National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 900 [Mythical Primarch Spore Enslavement]

The mirrored warship, located at the very core of the explosion, was already under a tense alarm. On the feedback interface of the replicated [Eye of Truth], the crimson color, representing a deadly threat, almost covered everything.

Outside, the ultimate darkness formed from the [Multi-dimensional Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] has fully awakened.

Its enormous cap unfurled, and the vibrant colors on it were no longer beautiful, but transformed into countless wriggling, twisting viral spores, emitting a terrifying aura that caused the space itself to decay and decay.

The eleventh-tier skeletal giant roared, wielding a giant sword. Each slash carried the power of death laws that could tear apart galaxies. Wherever the star-white sword light passed, even the dark green spore mist was briefly annihilated, leaving deep wounds on the massive body of the putrid poisonous mushroom that were difficult to heal quickly.

The putrid mushroom emitted a silent shriek, and countless tentacles, spikes, and attack organs mimicking the forms of various cosmic behemoths, formed from highly concentrated viral spores and putrid energy, grew wildly from its body, whipping and spraying, colliding fiercely with the skeletal giant.

The light from the energy explosions rose and fell, illuminating the core area with flickering light. Although the skeletal giants were not afraid of most life forms being corrupted, the attacks of the Corrupting Poisonous Mushrooms contained a deeper level of "multiverse-level corruption" rules. Although it was a product of the previous era, its power was no longer what it once was under the suppression of the Great Dao Origin Rules of the Shattered Star Sea. However, that was only relative.

Each direct collision with it would cause the Bone Giant's body to dim slightly, and even tiny, mold-like signs of corrosion would begin to appear on the mythical bones that made up its body.

The battle became intense, with the skeletal giant launching a fierce offensive and the power of death constantly eroding the life force of the Corrupting Poison Mushroom. Meanwhile, the Corrupting Poison Mushroom, relying on its advantageous terrain, its bizarre rules of corruption, and the almost endless supply of spore energy from its surroundings, stubbornly resisted and attempted to erode the mushroom in the opposite direction.

"This can't go on like this..."

Song Chi frowned in the market. He could feel that the white bone giant's energy was being consumed at a rapid pace, while the other party seemed to have an inexhaustible source.

As expected, seeing that the skeletal giant was showing signs of weakness, the [Multi-Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] intensified its attack. Suddenly, a point of extremely dark black light, seemingly capable of devouring all light, lit up at the core of its massive fungal body.

Immediately afterwards, a halo, indescribable in color and imbued with an aura of endless corruption, suddenly spread out from it.

hum-

Space groaned under the strain, and the scenery changed drastically wherever the halo passed!

The spore mist, which had become somewhat thinner, instantly became thick and liquid again, and instead of being a chaotic diffusion, it formed an incredibly vast and complex barrier.

Above the barrier, countless bizarre patterns made of viral spores appeared and disappeared unpredictably, emanating a suffocating divine pressure.

[Spore Virus God Realm]!
The instant this divine realm was formed, the replicas of the mirror warship, including the [Space Jumper] and [Void Cloud Boat Model], plunged into darkness—space was completely locked.

A law-based force, far exceeding ordinary spatial confinement and possessing strong corrupting and assimilative properties, enveloped an area spanning tens of light-years. Not to mention spatial jumps, even the resistance to conventional travel increased more than a thousandfold.

Even more terrifying is that within this divine realm, the aura of the [Multi-dimensional Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] is steadily increasing, almost reaching the limit of the eleventh rank.

Its cap spore layer began to shimmer, and the next moment, dozens of huge vortexes opened up in the barrier of the divine realm.

Roar! Howl! Hiss!
Accompanied by countless chaotic and violent roars, one after another, enormous, distorted, and mythical-level spore-mutated behemoths surged out of the vortex.

Their target was very clear: they frantically pounced on the skeletal giant who was fighting the Corruption Mushroom itself, and the mirror warship behind it.

These summoned mythical spore beasts may be individually only at the weakest level of the initial mythical stage, but their numbers are enormous. Moreover, in this divine realm, once they are destroyed, new spore energy will quickly gather and reform them, making them almost immortal.

The skeletal giant was instantly surrounded. Although it continuously slashed and destroyed spore behemoths with its giant sword, even more rushed up and entangled it tightly.

All the cannons of the mirror warship fired at full power, and energy beams exploded in the horde of beasts, clearing a section, only to be filled with even more in the blink of an eye.

The situation took a turn for the worse.

However, the deadly moves of the [Multi-Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] are far from over.

It seemed to have determined that the Sky Ruins Mirror Warship was of extraordinary origin and posed the greatest threat to it.

