Chapter 1053: Chapter 554: The Success Rate of [Dinghai Dragon Steed]’s Promotion_2

“Rest assured, Patriarch!”

“This is the critical moment for the Dragon Spine Song Family to officially ascend to the Immortal Clan. We dare not slack off!”

…

Once all matters were explained, the chaotic mist within the grand hall gradually dissipated, and the members of the family departed one after another.

Just as Song Chi was about to turn and leave, Song Wujiang called out to him.

“Little Chi, remember, start the warship promotion task on time in eight years. The task duration for the battleship’s promotion to Fearless Ship has been extended to two years; don’t mess it up!”

“Rest assured, Patriarch. Your grandson understands.”

“Speaking of the warship promotion task, do you have a suitable place for bathing in Alien Blood? Should the family arrange for some Fifth Rank and Sixth Rank aliens for you?”

With the Dragon Spine Continent’s promotion imminent, the family planned for a large number of clan members to initiate their warship promotion tasks eight or nine years later. Even though the Song Family had already begun purchasing cheap Robber Star Race slaves through several secret channels, had expedited their exploration of the Alien Star Domain, and tried their best to locate suitable hunting grounds, there were still challenges to surmount.

Thus, Song Wujiang raised the question.

However, Song Chi, already prepared, shook his head instantly.

The dozens of Sixth Rank Blood Battle Clan creatures brought back from the Blood Battle Secret Realm were enough to meet the requirements for the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s subsequent promotion, eliminating the need for further trouble.

…

Time flew quickly, and five years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Song Wujiang took Song Chi to the territory under the Chenxing Clan’s administration.

Of course, their purpose wasn’t to visit the Chenxing Clan. Since the incident with the [Time Realm Tree Secret Realm], relations between the two clans had remained strained.

This time, the two warships continued to travel in secrecy.

Mist Star Region, Chaos Star Domain.

The Dinghai Dragon Steed and the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong plunged into the black hole radiation zone at the mist’s center, heading straight toward the inner perimeter of the black hole.

In a certain area deep within the black hole, the two warships came to a halt.

In the main control room of the Dinghai Dragon Steed, Song Wujiang’s gaze abruptly turned toward the [Void Exile] component.

This time, however, he wasn’t activating the Golden Sanctuary Quality component but instead manually revoked the effect of a Void Sealing it had performed over a hundred years ago.

As the component was activated, the void near the two warships began to tremble violently. In the next moment, a massive spatial rift appeared at incredible speed.

The spatial rift itself wasn’t the focus, though. All eyes were fixed on the familiar [Black Devourer King Beast] that was struggling to emerge from the rift.

The Seventh Rank Black Devourer King Beast still bore the Fallen Immortal Spear impaled through its body by Song Chi. Its injuries remained as severe as they had been.

Just as it escaped the Void Sealing and had no time to express its fury, Song Chi immediately froze it in place using “Zen Seal: External Time Stop.”

Beside him, the Dinghai Dragon Steed, having activated the genuine [Annihilation Fury] component, erupted in firepower.

Swoosh!

A beam pierced through the void inside the black hole, ultimately landing precisely in the Black Devourer King Beast’s severely wounded and bloodied mouth.

As anticipated, the King Beast succumbed to the devastating power of [Annihilation Fury], falling at last to this formidable weapon.

“Patriarch, how is it? What’s the promotion success rate now?”

Hearing Song Chi’s inquiry, Song Wujiang glanced at the warship promotion task panel displayed on the Dinghai Dragon Steed’s console.

[Warship Promotion Task (Dinghai Dragon Steed)]

[Current Promotion Success Rate: 47.501% (Initial 0.001% + Special Resource Recipe 10% + Seventh Rank Peak Evil God’s Blood 12% + Seventh Rank Dominator Origin Blood 12% + Eighth Rank Dominator Ordinary Blood 1% + Bathing in Alien Blood 12.5%)]

[Promotion Special Resource Recipe (3/3): Space Fragment *1, Sixth Rank Star Core *1, Extreme Stone *1]

[Additional Promotion Resources: Seventh Rank Peak Evil God’s Blood, Seventh Rank Dominator Origin Blood, Eighth Rank Dominator Ordinary Blood]

[Bathing in Alien Blood: Seventh Rank Black Devourer King Beast, Sixth Rank Sword Slave Clan, Sixth Rank Earth Crawling Dragon…]

Scanning the task panel, a look of satisfaction flashed across Song Wujiang’s eyes. Having activated the promotion task five years ago, he had eliminated countless Sixth Rank aliens during this time. Moreover, with the Black Devourer King Beast—a Dominator-level entity—brought down in this endeavor, the promotion success rate had reached a remarkably high level.

