Afterward, he left behind an "Ethereal Body" clone on the Warship and then entered Zhu Tian Ruins Market himself.
This Misty Star Region was vast, and it was uncertain when they would locate the trace of that small black hole. Naturally, Song Chi wasn't going to just sit around and wait.
Since he had broken through to the Fourth Rank, the progress of his Guidance Technique had become increasingly slow, and he had to make use of all the time available.
Of course, he was now preparing to use that last Bi Xue Pan Peach.
Due to the accumulation of time, he now had more than a hundred Bi Xue Pan Peaches, even though he had given many to his parents and other Third Rank elders in his sect.
However, although he had many Bi Xue Pan Peaches, he could only use one more at the moment; afterward, they would no longer be effective for him, which was a major regret.
In the All-Attributes Cultivation Room, just as he took a Bi Xue Pan Peach, Song Chi gulped down a Top-Tier Body Forging Potion.
Then, he adopted the standard posture for practicing Guidance Technique and initiated this session of rapid cultivation.
Almost a month later, when he emerged from the All-Attributes Cultivation Room, Song Chi had broken through from lv40 of Guidance Technique to lv41.
He wore a smile, and he silently commended his own luck for being quite good.
Indeed, after advancing to the Fourth Rank in Guidance Technique, the Bi Xue Pan Peaches, which only matured every nine thousand years, had no longer had a stunning effect on him. It was really just his good fortune and over a decade of prior accumulation that had allowed this lucky breakthrough to lv41.
Although it was barely a breakthrough, and reaching the peak of lv41 would require a long period of hard cultivation, let alone reaching lv42, Song Chi was still quite happy.
Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows. Using his Ethereal Body left in the external world, he received the latest information from outside.
"Detected trace of a gigantic creature, is there actually a Starry Sky Behemoth in this Misty Star Region?"
When he returned to the Warship, Song Chi first looked at the radar chart.
As previously seen by the Ethereal Body, the radar did indeed show a creature longer than 200,000 meters, moving at a very high speed.
Seeing this, there was no need for Song Chi to remind it; the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain had already activated the "Mirage Shadow" feature ahead of time.
A length of 200,000 meters; undoubtedly, it was a Sixth Rank Level Starry Sky Behemoth, and such Rank of Starry Sky Behemoths should be avoided as far as possible.
As Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and the creature grew further apart, Song Chi spoke to the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain,
"Wisdom Brain, can you speculate what kind of creature it might be?"
[Receiving command, comparing with database…]
[Known data: Body length exceeds 200,000 meters, resides beneath the energy of the Misty Star Region, extremely fast…]
[Speculation one: Starry Sky Behemoth "Mist Teeth Shark," probability 83.5%]
[Speculation two: Starry Sky Behemoth "Mist Fox," probability 12.5%]
[Speculation three: Other, probability 4%]
"Mist Teeth Shark, huh..."
Listening to the speculations provided by the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain, a chill ran through Song Chi's heart.
The Mist Teeth Shark, this type of Starry Sky Behemoth, is known for being extremely belligerent and skilled in scent tracking. Even at distances of several light-years, it can detect any unusual scent appearing in its own territory and rapidly initiate tracking.
It was only due to the Energy Shield and warship armor around Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong that prevented any unusual scent from being emitted; otherwise, considering the proximity just now, the creature would have noticed their presence long ago.
Thinking this, Song Chi was about to reenter the Ruins Market when the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain suddenly provided another notification.
[Attention, a significant circular hollow zone has been discovered on the Transit Star Map, possibly caused by a black hole's consumption.]
Stopping in his tracks, Song Chi quickly turned his gaze to the Aurora Jump Device that displayed the new star map.
On this star chart, indeed, in the farthest corner, appeared the edge of a circular Starry Sea Hollow Zone. Although the full view of the hollow zone had not yet been observed, the circular edge shown on the star chart indeed matched the features of a circular hollow zone.
With this information, Song Chi maneuvered the Warship to jump in the specified direction for two light-minutes, and subsequently an even larger section of the circular hollow zone's edge appeared on the star chart.
At this point, Song Chi was completely certain that ahead of him was indeed a circular hollow zone, and at its deepest part, most likely, sat the small black hole.
Realizing this, he eagerly piloted the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong straight into the hollow zone ahead.
Within this hollow zone, not even Mist existed; upon entry, the corrosive effects on the Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield dissipated completely.
This change affirmed Song Chi's speculation.
It was unreasonable for such a special region to exist within a star domain shrouded entirely by mist energy.
Unless the mist energy entering this area had been entirely consumed by that small black hole.
In order to verify this, Song Chi continued to pilot the Warship deeper into the inner reaches of the hollow zone.
Initially, there was not much change, but as the Warship delved deeper, the surrounding devouring energy also continuously increased. On the tenth day of storming ahead, the Shield Value of the Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield started to continuously decrease, but fortunately, it was still within the repair rate of the "Neutron Star Core Pulse" feature.
On the fifteenth day, after several jumps, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had entered the inner zone of the black hole radiation area, and on this day, the terrifying external devouring energy finally reached a relative balance with the "Neutron Star Core Pulse" feature.
This meant that if Song Chi continued to advance the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, this balance would be broken, and eventually, the Warship's Energy Shield would gradually weaken until it was completely overloaded.