Chapter 614: The Blessing of the Mermaid Queen

Mermaid Queen’s Blessing, Level 70

Rarity: Gold

Trait 1: Mermaid’s Blessing·Power (Doubles the firepower of any equipped battleship)

Trait 2: Mermaid’s Blessing·Speed (Doubles the movement speed of any equipped battleship)

Trait 3: Mermaid’s Blessing·Endurance (Doubles the defensive capability of any equipped battleship)

Trait 4: Deep Sea Link

Trait 5: Lord of the Deep Sea

Energy Consumption: 2500 per second (Eon Energy Points)

Effect: Any equipped battleship receives a layer of invisible, colorless water shield. In aquatic environments, these ships move and fight without being affected in the slightest.

No charging or warm‑up required

Note: This component occupies 5 slots.

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{Deep Sea Link: Consumes 500,000 Eon Energy Points to designate and link 15 battleships. Linked ships all gain an additional 200% boost to firepower, speed and defense for 24 hours. Cooldown: 240 hours.}

{Lord of the Deep Sea: If the equipped battleship is in an aquatic environment, its overall combat power is doubled again.}

After reading the attribute screenshot sent by Carem Stark, both Song Chi and Song Yan couldn’t help but marvel. Even though they’d steeled themselves in advance, they still subconsciously gave a silent cheer in their hearts as they read.

From the description alone it was obvious—just equipping this one component would give any battleship a massive leap in power. And crucially, those first three traits were always in effect.

Not willing to waste another moment, Song Chi and Song Yan brought Carem Stark along and worked to finalize the rest of the agreement as quickly as possible.

Half an hour later, Carem Stark piloted his dreadnought back toward his family’s fleet. Soon after, the movements of the Stark Family fleet were quickly noticed by several nearby captains.

“What’s going on? Is the Stark Family trying to break away from the fleet?”

“What are they up to?”

“Quick, notify the leaders up above!”

As the discussion rippled through the ranks, a few ships that had been secretly monitoring the Stark Family’s activities quietly slipped away. They moved so discreetly not a single bystander noticed.

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Meanwhile, compared to the brewing commotion among the fleets out in the stars, the battle raging above in the tier-eight sector hadn’t lost any of its intensity.

At last, the Blood Sui Yang Clan’s Star River-class Battleship made a major move. A powerful surge of spatial energy expanded outward from within its hull, instantly shaping a special domain around it.

Bathed in a golden glow, the space within was clearly forged by high-tier gold components. Instantly, the tier-eight Serpent Demon was trapped within.

“A mere golden space domain—you think you can hold me back?”

A guttural, disdainful roar echoed out, followed by a hurricane of black blade energy firing in every direction.

“Watch out!”

One of the Star-Annihilator-class Captains shouted a warning. The next instant, the formations holding the star fleet together collapsed, and ships belonging to each faction broke away in a desperate scramble.

High above, the newly forged boundaries of the spatial domain immediately sprouted a web of cracks. The relentless onslaught of blade light was tearing it apart. It was clear the Blood Sui Yang Clan’s Star River-class Battleship’s domain was on the verge of shattering.

Seeing this, the surrounding fleets fled in all directions without hesitation.

This was the tier-eight battlefield, after all—with the Blood Sui Yang Star River-class unable to keep things contained, their only hope was to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the fight’s epicenter. The aftermath of combat at this level wasn’t something a normal ship could weather.

The Song and Luo Families’ Joint Fleet, relying on two Star-Annihilator-class Ships and a Dominator Worm to anchor their retreat, still managed to pull back in reasonably good order.

By comparison, the so-called independent teams were a mess of frantic, uncoordinated ships, crashing into each other as they scrambled for space. In their eagerness to escape, their progress was painfully slow.

Luckily, two Star-Annihilator-class Ships kept order with stern commands, or else chaos would have completely broken loose.

It wasn’t long before the domain finally shattered above, unleashing a torrent of black, ethereal blade energy that splintered off in every direction, wild and unrestrained.

You could imagine the kind of devastation such rampant, powerful blade light would bring if it rained down on the ships below.

Just then, the two Star-Annihilator-class Captains sent by the Divine Dynasty spoke up, voices urgent.

“All Star-Annihilator-class Captains, follow our lead—intercept those blades at full power!”

The Star-Annihilator-class Captains from both major galaxies hesitated a second, then responded. They had little choice.

