National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 814 [Battlefield of Heaven - The Song Family's Expansion Plan]

The Heavenly Realm, the central island of Holy Light.

Seven blood moons hung high in the sky, their crimson light pouring down like viscous blood, turning this super island continent, one of the five central main islands of the Heavenly Realm and with a diameter of over ten million light-years, into a crimson expanse.

In the southern part of the central island of Holy Light, in a vast, low-lying mountainous region, a medium-sized fleet of over three million warships is traversing this low-lying area.

At the forefront of the troops, a supreme command group consisting of a Starship and several Star Destroyers was engaged in continuous communication.

"Song Yan: Beyond this depression, to the north lies the Red Maple Kingdom, located north of the Aklemon Seven Kingdoms. According to information we obtained from the Aklemon family's intelligence station, the Red Maple Kingdom is now in a state of utter chaos, and the Eternal Sun Order, which originally occupied it, has already suffered a complete defeat."

As he spoke, Song Yan looked straight to the north, where the lost faith of the "Eternal Sun" was located, now transformed into the [Red Maple Kingdom], a region ravaged by an evil cult.

“In this area, the corruption of evil gods has not been completely eroded, and remnants of the belief system still exist.”

Song Yan stood on the command platform of the [Blazing Sea], his eyes flashing with a cold light, his voice, which resounded in the encrypted communication group chat, grew increasingly loud:

"If we can occupy this place, our family will have a foothold in the Heavenly Realm."

Upon hearing this, Song Xuancang, who had remained silent until now, frowned and said:

"But according to information, a high-level evil god cult is entrenched here, and behind them is very likely a real evil god."

Song Yan had clearly considered this beforehand: "There's no need to pay attention to this matter. Not to mention that His Majesty Emperor Jiang's flagship avatar is stationed in the seven kingdoms under the Aklemon family, and as a very famous righteous god in the Heavenly Realm, the Eternal Sun cannot possibly remain silent when the Seven Gods of Blood Moon take the initiative to invade its kingdom of faith. It's not even certain whether that evil god can spare the time to deal with it."

Having said that, before Song Xuancang could speak again, Song Yan loudly gave the order:
"Issue the order—activate the [Azure Dragon Starry Sky Array Diagram]. Ancestor, Ancestor Ru, Uncle Xuancang, cooperate with me to activate the [Four Symbols Revolving Seal]. Today, my Song family will conquer a territory in this Heavenly Realm."

As soon as the words were spoken, the millions of Song family warships that were traveling through the mountains began to accelerate. A phantom of a blue dragon appeared and disappeared above the fleet as it sped towards the last mountain range in the distance.

A century has passed since they entered this [Heavenly Realm]. In that time, the relief fleet has already completed the cleanup of all the evil god believers and mutated creatures in the seven kingdoms under the Aklemon family's control.

Having finally made it to this [Paradise Realm], the various forces of the Burning Flame Civilization were naturally not going to leave so easily. As for the seven kingdoms belonging to the Aklemon family, the forces naturally had no designs on them, but they had no reservations about the vast areas outside the seven kingdoms.

When the Aklemon family sought support from the ancestral domain, they had already anticipated this outcome, so they naturally wouldn't forcefully stop them; in fact, they even offered some support.

This [Paradise Realm] is incredibly large, its status being equivalent to an eleventh-level star continent. The [Holy Light Central Island] beneath our feet alone is no less than a tenth-level star continent, with a diameter exceeding ten million light-years. It is covered with hundreds of millions of nations, tribes, and city-states of various races.

After more than 200,000 years of continuous expansion and development, the four kingdoms completely controlled by the Aklemon family are not ordinary kingdoms, but empires above small countries and kingdoms. The combined diameter of the seven kingdoms exceeds several light-years, and the number of native humans under their command exceeds one hundred billion. However, in the context of the Holy Light Central Island, they are still just a very small area, let alone the entire [Heavenly Realm].

On the contrary, allowing various forces from the ancestral domain to join in and expand outwards in all four directions within the seven kingdoms would cause the Aklemon family to lose its monopoly on many resources in the [Paradise Realm].

However, the seven kingdoms will also become the heartland of all future colonial territories, and will no longer have to worry about the threats from other pantheons in this heavenly realm.

