Chapter 565: Chapter 299: First Battle of the Zhulu Warship – [Master-Servant Contract]_2

Whirr, whirr, whirr!

The special overload operating feature of the purple engine was activated, and the next second, the speed of the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger] surged dramatically.

With this sudden change, the distance between the two warships finally began to close continuously.

Aboard the Cang Qiong, Song Chi instinctively wanted to activate the “Phantom Trace” feature or use the [Void Escape Orb], but thinking of his previous speculations, he forcibly restrained himself.

Of course, the warships’ barrage of gunfire never stopped, continuing to fire at the target below.

However, this was obviously in vain.

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In less than ten seconds, the distance between the two warships had shrunk to less than ten thousand meters. Just then, several alloy chains suddenly shot out from the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger] Zhulu Warship.

Opting not to dodge, the Cang Qiong allowed these alloy chains to tightly entangle it.

As the alloy chains took complete control of the Cang Qiong, both Song Chi and Wang Zhen revealed cold smiles on their faces in unison.

Below, the two main cannons on the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger] roared simultaneously, and the terrifying annihilation beams fell directly onto the immobile energy shield of the Cang Qiong.

However, to Song Chi’s barely suppressed amusement, those seemingly frightening annihilation beams merely whittled down less than 20% of the [Immortal Realm Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield] value.

“Your turn is over, now it’s mine!”

Murmuring to himself, the Cang Qiong rapidly turned its hull as its two pre-charged fifth-rank main cannons burst forth simultaneously.

A Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light over three thousand meters in length and a Soul-Extinguishing Pupil Light with a diameter of a kilometer roared at the same time.

Below, a strong sense of life-threatening danger suddenly surged in the heart of Wang Zhen in the main control room of the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger], and his instincts told him that if these two terrifying attacks hit, the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger] would suffer catastrophic damage.

However, the problem was that the several alloy chains restricted not only the movements of the Cang Qiong but also his own flagship.

Just as he actively canceled the effect of these alloy chains, the two frightening attacks had already pierced through ten thousand meters of distance and struck the energy shield on the outer layer of the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger].

The fifth-rank enhanced orange main cannon’s active attack feature, and the likewise fifth-rank enhanced red main cannon’s attack feature—both also receiving a slight boost from the Law of Space—demonstrated the daunting might encased within the two attacks launched by the Cang Qiong.

In just two seconds, the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger]’s purple energy shield overloaded completely, and the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light and the Soul-Extinguishing Pupil Light subsequently slammed into the warship armor.

It was only because Wang Zhen had promptly activated the active defense feature of the warship armor, and additionally because the armor was the only orange component on the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger], that it didn’t destroy immediately under this horrific attack.

When the power of both attacks had fully dissipated, the fore of the [Howling Wolf Roaring Tiger] showed two dreadful fissures, each hundreds of meters in diameter.

Unfortunately, even with the orange warship armor’s active defense feature and the fourth-rank Zhulu Warship’s inherent enhancement of its base components, the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light and the Soul-Extinguishing Pupil Light ultimately failed to sink the enemy with one strike.

Seeing this, Song Chi remained expressionless. His mind raced as numerous Divine Thought Threads burst from his brain, rapidly entering the body of the Cang Qiong.

The next second, to Wang Zhen’s utterly shocked gaze, the Cang Qiong suddenly transformed from a warship shape into a giant mecha.

The [Divine-weaving Sword], glowing with intense red light, was grasped by the mecha giant, and a vast force of Space Law gathered at the tip of the sword held by the giant. In the blink of an eye, a Ruins Returning Blade hundreds of meters long condensed at the tip of the [Divine-weaving Sword].

“Mythical Mecha Form, Space Law, Ruins Returning Sword Radiance, it’s someone from the Dinghai Song Family, damn it, why did I have to provoke a monster from the Dinghai Song Family!”

Song Chi was neither aware of nor interested in Wang Zhen’s current despair. His only thought was to test the results of the Laws and secret techniques he had grasped over the past few years.

