#715 - against
"Sure enough, the difference between the seventh and sixth levels can no longer be simply described as a transformation of the essence of life. Just like the breakthrough from the third level to the fourth level, these are two completely different dimensions of life!"
Feeling the seventh-level barrier in his body that had no reaction at all, Song Chi opened his eyes with a wry smile and stopped this meaningless action.
At a certain moment, he looked at the [Nine-Shedding Fruit of the Demonic Snake] and [Heavenly Jade Spirit Marrow] placed on the side, but he quickly retracted his gaze.
Although these two resources can assist in the breakthrough of the guiding technique, it is best to take them when one is in the best condition. However, the current condition of his body is far from the best.
In this way, time passed little by little, and Song Chi had been quietly waiting for the most appropriate time to come, but unfortunately, even after several years, he still could not find that suitable opportunity.
…
Compared to Song Chi, who stayed in the silent and enclosed training room day after day and year after year, trying hard to reach the seventh level, the situation on the Bronze Snake Land was much more lively.
A senior eighth-level floating land, stretching over 300,000 light-years in diameter, guarded by dozens of snake demon overlords blessed with the original will of the floating land. It is not easy to conquer it completely.
It has been six years since entering the Bronze Snake Floating Land. During these six years, each family has only roughly cleaned up the area they are responsible for, and has not yet officially taken action against the snake demon holy cities in the area.
Bronze Serpent Floating on Land, West.
In a certain mountain range, the sound of intense naval gun bombardment was heard.
"Got it, don't worry, Captain. Are you still worried about my work?"
As they were communicating, a 1,100-meter-long cruiser in the fleet led three frigates to fall downwards. The hulls of these four warships were basically emitting purple glare, and they were obviously loaded with purple-quality hull armor. They were among the warships with the strongest defensive capabilities in the team.
Even the surface of the cruiser was glowing orange, and it was equipped with orange-level hull armor.
Seeing this, the captain of the team, Captain Zhulu, who was over a thousand years old, felt a little relieved. At the same time, he secretly felt that the family's foundation had indeed improved a lot with this civilized warship.
You have to know that when he was a cruiser captain, the equipment of the captains in the clan was far from so luxurious. At that time, the cruiser captain's ship could be equipped with a piece of purple hull armor, which was already far more than the same level. It is not like now, many frigates are equipped with multiple purple parts.
While he was thinking, the four warships responsible for investigation below had turned around.
In the newly connected magnetic wave communication group chat, the cruiser captain named Song Ziang shouted:
"Captain, a vein. We found a medium-sized red fire iron vein under the stratum that we blasted apart."
Song Ziang spoke excitedly, with an excitement that he couldn't conceal in his tone.
As the team leader, Song Yunfan did not scold him either, because he knew that it was not Song Ziang's fault.
He knew about the red fire iron mine, which was a medium to high-level mineral. After refining, it could be used to produce third-level machinery.
What is a three-stage machine?
Similar to the Hellfire Mech, it has strong fourth-level firepower, weak fourth-level defense, and weak fourth-level movement speed. This is a typical fourth-level combat machine.
Although the third-order machinery cannot be compared with the Hellfire Mech, it is the most used by the Song family now. After all, although the Hellfire Mech has been mass-produced, its own size is there. Without special scaling parts, it is difficult for low-level clansmen to carry it on the ship. The third-order combat machinery is much more convenient.
By this calculation, a medium-sized red fire iron ore vein is of very high value. As long as they report it to the family, their entire team will receive a considerable family merit reward later.
Boom boom boom!
Before the members of the Song family team could get excited for long, a loud roar suddenly was heard.
Song Yunfan originally thought it was the remnant of the eight-armed snake demon, but when his eyes swept towards the sky in the distance, his face suddenly darkened.
"All team members, listen up! Level 1 alert!"
After saying that, he added one more sentence.
"They are from the Nohara family of the Fuso Dynasty..."
The one coming was not some fleeing eight-armed snake demon, but a fleet of nearly a thousand people.
