Heroic Soul Garden 222

The infantrymen of the Heroic Souls raised their swords and shields, silently trampling the mortal earth, clashing head-on with the legions of the Machine Realm. Sometimes they stepped into the Spirit Realm, making the noisy cannons feel ashamed, and sometimes they charged into the formation with a majestic figure, piercing through the metal armor with the Soul Edge in their hands.

On the frozen, snow-covered mountains, the clash between firearms and melee weapons, the battle between machines and ghosts, created an indescribable, subtle feeling.

The group from Dragon Land City were rescued and moved to a safe area. They watched the battle of the Heroic Souls soldiers from a distance and couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement, saying, "Where did they find these people from...?"

"Go out of the east gate of Trustworthy Village, turn left, find a stream, and climb up to find it."

Cumin Powder casually remarked:

"It's not a far place, only about 4 kilometers as the crow flies."

Four kilometers.

For Alpha Rank, even going for a walk is farther than this.

"Isn't this a bit too close?" Dragon Land City was momentarily at a loss for words. "But how do you know there will be reinforcements here? And a Zeta-rank female ghost is coming?"

"Well..." Cumin Powder glanced at the Caramel Snail next to him. "Ask him."

Sensing the gaze upon him, Caramel Snail scratched his head, a flash of green light crossing his eyes, before smoothly explaining:

"It was Li Aoz gave me the hint. The task required me to find Zeta-rank nearby, so I went around looking for them—and I just happened to find that Li Aoz's two weapons were in the hidden area of [Hero of Pharassia]. And guess what? I searched around there and just happened to run into the hidden Zeta-rank boss— 'Fairy of the Lake ' Sophia Marlene."

Caramel Snail explained with gestures and greetings, which made people accept his explanation for the time being.

"Of course, we really racked our brains to bring Sophia Marlene here," Caramel Snail said. "This woman is so strange. She's completely unresponsive. No matter how we try to communicate with her, it's no use. She seems to be the caretaker of that cemetery for heroes. No matter what we do, she refuses to leave the cemetery, especially that Spectre Garden. She can't even leave the cemetery."

"Oh? Since she can't leave the cemetery, why would she volunteer to help you?" Dragon Land City asked curiously, "What price did you pay to bring her here?"

Caramel Snail chuckled:

"We burned the garden down."

Bear----

The azure flames instantly swirled up, and the chilling aura penetrated even deeper than snowflakes, reaching the very core of the program. If one hadn't experienced it firsthand, Coulomb Torque would never have imagined that, as a member of the machine world, it could feel this 'cold' sensation.

That physiological chill cannot be eliminated no matter how hard the nuclear engine works.

Watt Rivet Steel was Ghostflame Burning, emitting a piercing crackling sound. It screamed repeatedly, its synthesized electronic voice revealing a panicked and chaotic emotion. "Councilor Coulomb Torque, this woman is suspicious—"

Before it finished speaking, a massive number of ghosts surged from its circuitry, converging above its head into a scythe, as sharp and awe-inspiring as the bright moon in the sky.

"Uh oh no, my program has been maliciously compromised, and the code is being rewritten—"

He then coldly slashed down.

With a whoosh, Watt Rivet Steel's massive, mountain-like form was instantly sliced apart, its mechanical body disintegrating and collapsing with a deafening roar.

In Coulomb Torque's vision, Watt Rivet Steel's collapsed hand landed in front of it, and before it could react, it heard a series of footsteps coming from Watt Rivet Steel's palm.

Snap, snap...

"She's here!" Turing Hexadecimal, "Don't let her get close, her spiritual power is strange—"

Coulomb Torque showed no mercy, raising its hand to unleash a series of explosive rays, bombarding the area in front of it, while simultaneously switching to quantum vision to connect the perspectives of all the machines.

However, as soon as it went online, every perspective presented a Terror face, and even the mechanical mind immediately felt a sense of fear.