His idea was as straightforward as could be—if the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light and the Soul-Extinguishing Pupil Light hadn’t been able to resolve his opponent in one hit, then he would simply strike another sword blow.

But just as he was about to swing the Ruins Returning Sword Radiance, the warship once again received an urgent communication request.

Without any hesitation, he connected the communication, indeed curious to see if the other party had any last words.

“Prince Song Qi, this old fool was blind to your greatness, please be merciful! I am willing to serve you as my master!”

Upon hearing this, Song Chi remained unmoved; the Ruins Returning Sword Radiance concentrated at the tip of the [Divine-weaving Sword] showed no sign of dissipating.

It was well-known that Torch Ship Captains couldn’t be enslaved by enslavement components due to their Ancestral Torch and the Seed of Torch, making such offers of servitude utterly impractical.

This was precisely why Song Chi felt no temptation; otherwise, why would he refuse the windfall of having a Fourth Rank Torch Ship Captain as a servant?

But perhaps understanding this point, Wang Zhen on the other side was particularly enthusiastic.

“Prince Song Qi, the old man isn’t spouting nonsense. I have a special Purple Component called ‘Master-Servant Contract,’ which allows two willing parties to sign a permanent master-servant spiritual contract!”

Not only was he proactive in mentioning the [Master-Servant Contract] component, but he also promptly transmitted its detailed attributes, decisively erasing the spiritual connection with another ordinary Third Rank Torch Ship Captain he had contracted, then swiftly dismounted the component.

Soon after, he sent the component, glowing with purple brilliance, towards the Cang Qiong using a traction beam.

As a lone adventurer who had risen from a Spectral Shuttle to a Zhulu Warship, how could he not have some special methods?

He had obtained this [Master-Servant Contract] component after his flagship was upgraded to a Spectral Airship, and over the subsequent four hundred years, he had contracted various Torch Ship Captains of the same or lower rank using this component. He let these Captains scout ahead in every Star Domain exploration, which is how he had grown to his current status.

It could be said that this [Master-Servant Contract] was Wang Zhen’s biggest trump card, but for the sake of survival, he couldn’t care less about it now.

Moreover, deep down, Wang Zhen actually harbored another thought; he wasn’t particularly averse to annexing the Song family’s Seventh Sequence from Dinghai.

Everything he had witnessed just now was overwhelmingly shocking to him, who had spent over four hundred years in the Chenxing Principality. In all those years, Wang Zhen had never seen such an abnormal being.

A Third Rank with two Fifth Rank main cannons, a transformed spiritual state into Divine Thought State, comprehension of Space Law—one of the two most powerful Laws—and the Song family’s signature secret techniques; even more astonishing was the ability to freely control the Mythical Mecha Form at a Third Rank Level.

All this told him that the Seventh Sequence of the Song Family was an exceptional aberration, a top-notch prodigy, not just within the Chenxing Principality but even across the entire Heavenly Disk Galaxy.

Serving such a figure, he held not the slightest discomfort; instead, he believed that if things went smoothly, he might even have a chance to advance further.

Opening the hatch, Song Chi first summoned a Second-Rank Humanoid Alien Race enslavement creature to inspect and confirm that there were no traps on the purple component before he pulled it into the warship.

Master-Servant Contract lv0

Quality: Purple

Feature: Additional +1 to the number of servitudes that can be contracted

Consumption: 7/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Master: None

Servant: None (0/2) {1+1}

Effect: Contracts two willing individuals, granting the master absolute authority over life and death after forming the master-servant spiritual contract, ensuring the servant harbors no ill will and maintains absolute loyalty.

No need for charging or buffering

UpRank Requirement: 7 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 700 Spectral Energy Points

After reviewing all the attributes of this [Master-Servant Contract],

Song Chi’s eyes flashed with fervor—it was clearly an exceptional component.

Although its effects seemed to duplicate those of enslavement components, if it could truly sign a master-servant spiritual contract with a Torch Ship Captain as the other party had claimed, its value would be unimaginably high.

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