Chapter 663: Blazing Through the Void: The Shattering Hunt

As pulses of eternal black light flickered, time ticked by, each second stretching on.

After several dozen seconds, under Song Chi’s expectant gaze, the eternal darkness shifted, suddenly exploding into blinding, multicolored light.

“Did it work…?”

Inside the Omniverse Market, Song Chi’s tightly shut eyes snapped open, a razor-sharp gleam shining within.

After that quick surge of excitement, he wasted no time, immediately focusing his attention back on the Mirror Warship. Through his Voidform Avatar’s viewpoint, the replicated Neutron-Star Core Armor’s stats began to materialize.

Neutron-Star Core Armor, lv80

Quality: Multicolor (duration: 1 year)

Trait: Neutron-Star Fission

Trait 2: Neutron-Star Core Pulse

Trait 3: Armor protection value +380%

Trait 4: Neutron Link

Trait 5: High-Energy Particle Storm

Trait 6: Dual Armor

Trait 7: Gamma Ray Burst

Consumption: 6000 Eon Energy Points per second

Protection: 1.248 trillion

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At first, the sight of ‘multicolor’ made him genuinely happy, but spotting ‘(duration: 1 year)’ at the end of its quality surprised him. Oddly, he didn’t feel too disappointed. Even so, new thoughts churned in his mind.

“So it only half-succeeded?”

“If this replicated Neutron-Star Core Armor only really lasts for a year, then after that, will it revert to black quality or just shatter outright?”

“If it shatters, then this replicated Soul-Devourer Sacrificial Altar might be best saved as a last-resort trump card…”

……

As for the reason why, Song Chi had some guesses.

He figured that since Mirror Image Split was just a black-grade component, even if it could replicate up to a multicolor lesser-grade component, its own grade couldn’t change. Just the fact that the test half-succeeded already left him thoroughly satisfied.

Finally, his gaze landed on the new Trait 7 displayed on the stat panel.

{Gamma Ray Burst: When the warship enters micro neutron star form, you can actively consume 300,000 Eon Energy Points, gathering a mass of high-energy particles. After a brief charge, fire a high-energy gamma ray in your chosen direction—anything in its path will be erased. Cooldown: constant at 10 years.}

No doubt, this is an attack trait—and a restrictive one at that. It only works when the warship is in micro neutron star form. But its destructive power was in a league of its own.

Song Chi even suspected that if it hit, its power might rival the ‘Ninefold Violet Heaven World-Ending Calamity Thunder’ triggered by an Advanced Lightning Law Crystal.

“Fine, one year is enough…”

Song Chi shook off his swirling thoughts and decided not to get hung up on it.

At least for now, this Demon Serpent Continent hunt wouldn’t last that long anyway. One year would be more than enough for him to use this multicolor Neutron-Star Core Armor to take down more Eight-Armed Serpent Demons.

[Beep, beep, beep…]

Suddenly, a familiar notification jingle broke Song Chi’s train of thought.

His eyes darted to the radar shown by the duplicated Eyes of Heaven.

That alert had just come from the Patrol Radar—it detected another group of Eight-Armed Serpent Demons nearby.

Eyes of Heaven—”Eyes of Heaven” activated!

As the golden patrol radar’s real-time tracking trait, Eyes of Heaven, came online, a holographic projection swiftly appeared in the Mirror Warship’s control bay.

On the screen, hundreds of Eight-Armed Serpent Demons and Sky Serpent Warships sailed through the sky.

“Two seventh-tier Serpent Demon Dominators, almost thirty fifth- and sixth-tier serpent demons, and over four hundred at the fourth tier…”

Confirming the size of this group, Song Chi’s eyes steadied.

“Seems like it’s worth a try…”

……

Hisss!

Eastern Demon Serpent Floating-Land, Dongcang Mountain Range.

A sharp hiss split the air, making the serpent demon formation racing in one direction grind to a halt.

“An outsider Dominator—that must be one of those enslaved creatures summoned by the Torch Captains. Attack…”

At the very front, the two Serpent Demon Dominators gave their orders instantly.

