Chapter 1089 - 576: Black [Soul Devouring Altar]_2
Swish, swish, swish!
The outermost Holy Light Shield had long been completely obliterated. Now directly in contact with the external energy surge was the “Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield”. However, because both the [Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield] and the [Neutron Star Core Armor] components were enhanced to the Eighth Rank, their incredible self-repair abilities made the Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield much sturdier than the previous Holy Light Shield.
[Strange Object: Spirit Serpent Ring]
[Quality: Gold]
[Convertible to: {Spirit Serpent Space Ring}]
[Note: A unique oddity nurtured from the Starry Sky’s Intestine.]
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[Strange Object: Rotten Ring]
[Quality: Gold]
[Convertible to: {Extreme Desolation Corrosion Cannon}]
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[Strange Object: Yun Kong Stone]
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Along the way, Song Chi successively spotted multiple golden sanctuary oddities, among which two could convert into ship components — one being a special warship space expansion component, and another a golden star-annihilating cannon.
Neither was too satisfying for him, so he didn’t stop the upward speeding of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.
Crack, crack, crack!
At a certain moment, fine cracks appeared on the Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield, and its brilliance dimmed to the extreme. Obviously, under the fierce external energy surge, the [Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield] was about to overload.
However, at this time, Song Chi actively activated the “Angel King True Spirit Guard” feature.
With the condensation of the Eighth Rank Angel King’s True Spirit Illusion, the energy surge’s erosion on the warship was weakened by more than eighty percent. Taking this opportunity, with the dual repair of the Energy Shield component itself and the [Neutron Star Core Armor], the [Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield] could be fully restored in just a few dozen seconds.
However, at this moment, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had evidently penetrated the innermost part of the [Starry Sky’s Intestine]. As the warship continued its upward momentum, Song Chi, relying on his double pupils, quickly captured sight of two black orbs of light at the uppermost part of the intestine.
“Two black supreme-quality oddities… It seems that ever since its birth, no creature has reached this deepest part of the [Starry Sky’s Intestine], or at least very few.”
Upon confirming this point, another silver engine on the warship was fully activated by Song Chi, immediately boosting the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s speed significantly towards the summit.
The closer it got to the top of the intestine, the more terrifying the intensity of the external energy surge became, directly accelerating the dimming of the Angel King’s True Spirit Illusion.
As the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong finally reached the top, the Angel King’s True Spirit Illusion just happened to be completely obliterated.
However, Song Chi didn’t take further action but allowed the external energy surge to erode the warship.
With the previous protection of the Angel King’s True Spirit Illusion, the [Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield] was fully restored and could hold out for a while.
His gaze quickly focused on the two black orbs of light in front of the warship.
[Strange Object: Light and Shadow Tomb]
[Quality: Black]
[Convertible to: None]
[Note: A unique oddity nurtured from the Starry Sky’s Intestine.]
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[Strange Object: Soul Devouring Platform]
[Quality: Black]
[Convertible to: {Soul Devouring Altar}]
[Note: A unique oddity nurtured from the Starry Sky’s Intestine.]
Song Chi’s gaze completely focused on the black orb on the right, and soon an attribute panel emerged before his eyes once more.
Soul Devouring Altar lv0
Quality: Black
Unique Feature: Soul Devouring·Ascension
Consumption: 300/s (Spectral Energy Points)
Effect: Once loaded, the souls of directly killed sentient creatures by the warship will be absorbed by this component.
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{Soul Devouring·Ascension: Consumes ten million Spectral Energy Points, sacrifices this component to consume all absorbed souls, allowing a specified component to ascend, guaranteed quality enhancement by one rank. Current soul devouring progress: First stage 0% (Note: With the first stage progress bar full, a red component can be ascended to silver, with the second stage to gold, and so on, with the soul devouring progress reaching up to the fourth stage, allowing a black component to ascend to colorful/lower rank component)}
After reviewing the attributes of the two oddities, Song Chi’s eyes glimmered, but he didn’t immediately take the [Soul Devouring Platform] oddity.
