again. After two consecutive close-range explosions, combined with the significant injuries the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon had already sustained from the attacks of numerous eighth-rank enslaved creatures, it finally couldn’t hold on any longer.

Thus, Song Chi successfully secured the kill on the sixth Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon.

He then glanced at the real-time updated Demon God Floating Continent Merit Ranking on the ship’s display.

Unlike the other Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon dominators, this one, with its ninth-rank combat strength, provided a staggering 1,500,000 merit points, far more than the usual million points from a typical Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon.

1. Dragon Spine Divine Whale · Galactic Ship (4,280,000)
2. Xian Qin Zhao King · Galactic Ship (3,700,000)
3. Skygale of Tianxu · Annihilator Ship (3,508,500)
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With the addition of these 1.5 million merit points, he successfully climbed to third place on the ranking. Seeing himself in third, Song Chi’s expression relaxed slightly.

If he added the three Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon kills in the hands of his ancestors, his merit points would surge to over six million, enough to secure the top spot.

However, he knew this was only temporary. He was taking advantage of the fact that other Galactic Ship commanders were preoccupied with fighting two or even three opponents at once, making it difficult for them to hunt freely. Once the battle dynamics shifted and the commanders had more freedom, their merit point accumulation would skyrocket.

He knew he couldn’t relax; he had to seize this opportunity to accumulate as many merit points as possible.

With that thought, his attention shifted back to the mirror ship, more specifically, to a particular component on the mirror ship.

Chronal Chessboard Level 90

Quality: Colored/Upper

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{Nine Lives Life and Death Chess: The 361st piece of the Chronal Chessboard is a special Nine Lives piece, sealed with vast life and death energies. It can absolutely resurrect or eliminate a specified unit (the target's life rank cannot exceed the component’s enhancement rank). However, each activation will cause the Nine Lives piece to fragment, and after seven activations, it will completely shatter, transforming into a new random characteristic.}

As outsiders might guess, the mirror ship had indeed sunk once, but it was revived thanks to the "Nine Lives Life and Death Chess" characteristic.

At this moment, the "Nine Lives Life and Death Chess" had only seven uses left.

Of course, this was not the original Chronal Chessboard on the Skygale of Tianxu, but a replicated version.

Song Chi glanced around and saw that the original Chronal Chessboard on the Skygale of Tianxu still had eight uses left for the Nine Lives Life and Death Chess.

The reason this Colored/Upper quality component could be replicated onto the mirror ship was simple.

Song Chi had already used the Soul Devouring Altar component. Before summoning the mirror ship, he had used the Soul Devouring Altar to enhance the Mirror Shadow component.

After the Mirror Shadow evolved into a Colored Lower component, it gained the ability to mirror components of one rank higher, allowing it to replicate Colored Upper components.

At this moment, the mirror ship had replicated all components from the Skygale of Tianxu, including the Eye of Truth and the Chronal Chessboard. This was why Song Chi had dared to charge alone at the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon.

As for how the Neutron Star Core Armor temporarily evolved into a colored armor without the Soul Devouring Altar component, Song Chi had already considered this.

Since he learned that the Fate Compass Disk could temporarily separate the auspicious blood from the cloned Blood Holy Grail, he had been contemplating the use of the Soul Devouring Altar. A component only reveals its true value when used; keeping it unused was a significant taboo.

Before summoning the mirror ship, Song Chi had carefully considered his options. He first used the real Soul Devouring Altar to evolve the Mirror Shadow into a Colored Lower component, then used the Fate Compass Disk to completely separate the auspicious blood from the cloned Blood Holy Grail.

After that, he transformed the level 0 Miracle Cloning Chamber into the pre-existing Soul Devouring Altar template and upgraded it all the way to level 90. Only then did he use the mythic Mirror Shadow component to summon the mirror image battleship.

Thus, a battleship with peak combat power was born.

To return the separated holy blood of fate back to the Blood Holy Grail, he only needed to use the Bodhi Tranquility Seal. Its time-speed characteristic would directly cool down the “Compass Restoration” feature, allowing him to once again return the cloned Soul Devouring Altar component to its original form, replacing it with the Blood Holy Grail template.

"Seven times, I should be able to use the same method to kill two or three more Eighth-Rank Serpent Demons..."

Muttering to himself, the Skygale of Tianxu mirror image battleship quickly left the battlefield and began searching for the next target.

With the replicated Eye of Truth radar, he could easily obtain detailed information about every Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon in the vicinity, allowing him to gain significant results with each attack.

Name: Eight-Armed Serpent Demon · Toge

Rank: Eighth

Current Status: 2% Vitality Loss

Health: 82%/100%

Talents: Petrifying Ray, Eight-Armed Serpent Prison, Serpent Magic Form, Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Fist

Affinity: -69

Weakness: The Eight-Armed Serpent Demon has a robust physique, but the special structure in the palms of their eight arms is their greatest weakness.

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Name: Eight-Armed Serpent Demon · Togu

Rank: Eighth

Current Status: 26% Vitality Loss

Health: 48%/100%

Talents: Petrifying Ray, Serpent Magic Form, Heavenly Serpent Seal

Affinity: -72

Weakness: The Eight-Armed Serpent Demon has a robust physique, but the top of its head has suffered a fatal injury. Though mostly healed, it remains its greatest weakness.

As he continued to investigate, Song Chi's eyes suddenly lit up. This Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon named Togu was in a very weak state and still had a fatal injury from the past, making it the perfect target.

"You're mine!"

With a mental command, the mirror image battleship's engines roared as it charged straight toward the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon.

The snake demon's opponent was a Galactic Ship captain from the Scarlet Yu Divine Empire, accompanied by another Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon. The Galactic Ship could only barely support the battle, and the Skygale of Tianxu mirror image battleship's arrival to share the pressure was more than welcome.

