Swallowed Star: I Am the Flame Emperor!
Chapter 52

Defense System

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As Qin Cang and Kailun stepped into the passage at the base of the Pyramid, the scene inside gradually revealed itself.

"What?" Kailun was so shocked by what he saw that he could barely speak. "This is F9-grade Metal, Mystic Sun Gold Soul—and it's far superior to that gate. It's been properly engraved with Defense Array Patterns, making it much stronger than ordinary F9-grade Metal. But this passage..."

Qin Cang was equally stunned. What he saw was somewhat unexpected. The long, narrow passage walls were covered with unmistakable marks left by powerful attacks. Great craters had even been smashed into the walls, and they had yet to recover.

This was F9-grade Metal, engraved with numerous Defense Array Patterns. More importantly, it belonged to a Machine Race spaceship, not some other race. Normally, even if a Machine Race spaceship was only F9-class, it would take at least King-level strength to leave marks on it.

Did that mean this Machine Race Marquis had killed a King-level Expert?

"Hiss!"

Qin Cang was rather surprised. They'd struck gold. If this had been another race, he would have simply smiled and paid no further attention to anyone who had slain a King-level Expert while only at the Marquis level.

But this was the Machine Race!

The Machine Race's true combat strength couldn't be judged by their Law Comprehension alone. Anyone who tried to estimate these fellows' real strength based solely on their Law Comprehension would suffer a crushing loss.

The Bug Race was the same. Even if a Bug Race Mother Emperor was only at the World Lord Level, once she deployed her Zerg Legion and completed a charged combined attack, even King-level Experts would find her troublesome.

In truth, every member of the Machine Race was a mechanical army unto themselves. Their actual combat

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