Chapter 2224 - 15: Era Worm, 150 Million Contribution Points?! (Part 3)

Chapter 2224: Chapter 15: Era Worm, 150 Million Contribution Points?! (Part 3)

Liu Fang Country was a vassal state of the Empire; this was also the border where the Demon Race and the Empire met. The famed Demon Suppression Pass had been established with Liu Fang Country as its center, and Cloud Sky Dao had once earned merit here.

Upon arriving here, Zhao Xing was already able to sense the avatar he had stored within the Empire’s territory.

"Chaos has broken out in Liu Fang Country."

Zhao Xing looked at the layered Star Sky Ring Land; all the Void Passages had already been closed.

Within the array, many people were being hunted down by Mechanical Puppets.

"Who knows how long it will take the Empire to restore order to the Artifact Spirit system." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Even just a few minutes of shutdown and chaos could bring terrifying calamity.

The longer the delay, the more horrific the damage.

"Stop!"

Before activating Teleportation, Zhao Xing spread his Jiezhi Realm over the entire Liu Fang Country, freezing all the Mechanical Puppets in place.

Yet in the Dao of Mechanism he was an outsider as well—he could only immobilize them, not destroy all the Artifact Spirits. Before knowing what functions these Artifact Spirits served, blindly destroying them was not a good idea.

"Emperor Liu Fang, do you recognize me?" Zhao Xing appeared before the Liu Fang Country Lord.

At this moment he was being besieged by seven silver Mechanical Puppets. These Mechanical Puppets were like clumps of liquid, shifting at times into forms of the Demon Race, at times into forms of the Human Clan.

But once Zhao Xing descended, they solidified completely, unable to move.

"I pay homage to Minister of Agriculture Zhao." Emperor Liu Fang fell to his knees.

Before Zhao Xing could ask, Emperor Liu Fang tearfully cried out in panic:

"Minister of Agriculture Zhao, we have never betrayed the Empire, never once."

"Why would the Town Gate Artifact Spirit of the Empire designate our Liu Fang Country as an enemy?"

Zhao Xing fell silent. Since even his Star Mirror had malfunctioned, then in vassal dynasties like Liu Fang Country the problem was likely far worse.

"What just happened?"

"The Town Gate Artifact Spirit sent out powerful Mechanical Puppets to slaughter the elite of our Liu Fang Country..."

Emperor Liu Fang recounted in grief.

"It was too sudden—ten thousand of my Liu Fang Country’s strong ones were executed in an instant by the Thunder Realm Net and Slaughter Realm Net."

"And seven Daluo Heavenly Soldiers deployed from the Town Gate Arsenal to surround and kill me..."

As Emperor Liu Fang recalled it now, it was as though he were trapped in a nightmare.

"Emperor Liu Fang, I can leave behind an avatar to help you clean up the aftermath."

Zhao Xing did not understand the inner workings here, but since Emperor Liu Fang recognized him, that meant he was normal, so Zhao Xing left behind an avatar to help him deal with the mess.

He did not share his own speculations with Emperor Liu Fang, for fear of triggering even greater panic.

"First protect yourself. Gather up as much of the Empire’s elite as you can, wait here for new orders. Remember—you must heed human commands, not the Artifact Spirits."

With that said, Zhao Xing’s true body activated Teleportation.

...

After Teleportation was triggered, Zhao Xing did not appear in the Primordial Realm, but under a pale-blue starry sky.

At this moment, he stood on the right bank of the Guluo River, atop a small piece of Star Land.

Nearby there were many in the God Realm; Zhao Xing counted and found there were as many as thirty-six.

Of those he knew, there were Heart God General Qi Luo, Martial God Yan Ao, and another Mechanical God, ’Qi Yuan’, as well as Sword God ’Kuang Meng’.

Zhao Xing glanced at the Guluo River—astonishingly, even the Guluo River had already become a Free God General!

Behind these God Realm experts stood a large number of Demigods, such as Five Poison, Meng Wu...

Everyone’s gaze was fixed ahead. Directly before them hung a dazzling Mechanical Planet, now displaying one half red and one half blue.

The two types of fluctuations each occupied a hemisphere; around the planet, vast floods of Mechanical Puppets and Daoist Soldiers were clashing.

Craft God Qi Yuan was at the side of the Mechanical Planet, and only he was close enough to it.

Zhao Xing swallowed hard. This should be where the Empire’s most powerful Divine Artifact—the true body of the Dayan Divine Weapon—was located.

The turbulent waves ahead were all blocked by the Craft God, yet even observing from this distance still shook Zhao Xing’s soul.

"Senior Gu, this..."

The Dayan Divine Weapon had indeed gone wrong—but what was the cause?

The Guluo River glanced at the returned true body of Zhao Xing and shook his head.

"The Great Emperor is not in the current spacetime. The nine Artifact Spirits split off from the Dayan Divine Weapon all suffered abnormalities fifteen minutes ago."

"Zifang and Chen Jiu attacked each other, and even marked me as an enemy."

"Two Red Star Divine Soldiers from the Primordial Realm ambushed me and destroyed Seaweed City... Only by breaking through to become a Free God did I escape disaster." The Guluo River’s expression was dark.

"Qi Yuan Divine General rushed over, only then suppressing the Dayan Divine Weapon’s further rampage."

"The Heavenly Master Mansion is conducting deductions as well, but for now they still haven’t found the cause."

Zhao Xing’s heart clenched; he had not expected even the Guluo River to be targeted.

Seaweed City had been destroyed, and the Guluo River forced to become a Free God General—this was a calamity without precedent.

"Senior, I have an important matter to report." Zhao Xing suddenly made connections.

"Speak."

"On my way back..." Zhao Xing recounted the journey to Bowa Star Land and Qing Yu Zi’s warning.

"What did you say?" At this moment, on the other side, a middle-aged man wearing the Taishi Magic Robe and crowned with the Taishi Crown, his Divine Power blazing, suddenly flashed into place before Zhao Xing.

"Historical Book Worm? Are you certain?"

"Reporting to Starfire Divine General—this enlightenment came to me from the Qingyu God. I cannot be certain; it is only my own conjecture." Zhao Xing knew this was the highest leader of Star Fire, and a Free God who cultivated the Chronicle of history.

"I understand." Starfire Divine General immediately flew out, heading straight for that Mechanical Planet.

And as Starfire Divine General drew near, the entire Mechanical Planet suddenly began to swell rapidly.