The reason was simple. Those two weren’t ordinary commanders—they were overseers appointed by the Divine Dynasty, with direct authority to report to the Torch Judgement Court at any moment. Offending them would have severe consequences for anyone involved.

“Shiyuan! Xiaochi! Xiao Yan! You three, take care of it!”

Song Wujian only gave a brief order in the group chat. Right after, the Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang shot up into the sky, heading straight for one of the falling blade lights.

And it wasn’t just the Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang. Over a dozen more Star-Annihilator-class Ships peeled off from the fleet, blocking the most dangerous tier-eight blades to protect the lower-tier captains.

“Move, quickly!”

Song and Luo Joint Communications Channel

Both families’ higher-ups were firing off rapid orders, and in seconds, anxious voices crackled over the chat.

“Look to both flanks—Sky Serpent Warships, loads of them! And tier-seven, even tier-eight Eight-Armed Serpent Demons! It’s a trap—they set us up! Activate your defensive modules and dodge if you can!”

As it happened, no further reminder was needed. Most of the fleet had already picked up on the threat.

“That can’t be right. The Fire Serpent Galaxy shouldn’t have this many high-tier Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, even if they picked up reinforcements from the Serpent’s Fang Galaxy’s routed fleets.”

“None of that matters now—what’s crucial is steering the main contingent clear of these Serpent Demon armies.”

“Tier-seven Eight-Armed Serpent Demons are zeroing in on us! Move, now!”

Just as the fleet attempted to retreat en masse, a Dominator-level Serpent Demon—over ten thousand kilometers tall—rushed straight for their formation.

In that moment, for the first time, actual panic ripple through the millions-strong fleet.

Noticing the unrest, members of the Heavenly Ruin’s encrypted chat including Song Shiyuan and Song Xingru all turned their attention to the unfolding situation.

“Xiaochi, take action!”

Song Chi nodded, and the ramp of the Heavenly Ruin swung open. The Tiger Carapace King Bug, who’d been waiting in the cargo bay, burst into the open sky.

Seizing the moment, Song Chi signaled across the command channel while the Tiger Carapace King Bug swelled rapidly to its full, monstrous size.

“Don’t panic, hold your formation and stick to the plan. Withdraw in order!”

The fleet steadied itself—just the sight of the Tiger Carapace King Bug, leagues long, along with Song Chi’s steadying command, was enough to ease their nerves again. At the same time, Song Chi split his focus into three directions.

His true body returned to the Omniverse Market, one Voidform Avatar stayed on the Heavenly Ruin to steer the ship, while he used mind-link to direct the Tiger Carapace King Bug.

Under his command, the Tiger Carapace King Bug’s wings whirred to life. It charged the tier-seven Serpent Demon Dominator on their flank.

With the beast drawing the enemy’s attention, that Serpent Demon Dominator was kept at bay a full ten thousand kilometers away.

Even so, Song Chi’s nerves never relaxed. He stayed on high alert, casting quick glances at the Calm-Sea Dragon-Xiang behind them and the two ongoing tier-eight clashes.

He hadn’t forgotten that the tier-eight Eight-Armed Serpent Demon from the Serpent’s Fang Galaxy had also retreated into the Fire Serpent Galaxy.

He couldn’t be sure whether the Fire Serpent Galaxy already had its own tier-eight demon, but Song Chi had always learned to expect the worst.

If, as he feared, there was already a tier-eight overlord here, that meant they could be facing two enemies at once. Only one had appeared so far, but if a second joined, he’d be ready for it.

Song Chi couldn’t shake the feeling that another ranked Eight-Armed Serpent Demon was lurking just out of sight, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

His attention flickered to check on the Clan Elder—things were holding steady there—then slid back toward the tier-eight battlefield.

After the domain collapsed, the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon and the Blood Sui Yang Clan’s Star River-class Battleship clashed again and again, neither able to land a decisive blow.

Now, both seemed to be gathering their strength for an even greater attack. At the prow of the Star River-class Battleship, white light was coiling—a sign its most powerful artillery was charging up, ready to fire.

Meanwhile, the tier-eight Eight-Armed Serpent Demon radiated a thick, oppressive aura. For a fleeting instant, a massive black figure loomed above the demon, almost physically substantial.

