In the blink of an eye, that drop of thunder liquid fell into the projection of the Mechanical Divine Kingdom.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a moment of chilling nothingness.
Gears began to collapse, grating metal groans and scraping sounds filling the air. Jiang Shu could see a humanlike panic flash through the Mechanical Mother's eyes.
At last, this mechanical progenitor understood what kind of person she was facing.
Cracks spread like a spiderweb across the core crystal of the Mechanical Mother. Gray-blue slime seeped from the fissures, but the instant it touched the Primordial Tribulation Thunder, it vaporized into mist, and immense Dao Rhyme poured forth.
The stench of burning metal filled Jiang Shu's nostrils, and the muscles in his right arm suddenly bulged and knotted.
The Dao of Strength condensed beneath his skin into dark golden meridians, each throbbing with the frenzied rhythm of the Law of Strength.
"Slay!"
The Desolate Star Halberd abruptly transformed. Its thirteen Great Dao Patterns writhed like living snakes, converging at the tip into the shadow of an axe.
The strike looked like a simple chop, but it contained all of Jiang Shu's understanding of the ultimate power of strength.
Before the blade even fell, the space ahead collapsed of its own accord, revealing pitch-black void. Hundreds of fragments of space let out anguished cries under the strain.
The Mechanical Mother crossed her six mechanical arms to block the attack, and a honeycomb force-field matrix immediately appeared across their armor.
This was a defensive program she had developed after analyzing the Protective Great Dao. In theory, it could disperse any physical impact.
But Jiang Shu's Panwu Sky-Opening Axe had no regard for "theory."
The instant the axe shadow touched the force field, the matrix shattered like thin ice.
The metal of the