"Report the damage!"
Seeing the two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets withstand Ender's attack and be smashed into the hollow, dark spatial interlayer, Mantis's consciousness quickly gave the command.
"Alloy armor damage 0.21%, kinetic energy System damage 5%, attack System damage..."
The two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets reported the damage, while returning from the spatial interlayer to the Universe starry sky along the spatial cracks.
"Damn it! This Cloud Vine Lord is too strong; one blow caused 14% and 17% damage to the two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Puppets respectively!"
Upon receiving the damage report from the Mechanical Puppets, Mantis was both shocked and enraged. "Can't stop it! Can't stop him! Initial Stage King-level combat power is simply not something Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets can contend with!"
Just then, Ender's long spear, 'Void Spear,' in his hand flicked, and he once again unleashed the first form of the secret Law, 'Wind Arises,' from 'Eternal Sky.'
Hiss!
The Universe space, which had just recovered slightly, was once again torn apart by the terrifying attack power. The forty-plus-meter-long spear body swept up endless spatial fragments, traversing hundreds of kilometers to strike towards Mantis!
The King-level attack, sweeping with spatial fragments, came roaring. The terrifying Law power contained within the spear body filled Mantis with dread.
"Stop him! Stop him for me!"
As a Pinnacle Military Lord Immortal, Mantis knew that with his own strength, he simply could not withstand that terrifying attack power. If he were to take it head-on, he would end up like Nokar. Even if he managed to block it, the loss to his Divine Body would be frighteningly high.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Following Mantis's command, the two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets quickly moved forward, blocking him a few kilometers in front.
Dong!
The moment they made contact, intense Law fluctuations surged, and countless spatial fragments shot in all directions. The already shattered Universe space here became completely empty, and the dark, hollow spatial interlayer with countless floating continents could be clearly seen.
Facing a King-level attack directly, the two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets at the very front had their internal precision parts damaged again.
And when Ender swung 'Void Spear' again, 20 High Stage Marquis-level Mechanical Puppets stepped forward, jointly resisting the attack.
"Now's the chance! Escape!!"
Just then, Mantis seized the opportunity. His body emitted endless light, intending to use Divine Kingdom Teleportation to leave.
Bang!
A golden vine lashed out, directly sending Mantis's body flying towards Ender's direction. The light emanating from his body was also scattered, which meant the attempt to connect with the Divine Kingdom and establish a spatial channel failed.
"No! No!!" Mantis roared in his heart after suffering this blow. "Damn Immortal Cloud Vine! I was so close to establishing a spatial channel and leaving!"
"Want to escape? It's not that easy!"
Ender's figure flashed, and he directly swung his spear to smash towards Mantis, while coldly transmitting, "Didn't you put a bounty on me? Why are you trying to escape now?"
"Cloud Vine Lord, don't go too far!"
Mantis quickly retreated, while commanding nearby Mechanical Puppets to come and block. He dared not take a King-level attack with his body.
"Too far? How ridiculous!"
Waving 'Void Spear' in his hand, Ender sent several Mechanical Puppets blocking him flying and continued to attack Mantis. "This is the Extraterritorial Battlefield, and we are opposing factions. Life-and-death struggle is only natural, so what's 'too far' about it?"
"Cloud Vine Lord, don't force me. If you push me, I..."
Mantis fled, while commanding Mechanical Puppets one after another to block Ender. Sometimes, he would even take out Marquis-level Initial Stage or Military Lord Immortal Pinnacle Mechanical Puppets from his world ring to block attacks.
"What? If I push you, you'll self-destruct?"
While pursuing, Ender sneered via transmission, "If you want to self-destruct, hurry up. I'm really looking forward to your self-destruction."
With Virtual Universe synchronous transmission, he was not afraid of this Mechanical Race Immortal self-destructing, because even if he self-destructed, he would still gain military merits for forcing him to self-destruct.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
Seeing his threat was ineffective, Mantis cursed furiously in his heart, "Damn Human World Master! He clearly has King-level combat power, yet he disguised himself multiple times, first as a comparable ordinary Immortal, then as a comparable Military Lord Immortal High Stage."
"If this damned Cloud Vine Lord had shown King-level combat power from the start, I would have had no thought of killing him."
Mantis kept fleeing, using Mechanical Puppets to block Ender, which resulted in many Mechanical Puppets being destroyed.
"Can't escape! Can't escape!!"
