"At last, he's dead." Nio looked at the Imperial Prime Minister, now reduced to a heap of flesh. His own body was covered in damage.
After swallowing an unknown bead, the man had briefly recovered to his peak state and gained some bizarre regenerative ability.
So Nio had not truly killed him. The man's body had reached its limit and collapsed on its own.
Even so, Nio had paid an enormous price. The Imperial Prime Minister's strength had placed him among the tiny handful at the very top of the Empire.
If the battle had lasted any longer, Nio would have been the one to die.
He was indeed a Mechanoid, and under certain conditions, possessed Undying Immortality. Unfortunately, those conditions were not present now.
After carrying out some simple repairs on himself, he decisively fled.
Staying here any longer would certainly be extremely dangerous. If not for the need to kill the great threat that was the Imperial Prime Minister, Nio would never have chosen to take such a risk.
As he left, his mind began deducing the chain of changes that had led to this point.
His target was quickly locked onto Lu Xingshi.
First, during that previous meeting, his head really had been knocked off. That matched what Lu Xingshi had said about coming over to give him a big slap.
A coincidence? Nio had a mechanical brain, not an iron lump. His mind was not that poor.
Combined with the fact that the other party had spared him and even given him a name, it was certain that Lu Xingshi had known Nio was Fate's Favored the moment he saw him.
Nio knew his own circumstances. How could he lack an intelligence network? Coupled with the Empire's actions toward him, confirming his identity was no difficult