(For Silver Alliance, random update cannot be used, and the completion progress is 20/100.)
The battle is still in full swing.
Destruction was shocked to find that the human in front of him had power that was no less than his own.
Not only is it fast, but its strength, defense, speed, vitality, and even self-healing ability are all far more powerful than humans.
In the past seven hundred years, has humanity been able to strengthen to this level
Not only was he being held back by Wujiu, but the blacksmith and the merchant were also being held back as well.
The rage of destruction is still increasing, and in order not to disappoint Jingwu, its combat power is breaking through the limit bit by bit.
Looking at this scene, Wujiu knew that the show was almost over.
It is impossible for him and Zheng Yue to remain so powerful forever. The sequence is permanent, but the power is constantly being consumed.
The source of this power is Akas.
Before coming to the auction, Wujiu had a conversation with Akas.
"You have been promoted. This is part of my power. This part of power may not be able to help you deal with the enemies you will face in the inner city, but it can at least delay them."
At that time, Wujiu felt that Akas was a little weak.
"what would you do?"
"When the rage comes, I will become extremely weak. It would be better to give these powers to you. In fact, Zero has been planning to find reinforcements since a long time ago."
"Reinforcements?"
"Yes, I have a special relationship with Zero. The Rawu virus will affect the emotions of other mechanical races, but for Zero and I, it will greatly weaken our strength. As guardians, we must find a way to find a power that can replace us."
Wujiu was silent.
Akash said:
"After we say goodbye today, we will never see each other again. These days, I have actually been observing you."
Located on the edge of the core city, Akas knows everything about the inner city.
Zero is concerned about Bai Wu, while Akas is concerned about Wujiu. Zero hopes someone can find a way to crack the Rawu virus, while Akas hopes someone can protect this mechanical city.
"What do you mean by never seeing each other again?"
Although they were brought here by Akas forcibly, Wujiu and Zheng Yue soon understood Akas' intentions.
Akas patted Wujiu's shoulder:
"I will die."
He said these three heavy words with a smiling expression.
"I have protected this city for a long time. Death is not a punishment to me. It is just an end to a tiring journey."
Wujiu sensed the determination in the words and his expression became solemn.
Acas was not serious:
"I am the guardian created by Zero. My destiny is to protect this city. What about you? Do you have someone you are willing to protect until your death?"
Wujiu did not hesitate, and images of Bai Wu, Ruan Qingyun, Lin Wurou and others flashed through his mind.
“Even though we’ve only known each other for a short time, it’s a very strange feeling—it feels like we’re the same kind of people.”
One is the captain of the Survey Corps, and the other is the captain of the Mechanical City Divine Guard.
Akas began to slowly explain the details of the mission. Wujiu and Zheng Yue appeared to make the process of the outsiders capturing the apostles less smooth.
But ultimately, the apostles are to be handed over to outsiders.
"Jingwu trusts his subordinates very much. The Apostle is perfect and is Zero's masterpiece. It can deceive the blacksmith, but out of caution, they are likely not to let Jingwu wear the Apostle. If Jingwu does not wear the Apostle, we will have no chance of winning."
“What about putting on the Apostles?”
"Unless the person chosen by Zero can crack the Rawu virus, there is no way to win."
Wujiu was silent. This was truly a hopeless battle.
Akash said:
"Although I am not in a position to ask you to do this, please believe me, if the Mechanical City can survive this crisis, humans may also be able to have a place of refuge outside the tower in the future."
This was the reason Wujiu couldn't refuse.
"I have to go now."
After seeing Wujiu's eyes, Akas had no regrets anymore.
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In the eastern city area, Wujiu, who was fighting fiercely in the low altitude, finally made a mistake in his sheep suit and dropped the apostle.
At the same time, the blacksmith suppressed Xie Xingzhi. In the duel between both of them as spirit masters, the blacksmith obviously had more treasures on him than Xie Xingzhi.
After knocking Xie Xingzhi back with a hammer, the blacksmith got the apostle again.
At the moment when Wujiu was about to capture the apostle, Destruction intercepted him.
This time, in order to avoid any further complications, the blacksmith decided to transfer the apostle to Jingwu.
The process was very short, and Wujiu and Xie Xingzhi had no time to stop it. Zheng Yue was even fighting with the businessman in his dream and was unaware of the changes outside.
I have to say that Wujiu's acting skills have changed a lot. The feeling of failing at the last hurdle is expressed vividly through his eyes.
"I think we already know the attitude of the Mechanical City. If this is your answer, then this city will be destroyed."
