"Buzz!"
Just as Gu Jinlai had figured out the entire world's hostility toward cultivators, twelve streaks of light tore through the sky at supersonic speed from the distant horizon.
As he looked up, what appeared before his eyes was unmistakably...
"Mechs!?"
That was right!
What appeared before Gu Jinlai were twelve mechs.
Moreover, compared to the Chengying mecha he had forged earlier, these mechs were only a dozen or so meters tall, but whether in shape or technological sophistication, they surpassed ordinary imagination.
They even had things resembling dao patterns engraved upon them, solidifying the mechs' forms.
At the same time, Gu Jinlai sensed a powerful mental force sweeping over him, quickly locking onto his figure.
"Captain, we've found the infiltrator."
"According to the data detected by monitoring, this invader has been stripped of eight Heavenly Daos. He's an Eight-Heaven Profound Immortal. Be careful."
"Heh, over the years, our 'Hunters' squad has killed more than a handful of Nine-Heaven Profound Immortals. What's more, this is merely an Eight-Heaven Profound Immortal. After having his Heavenly Dao power stripped away, even the energy needed to maintain his immortal body has been devoured completely. How much strength could he possibly have left?"
"Enough. Let's exhaust the energy in his body first. Whether he fell in by accident or infiltrated deliberately, as long as we make him struggle a little, the power in his body will naturally be depleted. By then, we can deal with him however we please."
Wave after wave of mental communication rapidly circulated among the twelve mechs.
Since Gu Jinlai's mental realm had already reached the peak of the Human Dao, their supposedly covert exchange was completely exposed before him.
"Kill!"
The captain of the Hunters squad shouted furiously.
Leading the vice-captain and ten squad members into formation, he suddenly