This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 923 - 476 - : Sneak Attack! _2

Chapter 923: 476 Chapter: Sneak Attack! _2

He didn’t detect the opponent’s lurking presence, but the resulting defense, compounded by the Tank Guard, was truly terrifying.

"How is this metal shell so hard?" The Abyss Clan member who failed to strike was similarly shocked.

He merely felt his arm numb, not only failing to break the opponent’s defense but also feeling a notable recoil force. Yet, according to his perception, this metal shouldn’t be that hard.

At the same time, Li Ming had already raised his head, ready to deploy [Guardian Armament] the moment the opponent attacked. In the blink of an eye, the Mechanical Guard synced behind the Tank Guard, transforming into the Venerate King Form.

The Abyss Clan member’s face slightly changed, and as he realized what was happening, the purple giant hammer had already fallen.

Li Ming was well-versed in this combo, the extreme force erupted instantly, like a raging stellar corona, or a violently collapsing supergiant, unmatched.

A loud "bang" echoed, a moment of silence in the midst of the noise, as the giant hammer struck the Abyss Clan member fiercely.

The force was so terrifying that the Abyss Clan member didn’t even have time to react and was directly smashed down.

The ground, already shaved deeply, instantly shattered, and despite the materials being quite hard, they couldn’t withstand the explosive power of this level.

"Trying to escape?" Li Ming sneered, long familiar with these old comrades, pursued immediately, giving him no chance to resist.

"Block it, we must capture it!" Costate shouted.

The others reacted quickly, already occupying positions, unleashing various tactics, making the place boil with activity.

This Abyss Clan’s power was not very strong, unable to withstand the joint efforts of so many people, and was soon clutched by Li Ming, weak as a dying dog.

The grey-white skin surface was full of wounds but absorbed some kind of free-floating energy particles from the mist for repair.

Diwusi promptly enacted a ban, isolating him from external energy.

Everyone’s gaze showed peculiar vividness, a hint of trepidation, obscurely scanning this towering mechanical body.

The mechanical body’s displayed strength almost rivaled Lancaster, which greatly exceeded their expectations.

The Azure Dragon’s mechanical combat methods were more numerous and stronger than those of the other two Divine Craftsmen.

"This is the Shadow of the Eternal Abyss..." Cedric was quite amazed, focusing on this grey-white life form with long, slender limbs, smooth skin, peculiar features, continuously making hoarse noises,

"The first time seeing a live one, before it’s just been a glimpse in various materials." Costate furrowed brows, scanning between the Abyss Clan member and the towering mechanical body.

Why did this guy attack Li Ming?

"According to the data, shouldn’t this thing only be active in the Eternal Abyss?" Diwusi was puzzled.

The surrounding energy gradually dissipated, Mikhail looked very unhappy, everything below had become void, with only sporadic metal remnants drifting around.

The short collision directly broke a quarter of this area’s domain.

This triggered a chain reaction; even farther edges started to crumble as if some balance had been broken.

The spatial isolation state covering the entire area surprisingly began to flow slowly.

"Why would this place suddenly produce such a thing?" Gonzalez looked at Mikhail, "You should give us an explanation." NovelFire

"I don’t know; it never appeared before, except this time when taking you in..." Mikhail said half and then seemed to recall something, his expression became quite intriguing: "Was it... that black hole?"

After a brief thought using the control variable method, he locked onto the target.

"Hmm?" Reynolds reacted, astonished: "No wonder that broken crystal had such powerful energy left - it was sealing these two things."

"Better put him down first." Costate suggested, eyes flickering, "This should be the first time capturing a live Shadow of the Eternal Abyss."

"Put it down? He just attacked me." Li Ming expressed dissatisfaction.

"Its value is extraordinary; perhaps it can reveal many secrets to us." Costate added.

Li Ming remained silent, merely tightened his grip silently; he certainly didn’t necessarily want to kill this Abyss Clan member.

But discovered that he could actually extract Genetic Essence from this Abyss Clan member’s body, and not just Source Material but something else as well.

"These comrades are also X Level Life Forms, flesh life; extraction is quite normal." Li Ming murmured inwardly, definitely wanting to extract Genetic Essence completely before letting go.

He was also curious about the other absorbable energy.

"Don’t kill him." Costate’s brows jumped, hurriedly stating: "When this thing dies, it will leave a pollution zone, corrode space, deteriorate physical material, very difficult to solve, and will constantly expand."

"Pollution zone?" Li Ming was quite intrigued, questioningly: "What exactly are these things? I thought they were just some mimicry creatures from previous challenges."

Costate wasn’t surprised, considering Li Ming’s young age and lack of access to relevant information.

After some hesitation, glanced around at everyone, still explained: "The Empire calls them Shadow of the Eternal Abyss, or something like Abyss Clan."

"Actually, we have never truly seen such life forms, only snippets of records obtained from many civilizations’ ruins and relics."

"They live in the Eternal Abyss; whether they have their own civilization customs, evolutionary routes, etc., we are utterly clueless, only knowing that they are related to the downfall of many powerful civilizations."

"What do you mean, they will destroy civilizations?" Li Ming’s tone was suspicious, "Do you mean the Terrax Civilization was destroyed by them as well?"

"This..." Costate hesitated, shaking his head, "We don’t have explicit evidence to substantiate that."

"They almost never appear in the Main Universe; the Main Universe suppresses such life forms." Diwusi supplemented.

"Suppression?" Li Ming was stunned; he didn’t really know this, others were quite surprised too.

Diwusi added: "That’s right, just like suppressing Dimension Life Forms; their power can’t be executed, even the air in the Main Universe is toxic to them."

"But how did the Holy Spirit Civilization perish? Clearly killed by this kind of thing." Li Ming wondered.

"Not sure." Costate shook his head, emphasizing: "So, many answers need to be sought from this thing."

Li Ming pondered for a moment, until everyone was somewhat impatient waiting, he finally said: "But my teacher taught me to eradicate completely."

"It’s already captured." Crow impatiently said, "Hurry and put it down."

"Hmm..." Li Ming mused, pulling reluctantly, after delaying for some time, barely said: "Alright, I’ll listen to you."

Everyone felt speechless, landing in an undamaged area, watching as Li Ming casually tossed it down, immediately proceeding with various confinements.

Diwusi even tried to communicate with it through spiritual fluctuations, but soon remarked in surprise: "They actually don’t have spiritual bodies?"

"No spiritual bodies?" Mikhail wondered aloud: "Usually such phenomena only occur in nest-type species, guided by pheromones."

Diwusi didn’t speak, as several runes entered its forehead, and then shook his head: "Couldn’t find any memory either, just void."

"Perhaps the biggest gain this time is this guy." Costate tightly focused on the Abyss Clan on the ground; the life form made no sounds, merely gazed at them intensely, chillingly.

Everyone subtly glanced at Li Ming, quite curious as to why this guy attacked Li Ming; simply because his Life Level was the lowest?

However, just as Costate finished speaking, the Abyss Clan on the ground suddenly let out a howl.

Everyone’s vigilance instantly rose to the highest level.

There was no activity around, but the central Abyss Clan underwent an unimaginable transformation, writhing in apparent agony, with its skin surface starting to melt, vaporizing into white mist.

Costate’s eyes focused sharply; everyone furrowed their brows.

Li Ming felt a near tangible gaze of fixation, this guy staring at him intently.

And the others finally heard sounds from the Abyss Clan, an array of bizarre syllables.

No one understood its meaning, watching helplessly as it vaporized into a fog.