National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 836 Millennium
In just a few hundred years, the number of river systems occupied by the entire Fifth Front Command has reached more than twenty.

However, casualties were inevitable during this period, especially the two large-scale wars in the initial Skeleton River system, which caused significant losses to the entire fleet. Among the more than 30 Star Destroyers that the Song family participated in the war, two were sunk.

The losses under the jurisdiction of the Big Dipper Palace were less, but not by much.

In response, neither the Dragon Spine Song Family Fleet nor the Big Dipper Seven Stars Palace Fleet, nor the hundreds of billions of participants showed any signs of war-weariness; on the contrary, they were all highly enthusiastic.

With neither side choosing to maintain strict secrecy, rumors naturally circulated within the fleet. Knowing that the star system the fleet had occupied would belong entirely to them after the war, every captain was incredibly motivated.

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In the 895th year since the Firefly Fleet invaded the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system, the fifth front has been advancing with unstoppable momentum, carving its way into the core area of ​​the Corpse Emperor Clan's river system in less than nine hundred years, occupying more than sixty river systems along the way.

This is directly related to the increasingly weak resistance of the Corpse King Clan. Seeing that the situation was difficult to change, more and more members of the Corpse King Clan chose to escape in small groups.

This is not surprising. In fact, after the news spread that the Human Civilization of the Torchbearer had officially entered the ranks of the hegemons, this outcome had already appeared in the minds of countless members of the Corpse Emperor Clan.

After all, in the millions of years since the shattered star sea was created, no top-tier advanced civilization has ever been known to be able to live on the same level as a star sea overlord civilization.

How can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch?

This principle is understood by billions of civilizations across the stars.

The resistance of the Corpse Emperor Clan weakened, which allowed the Fifth Front to advance faster and faster. In fact, it wasn't just the Fifth Front; the other four fronts were also advancing at a rapid pace.

"Dudududu!"

The Fifth Front's highest command group chat was suddenly interrupted by a connection notification sound, breaking the discussion among the supreme commanders.

Two minutes later, Song Chi and his colleague, who were the strongest force in the fleet, received an urgent report from the command headquarters.

"Breaking news! A squad from the Corpse King Clan, suspected of carrying the [Blood Marrow of Ten Thousand Corpses], has secretly left the [Corpse Demon Continent] and is currently flying at full speed towards the Rakshasa Clan's Star Domain!"

Upon receiving this message, Song Chi and the Lord of the Big Dipper exchanged a quick glance. Without any hesitation, the two superdimensional motherships, which had been hidden in the deepest part of the void and had been following the main force of the battle line, quietly left the void and headed southwest.

If it were anything else, Song Chi and his companion would not care at all, prioritizing the safety of the propulsion fleet, as it involved the future establishment of the Fifth Empire. However, the [Ten Thousand Corpse Blood Marrow] was different; it was a rare super-extra upgrade resource that could amplify the impact of a superdimensional mothership on a mythical immortal ship.

In the past, in the Immortal Realm civilization, this was the very foundation for achieving enlightenment, and its value was self-evident in the eyes of all ninth-order beings in the Star Sea.

Even though Song Chi and the Lord of the Big Dipper Star have only recently advanced to the ninth rank and will need a long time to accumulate before they can reach the Mythical level, this does not prevent them from preparing for their own flagship in advance.

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"Buzz!"

The void suddenly twisted, and the Tianxu Cangqiong and the Beidou Star Lord's Yaoguang Tianxing simultaneously tore open dimensions. The two terrifyingly large starships rushed out from the jump channel and sped off in the southwest direction.

With the engines of the two hyperdimensional motherships running at full power, the space along their route was brutally plowed with two pitch-black cracks, as if the starry sky had been torn apart by a pair of invisible giant hands.

"Coordinates locked, target still 1.2 million light-years away!"

The voice of the Lord of the Big Dipper rang out in the communication channel, but he had clearly not finished speaking.