At the very core of the bacterium, the dark black light suddenly expanded, transforming into a crystal roughly the size of a fist, its surface covered with countless complex viral sequence structures constantly evolving and dying, radiating an aura of primordial doom—

[The Core of Multiple Virus Prototypes]!
The moment the Primarch Core appeared, the entire Spore Virus God Realm resonated and trembled. Immediately afterward, the Primarch Core locked onto the Mirror Warship, which was in a state of intense evasion and attack.

Innate Ability - [Mythical Primarch Spore Enslavement]

As the [Multiverse Corruption Mushroom] actively activated its proud Primitive Abilities using this [Multiverse Virus Primitive Core], the newly manifested Mythical Primitive Core suddenly vanished.

There was no earth-shattering energy impact, only an invisible and intangible mark of enslavement that transcended conventional energy, matter, and even some rules. It carried the viral primal force at the level of the multiverse, ignored the mirror warship's energy shield, ignored the ship's armor, and directly penetrated all obstacles, embedding itself into the deepest part of the mirror warship's hull.

sizzle-

Inside the mirrored warship, the replica of the [Alien Bio-Energy Purification Sculpture] was operating at unprecedented power. The pure white absolute purification domain was compressed tightly against the ship's inner wall, attempting to resist this strange and extremely domineering enslavement force.

However, this [Mythical Primarch Spore Enslavement] is at an extremely high level. It is not merely energy pollution, but rather a "forced assimilation" rule originating from the most fundamental source of life.

The light from the purification field emitted a mournful cry as if it were being corroded the moment it came into contact with that invisible mark; the white light quickly dimmed and receded.

The phantom of the [Multi-Virus Prototype Core] seemed to ignore spatial distance, appearing directly in the center of the mirror warship's main control room before being imprinted upon it.

Click!

It wasn't an actual sound, but rather the sound of shattering at the level of rules.

The purification field was forcibly breached, and the phantom of the original core was forcibly embedded and fused into the deepest part of the mirror warship's hull.

[WARNING! Unknown external energy intrusion detected!]

[WARNING! The warship's highest authority is being forcibly rewritten!]

[Warning! Soul Link stability has dropped drastically! 10%...25%...50%...]

[Warning! The AI ​​is being compromised...]

In the marketplace of the heavens, Song Chi's expression suddenly changed.

The soul link between him and the mirror ship was rapidly becoming blurred and dim, and a strong, dizzying sense of pollution and rejection followed from the depths of his heart.

He suddenly looked up at the [Mirror Image] component mounted on the main body [Sky Ruins] [Sky Dome].

The previously stable component was now trembling violently and humming incessantly. On the surface of the component, on the mysterious mirror-like light and shadow, fine and spreading cracks suddenly appeared, and from within the cracks, an unsettling dark green evil light seeped out.

This is a sign that the mirror warship has been forcibly enslaved and is about to break free of control or even turn against its original components.

"What terrifying enslavement magic! It can even corrupt mirror images separated by endless void!" Song Chi was horrified, but his reaction was also extremely fast.

We must never allow them to complete their enslavement, otherwise the consequences will be dire.

Just before the soul link was about to be completely severed and the cracks in the [Mirror Image] component reached their limit, a fierce glint flashed in Song Chi's eyes. Without hesitation, he activated the highest-level command through the last remaining connection.

"Forced cancellation! Mirroring cancelled!"

boom!
It felt as if something had been forcibly torn apart at the level of the soul.

In the Void Market of the Heavens, the [Mirror Image] component let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain. Many of the surface cracks instantly healed, but its light remained extremely dim, clearly indicating that it had been severely damaged and could no longer be used for a short period of time.

Meanwhile, in the core of the spore virus divine realm, the mirror warship, upon receiving the command, suddenly lurched. Then, starting from the bow, the entire warship disintegrated and dissipated like a shattered mirror, turning into the most primitive energy particles, which were ultimately completely submerged and assimilated by the surrounding raging spore virus energy.

The phantom of the [Core of the Multiverse Virus Prototype], which had just been embedded in its core of laws, emitted a violent fluctuation, seemingly pausing and becoming confused due to the sudden disappearance of its target.

The [Multi-Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] also let out a confused and angry silent roar, stirring up the entire Spore God Realm violently.

Inside the Void Market of the Heavens, Song Chi looked at the tricolor artifact he had painstakingly acquired in his hand, and then at the dim and cracked [Mirror Image] component on his main warship. He let out a long sigh of relief, still feeling lingering fear.

The cost was enormous, but at least... we got the goods.

At the same time, he also gained a very deep understanding of the terrifying power and bizarre methods of the [Multi-Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom].

"Eleventh-order mythology... a remnant from the multiverse era... the spore virus divine realm... the Primitive enslavement divine power..."

