National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 793 Soul Mark and Mental Pollution

The Tianxu Cangqiong mirror warship under the control of the soul was shaking violently, and the engine was roaring under the heavy load. The alarm of the replica Qiongtian intelligent brain was echoing wildly in the cabin:

[Alert! Mythical-level space blockade detected...]

[Alert! The energy shield is suffering from mythical erosion...]

Fine cracks appeared on the battleship's outer energy shield. The replica [Myth Pulse Energy Shield] had already been severely damaged by the abyss magic flames, and after experiencing a high-speed collision with the ninth-level Cinder-Destroying Flame Dragon, the fullness of the shield was greatly weakened. Now under the erosion of this mythical energy, it was soon completely overloaded.

Next is the outer layer of armor of the ship. Those armor layers covered by extremely dense neutron star cores are carbonizing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Song Chi could clearly feel that the entire warship was like an insect solidified in amber, and even the movement at the quantum level was gradually stagnating.

"This is... the power of myth?"

He looked at the claw on the virtual screen that covered the sky and the sun. The flames of the abyss that dimmed the stars flowed between each gap of the scales. Just by being covered by its shadow, the armor of the mirror battleship was damaged at a rate of 3% per second.

Suddenly, all the dashboards in the main control room burst into dazzling red light at the same time, and the mechanical sound of the replica [Sky Intelligence Brain] suddenly became urgent:

[Strong Evil God distortion radiation detected! Repeat, strong Evil God distortion radiation detected! ]

The scene outside the porthole began to distort, and countless scarlet eyes suddenly appeared in the originally burning abyss sky.

These pupils, condensed with pure malice, covered the entire sky, and each one was flowing with a sticky substance like asphalt.

"Hua Yan Xie Ji Lan Yan! (Those who look directly into the abyss will eventually be swallowed by it)"

The ancient whispers echoed directly in the depths of his consciousness, and he felt cold and slippery tentacles crawling along the veins of his thoughts.

On the virtual screen, the value representing the degree of mental pollution continues to rise.

[Warning, the captain's mental pollution level is 2%! ]

[Warning, the captain's mental pollution level is 3%! ]

【warn……】

[Attention, excessive mental pollution will cause the captain to go completely crazy. It is recommended to activate the emergency purification function immediately! ]

The prompt sound from the smart computer beside his ear was rapid and sharp, but Song Chi himself seemed extremely calm.

After activating the replica of [The Demonic Buddha's Purifying Relics] as suggested by the Sky Intelligent Computer, feeling the purifying Buddha light suddenly filling the cabin, he could clearly feel that with the activation of [The Demonic Buddha's Purifying Relics], the soul and spiritual thoughts connected to the original mind became much more relaxed.

Of course, what he called activating and replicating the [Demon Buddha's Purifying Relics] did not involve the use of psionic energy. The "Demon Buddha's Single Purifying Aura" feature of the component was itself a passive ability that was effective at all times.

What he called activation was to temporarily evolve the [Soul-Devouring Altar] into a colorful lower-level quality. The black-quality "Power of the Demonic Buddha's Purification" was obviously not enough to resist the distorted pollution from the outside world, but after evolving into a colorful lower-level, the effect was rapidly improved.

The hidden dangers in his mind were temporarily under control. Song Chi became calmer and did not continue to try to activate several jump and escape components. He had already forgotten what the final outcome of the mirror battleship would be. His sight turned to the side and the top of his head.

That is where the Asura King is.

He quickly raised his left hand, and the dark energy in his body was madly injected into the golden token in his palm.

Soon, boundless purple mist energy spread out from the inside out, until a boundless purple mist projection was projected above the mirror battleship.

After the projection of the Zhutian Market was summoned, the soul clearly felt that the mythical pressure surrounding the battleship was slightly weakened.

Although the intensity of the market projection only remains at the ninth level, it is ultimately a [Chaos Wonder]. The purple mist energy that shines across the starry sky is from the same source as the original chaotic energy. Even the power of mythology is theoretically suppressed by it.

That is to say, the energy intensity itself differs by one order, otherwise it would not be as simple as a slight weakening.

"not enough!"

Re-enactment of [Barbarian God Protection] "The Blessing of the Emperor Barbarian God"

Feeling that the warship was still only able to move with difficulty, there was no joy in Song Chi's soul's eyes, and he quickly activated the [Barbarian God Guardian] component.