"But there's something strange about that Corpse King Clan squad—based on their curvature fluctuations, their speed is almost at the ninth-order limit!"

Song Chi's gaze sharpened.

Although the Corpse King Clan is skilled at manipulating corpses, they are not known for their speed. To be able to unleash such speed, they must have used some forbidden method.

With a light tap of the fingertip on the control panel, and enhanced by the temporary ultra-long detection range provided by the active feature of the [Eye of Truth], the Sky-Piercing AI on the Sky Ruins quickly transmitted the analysis results:
[A "Burning Corpse Fiend" energy field has been detected surrounding the target fleet, presumably indicating a sacrifice of high-level, pure Corpse Fiend resources in exchange for temporary overclocked speed!!!]

"Trying to escape to the Rakshasa territory by burning corpse energy?"

Song Chi and the Lord of the Big Dipper both sneered.

The next second, slight spatial fluctuations reappeared around the two superdimensional motherships, and the second warp drive component was activated.

Since the dawn of civilization, the Torchfire Civilization's Torchfire warships have been renowned for their individual combat power. This so-called "individual combat power" is naturally based on the numerous advantages of the Torchfire warships themselves, including their agility and speed.

1.2 million light-years may seem like a long distance, but for the Fireship, which can carry two high-level warp drive components, it's actually not that far.

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"Shi Yue, are we really leaving like this?"

"Even if we were to leave, we shouldn't be in such a hurry. The Corpse Demon Continent still holds a vast amount of rare resources that our Corpse Emperor Clan has collected over the past hundreds of thousands of years. Without the assistance of these rare resources, even if we go to a completely new river system, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky for us to recreate the glory of the Corpse Emperor Clan!"

"With a knife hanging over our heads, we're still thinking about resources? Even now, I'm not sure if we can really escape this Corpse King Clan river system."

"What are you saying..."

Inside the eighth-tier peak ship corpse, two eighth-tier ultimate corpse kings were arguing. Before the corpse king, whose figure was obviously more burly, could finish speaking, an extremely sharp shriek suddenly came from behind the ship corpse that was speeding at full speed.

"Shh!"

A three-colored sword light slashed out from the void, and the figure of the Asura Emperor tore through the void and burst out. The [Heavenly Mandate Sky-Slaying Sword], with a power enough to cleave through galaxies, slashed towards the fleeing fleet of the Corpse Emperor Clan.

Just as the sword light was about to strike, the eighth-tier ship corpse flagship in the center of the fleeing fleet, which resembled a giant rotting corpse, suddenly exploded. Countless stinking flesh and blood condensed into a giant net in the vacuum, which briefly blocked the sword light.

"It's the Corpse King Clan's 'Flesh and Blood Forbidden Curse'!"

The voice of the Lord of the Big Dipper came from the Yao Guang Tian Xing, which rushed out of the void right behind the Asura Emperor.

However, there was no solemnity in his voice; on the contrary, it sounded quite calm.

To avoid attracting their attention, the other side only brought two tier-eight ship corpses and four tier-seven ship corpses. Even though the two tier-eight ship corpses had tier-eight maximum combat power, they posed almost no threat to the two superdimensional captains.

Amidst the calm tone, the voice of the Lord of the Big Dipper seemed to carry a hint of joy.

"Even the flagship is willing to self-destruct, so it seems they are carrying more corpse blood essence than expected!"

At that moment, Song Chi's voice came from inside the Sky Ruins Sky, which had just appeared from the void.

"hope so!"

As soon as he finished speaking, multiple colorful ropes suddenly shot out from the warship's hull. These ropes ignored spatial distance and instantly traveled a great distance to wrap around the remaining ship corpses of the Corpse Emperor Clan fleet in front of them.

"Stop it!"

