Chapter 1076: Chapter 569: Hunting the Ancient Mother Empress (End)_2

Controlling the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi maneuvered it out of the still-active Pusuo Time Realm, charging directly toward the Dominator King Worm that had emerged halfway from the Void.

As it streaked through the void, the warship’s prow once again gathered an immense amount of Purple Cloud Thunder Light. The key detail was that the cannon located at the prow was unmistakably a Star-Annihilating Cannon with a staggering diameter.

It was precisely Song Chi who, using a Silver Thunder Law Crystal, had activated the [Purple Cloud Divine Thunder Cannon]’s “Nine-layered Purple Cloud Destruction Tribulation Thunder” feature.

Rumble!

Thunderclouds amassed, and on the Vault of Heaven above, a vortex of dark thunderclouds covered the skies. At a certain moment, the majestic heavens unleashed their fury, and the Nine-layered Purple Cloud Destruction Tribulation Thunder descended.

The nine layers of tribulation lightning struck with pinpoint accuracy, landing upon the Life Crystal Barrier below. With each strike, the semi-spherical Life Crystal Barrier above the Ancient Mother Empress dimmed slightly. By the time the Nine-layered Purple Cloud Destruction Tribulation Thunder had fully landed, the barrier was exceedingly dim.

This, however, was evidence of the Ancient Mother Empress’s incredible crystal barrier strength. Even with the “Nine-layered Purple Cloud Destruction Tribulation Thunder” triggered by a Silver High-Level Thunder Law Crystal, the barrier had not been completely shattered.

Within the dimming Life Crystal Barrier, a faint red gleam flashed across the Ancient Mother Empress’s enchanting face. She began extracting her remaining stored Life Energy in an attempt to repair the barrier.

At that moment, two blazing beams of light shot down from above.

BOOM! BOOM!

CRACK!

Before the Ancient Mother Empress could begin her repairs, the already near-broken Life Crystal Barrier finally gave way and shattered completely.

The grotesque and bloated body of the Ancient Mother Empress was once again exposed to the outside.

In the lower layers of the Floating Land, aboard the [Dinghai Dragon Steed], Song Wujiang seized this perfect opportunity and immediately activated the warship’s most powerful offensive measure.

In the control room of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, seeing the Ancient Mother Empress’s body exposed once more, Song Chi instinctively raised his eyes to the skies above.

It wasn’t long before he had his answer.

The two critical beams just fired had come from the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship, which had just jumped into the battlefield, and Song Yan’s [Fiery Flame Boiling Sea].

The Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship’s weapon was the Golden Star-Annihilating Cannon [Death Robber Star Cannon], while Song Yan had deployed a Golden Quality Super Main Cannon as well, and their combined full-powered strikes finally managed to completely penetrate the Life Crystal Barrier.

To achieve this, however, the [Fiery Flame Boiling Sea] had been severely harried by the Dominator King Worm it was engaging, enduring several vicious bites and slashes to its hull. Thankfully, the activation of the “Black Hole Fission” feature was timely enough to prevent fatal damage.

HISS! HISS! HISS!

In the Void Rift, the injured Dominator King Worm roared furiously. It was on the verge of breaking free from the Void Exile effect, now in a rampant berserker state, its entire body seeping with an overwhelming bloodlust.

Yet just as it was about to fully escape the Void, two special chains shot out from the Void, securing its massive body from both sides.

CRACK!

CRACK!

The first to snap was the Divine Binding Chains—after all, they were only Red Quality. The Heavenly Prison Chains, at Silver Quality, held on slightly longer but lasted merely three seconds.

But those precious seconds were enough.

The lower-altitude [Dinghai Dragon Steed] had already completed its attack charge during those moments of delay.

[Flame God Annihilation Cannon]—”Annihilation Star Shattering Strike!”

Accompanied by the full-force outburst of the Black Star-Annihilating Cannon, a jet-black Annihilation Beam pierced through the void, striking directly and precisely onto the exposed body of the Ancient Mother Empress below.

HISS! HISS! HISS!

A heart-wrenching screech echoed across the heavens. Thanks to the protections of the Dragon Whale Hall, the spiritual focus of the Song Family members remained unaffected. However, several Dominator King Worms fighting against them seemed deeply agitated—or perhaps they had received some kind of specific command from the Ancient Mother Empress’s roar.

In an instant, all the Dominator King Worms began exuding blood-colored vapor across their entire bodies, recklessly burning their own life forces.

