National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 854 Battle of the Shi Clan

A little over two thousand years after the Origin Star fell into the Chaotic Divine Continent, a major event occurred in the human civilization of the Burning Flame.

Chaotic Divine Continent, Heavenly Ape Star Realm, [Human Emperor City].

Deep within the [Human Emperor's Palace], the mythical immortal warship Xuanhuang Chiyu floats silently.

Inside the warship's cabin, Ji Heng, who had been in seclusion for thousands of years on the level 100 psionic cultivation platform, finally opened her tightly closed eyes on this day.

In his deep eyes, images of the birth and death of stars flickered, as if the scenes of the initial universes reappearing at the beginning of the multiverse era. However, the focus at this moment was not on these, but on the infinite psionic energy that boiled with the opening and closing of his eyes.

Ninth rank;

Peak of the Ninth Rank;

Half a step up ten steps;

……

As time went by, the intensity of the psionic energy within Ji Heng's body increased dramatically, eventually settling at the initial tenth level.

At this moment, an incredibly intense light appeared in Ji Heng's eyes.

"After thousands of years of seclusion, the mythical rank has finally been achieved..."

As he muttered to himself, the excitement in his eyes became increasingly difficult to suppress.

Despite having over 300,000 years of life experience, Ji Heng was still somewhat out of control at this moment.

But this is also human nature.

Mythical rank—this is the pinnacle of existence in the entire Shattered Star Sea and even the myriad realms, including the Chaos God Continent. It also has another title: Eternal One.

This means that, barring unforeseen circumstances, mythical beings can live as long as the stars and seas, achieving true immortality.

A century later, once the period of fluctuation in the transformation of the laws into the rules of the Great Dao had passed, Ji Heng immediately contacted Jiang Yuan, Song Chi, and the other three, who were still suspended in the sky, using the highest level of the Fireline Network.

……

Highest Salary Online Group Chat (5)

Ji Heng: "I've broken through!"

Upon seeing this message suddenly appear in the group chat, Song Chi and the others, who were fully engaged in remotely exploring the Origin Star, were all taken aback, and then their excitement instantly turned to joy.

Jiang Yuan: "Perfect timing, come over as soon as possible!"

Ying Yi: "We have located a super-grade [Chaos Mirror Stone], but it has already been captured by the guardian demon apes under the command of the two Buddhas of the Shakyamuni Clan. It is difficult for the four of us to be able to capture it. With you by our side, it is just right."

Song Chi: "Don't rush. Over the past two thousand years, the Human Emperor City has gathered another group of people who want to explore the Origin Star. Remember to bring them along. Also, the defense of the Human Emperor City must be ensured!"

……

The news of Ji Heng's breakthrough was like a shot in the arm, rekindling the hopes of Song Chi and his companions, who had almost given up on dealing with the two guardian creatures of the Buddha Clan.

After closing the Firewood group chat interface, the four people turned their attention back to the surface of the Origin Star in the holographic projection.

After more than two thousand years of exploration, their understanding of this mysterious planet has far surpassed what it was initially, but the dangers that come with it have also increased exponentially.

On the warship's control panel, Jiang Yuan tapped her fingertips a few times, and soon a projection screen popped up in the main control room of the Shenxia Jiuli.

The screen was currently displaying an image showing two towering figures, each over 10 billion kilometers tall, rapidly flying across the desolate surface of Origin Star, plundering all sorts of treasures.

One of these two mythical beings is a chaotic demonic ape covered in fur, and the other is a half-dragon human with the bloodline of a mythical azure dragon. However, both of them have the unique mantra mark of the Shakya clan on their foreheads, and they are mythical guardian units that have been forcibly converted by the Shakya ancestral Buddha.

Both were covered in dark gold Buddhist patterns, and their every move could cause space to collapse.

What's even more troublesome is that these two mythical creatures seem to be proficient in some kind of Buddhist combined attack technique. Although the four of them had tracked down their whereabouts early on, they had never dared to actually make a move.

Now that Ji Heng has become a true mythical immortal captain, she has just filled this last gap.

They were well aware of the value of the top-grade [Chaos Mirror Stone]. The only one that the Torchfire Civilization had previously used was on the [Time Chessboard]. It goes without saying how much it had increased the success rate of promotion for the top captains of the Torchfire Civilization over the years. Although they had not yet determined the next mirror target, it was always a good idea to get their hands on it first.

Just then, the shipborne AI of the Shenxia Jiuli warship issued an alarm:
High-intensity spatial fluctuations detected, coordinates (314.77, 892.41)

The warship's holographic star map automatically zoomed in, revealing a rift slowly opening across the galaxy three light-years away from the origin star.

A torrent of crimson-gold energy flowed along the edge of the crack, and the outline of a super-giant ship could be vaguely seen.

"The Xuanhuang Chiyu!"

Not only the captains of the Divine Xia Jiuli, but also a large number of dominant units from several allied teams, including the Market Civilization and the Genesis Mechanical Civilization, all stood up at this moment.

This method of traversing the void of the chaotic divine land is unique to beings of the mythical rank.