The phantom of the soul of the Emperor of Barbarian God and the purple mist projection of the City of the Universe intertwined and overlapped, and countless space ripples were rippling around the warship. These ripples could not stray too far away from the mirror warship, and dissipated in the layers of pressure in the distance before they were fully unfolded.

But at least in a large area centered on the mirror battleship, the mythical pressure that permeated the void was weakened by more than 70%, allowing the mirror battleship to regain basic mobility.

And this is also the result that Song Chi is trying hard to achieve.

Buzz!
The two onboard engines on the mirror battleship were running at overload, pushing the battleship towards the Asura King in the sky.

As the only ninth-rank slave creature under his command, the importance of the Asura King is self-evident, not to mention that he is holding the [Destiny Slashing Sky Sword], a three-colored rare long sword in his hand.

Song Chi now has only one thought.

'Use all means to help the Asura King escape.'

However, while the mirror battleship was pulling at full speed, Song Chi was distracted and gave another order to a seven-star ancient monster behind him.

Upon receiving the order, the Seven-Star Ancient Demon turned around quickly, and when he got close to the replica of the [Void Warehouse] component, his figure suddenly disappeared.

In the dimensional space carried by the replica of the [Void Warehouse], after the Seven-Star Ancient Demon appeared, his eyes were first focused on the two giant corpses in the space.

It was the ninth-level Fire Demon King who was dealt with in advance and the ninth-level Flame Dragon that was at the bottom of the crater just now.

With the "void storage" feature of replicating the [Void Warehouse], it is extremely convenient for the mirror battleship to absorb spoils, so Song Chi has developed a good habit early on. Generally, the high-level alien races he has dealt with, or the ownerless strange objects and rare resources, he will absorb them into the dimensional space.

There are not even just two corpses of ninth-order overlords. There are also five piles of Truth III alloys in this meta-space. They are the result of the disintegration of five Truth mechanical behemoths that Song Chi had voluntarily recalled after successfully assisting a group of star destroyer captains to escape from the battlefield.

The Seven-Star Ancient Demon moved extremely quickly. After using the [Dimensional Space Stone] to collect the two corpses of the Ninth Rank Overlords and five piles of Truth Type III Alloy, it used the [Market Walking Order] in its hand to enter the Zhutian Market.

……

In the sky above the Demon-Suppressing Pass, the mirror battleship successfully flew close to the Asura King with the help of double projection.

As the mirror battleship approached, the tremendous energy emanating from the soul of the Emperor of Barbarian Gods and the projection of the market of the heavens also enveloped it.

chap!
Suddenly, the Asura King, who had been imprisoned for a long time, trembled all over and regained his ability to move.

laugh--

At the same time, the hatch of the mirror battleship was also opened, and the Asura King quickly shrank in size while rushing towards the mirror battleship.

Above the sky, the Fire Demon King walked in the solidified space, leaving burning footprints in the void with every step.

The flaming throne above his head is now connected to the devil's claw, turning into a rainbow bridge connecting the two realms.

"sucker Punch!"

He seemed to have seen through the purpose of the mirror battleship and the Ashura King. Although he did not think that the Ashura King who rushed into the battleship could escape death today, he still instinctively took action to stop it.

"【The Claw of the Burning World】 has descended upon this realm. All resistance is in vain. Ignorant ants, welcome death!"

As he finished speaking, deep in the chaotic passage above the sky, a vertical pupil of fire condensed from nebulae was slowly opening.

What was reflected deep in the pupils was the claw of the abyss that was chasing after him across time and space.

The moment the flaming vertical pupil fully opened, the entire sky suddenly collapsed.

The dual engines of the mirror battleship let out a shrill whine, and the hull armor evaporated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Song Chi's soul stared at the holographic projection, and saw that the scales on the surface of the abyss claws suddenly rolled back, revealing countless mouths full of sharp teeth underneath.

"Roar--"

Amidst the indescribable roar, the densely packed mouthparts simultaneously spewed out a sticky dark red substance. The moment these substances came into contact with the projection of the Emperor Barbarian God, they turned into millions of blood vessel-like tentacles, wrapping the purple mist of the market and the shadow of the God into a huge cocoon.