Hundreds of Eight-Armed Serpent Demons whipped around, rushing toward the source of the shriek.

After surging past several ridges, they finally saw their target—a Dominator-class insectoid, alloy wings gleaming and its jagged mandibles snapping together.

“Tiger Carapace King Bug!”

The two Dominator-level Eight-Armed Serpent Demons summoned their Serpent Demon Avatars and charged the Tiger Carapace King Bug head-on.

The power of dominator-level lifeforms collided, raging flames of energy surging in all directions.

Faced with a two-on-one and with the backing of the Floating-Land’s core will, the Tiger Carapace King Bug was completely overwhelmed right from the start.

[Petrifying Ray]!

The two Serpent Demon Dominators gave it no chance to fight back. Petrifying rays sparked in their eyes, converging swiftly.

A split second later, the dual Petrifying Rays struck one after another, turning the Tiger Carapace King Bug’s body entirely to stone.

The King Bug struggled hard, but with the continent’s core will rejecting it and its own strength weakened, there was no escape. Against bloodline divine powers from two equal-level Dominators, being petrified for the long haul was inescapable.

Seeing this, the two Serpent Demon Dominators seized the moment. One raised a colossal golden axe, the other gripped a spear blazing with golden light. All eight arms locked tight, and above them, their Avatar’s eight arms mirrored the motion, swinging down both weapons with terrifying force onto the immobilized bug.

Petrified, the Tiger Carapace King Bug couldn’t muster any defense. The two powerful serpent demons thought they already saw victory.

But then everything changed.

Their weapons never paused, but simultaneously, both serpent demons’ slit pupils flicked upward toward the sky.

If you followed their gaze, you’d see it—a silver dome of light now hovering high above, rich with space fluctuations, sealing off this stretch of sky from the outside world like an inverted bowl.

Even so, the two Dominators didn’t panic. Lowering their heads, they committed to the attack, seemingly unconcerned about the sudden, sealing light overhead.

Truthfully, they didn’t need to be. That silver dome was a replica Voidlock Skyseal Sigil activated from the Mirror Warship. As a silver-grade seal, under the Demon Serpent Continent’s suppression, its full strength was greatly reduced.

Right now, just the collision with the Dominators’ rule fields had it on the verge of collapse. If the Dominators really focused, they could likely shatter it in an instant.

Above, in the heavens, a shimmer of space rippled as the Mirror Warship vanished, reappearing instantly between the Tiger Carapace King Bug and the two Serpent Demon Dominators.

Even now, the Dominators didn’t bother to react—the Heavenly Ruin’s Mirror variant was only about 160,000 meters long. In their eyes, it was barely an oversized insect itself, nothing to be wary of.

Taking down the King Bug came first.

Watching through his Voidform Avatar, Song Chi grinned. This was exactly the outcome he’d hoped for.

His mind spun rapidly, firing up multiple ship components at once.

Flash!

A ring of gold swept out. The two Serpent Demon Dominators’ mighty weapons suddenly slowed to a crawl.

At the same time, a shrill hiss of metal rasped from the warship’s prow. Where there had been only two dark supercannon muzzles now sprouted two fiercely gleaming ramming prows.

What came next was simple—the Mirror Warship accelerated, turning into a blur as it shot straight at one of the Dominators.

As it charged, the King Bug behind rapidly shrank, its body growing faint until it simply vanished.

In a matter of seconds, the Mirror Warship had activated a seamless combination of seven different components without any hiccup at all.

[Pusa Zen Seal] – ‘Samsara Time Domain’ + [Black-Gold Ramming Spike] – ‘Black-Gold Charge’ + [Hunyuan Copper Ramming Prow] – ‘Hunyuan Impact’ + [Antimatter Evolution Engine] – ‘High Overload Burst’ + [Flamehowl Engine] + [Celestial Authority Ring] – ‘Form Expansion’ + [Tome of Divine Will]

All told, seven separate modules unleashed in a single instant.

By the time the chosen Dominator realized what was happening, the Mirror Warship had already covered ten million kilometers, its ramming prows stabbing straight into the serpent demon’s chest.

Roar!

