The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch Returns
The gigantic, regular-shaped maw that appeared in the Skynet observation screen occupied almost half of the outer edge of the Sunken Star Remnant Domain.
Countless bright yellow veins extend from the edge of the giant mouth in all directions.
Some of them plunged into the severely depleted Rule Nodes of the Sunken Star Remnant Domain, while others entangled themselves in the third Jieyin channel that the Mechanical Civilization had just completed.
Each time the silvery-gray sheen on the channel's surface is touched by these veins, the energy reading that sustains the channel's operation drops noticeably.
The Mechanical Engineering Legion responsible for guarding the vicinity immediately activated dozens of layers of isolation force fields.
Large metal gates fell from the outside of the passage, cutting off the already corroded areas one by one.
But those bright yellow veins did not stop spreading.
After losing their original target, they quickly differentiated into more smaller tributaries, continuing to drill inward along the Rule Crevice between the mechanical devices.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch clearly wanted more than just to stop this Jieyin operation.
He also planned to use the third passage to pinpoint the location of the Primordial Universe Time-Space in reverse.
Deep within the Sunken Star Remnant Domain, the migrating fleets of eight exiled civilizations have already filled a vast expanse of starry sky in front of the passage.
Those ships were generally quite old.
A significant portion of them even bore the damage sustained while previously evading the Source-Devouring Legion.
Countless ordinary creatures were packed into temporary life support pods.
The vast majority of them did not reach level four in Life Level.
Faced with the ever-approaching Source-Devouring Tide from the outside, these ordinary survivors could do nothing but wait.
Several High-Level Beings from the Lost World Alliance are leading the local legion to continuously tighten the defensive line.
They did not request the Mechanical Civilization to immediately close the passage.
This passage must not be abandoned, at least until the last batch of Civilization Fire Seed enters the Primordial Universe Time-Space.
One of the exiled civilizations has even abandoned the vast majority of its large warships.
They broke down the civilization database into millions of information crystals, which were then carried by different ethnic groups.
Even if some of the migrants perish here, others will still carry their history into the Primordial Universe Time-Space.
Another civilization directly embedded its two remaining celestial cores into the migration mothership.
After the dimensional core left its original world, large swathes of the native continent collapsed.
These creatures didn't even have time to look back.
The oppressive force of the rules brought by the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch is constantly approaching.
A regular, silvery-gray beam of light also pierced through the Sunken Star Remnant Domain at this moment!
The colossal Rule True Body of the God of Machines slowly emerged from above the channel of Jieyin.
Large mechanical wings spread out to both sides, and the bright yellow veins that had been wrapped around the outer wall of the passage were ignited by the Ash Fire.
Saine did not allow the God of Machines to approach the migrating fleet any further.
If the two forces, both at the Level-13 Tier, were to fully erupt near the passage, the resulting impact on the rules of the passage might be even more severe than the damage caused by the Source-Devouring Beasts.
"Mechanical God Emperor." A deep voice came from behind the gigantic maw of rules.
The figure of the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch then emerged from the vast expanse of bright yellow tide.
The Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring in his hand had already merged with the gigantic maw of rules in the starry sky.
With each rotation of the ring, a portion of the remaining essence of the Sunken Star Remnant Domain is swallowed up.
"Return the Pasture-Realm Ancient Emperor."
"The Myriad Pastures Source Disc, the Source-Devouring Mother Nest, and all the rule records you took from the Primal Source Pasture also belong to the Source-Devouring Time-Space."
"If you withdraw now, the Source-Devouring Time-Space can drop the matter of your taking away these exiled civilizations."
The words of the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch spread throughout the nearby battlefield.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of several powerful figures from the Remnant Realm who were retreating turned somewhat grim.
They certainly knew what it meant for the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch to no longer pursue the matter.
Once the Mechanical Civilization leaves, all civilizations in the Sunken Star Remnant Domain will once again become pasture resources for the Source-Devouring Time-Space.
In response, Saine swung his Mechanical Iron Fist at his opponent, demonstrating his stance through action!
The armor on the right arm of the God of Machines unfolded layer by layer backward as he threw a punch.
One by one, the Ash lit up.
The incredibly large mechanical fist, almost instantly, traversed the vast expanse of starry sky between the two sides, slamming head-on into the center of the giant maw formed by the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring!
"Boom!"