Song Chi muttered to himself, but quickly put it aside and paid no more attention to it.

In the current situation, what he needs to do is to repair the [Mirror Image] component as soon as possible to ensure that it can be in its best condition to meet the major event of the [Collapse of the Botian Ruins] thousands of years later. As for the [Multiverse Corruption Mushroom], which is separated from the territory of the Human Civilization of the Fire of the Sealing, it is not something he needs to worry about in the short term.

Indeed, this was the case. After the Sky Ruins Mirror Battleship stirred things up, the [Multi-Crystal Wall Corruption Mushroom] went berserk, and countless viral mutated behemoths began to rush out of the spore nebula. In the end, it was the primordial mother queen swarm that suffered the most.

In a short time, the spore creature army and the star-sea insectoid army engaged in a super melee, and the entire vast star field stretching for tens of millions of light-years was transformed into a battlefield.

As the original instigator, Song Chi was completely unaware of all this; his attention was now focused on the tricolor artifact he had just acquired.

A deep look of surprise appeared in his eyes. He was not only familiar with this colorful lower-level artifact, but also very familiar with it. He had a similar artifact in his possession before.

[Strange Object: Soul Swallowing Platform]

[Quality: Black]

[Can be converted into: {Soul Devouring Altar}]

[Note: A unique and wondrous object born from the intestines of the starry sky.]

……

Soul Devouring Altar lv0
Quality: Color/Lower Grade
Unique Feature: Soul Devouring - Ascension
Cost: 600/s (Psionic Points)

Effect: After installation, the souls of any sentient creatures directly killed by the warship will be absorbed by this component.

……

{Soul Devouring - Ascension: Consumes 100 million Psionic Points, at the cost of this component's destruction, consuming all the souls devoured by the component to grant the designated component an Ascension. The quality is guaranteed to increase by one tier. Current Soul Devouring Progress: Stage 1, 0% (Note: When the Stage 1 progress bar is full, a silver component can be Ascensioned to a gold component. When the Stage 2 progress bar is full, a gold component can be Ascensioned to a black component, and so on. The Soul Devouring progress can accumulate up to a maximum of four stages, allowing a lower-tier colored component to be Ascensioned to a colored/higher-tier component.)}
Indeed, this tricolor artifact is another Soul Devouring Altar, and of even higher quality than the previous one, which means it will bring even greater benefits to the Mirror Warship in the future.

Fortunately, the effect of replicating and cloning the [Soul Devouring Altar] is now somewhat unsatisfactory, so replacing it with this tricolor-level [Soul Devouring Altar] is the perfect solution.

【The Tower of Heavenly Despair】

【Void Cloud Boat Model】

High-Dimensional Particle Collapse Cannon

[Protector's Guardian]

【Vajrasattva Meditation Mudra】

[The Relics of the Demon Buddha's Purification]

In just a moment, Song Chi thought of several components that could benefit from this later, and before applying them to the mirror warship, he could first upgrade one component to the five-colored quality.

Song Chi already had an idea of ​​who would use it.

However, before that, the Soul Devouring progress must be filled first. There is no need to worry too much about this. At present, the joint fleet of the five great empires of the Fire and Fire is planning to open up the fifth river cluster of civilization. After the expansion war officially starts, we only need to hand this part over to our eldest brother Song Yan. At that time, with the superdimensional mothership [Blazing Sea Boiling] going to war, completing the Soul Devouring progress will be just a side matter.

Speaking of continuing the expansion plan, we have to go back to the current strength of the Torchfire Civilization. With five mythical immortal ships and nearly ten mythical enslaved creatures, and with the Three Corpse Shrine as a component, it is equivalent to having an eleventh-tier combat power in charge.

As a result, the territory of only four river system clusters was naturally insufficient for the Huoxing Civilization, and continued expansion was imperative.

Just then, the Seed of Fire received a message from the Song clan outside, that the Lord of the Big Dipper Palace requested an audience with him.

Upon hearing this, Song Chi instantly guessed the other party's intention. Instead of hastily recalling the warship and leaving the market, he strode to the [Creation Eight Trigrams Furnace]. At this moment, a piece of seven-colored fire that had already been used once remained at the bottom of this component.

He waved his hand and took out more than 5,000 grams of [Time Source Crystal]. After the [Creation Eight Trigrams Furnace] cooled down again, he refined another batch of [Primordial Chaos Limitless Pill] before leaving the market.

He was still willing to lend a hand to the [Big Dipper Palace], a former directly subordinate giant power. Previously, it was not appropriate for representatives of various forces to speak directly, but now that the Big Dipper Star Lord had come to visit again, the timing was just right.

(End of this chapter)