The hammer hit the ground, the whole city was shaking, and countless rubble flew towards Wujiu and Xie Xingzhi.
Wujiu could already feel that the power given by Akas was weakening.
This means that Akas is experiencing death, and it also means that the most dangerous moment of this confrontation is about to come.
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Core city.
Jingwu put his foot on Akas' chest and took off his black robe while looking at Akas.
"I know your attitude is that of Zero. What a pity. Why don't you accept my invitation?"
As Jingwu spoke, he looked at the clock hanging above the temple gate.
"The raging tide still has a few minutes left. I thought I would kill you when it did, but you've really become much weaker. There's no sense of accomplishment in killing you now."
Akas had a look of disdain on his face:
"You are nothing but... Zero's... defeated opponent!"
Jingwu frowned. He already knew Zero's attitude. Since he couldn't cooperate, he naturally couldn't let him cooperate with others.
Extinction is Jingwu's style. He stepped down with one foot, and the huge force penetrated Akas' body, and the mechanical core was shattered.
This captain, who had guarded the Mechanical City for seven hundred years, did not give up on fulfilling his duties even when he was dying.
"The rest... I'll leave it to you."
At the final moment, Akas was unable to speak any more, as the gap in strength between him and Jingwu was too great.
At the moment when the mechanical core completely lost its luster, there was only a short line of words in Akas's consciousness.
Mechanical city, never fall.
Seeing his former rival die, Jingwu smiled contemptuously. This huge mechanical city is much more interesting than Black Gold Island.
Even if Zero refuses to cooperate, killing him and then taking the Mechanical City for yourself is also a good option.
Just at this time, the blacksmith teleported the apostle over.
Everything is ready and the east wind has arrived.
After putting on the Apostle, Jing Wu's eyes showed extremely detailed data on everything around him. He smiled with satisfaction. There was still a lot of room for improvement on this Apostle. When he returned to Black Gold Island, he would hand it over to the blacksmith to slowly process it.
Then he pushed open the door of the Mechanical Temple.
On the mechanical throne, Zero looked at Jingwu.
"How pathetic! But you already have something to brag about. After all, many years ago, you were all just low-level evil machines. You, a machine, have evolved step by step to be on par with us. That in itself is a legend."
Zero is very similar to Akas, with silver hair, but red pubic hair. At the back of Zero's neck, many lines connect Zero.
He cannot leave the Mechanical Temple, so he can only create his own guardians or clones. In order to distinguish them from other machines, these guardians and clones all have a symbol - silver hair.
Akas is the guardian, so the updates and upgrades of Akas are all operated by Zero himself.
In his prime, Akas was able to defeat Jingwu on his own, but now that Akas is dead, it will take a lot of time to create another Akas.
Although Zero's body is not weak, there is no way he can stop Jingwu.
"Are you ready to die?" Jingwu pointed his hand at Zero.
Zero said:
"The battle has just begun."
Jing Wu was puzzled.
But he soon discovered that many red wires suddenly stretched out from the red apostle's body. They were like thread-like parasites, or some kind of wires connecting life and machinery.
Jing Wu was furious. This apostle actually had such a trap hidden in it!
But the moment he tried to release the apostle, he found that his body was no longer under his control.
At the same time, a dark city appeared in the eyes of Zero and Jingwu.
The city was covered with gloomy clouds, distorted clocks hung in the sky, and countless faces in the clouds were filled with all kinds of negative emotions.
Behind the silver-haired boy, there are dozens of wires similar to the apostle's body, connecting to the dull city behind him.
The other world, the mechanical city.
After sensing the unique aura of the other world, Jingwu looked at Zero and sneered:
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… "
“Hahahahahaha…”
"Zero, is this your last resort? Drag me into the spiritual world? Since you can't do it yourself, you use external forces like apostles. It seems that the so-called apostles are a trap set by you?"
Zero did not deny that this was indeed a trap.
But this plan is not very clever, because it is just a change from one environment where death is inevitable to another environment where death is inevitable.
"I must admit that you deceived me, but how can I explain to you a life like ours?"
A lot of black sticky liquid suddenly appeared under Jing Wu's feet, and black arms slowly seeped out of the liquid.
Then the range of the liquid continued to expand, and in just a few seconds, it turned into an area.
"My brothers and sisters and I have balanced abilities. We don't have any obvious weaknesses. The difference between us is the difference in certain characteristics and the absolute difference in strength. This strength also includes mental strength."
"Speed, strength, skills, vitality, mental strength, all the powers you can think of, we are born at the top of all creatures outside the tower."
Jingwu walked slowly forward.
