Chapter 828
Formidable Enemy
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Spatial turbulence, powerful enough to annihilate some tenth-tier powerhouses, roamed freely here.
If Jiang Shu and Zhan Feng hadn't restrained themselves, and if the venerable ones watching hadn't intervened to protect them, the surrounding trading planets would probably have been crushed into dust by now.
A violent collision erupted.
Two colossal axes, each as large as a mountain, collided, shaking the universe and releasing a terrifying aura.
The void trembled violently as a figure was sent flying backward, crashing into a distant planet like a streak of light.
Almost instantly, a deserted and desolate planet was pierced through, and the figure flew away into the distance.
Meanwhile, as the aftershocks of the battle slowly dissipated, Jiang Shu stood calmly in place, a slight smile on his lips.
"It seems that what I gained from this seclusion was still a bit lacking. I'll cultivate some more and try again."
Jiang Shu chuckled. He had fought Zhan Feng many times, but each time it was just a friendly spar.
Although Zhan Feng's strength is currently far inferior to his.
But having come from a battle alliance, he still has some insights that he can ponder and refer to.
As for this result, none of the venerable ones watching the battle showed any surprise.
After all, in a sense, Jiang Shu was no longer a newly promoted Venerable.
Even many veteran masters are no match for Jiang Shu.
Only the most powerful and respected figures could possibly suppress Jiang Shu.
Moreover, given the current situation, no one knows what trump card Jiang Shu is hiding.
Even those at the late stage of the Venerable realm were no match for him.
“Vice Alliance Leader, your son has been sent flying.”
Elder Lei chuckled and spoke.
Hearing this, Zhan Jiuxiao just rolled his eyes at the old man: "So what if they flew away? It's not like they can't come back. Alright, everyone, get out of here."
After these words were spoken, the venerable ones who had been watching the spectacle slowly departed.
At the same time, it also included some Zerg and Mech Lords.
"senior."
Jiang Shu greeted them and then strode over.
Zhan Jiuxiao nodded slightly: "It's been a while since we last met, and your cultivation has improved quite a bit. I wonder how it would be if we were to fight?"
Hearing this, Jiang Shu had no fighting spirit and joked, "You are a senior, why bother with me?"
"Oh? I can't stand up for my son?"
Seeing that Jiang Shu's expression remained unchanged, Zhan Jiuxiao shook his head and then said:
"Hehehe... Alright, I'm not joking with you anymore."
"Come with me first. You've been in seclusion these past few days, so there are some things you might not know."
"it is good."
Jiang Shu nodded immediately.
Soon, he followed Zhan Jiuxiao toward the direction where the torch was located.
However, when he saw what was under the torch, his expression became extremely strange.
Beneath the magnificent torch now stands a simulated head suspended in the air, composed of countless precision mechanical parts and data cables.
The head was incredibly detailed, and at this moment it seemed to sense Jiang Shu's presence, slowly raising its head, with a faint red light shining from its eyes.
"Hello, Venerable Jiangshu."
Jiang Shu's expression immediately became quite strange.
Because the person in front of him was none other than the mechanical mother he had seen before, who was guarding the outside.
Do not!
It is not the mechanical mother body itself, but a fragment of the mechanical mother body's consciousness.
At the same time, a voice transmission reached Jiang Shu's ears.
"The situation of the Machine Race is very complicated right now, and an internal investigation is underway, so the Machine Mother has specially dispatched its clone to oversee the situation."
"And there's more than one. Besides this one, there's another person coordinating the entire trading system and performing calculations."
Zhan Jiuxiao spoke calmly.
The mechanical matrix has arrived?
Jiang Shu realized the subtlety of the problem.
The mechanical race has more than one mechanical mother, some of whom are at the level of saints and others at the level of venerables.
However, this structure did indeed make many other races feel strange, because whether they were at the Saint level or the Venerable level, the status of these mechanical matrices was roughly the same.
This is extremely bizarre for other races, including humans.
The reason is simple: the difference between a saint and a venerable one is enormous.
In a sense, a saint could easily kill a venerable one with just the flick of a finger.
