Global Era of Star trekking

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However, even though he could not enter the Ruins Market to practice the Guidance Technique, the visualization of the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Chart was unaffected.

Dividing a part of his spiritual force to monitor the outside world, and having instructed the humanoid Alien Race member Cher to always pay attention to the surroundings, Song Chi took out several high-quality Soul Stones and began his visualization.

To raise his Spiritual Force to the level of Sixfold Mind Utilization, he still needed to continuously use high-quality Soul Stones and even Soul Cores from Second and Third Rank, in combination with visualization, and he could not afford to slack.

This time, the visualization lasted only an hour, far less than the usual minimum of three hours, but this allowed him to avoid exhaustion from overuse of Spiritual Force, and after just a few hours of light sleep, he would be back in peak condition.

Time passed, and the next day soon arrived. Before the 24-hour return deadline, Song Chi temporarily retracted the Cangqiong back into the Ancestral Torch and refused the return.

However, the situation was different for the Escort Ship in the Bai Family's team. It had been stationed there for a while and had recently summoned two Second Rank members of the Bai Family. They soared to the Vault of Heaven and soon disappeared from this starry space along with the Warship.

These two had previously been responsible for monitoring the situation of the Copper Ore here, and their Flagship would act as an intermediary warship to pick up personnel for the second time.

Moreover, both would not come at the same time; the first ship would attempt to make the drop after half a month, and should an accident occur en route, the second one would make another attempt in a month to ensure that there would not be a situation where they couldn't return.

Of course, whether the Bai Family had other Pathfinder Marks remains known only to them.

With the departure of the Escort Ship, the remaining thirty-one Torch Warships immediately took to the sky and sped toward the large Copper Ore site.

Above the Copper Mountain Continent's Vault of Heaven, tens of thousands of meters high, the thirty-one Torch Warships hovered quietly, directly above the large Copper Ore.

In the center of the fleet, five Cruisers slowly descended, heading towards the Copper Ore below.

In the Song Family Warships' group chat, the grandfather, Song Mingsong, spoke up with a reminder.

"In the upcoming fight with the Golden Armored Giant Beast, the five Cruisers will take the lead. Everyone, pay attention to your positions; just provide long-range fire support and absolutely do not approach it without permission. Did everyone get that?"

"Dad, got it!"

"Understood!"

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Inside the Cangqiong, Song Chi's gaze was solemn, intensely focused on the area below. On the bow of the ship, a kilometer-long Sword Intent Divine Light was gradually coalescing—it was the "Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light" charging up.

The moment the Golden Armored Giant Beast emerged from beneath the ground, it would present the perfect opportunity to attack. Missing this chance would make it much harder to hit it once it released its Golden Armor Domain.

Everyone knew this, which is why not only the Cangqiong's Main Cannon was charging in advance. It's just that, among the many preparing attacks, the kilometer-long Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light was a bit more conspicuous.

As more than twenty Escort Ships above were simultaneously charging, the five Cruisers also drew steadily closer to the large Copper Ore below.

At that moment, from Bai Chongwen's Flagship, positioned lowest, a very high-frequency ultrasound was suddenly emitted straight towards the ground below.

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This special ultrasonic wave had a strong stimulating effect, capable of awakening the Fourth Rank Golden Armored Giant Beast below.

Hum Hum Hum!

Before long, a slight tremor could be heard from the ground below, and as time passed, the trembling became more and more alarming, with the premonition of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting.

Seeing this, the five cruisers began to rapidly ascend. Judging from the situation, the Golden Armored Giant Beast underground had obviously awoken. Faced with such circumstances, even the cruisers dared not confront it head-on.

Perhaps Bai Chongwen's warship possessed the capability to engage in a brief direct confrontation with the wounded Golden Armored Giant Beast, but unless absolutely necessary, who would want to clash head-on with a Fourth Rank Starry Sky Behemoth?

Maneuverability was one of the greatest advantages of the Torch Warships, and all the Torch Ship Captains present wanted to deal with the Golden Armored Giant Beast through long-range firepower.

The continuous crackling sound came from below. When the crack in the ground reached several kilometers in length, a terrifying head encased in golden scale armor appeared in the sight of all the Torch Ship Captains in the sky above.

All the Second Rank Torch Ship Captains from the Song and Bai families gasped, as this was an extremely ferocious skull.

The sheer width of the skull reached hundreds of meters, and the single horn on its snout was even a kilometer long. The dazzling golden light converged so intensely that people could not look directly at it.

Imagine if this horn were to strike a warship—even a cruiser would be pierced straight through.

More importantly, those blood-red eyes atop its skull were filled with a violent intent, sweeping across from tens of thousands of meters away, they could make one's heart instantly flare with violence, as if a tremendous rage was building inside.

Song Chi quickly averted his gaze, not daring to make eye contact with the terrifying creature, and at the same time, he immediately pressed the fire button.

Shua Shua Shua Shua!

Dozens of beams of light burst forth, all aimed at the ferocious skull below.

It wasn't just Song Chi and his crew; the ten main cannons on the five cruisers roared to life as well. The Third Rank cruisers' unique secondary cannon projection modules followed closely behind. In an instant, over a hundred different types of artillery fire all landed on the skull of the Golden Armored Giant Beast.

Boom Boom Boom!

The terrifying explosions and energy shockwaves covered the entire surface area of the large copper ore mine. It was not over yet. Though the main cannons stopped firing, there was no buffer time for the numerous secondary cannons, which continued to relentlessly bombard the position where the Golden Armored Giant Beast was emerging.

Gray-brown smoke scattered, stones flew about, and nobody could see the specific situation in the crevice below; they could only roughly judge through the radars on the warships.

