Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1835 - 892: Mythic Starry Sky Plant [War Puppet Mother Tree] (2)

Although the response arrived without delay, Song Chi's worries lingered on. He debated in his mind if going after the "War Puppetry Tree" was the right move.

After a short spell of doubt, he shook his head right away.

"For the time being, I'll hold off on that; first, I'll probe deeper into the 'War Puppetry Tree'. Should it turn out to be just a tenth-tier 'War Puppetry Tree', attempting it might pay off. Yet if it goes beyond tenth-tier, we'll tackle it some other time."

The Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's existing battle prowess could manage a standard eleventh-tier "War Puppetry Tree". Still, the perils involved were substantial, and Song Chi had no desire to face them.

...

Three months on, back at the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Song Chi's eyebrows knit together, for the warship avatar dispatched to the Silver Goblin Empire—using the upgraded Level 120 "Three Realms Five Elements Certificate"—had just uncovered details about the "War Puppetry Tree".

That said, the findings weren't encouraging at all.

While the "War Puppetry Tree" hadn't hit eleventh-tier, it sat at the top of tenth-tier. More importantly, it had produced two eleventh-tier Golden Horned Giant Whale War Puppets, and its tenth-tier Wood Puppets numbered over ten, making it far from negligible.

This intel posed a real puzzle for Song Chi. The foe's tricky mid-level might neatly evaded both strategies he'd outlined earlier.

But upon reflection, he soon made up his mind.

"Should the 'Bone Crypt' finish raising the eleventh-tier White Bone Giants, then backed by two eleventh-tier White Bone Giants, a legendary Asura, and two Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong vessels, taking it on looks possible."

Moreover, another idea crossed Song Chi's thoughts.

"And if the Ruins Market levels up to tenth-tier beforehand, the chances would improve even more..."

Having settled on this, Song Chi pulled back the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and left the Ruins Market behind.

Once he got back to the Heavenly Ruins Continent, he called forth the warship once more, steering directly toward the Shenxia Dynasty Ancestral Land on the Shenxia Continent.

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Torch Humanity Galaxy Cluster, Shenxia Dynasty, Shenxia Continent.

"Jiang Yuan, what's the progress on refining those four eleventh-tier mythic alien race corpses?"

In a hidden room of the Heavenly Pillar Jiang Family, Song Chi, fresh from his arrival, cut straight to the chase.

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan shook his head.

"Pulling out the mythical source blood from an eleventh-tier alien corpse is incredibly tough. Up to now, it looks like the first one's refinement will need at least a thousand years."

"A thousand years?"

Song Chi felt a wave of disappointment hit him hard; while such a duration barely registered for a mythical ship captain, it chafed against him, especially with the deadline from the Heaven-Fighting Will closing in and leaving them little buffer.

After pondering it over, he offered a unique proposal.

"Might you spare one eleventh-tier corpse for me? I want to experiment with a different refining method."

From the clash at Human Emperor City, all five had poured in heavy effort, so Jiang Yuan had no reason to deny him. In short order, the Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse passed into Song Chi's hands.

"Now that I've got the Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse, the only thing remaining is upgrading the Ruins Market."

Song Chi's scheme was straightforward: push the Zhu Tian Ruins Market's growth at full speed. In his view, shifting from ninth-tier to tenth-tier marked a huge leap, boosting the Ruins Market's mythical essence to new heights. The gain ought to jump it from tenth-tier to eleventh-tier, allowing him to leverage the market's aid in smoothly refining the Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse.

After drawing out the mythical source blood, he could then feed the Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse into the "Bone Crypt", speeding up the birth of eleventh-tier Skeleton Giants.

Plan set, Song Chi wasted no time. Back at the Divine Court, he dove headlong into hurrying the Zhu Tian Ruins Market's upgrade with utmost urgency.

Ninety years afterward, right after another Ruins Market trading session wrapped up, Song Chi, hovering once more above the Ruin Market Firmament, promptly pulled up the Zhu Tian Ruins Market's status screen.

[Name: Zhu Tian Ruins Market]

[Level: lv99]

...