Whether they are saints or Dao lords and demon lords from another realm, they are all extremely powerful beings, even on a cosmic scale.
The two sides are practically not on the same level.
However, the Mech race is an exception.
"And now that two mechanical mothers have arrived, it seems that the mechanical race is taking the situation here very seriously."
Jiang Shu was pondering to himself at this moment.
However, if he were a high-ranking member of the machine race, he would definitely intervene.
After all, the Doomsday Cult's series of contingency plans for the Machine Race were all coming to fruition at this moment, and everyone knew that this would be the area that the opponent valued most.
Although the Machine Race prioritizes rational analysis, it doesn't mean they won't seek revenge.
"I have seen the mechanical matrix."
Jiang Shu spoke up.
"Hello, I'm very sorry about the electrical issue."
The mechanical entity spoke in a gentle female voice, saying, "Our mechanical race will provide appropriate compensation."
"It's alright, fortunately nothing serious happened, and we even gained something."
Jiang Shu spoke up, "By the way, are you suppressing the torch here?"
"Yes."
The mechanical mother avatar spoke, "During your seclusion, two Venerable Ones were imprisoned in this dungeon. When the torch is about to go out, we will use them as fuel."
"In addition, the insect hunters you captured earlier are also imprisoned here, using the time and space force fields emitted by the torches to keep them in captivity."
"I see……"
Jiang Shu seemed to be deep in thought.
There is no doubt that a torch needs firewood.
However, it is especially difficult when the firewood needed is from a venerable being.
"Senior, have we been able to learn anything from that insect hunter?"
Jiang Shu asked curiously.
Insect Hunter had once told him that the opponent was a Destruction Grandmaster specifically created to deal with the insect race. Even though he had fought the opponent several times, Jiang Shu was still quite curious about the opponent's methods and strength.
After all, he subdued his opponent by using time and space techniques that the opponent was completely unfamiliar with, without resorting to other means to engage in direct combat.
Upon hearing these words, the mechanical matrix avatar spoke up:
“We went through multiple rounds of testing, a total of eighty-seven rounds, each round using different laws and methods.”
"Several key characteristics of the Zerg Hunter have been discovered. One of them is that it can destroy genetic material and read genetic information, and directly obtain the evolutionary data accumulated by the Zerg."
"Secondly, the Insect Hunter can also create clones, and these clones can be almost perfectly concealed as insectoid creatures, and can then parasitize and control them."
"Thirdly, Zerg hunting can isolate a Zerg from other Zerg by isolating the group network and the various connections of pheromones."
……
A gentle female voice rang out, and Jiang Shu listened silently.
The methods and characteristics that Zerg Hunter has detected so far are all specific targets for the Zerg.
This is truly terrifying.
The Zerg are a terrifying race that are naturally adapted to most environments, reproduce at an extremely fast rate, have a high degree of specialization, have strong individuals that constantly evolve, and possess an almost perfect collective will... and so on.
These characteristics combined are enough to make these insectoids comparable to the machine races, making them one of the two dominant races in the outer universe.
The abilities that Insect Hunter is currently demonstrating are almost exclusively designed to counter all of the Zerg's special techniques.
This is absolutely terrifying!
Just as he was feeling surprised, the mechanical matrix spoke again.
"After a unanimous discussion among the three races, and after completing the experiment, we directly crippled Insect Hunter's cultivation and power, reducing her to the most ordinary life form."
"However, even so, her power still flows out continuously, and it is impossible to completely cut it off or isolate her from the outside in terms of time and space."
"The current decision is to implement long-term containment and suppression."
"I see……"
Jiang Shu took a deep breath and nodded slightly.
If it were up to him to make the judgment, he would probably place the person under house arrest or confine them before execution could be carried out.
"Is the Insect Hunter currently below?"
“That’s right, we will never release it. Even if the torch goes out, that monster won’t be able to break through in a short time.”
Zhan Jiuxiao spoke up from the side at this moment.
Upon hearing these words, Jiang Shu nodded slightly.
"Since the containment has been safely secured, I don't need to ask any more questions."
Immediately afterward, Jiang Shu and Zhan Jiuxiao left the torch's range. Jiang Shu took a deep breath and asked, "Is there anything else you need me to do?"
