Phoenix really would not take the initiative to attack Luo.
No matter how powerful Phoenix's Phoenix Legion was, before this it had merely been a legion-level force attached to and cooperating with Extraordinary Space. It still fell short of a domain-level force that ruled a stretch of void and plundered tens of thousands of worlds.
Behind Luo stood Amishir, another domain-level force. Even though they had fallen into silence and lost their Sovereign, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Amishir's Mech Clan Legion remained a terrifying fighting force.
Amishir had indeed fallen silent, and their highest authority truly paid little attention to anything else. It had even remained unmoved when their entire legion entered its domain. But that did not mean it was actually paralyzed, completely dead and inert.
If they truly attacked a member of the Machine Clan, Amishir's autonomous retaliatory consciousness might activate the very next moment and start fighting them outright.
It was like digging wild vegetables near a hornet's nest. There was nothing wrong with that—but if you just had to kick the nest, weren't you asking to get stung?
Phoenix naturally understood this, so his expression turned rather unpleasant. What he never expected was for a member of the Machine Clan to suddenly appear in Rimuru's group.
And... by all logic, the Machine Clan should only obey orders from the highest authority and the collective consciousness. They generally should not possess such strong individual autonomy...
Seeing Phoenix's expression and Luo's calm face, Rimuru was briefly stunned at first, but then he understood.
Yet he quickly gave a bitter laugh and gently shook his head.
This seemed useless to him—
Amishir did pose a threat to Phoenix, but the Phoenix Legion would not actively provoke them... The Machine Clan was a disciplined combat