"Retreat!"

"Retreat!!"

The unwilling shouts echoed among the ranks of the Primordial Evil Realm and the True Spirit Realm.

After a grueling hour of fierce battle.

The attack from the two realms finally ended in failure, sounding the horn of retreat.

Because they all understood clearly.

The Primordial Realm guarded the teleportation array; Lords and Species could be replenished endlessly, but they could not.

Endurance warfare would only be disadvantageous to them.

In the blink of an eye.

The Lords of the Primordial Evil Realm and the True Spirit Realm fled and dispersed.

In no time, they were gone without a trace, leaving behind a field of corpses and blood.

It looked a complete mess.

"We won!"

"We won!"

A great cheer erupted from the ranks of the Primordial Realm.

To fight against two realms alone and still successfully defend the control hub.

It was truly a great feat, making the Lords excitedly gather and discuss the recent battle.

And Lin You took this opportunity to leave the control hub alone and continue exploring deeper into the Mechanical Empire.

A whole night had passed since he sent news about the heart back to the realm.

But for some reason, there had been no news of action from the Great Emperors.

Even those riotous machines showed no change, still wandering the streets.

This made Lin You uneasy, always feeling something big was about to happen.

But no matter how uneasy he felt, he could only wait for new news to come back.

Before that, all he could do was continue hunting Demons, gathering more resources.

With that in mind, he quickened his pace, leading the Plant Army to deeper streets.

...

On the other side.

In a certain high-altitude area deep within the Mechanical Empire.

Space distorted, and several majestic figures appeared one after another, gathering together.

"How’s it going? Have you found it?"

"No, it seems the whole Mechanical Empire is being disturbed by some power, making it impossible to locate the main brain."

"You can’t detect it either?"

"Even Tier Twelve can’t detect it, is it really that thing?"

These individuals were none other than several Great Emperors of the Primordial Realm who had come upon receiving the news.

And Situ Jian’s father, the Changfeng Emperor, was prominently among them.

He stood in mid-air, his brow furrowed.

With his profound and vast gaze sweeping over the Mechanical Empire below, he ultimately shook his head helplessly.

"No, the spirit is isolated."

In the Primordial Realm, Changfeng Emperor’s strength was among the top among all Great Emperors.

Yet even he couldn’t break through the force that enveloped the entire Mechanical Empire.

This was enough to show how terrifying this force was, causing the other Great Emperors nearby to look grim.

"What about the other realms? Have they all been notified?"

One Great Emperor asked.

"Dragon Abyss and Xiang Yue have been notified; we should receive news soon."

"Alright, let’s keep looking, and remember to notify everyone if you find anything unusual."

"I’ll take care of this area."

Saying this, the Great Emperors tore through space once again, disappearing from the spot, continuing their search in other corners of the Mechanical Empire.

And shortly after the Great Emperors disappeared.

Inside the Mechanical Empire.

Outside a seemingly ancient and abandoned factory district, an unexpected guest arrived.

A young man with Evil Qi Species, his pupils hinting blackness.

"Is it here?"

The young man murmured softly, his abyss-like gaze fixed on the dilapidated building.

Inside that factory district, wisps of black energy surrounded and spread out from the ground.

As if the whole land was about to turn black.

But strangely.

From the outside, it’s just an abandoned building, with no apparent abnormalities.

After staying for a while, the young man put away the Species and walked in alone.

His level was only Tier Eight, but strangely enough, as he approached the factory, the black energy suddenly became agitated.

A flood of Evil Qi surged towards the young man, engulfing him in an instant, and he disappeared without a trace.

Inside the abandoned factory district, a series of dull thuds followed.

"Bang bang...bang bang..."

Like the sound of a heartbeat, it echoed continuously inside the factory, adding an eerie atmosphere.

However.

This sound didn’t travel outside.

It was blocked by an invisible wall surrounding the area; nothing could be heard or perceived from the outside.

As if nothing was happening.

...

Meanwhile.

Less than a hundred kilometers away on a street from this factory district.

With the Plant Army, Lin You finally advanced to the depths of the Mechanical Empire, encountering a lone Lord Demon.

"Heaven-Devouring, Guardian Barrier!"

"Front row block, don’t let it charge through!"

Amidst the chaotic streets, Lin You stood among the Plant Army, constantly directing the plants to surround a Mechanical Tyrannosaurus.

The power of this Mechanical Tyrannosaurus was formidable, almost reaching SSS-level full attributes.

Its body was equipped with densely packed laser cannon barrels and various tracking missiles.

The moment Lin You’s voice fell.

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus roared, purple currents surging across its body, quickly condensing terrifying spheres of light on the laser cannon barrels, making the whole air grow hot.

"Boom boom boom—"

The lasers fired, beams of rays suddenly erupted.

In the air, it transformed into a dense, straight parabolic line, crashing down towards the plant army below.

Explosions erupted one after another.

Even the buildings by the street were entirely penetrated, collapsing with a roar, resembling carpet bombing.

Fortunately, Lin You had Heaven-Devouring activate the Guardian Barrier in advance, reducing damage by 25% for everyone, successfully withstanding this terrifying blow.

