Fang Mo followed through the void. After the Mechanical Empire's carrier aircraft flew a thousand li, an enormous fortress appeared amid the mountains ahead.
Energy Cannons stood atop dark gray metal walls. Tall buildings crowded the fortress, aircraft threaded between them, and numerous carriers flew in and out.
Fighting continued outside the fortress, with thunderous booms ringing out from time to time. Energy blasts fired from within, annihilating any Mutant Beasts that approached.
In terms of offense and defense, the Mechanical Empire's fortresses had an advantage over those of the Tianli Sect. Their intelligent defense and weapon control systems were indeed more convenient; virtually no Mutant Beast could reach the foot of the fortress walls.
He came no closer. He was still a hundred li away, yet he sensed a faint threat from within the fortress.
The fortress had activated spatial interference equipment. He would likely be detected if he approached, so he did not send out his primordial spirit to investigate.
His objective this time was to find that giant phoenix.
He quietly withdrew, circled around the fortress, and headed in the direction he sensed.
In the Black Flame Mountain Range, he occasionally spotted the Mechanical Empire's expeditionary mech squads fighting Mutant Beasts. But the beasts here were powerful, and the Mechanical Empire had not gained much of an advantage.
He saw that the Mechanical Empire had even deployed forbidden weapons in some places, leaving numerous scars across the mountains.
However, this only drove the Mutant Beasts into a greater frenzy. The energy produced by those forbidden weapons also fueled their evolution, allowing more beasts to devour it and evolve, even developing new domain powers.
The Thousand Illusions True Scripture left behind by True Lord Qianhuan proved immensely helpful to Fang Mo. He could assume any guise, even that