Chapter 577: Chapter 305: Storm Giant Eagle_2

As the Guidance Technique broke through to the Third Rank, Song Chi’s physical constitution had already become extraordinary. Although the side effects of being transported across tens or hundreds of billions of light-years were unavoidable, he could recover almost instantly.

Gazing through the battleship’s projection screen, the sight of the massive Floating Land interwoven with endless thunderstorms and hurricanes below, even having heard of it before, still sparked a flicker of amazement in Song Chi’s eyes.

During his higher education at Torch, he had heard numerous times about Starry Sea Floating Lands with special astronomical phenomena, which were said to produce unique resources corresponding to their attributes.

Moreover, in the past twenty years of his career as a Torch Ship Captain, he had not only heard about the existence of such special Starry Sea Floating Lands more than once, like the Fire Elemental World, home to fire elemental life, which was also a Starry Sea Floating Land with a “Fire Attribute Phenomenon.” But this was indeed his first time witnessing it in person.

As for that Yellow Sand Floating Continent from before, although it was also plagued with sandstorms, it did not count as a Floating Land with special phenomena, because it was not naturally formed but had slowly become that way after extensive devastation by the Insect Race.

Dudu Dudu!

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Upon establishing communication with the Wind Barbarian, they quickly sent over a partial map of the Storm Continent.

It wasn’t that they were being cautious around Song Chi, but rather that the Barbarian Feng team had only discovered the Storm Continent a little over a decade ago, and they themselves had not yet mapped out the entire continent in detail.

On the other hand, the doors of the two escort ships opened, and nearly ten Cruiser Captains leaped out, along with the Cang Qiong and Wind Barbarian, making up a total of nine cruisers.

These were also the nine main combat powers that would directly face the Storm Giant Eagle race in what was to come.

Inside the Cang Qiong, Song Chi did not speak; he was waiting for Shi Man’s arrangement.

The other team had visited this Storm Continent many times and fought the Storm Giant Eagles on several occasions. He believed they must have a detailed action plan, and as it was his first time coming to assist in the combat, it was best to passively accept their arrangement.

Of course, this referred to reasonable arrangements. If the other side completely disregarded the situation of the Cang Qiong, Song Chi would object immediately.

“Prince Song Qi, next, our team will activate a special group invisibility component. Make sure not to resist it!”

After the words, Song Chi felt an inexplicable energy suddenly envelop the entire Cang Qiong, followed by a prompt from the [Abnormal Status Purifier] component in his ear.

“A special additional status detected, suspected to be stealth enhancement. Confirm purification?”

A group invisibility component capable of covering nearly ten cruisers clearly could not be an ordinary blue component; it was at least a Purple Quality component enhanced to the Third Rank or above.

However, the [Abnormal Status Purifier] now was equally remarkable, having undergone a Quality enhancement, its effects were becoming more amazing. If Song Chi wished, the Cang Qiong could break free from this group invisibility status at any time.

Although the Cang Qiong also had a Purple Quality [Void Membrane] capable of hiding itself, since Song Chi did not actively withdraw from the fleet, having multiple layers of invisibility—even if the [Void Membrane] was only barely strengthened to the Fourth Rank—was always better.

Under the effect of the group invisibility, the nine cruisers quickly plunged into the Floating Land filled with thunderstorms and hurricanes below.

Above this Level 4 Floating Land, thunderstorms and hurricanes were ubiquitous, making it impossible for the nine warships to effectively dodge; they had to endure the harsh environment and march deeper.

Weng Weng Weng!

Song Chi could feel the trembles of the Cang Qiong’s hull; the ship was somewhat struggling to stabilize itself under the terrible hurricanes. Even the [Immortal Realm Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield]’s Shield Value on the ship’s surface was slowly decreasing. However, with the triggering of the “Neutron Star Core Pulse” feature, it could quickly replenish.

It was fortunate that all ships in the fleet were cruisers which were basically sufficient to proceed steadily through this hostile environment.

Under the leadership of the Wind Barbarian, the nine warships flew tens of thousands of kilometers when suddenly a voice appeared in the fleet’s magnetic wave group chat,—a reminder from an ordinary Third Rank Cruiser Captain of the Barbarian Feng team.

