The battle for the Mother Nest node
Before the World-Hunting Lock had even truly landed on the surface of the Everbright Ark, hundreds of millions of Source-Devouring Beasts had already poured out of the passage.
Those who arrived at the battlefield first were still only the middle and lower-level legions of the Source-Devouring Time-Space.
They did not gather in front of the mechanized lines.
After crossing the passage, countless Source-Devouring Beasts scattered from different directions, attempting to bypass the Mechanical Fleet and attach themselves directly to the outer layer of the Everbright Ark.
These Source-Devouring Beasts had clearly received explicit instructions.
They do not need to destroy the Everbright Ark.
As long as a sufficient number of Source-Devouring Veins are re-established, the Mother Nest and high-level powerhouses behind it will naturally be able to drag this damaged Dimension Supreme Treasure back.
The Mechanical Fleet did not give them that opportunity.
Thousands of War Fortress converged on the center simultaneously.
A silver-gray energy barrier forms a layered, three-dimensional defensive line around the Everbright Ark.
The Destruction Mech Soldiers directly bypassed the defense line and charged into the area where the Source-Devouring Beasts was most densely packed.
Black and red Destruction Radiance erupted one after another.
One after another, the Source-Devouring Beasts were smashed to pieces by the heavy punches of the mechs, or turned into wreckage in the destructive torrents spewing from the mechanical cannons.
The Flame Civilization Legion also began its counterattack.
Numerous wrecked warships emerged from inside the Everbright Ark, their shapes not uniform.
Some were even merely temporary constructs pieced together from dimensional remnants and metal components.
However, without exception, the surfaces of these warships were burning with intense white Flintbright Flame.
As flames spread across the battlefield, the rate at which the Source-Devouring Beasts devoured surrounding energy noticeably decreased.
The bright yellow veins that had already penetrated the mechanical barriers and the surface of the ship were also shrinking one after another in the Flintbright Flame.
The Flame Civilization was able to persist for so many years despite the relentless pursuit of the Source-Devouring Time-Space clearly indicates that it did not rely solely on the Everbright Ark.
The Flintbright Rule they master inherently possess a certain degree of resistance against the Source-Devouring Power.
However, the number of remnants of the Flame Civilization " was far too small.
Without the Mechanical Fleet blocking their way, they would have had no chance of stopping this much larger number of pursuers on their own.
After the ordinary Source-Devouring Beasts ' attacks failed to make any progress, even stronger fluctuations in the rules soon came from the other end of the passage.
Several Level-10 Level-11 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioner entered the Darkness Sword Time-Space one after another.
These Transcendence Realm experts no longer commanded the lower-level beast herds.
Two of them joined forces to activate a large-scale consuming device in an attempt to regain complete control of the Mother Nest.
The remaining few dispersed and moved closer to the core power zone of the Everbright Ark.
The Mechanical Civilization's Destruction Mech Soldiers legion immediately changed formation.
More than ten advanced mechs that had reached the Transcendence Realm flew out from various War Fortress.
A torrent of silver-gray machinery collided head-on with the oncoming bright yellow tide.
A vast expanse of radiant light then burst forth in all directions.
Just as an Level-11 Source-Devouring Strong Practitioner broke through the combined blockade of two Destruction Mech Soldiers, a long spear of rules burning with White Flame flew out from inside the Everbright Ark.
The spear pierced his right shoulder.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, three nearby Destruction Mech Soldiers pressed forward, firmly pinning its Rule True Body to the center of the mechanical blockade.
More alchemical chains shot out from all around.
This level Level-11 Strong Practitioner was about to self-destruct his crystal core when the Magic Cube's Cube's Power of Sealing struck first.
The Source-Devouring Origin within him, which had not yet gathered, was forcibly forced back into the depths of the crystal core.
On the other side, the Level-10 Strong Practitioner attempted to seize control of the Mother Nest also failed.
The entire Source-Devouring Mother Nest had already been completely modified by Saine, inside and out.
Their control signals not only went unanswered, but also revealed their own rules and frequencies.
Following this signal, Skynet quickly located another tracking anchor hidden in the passage behind.
A mechanical assault team went straight into the spatial rift.