"Cyan Gang!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lin You shouted towards Cyan Gang.

Cyan Gang, positioned at the forefront of the group, received the order and immediately roared towards the sky, a surge of red light instantly enveloping all plants, boosting all attributes by 30%!

In a flash.

The plant army’s momentum shifted.

With the shield from the Guardian Barrier, they launched their final counterattack, and the Cannibal Flower Sea transformed into a red carpet, completely engulfing the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus.

From the rear of the group, Lingxi seized the opportunity, unleashing the Power of Nature, condensing countless Wooden Thorns in the air.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Afterimages accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air shot towards the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus.

The roaring Mechanical Tyrannosaurus had just turned around when it was pierced through its outer Steel Armor by Wooden Thorns.

Under the exclusive talent bonus of 20% skill power, Lingxi’s attack was terrifying, instantly making the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus resemble a wasp’s nest.

Together with the Energy Core, all were destroyed in one blow, and its giant body started to convulse violently in place, short-circuiting as currents spread throughout.

Boom!!

The exploding flames engulfed it completely.

The Ancient Tree Species, unable to react in time, were directly blown away, landing more than ten meters away.

[Congratulations, you successfully killed the Tier Eight Lord Demon, gaining 100,000 Magic Energy, Mechanical Core (Lord) x1]

Lin You ignored the prompt in his mind.

He urgently left the team, stepping forward to check on the Ancient Tree Species.

Fortunately.

With the Constitution enhancement from Barbaric Roar, they became much tougher.

The mere explosion from a Lord-level couldn’t instantly take them down, only causing minor injuries.

He had Lingxi lead the Elf Sage team to heal them, and Lin You then came beside the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus’s corpse to begin tallying the harvest.

One Tier Eight and ten Tier Seven Essences needed no more explanation, directly entering his personal space.

Then, he turned to the remaining three treasures.

A Species Token, a High-level Experience Treasure Pearl, and a Territorial Sacred Artifact.

[Species Token: Armored Earth Dragon (Beast Type)]

[Species Level: Ordinary]

[Species Level: Tier Eight]

[Introduction: Unlocks the Ordinary Beast-type species "Armored Earth Dragon."]

[Usage Requirements: Tier Eight Territory, 250,000 Magic Energy]

...

[Experience Treasure Pearl (High-level): Enhances 1000 points of experience for the specified species.]

...

A Mechanical Lord Demon would have Beast-type species appear.

This was unexpected for Lin You.

So now.

He had three species tokens in total: Rare-level Undead Grandmaster, Ordinary-level Tiger Tank, and Armored Earth Dragon.

Also, a Portable Bomb Blueprint, and two High-level Experience Treasure Pearls.

The chips for exchanging treasures with others were gradually increasing.

These two High-level Experience Treasure Pearls Lin You did not plan to use.

Because he had the Forest Sage and Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

Although the experience effects of the two couldn’t stack, cumulative experience was much faster than other Lords, so there was no need to waste this artifact.

After all, the Experience Treasure Pearl had no level limit.

experience points could instantly raise a Tier One species to Tier Six.

And after going through the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms and these days of battles, his species now had basically reached over 2500 experience.

Only half short of the upgrade requirement, with average attributes increased by nearly a hundred points compared to when first recruited.

The Royal Family, having advanced early to Tier Eight due to more kills,

Already reached full experience value, and attributes had been elevated to the full value of the Tier Eight Royal Family, equivalent to SSS-level Leader Demon.

Adding the Symbiotic Moss, which duplicated the Royal Family’s attributes, that doubled the attributes.

It completely matched the same level of SSS-level Lord Demon.

This was also his source of confidence in battling enemies.

Thinking of this.

Lin You then looked at the last treasure, the Territorial Sacred Artifact.

[Sacred Artifact Name: Rain of Lasers (Mechanical Type)]

[Level One: Laser skill rays +1, penetration +10%]

[Level Two: Laser skill rays +1, penetration +10%]

[Level Three: Laser skill rays +1, penetration +10%]

[Level Four (Locked): Territory Skill "Rain of Lasers"]

[Rain of Lasers (Active): After activation, all species’ laser skill rays double, lasts for 10 seconds.]

[Trait (Territory): Laser skill rays +3, penetration +30%]

[Trait (Universal): Sacred Artifact Effect boosts with Origin Space range.]

What a peculiar Sacred Artifact!

Lin You looked surprised at the attributes above.

Though he had already guessed it would likely be a Mechanical Sacred Artifact, he hadn’t expected the effect to be so unique.

Each level increases a laser ray and penetration by 10%.

Unlocking Level Three after Tier Eight means adding three rays.

Plus the territory skill unlocked at Tier Nine, it’s undeniably powerful.

This was one.

A Sacred Artifact that ultra-enhanced the long-range group attack.

A mechanical lord with many laser-type species under their command would likely love this Sacred Artifact.

Exchange chip +1

It seems after this return, he should take out the treasures he gathered to exchange things with others, otherwise keeping them wouldn’t be of much use.

Satisfied, he put away the Sacred Artifact, rested and recovered for a while, then Lin You slowly stood up.

"Let’s go, continue deeper."