Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1914 - 927: Final Battle (Part 2)
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
One percent... ten percent... fifty percent... one hundred percent.
Buzz——!
A familiar, heart-palpitating deathly silence of transcendent pressure suddenly erupted once again from within the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong!
Under the gazes of countless shocked eyes, another transcendent bone giant, towering like a mountain and entirely shrouded in a pale glow, with gloomy blue soul fire burning in its eye sockets, tore through space and descended forcefully.
"Impossible!!" The remaining five transcendent demon gods of the Abyss almost simultaneously exclaimed, eyes filled with disbelief and horror.
Clearly, it had just self-exploded not long ago, yet in such a short time, it was able to be summoned again? Such a heaven-defying summoning technique completely exceeded their understanding.
However, the scene that made their hearts truly shatter was still to come.
This newly born transcendent bone giant did not join the transcendent battlefield but instead, under Song Chi’s precise control, turned its massive skeletal head towards the deepest part of the Returning Ruins Abyss, where the dimension ascension fluctuations emanated.
The next second, it took heavy steps, crushing the void with each stride, ignoring all obstacles along the way, and launched a desperate charge toward the core of the abyssal dimension upgrade.
Its goal was not to participate in battle but... to destroy the dimension ascension ceremony!
"Block it! At all costs!!" The demon god wielding the Dimension Anchor roared frantically, unable to maintain any calm. If the dimension ascension ceremony was interrupted, the Abyss’s countless millennium plans would be for naught.
The remaining five abyss transcenders, like mad beings, tried to break free from their opponents to intercept the bone giant.
"Dream on!"
"Stay here with me!"
The Sky-splitting God King, Eternal Ancestor, Mother of Ten Thousand Machines, and Song Chi (Ruin Market Projection) simultaneously unleashed their strongest powers, becoming insurmountable barriers that firmly obstructed the five abyss demon gods.
Boom boom boom——!
The slaughter on the transcendent battlefield instantly reached its hottest stage, with rules collapsing and energy annihilating every second.
Meanwhile, the unwavering bone giant bore the last hope of the All Heavens Star Sea, drawing ever closer to the abyss core that would decide their fate.
The final outcome was now anchored to this fearless bone giant.
...
The bone giant crushed the void, spanning infinite distances with each step, the twisted and throbbing abyss core within the deep of the Returning Ruins Abyss already within reach.
It was a massive tumor-like structure formed by countless chaotic rules, vast magic energy, and innumerable living beings’ essence, its surface covered with pulsating veins and flickering strange runes, exuding nauseating yet incomparably powerful dimension ascension fluctuations.
"Stop it!" Song Chi’s will, channeling through the bone giant, sensed the transitional force about to complete and left no room for reservation.
The soul fire inside the bone giant’s eye sockets burned to the limit, while the Time Spirit Divine Spear in its hand unleashed an unprecedented chaotic time flow, stirring the surrounding rules, making them extremely unstable.
It raised the spear high and converged all its deathly silent power and time laws at the tip, transforming into a pale torrent penetrating the void, fiercely stabbing at the dimension ascension core.
Rumbling——!!!
The pale torrent collided fiercely with the dimension ascension core, countless runes shattered with cries, pulsating veins exploded, and pure magic energy and flesh essence poured out like a burst dam, spreading wildly outward. Under the bone giant’s all-out attack, the stable dimension ascension structure began to tremble violently, with countless spider-web-like cracks surfacing.
"No——!!!" From afar, the abyss transcenders battling the Sky-splitting God King and others roared in despair, feeling the ceremony sustaining the ascension being forcibly interrupted.
Crack!
Accompanied by a crisp sound as if the world’s foundation broke, the massive tumor-like core suddenly collapsed inward and explosively burst, with more colossal energy and material erupting like lava, sweeping around, forcing the bone giant to retreat repeatedly, its skeletal body covered with cracks.
The dimension ascension fluctuations abruptly ceased.
Was it successful?
A glimmer of hope just arose in the hearts of the Sky-splitting God King, Eternal Ancestor, and others, but Song Chi, through the bone giant, sensed an even stranger and more disheartening change.
The dispersed core energy did not completely dissipate; rather, under some residual will’s guidance, it began to forcibly charge towards a higher dimension in a twisted and incomplete manner.