Knowing the enemy's fatal weakness in advance, Song Chi's subsequent battle plan was simple.

Instead of engaging the opponent head-on with the battleship, he summoned the Flame Wrath Giant and put it into a Rage state to withstand the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon's frontal attacks. The mirror image battleship, meanwhile, transformed into a mythic mecha form and maneuvered around the edge of the battlefield, occasionally launching an attack.

Within just a few minutes, seizing the opportunity during the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon's engagement with the Flame Wrath Giant, the mecha giant suddenly teleported above the snake demon. The Falling Immortal Spear in its mechanical arm plunged directly into the center of the snake demon's head.

This seemingly casual strike was fatal to the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demon. Under the puzzled gaze of the Galactic Ship captain, the snake demon crumpled to the ground.

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Time passed, and the balance of power in various battlefields across the Floating Continent's sky gradually tilted in favor of the Ember Human Civilization.

It was clear that this situation couldn't continue. In the highest airspace of the Demon God Floating Continent, the Ninth-Rank Battlefield.

The main body of the Shen Xia Jiu Li was locked in combat with two Ninth-Rank Serpent Demons. The tricolor battle-axe in the Serpent Demon's knotted arms once again clashed with the Shen Xia Jiu Li's multicolored energy shield.

Hummm!

A violent ripple swept across the multicolored energy shield, causing its radiance to dim even further.

At this rate, it would only take a little more time before the Shen Xia Jiu Li's energy shield shattered completely. However, at this moment, the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon wielding the tricolor battle-axe suddenly retreated.

His figure left only a faint afterimage, and by the time the other Ninth-Rank Serpent Demon reacted, He was already gone.

"Tosuke, what are you doing?"

With the strongest of them suddenly leaving, the entire pressure of the battle now fell on the remaining Serpent Demon. How could He not panic?

However, Tosuke did not respond. After escaping a hundred billion kilometers using a high-tier spatial flash, He abruptly threw out a special black horn.

His near-Ninth-Rank dominion power surged, and as a massive amount of dominion power was infused, the black horn He had thrown began to shake violently.

At this sight, the entire Ninth-Rank Battlefield suddenly paused, and all eyes turned to the scene.

Moments later, both sides of the battlefield reacted intensely.

Several Hyperdimensional Flagships, which had been engaged with the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demons, simultaneously roared to life, charging straight toward Tosuke's position without hesitation. On the other hand, the Ninth-Rank Serpent Demons frantically tried to intercept these Hyperdimensional Flagships.

In the Eighth-Rank Battlefield below, the two Hyperdimensional Flagship avatars that had deliberately joined the fray were struggling to break free from the surrounding Eighth-Rank Serpent Demons. However, the Eighth-Rank Serpent Demons, who had already received orders, refused to give them any chance.

"Today, the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon clan faces a great calamity. Your loyal subjects call upon You, our Lord, to descend and punish these evil invaders!"

Ancient notes resonated from Tosuke's mouth, and the black horn floating in the sky trembled even more violently.

At that moment, a storm of dark clouds gathered deep in the sky of the Demon God Floating Continent, and a terrifying vortex appeared.

Seeing this, the three Flame-Ember Emperors seemed to realize something. They each urgently activated various components on their flagships.

At the bow of the Heavenly Light Hyperdimensional Flagship, the unique Hyperbase Railgun of the Hyperdimensional Flagship completed its energy charge in a very short time and then erupted.

A light beam over ten thousand kilometers in diameter pierced through the air, aimed directly at the storm vortex that had yet to fully form.

As one of the strongest offensive capabilities of the Heavenly Light, this annihilation beam contained power that had already surpassed the Ninth-Rank boundary, reaching a near-Tenth-Rank level.

It was easy to imagine how terrifying the damage would be if it hit its target.

However, at that moment, a finger emerged from the storm vortex that had yet to fully form. A completely black finger, longer than three Hyperdimensional Flagships, appeared.

This finger was surrounded by boundless Rage energy, with countless threads of law floating around it, and an extreme chaotic storm swept out from its center.

The moment this finger appeared, the faces of the three Emperors on the three Hyperdimensional Flagships changed drastically. Without any need for discussion, they immediately activated a specific component on their flagships.

Three Corpses Divine Shrine · Jv (Level 110)

Quality: Polychromatic/Supreme

Unique Trait: Divine Three Corpses Hyperstate Mecha

Effect: The loaded warship will gain a Divine Cranium Aura, making it immune to all external soul energy effects.

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Note: This component requires 30 slot positions to be installed.

Divine Three Corpses Hyperstate Mecha: Consumes 10,000,000 Spiritual Energy points to actively merge with the similarly activated components Zhi and Qiao, forming a Divine Three Corpses Hyperstate Mecha. This grants temporary infinite combat power for 60 minutes, with a cooldown period determined by the duration of the Hyperstate Mecha's existence.

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Three Corpses Divine Shrine · Zhi (Level 110)

Quality: Polychromatic/Supreme

Unique Trait: Divine Three Corpses Hyperstate Mecha

Effect: The loaded warship will gain a Divine Body Aura, drastically enhancing the hull's strength.

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Three Corpses Divine Shrine · Qiao (Level 110)

Quality: Polychromatic/Supreme

Unique Trait: Divine Three Corpses Hyperstate Mecha

Effect: The loaded warship will gain a Divine Foot Aura, granting control over the Star Sea's ultimate speed.

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The three polychromatic supreme components, activated simultaneously, caused the three Hyperdimensional Flagships to rapidly transform. They quickly shifted from their warship forms into mythic mecha forms and then merged together.

(End of Chapter)

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