The [Binding Immortal Towing Rope] suddenly tightened, and the Corpse King Clan ship corpses immediately emitted a loud bang due to the unbearable pressure. However, instead of slowing down, they accelerated again—dense corpse patterns appeared on the surface of the ship corpses, and they actually began to burn the flesh and blood of the ship corpses!
The Big Dipper Master's gaze sharpened.

"Would it be better to destroy the ship and lose everyone than to send away the lifeblood of the ship..."

After muttering something to himself, a surge of starlight and the power of time suddenly erupted from the Yaoguang Tianxing. The two completely different energies intertwined and, as time passed, produced an indescribable effect.

Where the starlight shone, the boundless power of time followed. When the starlight enveloped the entire Corpse King Clan ship corpses, the remaining five ship corpses remained frozen in the starry sky.

Taking this opportunity, Song Chi controlled the Sky Ruins Sky to fly rapidly, and was about to approach the five ship corpses.

"Something's wrong..."

In the marketplace of the heavens, Song Chi suddenly narrowed his eyes.

As the mirrored warship drew closer to the five shipwrecks, a strong sense of unease welled up within him.

Before he could think any further, a section of the void ahead shattered with a deafening roar. Looking up, he saw five scarlet figures appearing and disappearing in the depths of the void.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!" Five blood-red beams of light shot out instantly, giving no chance to react at all.

If it were just a normal attack, Song Chi could at least buy himself a chance to react. But the problem was that the blood-corroding energy rays unleashed by the five Rakshasa Death Ships did not develop into normal ray trajectories. Instead, as soon as they left the muzzle, the crimson beam of light appeared directly in front of the mirror warship.

"Boom!"

Blood exploded, turning the entire star field dark red.

Amidst the deafening explosion, the notification sounds from the replica Skybrain AI inside the mirror warship continued unabated.

[Warning: The warship's energy shield has been subjected to a high-intensity impact. The shield's strength has decreased by 29%...]

[Warning, warship energy shield... reduced by 55%...]

[Warning: The warship's energy shield is completely overloaded...]

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[Warning: Warship's hull armor has suffered over 42% damage...]

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[Warning: Warship's hull has sustained over 30% damage...]

[Warning: The warship has suffered over 80% damage and is currently incapacitated!]

As the energy dissipated, the ship's hull was completely shattered, and the entire dimmed mirror image of the Tianxu Cangqiong warship appeared in the starry sky. Even the Yaoguang Tianxing, which was farther away, had its energy shield eroded and hissed, and its fullness was much less than before.

The ultimate charged attack of the five Tier 9 Rakshasa Necromancer ships caused the mirror warship to sink completely in a short instant, even though it maintained an energy shield.

In the vast expanse of the Heavenly Market, Song Chi's breathing also paused briefly.

Choosing to let the mirror warship take action, while the main body of the Sky Ruins Sky remained quietly hidden in the void, was simply a matter of habit. In fact, he never expected the mirror warship to suddenly endure such a terrifying wave of concentrated fire.

So terrifying that even the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Sky would most likely suffer the same fate, ultimately wasting one precious chance of the "Twelve Lives Life and Death Chess Game".

Thinking of this, his gaze turned icy cold instantly, and he looked at the five ninth-tier Rakshasa undead ships deep in the void ahead with intense killing intent.

"Greedy Wolf!"

Unaware that Song Chi had only sent the Beidou Star Lord of the Mirror Warship, his voice trembled uncontrollably.

It wasn't that he had a deep friendship or relationship with Song Chi; the key issue was the authority to establish the Fifth Flame Empire. If something really happened to Song Chi, all the previous efforts of the Fifth Front would be in vain.

"boom!"

Just as the Lord of the Big Dipper finished speaking, a dazzling platinum light suddenly shone from the depths of the void.

The light, like the first rays of dawn, instantly tore through the blood-red star field.

"Rakshasa clan, Blood Skull Prince... You've asked for your death!"

A chilling voice echoed throughout the entire star field, and the main body of the Sky Ruins Azure Sky slowly emerged from the void.