An immense, awe-inspiring pressure, imbued with distinct high-dimensional characteristics akin to an unseen tidal wave, enveloped the entirety of the Returning Ruins Abyss. This force rapidly extended outwards, encompassing diverse sections of the Bottomless Abyss and even the adjacent star sea.
"What in the world is this...?" The Sky-splitting God King's irises constricted dramatically.
"The ascension hasn't entirely concluded..." Eternal Ancestor's voice resonated, low and tinged with a dawning comprehension and resignation. "It was obstructed mid-process, yet by leveraging immense, pre-existing resources, a flawed transition was forcibly initiated... It is on the verge of entering the 'half-step High-dimensional' realm!"
As if to corroborate these pronouncements, the entire Bottomless Abyss commenced a violent quaking. Within the fabric of its rules, a unique spatial locus, surpassing ordinary star sea dimensions yet not fully transcended, began to materialize.
This signified that although the Bottomless Abyss had not completed its intended full ascent and departure from this star sea, it would nevertheless shatter its original limitations. It would elevate to a status commensurate with the Chaos Divine Land—a semi-high-dimensional territory!
Consequently, it would gain dominion over half the dimensional authority that the Chaos Divine Land had wielded for unfathomable ages.
For the Chaos Divine Land, this intelligence constituted nothing less than a crushing blow.
However, for the countless races inhabiting the All Heavens Star Sea, it represented a fortunate turn amidst misfortune.
The reason was that this incomplete, compelled transition was exceedingly unstable. Yet, its resource expenditure was significantly less than that required for a perfect dimensional ascension.
The colossal reserves of essence and the civilization's fortune, which the Abyss had previously plundered from the All Heavens Star Sea, now appeared 'superfluous'. To achieve this arduous half-step transition, the Abyss found itself compelled to continuously and massively discharge these unmanageable 'surplus' resources during the process.
Above the Returning Ruins Abyss, and indeed throughout the expanse of the Bottomless Abyss, a spectacular yet sorrowful 'downpour of light' commenced.
This consisted of pure life essence, fractured remnants of laws, and the potent energy of star cores... Released from the Abyss's confinement, these elements transformed into incandescent specks, cascading back into the welcoming embrace of the All Heavens Star Sea.
The reclamation of this origin power would significantly mitigate the potential decade-long decline that the All Heavens Star Sea might have faced due to the catastrophe. It would safeguard the most vital embers for the resurgence and prosperity of myriad races' civilizations in the future.
On the ongoing battlefield, the surviving allied warriors lifted their gazes to this 'rain of salvation'. A complex tapestry of emotions washed over them—relief at surviving the impending doom, grief for their fallen comrades, an undercurrent of apprehension regarding the future, yet undeniably, a flicker of nascent hope.
The five transcendent beings from the Abyss abruptly halted their relentless assaults. They sensed the profound shifts occurring within the Abyss and the ceaseless flow of origin energy. Their expressions conveyed a depth of complexity that defied easy description.
The grand design... had ultimately faltered. While not utterly vanquished, the outcome bore a stark and vast divergence from their initial aspirations.
Song Chi, exerting control over the battered bone giant, allowed it to hover motionlessly above the ruins of the shattered dimensional ascension core. His gaze was fixed upon the Bottomless Abyss as it grappled with its challenging dimensional transition.
He had succeeded.
Although he couldn't forestall the Abyss's augmentation in power, he had safeguarded the Torch Civilization and restored a glimmer of hope for the All Heavens Star Sea.
However, for the present moment, that was not his primary concern. With the dramatic reversal of fortunes, the strategic imperative facing the All Heavens Star Sea Alliance Army had completely inverted. They had transitioned from the initial aggressors to a position of strategic withdrawal.
This was because, upon the Abyss's completion of its half-dimension ascension, bolstered by the full might of the entire Abyss's will, the combat capabilities of the Abyss Demon Race would surge dramatically. Conversely, these external forces would encounter immense operational suppression. A swift and complete evacuation from the Bottomless Abyss became imperative.
Similar to the Chaos Divine Land, once its dimensional ascension concluded, the mythological entities of the Abyss Demon Race would experience significant constraints, preventing their unhindered incursions into the All Heavens Star Sea. In essence, as long as the allied forces successfully retreated into the star sea, the imminent existential crisis would be averted.