NOVPUBWhether observed with the naked eye or through divine sense,
these gold illusions seemed indistinguishable from real cultivators.
Hard to discern the true from the false.
Hence, in just a short while, the entire sky of the Spirit Tree Realm was filled with the figures of the Golden Armored Cultivators.
And their mission appeared to be not just a simple attack, but to provide detailed reconnaissance of the Spirit Tree Realm for the main force behind them.
"What do you make of these Golden Armors?" Li Fan asked Fang Zaiji indifferently.
After carefully observing for a moment, Fang Zaiji spoke with a somewhat arrogant tone, "They’re just a slightly sophisticated form of deception. I thought the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals had really developed battle armor that could infinitely replicate itself!"
"Just a few probes, and we can dispel the deception and locate their true position!" Fang Zaiji confidently declared.
"It seems that with the technological support from the Celestial Mechanism World, the Spirit Tree Realm in the matter of Refining Tool, has somewhat surpassed the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals." Satisfied with the answer, Li Fan gestured with his hand, indicating that there was no need for Fang Zaiji to probe.
All of a sudden, a massive arc-shaped light sphere enveloping the entire world appeared in the Spirit Tree Heaven and Earth. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
The surface of the light sphere had densely packed metallic stripes constantly changing.
Under the direction of Li Fan, in an instant, it formed numerous menacing gun muzzles.
"Boom!"
The gun muzzles locked onto the Golden Armored Cultivators fluttering across the sky.
Then, countless black light columns fiercely spewed out from them!
In the presence of the black light that carried a scent of annihilation, the Golden Armored Cultivators couldn’t resist at all, and were torn to shreds instantaneously, completely disappearing into the air.
Just one volley of gunfire eradicated a great number of the gold illusions.
This terrifying scene caused the movements of the remaining Golden Armored Cultivators to freeze simultaneously for a moment.
In the midst of their stupor, another round of cannon fire arrived in the blink of an eye.
In the face of the black death light, the Golden Armor was like paper paste, fragile and not at all resilient.
All the golden illusions in the Spirit Tree Realm were completely eradicated.
"Mechanism Fortress, combined with the Cannon of the Heavens’ Rupture modeled after the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals. There’s no need to worry about your fancy deceptions; no matter how many, just annihilate them all."
"This is what they call sheer force overcoming all sorts of cleverness." Li Fan thought to himself.
He casually checked the energy reserves of the Mechanism Fortress.
The Mechanism Fortress had integrated with the Spirit Tree Realm. The countless living corpses continuously practicing the Vital Element Art of the Myriad Beings on the Square, as well as the vast number of cultivators from various Small Worlds, were constantly providing it with Source Force. After a period of accumulation, it had reached an incredibly impressive amount.
Li Fan estimated that a barrage like the one just now could continue for seven days and seven nights without running out.
"Bring out whatever tricks you have next," Li Fan said with eyes full of indifference as he gazed at the constantly fluctuating spatial rift.
After losing two vanguard units in succession, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals also seemed to be much more cautious.
Not taking long to deliberate this time, they finally dispatched their true elite force.
Before their figures even appeared, a torrential killing aura had already reached long distances.
The rift was suddenly stretched much wider, and a skip in Li Fan’s heart led him to immediately activate the defensive feature of the Mechanism Fortress.
In an instant, the arc-shaped light curtain shook violently, ripples running through its patterns. It took a while to neutralize this mysterious impact.
Upon inspection, Li Fan’s eyelids started twitching uncontrollably.
Because the energy storage of the Mechanism Fortress, which was just thought to be more than sufficient, had in the span of a few moments, depleted by a sixth!
And yet, the attacking forces of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals had still not revealed themselves!
"What on Earth!?" Li Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The subordinates of the Spirit Tree Realm also sensed something, their expressions becoming somewhat tense and uneasy.
"Envoy, be careful. The enemy might have already arrived," Liu Ruchen warned in a grave tone.
Before his words had settled, the light screen of the Mechanism Fortress shook violently once more.
This time, the shaking was even more fierce than before, and the brightness of the screen dimmed significantly. Clearly, it had again shielded the Spirit Tree Realm from this unknown enemy’s attack.
Li Fan knew that without the Mechanism Fortress, the Spirit Tree Realm would likely be riddled with holes by now.
However, after two attacks, the people on the side of the Spirit Tree Realm still had no clue as to what kind of existence they were dealing with.
"It is indeed a massive organization that has ruled over half of the Xuanhuang World’s lands. As expected, it has cards I hadn’t discovered despite traversing through several cycles of Reincarnation," Li Fan said, not alarmed but rather delighted in the face of this troublesome enemy.
One could say that, with this discovery, even if the Spirit Tree Realm were to be completely destroyed, it would barely count as worthwhile.
However, the Spirit Tree Realm at present was, after all, a gathering place for many surviving forces from ancient times in the Immortal Cultivation World. It was not really that easy to annihilate.
While everyone was still in a fog, unable to understand the situation, the Daoist of the Hundred Blossoms, after careful observation, made a discovery.
"I seem to have heard of this method of attack from a friend of mine."
"A monstrous beast hidden in the void, that devours the lands of the Immortal Realm Continent for sustenance. Ordinary people cannot see its body; one strike from its claws possesses the power to demolish worlds..."
"If I’m not mistaken, it should be a void giant beast known as the ’Annihilation.’
"In fact, it’s not a true living being. Rather, it’s an autonomous function of certain rules that have materialized in the Star Sea," explained the Daoist of the Hundred Blossoms swiftly to everyone.
"My friend’s world, while drifting in the void during the Great Calamity, had once encountered such a terrifying being’s attack."
"The method of dealing with it is simple. The Annihilation only takes interest in worlds of the Immortal Realm where life exists. It doesn’t notice desolate lands devoid of life at all."
"It just never occurred to me that such a beast, which acts only according to rules, could actually be controlled by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and used against their enemies?"
The Daoist of the Hundred Blossoms, who had initially taken the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals lightly due to their two easy failures, suddenly had a look of grave seriousness in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up.
They then all turned to look at Li Fan.
Concealing the life force of an entire world was not too difficult a task for Li Fan.
After pondering for a moment, under the continuous attacks of the Annihilation Beast, the energy reserve of the Mechanism Fortress, now left with only a third, emitted faint silvery soft lights.
The combined strength of the Mechanism Fortress and the Great Array of the Spirit Tree Realm, just before the protective measures were utterly shattered, finally managed to fade the life force of the whole world.
Everyone held their breath and waited.
After all, dealing with an invisible but fiercely powerful monster like the Annihilation was truly challenging.
Fortunately, the Daoist of the Hundred Blossoms’ guess wasn’t wrong.
Having lost the sense of life force, that terrifying giant beast seemed to have also lost its target to attack.
And with that, the fighting came to a halt.
In the third confrontation, the Spirit Tree Realm won, though barely.
