Chapter 451: Hunters over the Floating Land

Just like that Song Chi piloted the Heavenly Ruin, drifting between one medium‑ or large‑scale Doomstar city after another.

Time slipped by and two months passed in a blink.

During that span the Heavenly Ruin visited more than twenty Doomstar cities; over two hundred fourth‑tier and above Doomstars fell to its guns and slave beasts, nearly twenty of them fifth tier.

He could have claimed even more but to forge a proper slave army for the Abyssal Devil he let it enslave dozens of fourth‑ and fifth‑tier Doomstars.

East‑07 Zone, dead center of Song Family territory.

Hidden in the void the Heavenly Ruin lurked like a seasoned hunter, quietly watching the super‑sized city ahead.

Three more warships flanked her, battleships belonging to the Family’s three fifth‑tier patriarchs.

All four ships now trained their guns on that distant city.

It was the largest settlement in Song territory, sheltering more than a billion Doomstars, over a hundred of them fourth tier or higher.

Worst of all, a sixth‑tier Doomstar sat at its heart.

Out in the Sea of Stars Song Chi would not have cared; with the Family elders he could hunt a sixth‑tier lifeform easily, but this was the interior of a grade‑7 Floating-land.

Under the land’s source laws that Doomstar’s power neared peak sixth tier while the Heavenly Ruin and the other ships were sharply suppressed, widening the gap far beyond a single step.

The Song group did hold one advantage, a sizeable slave force.

Counting two sixth‑tier dragons, Song Xingru’s Fire Drakesaur and both the One‑Eyed Troll and the Flamewrath Giant, they fielded five full sixth‑tier combatants; pin the Doomstar down and a joint strike could finish it.

Besides the giant and the troll Song Chi also commanded an Abyssal Devil and a Toxic Flame Black‑scaled Python.

He purposely left those two off the official roster for personal reasons.

The Abyssal Devil was simple—among slave beasts actual battlefield commanders were rare, better kept in the rear to direct the horde.

As for the python he had never summoned the six‑tier serpent; for now only he knew it existed.

It was not reluctance, merely other plans, plans aimed at the overlords above the field.

…

“Stick to the plan. First crack the starlight shield, then the Violet Moon Longsong pins the sixth‑tier Doomstar while you two pour on the fire,” he ordered.

The four warships slipped from the void, joined by more than a hundred fourth‑tier Zhulu‑class cruisers.

A century back the Family had only a few dozen cruiser captains, but the Tri‑Eye Spirit‑Lock Ring let many third‑tier clansmen charge into fourth tier, and decades of frontier war brought rich spoils. In the end the family gained over twenty new captains—an impressive rise.

The sudden arrival of over a hundred ships instantly alerted the super city. The starlight shield above it brightened rapidly.

The Song warships had finished charging; every main cannon lit up in perfect sync.

More than a hundred beams roared out and slammed into the barrier.

As expected the shield shattered on the spot.

Without its protection chaos engulfed the city as Doomstars panicked in the streets.

Fourth‑tier and above Doomstars finally flew out to meet the Song fleet, buying time for weaker kin to escape.

Battle erupted in an instant.

Song Chi, Song Xingru and Song Dingbang lunged for the sixth‑tier Doomstar while Song Tianhao led his flagship and the elders against the fourth‑ and fifth‑tier foes.

Two battleships and one cruiser plus the Doomstar rose together to several thousand li in altitude.

All parties knew even a stray ripple from what was coming could tear ordinary fourth‑tier units apart; fighting high above was safer.

Xingru’s temper flared. She drove the Violet Moon Longsong straight at the Doomstar before it could swing.

Bang bang bang!

Steel smashed into flesh yet the warship failed to gain an edge; instead fist‑sized dents peppered her hull.

Doomstar bodies were anything but weak. With perfected light laws backing it even the Longsong’s silver sixth‑tier armor buckled.

Brash yet not reckless, Xingru waited for the next charge then triggered a red binding component on her ship.

Chains of fire law whipped from the hull. The Longsong was already close and the chains struck in a flash; the Doomstar reacted fast but was still bound tight.

“Now!”

Boom!

Song Chi and Song Dingbang had been waiting; they pounced on the opening.

Multiple turret groups on both ships opened fire at once.

Dingbang’s flagship had already spent its super cannon so he only activated four main turrets this time.

Main guns alone were not enough against a sixth‑tier beast, but Chi’s firepower filled the gap.

Until now he had used only the Taiyi Quantum Swordlight Battery’s “True Immortal Quantum Blade” and not his super cannon.