[Alert! The strength of myth erosion has exceeded the critical value! ]

[Warning! The ship's armor has melted by more than 90%, and the ship's hull has been damaged by 68%! ]

[Emergency reminder: Abyss assimilation phenomenon detected! ]

The battleship was flying backwards, and Song Chi's soul hit the control console.

He saw through the twisted porthole that the dark red tentacles were extracting the essence of the dual projections—the purple mist was stained with rust-like spots, and the phantom of the god grew deformed tumors.

[Warning, the captain's mental pollution has risen to 11%! ]

【warn……】

At this time, even if the [Demon Buddha Purifying Relics] had evolved into a colorful lower-quality one, it was still difficult to resist the erosion of the terrifying distortion force from the outside world.

Although the flying Asura King tried his best to open up his ninth-order law force field, he still couldn't get rid of the countless granulations that began to grow all over his body, and tumors continued to expand one after another. Swish!

Two rays of light, one gold and one black, shot out from the mirror battleship and quickly sank into the body of the flying Asura King.

The black Buddhist mantra transformed from the "Demonic Buddha Group Purifying Halo" appeared on the body of the Asura King, trying its best to purify the polluted energy in the body.

The golden light suddenly transformed into a layer of plasma monomer shield surrounding the body of the Ashura King.

These two methods have relieved some of the pressure on the Asura King, but this is not enough.

Seeing that the flying speed of the Asura King was visibly decreasing, Song Chi activated the replica of the [Immortal Binding Rope] again.

Several colorful ropes shot out from the warship, and with the active cooperation of the Ashura King, they easily wrapped around his entire body. Immediately, a powerful traction force came from the ropes, and the flying speed of the Ashura King increased again.

However, just as the Ashura King was about to reach the warship, the claw of the abyss in the sky suddenly trembled violently.

Then all the dark red tentacles contracted at the same time, weaving into a bloody web of flesh and blood that covered the sky and the sun in the void.

"Want to escape?"

The voice of the Fire Demon King was filled with the cruelty of a cat playing with a mouse. The flaming pupils on his head suddenly shrank, and the web of flesh and blood immediately enveloped the warship and the Asura King.

[Alert! Mythical-level spatial confinement detected...]

[Warning! The [Immortal Binding Rope] component is about to be overloaded...]

The immortal-binding rope creaked as it could not bear the weight, and its colorful light quickly dimmed under the pressure of the web of flesh and blood.

The figure of the Asura King froze again, and spider-web cracks began to appear on the plasma shield on his body.

The data stream in Song Chi's soul flashed wildly, and he suddenly turned the battleship. The already severely damaged hull actually took the initiative to crash into the blood and flesh net, and at the same time, all the remaining energy was injected into the replica of [Neutron Star Core Armor].

"Since I can't leave..."

The battleship's outer armor suddenly lit up with a dazzling incandescent light, and the armor layer made of neutron star shell material was suddenly repaired at a certain moment, and even the mythical pulse energy shield on the outer layer of the ship reappeared.

In addition, a circle of obscure Buddha's light emanated from the hull and eventually gathered on the mythical pulse energy shield, increasing the fullness of the energy shield by nearly 70%.

It is a replica of the "Buddha's Light Shining Everywhere" effect of [The Demonic Buddha's Purifying Relics].

But doing this is not an attempt to resist head-on, but to buy more time.

After that, the battleship's armor began to emit three-color light, and countless high-energy particles rushed out from the armor.

[Neutron Star Core Armor] · "High Energy Particle Storm"!
The terrifying high-energy particle flow distorted the surrounding space, and finally succeeded in tearing a tiny crack in the web of flesh and blood.

"It's now!"

After receiving Song Chi's order, the Asura King seized this fleeting opportunity, and the Destiny Sword in his hand burst out with unprecedented three-color brilliance.

Wherever the sword passed, the dark red tentacles retreated as if they had encountered a natural enemy.

However, the master of the Abyss Claws seemed to be completely enraged.

The chaotic passage in the void suddenly expanded, and a second devil's claw covered with bone spurs stretched out and directly grabbed the fleeing Asura King.

At the critical moment, Song Chi, contrary to his usual behavior, took back his own soul. The last command he gave to the replica of [Sky Intelligent Brain] was only one.

[Receiving the battleship self-destruct command, the battleship self-destruct program is activated...]

