Li Mu found an excuse to temporarily leave the base. These Precursors had no suspicion whatsoever toward one of their own kind.
After all, appearances could be disguised, but in the Precursors' understanding, no one could fake something like mental contamination.
Li Mu directly released the Phoenix into the magma. Using the magma as cover, the Phoenix immediately headed for the Precursors' royal city. Although his Mental Power was not particularly strong yet, remotely commanding the Phoenix through the Mental Fusion Technique from within the planet was no problem at all.
Several hours later, the Phoenix attacked the Precursors guarding the Pope near the royal city.
And this time, it did not flee after a single strike. Instead, it fought the Kaiju controlled by the Precursors from the surface into the sky before fleeing toward outer space, making it seem as though it intended to escape the Kaiju's pursuit through space. The Precursors who had been preparing to head to Blue Star's forward base immediately changed course.
More than several thousand Level 7 Kaiju, led by several Level 10 Kaiju, began pursuing the Phoenix.
The Phoenix was now in great danger, and Li Mu knew very well that he would have only one chance.
The sixty-nine ambassador-class Precursors whose memories he had erased and whose minds he had brainwashed were released one after another from their Precursor Light Wheels. They then began releasing the dormant Kaiju from their own Precursor Light Wheels. More than seven thousand Level 7 Kaiju, led by a small number of Level 9 and Level 8 Kaiju, launched a direct assault on the base.
There were fewer than twenty Precursors inside the base, leaving them at an absolute disadvantage in both numbers and military strength.
However, a Cardinal was stationed there. Almost immediately, the Cardinal activated