By the time Saine arrived, the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast had already smashed through the first Dark Golden Tide ahead.
Countless Destruction Crystals flew from the tide, but before they could reach the Mechanical Position behind it, the phantom of a black obelisk stopped them.
Empty-Faced Burning Monarch stood at the center of the phantom.
Rather than pursue the shattered crystals, it suppressed the Power of Destruction surging back around it, allowing a group of Mechanical Engineering Platforms to cross the newly calmed area.
Farther away, the eyes across Hundred-Eyed Chaos Beast's body opened one after another.
Several destructive gazes shot in different directions. The black-and-red Rule Chains that had just appeared gradually stabilized in their wake.
Locke's advance had clearly been underway for some time.
"The western side still isn't connected."
Black-Red Flames gathered before Saine, forming a projection of Locke's Destruction Will.
He raised a hand and pointed into the distance.
At first glance, nothing about that stretch of space stood out. Only when two waves of destruction crossed did a relatively empty area briefly appear. Most of the Mechanical Chains previously extended toward it had already snapped.
"Hold this position. I'll go take a look," Saine said.
The God of Machines' Rule True Body unfolded behind him.
Layer upon layer of mechanical structures closed together amid the radiance. A pair of black wings, remarkably thin against the enormous body, slowly appeared on the God of Machines' back.
Locke's gaze lingered on them.
"You finished refining them?"
"This is as good a place as any to test them," Saine said with a smile.
The next moment, the God of Machines surged past the position ahead!
The oncoming dark-gold Destruction Tide slammed hard into its shoulder. Its massive Rule True Body did not stop, but the wings on its