Chapter 1042: Chapter 547: Gold [Blood Battle Stele]_2

This is a Floating Land not particularly expansive in area, with a mere diameter of over a billion kilometers. Outside the Blood Battle Secret Realm, such a land wouldn’t even qualify as a Level 4 Floating Land. But here, it’s an entirely different story.

According to the [Heavenly Eye]’s “Spiritual Detection” results, just on this Floating Land, there are more than five Sixth Rank units present.

Hiss—

The warship’s hatch opened, and the Flame Giant, Six-star Ancient Demon, and Sixth Rank Robber Star Race—the sixth-rank units currently capable of battle aboard the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong—charged out one after another.

After moving sufficiently far from the warship, the trio, under Song Chi’s orders, expanded at full speed, regaining their peak Sixth Rank forms in the blink of an eye.

The pressure unleashed by Sixth Rank lifeforms was terrifyingly immense, and the Blood Battle Clan forces on the Floating Land ahead were instantly alerted.

Within less than two minutes, eight towering Sixth Rank beings exceeding one hundred thousand meters in height officially faced off amidst the starlit sky.

The physiques of the Blood Battle Clan were quite similar to Starry Sea Giants, but their bodies were uniquely clad in a layer of blood-red scale armor. This blood-red scale armor perfectly enveloped their forms, resembling a specialized bio-engineered armor that offered unparalleled defensive power without restricting their movements.

Enhanced by this layer of blood-red scale armor alongside their naturally robust physiques, every Blood Battle Clan member seemed destined for combat. Within the same rank, their combat power reached an apex level.

It’s said that a prodigy warship captain from a certain Holy Hall Federation faction once used specialized means to enslave a Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Snake Demon Royal Family member and forced it into single combat against a Sixth Rank Blood Battle Clan fighter. In the end, despite possessing royal bloodline, the Eight-Armed Snake Demon achieved victory by only a narrow margin.

From this comparison alone, the terrifying individual combat power of the Blood Battle Clan becomes clear.

What is the Eight-Armed Snake Demon?

The Eight-Armed Snake Demon is the dominant race of an advanced Starry Sea civilization. Over countless millennia, they have proven themselves through their unparalleled individual combat prowess, renowned across vast stretches of the Starry Sea—especially the royal bloodline of the Eight-Armed Snake Demon.

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Yet at this moment, Song Chi remained composed, despite the Blood Battle Clan holding the advantage in numbers.

At a certain instant, energy surged wildly through the bodies of the Flame Giant, Six-star Ancient Demon, and Sixth Rank Robber Star Race. Facing the five Sixth Rank Blood Battle Clan members ahead, the trio began to expand their peak forms once more.

As their physiques grew, their energy intensity simultaneously soared.

Eventually, the Sixth Rank Robber Star Race bloated to 110,000 meters, the Flame Giant reached 120,000 meters, and the Six-star Ancient Demon—the most extravagant—extended to an astounding 130,000 meters.

Similarly, their combat power increased respectively by 10%, 20%, and 30%.

Despite the seeming modesty of these increments, when applied to Sixth Rank beings, the actual boost in combat power was overwhelmingly significant.

And it wasn’t over yet. As the five Sixth Rank Blood Battle Clan members lunged towards the trio, Song Chi activated the [Pusuo Time Realm] Feature.

This action caused several-fold deceleration in time, combined with the “Big and Small Ruyi” enhancements granted to the trio, along with the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong delivering long-range firepower from the sidelines. These five supremely powerful Sixth Rank Blood Battle Clan warriors were swiftly subdued.

However, Song Chi refrained from delivering a deathblow. Instead, he used the [Heavenly Authority Control Ring] to enslave all five Blood Battle Clan members.

The Blood Battle Clan’s sensitive identities made them unsuitable for public enslavement, but with the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong about to initiate a Warship Promotion Task, employing them to enhance the success rate was exceptionally beneficial.

“I must seize this opportunity to enslave more of them. Coincidentally, those Ancient Demons from before have all been handed over to the family, freeing up space in both the Ruins Market Secret Realm and the Cultivation Secret Realm. Capturing several dozen shouldn’t pose a major issue.”

Confirming this thought, Song Chi continued working swiftly, and the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong soon surged into the modest Floating Land ahead.

