Song Chi, Prime Ancestor, and Song Ze parted ways far beyond the Floating Land near Rodium, almost ten thousand light-years away.

After the departure, the "Immovable Ming King" headed east, while Song Chi drove the "Cang Qiong" north.

Northern Sphere Kingdom, where the Northern Sphere Heavenly King Manor is located, did not belong to one of the central six star domains of Yaohan Kingdom but lay in the northern part of the kingdom, directly facing the frontier threatened by the Robber Star Civilization.

Equipped with both an "Aurora Transition Device" and a "Roarer Jump Device" enhanced to the fifth rank orange quality, Song Chi was traveling quite fast.

As soon as the jump device cooled down, he activated it immediately; once it entered cooling again, he directly headed to Ruins Market to continue his comprehension of the two origin laws.

However, due to the difficulty in purchasing complete star charts of the kingdom, each time Song Chi arrived in a new star domain, he had to wait for the "Transposition Star Chart Collector" feature to gather the star charts first, which significantly slowed his travel pace.

A month later, he left the scope of the central six star domains of the kingdom and successfully entered the northern part of the kingdom.

However, there were dozens of star domains in the northern part of the kingdom too, and he still needed to travel through nearly twenty star domains to reach the Northern Sphere Star Domain.

The northern part of Yaohan Kingdom consisted of about twenty star domains, among which Northern Sphere Star Domain was the largest. Aside from Northern Sphere, there was another quite special star domain named "Wolf Fang."

Located right in the middle of all northern star domains of the kingdom, Wolf Fang had become the busiest star domain in the area, with fleets constantly entering and leaving to journey to other star domains.

Beneath the extreme prosperity and bustle naturally brewed chaos and bloodshed, the only solace being that conflicts were generally restricted to under fourth rank level due to the rules set by the Liu Royal Family and the Northern Sphere Heavenly King Manor.

...

Boom, boom, boom!

"Warning, warship under attack, energy shield fully overloaded, current warship armor damaged by 14%, please repair promptly!"

"Warning, warship under attack, current warship armor damaged by 17%, structural damage 1%, please repair promptly!"

Amidst the intense barrage of cannon fire, a series of urgent elevating sounds were heard within the blue-glowing cruiser.

In the warship main control room, the somewhat aged captain, with a grim expression, stared at the communication hologram in front of him, eyes locked on the middle-aged man on the other side, and he gritted his teeth.

"Zeng Han, dare you breach our contract?"

The middle-aged man on the other side gave a sinister smile.

"Old man Wu, you didn't really think a blue-quality alliance contract would hold back veteran cruiser captains like us, did you?"

"Enough talk. Hand over the loot you got from that ruin, considering our years of cooperation, I might spare your great-grandson!"

He said, looking towards the young man behind old man Wu.

The young man, named Wu Sheng, was Wu's great-grandson, who had just turned 31 and awakened the Seed of Torch just over a year ago.

Considering this, old man Wu scanned the other two cruisers in the nearby starry sky, a flash of intent passing through his eyes.

Yet in a blink, that intent completely dissipated.

He was a cruiser captain who had lived for hundreds of years, not some greenhorn.

Wu Sheng had excellent talent, having awakened a purple Seed of Torch, and his performances in the Alien Star Domain explorations over the past year were quite commendable. A few months ago, the deputy city lord of Yuan Kong City from fourth rank had already considered taking him as an apprentice, and this was already widely known in this star region; how could Zeng Han not know?

Would the opponents really let go of such a potential threat?

The answer was clear.

Seeing that old man Wu had yet to speak, Zeng Han, understanding his intention, stopped wasting time and signaled his two cruiser captain friends to go all out.

Once quiet, space erupted once more with intense cannonades.

"Zeng Han, are you seriously trying to finish this? If I load all the components, even if you sink the 'War Wu' later, you won't get any high-quality components!"

As the damage to the warship's armor worsened, old man Wu roared his threat.

However, the three cruisers opposite were completely unmoved.

As the "War Wu" was about to sink, there suddenly appeared a swath of spatial fluctuations tens of thousands of meters away, followed by a 1,300-meter cruiser enveloped in a five-colored light shield emerging from the void.

"This..."

On the opposite side, Zeng Han and the others' expressions changed, their first thought being that reinforcements called by old man Wu had arrived.

However, upon seeing only one cruiser had come, they simultaneously relaxed; the next moment, the shifting movement of the far cruiser completely eased their tension.

From the Cang Qiong main control room.

This scene Song Chi encountered immediately after this jump was somewhat unexpected for him.

This jump spanned over a thousand light-years, essentially moving directly from another star domain into this "Wolf Fang Star Domain." Given such a distance, plus the "Transposition Star Chart Collector" feature's lack of magic energy detection traits, who would have known that a small battle would be happening a thousand light-years away?

Upon seeing the fight involving the four cruisers in front of him, Song Chi had no intention of getting involved; he just wanted to reach the Northern Sphere Star Domain as quickly as possible, not meddling in these other matters.