As the adversaries of these King Worms, the Song Family members immediately felt the oppressive combat pressure multiply several times over compared to before.

Onboard the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi was preparing to address the Dominator King Worm that had fully escaped the banishment state ahead of him, when he suddenly received a transmission from the elder ancestor.

“Little Chi, get down here immediately!”

Hearing this, Song Chi didn’t ask for an explanation. He had a good guess as to why.

It was most likely to attempt enslaving the Ancient Mother Empress. Why else would he have strengthened the [Heavenly Authority Control Ring] to Level 80 when he could already enslave Seventh Rank living beings at Level 79?

The truth was, when Song Chi had decided to enhance the [Heavenly Authority Control Ring], he had already harbored the intention of targeting the Ancient Mother Empress.

His expression turned slightly grave; he knew he didn’t have much time to spare.

The recent full-powered strike from the [Dinghai Dragon Steed] had pierced through the Earth Core of a Sixth-Level Floating Land spanning nearly a thousand light-years in diameter. With the Black Eighth Rank Star-Annihilating Cannon’s earth-shattering destructive power, even with her Life Energy sustaining her vitality, the Ancient Mother Empress wouldn’t be able to hold out for long.

And yet, the Dominator King Worm that had broken free of exile ahead was now fixating its gaze on the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong. Should the battleship attempt to turn its hull, it would undoubtedly face an all-out attack.

Having already expended the “Neutron Star Fission” feature, Song Chi dared not take any further risks.

“Should I use the ‘Time·Prison’ feature?”

The thought flickered through his mind, bringing hesitation.

The ‘Time·Prison’ feature required a minimum of 36 chess pieces to imprison an enemy unit for a thousand years, and its cooldown duration was permanently set at one-tenth of the imprisonment time. Even if he ended the imprisonment prematurely, the cooldown would remain unchanged.

100 years. That was simply too long.

Fortunately, he didn’t have to wait too long to make a decision. Soon enough, the retreating Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship descended back into the battlefield.

Upon seeing this, Song Chi did not hesitate to activate the “Angel Wing Escape” feature.

The moment the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong vanished, the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship took its place.

On the other side, the raging Dominator King Worm, consumed entirely by bloodlust and no longer under the Ancient Mother Empress’s command, quickly shifted its hostility toward the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship, entirely ignoring the vanishing Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong reappeared beside the [Dinghai Dragon Steed] on the surface of the Floating Land.

As Song Chi swiftly activated the [Heavenly Authority Control Ring], communication between the two warships was soon established.

SHOOM!

As the first enslaving golden light shot downward, Song Wujiang’s voice resonated in the control room.

“Little Chi, every Insect Race unit on this Floating Land has gone berserk. Our time is limited!”

Song Chi didn’t need the elder ancestor’s reminder to understand how urgent the situation was. When the first enslaving mark failed to trigger any response, he realized his initial attempt had failed and quickly activated the [Heavenly Authority Control Ring] for a second time.

Failed!

Failed again!

Still a failure!

After dozens of attempts to enslave, the results remained the same.

Despite his growing urgency, Song Chi was not surprised and continued his attempts to enslave the target.

The [Heavenly Authority Control Ring], now strengthened to the Eighth Rank, should theoretically be capable of enslaving Eighth Rank Dominators. But that was only in theory. There was no comparing the Ancient Mother Empress to ordinary Dominator creatures. With her titanic spiritual power, she was one of the most challenging entities in the Starry Sea to enslave.

“They’re struggling up there. Little Chi, I’ll buy you one more minute. If you still can’t do it after that, we’re retreating immediately!”

With that, the [Dinghai Dragon Steed] soared into the skies, instantly joining the upper battlefield.

At this moment, the greatest threat wasn’t the Dominator King Worms. Their limited number worked in the Song Family’s favor, and Dominator King Worms were weaker than other beings of similar rank. Otherwise, Song Shiyuan wouldn’t have managed to severely injure a Level 7 Peak King Worm with just a single [Annihilation Fury].

No, the true nightmare came from the vast swarm of millions of low-to-mid-rank Insect Race units converging on the battlefield from across the Floating Land.

Though over seventy percent of these units were low-ranked, their sheer numbers were staggering. Coupled with a significant portion of intermediate-ranked units, dragging this conflict out any longer would spell disaster. The [Dinghai Dragon Steed] might resist, but the Song Family’s other Fearless Ships were at severe risk of destruction.

Especially the increasingly dire condition of the [Immovable Ming King]!

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