Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Crisis (Please Follow)

Due to the enhancement of the Energy Pulse Gun’s firepower, even though these Void Demons possessed bodily strength far beyond the same rank, with quite formidable combat power, they were merely a one-shot deal under First Rank firepower. This significantly increased the speed at which Song Chi and the ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines cleared out these Void Demons.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Under the onslaught of energy pulse rays, one after another, the Zero Rank Void Demons were consecutively killed. Their bodies fell from the sky, crashing against the hemispherical light screen of the Spectral Energy Protective Array, before sliding down and piling up around the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Sizzling!

Hearing the intense corrosion sound coming from the protective light screen, Song Chi’s brows furrowed tightly. This was caused by the black blood dripping from inside the Void Demons onto the light screen. This black blood flowing through their bodies was extremely hot and highly corrosive, severely depleting the shield value of the Spectral Energy Protective Array.

Faced with this situation, Song Chi found himself without a method to counter it for the moment.

To push back these Void Demons, they had to kill a large number of them, but as soon as they made an attack, this highly corrosive blood was inevitabl, an irreconcilable contradiction.

20878/40000

Glancing at the defense value of the Spectral Energy Formation and seeing it about to drop below twenty thousand points, Song Chi grew increasingly anxious.

The Cang Qiong, having successfully advanced to First Rank and equipped with the Orange Energy Shield Component, indeed had a shocking combat power. Facing an attack from dozens of First Rank and hundreds of Zero Rank Void Demons, it was still able to counter and kill triple-digit numbers of Void Demons.

But as the saying goes, even strength has its limits.

After enduring for nearly half an hour amidst the encirclement of hundreds of Void Demons, even the Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator, however powerful, had dimmed to an extreme. The shield value had plummeted below 10%, teetering on the edge of a complete overload.

Yet even so, Song Chi could not allow it to retreat back into the Ruins Market. Once the Cang Qiong pulled back, without its attraction, the more than five hundred Void Demons outside would immediately turn their aggression towards the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

And the Spectral Energy Formation, with its defense value about to drop below twenty thousand points, would absolutely not withstand the collective assault of these massive numbers of demons.

“Damn it, I must think of something, if this continues, the Cang Qiong is likely to sink here,” Song Chi roared inwardly. The computing power of his mind was pushed to the limit, but he still couldn’t find any countermeasures. All his cards were nearly played; could he just conjure up more out of thin air?

To make matters worse, due to the continuous overconsumption of his spiritual focus for more than half an hour, now Song Chi’s own form was somewhat unstable.

He had to remotely control the Cang Qiong to attack and evade, command a group of Fire Peony Soldier Figurines to attack, take aim again and again with the Energy Pulse Gun in his hand, and now he had to earnestly consider further strategies. All of these tasks required him alone to operate and consider, simple bifurcation of the mind was completely insufficient.

Bearing the faint throbbing pain emerging in his mind, Song Chi gritted his teeth and persevered. At this moment, he was longing for the brief foray into the limit-breaking state he had stumbled upon before. If he could temporarily enter the Threefold Mind Utilization state, he would not be in such disarray.

Unfortunately, the previous two times were just luck; he happened to enter a limit-breaking state and had not truly mastered the skill. Half an hour of intense mental focus did not enable him to find that limit-breaking sensation again; it was merely a pity.

Pausing slightly with the Energy Pulse Gun raised in his hand, Song Chi took out two Energy Grenades from behind him. Before the last exploration of the Alien Star Domain, he had bought a total of five, using three during the transaction with the Brain-Eating Race’s ultra-wave hive-mind Strange Object. Only the two in his hands remained.

Spotting a location gathered with over twenty Zero Rank and First Rank Void Demons, he threw one Energy Grenade with all his strength.

The energy grenade traced a straight line through the void and landed precisely in the midst of a group of more than twenty Void Demons.

Boom!

After a powerful First Rank explosion, the twenty or so Void Demons were immediately decimated, with only a few outer perimeter Zero Rank demons and three lucky First Rank demons surviving. This single energy grenade directly killed fifteen Zero Rank Void Demons.

Following a brief moment of triumph, one piece of bad news after another swiftly followed.

Outside the Ruins Market, the Cangqiong’s energy shield had completely overloaded. Attacks from the surrounding Void Demons began to strike directly onto the airship’s warship armor, damaging both the armor and the ship itself.

Inside the Ruins Market, the Spectral Energy Formation’s shield value officially dropped below twenty thousand. And under the corrosive influence of the Void Demons’ scorching black blood, the speed of the shield value’s depreciation became even more terrifying.

Song Chi’s heart sank to the bottom. At this rate, without even repelling the group of Void Demons, the Spectral Energy Formation would shatter first, and the entire Ruins Market would be entirely overrun.

Although he was the Master of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market and could wield the Power of Laws of this Ruins Market Secret Realm, his power was limited to internal use only and could not be employed in external combat.

And once the Spectral Energy Formation was broken, the balance of the entire Secret Realm would also be destroyed, and the laws of the Secret Realm space would fall into disarray. By then, it would be impossible to control them to deal with the Void Demons that had breached into the market.

It was almost a checkmate, a situation that seemed impossible to salvage no matter what.

At this juncture, a thought that Song Chi had never entertained before started to surface in his mind. He knew he had to start considering his own escape route. If Zhu Tian Ruins Market could not be defended, he surely wouldn’t stay and be buried with it.

The Chenxing Principality was vast, the Torch Human Civilization even larger, and the Shattered Starry Sea was boundless. There were many more things out there waiting for him to personally experience, to witness, and to pursue.

Having arrived in this tumultuous Starry Sea Era, he wished to live another two hundred years, three hundred years, six hundred years, or even a thousand. How could he be willing to die silently in this void without any fame?

Countless thoughts surged through Song Chi’s mind and, ultimately, he summoned the Cangqiong back to his side. If the Zhu Tian Ruins Market was destined to be destroyed, then naturally, he would not allow the Cangqiong to sink here as well.

Without the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, all he could rely on in the future was the Cangqiong.

As long as the Cangqiong was still there, with the “Orange Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator” and the “Purple Brainwave Remote Control System” components loaded on it, he had the confidence to carve out a niche in the world—at the very least, he wouldn’t be completely obscure.

With this thought, Song Chi’s mind shifted, and the Cangqiong above, receiving the brainwave signals, turned around and forcefully returned to the interior of the Ruins Market.

Looking at the reaction of the external Void Demons, as expected, once the Cangqiong returned to the Ruins Market, their targets instantly shifted entirely to Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Hum Hum Hum!

The Spectral Energy Formation’s defensive light screen trembled violently, and beneath layer upon layer of ripples, the shield value descended at an indescribable speed.

ps: Aiming for the top three in the rankings next week. I hope everyone can keep up with the readings these few days, much appreciated!!!