How could a brand-new mythical unit that suddenly appears not attract attention?
Fortunately, Jiang Yuan provided an explanation in time, which dispelled the vigilance of the allies.

At the same time, Pei Dinan's exclamation rang out on the communication channel: "How long has it been? So fast!"

As if in deliberate response, the phantom of the giant ship suddenly shot out from the crack, and soon the Xuanhuang Chiyu appeared completely near the Shenxia Jiuli.

The surface of this tenth-stage warship of the Burning Flame Civilization is pulsating with the unique law-based patterns characteristic of mythical warships.

Inside the bridge of the Xuanhuang Chiyu, Ji Heng stood with his hands behind his back. Having broken through, he had officially entered the Mythical Realm. The chaotic aura flowing between his eyes caused subtle distortions in the surrounding space.

"The 'Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array' has been activated in the Human Emperor City," he explained softly, his voice clearly reaching the ears of all the captains in the cabin of the Shenxia Jiuli ship.

"As long as the Origin Star exploration operation continues, the Zhou Tian Star Array will not be dismantled. Coupled with the [Market Projection Token] left behind by Tan Lang, and several ninth-tier enslaved creatures, it is enough to ensure the safety of the Human Emperor City!"

He was boosting the confidence of all the captains, completely eliminating everyone's worries, and allowing everyone to fully explore this Origin Star.

……

Originating from the surface of the planet, buried in the abyss.

The Chaos Demon Ape, which was billions of kilometers tall, suddenly stopped. Its dark golden pupils reflected the distorted void in the sky, and the Buddhist patterns covering its entire body suddenly flickered violently.

"Roar--!"

Amidst a deafening roar, the giant blood crystal axe in the demonic ape's hand suddenly swelled, transforming into a blood-red prism that spanned the heavens and the earth. The mirror reflected five approaching ship shadows, each containing terrifying energy capable of destroying a galaxy.

But what came before the attack was the freezing of time and space.

"Snapped!"

Song Chi and Jiang Yuan simultaneously activated the [Time Chessboard] component, instantly slowing down time and space within a radius of ten light-seconds around the Burial God Abyss by thousands of times.

Even the Buddhist patterns pulsating on the surface of the Chaos Demon Ape solidified into golden amber—only the blood-red prism continued to rotate slowly, proving that the power of this seven-colored wonder was equally remarkable.

"Do it!"

The Xuanhuang Chiyu was the first to tear through the slowed-down spacetime. The avatar of the mythical immortal ship appeared above the demonic ape's head, and the seven-colored immortal god-slaying cannon roared to life, shooting towards the target with the power to annihilate everything. Wherever the beam passed, thirty-three celestial phantoms appeared, and in each celestial realm, a colossal bronze city crashed down.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Thirty-three consecutive chimes resounded through the sky, shattering the layers of the Chaos Demon Ape's Buddhist-patterned protective shield. It angrily waved its arms, and the blood-red prism suddenly reflected the phantom of the Xuanhuang Chiyu—instantly replicating Ji Heng's attack. The two identical annihilation beams collided in the void.

In the aftershocks of the explosion, Jiang Yuan's Shenxia Jiuli suddenly cut in from the side.

Haotian's annihilating divine light aimed directly at the mythical half-dragon, while chains of rules gleaming with multicolored light shot out from the void, tightly binding the half-dragon protector who was about to provide support.

These chains of rules are engraved with "Dragon-Suppressing Runes," specifically designed to restrain dragon-like creatures.

"Amitabha--"

Just then, the half-dragon protector suddenly uttered the true words of the Shakya clan, and the swastika symbol on his forehead shone brightly.

Eighty-four thousand relics appeared around it, each containing a miniature version of the Buddha's phantom. The terrifying power of salvation eroded the armor of the Shenxia Jiuli ship in reverse, and the armor began to show signs of Buddhist transformation.

[Holy Light Sanction]

Light of Order

The Light of Judgment

Song Chi and his two companions appeared from the void at the right time. The three super-human mecha giants that they transformed into simultaneously manifested three ferocious cannon muzzles on their chests and two heads, and the beams of destruction shot straight at the 84,000 relic phantoms above the head of the half-dragon protector.

The destructive shockwave precisely engulfed each relic, and the collision of holy light and Buddhist power caused a chain reaction of annihilation, causing the half-dragon guardian to let out a painful roar.

The battle seemed to be developing in a favorable direction, but Song Chi suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"careful!"

Before he could finish speaking, three golden Buddha hands suddenly emerged from the depths of the Burial God Abyss. The lines on each palm were a complete river of laws, and the vertical pupils in the palms reflected the causal truth lines of the entire battlefield—even including fragments of the future that had not yet occurred.

The true mantras of Buddhism, the torch of knowledge, possess great supernatural powers.

Clearly, it was the ancestral Buddha of the Shakya clan behind the two mythical guardian deities who made the move.

Before the Divine Xia Jiuli and Xuanhuang Chiyu could make another move, the terrifying incantation had already been heard from the depths of the Burial God Abyss.

"Xin Huo Jiang Yuan, Ji Heng, do you really intend to fight my Shi clan to the death?"