It was the fleet of the Nohara family, an immortal family of the Fuso Dynasty, which was adjacent to the area under the charge of the Song family.
Compared with the Song family, the Nohara family was led by a battleship and had two Zhulu ships. In addition, they did not deliberately restrain their aura, and the majestic pressure instantly enveloped the entire Song family team.
"It was my Song family who discovered this place first. So, are you, the Nohara family, going to violate the Divine Dynasty's ban and attack my Song family's "ally"?"
Faced with the other party's recklessness, Song Yunfan could only take the initiative to question him in a cold voice.
Faced with his questioning, the battleship of the Nohara family remained unmoved, and the pressure emanating from the battleship remained unchanged.
Finally, only a sneer was heard from the battleship.
"Your Song family discovered it first? We detected this red fire iron vein a few days ago..."
As he spoke, he actually sent a message and a picture.
This picture does show the valley below, and it was taken three days ago. However, the picture does not show any red-hot iron ore veins. It is just an ordinary camera screenshot.
"Haha, it's just a random picture taken when collecting terrain data. Do you, the Nohara family, want to turn black into white based on this?"
Song Yunfan sneered.
But his heart sank again, and he had thought of something.
"Hahaha, then do you think those people on the mainland are willing to believe in white or black?"
Sure enough, the other party obviously grasped this point.
Under Satogawa's obvious deliberate suppression, would the forces on the Bronze Snake Land really take the risk to support the Song family?
Thinking of this, Song Yunfan's cold eyes swept across the Nohara family warship in the sky again. Finally, under the ugly gazes of Song Ziang and others, he gave the order to retreat.
"Captain, are you really going to give it to them just like that?"
"Yes, Captain. We worked hard for half a month to finally kill these eight-armed snake demons. Now we can finally earn some extra money. I am unwilling to give up like this!"
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As everyone was talking, the entire team chat was filled with resentment.
"This is an order. Why, are we going to disobey it?"
"Don't worry, they won't be so proud for long. Before long, my Song family will get back what we have earned tenfold or a hundredfold!"
Under Song Yunfan's tough words, the more than 100 warships of the Song family finally turned around and left the mountains.
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Looking at the receding silhouettes of the Song family fleet, laughter broke out in the Nohara family fleet group chat.
"Haha, you are really obedient. How dare such a family without any background to be rude in front of His Majesty Sato!"
"They should be sensible. My Nohara family is an immortal family with a history of 12,000 years. How can we compare with a stray dog with a history of 3,000 years?"
"You still want to compete with us for the mineral veins? If internal friction is not strictly prohibited, my Fusang Dynasty can crush this Dragon Ridge Song Family with a stomp of my feet!"
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After returning to the Song family's main fleet, Song Yunfan reported the matter immediately.
However, the family's top management only replied "we already know about it" and there was no further response after that.
Encrypted group chat among the top Song family members:
Song Shixing: "Just now, including the Nohara family, four immortal forces have begun to actively target us!"
Song Xuancang: "Oh, let them jump for a while. In recent years, we first exposed the sixth-level [Time Realm Tree], and then frantically picked up leaks in the rear of the Eight-Armed Snake Demon, and then the eighth-level [Golden Apple Mother Tree]. There are indeed too many eyes watching us in secret. It is better to take this opportunity to let them all jump out, so as not to miss out when we settle accounts in the future!"
"By the way, the eighth-level [Asura King] that Xiaochi enslaved before has recovered to its peak. Do we need to go back to Dragon Spine Continent and bring it over?"
Song Wujiang: "Sure. We don't know how long Xiaochi will have to wait. If we can't catch up, an [Emperor of Asura] can really help us out. In addition, Xiaochi has temporarily unloaded the [Four Symbols Wheel Seal]. Let's bring it over together!"
Song Yan: "According to the news from the Shadow Department just now, the Mist Half-Snake Man can only reproduce in the Mist Swamp, and it seems that it cannot be bred elsewhere!"
