National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 849 Taking a Risk and the Eyes of Cause and Effect

The gray-robed figure and the Heaven-Destroying Divine Machine were forced to deal with this sudden attack, and the bronze palace door and the quantum barrier simultaneously lit up with blinding light.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the absorption beam of the replica [Void Warehouse] finally broke through the constraints of time, simultaneously enveloping the polyhedral crystal and the bronze palace gate.

"receive!"

Song Chi's mind was violently shaken. The spatial laws of the color superior forcefully tore apart the spacetime imprint of the gray-robed man holding the bronze palace door. The multifaceted crystal disappeared above the crystallization platform without any surprise and was absorbed into the dimensional space derived from the replica of the [Void Warehouse].

In stark contrast, even when suddenly interfered with by another mythical entity, the gray-robed figure still maintained terrifying control over his bronze palace gate artifact. His spatial absorption power, enhanced to level 110, failed to completely sever the connection between the two entities immediately.

How astonishing is the reaction speed of mythical creatures?

The gray-robed figure reacted almost instantly.

"court death!"

After a shrill cry that sounded unlike anything human, the entire Time Rift suddenly began to flow in reverse.

From the shattered time mirrors around them, countless gray-robed figures from the "past" simultaneously emerged!

This wasn't the most alarming thing for Song Chi. The key point was that these gray-robed figures, who appeared out of nowhere, were all staring at the void to the side. This void was the location where the Tianxu Cangqiong mirror warship was hiding.

After this, the Destroyer of the Creation Mechanical Civilization naturally noticed the anomaly. The antimatter core on the Destroyer's chest suddenly overloaded, and a cold, synthesized mechanical voice rang out:

"Spy detected. Activate the causality weapon."

Its back armor plates unfolded layer by layer, revealing twelve missiles engraved with blood-red countdown symbols.

In the critical moment, Song Chi calmed down again, and the bow of the mirror warship suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.

The already fully charged replicas of [Light of Judgment], [Blood Erosion Annihilation Cannon], and [High-Dimensional Particle Collapse Cannon] erupted almost simultaneously.

These three naval cannons are arguably the most powerful main guns currently on the Mirror Warship, and all three are locked onto that gray-robed figure.

More accurately, it was the gray-robed figure's right arm that was tightly gripping the bronze palace door.

In addition, two other components were also activated. One was a replica of the Time Chessboard, a seven-colored chessboard phantom that appeared above the mirror warship, radiating a time power no less than that of the Bronze Palace Gate, and even completely suppressing the Bronze Palace Gate for a moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Chi precisely controlled the mirror warship to launch another absorption force.

This time, without the strong repulsion of the bronze palace gate itself, as long as the gray-robed figure does not respond, this acquisition is bound to fail.

The mirror ship's preemptive activation of its three naval cannons for this very purpose.

Sensing the three beams of destructive light shooting towards him, the gray-robed figure instinctively paused in his attempt to retract the bronze palace door.

As for the last component activated on the mirror warship, it is a replica of the [Mythical Pulse Energy Shield].

The "Mythical Pulse Wave" was aimed directly at the annihilating divine machine of the Creation Mechanical Civilization. The sudden energy disturbance caused the [Causality Weapon], which was already accumulating energy, to be interrupted.

Buzz!
After a slight spatial fluctuation, the bronze palace door in the gray-robed figure's hand vanished into thin air.

"go!"

With both mission objectives accomplished, Song Chi immediately issued a retreat order to the mirror warship.

The "beyond the Three Realms and Five Elements Token" characteristic of the replica component was immediately activated, causing the mirror warship, which had been hiding deep in the void, to rapidly become ethereal.

At the same time, the [Space Jumper] component was also activated, along with the [Vajrasattva Meditation Seal], which had recently been promoted to a lower-tier color. With the assistance of the "Meditation Seal - Speed" characteristic, the [Space Jumper]'s jump charging was completed almost instantly.

Just as Song Chi was expecting the mirror warship to disappear into the distance, the expression on his face froze completely the next second.

The replicated [Space Jumper] component has taken effect, but the mirror ship remains stationary.

"Space lockdown?"

Suppressing the thought that had just surfaced in his mind, he immediately controlled the mirror warship to activate the [Void Cloud Boat Model] component.

Although the [Void Cloud Boat Model] is not a warp drive component, it is a tri-colored teleportation component, and its quality is higher than that of the [Space Jumper].

"A five-colored level spatial sealing method, no... it's most likely seven-colored..."

Seeing that even the [Void Cloud Boat Model] couldn't change the outcome, Song Chi instantly had his answer.

He wasn't given any more time to think about it.

Swish!
A jet-black beam of light tore through the void, leaving no chance for struggle; the beam pierced almost directly through the entire hull of the mirror warship.

