Killing Atkin

"How dare he!"

The others were stunned by what they saw. Just like Philip, all they had seen was the robot vanish from its spot. The next instant, Philip was dead.

If this robot attacked them, everyone present would meet the same fate as Philip. They would all die!

"This robot is definitely on par with a Councilor Level expert, and there are nine more right here. Let's get out of here!"

Watching Black Iron slowly walk back from behind them, Venina and the others did not dare linger. If they stayed, these robots might go berserk and kill them all!

After suffering this setback, Venina and the others sent the information back to the people behind them.

These War Gods were merely following orders. The true masterminds were those lofty Councilor Level experts.

"You've all received the intelligence, haven't you? That man has no intention of sharing with us!"

A group of councilors gathered in secret, led by Atkin, the Fifth Councilor of the War God Palace.

The forces at Li Xin's disposal were simply too terrifying. Their investigations had already uncovered as many as thirty robots with Councilor Level strength. Faced with such an enormous force, they did not dare confront Li Xin directly.

After all, there were only a little over fifty councilors in the entire world.

"The War God Palace forbids War God Level experts from killing one another. Even someone who commits a capital offense must be handed over to the War God Palace for judgment. Hong established that rule."

"Now that Philip is dead, Hong naturally has to step in."

Atkin had no intention of taking the lead himself, so he thought of having Hong, Earth's strongest man, intervene.

"Latest news: plant spirits have appeared on Mist Island on the Australian Continent!"

But just as they were about to put this plan into action, news of the plant spirits arrived. They immediately forgot about Li Xin and set off for the Australian Continent.

Compared with external assets like robots, they preferred plant spirits that could improve their own strength.

"At last, I've mastered the first level of the secret technique Star Annihilation!"

Li Xin controlled the Star Annihilation Circle's 111 small golden swords, assembling them into a five-pointed star. It dented the shield of a B9 Grade Mechanical Puppet and sent the puppet flying tens of thousands of meters.

"It's time to improve my own strength, too!"

After finishing his secret technique training, he began drawing energy from the Eternal Divine Furnace's main furnace to increase his strength.

Ever since China's military had purchased a large number of robots, it had begun hunting monsters on a massive scale. Li Xin had installed a subsidiary furnace of the Eternal Divine Furnace inside every robot.

Whenever those robots recharged, Li Xin drew ten percent of the energy in their subsidiary furnaces into the main furnace. As a result, he had accumulated a tremendous amount of energy in just a few days.

Although this was much slower than accumulating energy on Mars, it had the advantage of being a steady, continuous supply.

As he steadily absorbed the Eternal Divine Furnace's energy, Li Xin's strength continued to rise. In just half a day, he advanced from planetary level two to planetary level four.

This rate of improvement was far faster than even the Virtual Universe Company's Nutrient Pods, and it caused him no side effects whatsoever.

"Hmm? Plant spirits have appeared on the Australian Continent? Looks like Luo Feng has reached Mist Island."

Reading the message Jia Yi had sent him, Li Xin finally remembered that events had already reached this point.

He immediately stopped absorbing energy and flew toward Mist Island. He wanted the Yunmo Star Ship's legacy as well.

The legacy aboard the Yunmo Star Ship suited Li Xin better than that of the Machine Race Immortal. After all, Hu Yanbo was a human Immortal, while the Machine Race Immortal was an alien!

"Li Xin, brain domain width: 66. This guy definitely isn't a normal Earthling. A normal Earthling could never control that Machine Race Immortal's spaceship, let alone develop the Machine Race's Mechanical Puppets!"

"I absolutely can't let him discover me. If he uses those unfathomable methods to take control of the Yunmo Star Ship, I'll be in serious trouble!"

The moment Li Xin arrived on Mist Island, Babata, buried deep underground, detected him.

But Babata knew everything Li Xin had done on Earth. Even with Li Xin's extraordinary talent, Babata had no intention of choosing him as the inheritor of the Yunmo Star Ship.

After all, Li Xin had obtained an Immortal Level Machine Race spaceship. Who knew whether it contained some means of dealing with an intelligent life like Babata? For the sake of both survival and the Yunmo Star Ship's legacy, Babata did not want to take the risk.

"This Luo Feng is pretty good. His talent is far inferior to Li Xin's, but at least he's normal. I'll observe him a little longer!"

Although Babata had taken a liking to Luo Feng, Li Xin's presence raised the risk of exposure, so Babata did not choose a time to approach Luo Feng.

At that moment, in the skies above Mist Island, numerous War Gods and councilors were watching Hong battle the cloud-touching vine.

"That's Councilor Li Xin! He's actually shown up!"

Suddenly, Councilor Fal looked toward a figure flying in from the distance and immediately recognized Li Xin.

Countless people had been trying to find Li Xin lately, hoping to obtain his advanced technology, but he had never shown his face. Who would have thought he would appear of his own accord this time?

"Li Xin, you killed Philip and violated the War God Palace's rules, yet you still dare show up here? Have you come to turn yourself in?"

As Atkin watched Li Xin approach, he could not conceal the greed in his eyes.

If he could capture this man and force him to hand over those advanced technologies and Ruin No. 1, which was suspected to be a spaceship, he might be able to defeat Hong and Thunder God and become the strongest man on Earth!

Councilor Fal and the other councilors watched in tacit agreement. They, too, coveted Li Xin's secrets.

"It seems the power I've shown was too weak. Now every nobody thinks they can bark at me!"

The moment the newly arrived Li Xin heard Atkin's words, he recognized him. In the original story, this man had been cowardly when faced with the Golden Horned Beast, yet utterly ruthless toward the families of Earth's heroes.

Li Xin therefore felt no pity for him whatsoever.

In an instant, the 111 small golden swords assembled into a three-foot golden blade, which shot toward Atkin with lightning speed.

It moved faster than Atkin's nerves could react.

Atkin clearly saw a streak of golden light coming at him, and his body dodged as quickly as it could.

But in that instant, his heart had already been pierced!

"How could this happen? My Black God Set actually..."

Atkin lowered his head in disbelief and looked at his pierced heart. He was wearing a Black God Set, yet even that had failed to stop the strike!

At that moment, he was filled with regret. Why had he failed to suppress his greed? Why had he provoked someone whose strength he knew nothing about?

But no matter how much he regretted it, he could not change the fact that he was about to die.