"—Damn it!"

Kulen Torque Machinery's body trembled, its reaction a beat too slow. In that instant, a fleeting and eerie figure stepped down from Watt Rivet Steel's large hand.

She slowly raised her sickle, the wind and frost ruffling her hair, revealing her azure eyes.

Clang.

The Turing Hexadecimal beside her was grabbed by a cold, large hand. Before its program could react, Sophia Marlene's scythe swiftly cleaved down, like a skilled executioner, sending the head flying high. The cut was smooth and even, like a silver mirror.

Kulen Torque immediately switched firepower. Sophia turned her head and walked towards him. Her body seemed to be outside this world, allowing plasma and high-energy particles to penetrate her. The laws of physics could not touch her figure at all.

Spirit World Walking

The most fearsome ability of those Deified Person is that, regardless of their level of spiritual practice, once they step into the spirit world, they become completely unaffected by the laws of physics and cannot be touched by any attack.

In the entire Star Abyss, there is no more shameless way to evade danger.

At the same time, this ability also grants the Deified Person of the [Strange] type great mobility.

Sophia moved swiftly, but to the eyes of those in the present world, her body remained standing still, as if somewhere between being in a daze and being awake. Her body would sometimes stiffen and sometimes twitch strangely, making it impossible to judge where to begin.

The Coulomb Torque double-arm cooling plates opened, cooling and expelling exhaust gases. Just as it was replacing the damaged parts on its body, Sophia Marlene's scythe immediately tore through the spirit world and hooked through its chest.

[Evil Spirit Mark]

Coulomb Torque immediately enters the Quantum Realm, but the sickle still closely follows it, tearing a crack in its body.

[Death Declaration]

Sizzle————

Kulen Torque's body was instantly eroded by spiritual energy, and his core flickered rapidly a few times, almost extinguishing on the spot.

"An instant death curse! This female ghost is a follower of [Source Abyss Celestial Lord]!"

Kulen Torque quickly jumped out of the Quantum Realm and landed in a repair station, where nanomachines immediately came to maintain and repair its body, replacing the eroded Saint Core.

As mechanical life forms, dealing with this ability isn't too difficult; they can simply replace parts and implement physical purification.

However, the true form of Mash Gergang is about to descend. Although its energy is limitless, the Saint Core require time to produce and are limited in number.

"We need to be careful that this guy doesn't try to erode the core again... Damn it, Lioz has such a helper, and he's only come out now."

Coulomb Torque glanced at the Machine World Gate in the sky, his electronic eye revealing a gloomy meaning:

"... It's about to arrive. If Our Mash Gergang Saintess fails to arrive in the final stage, this planet will acquire social antibodies and it will be at least several hundred years before she can arrive again."

—Wait, could this be Lioz's goal? "Lioz doesn't just want to stop the Machine World Council from summoning Mash Gergang, but he wants to completely expel Mash Gergang?!"

However, Turing Hexadecimal found nothing about this, the Machine World Domain was open and functioning perfectly well, and there was no information indicating that Lioz knew about the Machine World Society's invasion long ago.

"Lioz took advantage of the information gap..."

Cullen Torque remained silent for a moment, and then the voices of two councilors rang out on the network. "This female ghost is too difficult to deal with. Coulomb Torque, Turing Hexadecimal, the Our Mash Gergang Saintess is about to descend. Now that things have come to this, let's join forces to deal with her."

"No! That guy Lioz might have a backup plan. We still don't know where his real body is." Turing Hexadecimal said, "His information is strictly kept secret by White Candle Star. Just now, Coulomb Torque was in a hurry to take back the two of us, thus losing the opportunity to annihilate Lioz."

"Summoning Mash Gergang is the priority. With you two detained, the Machine World Council cannot perform the ritual. As for failing to annihilate Lioz —that's Watt Rivet Steel's fault. He leveled a mountain but still couldn't find Lioz and his Implant Equipment Vanguard!"