Hearing this, the Mechanical Mother furrowed her brow, then shook her head. "That has nothing to do with me, and besides, I don't have many things on me right now."
Compared to how forceful she had been before, this refusal already counted as a concession.
Before she had even finished speaking, Zhan Feng suddenly smashed a fist into the space fragment beside him.
The Dao of Strength condensed into a dark-golden tiger's head around his fist. Its roar sent ripples across the Mechanical Race's base shield. He bellowed, "Is the War Alliance declaring war on my people?"
"Brother."
Zhan Yun gently patted Zhan Feng's shoulder, then looked at the Mechanical Mother. "Mother, if you truly want to clear yourself of suspicion, why not hand over some Mechanical Essence and let us see your sincerity?"
At this, gasps rang out among the onlookers.
Mechanical Essence was the foundation of the Mechanical Race. It was said to be capable of reshaping a cultivator's Root Bone.
Just then, Jiang Shu noticed that Yu Tianming had somehow come to stand beside him. Bloodstains still marked her Black Battle Robe, and her aura was unsteady. She seemed to have suffered some serious injuries.
"Your Highness, there's something strange about the corpses at the Eye of the Void. They don't seem to be the work of the Mechanical Race. I suspect someone is framing them."
Yu Tianming's voice came softly through a secret transmission.
Though Yu Tianming's race belonged to the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, its members were skilled at socializing. Her birth mother was also the daughter of a powerful faction in the inner region of the Star Ruins Realm. Yu Tianming's insight was therefore second to none. What was more, she possessed the Heavenly Serpent Law and could glimpse the faintest traces of Dao