"Our ability to grow is different from other creatures. You may not understand what I mean. We only need to improve one ability, and the other abilities will improve accordingly."
"There is a sequence among humans called Extreme Balance. It is said to be a very rare sequence, but for me and my brothers and sisters, it is an innate physical characteristic."
Jingwu's expression had already changed from anger at the beginning to joy:
"I was still thinking about how to defeat you on a soul level, but you ended up dragging me into this. Hahahahahahahaha..."
"I will use my domain to devour your inner world. I will make everything here become my territory!"
Zero remained unmoved, but some extremely sophisticated mechanical changes began to occur in his fingers.
In the other world, what is being competed for is naturally mental strength.
The so-called battle itself is the art of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses. A person with a weak body may be able to use his mental strength to defeat his opponent.
As for those with weak mental strength, they might consider avoiding being pulled into an illusion by the other party, and ending the battle quickly with pure hand-to-hand combat.
Zero's mental strength is also very strong. If he really fights against Jingwu, he may not lose to him. But the premise of all this is that the negative emotions in the sky disappear.
Only when the huge cloud of sorrow dissipated and the impact of the Lao virus ended, could he fight against Jingwu.
The black viscous liquid swept over like a wave, and above Zero's head, there was no longer a sea of clouds formed by negative emotions.
Jingwu's figure moved closer to Zero, he raised his hand and gently touched Zero.
Zero, whose speed and strength were completely suppressed, had no way to avoid it. With just a slight touch, Zero was knocked away by a terrifying force.
Under the overbearing external force, its body was pushed directly into the black mechanical city.
Jingwu was extremely proud and began to ravage Zero continuously.
Its speed is so fast that even though Jingwu does not have any words or sequences similar to teleportation, it can achieve the visual effect of teleportation just by relying on its physical strength.
Zero tried to resist, but for Jingwu, such resistance only made it more fun to torture Zero.
The silver-haired boy's body was thrown all over the city by the terrifying force.
The huge mechanical city was bearing the force exerted on Zero.
Some tall buildings began to collapse one after another.
At the same time, in the real world, the corresponding buildings in the Mechanical City will also fall into darkness.
Although it will not collapse, the corresponding building will lose all energy supply.
If Jingwu is allowed to continue destroying Zero's inner world, the mechanical city in the real world will eventually become a dead city.
But from beginning to end, Zero never made a sound, and the black wire connecting to this city never fell off.
Jingwu had no doubts and thought that this was just the form of Zero.
This young man is the Mechanical City. When he is strong, the Mechanical City prospers. When he is weak, the Mechanical City ruins!
Jingwu, who appeared and disappeared in an instant, enjoyed it and continued to exert terrifying force on Zero.
These powers were enough to kill many ordinary ninth-level evil spirits in seconds. Zero's body was like a ray of light constantly refracting on a mirror, bouncing around the entire city.
No way to fight back.
The confrontation between Jingwu and Zero was more of a one-sided massacre than a battle.
The breath of death enveloped Zero bit by bit.
Zero suddenly recalled that a long, long time ago, he had also felt death.
"Is this all you can do? What a bummer. After all, you defeated me once! Hahahahaha..."
Jingwu's laughter echoed in the other world.
Cracks began to appear on Zero's body, and his powerful self-healing ability could no longer be maintained under Jingwu's terrifying destructive power.
More and more cracks appeared on Zero's body and even on his face.
He was like an exquisite doll. In the process of death, the memories hidden deep in his heart seemed to penetrate the cracks in his body and began to emerge continuously.
In the real world's mechanical cities, energy supply has begun to stagnate in more and more places.
The city is like a towering giant.
But now, this giant is dying bit by bit.
The energy barrier that distinguishes the inner city from the outer city has completely gone dark, and the entire mechanical city has become dim at this moment.
In the other world, countless black figures raised their heads.
In the real world, all mechanical creatures became terrified. They had never experienced such a moment in countless years.
The huge core floating in the sky... seemed to be sinking bit by bit.
The pipes supporting the huge core began to show signs of breaking.
In the other world, feeling Jingwu's desperate power, Zero finally realized that he was about to die.
"I'm dying… "
At this moment, his soul seemed to become blurred.
What he saw was no longer the Mechanical City, but a dark room.
When people die, they always seem to see hallucinations. This may be one of the few human characteristics of Zero.
But soon, Zero showed a puzzled expression.
"Skelton, Hibos, Saragas, Geronimon, Bermula, Baltan, Nelonga, Lagun, Green Mons..."
In the corner of the dark room, Zero did not see himself.
He saw a little boy who was hugging his knees, crying and muttering the names of many monsters.