Fang Mo followed through the void all the way as a Mechanical Empire carrier aircraft flew a thousand li ahead. Within the mountains before him stood an enormous fortress.
Its walls were made of dark gray metal, with energy cannons standing atop them. High-rises filled the city, aircraft darted between them, and numerous carrier aircraft flew in and out of the fortress.
Battle still raged outside the fortress, with booms sounding from time to time. Energy blasts fired from within the fortress obliterated the exotic beasts that approached.
In terms of defense, the Mechanical Empire's fortresses held an advantage in both offense and defense over those of the Tianli Sect. Their intelligent defense systems and weapon-control systems were indeed far more convenient; basically no exotic beast could get close to the fortress walls.
He did not draw any closer. From a hundred li away, he could already sense a faint threat within the fortress.
This fortress had activated space-interference equipment. If he approached, he would very likely be discovered, so he did not send out his Primordial Spirit to investigate.
His goal in coming here this time was to find that giant phoenix.
He quietly withdrew, circled around the fortress, and headed in the direction he had sensed.
Within the Black Flame Mountain Range, he occasionally came across Mechanical Empire expeditionary mech units battling exotic beasts. Yet the exotic beasts of the Black Flame Mountain Range were powerful as well, and the Mechanical Empire had not gained much of an advantage.
He saw that in some places, the Mechanical Empire had even deployed forbidden weapons, leaving many traces throughout the mountain range.
However, this would only make the exotic beasts even more berserk. The energy produced by forbidden weapons also became energy for the exotic beasts' evolution, allowing more of