Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1260 - 1223: Starry Sky Battleship, Majestic as a Mountain!

Chapter 1260: Chapter 1223: Starry Sky Battleship, Majestic as a Mountain!

The grandiose aura of the king’s momentum filled the entire Great Hall, vast and surging, but within this grandeur, there was an undeniable hint of decay and decline.

Nine Springs King!

Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed coldly, the appearance of the Nine Springs King indeed had taken him by surprise. The core spirit of the Starry Sky Battleship required the soul of a living being as a catalyst, of course, it could also use the spirit monsters within the mountains and the earth.

And the undying martial soul of a king, naturally, could become the core spirit of the Starry Sky Battleship, moreover, it was an exceptionally powerful control core.

"My Nine Springs Family began among the stars, fell among the stars; my battlefield has always been the Endless Star Sea, from the very beginning!"

The changes in Xiao Chen’s expression did not affect the Nine Springs King in the slightest; instead, he continued to speak without concern, "Even now, reduced to nothing but a lingering remnant soul, it should still perish in the Endless Star Sea!"

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Within the secret realm of the Gu Yuan Tribe.

A hundred years in the making, the Gu Yuan King’s Department and the Nine Springs Family collectively exhausted the power of their tribes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of warriors, they ultimately completed the forging of the Starry Sky Battleship.

The dark hull flickered with a faint glow, its blackness dotted with starlight shimmering through, due to the incorporation of a large amount of celestial divine materials, emitting a metallic gloss!

Gu Yuan! Nine Springs!

The Starry Sky Battleships, bearing the blood, sweat, and tears of two King’s Clans, stood tall and upright, like the Ancient God Mountain, majestic, fierce, and cold, emitting a terrifying aura.

Just standing there, they were like two Divine Mountains, making one feel suffocated.

The Gu Yuan Starry Sky Battleship, seventeen thousand nine hundred zhang in length, its widest part in the middle measuring two thousand five hundred eighty zhang, and standing three thousand six hundred zhang tall—it was like a moving Divine Mountain.

The Nine Springs, nearly the same size as the Gu Yuan, both immensely large Starry Sky Battleships, exhausted countless efforts.

"Not to hide it from you, Clan Leader Xiao, these two Starship Battleships are the largest ever forged by my Nine Springs Family since its founding. Even at the most glorious time of my Nine Springs Family, when we possessed a fleet of starships, the flagship among them was but twelve thousand zhang in size, roughly equivalent to seventy li. Now, these two battleships definitely surpass a hundred li."

Looking at the imposing Starry Sky Battleships, the Nine Springs King’s somewhat ethereal martial soul emitted a trace of reminiscence; the Nine Springs flourished among the stars precisely because they had a fleet of Starry Sky Battleships dominating the Star Sea.

Now that the Starry Sky Battleships had returned, if the Nine Springs continued to decline, then it would be the end of the Nine Springs Family!

At this moment, on the tens of thousands zhang long Starry Sky Battleship, there were still many warriors crawling all over, with the sound of metal working echoing from every corner of the battleship.

"Clan Leader Xiao, the core spirit used in the tens of thousands zhang long Starry Sky Battleship of my Nine Springs Family back in the day was the soul of a king-level star beast, barely controlling the entire battleship. The one we have forged now is a third larger than the original, and normal souls simply cannot control this battleship."

Suddenly, the Nine Springs King spoke again. Since the initial agreement with Xiao Chen to jointly forge the Starry Sky Battleship, the Nine Springs King had already decided to use his own battered body as the core spirit of the battleship. No matter what injuries his undying martial soul had suffered, a king is a king.

That is why he had given instructions to not reduce the size of the Starry Sky Battleship during its construction but rather to increase it by a level. Now, he was curious to see what kind of soul body Xiao Chen would produce to control the core of this battleship.

"There’s no need to worry about this, Nine Springs King. The leadership of this Starry Sky Battleship was already prepared by my Gu Yuan King’s Department a hundred years ago!"

Hearing the words of the Nine Springs King, how could Xiao Chen not understand his thoughts? Otherwise, if the Nine Springs King had privately instructed to increase the size of the battleship, how could he fail to guess?

"Having been forged for a hundred years, we’ll need to understand the power of these two Starry Sky Battleships," said Xiao Chen suddenly, his voice ringing out once more.

Before long, two streaks of light flew from the Starry Sky Battleships towards Xiao Chen and the others, among them was Xiao Lin, the Artifact Hall Master from the Gu Yuan King’s Department and another blood descendant from the Nine Springs called Jiuyao, who represented the two tribes in overseeing the long forging of the battleship.

"Over these hundred years, you two have supervised the forging of the Starry Sky Battleship. Now that it is near completion, it’s time to discuss how powerful it truly is," said Xiao Chen.

As his voice rose, the Nine Springs King and other warriors from both tribes turned their gaze to Xiao Lin and Jiuyao.

"Your Majesty, why not we go up to the battleships and discuss it one by one?"

Jiuyao glanced at the Nine Springs King and took the initiative to speak.

"Agreed!"

In a breath, everyone turned into streaks of light and landed on the bow of one of the Starry Sky Battleships. There lay a long and narrow deck, nearly three li in radius. The entire bow was wrapped in dark golden iron armor, each piece about ten zhang in size.