Liquid starlight flowed across the surface of the ship, and the subtle star patterns that could not be perfectly reproduced on the replica of the [Neutron Star Core Armor] were now clearly visible, each pattern containing terrifying energy fluctuations.

Prince Bloodskull's mental fluctuations suddenly became sharp.

"Impossible! That ship just now..."

"Just a mirror image." Song Chi's voice was terrifyingly calm. "Next, I will show you the real Heavenly Ruins Sky Dome!!!"

The main cannon of the Sky Ruins, the Light of Judgment, suddenly shone with an unprecedented light. The space around the muzzle began to distort and collapse, as if even light could not escape its gravity.

"Not good! Activate the Blood Abyss Barrier immediately!"

Prince Bloodskull roared as he gave the order.

In the next instant, the five Rakshasa undead ships quickly formed a defensive formation, with viscous blood flowing between their hulls, attempting to construct a crimson curtain across the starry sky in the shortest possible time.

However, Song Chi, who was in the Zhutianxu City, suddenly curled up a cold smile.

Swish!
A pulse wave shimmering with tricolor light shot out from the warship's hull.

hum-

"Mythical Pulse Wave!"
The pulse wave precisely penetrated the ninth-tier ultimate Rakshasa necromancer ship where the Blood Skull Prince was located, and then the endless blood curtain energy surging from the ship's hull suddenly dissipated, and the energy fell into a state of chaos.

Without the support of this core Rakshasa undead ship, the blood-red curtain that blotted out the sky quickly collapsed.

In the pitch-black starry sky, only the cannon muzzle of the Sky Ruins Sky continued to emit a platinum light that slowly intensified.

"This is... Mythical Pulse Interference?!"

The Bloodskull Prince was horrified to discover that not only the undead ship beneath his feet, but even the energy within his own body was in complete chaos. He tried to mobilize his internal energy for the next step, but he was unable to do so no matter what he did.

[Black Hole Evolution Layer] - "Black Hole Singularity Explosion"

【Spear of Blood】· "The Mark of the Hunter God's Weakness"

[The Light of Judgment] - "Individual Judgment"

……

After gathering all the current amplification effects of the Sky Ruins, the [Light of Judgment] erupted with a roar.

Wherever the platinum beam passed, the remaining crimson energy of the collapsed Blood Abyss Barrier was easily torn apart. The next second, the ninth-tier ultimate necromancer ship of the Blood Skull Prince, whose necromancer soul had not yet been fully replenished, began to disintegrate at the molecular level.

"No!"

The Blood Skull Prince frantically burned his life essence, his powerful will to survive driving him to struggle with all his might. Coincidentally, just as the beam of judgment was about to engulf his body, the chaotic state of energy within him finally ended.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, He activated the spatial artifact in His hand with all His might while roaring furiously:
"Human of the Flame, you dare to kill me?"

"If I die, the Rakshasa race will fight you, the Burning Flame Civilization, to the death!"

Amidst a venomous roar, spatial fluctuations finally appeared around Prince Bloodskull. As a ninth-rank prince of the Rakshasa clan, how could he not possess high-level spatial artifacts?

Before He could even show his ecstatic joy, the starlight spreading from the front enveloped the entire undead ship.

Starlight shone through the torn hull into the interior of the undead ship, and Prince Bloodskull's body was momentarily frozen in time.

Although they were quickly freed, the moment of delay allowed the beam of judgment to shoot towards them.

"No!"

Amidst intense cries of resentment, Prince Bloodskull was completely annihilated within the pillar of judgment light, along with the other four Rakshasa Death Ships. This time, Song Chi had no more reservations.

After an unknown amount of time, the star field returned to calm, with only the scattered shipwrecks floating around, testifying that the earth-shattering attack just now was not an illusion.

Until the Lord of the Big Dipper spoke:
"Clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible; we need to get back to the Fifth Front as soon as possible!!!"

(End of this chapter)