The warship quickly descended, and soon after the Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield was thoroughly overloaded, the warship exited the [Starry Sky’s Intestine].
Given the feature of this Starry Sky’s Intestine, only one strange object could be taken at a time, but Song Chi wanted to try his luck.
Leaving a spatial anchor point at the original spot, he returned to the [Golden Disk Floating Land].
A few dozen minutes later, after a spatial fluctuation, Song Chi appeared in this section of the starry sky again.
Soon, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, along with Song Wujiang and Song Yan, appeared successively.
“It truly is the [Starry Sky’s Intestine]!”
Coming out of the [Dimension Space Stone], the two were fixated on the uniquely shaped scarlet intestine ahead.
Although they both had fortunate encounters, this Starry Sky’s Intestine was something they were indeed seeing for the first time.
After some scrutiny, Song Chi spoke his mind.
“Ancestor, let’s try taking it together later to see if each of us can get a strange object.”
Having said this and seeing the two nod, Song Chi added:
“Should we bring along Prime Ancestor and the others?”
Faced with this suggestion, Song Yan was the first to express his opinion.
“I don’t think it’s too necessary. This method is unlikely to work. Otherwise, the Torch Human Civilization would have documented it.”
His words made sense; no matter how rare the [Starry Sky’s Intestine] might be, given the number of Torch Ship Captains in the Torch Human Civilization, many must have encountered it. Given the ingenuity of Torch Humanity, this method was likely attempted. Since there’s no record, it probably doesn’t work.
However, Song Wujiang eventually said:
“Little Chi, go make the trip. The chance is small, but with your teleportation ability, it’s not troublesome to bring Shi Yuan and the others over to try.”
Half a day later, the Song Family’s five fearless captains, along with one annihilation starship captain, all maneuvered their warships into the [Starry Sky’s Intestine].
After some traversal, the six warships each stopped near different Starry Sea Oddities.
At the very top of the intestine, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and Dinghai Dragon Steed quietly hovered, with Song Chi’s target being the [Soul Devouring Platform], while the elder Song Wujiang eyed the [Light and Shadow Tomb].
A black supreme oddity, even if nonconvertible to a ship component, holds much more value than an ordinary golden component, so naturally, Song Wujiang wouldn’t settle for less.
In the special communication group chat of the six warships, the Song family’s spirits were all highly tense as Song Chi’s voice resonated.
“Be ready, 3, 2, 1, go!”
As the words fell, the Law Hands from the six warships simultaneously reached out.
In the next moment, everyone felt a massive repulsive force acting upon them, and they soon found themselves spinning helplessly, only to return to their senses in the starry sky outside the [Starry Sky’s Intestine].
Looking at the enormous [Starry Sky’s Intestine] ahead, with creatures triggering the oddity nurtured within, a surge of scarlet blood light suddenly erupted around it.
The blood glow illuminated the entire dark starry sky, and in the next second, the [Starry Sky’s Intestine] vanished before the eyes of the six, retreating into the distant starry sea.
Seeing this, the Song family members in the warship communication group chat let out a bitter laugh.
Except for Song Chi, who successfully acquired the [Soul Devouring Platform], the other five had empty hands. Evidently, this method of trying one’s luck was indeed ineffective.
“Forget it, it was just an attempt after all. No need to be disappointed, at least Little Chi successfully obtained a black supreme component.”
Song Wujiang was the first to speak, but in truth, there was no need for comfort; everyone was aware.
In fact, just as Song Chi was counting down, the others deliberately delayed their actions a fraction to ensure Song Chi’s success, rather than mistakenly let others acquire a golden oddity.
However, at this moment, Song Chi suddenly spoke:
“Wait, let me try once more.”
Acting together was actually just a low-expectation attempt, Song Chi truly wanted to exploit another opportunity.