Agony ripped through the Dominator, its Earth Law force flaring madly as it tried to hurl the warship off.

But the ramming prows were like barbed arrows—buried deep in flesh, impossible to shake loose. No matter how wildly it fought, the Mirror Warship didn’t budge.

“Now!”

Back at the Omniverse Market, Song Chi struck again, using his Voidform Avatar to trigger yet another module.

Neutron-Star Core Armor—’Neutron-Star Fission.’

Roars echoed!

The Mirror Warship began morphing from battlecruiser form into a micro neutron star. The instant the core condensed, a wave of heat swept out, terrifying in its intensity.

Ever since upgrading the Core Armor to black grade, the micro neutron star’s heat hit twenty million degrees. Now, with the multicolor mythic grade, despite the enhancement level staying put, its effects made a qualitative leap.

Now, more than fifty million degrees of heat burst at point-blank range against the Dominator’s chest.

At such unimaginable temperature—even with floating-land’s protection—the serpent demon in the crosshairs couldn’t possibly survive.

After the first tortured scream, there was only silence.

When the raging heat finally faded, the Dominator’s whole chest was melted clean through—nothing left alive.

Even the other Dominator, who’d kept some distance, was badly scorched, while the lower-tier serpent demons—trapped beneath the Voidlock Skyseal Sigil—stood no chance at all.

That, in fact, was why Song Chi had triggered Voidlock Skyseal Sigil before the fight, even though it couldn’t truly imprison two Dominators inside the floating-land.

Only in a perfectly closed space could the neutron star’s momentary heat work to its full devastating potential.

All this happened across a handful of heartbeats. Song Chi shook off the wild rush of emotions, shifting his focus to the second Dominator.

The Antimatter Evolution Engine’s ‘High Overload Burst’ was still running, and at top speed, Song Chi copied his earlier move with the Mirror Warship.

This time, however, without the ramming prows’ charge trait, he triggered the Pusa Zen Seal’s time-freeze effect to make sure the Dominator couldn’t escape.

Locked in frozen time, the Dominator couldn’t dodge, and the Mirror Warship rammed it square in the chest without fail.

Pusa Zen Seal—’Zen Seal · Internal · Time Acceleration’ activated!

Thanks to the time acceleration, the cooldown on ‘Neutron-Star Fission’ finished at once.

A second later, the Mirror Warship turned back into its micro neutron star state. Another surge of heat crashed through the skies, though without the Voidlock Skyseal Sigil to contain the fury, the effect wasn’t as devastating. This time the second Dominator didn’t die outright but suffered horrific wounds.

At the critical moment, Song Chi activated another newly unlocked trait.

‘High-Energy Particle Storm,’ a function of the Neutron-Star Core Armor.

Compared to ‘Neutron-Star Fission,’ its immediate power was less, but its advantage was duration. Already mortally wounded, the Dominator held on for two minutes before high-energy particulates burned it to death.

Song Chi did a quick tally—the entire battle had lasted less than five minutes, but the result was staggering. Who’d believe that two Dominator-level serpent demons and their ten-plus six-tier elite followers could be brought down in such a short time by a single Dreadnought?

What Song Chi didn’t know was that right as he wiped them out, far beyond the floating-land, the real-time leaderboard projected by billions of Torch Battleships suddenly shifted.

“Hey, look! Xian Qin Heavy Industries just got knocked to third. Beidou Sevenstar Hall, which was fourth, just shot up two spots!”

“What happened? Did Greedwolf Hall Master of Beidou Sevenstar Hall take down an eighth-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demon?”

At the fleet’s rear, a massive command battleship’s projected panel gleamed and flickered—the roster of faction standings was changing every second.

Demon Serpent Continent Hunt: Contribution Board (Faction Rankings)

First: Ying Clan Imperial Family (2,588,960 battle points)

Second: Beidou Sevenstar Hall (1,225,400 battle points)

Third: Xian Qin Heavy Industries (1,098,750 battle points)

Fourth: Langya Wang Clan (1,039,655 battle points)

Fifth: Wu’an Bai Clan (967,899 battle points)

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PS: Only one chapter today.