Chapter 153: The Movements of the Ancestral Divine City (Third Update)

"Hmm?"

"Hunting immortal gods and turning them into puppets?"

"Combining living beings with machinery... This method is somewhat reminiscent of the Prison Clan's technology..."

The Primal Chaos City Leader let out a series of sighs.

However, when he witnessed Jiang Chen's grand actions in the 'Abandoned Land', the Primal Chaos City Leader could not help but widen his eyes: "This kid is actually stripping the terrain bare in a trial world?! With such large-scale mining, how many resources is he going to dig up?!"

"Tsk tsk, this move is ruthless enough! An expanse of land like that—he's harvesting at least several hundred million Hundun units of resources, right?"

"Hmm? No."

"Since this kid is making so many immortal puppets, could it be that he wants to control the entire planet and take away all its resources?!"

"Good grief, he's started large-scale resource extraction on the other continent as well."

"This kid isn't actually planning to hollow out the entire planet, is he?"

Imagining this possibility, the Primal Chaos City Leader felt numb all over.

Should he abort Jiang Chen's task trial?

That didn't seem quite appropriate.

It was only a possibility, not an actual offense yet; it wasn't enough to warrant such drastic measures.

After pondering for a long time, the Primal Chaos City Leader sent out an email, instructing one of his disciples to keep an eye on Jiang Chen's actions on Planet Visca.

Normal resource gathering was fine.

However, if it exceeded a certain limit and caused severe damage to the entire ecosystem of Planet Visca, it had to be stopped immediately.

To put it bluntly, trial planets of this caliber all possessed astonishingly valuable special outputs.

The resources yielded by these special outputs were infinitely more valuable than the meager mineral veins inside the planet.

Destroying a mission world just for some resources—killing the goose that laid the golden eggs—was something the Five Great Powers would never allow.

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On the other side.

Jiang Chen was unaware of the attention he was receiving from the Primal Chaos City Leader.

Over seven months later, he finally gathered enough resources to convert all 92 immortal god corpses into immortal puppets.

By this point, the number of immortal puppets in Jiang Chen's possession had exceeded one hundred.

Among them were 52 immortal puppets with a 150 to 200-fold gene level, and 64 immortal puppets with a 1-fold gene level.

Coupled with the Void Dragon Mecha.

The core combat strength of the mechanical legion alone consisted of 117 immortal-tier combatants.

This was still without calculating the bonuses from 'Mechanical Affinity' and 'Mecha Power Overload'.

Unfortunately, out of the 116 immortal puppets, almost all of them were ordinary immortals.

Only two had mastered the undying body during their lifetimes and reached the level of 'Immortal Army Lord', and both of those were corpses excavated from the Ancestral God Tombs.

Even with his combat advantage, Jiang Chen had no way to prevent an immortal who had truly mastered the undying body from self-destructing and leaving behind an intact corpse.

Moreover, after being crafted into immortal puppets, the trait of the 'undying body' could not be retained.

However, after being turned into puppets, the divine body defense of the immortal puppets was even superior to what it had been in life, so it could not be said that their combat strength had decreased.

"117 immortal combatants, plus a mechanical legion of half a million—surely that's enough to sweep through Ancestral God City, right?"

Jiang Chen had long been impatient to launch an attack on Ancestral God City.

Only by pacifying Ancestral God City and completely clearing out the resistance forces on this planet could Jiang Chen safely scatter his mechanical army and large-scale exploit the planet's resources.

Of course, that group of immortal gods inside Ancestral God City were also prey Jiang Chen had long set his sights on.

Judging from the strength of the immortals guarding the Ancestral God Tombs, these 51 immortal gods inside Ancestral God City most likely had all consumed 'Blood God Fruits' and possessed gene levels exceeding a hundred times.

Whether they were turned into puppets to strengthen the mechanical legion's combat effectiveness, or their 'Blood God Fruits' were extracted and sold, it would be an astonishingly valuable resource.

"Master, the immortals in Ancestral God City are making a move!" Jarvis suddenly announced.

"What's going on?" Jiang Chen immediately walked over to the giant screen and commanded, "Pull up the satellite imagery and track their movements."

On the giant screen, satellite footage instantly appeared.

An area spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers around Ancestral God City was entirely within the satellite's surveillance.

A team composed of immortal gods flew out from Ancestral God City, heading straight in the direction of the 'Ancestral God Tombs' at an astonishing speed.

At the level of immortal gods, they could largely ignore the powerful gravity of Planet Visca.