The semi-ethereal ship, which had been emitting a faint glow just a moment ago, suddenly became dark.

The moment the jet-black beam of light pierced through the mirrored warship, Song Chi's mental link abruptly broke.

Inside the main control room of the Zhutianxu Market, he suddenly opened his eyes, his forehead beaded with cold sweat.

"The causal strike of the [Heaven-Destroying Divine Machine]... I really couldn't escape it after all."

He looked relaxed and showed no signs of worry.

Although the mirror warship was hit, it was protected by the supreme status of the chaotic artifact [All Heavens Market], and with the [Heavenly Fate Compass] component installed on the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Sky, the color extreme "Heavenly Fate - Confused Heavenly Secrets" characteristic was not just talk.

Therefore, even if the other party traces the cause and effect, he is certain that the main body of the Tianxu Cangqiong will not be locked.

Moreover, the situation on the mirror ship side is far from over.

Deep within the rift of time, three mythical figures appeared in the depths of the void, their eyes, which seemed to enact the ultimate truth of the universe's birth and death, fixedly staring at the mirror warship that had completely sunk.

The next second, under the "Twelve Lives" characteristic of the replica [Time Chessboard], the mirrored warship, which had been dimmed, suddenly regained its previous fluorescence, and even the hull was fully restored to its peak condition.

Ignoring the astonishment in the eyes of the three mythical beings, Song Chi, whose mind had also reconnected, rapidly controlled the mirror warship to reactivate the warp drive.

At the same time, a phantom image of the divine soul of the Emperor Barbarian race appeared above the warship. The phantom image completely enveloped the mirror warship, and even if the three mythical beings attacked together, it would most likely be able to hold out for a while.

All Song Chi needed to do was use this brief buffer period to complete the escape of the mirror warship.

Buzz!
The replica of the [Void Cloud Boat Model] parts was reactivated, and amidst the spatial fluctuations, the mirrored warship suddenly disappeared.

More than ten light-years away, the moment the mirror warship burst out of the teleportation tunnel, Song Chi in the Heavenly Ruins Market felt a slight sense of relief.

'As expected, following the previous sinking of the mirror warship, the three mythical beings lowered their guard, and the spatial containment measures had been lifted ahead of schedule…'

Just as I was thinking this, the [Starlight Flashing Spirit Stone Talisman] component also activated.

Next up is the replica of "Angel Wing Escape" from [Angel King's Wings].

After repeatedly teleporting away, and even using a "Crimson Sky Leap," Song Chi finally felt completely at ease after traveling hundreds of thousands of light-years.

"Let's move on to the next target and continue exploring this origin planet..."

Before he could finish giving the instructions to the replica of the [Sky Brain], Song Chi's telepathic communication abruptly stopped. As the captain of the Torch Ship, who cultivated the three paths of time, space, and light, he sensed a fleeting spatial fluctuation above the mirror warship.

As he slowly raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Above the Sky Ruins Sky mirror warship, three familiar and terrifying figures followed closely, constantly locking onto the warship's escape trajectory.

Or rather, they did it on purpose.

The mirror warship's previous escape had all happened right under their noses, their purpose being to track down Song Chi's true location.

They have confirmed that the mirror warship is just an avatar, and this place is on the surface of the Origin Star. Apart from mythical units, no living being can control an avatar across hundreds of millions of light-years under the terrifying spatial suppression rules of the Chaos God Continent.

This is also the fundamental reason why the three mythical beings speculate that Song Chi's true form is most likely located in an area not far from the surface of the Origin Star.

However, seeing that the mirror warship was clearly preparing a new exploration plan and showed no sign of reuniting with the original, the three mythical beings reappeared.

"As expected... there's no way to get rid of it!"

Song Chi's expression was serious.

Even if he used all his mythical trump cards, he would have no chance of winning against the three mythical beings—[Destroyer of Heaven], [Mother of Time Eclipse], and the faceless gray-robed figure.

Don’t wait to think too much.

"boom!"

Among the three mythical figures, the [Heaven-Destroying Divine Machine] has already taken the lead.

The quantum core reactor of this mechanical race myth suddenly overclocked, and the [Causality Missile], engraved with a blood-red countdown, tore through the void, instantly traversing a distance of several light-years, and directly bombarded the mirror warship.

The replicas of the mirror warship, including the Mythical Pulse Energy Shield and the Primal God's Guardian, were pierced by the Causality Weapon after only 2 seconds of resistance.

"Click——"

The starboard armor of the ship collapsed under the erosion of the destructive energy.

Before the mirror warship could catch its breath, the nine heads of another mythical being in the sky—the Mother of Time Eclipse—simultaneously roared.