However, just then, a communication request had already been sent to Cang Qiong.

With a mindset of disinterest, he initially rejected the connection.

Unbeknownst to him, the other party quickly sent a second request.

Frowning slightly, Song Chi thought for a moment and then connected to this second communication request.

Apparently aware of Song Chi's lack of interest in joining the battle, the hopeful old man Wu got straight to the point.

"Friend, a red epic quality special component, I only ask that you save the lives of the two of us and send us back to Yuan Kong City!"

"I can swear that this red component is the most valuable item we possess, and it's also the source of this battle!"

As he spoke, he also sent over a screenshot of the attributes panel.

Song Chi's interest, initially low, suddenly peaked as his eyes scanned the screenshot.

Spirit Summoning Demon Puppet lv0

Quality: Red

Feature: Demon Puppet Spirit Summoning

Feature 2: Demon Puppet Spirit Guarding

Feature 3: Doubling Spirit Summoning Distance

Consumption: 20/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Charge: 60s; Buffer: 24 hours

Effect: Consumes 1,000 Spectral Energy Points to condense a Spirit Summoning Mark, which can be used to target a specific creature or object, allowing only one Spirit Summoning Mark at a time.

Upgrade Requirement: 20 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 2,000 Spectral Energy Points

{Demon Puppet Spirit Summoning: Consumes 10,000 Spectral Energy Points to activate a Spirit Summoning Mark actively. The creature or object marked will be instantly transported back to the carrying Warship (Note: The marked creature or object must not exceed 1/10 of the Warship's volume, and at the time of summoning, the distance from the Warship must not exceed 0.02 (0.01×2) light-years)}

{Demon Puppet Spirit Guarding: After the component is loaded, a Demon Puppet Phantom will automatically condense within the Torch Ship Captain's Ancestral Aperture inside the warship, protecting the captain's spirit, Spiritual heart, and Seed of Torch. If a Demon Puppet Phantom is shattered by an external attack, it will re-condense after 24 hours.}

This component was indeed a long-range summoning type, something Song Chi had long sought but never found, and it even came with a feature that protected mental spirit, definitely a top rank component.

Thus, Song Chi changed his mind.

At the Cang Qiong's bow, two main cannons were quickly charging.

Zeng Han and his group did not know what condition Song Chi had opted to act on, but they knew it must have been some favorable offer from the old man Wu.

Soon, the Cang Qiong reconnected another communication.

"Friend, are you sure you want to intervene? We have three cruisers, I advise you to reconsider!"

"Are you done talking?"

With a calm expression, Song Chi fired the two main cannons the next second.

A beam of light and a quantum sword light shot out one after another, hitting the energy shields on the outer layers of the two cruisers in front.

Inside the cruisers, the Captains' faces showed panic.

With the arrival of the two attacks within a mere two seconds, their cruisers' energy shields over-loaded one after another, followed by unimaginably fast damage to the warship armor and structure.

Almost instinctively, both captains activated the defensive features of the warship armor, barely managing to withstand the attacks.

Immediately, both understood that the two main cannon components of the Cang Qiong had to be enhanced to the Fourth Rank limit, if not Fifth Rank, and were of significant quality.

"Damn, it must be cruiser captains from major forces. Both main cannons are at least of orange quality. What to do now?"

Inside the communication group chat of the three cruisers, one of the attacked cruiser captains spoke.

"What else can we do? Retreat!!"

Zeng Han looked disturbed but found no other solution. He watched as the three cruisers decisively powered up their engines, turned their hulls around, and fled without hesitation.

Song Chi was indeed surprised. Decisive Torch Ship Captains like these were rare; usually, most would not give up until seeing the coffin. He chose not to pursue, as he was initially just an interloper and the other party had never attacked Cang Qiong from the beginning; he never intended to deal a killing blow.

Otherwise, he would not have merely initiated the normal attack from the two main cannons but activated the attack features instead.

Two mere cruisers. If he had activated the attack features, it would have been instant annihilation, no second outcome possible.

Not until the three cruisers vanished from sight, did the old man Wu and his grandson on the War Wu Vessel react, looking at Cang Qiong with disbelief.

The old man Wu initially guessed Cang Qiong's extraordinary origin and thanked Song Chi respectfully, but he was not in a hurry to bring out the [Spirit Summoning Demon Puppet] component.

Given the combat power previously displayed by Cang Qiong, sinking the [War Wu Vessel] would be far too easy, and having the red epic component loaded on the [War Wu Vessel] could create just a little bit of concern for Cang Qiong.

Song Chi did not force it. Cang Qiong's engines roared, heading to Yuan Kong City as marked on the transit star map, and the [War Wu Vessel] slowly followed.

Several hours later, as both warships' jump devices eventually finished cooling, both activated simultaneous space jumps.

Yuan Kong Floating Land, Northern Dome Star Region.

Yuan Kong Floating Land is a Fourth Rank resource-type floating land that ran out of resources thousands of years ago, abandoned by a few large forces of the Wolf Fang Star Domain, eventually occupied

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