In this way, the majority of the Aklemon family's military forces deployed in the seven kingdoms will be freed up. These freed-up forces can either continue to expand the Aklemon family's territory on the central island of Holy Light, together with the many pioneering forces of the ancestral domain, or they can recall the ancestral domain and devote their strength to other directions.

In short, this was by no means a bad thing for the Aclemont family.

The Song family of Longji was one of these many pioneering forces.

……

"boom--"

In the Frostwolf Territory of the southern Red Maple Kingdom, the Song family fleet had just emerged from the mountains when a huge bloody gash suddenly appeared in the sky. Countless scarlet tentacles emerged from the void, and twisted evil god followers surged out like a tide, clearly detected by the high-level [Evil God Cult] occupying this place.

The leader of these countless cultists was none other than a ninth-rank Blood Moon High Priest draped in a blood-moon robe!

"Intruders! This is the pasture of our lord, the Crimson Moon! You shall be slain!"

The high priest roared and slammed his blood-red scepter into the void. In an instant, the blood moon power of the entire star field boiled and transformed into countless blood-red blades, which came crashing down on the Song family fleet!

"Defense array, full activation!" Without Song Yan's order, the Song family fleet, which had already formed the Azure Dragon Fleet, responded immediately.

"Boom--!"

The crimson blade struck the Azure Dragon Domain Force Field, unleashing a blinding energy storm.

Even with the support of the Azure Dragon Domain, the energy impact was still too astonishing. Thousands of warships located at the edge of the domain were instantly torn apart, turning into burning wreckage in the sky.

"Star Destroyers, launch!"

Song Wujiang's [Dinghai Longxiang], Song Xingru's [Ziyue Changge], and Song Mingsong's [Nuzhan Kuangshi], with the support of millions of Azure Dragon fleets, led the charge with several Star Destroyers of the Song family that temporarily possessed eighth-tier combat power. The Star Destroyer's cannon fire roared like an angry dragon, evaporating large numbers of evil god believers.

However, the high priest grinned maliciously and suddenly tore open his own chest—

"With my flesh and blood, I summon my Lord to descend!"

"Pfft!"

He crushed a beating scarlet heart, and in an instant, the entire sky trembled. A phantom blood moon appeared behind him, and the terrifying pressure of the evil god swept in all directions.

"Oh no! He's summoning the will of an evil god!"

Song Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Roar--"

In the critical moment, Song Yan did not hesitate and directly summoned the ninth-tier star beast - the Giant-Toothed Star Shark!
As soon as this enormous creature appeared, it opened its blood-red maw and swallowed thousands of followers of the evil god whole.

However, the illusory blood moon suddenly shot out a scarlet beam of light, which slammed into the Megalodon.

"Tsk-!"

The giant star beast's scales corroded instantly, emitting a painful roar.

"Damn it!" Song Yan's eyes hardened, and he suddenly raised his hand.

"Mirror Image [Ring of Heavenly Authority] - Seal of Enslavement - Berserk!"

"Buzz!"

A jet-black rune was instantly imprinted on the forehead of the Megalodon Star Shark. The eyes of this ninth-order star beast suddenly turned blood-red, its muscles swelled wildly, and its aura rose steadily, directly stepping into the ninth-order limit level.

Tear Him apart!

"Roar--"

The Megalodon roared, its claws tearing through the air as it lunged at the high priest.

"No! My God, save me—"

"Pfft!"

The Blood Moon High Priest didn't even have time to scream before being bitten to pieces by the giant beast, and the illusory blood moon was also torn in two by the Megalodon.

At the very moment the Blood Moon High Priest died, hundreds of billions of kilometers away, in the former capital of the Red Maple Kingdom—Red Maple Royal City, several crazed divine thoughts suddenly emanated from a certain blood-red temple.

"The high priest sent to the southern part of the kingdom is dead. Who on earth dared to kill the high priest of my Blood Moon Cult?"

This is the temporary headquarters of the Blood Moon Order. The Blood Moon Pope, the Blood Moon High Priest, and another Blood Moon High Priest are all here at this moment.

……

Deep within the Crimson Maple Royal City and the Blood-Red Temple.