As he continued to flee, despair gradually emerged in Mantis's heart. Blocked by multiple Cloud Vine tentacles, his flight speed could not increase quickly, causing Ender to constantly catch up, and he could only barely survive by relying on Mechanical Puppets to block.
"Escape! Hurry and escape!!"
Seeing that he had no hope of escaping, Mantis transmitted to the four people within the Cloud Vine's encirclement, "That Cloud Vine Lord has strength comparable to a King-level Immortal. Nokar was killed by one blow from him!"
...
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
In the battlefield surrounded by the Cloud Vine, streams of energy attacks or material attacks were launched from nearly ten thousand Mechanical Puppets. Four Immortals from the Mechanical Race faction, cooperating with the Mechanical Puppets, continuously attacked the Cloud Vine's golden vines.
Sarin's battle blade sliced out, cooperating with a Mechanical Puppet to break a golden vine. But the next moment, the broken golden vine instantly reassembled, restoring to its previous complete state.
"There's a miniature detector shielding, I can't detect the combat situation outside, but with Mantis's strength, he should be close to killing that Cloud Vine Lord."
While fighting the Cloud Vine's golden vines, Sarin speculated about Mantis's situation.
In his opinion, Mantis was not only a Pinnacle Military Lord Immortal himself but also had two Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets, 20 High Stage Marquis-level Mechanical Puppets, and a hundred Marquis-level Initial Stage Mechanical Puppets assisting him.
Such powerful strength was enough to even kill a Pinnacle Military Lord Immortal of the same level. Killing a Human World Master comparable to a High Stage Military Lord Immortal would be a piece of cake.
Even if that Cloud Vine Lord had an extraordinary identity and some trump cards beyond ordinary Military Lord Immortals, it would at most only delay his death for a bit.
Not only Sarin thought so, but the other three Immortals also thought the same. They were also working hard for Mantis to kill the Cloud Vine Lord. To prevent the Cloud Vine from having the opportunity to send out more golden vines for rescue, two Immortal even burned their Immortal Energy.
In the eyes of the four Immortals, as long as Mantis, a Pinnacle Military Lord Immortal, with Nokar's help, could kill the Cloud Vine Lord, then the predicament they faced would be resolved.
But what they didn't expect was that what awaited them was not the good news of Mantis killing the Cloud Vine Lord, but a huge piece of bad news that exceeded all their expectations!
"What?! The Cloud Vine Lord has strength comparable to a King-level Immortal!"
"How is that possible?! How could that Cloud Vine Lord have such powerful strength?!" "Wasn't he still active with his team? How does he have King-level combat power?"
"King-level combat power, it's over!"
Upon receiving Mantis's transmission filled with despair, Sarin and the other four Immortals were shocked and desperate. Such news exceeded all their expectations.
According to their plan, the Cloud Vine Lord being able to escape their encirclement was already the worst outcome, but now the facts told them that the worst outcome was far more than just his escape!
"Can't escape! Can't escape at all!!"
An alien Immortal's heart surged with despair, making him roar uncontrollably, "The space here has become extremely unstable due to the battle. Divine Kingdom Teleportation requires several seconds to calm spatial fluctuations, so there's no chance for long-term Divine Kingdom Teleportation.
"The Cloud Vine's coverage is several million kilometers, and we can't leave through the spatial interlayer. With the 108 Main Vines Cloud Vine comparable to a High Stage Marquis-level, we have no chance to escape."
Under that Immortal's roar, Sarin and the other three's emotions were also very low. They also knew that they had no way to escape.
Divine Kingdom Teleportation takes too long, and the spatial interlayer is blockaded by the Cloud Vine comparable to a High Stage Marquis-level. Unless a King-level King-level Immortal from their own faction comes to rescue them, they will surely die under the encirclement of the Cloud Vine Lord and the Cloud Vine.
"Send for help!"
Although Sarin knew that the probability of escape was almost zero, he still wanted to make a final struggle, so he transmitted to his three comrades, "Send for help to our Mechanical Race faction's allies. If a King-level Immortal is willing to come to our rescue, we might have a chance to survive."
"Help! Yes, help!!"
"That's right, asking for help still gives us a glimmer of hope!"
At Sarin's reminder, the three Immortals suddenly realized. They quickly used a sliver of their consciousness to send for help in the Mechanical Race's Virtual World, Yulan World.
"Help! Encountered an Immortal Cloud Vine comparable to a High Stage Marquis-level, coordinates are..."
"Encountered a Human World Master Genius, protected by the 108 Main Vines Cloud Vine, coordinates are..."