Now he unleashed the Myriad‑Spirit Annihilation Bow’s “Life‑bane Arrow” and burned fifty black‑hole energy points, adding “Black Hole Collapse.” He dared not pile on “Black Hole Singular Burst.”

A micro‑black‑hole detonation could swallow allies; he would not risk the Longsong.

Swish swish!

Explosions rocked every inch of the Doomstar’s body as the attacks rained down.

Its faint wails carried through the thunder.

Spatial collapse from Chi’s shot wrapped the Doomstar, shredding flesh wherever it touched.

The space within a grade‑7 Floating-land was absurdly sturdy; with the Heavenly Ruin still fourth tier the collapse effect was limited.

Luckily the Life‑bane Arrow’s might was not. One volley stripped nearly half the Doomstar’s life force.

The Longsong, having backed off in time, added another bombardment, pushing that life force lower still.

Left to this pace the beast would bleed out, yet it refused to play by the rules.

Sensing death it gathered every ounce of strength and summoned a Deathstar projection.

The projection was not the threat; under its control the phantom swelled at a terrifying rate.

The three captains traded grim looks—they knew the scene by heart.

The Doomstar had unleashed Deathstar Apocalypse, intent on taking them with it.

Dying together was not on the table; with no other Family ships near they could warp away with flash‑jump units. What stung was losing the corpse.

A sixth‑tier carcass could be refined into a drop of sixth‑tier source blood, something rare in any faction.

“Patriarchs, have the slaves move. I can stop it!”

Chi triggered “Zen Seal: External Time Stop.” The Doomstar’s timeline froze, projection and all.

His ship was only fourth tier; full effect on a sixth‑tier foe was impossible.

Even five short seconds were plenty.

The Flamewrath Giant, One‑Eyed Troll, Fire Drakesaur and Holy Light Dragon swooped in.

Red or silver artifacts in hand, they struck before the Doomstar could break free, killing it outright.

With the beast dead the Deathstar projection faded naturally.

“Nice work kid. What component is that? It’s a gem!”

Xingru laughed over the comms.

Delight shone in her eyes as the Flamewrath Giant hoisted the massive corpse.

Since the frontier war began the Longsong had gathered enough heritage for sixth tier; she might not even need to wait for the war’s end to upgrade.

A sixth‑tier Doomstar corpse meant sixth‑tier source blood, exactly what her ship craved.

…

While they felled one sixth‑tier foe the clash among true giants higher up burned just as fiercely.

Working together the Calm‑Sea Dragon‑Xiang and the Unmoving Vajra had already slain two sixth‑tier Doomstars.

Ships bound by temporary pacts never trusted each other fully, so their kill rate lagged behind sibling dreadnoughts like these.

Now Dragon‑Xiang’s domain component triggered again, trapping a third target. A linked module let the Unmoving Vajra count as a friendly unit and even granted it a buff.

Two on one plus domain suppression left the third Doomstar in dire straits.

…

The Song group ignored the distant sky fight. After clearing their zone and seeing other families still behind, Family leaders chose to leave the joint fleet and sweep a neighboring area on their own.

Earlier they would never have risked it, but a top‑thirty slot demanded bold moves.

Luckily Chi’s side commanded several sixth‑tier slaves; even in danger they could fight back.

More importantly Chi held the Market Projection Token. If things turned hopeless he could summon a Sovereign projection.

That token fueled his confidence. Seeing it the others finally agreed.

After some thought he told the patriarchs about the token, saying only that he could summon a temporary Sovereign projection and omitting the Oddity’s real name.

He had no idea if the Yaohan Kingdom or Xian Qin Ying Family were monitoring the warzone; blurting out the token’s name was risky.

He also stressed the method’s heavy limits—it could not be used unless absolutely necessary.

The reason was simple.

Each use forced a fifty‑year cooldown or the sacrifice of a silver artifact. He also hated to summon a Market projection during this war.

Doing so would draw the eyes of Yaohan’s immortal clans and the Qin Divine Dynasty’s great houses. If any royal branch of the four super empires got curious and used a high‑grade tracker, his identity might be blown.

The odds were tiny, but he would not gamble.

He knew the Omniverse Market’s worth; once exposed covetous eyes would swarm, robbery was possible.

One rule said no battleship‑class and above could attack a fellow human.

It was one of Flamekind civilization’s highest laws, set jointly by the four super empires. But what if the robber came from a royal branch of those very empires?

Would the rule still hold?

He doubted it.

With that in mind Song Chi had no intention of using the Market Projection Token lightly.