"Your Majesty, please observe. The entire Starry Sky Battleship is enveloped in three layers of divine material alloy armor, with a combined thickness of thirty zhang. Each layer of armor is forged from several hundred kinds of divine material."

"The Starry Sky Battleship was armed with two Main Cannons fore and aft, named the Star Annihilator Cannons, each capable of firing a blast with power no less than a King-level attack. However, due to the current lack of sufficient King Material merged into it, each of the two main cannons had a lifespan of about ten uses; which is to say, after ten attacks, the cannon barrels would need to be replaced!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen nodded. A King’s power piercing through the star river, capable of destroying stars—calling it the Star Annihilator Cannon was indeed fitting, albeit the consumption was enormously daunting.

The two Starry Sky Battleships had a total of four Star Annihilator Cannons; only with some King Material merged into them did they have the capacity to unleash the power of a King-level attack!

Before Xiao Chen on the deck stood a metal hill spanning two hundred zhang. Emitting endless killing intent, this metal hill could rotate, its giant metallic barrel—thirty zhang in diameter—pointed towards the heavens.

A grand-scale Star Annihilator Cannon!

The hill-like turret radiated coldness, and the dark, empty barrel was suffocating, signifying the power to destroy stars!

Soon, the voice of Jiu Yao echoed again, carrying a hint of pride. This magnificent metallic weapon of destruction was crafted under his supervision.

"In addition to the two Star Annihilator Cannons, there are another two hundred forty various spirit stone cannons on the battleship, each capable of releasing half the power of a King’s attack!"

"That’s just the artillery on the Starry Sky Battleship. Besides that, there are thirty-six Gathering Yuan Towers on the battleship!"

Following the direction Jiu Yao was pointing, Xiao Chen saw metal towers, thousands of zhang high, erected along both sides of the battleship, each enveloped by a vast expanse of Primal Energy.

"The Gathering Yuan Towers can continuously gather the various Dao Mysteries roaming between heaven and earth, pooling them together for a collective outbreak, the thirty-six towers precisely covering the entire vicinity of the Starry Sky Battleship, playing a protective role for the battleship!"

"The Starry Sky Battleship also has defensive formation arrays, strong enough to withstand a King’s power, of course, only for a short duration, as the entire battleship isn’t cast from King Material!"

Xiao Chen nodded in acknowledgement. Although the Starry Sky Battleship could burst out with King-level power, its defensive capability was incomparable to a true King weapon. Nevertheless, even facing a King-level adversary, it could still hold out for a short time!

After listening to part of Jiu Yao’s description, Xiao Chen waved his hand. The weapons aboard a Starry Sky Battleship were numerous. To truly witness their might, one needed to refine them through actual combat.

"At the very least, thirty-four thousand warriors are required to control the entire battleship, and to fully unleash the power of the Starry Sky Battleship, an entire forty-eight thousand warriors are needed."

Xiao Chen nodded, turned to the adjacent Nine Springs King, and then spoke, "Senior Nine Springs, now that the battleship is completed, it is time for you to take action."

"Naturally, the Starry Sky Battleship is the hope of the Nine Springs Family. With this battleship, even if the Nine Springs Family leaves the Maple Blue Domain to venture into the starry expanse again, it is more than capable."

At this moment, a trace of gratification finally appeared in the eyes of the Nine Springs King. Although the Starry Sky Battleship before him might, in some aspects, fall short of the battleships from the Nine Springs Family of old, it was undoubtedly the behemoth of the Eastern Wasteland, enough to revitalize the Nine Springs Family!

Hum!

Following that, a light blue Radiant Glow emerged from the hands of the Nine Springs King, drifting towards Xiao Chen, who naturally caught it in his hands.

"This is the most precious core secret of the Starry Sky Battleship, which I now entrust to your Gu Yuan Tribe!"

The Soul Body was the true core of the Starry Sky Battleship. Even after the battleship’s construction was complete, it remained an inanimate object. Only with the final step of spirit awakening could it be called a true Starry Sky Battleship.

With this most essential secret, the Gu Yuan Tribe would be able to independently construct Starry Sky Battleships. Using the colossal flagship before them and equipping several others of varying sizes also capable of unleashing half a King’s power, they could form a star-spanning fleet, traversing the star river and shuttling amongst the five lands of the Human Realm!

"Formation Method."

Absorbing the cloud of essence, a glimmer of Radiant Glow flashed across Xiao Chen’s eyes. The brilliance of the Starry Sky Battleship could not be underestimated—its ingenuity profound. The pattern for the formation arrays had been laid from the time of the battleship’s creation.

The formation arrays operating aboard the battleship numbered over a hundred thousand, both large and small. From the overarching defensive formation of the entire battleship down to the merging formations between sections of armor, they created the complete operational system of the battleship. Without a powerful Soul Body to control them, it would be impossible to manage the simultaneous operation of so many formations!

In the next moment, the ephemeral Undying Martial Soul of the Nine Springs King vanished before Xiao Chen and moved towards the Starry Sky Battleship.

"Ancestral Patriarch!"

"Ancestral Patriarch!"

...

The warriors of the Nine Springs Family, thunderous in the space, echoed with a touch of sorrow. The Nine Springs King had merged into the Starry Sky Battleship. Though still possessing thought, he had become a cold, metallic being.

As a Supreme King who had fought and bled throughout his life, his ending was such, evoking contemplation!