That shadow raised eight arms high, bringing them together. A colossal black demon blade, millions of kilometers long, formed in the air above it.

“Ang me ann bu lie! (Eight-Armed Demon God’s Slash!)”

As that blade finished forming, a bone-chilling ancient demonic chant rolled across the starfield. None present had ever heard the words, but every captain understood their meaning instinctively in their very bones.

“The Eight-Armed Demon God’s Slash—is that the clan’s own sacred art, or some secret of that Abyssal Demon God from the distant darkness?”

Song Chi pondered. Meanwhile, the Voidform Avatar stationed in the Heavenly Ruin’s control room tightened its grip around a Market Projection Token—ready to trigger it the instant things looked grim.

Far off, both tier-eight powers seemed fully charged. The first to move was the Blood Sui Yang’s Star River-class Battleship—the cannon at its prow roared, unleashing a sun-bright sphere of energy that tore across a hundred thousand kilometers, racing straight at the plates of the demon’s eight arms.

Behind its searing radiance was the ship’s maximum power, a threat that could annihilate even a tier-eight demon.

But shockingly, the demon all but ignored it. Instead, its eight muscled arms swung downward, bringing the enormous shadow blade slicing toward the incoming attack.

A deep, guttural howl rose as the blade descended. Waves of energy tore at the fabric of space, and wherever the edge swept, the starlit heavens shattered, sending spatial fragments spinning into the void. Even from millions of kilometers away, Song Chi could still see the storm raging in that rift.

The strike didn’t just rupture space—it created a direct rift from the outer starfield to the shadowy Void Sea beneath. The raw destructive power of the blow was hard to fathom.

Before, even a standard tier-six or Dominator strike produced only hairline cracks in space. Thanks to the unyielding Laws and cosmic rules that governed the Sea of Stars, those cracks usually healed right up. But this magic blade tore space all the way through. What it left would keep growing, creating a permanently shattered zone.

Inside the Star River Battleship’s control center, even the usually composed captain turned pale. Obviously, the descending demon blade filled him with a mortal sense of danger.

His mind raced at top speed, and he snapped into his safest contingency plan. He tried to steer the ship out of harm’s way.

At the same moment, the silver Flash-displacement Component—recently used once—was triggered again.

But a split second later, his face drained of color.

“The ship won’t turn, and even the Flash-displacement Component is offline. This isn’t one of the Serpent Demons’ petrifying rays—what is this suppression?”

Countless theories flitted through his mind, but he cleared them away and settled instantly on the backup plan.

Above, the giant demon blade was already close enough to blot out the sky. Instinct told him that even the Eight-tier black energy shield and reinforced gold hull armor wouldn’t stand a chance.

“Wait—that’s a thread of the Abyssal Demon God’s true divine power from the Bottomless Abyss!”

As the realization crystallized, his conviction grew.

He understood—against the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon and its signature weapon, the blade alone would be no threat. His ship’s own black-tier shield and gold armor were at the peak. Only interference from that legendary being in the Bottomless Abyss could create danger at this scale.

With that, he didn’t hesitate. He channeled a thread of dark energy into his Torch Ancestral Orifice. Instantly, a hidden brand in the depths of his spiritual sea lit up.

A low, trembling hum filled the control room.

A surge of ghostly light erupted from his brow. Anyone watching would have seen a spark of rainbow brilliance flash and vanish between his eyes.

A tide of vivid rainbow light flooded the control center, then spilled outward to envelop the entire Star River-class Battleship.

At last, the vibrant rainbow glow gathered above the ship, morphing into a radiant white jade tower.

The tower’s brilliance was stunning. Its mere appearance immediately drew every watcher’s attention to the battlefield above.

“That’s the Zhou Tian Star Tower—the ancestral mythic Oddity of the Blood Sui Yang Clan!”

In the Song and Luo Joint Communications Channel, a Dreadnought Captain from the Chigu Luo Clan announced its true name.

With over twenty thousand years of family history behind them, the Chigu Luo Clan’s archives held depths of knowledge rivaling none.

Thanks to that explanation, Song Chi finally understood a bit about the white jade tower’s abilities.

The Blood Sui Yang Clan was a storied house with over a hundred thousand years of history. Of course they had their own ancestral artifacts of legend.

The Zhou Tian Star Tower was one of them. Rumor had it this lower-rainbow-tier Oddity possessed mysteries and powers beyond imagination.