After all, this was the promotion of a Fearless Ship to a Star-Annihilating Starship. To achieve a 47% success rate was unimaginable for others.

“47.501%, is it? This doesn’t even account for the core Energy Tide bonus following the Dragon Spine Continent’s promotion to a Seventh Level Floating Land, nor the second chance afforded by the Sixth Rank [Time Realm Fruit]…”

Hearing the patriarch’s response, Song Chi’s eyes brightened with anticipation.

Based on this calculation, the chances of the Dinghai Dragon Steed successfully ascending this time were indeed immense.

Inside the black hole, Song Chi retrieved the [Fallen Immortal Spear] and activated the [Super Body Shrink Card] component to shrink the corpse of the Black Devourer King Beast. Once they returned to the Ruins Market, the two didn’t waste time detouring to the Dragon Spine Continent. Instead, they instantly teleported back via the market.

With only five years left until the Dragon Spine Continent’s official promotion, every moment was precious now.

…

On this day, activity in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market surged again as a new round of transactions commenced.

As Song Chi watched the hundreds of thousands of Starry Sea Alien Races traversing the market, he shook his head slightly.

If these alien races knew about the several dozen Sixth Rank beings, each over a hundred thousand meters tall, sealed above their heads, he wondered what kind of expressions they’d show.

“Oh…”

While idly pondering, Song Chi suddenly raised an eyebrow and let out a light exclamation.

In his line of sight, a Fifth Rank Dark Night Elf walking down from the fourth floor of the market was behaving unusually.

Its stride was noticeably more hurried, and a shop it usually wouldn’t visit until midway through the transaction period had now become its first destination.

“Could it be here for the [Eternal Night Gem]?”

Connecting the thought, Song Chi’s interest was piqued, and most of his attention shifted to the Fifth Rank Dark Night Elf, which had ascended decades ago.

As he speculated, the elf’s goal indeed turned out to be the Oddity Exchange Shop.

More importantly, upon entering the shop, its sharp gaze locked straight onto the [Eternal Night Gem].

“Respected Lord of the Ruins Market, the [Moon God] whom our New Moon Tribe worships has awakened. By Her command, I have come to ask what it would take for you to part with this [Eternal Night Gem]?”

Upon hearing this, Song Chi fell silent.

What did he need?

That was indeed a good question, prompting his thoughts to race rapidly in this moment.

Golden Super Main Cannon

Golden Upgrading Fire Source

Eighth Rank Evil God’s Blood

…

Within moments, a long list of urgently needed items emerged in his mind.

Yet, after a few seconds of contemplation, a new desire surfaced in his mind.

A Golden Sanctuary Wondrous Oddity capable of concealing warship traces and tampering with destiny.

Since leaving the Blood Battle Secret Realm more than a decade ago, the Ruins Market Secret Realm had been repeatedly tracked by the persistent Shang Family. As a result, he hadn’t dared to equip the Golden [Blood Battle Stele] and [Heavenly Frost Crown] components.

The thought of these extraordinarily rare Golden Sanctuary Quality components sitting idly in the market—unused—was enough to make Song Chi feel utterly vexed.

After a long moment of consideration, Song Chi finally gave his response.

[Eighth Rank Evil God’s Blood, Golden Spark Artifact, or a Golden Wondrous Oddity that can conceal and tamper with destiny—any of these three types of Oddities would suffice.]

In the end, he refrained from mentioning the Golden Quality Super Main Cannon. Even though the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong would gain a second Super Main Cannon slot following its promotion to Fearless Ship, the Golden Super Main Cannon was objectively the lowest-value item among his needs.

Aside from that, he still owned the [Bow of the Annihilation of All Spirits], a Silver Super Main Cannon, which made the Golden Super Main Cannon a lower priority.

After receiving the reply, the Fifth Rank Dark Night Elf bowed gently and then respectfully said:

“I will relay your words to the Matriarch of the New Moon Tribe and the [Moon God]. Please wait for a short while, my lord!!”

With those words, the elf swiftly left the shop, exited the market via the Ruins Market Projection Room, and rushed to report to its New Moon Matriarch.

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