At the foot of Black Cloud Mountain lay a pitch-black world.
All was deathly silent here. Every so often, however, a breeze would blow in from nowhere.
The faint sound of wind occasionally disturbed this silent world.
Suddenly.
A tiny point of light appeared above.
At first, it was hazy and weak, but before long, that point of light turned into a beam.
Like a sword, the beam suddenly pierced the thick darkness. Like the first ray of sunlight to break through the night at dawn, it fell upon the ground.
Piece after piece of irregular black crystal was exposed in the light.
They varied in size and shape, their surfaces shimmering with a gloomy luster. Under the light, they slowly released faint wisps of black vapor.
Then more beams of light descended, sweeping across the area.
More black crystals appeared in the light. There were so many that they covered the entire ground.
A moment later, a muffled sound of something tearing through the air rang out. Then, beneath the beams of light, mechas descended from the sky one after another, landing on the ground covered in black crystals.
Among the several mechas, the strangest was a mecha with a human face and a serpent's body, gripping a long halberd.
This mecha was none other than the Divine Machine, "Gonggong."
Inside the Mecha Cockpit, Xiang Gucheng looked around. Everywhere within sight was Abyssal Vein.
These crystals from Yanfu were extremely numerous. They covered the summit of Black Cloud Mountain and stretched onward in a continuous line, reaching deep into the Desperate Battlefield.
"As expected, it's a Nether Vein."
Xiang Gucheng sighed and then made a hand signal with the mecha.
The armor on the backs of several mechas opened, and mechanical arms carried out explosive stakes one after another.