Desperate Struggle

Seeing the Mechanical Race begin to retreat, Li Ze did not hesitate and immediately pursued the fleeing Mechanical Race legion.

Once he closed to within the Enlightenment God Weapon's attack range, the nine red illusory swords under Li Ze's control shot after the retreating Mechanical Race legion like lightning once more.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The massive Mechanical Race legion was retreating with all its might, while Li Ze alone pursued relentlessly. With every strike from the red illusory swords, some Mechanical Puppets were blasted apart and fell from the sky.

As Li Ze pursued the Mechanical Race, he felt the resilience of his Mental Power steadily growing stronger, making him even more determined to kill these Mechanical Race soldiers.

Thus, with one side in pursuit and the other in retreat, the battle continued for more than ten minutes.

"We can't go on like this! That Human Race member clearly has no intention of letting us go. If we don't fight back, then once all the Mechanical Puppets are destroyed, none of us will escape!"

After Li Ze destroyed more than six thousand Mechanical Puppets, leaving only half of their original number, the Mechanical Race could no longer endure it. A captain of a Mechanical Race team directly transmitted his voice to the others.

"Right, we can't keep this up!"

"Use the first plan directly!"

"We'll join the attack too. I refuse to believe he can keep this up until the end!"

One Mechanical Race member after another voiced their opinions.

After deciding to change tactics, the many Mechanical Race members no longer hesitated.

When Li Ze launched another attack, the Mechanical Race soldiers unleashed their own attacks in unison, sending them hurtling toward him.

"They finally couldn't hold back!" Feeling the attacks containing Origin Laws hidden within the overwhelming barrage, Li Ze knew the Mechanical Race soldiers had finally acted.

Li Ze first locked onto the locations of the Mechanical Race soldiers hidden among the Mechanical Puppets with his mind.

Then, relying on his movement technique, he weaved and darted through the air, evading the Mechanical Race's round of attacks.

His figure flickered, and Li Ze vanished instantly.

When he reappeared, he was already extremely close to a Mechanical Race soldier.

The nine red illusory swords shot out at high speed. Carrying overwhelming force, they instantly blasted away the Mechanical Puppets guarding that Mechanical Race soldier.

Li Ze followed with ghostlike movements. He put away the Enlightenment God Weapon, and the Annihilation God Weapon appeared in his hand. An incomparably condensed red Sword Light emerged from it and flew directly toward that Mechanical Race soldier.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out. The Mechanical Race soldier had no chance to retaliate and was blasted apart by Li Ze's attack.

The moment he saw the Sword Light strike, Li Ze switched back to the Enlightenment God Weapon. Before the other Mechanical Race soldiers could react, he broke through the encirclement and arrived near another Mechanical Race soldier.

Like this, Li Ze evaded and attacked time and again.

The Mechanical Race soldiers, originally hidden and protected by countless Mechanical Puppets, were killed one after another.

Whenever a Mechanical Race soldier was killed, hundreds of Mechanical Puppets would immediately lose control and fall from the sky.

This steadily reduced the density of attacks Li Ze faced, allowing him to dodge more easily and accelerate his slaughter of the Mechanical Race soldiers.

"Everyone, we can't keep going like this. We have fewer and fewer Mechanical Puppets, and this Human Race member is clearly dealing with us much more easily. We've fought for so long, yet he has shown no sign of running out of strength or retreating." A dejected voice spread through the surviving Mechanical Race teams.

"Right now, our hope of wearing down and killing that Human Race member is growing smaller and smaller. Our retreat speed is nowhere near enough to shake him off!" Watching Li Ze kill another Mechanical Race soldier and easily escape the attacks, another Mechanical Race team captain transmitted his voice to the others.

"Self-destruct! Have all our remaining Mechanical Puppets self-destruct together and see whether we can kill that Human Race member. That might give us a sliver of hope. Otherwise, sooner or later, we'll all be killed by him!" A team captain whose team had been reduced to only two members roared.

This proposal immediately plunged all the remaining Mechanical Race soldiers into silence.

If they had chosen puppet self-destruction from the start, they could certainly have killed the Human Race member by catching him off guard. But now, after being continuously slaughtered by him, they had fewer than ten thousand puppets left.

The closer they came to the final victory, the more cautious that Human Race member would become, and the more he would guard against their desperate final counterattack.

If they made the puppets self-destruct now, it would be very difficult to kill him.

"I agree to puppet self-destruction! At this point, we have no other choice. Either we wait to die, or we find a way to drag him down with us!"

"I agree to self-destruct!"

"We can self-destruct. Let's make one final gamble!"

After a brief silence, many Mechanical Race soldiers began voicing their approval.

On the battlefield, Li Ze once again used his strange movement technique to charge near a Mechanical Race soldier guarded by countless Mechanical Puppets.

Whoosh! Boom!

A red Sword Light flashed past, and a Mechanical Race soldier instantly exploded beneath it.

The moment he succeeded, an immense sense of danger flashed through his heart.

It's here!

With a thought, Li Ze knew the Mechanical Race soldiers' final desperate struggle had arrived.

Talent Secret Technique—Extreme Speed.

After he killed that Mechanical Race soldier, the Mechanical Puppets under its control lost control one after another and crashed toward the ground. A brief vacuum appeared around Li Ze, giving him room to fly away after activating Extreme Speed.

Whoosh! After activating Extreme Speed, Li Ze's figure blurred and vanished from where he stood.

Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Beginning with the first explosion, a chain of detonations spread through the puppets controlled by the Mechanical Race.

From the moment the sense of danger appeared in his heart, to using the Extreme Speed Talent Secret Technique to escape, to the Mechanical Race beginning their explosions, only an instant had passed. Yet Li Ze had already appeared several kilometers away from the Mechanical Race legion.

Feeling the enormous energy waves from the explosions behind him, Li Ze had no intention of stopping. He directly used the energy waves to fly outward at an even greater speed.

Only after flying more than a hundred kilometers away from the explosions did Li Ze gradually slow down.

In a place like Yulan Continent, where gravity was incredibly powerful, space was also far tougher than elsewhere. Any eruption of energy would be weakened many times over by space itself. Thus, puppet self-destruction that could destroy everything within millions of kilometers outside could only affect an area of a few hundred kilometers inside the Space-time Fortress.

After stopping, Li Ze immediately turned to look toward the location of the Mechanical Puppet legion in the distance.

The Mechanical Puppets were still continuously self-destructing. If he had remained there, even if he could withstand the initial explosions, he would probably have been blown to death sooner or later by the successive blasts.

But now, he could watch the Mechanical Race legion's desperate struggle in the distance as though watching fireworks.

Individual Scoreboard (471392/1000000)

1. Li Ze (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 416375 points

2. Feng He (1st Legion 1st Brigade Lanmeng Team): 27361 points

3. Nether Frog Si (71st Legion 1st Brigade 7th Team): 19437 points

4. Feng Lian (13th Legion 1st Brigade Shifu Team): 16373 points

5. Lairui'er (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 11634 points

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Team Scoreboard (7013/13000)

1. 5th Legion First Brigade Tongfeng Team: 463127 points

2. 1st Legion 1st Brigade Lanmeng Team: 43162 points

3. 71st Legion 1st Brigade 7th Team: 37122 points

4. 13th Legion 1st Brigade Shifu Team: 29115 points

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Race Scoreboard

Human Race: 736411 points

Mechanical Race: 362239 points

Demon Race: 286941 points

"It's over! In this Sacred Mountain Battle, our Human Race has ultimately claimed victory!"

Outside the Space-time Fortress, an Immortal Legion Commander of the Human Race watched as the Human Race's points on the scoreboard far surpassed those of the other two races. On the screen, amid the self-destruction of the Mechanical Puppet legion, only a few Mechanical Race soldiers who had fled in advance remained alive.

"Yes. I never expected this Sacred Mountain Battle to end in such a manner. According to the records, the last time the Sacred Mountain Battle was decided ahead of time was more than ninety thousand eras ago." Another Immortal Legion Commander beside him sighed.

"That's right. This victory was mainly thanks to that little fellow Li Ze. He should be properly rewarded!" The first Immortal Legion Commander said with praise as he watched Li Ze pursue the last few surviving Mechanical Race soldiers on the screen.

Outside the Space-time Fortress, after seeing the Mechanical Race cause their Mechanical Puppets to self-destruct on a large scale while Li Ze had escaped in advance, the Human Race Immortals finally let go of the worry in their hearts and began discussing the battle.

"Yu Chi, if you want to take this disciple now, I'm afraid you'll have to pay a price," King Zhutian of the Virtual Universe Company transmitted to King Yuchi. He looked at Li Ze pursuing the last few Mechanical Race soldiers on the screen, then glanced at the many King-level experts around them who were satisfied with Li Ze.

"It's fine. I already contacted several King-level experts just now and paid a certain price to keep them from competing with me for a disciple," King Yuchi replied directly.

After seeing Li Ze kill the Mechanical Race soldiers one by one and evade the final Mechanical Puppet self-destruction, King Yuchi immediately began taking action, negotiating with each of the more competitive King-level experts nearby.

After paying a certain price, he successfully persuaded those King-level experts to withdraw.

Even King Huilei, a King-level Invincible, had been persuaded by King Yuchi through a favor from more than sixty thousand years ago.

Therefore, King Yuchi already regarded Li Ze as his own disciple. The more he looked at Li Ze on the screen, the more satisfied he became.

Whoosh!

A crimson Sword Light flashed past, and the final fleeing Mechanical Race soldier was killed by Li Ze.

"Hoo!"

Li Ze let out a long breath. Although only a few hours had passed from the decisive battle against the Demon Race to the killing of the final Mechanical Race soldier, his nerves had remained in an intensely excited state throughout the entire battle.

After killing all the Mechanical Race soldiers, Li Ze finally relaxed.

From the initial battlefield of his pursuit of the Mechanical Race to his current location, he had traveled more than ten thousand kilometers.

With a wave of his hand, Li Ze collected the remains left behind by the Mechanical Race soldiers and their Spatial Rings. He then turned and flew toward the original battlefield. Every Mechanical Race wreck and fallen Mechanical Puppet along the way was collected into his Spatial Ring.

Since the bodies of these Mechanical Race soldiers were entirely composed of various metals, they could not be refined by the Golden Crow Body Refining Art into Life Energy and absorbed like Demon Race corpses.

However, the metals forming the bodies of these Universe level Mechanical Race generals were all extremely valuable. They were relatively precious metals even at the Universe level and Domain Lord level. Even if they were recycled, refined, and reused, they could still fetch a good price.

He did not spare any Spoils of War along the way, collecting everything.

To be continued

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