"Time anchoring".

Invisible ripples of time spread out, and the space around the mirror warship suddenly froze. The warp drive, which could travel millions of kilometers in an instant, was now like being stuck in a quagmire, and even the most basic energy flow became extremely sluggish.

The most terrifying thing was that gray-robed figure.

His faceless form slowly turned towards the mirrored warship, his right hand clenching into a fist—

"return."

Two simple words caused the river of time in the entire star field to flow backward. Inside the mirror warship, the newly activated "Time Chessboard" property began to collapse irreversibly, and the seven-colored chessboard phantom that had slowly appeared above the warship also disappeared again.

In the Void Market of the Heavens, Song Chi originally intended to control the mirror warship to continue the resistance.

At this moment, the causal power that had entered the hull of the mirror warship suddenly surged wildly, and the mythical energy around the Heaven-Destroying Divine Machine above their heads erupted to its fullest extent.

"Find the cause and trace the effect!"

A terrifying mythical power blotted out the sky, and in the ruins of the heavens, Song Chi's heart pounded wildly.

Deep within the dark side of the Void Sea, where void storms rage, an Eye of Cause and Effect, formed entirely from the power of cause and effect, appeared out of thin air.

This giant eye of cause and effect slowly opened in the dark side of the void sea, its pupil reflecting countless interwoven threads of causal rules.

Each thread connects the mirror warship to the unknown end, and the thickest one is piercing through the boundless void sea storm, extending towards the location of the [Vast City of the Heavens].

"Hoohoo!"

Song Chi's pupils contracted, and his breathing instantly became extremely heavy.

Although his intuition told him that the [Vast Market of the Heavens], which had now recovered to the ninth level, was not something that a tenth-level mythical unit could lock onto across the dark side of the endless void sea, he was unwilling and dared not gamble.

What if?
If the coordinates of the [Vast Market of All Heavens] are truly locked, the consequences will be unimaginable—even if these three mythical beings cannot directly attack the market, they will inevitably send the message back to their respective super powers.

Even if he adjusts the location of the Heavenly Ruins Market immediately, he probably still can't guarantee absolute safety.

In a flash, Song Chi issued a completely new command without hesitation.

"Mirror image deactivated!"

With a thought, the mirror warship on the surface of Origin Star disintegrated with a roar, the entire warship turning into countless particles of light and dissipating into the sky above Origin Star.

The pupils of the Eye of Cause and Effect suddenly contracted.

The causal thread that was relentlessly pursuing the [Vast Market of the Heavens] has been severed!
"boom!"

A monstrous storm erupted in the dark side of the Void Sea. The Eye of Cause and Effect, enraged by the loss of its target, unleashed a terrifying backlash of rules that caused the entire Void Sea to begin to collapse. But all of this was no longer relevant to Song Chi.

—The deliberate disintegration of the mirror warship not only severed the causal link, but also caused the three mythical beings to completely lose their trail.
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The main control room of the Sky Void of the Celestial Market.

Song Chi's true form slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

In the final scene on the other side of the mirrored warship deep in his mind, three mythical beings stood in the void. The faceless face of the gray-robed figure showed a kind of "astonishment" fluctuation for the first time. The nine heads of the [Mother of Time Eclipse] roared wildly, while the quantum core of the [Destroyer of Heaven Machine] burst out with dazzling sparks due to the backlash of the causal rules.

If the ability to trace causes and effects could be activated so easily, why would it have waited until now?
……

Compared to the three mythical beings enraged to the heavens, Song Chi looked down at his palm.

A bronze fragment was floating silently—what else could it be but the [Shattered Gate of the Temple of Time] that he had forcibly taken?
Although it is not the complete gate to the temple, it is enough to serve as a clue for future exploration of the Temple of Time.

"It's worth it."

Song Chi smiled slightly.

This successful snatching of food from the jaws of three mythical beings was fraught with danger, but the rewards were immense.

Besides the [Shattered Gate of the Temple of Time], there is also that—

He looked up at the other side of the control panel.

The drop of "time source liquid," which had been separated from the polyhedral crystal, was now radiating a mesmerizing silvery-white glow.

He has completed the testing of this drop of Time Source Liquid. This single drop of source liquid is equivalent to 1.2 tons of Time Source Crystals, which, when converted into the time that can be reduced for the Star Sea Treasures, amounts to 1.2 million years.

This item can not only be used on the family's [Heavenly Python's Sheath], but it can also be used as a special cooling trump card in case of an emergency in the future. Just imagine, the temporary boost to the combat power of the Heavenly Ruins Sky Dome by using the "Zen Seal - Inner Speed" feature ten times in a row would be quite considerable.

(End of this chapter)