“Boss, the Tracking Mark indicates that the Storm Giant Eagle group has migrated again. We need to head left, about a million kilometers or so!”

Due to the extreme storm interference, the tracking capacity of tracking components was significantly reduced, so only now the specific location of the target group was tracked.

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Two days later, the fleet finally arrived at the target area after a slow but steady pursuit.

No way could the cruiser ships advance quickly over the continent; the hurricane’s eye was simply too numerous, which is why it took two days to complete the journey.

Upon approaching the vicinity of the target species, the cruising radar revealed that the Fourth Rank storm giant eagle was not among the group; it seemed to have gone out hunting.

Regarding this, Song Chi thought to himself that their luck was good, as this should be the best opportunity to make a move.

“That Fourth Rank storm giant eagle has left, so let’s wait a while and be very careful not to expose ourselves prematurely!”

Shi Man’s sudden comment filled Song Chi’s eyes with confusion.

Wasn’t this the perfect opportunity to act? Why wait?

Seeming to notice the confusion in his eyes, Shi Man quickly explained:

“Your Highness Song Qi, it’s like this: the male storm giant eagle has a special sense with the female eagles in the group. Once it is trapped, the Fourth Rank male will immediately sense it and will summon its kind at the first opportunity.”

“The number of storm giant eagles on the Storm Continent is abundant. Two years ago, this male eagle summoned eight of its peers, and during that event, our squad lost two cruisers.”

Song Chi fell silent, unsure of what to say.

Eight Fourth Rank storm giant eagles, and the added blessing of the Level 4 Floating Land’s original rules beneath their feet, even the Cang Qiong might struggle to cope.

The team waited another three days. When the Fourth Rank male storm giant eagle returned, the nine cruiser ships, which had been prepared for action, immediately sprang into motion.

Of course, the Wind Barbarian was the first to act, with its specialized component designed to deal with the Fourth Rank storm giant eagle being the main method of attack.

As this component activated, Song Chi found that the surrounding thousand miles of territory were all sealed off by a special spherical spatial barrier. Upon seeing this, Song Chi immediately thought of the “Starlight Projector” component aboard his grandfather’s flagship, the Furious Battle Mad Lion.

That orange component too had a very similar feature.

“Chirp chirp chirp!”

Before he could ponder any more, sharp cries of eagles were already spreading from the distant Vault of Heaven.

“Prince Song Qi, our squad can spare two cruisers to assist you, please…”

Midway through their tactical group chat and before Shi Man could finish, Song Chi directly interrupted him.

“No need, just go and secure that storm mica, and leave this eagle to me!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Cang Qiong, radiating five-colored light, soared into the sky, charging straight at the Fourth Rank storm giant eagle.

Within this shielding space, the endless thunderstorms and hurricanes were greatly weakened. Without these two influences, even if the enemy was enhanced by Level 4 Floating Land rules, Song Chi was still confident.

After all, he only needed to hold it off, not kill it.

To tell the truth, taking down this peak Fourth Rank storm giant eagle, which currently had the combat power of the peak of the Fourth Rank, wouldn’t be too difficult for the Cang Qiong.

Although the blessings from the Floating Land Origin rules granted it the combat power of the peak of the Fourth Rank, the Law of Wind it controlled was still at a normal Fourth Rank Level, possessing merely life energy with no real deterrence to the Cang Qiong.

Yet, this would likely require the use of the “Neutron Star Fission” from the Purusa Zen Seal, or maybe the Mythical Mecha Form, and so on. Otherwise, it would be a prolonged battle of attrition. Song Chi, who had no desire to reveal his trump card, clearly had no intention of going down that route.

Keep in mind that, over the past period, news that he would soon join the “Barren Feng” squad for an exploration in the Alien Star Domain had been spreading among the top forces. Neither he nor Song Yufeng could have leaked it, so the issue naturally must have arisen from the Barren Feng squad.

Where there’s one leak, there could be a second. If he exposed his hand here, there’s no telling if that information would end up on the records of other powers in the principality upon his return, something Song Chi definitely did not want to happen.

PS: Chapter Two coming soon!

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