After more than a dozen warships were shredded by the turbulent currents of the passage, the tracking anchor was forcibly dragged into the mechanical battle line.
After the situation on the Level-10 and level 11 battlefields gradually stabilized, the collision of the Level-12 rules above the starry sky finally erupted.
The World-Hunting Lock split into countless bright yellow lock shadows.
They crossed the Everbright Ark and coiled around the Rule True Body of the Torchbearer, Miluo.
"You can't escape," said the World-Hunting Ancient Emperor.
"Your civilization should have perished a million years ago."
Miluo did not answer.
The penetrating wound on his chest, stimulated by the Source-Devouring Power, once again emitted a bright yellow glow.
Large swathes of blazing White Flame erupted from the depths of the wound, piercing fiercely towards the World-Hunting Lock's main body along the long spear of rules in Miluo's hand.
The moment the flames collided with the chains, Miluo's Rule True Body trembled backward.
There is ultimately a significant difference between the Level-12 Early-Stage and Level-12 Late-Stage.
Just as the World-Hunting Ancient Emperor was preparing to press forward, a pure, flawless icy blue light suddenly surged from the side of the battlefield.
Bing Xin has arrived.
The Frost Rule did not directly freeze the Rule True Body of the World-Hunting Ancient Emperor.
Instead, it spread backward along the World-Hunting Lock until it covered the bright yellow veins between him and the Source-Devouring Channel.
The World-Hunting Ancient Emperor, who was rapidly replenishing his Origin Power, suddenly experienced a momentary halt.
Miluo seized the opportunity and thrust his long spear, which was burning with the Flintbright Flame, straight forward.
A large area of shadow was pierced through from the center.
For the first time, the World-Hunting Lock itself was completely covered by blazing White Flame.
"Mechanical Civilization."
The World-Hunting Ancient Emperor looked in the direction of Bing Xin, his expression already showing obvious anger.
Bing Xin did not respond to him.
More extreme cold power gathered behind her.
A phantom of an astonishingly large ice lotus slowly enveloped the entire starry sky between the World-Hunting Ancient Emperor and the passage behind him.
It was also during this Level-12 battle that Saine had taken over full control of the entire Source-Devouring Mother Nest.
The silver-gray light emitted by the Magic Cube extended backward along the tracking anchor point that had just been captured.
The Spatial Structure at the other end of the passage is clearly visible within the Skynet.
"Found you!" Saine said, having refrained from making a move, instead observing something deeper.
The Source-Devouring Power accumulated within the Mother Nest suddenly reversed.
The bright yellow veins that were originally used to stabilize the passage were successively severed from the Darkness Sword Time-Space side.
At the same time, Ebony also mobilized the Mother Time-Space Authority.
A vast expanse of local darkness pressed inward from all sides of the passage.
The Dimensional Rift, opened without his permission, began to be rejected by the entire Darkness Sword Time-Space.
The sound of space cracking echoed throughout the nearby battlefield.
The World-Hunting Ancient Emperor glanced behind him, then looked at Bing Xin and Miluo, who were closing in together.
The World-Hunting Lock suddenly swept outwards.
After the bright yellow Law Tide temporarily forced the two back, he did not continue to entangle them and retreated straight towards the collapsing passage.
The remaining Source-Devouring Beasts around them also began to retreat frantically.
The vast majority of the middle and lower-level animal herds were unable to leave in time, as they were severed by the closed spatial rift.
Several Transcendent Transcendence Realm also fell into the blockade of the Mechanical Legion.
The Source-Devouring Lifeforms were still struggling frantically.
Even though their connection to the rear passage had been severed, the Source-Devouring Beast Core within them were still instinctively drawing energy from the remaining energy of the nearby battlefield.
The Mechanical Legion had to send them into different sealing pods.
Saine did not devote his energy to experiments at this time, but only allowed Skynet to fully record the changes they underwent after losing contact with their Mother Time-Space.
Before finally entering the passage, the World-Hunting Ancient Emperor took a deep look in the direction of the Everbright Ark.
"The Source-Devouring Time-Space will find you again."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire passage collapsed completely under the combined pressure of the local darkness and the Mechanical Seal.
Only the lingering bright yellow tide remained in the starry sky, along with a large number of Devourer prisoners controlled by the Mechanical Legion.