Global Era of Star trekking Chapter 1882: 914: Myth Invades the Realm
Previously on Global Era of Star trekking...
A millennium slips past as swiftly as a finger's flick.
In the vast expanse of the Starry Sea, a thousand years amounts to just a brief instant; yet, for the perpetually battling Shattered Starry Sea, this era is etched with bloody recollections from numerous mid- and low-level civilizations, dubbed the “Scarlet Millennium.”
The relentless, blood-hungry conquest, spanning more than a thousand years, proliferated like a rampant contagion across the ruling civilizations.
It began with the Shi Clan and the Abyssal Devil Civilization, then engulfed the Wizard Civilization, Angel Civilization, Titan Giant… Nearly every entrenched and rising hegemon got dragged into this surge, either forced or opting to grasp the sword of domination.
The Starry Sea's layout underwent brutal reconfiguration, with myriad ancient civilizations—bearers of infinite ages—crumbled into stellar debris beneath the relentless assault of overlord armadas, while boundless riches were seized and stockpiled.
Amid this crimson millennium, the Torch Human Civilization rose as an unexpected contender in the expansion frenzy, bolstered by its streamlined war apparatuses and the formidable tactical versatility from the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.
Their domain ballooned from a starting point of six River System Communities to a staggering eighteen, fleet numbers multiplied manifold, Torch Ship Captains proliferated dramatically, and the vast spoils of war fueled a surge exceeding ten times in the prized combat prowess across the civilization.
In this way, the groundwork for the whole civilization steadily builds up as the years advance.
Yet, the fires of conflict rage beyond the Shattered Starry Sea alone; the carnage on the Chaos Divine Land has reached a boiling intensity, frontlines in the Heavenly Ape Star Realm pull back and forth endlessly, and fallen bodies stack like towering peaks, fracturing the fundamental laws.
On this particular day, within the Chaos Divine Land, the Heavenly Ape Star Realm.
The grand Human Emperor City of the Torch Humans endures steadfastly at the forefront of combat; after a thousand years tempered by warfare, the eternal runes etched on its barriers have deepened in hue, marked by the sacred essence of innumerable mighty adversaries, radiating both timelessness and unyielding resolve.
Overhead in the city, Song Chi, Jiang Yuan, and Ferdinand maintain their vigilant posts throughout the seasons, their presences subtly linked to the full expanse of the Human Emperor City and even the underlying Earth Vein of the Chaos Divine Land, their power inscrutable.
All at once—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The celestial dome above the Human Emperor City was abruptly ripped apart, forming three massive fissures.
A torrent of disorderly demonic qi erupted without delay, tainting the heavens across tens of thousands of light-years into a polluted obscurity.
Hidden in that demonic surge was a horrifying power that warped laws and ensnared thoughts; space itself groaned beneath its eroding weight.
Three immense, oppressive silhouettes gradually materialized from the breach amid the demonic qi.
Their shapes differed: one encased in a crust resembling fissured lava, crowned with warped enormous horns, the [World-Burning Claw]; another's frame composed of myriad shrieking spirits woven as one, grasping a gigantic soul-harvesting sickle, the [Soul Silence Demon God]; the final one sported ragged wings upon its back, its skin seeping vile pus and gore, emanating the pinnacles of pestilence and affliction, the [Plague Demon Lord].
The unveiled presence of the three Eleventh Rank Abyss Demon Gods crashed down like three unseen primordial demon peaks, bearing down oppressively on the Human Emperor City.
The city's protective barrier flared to its utmost, luminous veils igniting in successive layers, but it shuddered fiercely under the demon gods' onslaught, releasing groans of strain and distortion.
“Hmph!”
Positioned inside the city, Song Chi, Jiang Yuan, and Ferdinand all snapped their eyes open at once, unleashing piercing radiance; their Mythical Immortal Ships below glowed with boundless Ghost Light, three matching mythical forces surging upward, fusing with the city's core to firmly counter the overwhelming demonic pressure.
The emptiness quivered, principles collided, and a silent confrontation raged intensely in the mental domain.
“Abyss Demon Gods… and three at that!” Ferdinand's face turned solemn, his tone drawn out.
Jiang Yuan's stare cut like a knife; mythical shadows of darkness coiled around him:
“Looks like our Torch Civilization's growth over the past millennium has truly drawn the ‘notice’ of some entities.”
The Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong floated to the port side of the Shenxia Jiuli Ship, inside the Battleship Command Center, Song Chi steadily observed the three demon gods radiating doom from the celestial vault, even as his mind stirred with unrest.
Among the three Eleventh Rank Mythical Demon Gods, the World-Burning Claw felt familiar; he recalled their initial clash when he had journeyed solo into the Bottomless Abyss and glimpsed it distantly in the Flame Prison Abyss.
The follow-up meeting occurred amid the earlier Origin Star venture, but in those first two brushes, it was only a Tenth Rank Demon God. Now, after thousands of years, it had climbed to Eleventh Rank stature; his reverence for the Bottomless Abyss's profound horrors only grew stronger.
Yet before he could dwell further, the three Eleventh Rank Demon Gods launched their assault.
Offering no questions, nor disclosing motives, they appeared intent only on annihilating the Human Emperor City.
In turn, after a momentary stun, Song Chi and his allies rallied to mount a vigorous defense.
“If war is what you seek, then war it shall be!!!”
As those words rang out, illusions of two primordial barriers stretching across the cosmos appeared without sound in the four quadrants of space encircling the Human Emperor City; these represented the law manifestations of the two [Civilization Great Walls].
The very moment the two Civilization Great Walls manifested, a subtle, unseen enhancement force had already enveloped the three Mythical Immortal Ships.
The three Mythical Immortal Ships exchanged magnetic wave signals in their group channel:
With a shared look among Song Chi and his comrades, the instant after, they inclined their heads together.
A burst of rainbow-hued brilliance flashed, spatial undulations arose over the celestial dome above the Human Emperor City, swiftly forming three colossal vessels nearly mirroring the look of the other three ships; these were the warship projections of the three.
Replicating the [Three Corpses God Shrine·Jiao lv120]