Chapter 509: Siege at the Core: The Black Devourer Awakens

Misty Star Zone, Deep within the Mixed Heaven Star Domain.

Just like before, this star zone shrouded in otherworldly mist remained untouched by the Morningstar Family’s reach.

After all, they’re a royal family already counted among the Immortal Houses, their territory spans over a hundred thousand light-years. With vast, resource-rich domains waiting to be developed, why would the Morningstar Family bother with a troublesome place like this?

Yet ironically, this provided the Song Family with the perfect cover. The Heavenly Ruin plunged straight into the swirling mist ahead. Using its Dual Pupils’ keen insight and experience from last time, Song Chi quickly found his way into the familiar Void Belt.

Instead of heading back to the Dragon-Spine Continent, the Heavenly Ruin kept advancing. The black hole was deep in the Void Belt. Song Chi pushed the destination closer, hoping to drop out of warp even nearer.

Once they reached an ideal spot, Song Chi set a Spatial Anchor and then recalled the Heavenly Ruin.

Whoosh!

The moment his body was exposed to the open stars, Song Chi’s breath grew heavy. The immense pull from the far-off black hole pressed down on him from head to toe.

Thankfully, he’d factored this in when mapping the anchor point. The strain here was still within the limit of what a body tempered by fifth-tier Guiding Technique could handle.

After rerouting through the Market back to Dragon-Spine Continent, Song Chi activated his Mirage feature again, then fired up the battleship’s warp drive. Their exit point—burningfall plains, a hundred light-years away.

When the Heavenly Ruin appeared, Song Wujian, Song Shixing and Song Xingru were already waiting.

He stored all three inside the Dimensional Spatial Stone. Taking advantage of Mirage’s lingering effect, Song Chi quietly slipped through the spatial wormhole connected to Storm Calamity Floating-Land. Only after picking up Song Shiyuan did he double back to the Void Belt within the Misty Star Zone.

Emerging from the Dimensional Spatial Stone, Song Wujian and the others immediately felt the terrifying, tearing force around them. All five quickly summoned their warships and began preparing for a battle they’d meticulously planned in advance.

What was coming—a Dominion-rank behemoth of the starry sky. No question, once battle broke out, it would shake the sector. The Song Family’s preparations all targeted that very outcome.

Inside the Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang, Song Wujian focused. With a thought, he activated the Seal Sky-Prison component he’d borrowed.

Key detail—when he took it from Tuoba Jun, it was just level 69, since Tuoba Jun hadn’t yet advanced his Silver Torch Seed. Now, though, Song Wujian had boosted it all the way to level 74.

When a Dominion behemoth riots, every contingency matters. To mask the chaos inside this Misty Star Zone, only a high-level spatial seal would do.

They did have several silver-grade isolation components, but against a true Dominion Beast that was far from enough—one misstep and it might break through. That’s why he’d paid three Dominion Souls to borrow this very component.

Circling the entire Void Belt surrounding the black hole, the spatial barrier created by Seal Sky-Prison quickly took shape. But that wasn’t all.

Soon, more silver-grade seal components came online one after another: Voidlock Skyseal Sigil from the Heavenly Ruin, Spatial Condensing Tower from the Unmoving Vajra, the Seal Cage from Calm-Sea Rising Dragon. Three more layers of barriers piled up inside the golden isolation zone.

With four fail-safes in place, the Song Family could finally relax. The five warships, guided by Song Chi, swept forward toward the very heart of the black hole’s gravity well.

Once they neared the very spot where the Black Hole Evolution Layer was claimed, all five ships halted.

“The Black Devourer King Beast is right at the black hole’s core!”

Hearing Song Chi’s words, the five exchanged glances over the fleet comms, then nodded in silent agreement.

From every warship, thousands of projected sub-cannons opened fire in unison.

Of course, deep in the heart of a black hole, these attacks couldn’t even reach the core before being destroyed—the goal wasn’t to harm the beast, just to lure it out.

It worked. Amid the roar of explosions, the Black Devourer King Beast stirred. The five caught a glimpse of its blood-red eyes snapping open within the core.

ROAAAR!

The next moment, a thunderous roar erupted from the black hole’s center. A rank stench swept toward them, making the energy shields on the fleet’s hulls ripple wildly.

Sensing the critical moment, Song Wujian opened the hatch. They released the Three-Eyed Clan’s Imperial Flagship from the Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang. Just as the Dominion flagship restored its full, awe-inspiring form, the monstrous beast lunged from the heart of the black hole.

“Chi!”

Song Wujian’s deep voice called out over the magnetic comms.

Song Chi instantly reacted, activating the Pusa Zen Seal’s Samsara Time Domain. When the powerful golden time field expanded, the Black Devourer King Beast visibly slowed—maybe not tenfold, but enough to restrain it.

By contrast, the Song side—Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang, Unmoving Vajra, even the Three-Eyed Clan Imperial Flagship—remained unaffected.

Song Chi had preemptively bound all the warships by using the Neutron-Star Core Armor’s Neutron Link ability, so the Samsara Time Domain automatically counted them as friendly units.

Even with its speed reduced nearly threefold, a Dominion Beast was still blindingly fast.

Clang!

Its talons tore through the Dominion flagship’s super-class nuclear shield and scraped the reinforced hull with a piercing metallic screech.

But as the pride of a top-tier civilization, the flagship’s armor was anything but ordinary. The Black Devourer barely managed to scratch it.

“Now!”

The Song Family wasn’t about to waste such a chance. As their main weapons finished charging, they unleashed a volley of super-cannon fire.

Five warships. Nine super-cannons. Every last one at least silver-grade. Activated together? The destructive power was frightening.