Flying at full speed, it would only take a few days to circle the entire planet.

Even though the two continents were separated by a vast distance, flying from Ancestral God City to the Ancestral God Tombs would only take two or three days.

At this speed, when it came to short-distance travel, it already rivaled most spaceships in the universe.

"According to energy reaction calculations, there are 12 immortal gods in this team. Judging by their trajectory, there is a 37.2% probability that their destination is the Ancestral God Tombs," Jarvis reported swiftly.

"Nearly forty percent probability—that's quite high," Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

Through satellite surveillance, Jiang Chen could be certain that technological communication methods definitely did not exist among the natives of this planet.

Across the entire planet, Jiang Chen had not detected any electromagnetic signals or communication traces from other technological systems that did not belong to his own mechanical legion.

As for supernatural systems...

There were simply too many communication methods for them to be monitored comprehensively.

As for how Ancestral God City discovered that something had happened at the Ancestral God Tombs, Jiang Chen had no interest in investigating deeply.

However, judging by the fact that Ancestral God City had only dispatched twelve immortal gods, they presumably had no idea what had actually transpired at the Ancestral God Tombs.

If they truly knew, they would either have closed their gates and stayed put or dispatched their entire force; it would be utterly impossible to make such a divided deployment.

"That works out well, actually," Jiang Chen revealed a trace of a smile. "If over fifty immortals had gathered together, there would bound to be a few powerhouses among them, which might have caused me some trouble. By splitting up like this, they'll just be picked off by me one by one."

"Master, should we dispatch the mechanical legion to intercept and kill them?" Jarvis asked.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and quickly made his decision: "Have the mechanical legion come with me. Leave behind the necessary forces to protect the base and the mining area, and take the rest. After consuming this vanguard force, as long as the losses aren't too heavy, we'll directly attack Ancestral God City!"

"Understood, Master."

Jarvis quickly reported a string of data: "If we retain only the minimum force required to maintain security and the stability of the occupied zone, we need to leave behind 22,000 [Gundam] mechas, and the rest can all be taken along. However, I will need to split off a sub-intelligence to remain at the base."

"Do it. Prepare as quickly as possible and set off immediately," Jiang Chen ordered.

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The efficiency of the mechanical legion was still very high.

Transport spaceships were dispatched one after another, and in less than a day, the mechanical forces scattered across various regions had finished assembling and were stored by Jiang Chen inside his world ring.

Jarvis left a sub-intelligence behind at the base to 'guard the home'.

Jiang Chen's true body and clone set off together, leading the bulk of the mechanical army to meet the immortal squad dispatched by Ancestral God City.

Five days later, the two sides intersected in the airspace above the ocean between the two continents.

When the twelve immortals saw the warship charging at high speed toward their group, expressions of grave solemnity appeared on every one of their faces.

Technological weapons, otherworldly beings.

These two keywords immediately made them realize what had happened over at the lost-contact Ancestral God Tombs.

On Planet Visca, due to its special environment, communication was extremely inconvenient.

Only a very few specially refined treasures could communicate across vast distances.

Such treasures numbered only a few sets across the entire Planet Visca, used for communication between Ancestral God City and the foreign-stationed immortal gods.

Moreover, because they were very troublesome to use, such contacts usually took place at fixed times.

Starting a little over a year ago, the immortal gods stationed in various regions successively lost contact with Ancestral God City, causing a slight turbulence among the higher-ups within the city.

If it were just a few ordinary foreign-stationed immortals or patrolling immortals losing contact, that would still be a minor matter.

After all, the time span was short.

Even if more people lost contact, it didn't necessarily mean something had happened; it could be due to periodic changes in the planet's environment causing communication failures.

Such situations had occurred in past history.

However, when the Ancestral God Tombs also lost contact, these powerhouses within Ancestral God City could no longer sit still.

After barely waiting for over half a year, they finally decided to dispatch an immortal team to investigate and see what had happened at the Ancestral God Tombs.

This team was sent to investigate the Ancestral God Tombs.

However, when a spaceship that clearly belonged to otherworldly beings arrived ahead to block their path, all twelve of these immortals realized that investigation was no longer necessary.

The Ancestral God Tombs, along with the other foreign-stationed and patrolling immortals meeting their demise, was definitely inseparable from these otherworldly beings!

"The Ancestral God Tombs were guarded by thirty-five ancestral gods, yet they couldn't stop the attacks of the otherworldly beings. There is no way we can win!"

"Bachin, your speed is the fastest—return immediately and report back!"