Rumble!
The entire battleship instantly decomposed into countless glowing particles, which formed a dazzling star ring behind the Ashura King.

The moment the second devil's claw touched the star ring, energy comparable to that of a supernova explosion was released. With the shock wave of this shocking explosion, the Asura King finally broke through the blockade.

But just as He was about to escape into the void, a wisp of dark red mist wrapped around His left arm like a bone-deep ulcer.

"what--"

With a tragic howl, the left arm of the Asura King instantly decayed into bones.

What’s even more frightening is that corruption is spreading rapidly along the shoulders.

At the critical moment, He swung the sword at his left shoulder without hesitation.

The sword with three-colored light swept across, and the contaminated body part was instantly cut off.

At this point, the Asura King who lost his left arm finally turned into a streak of blood and disappeared into the twisted void. Only the angry roar of the Flame Demon King echoed in the broken sky:

"Escape, ant! Your soul has been marked by the abyss. No matter where you flee to in the starry sea, you will be targeted by the abyss army..."

At this moment in the Zhutian Market, the Seven Star Ancient Demon stood quietly in the trading area. Suddenly, ripples appeared in the space in front of it, and the blood-covered Asura King stumbled out.

Song Chi, who had been waiting here for a long time, stepped forward quickly and immediately took the Asura King into the main body of the [Tianxu Cangqiong] hovering above his head.

He took the three-colored sword that the Asura King was holding tightly in his arms, and there was no trace of a smile on his tense face.

Having lost an entire arm, it would be difficult for the Asura King to recover to his peak combat power in a short period of time.

While sending the Asura King into the [Life System Medical Repair Cabin], Song Chi also looked towards the endless void sea outside the dome of the market.

There, a kind of gaze from beyond dimensions makes people feel uneasy.

His intuition told him that the Abyss Demon [Claw of the Burning World] was standing at the deepest part of the bottomless abyss at this moment, trying to cross the endless distance to peek into everything in the dark side of the virtual sea.

However, the good news is that the Zhutian Market is located deep in the dark side of the virtual sea, and it itself has the status of a [Chaos Wonder]. In addition, the [Heavenly Mandate Compass] carried by the Tianxu Cangqiong itself, with the blessing of the "Heavenly Mandate·Confusing Heaven's Secrets" feature, even if the market has only recovered to the eighth level, it will never be locked by a mythical creature.

However, before the soul mark left by the other party is removed, the Asura King may not be able to easily leave the Zhutian Market in the future.

In addition, the distorted and polluted power remaining in various parts of the Asura King's body is also a big trouble.

Staring at the Asura King who was gradually recovering in the medical cabin, Song Chi frowned slightly.

It can be clearly seen that in the broken arm of the Asura King, there are still wisps of dark red energy wriggling, trying to contaminate His body like a living creature.

When he retracted his gaze, he looked at the information light screen displayed above the control console behind him. That was the digitized status information of the Asura King detected by the [Eye of Truth].

[Name: Ashura King]

[Level: Ninth Level]

[Current status: Vitality loss 38% (broken arm), body deformation 25%, mental pollution 31%, soul erosion mark]

[Health: 62%/100%]

[Innate abilities: Shura Time Blade, Son of the Sea of ​​Blood, Blood of Slaughter, Blood Cutting]

【Favourability: 100】

……

The loss of vitality can be ignored. The life-system medical repair cabin can slowly repair it, mainly physical deformation and mental pollution.

Song Chi estimated that if he used the [Demonic Buddha Purifying Halo] a few more times, it should be able to purify a part of it to a certain extent. However, if he wanted to use the [Demonic Buddha Purifying Relics] to completely heal it, it would most likely be impossible, and he had to think of other ways.

Just as he was having a headache about this, Song Chi suddenly felt a sharp pain deep in his brain, followed by a vague feeling of brutality.

His brows furrowed again, and he almost forgot that through the mental connection with the split soul, his own spirit had also been polluted to a certain extent.

Thinking of this, he took the initiative to use the [Eye of Truth] to detect his own condition.

【Name: Songchi】

[Level: Eighth Level]

【Age: 3486】

[Current status: Mental pollution 12%]

[Health: 100%/100%]

[Innate abilities: double pupils, blessing of the misty snakeman...]

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(End of this chapter)