Faced with the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's sudden change in tactics, Saine showed little surprise.
He had anticipated this reaction the moment the First-Generation Anti-Source-Devouring Model succeeded.
Tens of thousands of Source-Devouring tentacles bypassed the God of Machines and lunged toward the surrounding Skynet Nodes and mechanical engineering positions.
At the same time, every rule ring on the God of Machines' back lit up.
Dense mechanical beams shot forth from those rings!
Some of the beams intercepted the Source-Devouring tentacles.
Even more Power of Mechanical Rules descended directly upon the nearby Skynet Nodes.
The mechanical relay stations that had been exposed in the starry sky immediately shifted position under Skynet's command and dispatch.
Some nodes even proactively severed their surface-level connections with the God of Machines.
After the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's Source-Devouring tentacles pierced them completely, all they devoured were empty mechanical shells that had long since lost their primary data.
The Skynet Sub-units truly responsible for maintaining the Anti-Source-Devouring Nodes had already been transferred into other Mechanical Units.
The Mechanical Civilization's war system had never relied on a single fixed installation to remain operational.
As long as Saine and the Magic Cube still existed, and as long as there were enough Mechanical Units nearby, Skynet could reconstruct the corresponding nodes in an extremely short time.
Even after the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch destroyed hundreds of mechanical relay stations in succession, he failed to truly sever Saine's control over the various war zones.
Instead, the Source-Devouring tentacles that had penetrated deep into the mechanical positions were simultaneously ignited by the Ash Generators hidden nearby!
Gray-white flames spread rapidly along bright yellow rule veins toward the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's main body.
The God of Machines stepped forward at that moment.
The Destruction Left Fist, carrying incomparably tyrannical force, smashed straight toward the World-Devouring