[Upgrade Requirement: 1000 strands of Ninth Rank Floating Land Origin, 10 strands of Tenth Rank Floating Land Origin, Ruins Market Trading Volume filled 4,500,000 strands of Ninth Rank Floating Land Origin (4520890/4500000), 1 Ninth Rank Dominator True Spirit, 1 Mythical Soul.]

Thanks to the core family's strong push on trades, in under a hundred years, every condition for upgrading the Zhu Tian Ruins Market stood fulfilled at last.

[Upgrade Conditions Met. Upgrade Now?]

Song Chi stared at the panel's message, excitement gleaming in his eyes. He drew in a steadying breath and announced with gravity:

"Upgrade!"

Suddenly, the whole Zhu Tian Ruins Market quaked with force.

Across the sky dome, myriad law runes materialized from nowhere, forming an immense web that draped over the entire market, as structures everywhere underwent radical shifts. When the Ruins Market Law hit the critical shift in its rules, profound alterations took hold.

[Zhu Tian Ruins Market starts advancing to tenth-tier, mythical status power is evolving... Current upgrade time required: ten years]

Sensing the deep vibrations rising from the market's base, shops across the board grew on their own, their inner realms vastly stretched, and their count surged dramatically.

Though the decade-long upgrade caught him off guard a bit, it remained tolerable, considering it was such a pivotal tier jump.

Time raced forward, and ten years slipped away in a flash.

Stepping back into the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi sensed a massive surge in his command over it.

Even better, the market's reach had ballooned several times over.

Above all, the dominant mythical status power now saturating the market struck him as immensely mightier; no need to scan the exact stats—he knew the current mythical boost outstripped the old one by more than a hundred times.

Perched atop the Ruin Market Firmament, Song Chi shut his eyes, absorbing the change. When he reopened them, clarity had dawned.

"As expected, it's eleventh-tier mythical status power... and not the ordinary kind, but peaking at eleventh-tier!"

Grasping this, he skipped peeking at the market's fresh status panel altogether, pulling out the eleventh-tier Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse without delay and calling upon the market's mythical status power.

A dazzling light ray plunged from above, wrapping the full Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse.

The peak eleventh-tier mythical status power's extraction from the eleventh-tier mythical corpse happened at a staggering pace— in just half a year, the eleventh-tier mythical source blood droplet from the Chaos Giant Elephant Corpse emerged refined, with nothing left but a heap of bones carrying eleventh-tier mythical aura.

[Mythical Source Blood Refinement Complete, Remaining Eleventh-Tier Mythic Bones Begin Infusion into Bone Crypt...]

The leftover corpse went straight into the warship's "Bone Crypt" module, setting the rainbow-hued part into wild shaking.

Myriad white bones rushed together in frenzy, and the eleventh-tier White Bone Giant's cultivation edged toward finishing, sending out a disturbing pulse.

Seeing this unfold left Song Chi pleased; he understood that with a bit more time and some tenth-tier mythical bones added, the eleventh-tier White Bone Giant would emerge complete.

By then, the eleventh-tier mythical status power from the Xie Ruins Market's tenth-tier upgrade would offer over ninety percent odds of overwhelming the "War Puppetry Tree".

As his wandering mind snapped back, Song Chi turned his focus to the Tenth Rank Zhu Tian Ruins Market's status panel, eager to see what shifts the tenth-tier brought.

[Name: Zhu Tian Ruins Market]

[Level: lv100]

......

Right as he accessed the market's status panel, before delving into the details, Song Chi let out a soft grunt.

From the Ancestral Torch core in his consciousness, the Seed of Torch quivered faintly; a pressing alert from the elder patriarch, Song Wujiang, came through.

As a result, Song Chi had to wrench his focus away by force, his form blurring as he disappeared anew from the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Heavenly Ruins Continent, Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain, Dragon Whale Hall.

When Song Chi materialized, his eyes locked instantly on the dark star core clutched by Song Wujiang, shimmering with five hues, drawing his stare inescapably.

About this star core, recognition didn't hit him at first; the reason for his odd fixation stemmed from the fierce shaking of the tiny Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong inside his Ancestral Torch.