Sensing genuine threat, the beast surged with Dominion Power, its massive body twisting as it tried to dodge.

But would the Songs let it slip away?

Bloodsoaked Divine Chains.

Heaven-Binding Shackles.

Spatial Imprisonment.

Frost Lockdown.

Wave after wave of control abilities descended on the Black Devourer. None were especially strong—most triggered by red components, the best by silver, so their effectiveness on a Dominion beast was limited. But together, quantity made a difference.

Bound in place, the Black Devourer lost its last chance to evade.

Life-bane Arrow.

High-Energy Particle Beam.

Dark Star Shockwave.

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Each deadly blast struck the Black Devourer King Beast dead-on, detonating in a chain of massive shockwaves.

Even as the beast cloaked itself in Devouring Laws, swallowing half the explosion’s force, the remaining energy still left deep wounds crossing its body.

ROAAAR!

The pain cut deep. The monster’s eyes blazed an even fiercer red. Instead of tangling with the flagship, it turned—all its focus now on the five Torch Battleships that had hurt it most.

Dominion Power flared again, melding with perfected Devouring Laws. The beast barreled forward, unstoppable.

Even here, at the black hole’s core, the Dominion Power’s force twisted the very fabric of space.

For a heartbeat, fear gripped everyone. No one present could withstand the fury of a Dominion beast—if it got close, the end would be total destruction.

Shaken, everyone turned to Song Chi.

He offered a slight nod, then handed control of his warship to the Sky-Domain AI. Leaving his Voidform Avatar behind, Song Chi vanished from the bridge.

Vummmm!

Violet mist poured out, making the heavens tremble.

With Voidform Avatar active, Song Chi invoked the Market Projection Token. Instantly, purple misty projections—power of the Omniverse Market—appeared above the Heavenly Ruin.

Within that swirling mist, a giant hand formed, woven from space, light, and violet fog.

From inside the Market Pocket Realm, Song Chi’s intent surged. The hand lunged forward, crashing right into the beast’s charging form.

Sizzle, crack!

Clashing forces—two different types of Dominion Power—fought for dominance. The beast stalled, hide hissing with corrosion.

But that was it. The violet hand was shattered by the beast’s strength. After all, it was just a projection, no match for the monster’s physical power.

Behind them, a second giant mist-hand took shape and slapped toward the slowed Black Devourer King Beast.

At the same time, through the Voidform Avatar, Song Chi signaled to the Sky-Domain AI to activate the Superbody Compression Plate’s ability.

At once, the King Beast shrank about ten percent, and even its internal Dominion Power and Devouring Law had their potency cut as well.

Song Chi relayed a message directly to the Song elders via his Voidform Avatar.

“All elders—give it everything you’ve got!”

With his order given, the Song Family unleashed their full power.

Star Annihilator’s Wrath.

Sub-Star Annihilator’s Wrath.

Silver External Neutron-Annihilation Missile Platform.

Dominion Flagship Star-Destruction Cannon: Death Calamity Star Cannon.

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Even the Heavenly Ruin ramped up, activating every offensive system at its disposal.

Divine Thunder Cannon—unleashing Ninefold Violet Heaven World-Ending Calamity Thunder, paired with the temporarily-installed Blood Spear for God of the Hunt’s Weakpoint Mark, plus all the black hole energy stored in the Black Hole Evolution Layer.

Now the Black Devourer, already feeling weakened, truly sensed death closing in.

With no more to hold back, the beast drew on every ounce of Dominion Power. Its inherited skill, Star Devourer, awakened.

Devouring Laws swirled above its skull—first a point, then, in an instant, a miniature black hole pulsed with lethal power.

No sooner had it formed than the Songs launched all their attacks.

Beams of destruction—power that could rival any main cannon—roared toward the King Beast.

But at that moment, the gravity of the micro black hole above the beast’s head multiplied a hundredfold. All the Song Family’s firepower was sucked in uncontrollably.

Nothing happened—no earth-shaking blast. The beast’s Star Devourer acted like a bottomless void. Every last attack vanished without a trace.

Inside the Omniverse Market, Song Chi’s eyes narrowed in surprise.

Staring at the black hole atop the beast’s head, he muttered,

“Black hole against black hole. I wonder whose is stronger…”

As the words left his lips, the miniature black hole began to quake. Black radiance expanded, a low rumble rolled from within—a singularity formed from thirty thousand points of black hole energy went critical.

Suddenly, within the beast’s own black hole, a second micro black hole appeared—two singularities locked in a primal clash.

In a riot of collapse and wrenching sounds, both micro-holes exploded at once. The attacks they’d swallowed were fired back out.

But those attacks had been sapped of most of their power.

Landing on the beast’s head, they caused more wounds, but nothing fatal.

After such a shock, the Black Devourer went berserk. Its blood boiled, steam roared off its body—a new life-burning skill awoke.

Fueled by this legacy technique, it regained full fighting strength and hurled itself at the five Song warships.

“Damn it! This thing’s just too tough. Don’t let it get close!”

Way up in the Market Heavens, Song Chi’s voice was icy cold, Dominion Power howling through his body.

Inside the black hole, the Omniverse Market projection tried to block the beast’s charge head-on.

But after so much time, the projection’s power had faded. When the two collided, the burning beast smashed right through.

After a few bone-shaking clashes, the Market projection finally shattered under the beast’s onslaught.

With the projection down, the Black Devourer didn’t slow for a second—brutally hurtling toward the five Song warships, determined to crush the tiny pests who’d wounded it.

At that moment, the Heavenly Ruin’s hatch opened. The sixth-tier One-Eyed Troll burst out to join the battle.

At the same time, the Sky-Domain AI activated the Celestial Authority Ring’s Berserk Enslave Seal.