"boom--"

A crimson pillar of blood shot into the sky, causing the entire temple to tremble violently. The Blood Moon Pope suddenly stood up from his throne, his withered fingers gripping his scepter tightly, and a terrifying killing intent burst forth from his cloudy eyes.

"The scarlet brand of the Southern High Priest has been extinguished."

The hall suddenly became dead silent.

The Blood Moon Cult Master slowly raised his head, and the dense, blood-red runes on his face began to writhe:
"To be able to kill a ninth-tier high priest in such a short time, one must be at least a ninth-tier being..."

“It’s those outsiders,” another high priest said in a hoarse voice. “The reinforcements invited by the Aklemon family.”

The Blood Moon Pope suddenly grinned maliciously and slammed his scepter heavily onto the ground:

"Issue the order—activate the [Blood Moon Altar], awaken all Blood Moon Knights! I will let these ants know the price of angering the [Crimson Moon]!"

As the order was given, hundreds of blood-red altars suddenly lit up throughout the royal city. Countless imprisoned citizens of the Red Maple Kingdom let out shrill screams as their blood was drawn out and condensed in the air into twisted figures.

"A peak seventh-tier Blood Moon Knight!"

Southern part of the Maple Kingdom, above the Frostwolf Dukedom.

Song Yan stood in the main control room of the [Blazing Sea], staring at the two hundred scarlet dots that suddenly appeared on the projection screen, his expression changed drastically:

"Attention all personnel! A large amount of high-energy reaction is approaching from the direction of Red Maple Royal City!"

"It's the Blood Moon Cult's revenge force."

Song Xuancang's voice was solemn: "Two hundred peak seventh-order cultivators, more than ten eighth-order Blood Moon Mutant Beasts, and the Blood Moon Cult Master at the late ninth-order level."

Before the words were finished, a bloody crack suddenly appeared in the sky, stretching across the heavens.

A colossal warship built from bones slowly sailed out, its bow adorned with the still-beating heart of the Blood Moon High Priest!

"The Blood Moon Pope's flagship—the Crimson Elegy!" Song Mingsong gasped.

Song Yan reacted the fastest: "[Truth Mechanical Battle Star] Cover the retreat of the low-to-mid-tier fleet. Ancestor, summon all Truth Mechanical Beasts."

"Boom boom boom..." The Truth Mechanical Battle Star deployed all its turrets, and tens of thousands of Truth Beams intertwined to form a net of death. However, the Blood Moon Knights directly withstood the cannon fire with their bare bodies, and their scarlet armor only turned slightly red in the beams of light!
"Their armor can absorb energy attacks!" Song Xingru exclaimed.

The Blood Moon Knight at the forefront had already reached the fleet, and with a blood-red giant axe, three Song family battleships were instantly cut in half.

Fortunately, the Song family fleet was extremely fast, and in a short time, hundreds of Truth Mechanical Beasts had been summoned.

These Truth mechanical behemoths are also all at the seventh tier. Although their individual combat strength may not be comparable to those peak seventh-tier Blood Moon Knights, they are all coated with a layer of Truth Type II alloy, making them incredibly durable.

With the support of several Star Destroyer captains from the Song family providing firepower from high altitude, and the addition of more than ten Seven-Star Ancient Demons, Eighth-Order Planet Devourers, Eighth-Order Star Sea Giant Apes and other enslaved creatures, it was still possible to temporarily halt the advance of these two hundred Blood Moon Knights.

The real deciding factor on the battlefield right now is the ninth-tier battlefield where the [Blazing Sea Boiler], the Megalodon, and the Blood Moon Cult Master and the [Crimson Elegy] are located.

"Form the Four Symbols Battle Formation!" Song Wujiang roared.

The three star destroyers simultaneously lit up with dazzling light, and the phantom images of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise intertwined in the air, finally transferring all the energy they gathered to the [Blazing Sea] high in the sky.

With the blessing of the Four Symbols, the Blazing Sea, which already relied on the resources of the entire family, was further enhanced after its promotion by using resources to build up the combat power of the veteran Starship, and was faintly moving towards the ultimate Starship.

