Fallen Star Bay.
Huge starships hovered above the sea, like a thousand miles of black clouds pressing down upon it. Even the waves had grown much smaller, as though they dared not rise beneath this immense fleet.
Before the fleet, nine figures stood in the sky, clad in various suits of orange-gold Liquid Metal Battle Armor that shimmered with light. Every one of them was a Level 7 Liquid Metal Battle Emperor.
Though they lacked the surging wills of Heavenly Venerates, their icy auras sent chills through everyone.
Behind them stood thirty or forty liquid metal warriors, their bodies faintly gleaming with purple-gold light, marking every one of them as a Level 6 Liquid Metal Warrior.
They merely stood motionless in the sky, as rigid as iron, yet they placed a crushing pressure on everyone.
Above the land at Falling Star River Bay, Sky Arks floated silently in the air.
Runes flickered across the Sky Arks. A hundred vessels linked together into a Great Array spanning a thousand miles, with a nebula-like mass of energy shrouding the sky across that entire expanse.
Cultivators of the Tianli Sect stood aboard the Sky Arks, their gazes fixed on the opposing force.
An oppressive atmosphere filled heaven and earth, like a powder keg that could explode at any moment.
Before the formation of Sky Arks, more than ten figures stood in the air. Their spiritual resonance harmonized with heaven and earth, and their primordial spirits stirred the void. Every one of them was a True Lord.
True Lord Yunhe, True Lord Huolian of Yuxiao Peak, and True Lord Duanfeng of Yun Que Peak all watched the Mechanical Empire, their expressions grave.
"The Mechanical Empire must be plotting something. They hardly look like they're here to negotiate!"
True Lord Duanfeng frowned, looking impatient. The