A bright yellow tide burst outwards from the collision zone.
The upper part of the giant maw was dented backward by the punch from the God of Machines.
Before the vast Source-Devouring Veins could reassemble, Ash Fire surrounding the fist.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch clearly hadn't expected that Saine wouldn't even give a superfluous response.
The Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring suddenly contracted.
The enormous maw of rules, which originally covered a small portion of the starry sky, condensed in front of the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch in an extremely short time.
The power of devouring clashed with the mechanical fist once more.
Two completely different forces, along the already broken rules of the Sunken Star Remnant Domain, spread to even more distant places.
The Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring did not completely block the power of the God of Machines.
A portion of the Ashes Rule passed through the center of the ring and continued to sweep towards the location of the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch.
However, much of the mechanical kinetic energy and elemental impact quickly dissipated inside the ring.
Those forces did not vanish into thin air.
They were transformed by the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring into a purer, bright yellow primordial essence, which was then replenished into the giant maw of rules.
The area that had been dented backward by the Mechanical Iron Fist quickly returned to its original state.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch then raised his right hand.
A torrent of rules, composed of a mixture of various energies, blasted out from the center of the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring in reverse!
It contains both the Power of Ashes just released by the God of Machines and the water, wind, and Star Rules that were devoured by the Sunken Star Remnant Domain.
The multiple layers of armor on the chest of the God of Machines opened simultaneously.
A silver-gray barrier, projected from the main body of the Magic Cube's Cube, appeared in front of the torrent of rules.
After the two collided, a large amount of energy with conflicting properties exploded on the surface of the barrier.
Saine clearly recorded the entire transformation process of the Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring through the Skynet.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch was also observing how the God of Machines's power operated.
They both knew very well that this level of probing was not enough to truly harm the other side.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's Rule True Body vanished from its spot in the next instant.
Instead of continuing to attack the God of Machines head-on, he used the existing Source-Devouring Veins within the Sunken Star Remnant Domain to appear directly on the other side of the Jieyin Channel.
The Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring unfolds along the edge of space, attempting to cover the entire passage from behind the God of Machines.
The row of thrusters on the back of the God of Machines lit up simultaneously.
Saine completed the spatial teleportation almost simultaneously with the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch.
A giant mechanical hand descended from above, slamming the not-yet-fully-closed ring back towards the outer edge of the battlefield.
Both sides changed positions several times in succession.
Each collision leaves behind large, irreparable Rule Void of the Sunken Star Remnant Domain.
Saine never allowed the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch to truly cross the area where the God of Machines resided.
Several lifeless dimensional planets were instantly destroyed upon being touched by the aftershocks.
Simultaneously, a large number of overload alarms were also triggered on the mechanical defense lines near the Jieyin passage.
The two space base stations at the very front of the passage disintegrated on the spot because they could not withstand the aftershocks of the rules.
However, its internal engineering staff had already been relocated.
Skynet controlled the remaining metal debris to reassemble and temporarily fill the gaps in the defense line.
Seeing this scene, the exiled civilization in the Sunken Star Remnant Domain stabilized somewhat, as their migration order was already on the verge of collapse.
At least the Mechanical God Emperor still stood between them and the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch.
Saine did not continue the pursuit.
The God of Machines stepped forward, his massive body blocking the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch from the third Jieyin passage.
The final Final Silence Radiance, along with the Civilization Noise-Reduction Force Field, unfolds outwards around the God of Machines.
After the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch's devouring power entered it, its activity decreased significantly.
However, he did not retreat.
The Myriad-Origin Heaven-Devouring Ring floated behind him, continuing to draw upon the Source Power of different regions within the Sunken Star Remnant Domain.
The World-Devouring Emperor Monarch knew that the Mechanical God Emperor was most concerned about the exiled civilizations that had not yet completed their evacuation.
There's no need for him to rush into determining who's better than Saine.
As long as more Source-Devouring Beasts break through the outer defenses, forcing the Mechanical Civilization to continuously divert resources to provide rescue, this Jieyin channel will eventually break down.
From the depths of the bright yellow tide, an astonishingly large Source-Devouring Beast Legion surged forth.
The War Fortress of the Mechanical Civilization also unfolded one after another on both sides of the passage.
Saine and the World-Devouring Emperor Monarch are still locked onto each other.
However, their middle and lower-level units have already clashed.