With this, the [Blazing Sea] warship clone managed to entangle with the Blood Moon Pope's flagship, the [Crimson Elegy]. As for the Megalodon, although Song Yan replenished its strength with a large amount of high-level life resources after its previous rampage, its combat power was still inevitably weakened, and it was currently being completely suppressed by the [Blood Moon Cult Master].

It can be said that the Song family is currently at a great disadvantage in the ninth-tier battlefield.

In the distant battlefield, in the main control room of the Blazing Sea, Song Yan's expression was somewhat grim, and a hint of fire seemed to flicker in his eyes.

"If the Dragon Spine Continent didn't need the ninth-tier Dragon Spine Tyrant Whale to guard it, it wouldn't have fallen into this situation at all."

Without further hesitation, he quickly activated the golden token he had been playing with.

Soon, boundless purple mist energy condensed above the [Blazing Sea], gathering into a large area of ​​purple mist energy in a short time. What else could it be but a projection of the Heavenly Market?
Meanwhile, in the All-Attribute Cultivation Room of the Heavenly Market, Song Chi, who was in seclusion, raised an eyebrow and sensed that the outside world was summoning the projection of the market.

However, things quickly calmed down again. The outside world was controlled by his condensed Sovereign avatar, and even the projection of the Heavenly Market could be controlled on its own, so he did not need to be distracted.

Of course, the main reason is that the Fireline Network has not received any urgent messages from the family.

He has now obtained the highest level of authority over the [Original Flame Seed], and he can receive messages from the Song family members even if he is in the Zhutianxu City.

He had already explained this matter to the elders and the others. Since no information had been sent, it naturally meant that the family could still handle what was happening.

"Buzz!"

The Blazing Sea Boiler's main engine roared as it charged toward the ninth-tier battlefield above.

With the protection of the market projection, the safety of the Blazing Sea is highly guaranteed, and he wants to take this opportunity to break the deadlock.

Deep in the sky, the power of the blood moon enveloped most of the heavens.

boom!
After a heavy bang, the massive body of the Megalodon was sent flying backward from the depths of the Blood Moon energy.

Seizing the opportunity, the Blood Moon Cult Master also rushed out quickly, wanting to press his advantage.

At this moment, the Blazing Sea Boiler, carrying the projection of the Myriad Realms Market, came forward from below.

The purple mist energy above the warship surged violently, and a huge purple mist handprint suddenly shot out from it, heading straight for the Blood Moon Cult Master.

The Blood Moon Cult Master was not so easily hit. His Blood Moon Divine Power circulated around him, transforming into a divine power barrier that blocked the strike of the Purple Mist Handprint head-on.

However, another attack followed immediately.

It was the [Truth Mechanical Battle Star] that Song Yan had already ordered to be charged.

Truth Mechanical Battle Star - Truth Space-Based Cannon
"Boom!"

The core cannon of the mechanical warstar lit up with a blinding white light, and the terrifying energy fluctuations made the entire starry sky tremble.

The Blood Moon Cult Master's expression finally changed.

"Stop that warship!"

He frantically mobilized the power of the Blood Moon in an attempt to intercept it in advance, but it was too late.

"emission!"

A pure white beam of light pierced the sky, tearing everything apart. Wherever the power of truth passed, the corruption of evil gods melted away like ice and snow.

The Blood Moon Cult Master's protective crimson light shattered instantly, and he let out a shrill scream as half of his body was vaporized.

"It's now!"

Song Yan seized the opportunity perfectly. The projection of the Heavenly Market above his flagship struck again, and the Blood Moon Cult Master, who was already on the verge of death, was hit by the purple mist energy once more.

Just when He had only a sliver of life left, the [Dawn of Light] Star Cannon on the [Blazing Sea], which had been charging up for a long time, suddenly erupted, completely obliterating this late-stage ninth-tier evil god cultist.

This time, the operation successfully allowed the mirror image of the Blood Grail on the Blazing Sea to collect a portion of ninth-tier Holy Blood.

The Blazing Sea had only recently been upgraded to a Starship and was still a long way from reaching the level of a superdimensional mothership. However, the Holy Blood of Fortune collected by the mirror image [Blood Holy Grail] had no time limit and no impact. Moreover, it could be distributed to Song Chi, who was preparing to reach the level of a superdimensional mothership. In short, this gain was enormous.

