Netherflame Domain

The Four Great Peak Races that occupied the core regions of the universe.

Humanity possessed the Virtual Universe Network and had a vast population, with more top-tier fighters than the other two races aside from the demon race. The demon race likewise had a huge population and two Universe Masters.

The Mechanical Race and the Zerg race had far fewer Universe Masters than the humans and demons, and the number of Mechanical Race people and Zerg Queens was also vastly lower than those two races.

What gave them the right to stand alongside humanity and the demon race?

It was their almost invincible strength among those of the same rank!

Every Mechanical Race person could, in truth, be considered a mechanical empire!

Mechanical Race people were essentially intelligent lifeforms.

Their combat power depended more on the strength of the mechanical empires they commanded. And the strength of a mechanical empire depended on both "control and command ability" and "wealth." Neither could be lacking!

The Mechanical Race people's talent for calculation and command allowed them to control entire mechanical legions and have those legions unleash law-infused attacks in exquisite coordination. As a result, the combat power of mechanical puppets could increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

Wealth referred to the quality of the mechanical legion under their command. The same Mechanical Race person would naturally be far more powerful commanding F-class mechanical puppets than E-class mechanical puppets!

Under the control of that Mechanical Race person, nine stele-shaped base ships with surfaces that seemed to burn like flames sped toward their designated positions.

Above, below, left, right, in every direction—they formed a cage.

More than a million kilometers away from the cage, a sleek black spaceship was speeding over. Judging by its trajectory, it was headed straight into the cage.

"It's here!" The Mechanical Race person in the distance was both tense and excited.

At that moment, he was like a hunter who had set his trap and was waiting for his prey to step into it.

Very quickly, under the Mechanical Race person's watchful gaze, the sleek black spaceship entered the encirclement of his nine flaming pyramid bases.

"Attack!" He gave the command without hesitation!

As soon as the order was issued, incomparably profound secret engravings and circuits abruptly surfaced across the prepared flaming pyramids. Terrifying energy raced endlessly through those patterns, accumulating, accumulating, until finally—

"Boom!"

In front of the spaceship, a dazzling crimson beam instantly tore through the void and blasted toward the sleek black spaceship speeding through the distance.

The soul-shaking energy beam struck in an instant!

The sleek black spaceship was sent tumbling backward by the blast.

"Rumble~~"

The shockwave spread in all directions, sweeping across tens of thousands of kilometers and sending the surrounding dust and wreckage flying wildly away.

Seeing this, the Mechanical Race person smiled. "As expected of a Marquis Immortal. Even the ship you use is a top F-class vessel. But once I kill you, it will all be mine!"

Inside the spaceship, Lian Luo sat cross-legged, comprehending the Space Law through the omnipresent spatial fluctuations. Although he cultivated the Path of the Fire-Void Beast God, to become a Venerable, he still had to fully comprehend the complete Space Law.

The complete Space Law consisted of the three great mysteries of "Space Lockdown," "Space Strangulation," and "Teleportation." By comprehending these three mysteries and fusing them into one, one could break through using the Space Law and become a Space Venerable who roamed the universe.

Fully comprehending any one of the three great mysteries would allow one to become peak King-level and pass the twentieth level of the Tongtian Bridge!

The first mystery Lian Luo had begun comprehending was "Teleportation," but his understanding was still insufficient. At best, he was only around the fifteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

"This teleportation..." Lian Luo frowned at times and smiled at others.

But suddenly—

"Warning, warning! Under attack! Under attack!" A piercing intelligent voice suddenly echoed throughout the control room, jolting Lian Luo awake from his cultivation.

Under the immense impact, the entire spaceship was blasted into a wild tumble through the void.

Confusion flashed through Lian Luo's eyes. His detector had been activated at all times, yet it had failed to discover the attack in advance. Could the other party's detector actually be more advanced than his?

That made no sense! His detector was much better than those used by many King-level Immortals!

What was going on?

"Boom!" Lian Luo instantly spread his powerful immortal power, enveloping the entire spaceship. Then the hatch opened, and he flew straight out.

"What is this?" The instant he left the spaceship, Lian Luo's pupils contracted sharply.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

At nine distant points in the cosmic starry sky, those nine locations surrounded him from every direction. Then, dazzling streams of fire shot out from all nine points at once, piercing the void and linking together moments later to form an enormous flaming cage!

The Mechanical Race technological weapon—Netherflame Domain!

"Buzz buzz~~~"

The instant the Netherflame Domain formed, the entire void turned into a sea of fire. Within the million-kilometer diameter of the Netherflame Domain, countless savage Fire Dragons twisted and roared... The terrifying power directly reduced every star fragment and wreckage within that million-kilometer area to dust!

"Not bad power! Those Fire Dragons could probably kill ordinary World Masters." Lian Luo waved a hand and put away his spaceship. He strolled through the sea of flames, his blood-red feathered robe fluttering faintly behind him, making him look like a fire phoenix reborn from nirvana.

His expression was as cold and calm as water. "So it's the Mechanical Race. No wonder they could evade my detection equipment! A Netherflame Domain spanning a million kilometers! The equipment alone must have cost over a million Chaos Units!"

"Is it a high-ranking military lord of the Mechanical Race, or a Marquis?"

"But you dared to come after me? You picked the wrong target." Lian Luo murmured. As his words fell, a cold gleam flashed in his eyes. "Once I kill you, I can open a Blind Box!"

"Whoosh!"

Lian Luo transformed into a streak of blood-red light, instantly accelerating to a terrifying speed as he flew toward one of the nine nodes.

That Mechanical Race person had only one high-end detector. It could conceal himself, preventing Lian Luo from detecting him, but it could not conceal all nine base ships.

Therefore, unless that Mechanical Race person was willing to abandon the Netherflame Domain, Lian Luo could follow the trail and find his location!

"Trying to escape?" Seeing Lian Luo accelerate toward the edge of the Netherflame Domain, the Mechanical Race person revealed a human-like sneer. "My Netherflame Domain isn't something you can escape so easily!"

"Attack!"

At his command—

The surfaces of the nine stele-shaped spaceships forming the nine nodes opened with a "Rumble rumble," revealing passageways hundreds of meters wide.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~

Like countless locusts swarming out, fiery red mechanical puppets shot out of the hatches like lightning. In the blink of an eye, each pyramid spaceship had released over ten thousand crimson mechanical puppets. Every one of them stood ten meters tall, entirely crimson, with weapons such as huge axes, war sabers, and greatswords strapped to their backs.

"Ninety thousand mechanical puppets made from F9-class alloy, the Crimson Meteorite Iron Mother?" Lian Luo smiled. "Good. The more puppets and the more valuable the ships you deploy, the more reluctant you'll be to abandon them! That means I can kill you!"

The value of the Crimson Meteorite Iron Mother alloy alone for ninety thousand F9-class mechanical puppets exceeded 900,000 Chaos Units.

Adding in those nine stele-shaped spaceships, this entire set of equipment was definitely worth over three million Chaos Units!