However, before the second round of main cannon buffering was complete, a terrifying figure had already rushed out from the dust below at high speed. Its thick golden scale armor turned into a golden afterimage as it soared towards the sky.

The figure wrapped in the golden scales was nearly ten thousand meters long, with strands of mysterious golden energy coursing over its body from time to time. It had a tail with a sharp hook that trailed behind, and one could imagine that if one were to be struck by this several thousand meter-long tail, even a standard cruiser would likely disintegrate on the spot.

Seeing the rapidly approaching figure of the Golden Behemoth, everyone was shocked.

The shock was not that the opponent could fly through the air; as a Starry Sky Behemoth, roaming freely in the starry sky was one of their basic abilities. Even life entities of the Third Rank and above could perform brief aerial stunts.

What shocked everyone was the mere one row of golden scale armor on its head that had been shattered.

In other words, the attack that had just taken place, in which nearly everyone had joined forces, only managed to break some scales off the Golden Armored Giant Beast, without inflicting any substantial damage.

The outcome was somewhat hard to accept.

"Are Fourth Rank lifeforms really that terrifying?"

Aboard Cang Qiong, Song Chi was also somewhat perplexed. He had just used the "Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light," which could be considered the strongest attack method currently available on Cang Qiong.

Although he was sure that the destroyed golden scales on its head included the results of the Mixed Hollow Extreme Yang Sword Intent Divine Light, the mere shattering of scales was far from satisfying him.

"No wonder Grandfather and the others always emphasized that this Golden Armored Giant Beast has astonishing defenses, and to use armor-breaking attacks on it if possible."

He understood, but Song Chi was still not in a hurry to use the "External Cobalt Piercing Bullet Launcher" component.

Even though he had made sufficient preparations before departing, having purchased several special cobalt shells made by his family in advance, these shells were not cheap. Furthermore, after firing two shells, he would have to leave the battlefield and reload, so it was essential to use them at the right moment.

For instance, when attacking that kilometer-long wound on its belly.

Yes, there was a nearly kilometer-sized wound on the belly of the Golden Armored Giant Beast, apparently inflicted during some fight, and this injury was by no means light. Importantly, there seemed to be some alien race's Power of Laws remaining in the wound, constantly hindering its healing.

If it wasn't for the Starry Sky Behemoth's strong vitality and its ability to extract metal attribute energy for recovery, it would probably have died from the terrifying wound alone.

However, precisely because this wound was located on its underbelly and difficult to target, everyone had chosen to attack its head previously.

Possibly because its slumber was disturbed and it was particularly furious, the speed at which the Golden Armored Giant Beast surged upwards was astonishingly fast, crossing nearly a hundred thousand meters in the blink of an eye.

This caused the Second Rank Torch Warship above, which was retreating upwards at the first opportunity, to not only fail in widening the distance from it but to get even closer instead.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Outside the warship's hull, numerous tiny golden light spears kept bombarding the warship's energy shield, causing the dark matter energy shield to shake violently.

This was one of the special innate abilities of the Golden Armored Giant Beast called "Splitting Gold Spear." Combined with its affinity for the metal attribute, as long as there was sufficient metal energy to supply, it could nearly strike endlessly.

[Warship under attack, energy shield damaged, shield value -24600]

[Warship under attack, energy shield damaged, shield value -23400]

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The sound of the intelligence warning in his ears made Song Chi anxious.

One had to admit that the attack methods of a Fourth Rank Level creature were formidable. The damage each of these tiny Splitting Gold Spears caused to the dark matter energy shield every second completely surpassed the recovery ability of the Neutron Star Core Pulse feature.

Even the orange-quality dark matter energy shield generator, enhanced to lv39, was struggling, let alone the other Second Rank Torch Ship Captains.

Glancing around, one could clearly see the energy shields on the outer layers of the surrounding Second Rank escort ships dimming at a terrifying rate.

If this continued and the energy shields were completely overloaded, the warship armor and the ships themselves would be next.

At that moment, all warships were firing up their engines to full power, trying to increase their speed further to escape the range of attack from those golden light spears behind them.

Below, the communication group chat among the five cruisers was equally intense.

"Ming Song, you and I go directly to intercept it. Everyone else, try to attack its underbelly."

The speaker was Bai Chongwen, and only he dared to address Song Mingsong that way.

Having said that, without waiting for Song Mingsong's response, he took the lead and drove his flagship downwards to meet the creature.

Swish!

The Golden Armored Giant Beast immediately responded. It lightly swung its golden giant tail, gleaming with light, and turned it into a shadowy strike that lashed out.

Seeing this, Bai Chongwen didn't control his flagship to dodge, but instead directly confronted the attack. Only by doing so could he stop the Golden Armored Giant Beast from pursuing further.

Clang!

Amidst the intense metal collision sound, Bai Chongwen's flagship suffered little damage, with only 8% damage to the warship armor.

Above, seizing the opportunity, Song Mingsong fired full force from the two main cannons at the Golden Armored Giant Beast's hull, while also paying close attention to the battle below.

Seeing that Bai Chongwen's flagship had suffered only minor damage after taking a direct hit from the Golden Armored Giant Beast's tail, the first thought in Song Mingsong's mind was that the other party's warship armor must also have been enhanced to the Fourth Rank.

Roar!

The Golden Armored Giant Beast was completely enraged, and golden mysterious energy gathered all over its body. In the next second, the speed of the two cruisers closest to it sharply decreased, as if they had fallen into a quagmire.

They were trapped in the Golden Armor Domain!

PS: I feel like I'm not writing this right.

Also, that's all for today!