"This matter is not urgent for now."
Zhan Jiuxiao immediately waved his hand, "I don't think there's anything you need to do. The rest are just some trivial matters. As for things that require the Venerable's help, it's not necessarily up to you."
"You have already become a symbol, so it's best not to make any rash moves."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly, naturally understanding the meaning behind those words.
Just as he was pondering this, he suddenly raised his head and turned to look in the direction of the torch.
At this moment, not only him, but also Zhan Jiuxiao beside him was looking in that direction.
The reason for this was that the torch's light was faintly emitting a reddish hue.
red!
This is not a malfunction, but a warning.
This is a warning that danger is approaching!
At this moment, the one controlling the torch is the mechanical mother.
"what happened?"
Almost instantly, Jiang Shu and Zhan Jiuxiao rushed to the bottom of the torch.
"An unexpected energy level has just emerged from the subspace and has reached the peak of the Venerable realm, a true top-tier Venerable. Most of the mechanical equipment deployed on the periphery has been completely destroyed, including a mechanical race Venerable."
Upon hearing these words, Jiang Shu and Zhan Jiuxiao exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.
The fact that he could instantly kill a mechanical race venerable, and that the aura he exuded was undetectable to them, meant that he was definitely not simple.
"Let's go take a look..."
Almost immediately, the two Venerables set off, their bodies surging with laws that were almost extremely intense.
At this very moment, in addition to them, many Venerables from the Mingkuang Star Sector also appeared and headed in that direction.
They immediately rushed there, and soon saw the distant subspace, where a vast expanse of dark color spread out.
An aura of destruction spread, like a surging black tide, devouring everything.
Before this black tide, everything seemed about to be swallowed up.
Planetary fragments, warship wreckage, and other such objects, after being invaded by the terrifying black tide, immediately seemed to be given life and began to gradually move.
"This is……"
Jiang Shu's pupils suddenly contracted as he sensed an aura of destruction far exceeding what he had detected in the insect hunter that day.
This is a destructive practitioner in the later stages of a Venerable One's life.
It was even much stronger than the Fenwu he had seen that day.
"They've come with ill intentions..."
Zhan Jiuxiao murmured.
At this moment, the powerful members of the Zerg and the Machine race also gathered here, all looking at the chaotic scene in the distance with great surprise.
The surging black tide seemed poised to engulf them and even the entire galaxy.
"Could he be one of those old monsters who has remained at the late-stage Venerable realm for countless years? Such an existence is only slightly weaker in comprehending the laws of time; otherwise, he could potentially become a Saint!"
Blood Scythe spoke.
In some ways, the gap between the later stages of a Venerable One's cultivation is even greater than the gap between the early and later stages.
After all, reaching the late stage of the Venerable realm means being among the most powerful beings in the universe, possessing countless life-extending items, and being able to infinitely extend one's lifespan.
Although he has not yet reached the realm of a sage, he is constantly getting closer.
At this moment, the immense power surging forth from the raging tide is clearly the same as this.
Jiang Shu's gaze was intense, fixed intently on the entity within the raging tide.
At the same time, many powerful figures took action, either by isolating space or by using other laws, in an attempt to create a protective barrier around them.
However, the so-called protection cracked open when it approached the raging tide, as if it could not withstand the terrifying power.
Just as the black tide approached the dangerous position and everyone was about to make a move, a cold and indifferent voice suddenly rang out from within the black tide.
"Hand over the Insect Hunter, and I may spare your lives for now."
Hand over the Insect Hunter?
The venerable ones who knew the inside story exchanged glances, and then they all saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Was the other party here because of that monster?
Upon hearing those words, Blood Scythe immediately exclaimed, "No, we absolutely cannot hand that monster over to him!"
"Otherwise, who knows if that monster specifically targeting my Zerg would spread throughout the universe."
Without the slightest hesitation, Blood Scythe chose to refuse.
He even looked at the many powerful figures present and said, "My insect race will never accept this."
"Don't worry, we won't compromise so easily."
Zhan Jiuxiao nodded slightly, reassuring his ally. (End of Chapter)