"Leave now, let bygones be bygones, and forgive and forget the karma of today!!!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan's icy laughter instantly echoed from the Shenxia Jiuli.

"Let bygones be bygones?"

"What a joke! If it weren't for the fact that my Fire Spirit Civilization is not weak, it would have been completely defeated when you four races besieged it. The enmity between the two races was created by your Shi Clan. Do you think you can just give up now?"

Having said that, without waiting for the true words to resound from the depths of the Burial God Abyss again, the Divine Summer Nine Li and the Xuanhuang Red Yu simultaneously attacked, forcibly suppressing the two Ancestral Buddhas and their guardian beings.

"Ying Yi!"

At the same time, the two quickly called out to Song Chi and the other two. Immediately, the Three Corpse Super-Style Mecha Giant rushed towards the Chaos Demon Ape Guardian without any regard for anything else. The top-grade [Chaos Mirror Stone] was on its body.

"Om Mani Padme Hum!"

Instantly, the six-syllable mantra of Buddhism resounded from the depths of the Burial God Abyss. The rules of the mantra transformed into a Buddhist handprint, which struck directly at the Three Corpse Super-Style Mecha Giant.

Song Chi and the other two were not afraid. The two small worlds on the shoulders of the mecha giant, as well as the large world above its head, rose up together and transformed into the Three Corpse Great World to meet the Buddha's handprint. They also rushed towards the Chaos Demon Ape Protector.

The moment the Three Corpses Realm collided with the Buddha's Light Handprint, the atmosphere of the entire Origin Star was torn open, creating a rift that stretched across the continent. The shockwave crushed mountains within a radius of hundreds of billions of kilometers into dust, revealing the chaotic magma flowing underground.

"Click——"

Amidst the crisp cracking sound, the outermost small world of the Three Corpses Great Realm collapsed first, but the shattered world fragments did not dissipate; instead, they transformed into countless streams of light that entwined the Buddha's hand.

Each stream of light revealed the imprint of the laws contained within the Three Corpses Shrine, which was actually a forced analysis of the structure of Buddhist mantras at the cost of world destruction.

"So that's how it is!" Ferdinand suddenly laughed, and the Paradise Light began to reassemble itself, equipped with a "Reverse Buddha Cross" super main gun.

The surface of the cannon barrel revealed a reverse mantra, the exact opposite of the Buddha's hand gesture; this was a countermeasure deciphered from the fragments of the world.

The Buddha's hand trembled violently, blood tears flowed from the vertical pupil in its palm, and a muffled groan came from the depths of the Burial God Abyss, clearly indicating that the ancestral Buddha had also suffered a backlash.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, the Three Corpse Hypermorphic Mech had already rushed in front of the Chaos Demon Ape. The mech's right arm transformed into a star blade billions of kilometers long, its edge gleaming with the unique eerie blue light of the [High-Dimensional Particle Collapse Cannon], piercing straight at the Demon Ape's left palm, which was holding the Chaos Mirror Stone.

"Roar!"

The demonic ape flew into a rage, and the crimson prism suddenly shattered into countless crystal chips. Each fragment refracted the trajectory of the mecha's attack, weaving together in the void to form a labyrinth of death.

This is its trump card, the "Mysterious Mirror," which it once used to kill a mythical being of the same level.

"careful!"

Song Chi's warning rang out on the communication channel.

The Three Corpse Super Mech charged left and right through the Mirror Maze, but could not break through the death trap constructed by the blood-red crystal chips. Each refracted fragment contained terrifying power enough to tear apart galaxies, and the mech's armor was already covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

"boom!"

A refracted beam of light grazed the mech's right shoulder, instantly vaporizing the entire mechanical arm.

Inside the cockpit, the three men's mental clones all became illusory, while their true selves, far away from the Origin Star, felt a sharp pain deep in their minds. The intense pain transmitted through the mental link almost made them faint.

"Analysis complete!" Ferdinand suddenly roared, "The refraction angles of these crystals follow the Brahma derivatives!"

The Brahma Heaven, the ancestral domain of the Buddhist civilization, is located in the Brahma Spirit Mountain River System. At this moment, the AI ​​of Ferdinand's flagship analyzed its evolutionary laws, and the super main cannon "Reverse Buddha Cross" of the Heavenly Holy Light suddenly turned, with dazzling holy light bursting from the muzzle.

The beam of light mysteriously twisted seven times in the void, each time precisely hitting a key chip.

"Click——"

The blood-red maze showed a momentary flaw.

"Now!" Ying Yi shouted.

The mecha armor on the back of the Three Corpse Super-Giant suddenly cracked open, and hundreds of bronze warrior puppets rushed out from it. Each puppet held a chain engraved with "Dragon Suppression Runes," which intertwined in the void to form a net.

The Chaos Demon Ape roared in fury, and the remaining blood-red crystal chips spun wildly, but it was ultimately a step too late.

Seizing the fleeting moment, the Three Corpse Super Mech transformed its remaining left arm into a dark blue star blade, piercing fiercely into the demonic ape's chest.

"Roar!!"

The demonic ape roared to the sky in agony, and the Buddhist patterns on its body crumbled inch by inch.

(End of this chapter)