Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1849 - 898: Multi-Dimensional Crystal Wall Corrupt Poison Mushroom (Part 2)

"Tch, what a hassle this turns out to be..."

"It can manipulate so many legendary cosmic giants; just what is the origin of this mutated viral spore's parent entity?"

Song Chi muttered under his breath, yet panic didn't grip him. After all, the main purpose of venturing here via the mirror image warship was exactly to face such challenges, right?

Facing no immediate peril to his life, Song Chi guided the mirror image warship to evade where feasible, weaving through these mindless legendary monstrosities time and again.

At times, he blasted a route clear with overwhelming force, at others, he slipped away via dimensional tricks, and occasionally, he deployed the cleansing field to curb the viral spores, hindering the monstrosities' regenerative powers.

In the end, following seven clashes with various legendary monstrosities, the vessel pierced the thickest blockade area, reaching the ultimate position indicated by the Eye of Truth—the heart of the spore nebula.

The view in this place diverged sharply from the wild turmoil of the surrounding rims, displaying a strange sense of "structure."

The murky green spore haze had dispersed quite a bit, but it grew denser, akin to fluid power streams lazily rotating nearby.

Amid these power streams, the fabric of space looked bizarrely warped and folded, like cloth roughly crumpled by some unseen hand.

Yet, Song Chi's goal was exactly that warped spatial region. Right in the midst of that folded space, a gentle and steady tri-hued glow hovered silently, fully cut off from the external viral spores, which acted oblivious to this tri-chromatic marvel.

Without that isolation, the Eye of Truth likely couldn't have revealed its location here, as the legendary positioning function targeted only ownerless marvels.

Still, Song Chi felt no real joy at the discovery; rather, his expression grew grave, and a heavy weight settled in his chest.

For along the border of that warped spatial region, a larger and far more daunting dark silhouette rested in hiding.

Lacking any set form, it resembled a profound blackness that kept morphing and growing. The occasional glimpses of its makeup hinted at an assembly of innumerable viral chains, serving as the primal origin of every living distortion.

It radiated an archaic and enigmatic vital force, carrying a chill, barren essence that could engulf all in its path. The nearby spore power streams, tame as loyal companions, circulated it, quietly drawn in and reshaped by its influence.

Evidently, this entity formed the root of every altered viral spore within the spore nebula, the enigmatic and horrifying legendary viral parent form.

The sole positive note was its apparent plunge into profound slumber or hibernation, with the bulk of its awareness lost in ceaseless contagion and absorption across this nebula and beyond into remote emptiness. Nevertheless, the mere passive aura it released caused the mirror image warship's power circuits to lag faintly.

Song Chi was certain beyond question that this viral parent form's level had climbed to the pinnacle of the eleventh rank, and it might even brush against the edge of the twelfth rank.

Its threat eclipsed that of the eleventh rank primal queen mother beyond the perimeter.

"I've got to snatch the prize quietly and bolt right away!" Song Chi composed himself and chose the smartest course.

He directed the mirror image warship to dial down every system's output to bare essentials, sparing only the duplicated Three Realms Five Elements Certificate and the drive sustaining basic function, all to curb energy emissions.

Next, he carefully triggered the supreme ability of the copied Three Realms Five Elements Certificate—

Beyond the Three Realms, not within the Five Elements!

Buzz...

A subtle dimensional wave rippled forth, causing the mirror image warship's hues to drain away rapidly. Its outline turned hazy and see-through, ultimately blending into nothingness, as though wiped clean from this cosmic layer. Power traces, physical presence, and even fate ties were cut off for the time being.

Within this utter nonexistence, the mirror image warship "floated" noiselessly toward the warped spatial region, steering clear of the dormant viral parent form and inching closer to the tri-chromatic marvel.

The journey dragged on tediously and tensely; every step forward let Song Chi sense the dread aura leaking unwittingly from the viral parent form, akin to tiptoeing along a razor's blade.

At last, in one pivotal instant, the mirror image warship arrived beside the tri-chromatic marvel.

A hidden pulling ray extended, delicately encasing the tri-chromatic marvel. The item trembled faintly, offering brief instinctive pushback before the pulling ray eased it toward the vessel.

But right when the marvel neared entry into the warship's storage hold, something unexpected flared up.

Apparently, the tri-chromatic marvel linked faintly to this unique warped spatial zone, sparking an almost imperceptible tremor in the dimensional framework during its shift.

So faint was this tremor that it dodged detection by nearly all senses.

However, to the legendary viral parent form coiled close by, fused nearly with this central domain, that tiny dimensional stir felt like a soft chime tolling through silent darkness.

In a flash!

The ever-mutating profound blackness halted abruptly. Then, a duo of unimaginably vast "eyes," forged solely from utter stagnation and frenzy, appeared to snap wide from the infinite emptiness, zeroing in on the warped spatial zone that had just quivered.

Though it failed to detect or perceive the mirror image warship in its "absolute void" mode, it knew without doubt that a presence lingered there.

An intruder had breached its territory, endangering its safety.

Woo woo woo!

A horrifying wail that bypassed sound waves to strike straight at space, power, and life's core burst forth without warning.

The spore nebula's central zone erupted in frenzy, infinite viral spores surging wildly like a furious hive of insects. The murky green power streams morphed into ruinous blasts, raging outward without mercy.

An epic clash loomed!

Even in void mode, the mirror image warship escaped direct strikes amid the chaotic onslaught but rocked fiercely, like a tiny craft tossed by tempests.

Back in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi stayed composed and steady. Clasped in his grip lay a tri-chromatic marvel—none other than the vibrant secondary prize marvel relayed by the mirror image warship?

"Perfect timing; now reveal your true nature to me!!!"

With a mere thought, the mirror image warship at the spore nebula's heart dropped its camouflage, abandoning the void mode outright. At once, its underbelly parted, unleashing boundless skeletal matter. The freshly formed eleventh rank skeletal titan assembled in moments.

Beyond that, nothing further happened. Gripping a massive skeletal greatsword crafted entirely from legendary bone, the eleventh rank skeletal titan bellowed and lunged toward the enigmatic viral spore parent form.

Boom!

A mythic eleventh-rank atomic blast cloud ignited amid the stars, unleashing dreadful power surges that ravaged the vicinity. The spore nebula's central zone momentarily cleared into a barren void, underscoring the savage force unleashed in this clash.

Yet in that instant, Song Chi's attention lay elsewhere. His gaze stretched wide as, via the spirit bond with the mirror image warship, a fleeting glimpse of the enigmatic viral spore parent form's actual form flashed in his thoughts.

It resembled a entity with vivid hues on its exterior, akin to mushroom-like organisms spotted across numerous drifting life worlds, but scaled up enormously beyond measure.

Thoughts whirling, Song Chi swiftly relayed the visuals from the mirror image warship to the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain.

At long last, the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain proved its worth, harnessing colossal processing might to swiftly pinpoint the precise identity within the vessel's enormous archives.

A kind of ultra spore viral parent form from prior to the Shattered Starry Sea Era and the Multiverse Era—Multi-Dimensional Crystal Wall Corrupt Poison Mushroom!!!