After sending several distress messages, the three Immortals waited for their allies' replies while continuously resisting the Cloud Vine's golden vine attacks.
"Encountered an Immortal Cloud Vine comparable to a High Stage Marquis-level, and in the 03 Area, how miserable!"
"Although it doesn't sound good, just honestly wait for death. There's no hope."
"Yes, there's no hope. Pinnacle Military Lord Immortals are rare in the 03 Area, how could there be Marquis-level Immortal active?"
Upon receiving the distress calls from the three Immortals, the allies of the Mechanical Race faction all shook their heads and sighed. Facing a Marquis-level Immortal plant life, they simply couldn't save them.
Not only that, nearby Mechanical Race allies very decisively pretended not to hear the calls for help. If it weren't for faction rules preventing them from abandoning comrades, they would have already fled this place. Being in the same area as a Marquis-level combat power made them feel very insecure.
"Useless, no one is willing to come. The deterrent of a Marquis-level plant life is too great."
Seeing that their distress calls fell on deaf ears, the three alien Immortals became even more desperate. Their only hope was gone.
"No one! How can there be no one!!"
Sarin was both anxious and desperate. Seeing that no one was willing to rescue them after one or two seconds, he even tried to contact nearby allies, but none were willing to answer.
...
While Sarin and the four were struggling in their death throes, Mantis finally met his end.
"Die! Mechanical Race Immortal!!"
Ender held the long spear 'Void Spear' in his hand, his eyes coldly fixed on Mantis. He shook his hands, and 'Void Spear,' shining with green light, spun and thrust straight out.
Whoosh!
The long spear cut through the Universe space as if there was no resistance. All spatial fragments, upon touching the spear tip, were swept along with it.
In an instant, a dark green stream of light streaked across the Universe starry sky, also traversing the dark, hollow spatial interlayer, carrying intense Space Law fluctuations, striking towards the Mechanical Race Immortal Mantis.
"Eternal Sky" Second Form - Dark Clouds!
As if a Dark Clouds of death enveloped him, Mantis could sense his impending demise the moment Ender launched his spear.
Because all his Mechanical Puppets had been destroyed while assisting him in escaping repeatedly, and even he himself was affected by one attack, suffering a 12% loss to his Divine Body, which slightly impacted his strength and speed.
"Master! I've disappointed you..."
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Mantis only managed to send out one message before being struck by the dark green stream of light that cut through the Universe space.
Boom!
The dark green stream of light struck Mantis, containing terrifying Space Law power, directly shattering his Divine Body. Countless golden Mechanical Divine Body remnants splattered.
With one blow, the terrifying attack power, reaching the Initial Stage King-level, directly disintegrated his Divine Body. Without the Immortal body of a Marquis-level Immortal to reassemble his Divine Body, Mantis suffered over 50% Divine Body loss and perished directly!
"'Eternal Sky' Second Form, Dark Clouds is complete!"
After killing Mantis, Ender showed a slight smile. "I only conceptualized it for a short time, and I didn't expect to create the Second Form, 'Dark Cloud,' even before the First Form, 'Wind Arises,' was perfected."
"Indeed, it still requires real-life life-and-death struggles to better create secret Laws suitable for oneself."
Thinking of this, he looked hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, where a giant cage formed by nearly a hundred golden vines held four Immortals from the Mechanical Race faction.
"The Mechanical Race excels in technology and possesses several unique alloy formulas comparable to G-level metal in the Universe. They have an advantage over us humans in building Mechanical Puppets. It's normal for them to have Mechanical Puppets stronger than themselves."
Ender secretly thought, "But this team's strength is very strange. Their own strength is very ordinary, yet they have Mechanical Puppets comparable to High Stage and Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortals."
"If it were one or two, I could understand it as buying them at a great cost, but they possess a great number of High Stage or Pinnacle Marquis-level Immortal Mechanical Puppets."
"Even if the Mechanical Race builds Mechanical Puppets at a low cost, buying thousands of High Stage Marquis-level Mechanical Puppets would definitely not be affordable for a Pinnacle Military Lord Immortal."
"It seems this team has an unusual background." Thinking of this, Ender smiled slightly. "This is good too. The more Mechanical Puppets they have, the richer the spoils I can obtain. Even incomplete Mechanical Puppets, just selling the Materials, would be worth a lot of money."
After a moment of thought, Ender shot towards the encirclement formed by the Cloud Vine.
"Cloud, open a gap and let me in."
Under Ender's command, the Cloud Vine's golden vines moved slightly, revealing a forty-plus-meter-wide gap...
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