Several hours later, having successfully raided the Floating Land, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong departed again, charging deeper into the core Star Domain of the Secret Realm.

Inside the Battleship Main Control Room, Song Chi held a silver Strange Object in his hands, the previously detected silver [Blood Battle Stele].

Blood Battle Stele lv0

Quality: Silver

Features: Grants the warship an anti-control aura, immune to control effects below the enhancement rank of this component.

Feature 2: Blood-red Carnival

Feature 3: War Encouragement

Feature 4: Blood Battle Armor

Consumption: 40/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Effect: Fills the warship interior with a battle intent aura, ensuring the ship’s occupants retain an unyielding spirit for combat regardless of external despair or chaos.

No charging or buffering needed.

Upgrade Requirements: 40 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 4000 Spectral Energy Points, 1 Blood Battle Stone.

Note: Occupies four slot spaces.

{Blood-red Carnival: Each instance of bathing the warship in blood from a same-rank unit increases its firepower by a fixed 20%. Lasts 10 minutes, stackable up to 10 times.}

{War Encouragement: Consumes 80,000 Spectral Energy Points to enrage a designated unit, temporarily increasing its combat power by 50% for 30 minutes. Cooldown time: 360 hours.}

{Blood Battle Armor: Consumes 10,000 Spectral Energy Points to equip a designated unit with blood scale armor offering defensive power equivalent to this component’s enhancement rank. Can shield external attacks. Lasts 60 minutes. Maximum of 10 units can be shielded simultaneously, but once broken, the shielded unit must wait 24 hours before being reapplied.}

Undoubtedly, the attributes of this [Blood Battle Stele] are top-tier, not only offering permanent anti-control effects but also enhancing warship firepower, boosting allied unit combat power, and improving allied unit defenses. Each individual capability is already highly desirable, but having all in one makes it exceptional.

Precisely because it’s so outstanding, Song Chi now felt unsatisfied with Silver Legend Quality. His ambition stretched towards acquiring a Gold Sanctuary Quality [Blood Battle Stele], though the difficulty obviously would be immense.

According to the updated task information from the Star Tower window, there were only a few Gold Sanctuary Quality [Blood Battle Steles] within the entire Blood Battle Secret Realm—the first of which had already been taken by the Shang Family.

“It’s all I can hope for now—let’s pray for better luck.”

But at that very moment, an unexpected look flashed across Song Chi’s eyes.

“Strange—why did someone suddenly jump there? If I’m not mistaken, that’s the edge region of the Secret Realm.”

Observing this scene through the [Death Robber Tracking Seal], Song Chi’s gaze sharpened as his thoughts raced.

In the next instant, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong abruptly swung its hull direction, as intuition warned him this wasn’t anything ordinary.

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Several thousand light-years from the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong sits the Shang Family’s temporary outpost within the Blood Battle Secret Realm.

A battleship measuring 13,000 meters in length quietly departed from the large Floating Land Fragment where the outpost rested.

If Shang Family members had noticed, they would have immediately recognized this as Shang Jie’s flagship.

Within the Battleship Main Control Room, Shang Jie directed his flagship through the void, his gaze occasionally passing over a silver tracking component mounted to one side.

“I’ll let you live for a few more days—the assignment from my big brother comes first!”

With that comment, he further accelerated his flagship’s speed.

Buzz buzz buzz!

After a jump, Shang Jie continued steering his battleship through unfamiliar sections of the starry expanse.

Eventually, his battleship seemingly passed through a transparent, invisible curtain, abruptly vanishing from the celestial field.

Inside the battleship, Shang Jie’s eyes fixed forward, where rows upon rows of immensely long sarcophagi floated silently amidst the stars.

Witnessing this sight, Shang Jie’s lips curled upward, murmuring to himself:

“If it weren’t for my big brother’s accidental discovery, who would’ve guessed the Blood Battle Clan would place their burial grounds in such a remote and hidden corner?”

Musing to himself, Shang Jie’s gaze quickly shifted to the radar display.

Seeing the glaring golden signal on the radar, the excitement in his eyes intensified even further.

His goal this time was the second Gold [Blood Battle Stele].

The first had already been taken by his big brother, making this remaining second stele an absolute target for him.

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