Without the Blood Moon Cult Master, a late-stage ninth-tier combatant, the other forces of the Blood Moon Cult naturally had no power to resist and were quickly annihilated by the Song family fleet.

The Blood Moon Pope's "Crimson Elegy" was trying to escape the battlefield, but it was tightly entangled by the main body and clone of the Blazing Sea. Finally, with the assistance of the Truth Mechanical Star, it was able to completely defeat the opponent.

This warship is the flagship of the Blood Moon Pope. The warship itself is made of a large amount of ninth-tier materials, and it can be considered a high-quality warship among ninth-tier warships.

However, it was driven by the power of faith and divine power, and it had been bathed in the blood of countless humans from the Heavenly Realm. The bloody aura that was difficult to completely remove made the Song family have no interest in it.

However, this thing can be given to Song Chi later. I believe that the Crescent Moon Tribe and the false god [Moon Goddess Elune] on the Continent of Gods would be very interested in this kind of authentic ninth-tier papal flagship of the evil god cult.

Six months later, at the former capital of the Red Maple Kingdom.

The Song family fleet was clearing the battlefield. After the death of the Blood Moon Cult Master and two hundred Blood Moon Knights, the Pope of the Blood Moon Cult had already begun to consider retreating. In addition, the Song family fleet did not delay and advanced straight towards the Red Maple Royal Capital. In the end, the Blood Moon Cult chose to retreat hastily.

"Reporting to Ancestor Flame, the losses suffered by the family fleet in this battle are as follows:"
Two dreadnoughts sank, and one of their captains perished with the ship.

Eight battleships have been corrupted by the distorted power of the evil god and will require comprehensive purification before they can be put back into service.

More than 30,000 Tier 3 clansmen perished in the battle.

Song Yan was listening quietly to the report when a new warship suddenly connected to the group chat.

"Xiao Yan, news just came from below that a treasure vault that the Blood Moon Order didn't have time to take away has been found underground in the Red Maple Royal Capital."

Immediately, Song Yan's eyes lit up.

Before this, the Blood Moon Order had destroyed nearly ten kingdoms on the land of the Holy Light Central Island, including an empire. Who knows how much good stuff they looted? The things they deliberately carried with their teams were basically the most valuable.

Thinking of this, not only Song Yan, but also the other Star Destroyer captains of the Song family rushed to the location of the treasure vault.

Half an hour later, the family's logistics department completed the inventory of all the items in the treasure vault.

The most eye-catching item is the incomplete [Broken Bright Moon Divine Spark] floating in the center of the treasure vault, which emits a dazzling tricolor color.

In addition, there are many other items of similarly high value.
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Twenty [Divine Power Crystals]

Five drops of ninth-tier [Evil God's Blood]

A drop of tenth-tier mythical [blood of an evil god]

Four portions of the [Soul of Myth]

Colored Lesser Rare Item: Blood Moon Staff

There are more than ten black artifacts and more than thirty gold artifacts.

Looking at these items, Song Yan and the others all showed excitement.

"Thanks to Xiao Yan's suggestion to bring the Megalodon Star Shark over ahead of time, the Blood Moon Pope sensed a ninth-tier aura rushing from the south and didn't dare to linger."

Upon hearing this, everyone around nodded in agreement.

If they hadn't left in such a hurry, how could the Blood Moon Order have left behind so many rare treasures?

After a brief moment of elation, Song Yan quickly regained his composure and gave the order:

“Establish a defensive line immediately. This Red Maple Kingdom will become the Song family’s stronghold in the Heavenly Realm.”

"At the same time, send the spoils of war and... this drop of tenth-order evil god's blood back to the Dragon Spine Continent as soon as possible. Xiao Chi will need it when he attacks the superdimensional mothership in the future."

In the group chat, Song Wujiang was the first to nod.

"Over the years, Xiao Chi has sacrificed too much for the family. Let this drop of tenth-order evil god's blood be the family's small way of repaying him!"

"Given Koike's current strength and status, this is all we can do."

As Song Xuancang returned with the spoils of war, Song Yan's gaze fell upon the two tricolor artifacts he had left behind.

[The Shattered Divine Essence of the Bright Moon]

Blood Moon Staff

(End of this chapter)