"The rest of you, with me! Use our lives to stall the enemy and buy an opportunity for Bachin!"

"Bachin, tell the Lord God that the otherworldly beings who have descended this time are extremely powerful!"

The leading immortal, gripping a long saber, immediately issued a rapid-fire series of orders.

There was no hesitation.

Even 'Bachin', who had been explicitly named and ordered to retreat, directly transformed into a stream of light in an attempt to escape.

The rest of the immortals, including the leading one, stepped forward one after another, erupting with their most formidable attacks as they charged toward the warship carrying Jiang Chen.

Inside the spaceship, witnessing this scene, Jiang Chen revealed a hint of surprise. "They really are decisive enough. Unfortunately, I can't let you escape!"

The next moment, Jiang Chen's figure abruptly appeared outside the spaceship.

The Void Dragon Mecha and the Warp Arbiter appeared successively beside Jiang Chen.

"Static Field!"

"Phase Shift!"

To ensure maximum results, Jiang Chen did not hesitate to activate his ultimate moves right from the start.

Space instantly stagnated, and the Void Dragon Mecha transformed into a streak of light, continuously shuttling through space to strike down the immortal gods who had been frozen in place.

That human-headed, snake-tailed immortal who had attempted to escape first failed to break free from the range of the Static Field either; bound by space, his head was cleanly severed by the dragon wings of the Void Dragon Mecha.

For powerhouses at the Domain Lord level and above, the head was not necessarily an absolute vital point.

However, as long as they had not mastered the 'undying body', even immortals possessed a 'vital point'.

The location of this vital point depended on where the immortal god's core consciousness resided.

Under normal circumstances, most flesh-and-blood lifeforms still habitually kept their main consciousness within their skulls.

Anyway, it wasn't too late to transfer it when danger struck.

However, spatial confinement was not merely an external restraint.

Inside the body, including the soul, everything was completely locked down.

Although the mind could still function, it was merely function and nothing more.

Of course, once an undying body was attained, killing them became extremely difficult.

It required attacks far exceeding the limits of their endurance, repeatedly hammering away to deplete their divine body.

Alternatively, one could directly obliterate the opponent's soul through soul attacks.

Regardless of the method, given Jiang Chen's current strength, it was very difficult to prevent the enemy from self-destructing before a successful kill.

This team happened to include one immortal who possessed an 'undying body'.

The spatial confinement ended, and the corpses of eleven immortal gods were stored away by Jiang Chen.

However, the divine body of the leading, long-saber-wielding immortal god rapidly condensed and reassembled in mid-air.

As for the majority of the 'corpse' that Jiang Chen had stored away earlier, it directly vanished from his world ring.

"An undying body?"

Jiang Chen reacted instantly, and the Void Dragon Mecha once again initiated [Phase Shift].

With vibrating dragon wings and a few swift cuts, he directly dismembered his target.

Naturally, doing this could not kill an immortal god equipped with an 'undying body'.

However, Jiang Chen was merely buying a little time.

In less than a second, under Jarvis's control, the mechanical legion had completed their preparations.

After completing its attack, the Void Dragon Mecha launched a phase shift without hesitation, instantly widening the distance.

The combined strike of half a million mechas accurately hit the immortal who had just finished reassembling his divine body.

The terrifying energy instantly and completely vaporized his divine body.

An undying body?

Before an attack far exceeding its endurance limit, even an undying body was completely useless.

Every single cell was utterly vaporized, the spiritual imprints within the cells were simultaneously shattered, and every trace of his existence was completely wiped away.

This was the formidable lethality brought about by a quantitative change triggering a qualitative shift!

The Zerg's million-strong zerg legion combined attack was enough to kill an undying venerable.

Jiang Chen's combined attack of half a million Gundam mechas, while not as powerful as the Zerg legion's offensive, had zero difficulty in killing an immortal who had just attained an undying body and hadn't even reached the Marquis tier.

In less than a minute.

The twelve-member immortal squad, including the immortal god with an undying body, was completely wiped out!

Jiang Chen swiftly gathered the spoils of war, too busy to organize them, and directly recalled the mechanical legion back into the spaceship, issuing a command to Jarvis: "Jarvis, move out! Full speed ahead to Ancestral God City!"

"Understood, Master!" Jarvis manipulated the spaceship to soar into the sky, its speed skyrocketing to the absolute extreme as it hurtled in the direction of Ancestral God City.

Due to its excessive speed, the hull of the spaceship frictionally heated against the air, igniting a scorching flame and leaving behind a brilliant, brilliant rainbow streak across the sky.