Chapter 556 541
The heavenly tribulation ended, and the rewards for overcoming the tribulation appeared.
A Creation Gem, containing vast amounts of the Power of Creation, coalesced and descended.
This is a Creation Gem that can instantly heal a severely injured emperor and also enhance one's potential.
The Mechanical Emperor, feeling envious, couldn't help but make a move, summoning a 200-meter-tall mechanical man that radiated light all over, with very slender legs, resembling a long-distance runner.
The emperors of the alliance noticed and their expressions changed slightly.
"Not good, it's the Light Runner, the fastest mechanical pet of the Mechanical Emperor; he wants to snatch Li Cunxu's Creation Gem."
The plasma light-speed thrusters on the Light Runner were fully activated, transforming it into a streak of extreme speed, darting toward the Creation Gem.
Li Cunxu glanced indifferently, and his pupils transformed into a twenty-four-petaled demon lotus.
"Life-Stealing Demon Venerable."
A 400-meter-tall pitch-black giant apparition suddenly appeared in front of the Light Runner.
During his training in the Time House, Li Cunxu released the Life-Stealing Demon Venerable, allowing it to wander through the chaos. During this time, the Life-Stealing Demon Venerable plundered many Chaos Treasures' lifespans, growing to 400 meters tall.
The Light Runner did not avoid the Demon Venerable or slow down at all. It completely disregarded the Demon Venerable released by Li Cunxu, confident that its speed could crash through the Demon Venerable.
The collision between the Light Runner and the Life-Stealing Demon Venerable did not result in an earth-shattering crash; the Light Runner easily passed through the Demon Venerable.
The body of the Demon Venerable's apparition, somewhat similar to mist, remained unaffected after being penetrated.
In contrast, the impact on the Light Runner was significant.
The Light Runner, adept in extreme speed, slowed down.
The Light Runner felt unwell, as if many of its parts had rusted.
The Demon Venerable, without turning its head, grabbed the neck of the now-slow Light Runner with its hand and lifted it up in front of itself.
The Light Runner tried to counterattack, but none of its attacks caused any damage. As the contact between the Demon Venerable and Light Runner's bodies prolonged, the Light Runner aged more, and traces of time appeared on its surface as "rust spots."
In just a few breaths, the exquisite Light Runner became a scrap-metal-like mechanical man full of rust spots, similar to those abandoned at a junkyard.
"Stealing lifespan."
The Mechanical Emperor watched this scene gravely.
Seizing the opportunity while the heavenly tribulation's will had not yet dissipated, Li Cunxu deployed his usual trick, summoning out all his pet beasts to undergo tribulation.
Twelve pet beasts undergoing tribulation attracted an unprecedentedly massive Emperor Tribulation.
Even more of the tribulation's will gathered in this place, causing the Mechanical Emperor's face to stiffen. With such a degree of tribulation's will focused here, it was impossible for him to hide his identity as the Evil God's Apostle, and the mechanized city of Mechanical City also couldn't be concealed.
As Li Cunxu anticipated, the heavenly tribulation launched a frenzied barrage of attacks on the Mechanical Emperor.
However, the defense of the Mechanical Great Wall was so formidable it withstood it all.
The strength of the tribulation further intensified.
Within the vortex-like tribulation clouds, three ancient and terrifying dragon roars shook the heavens and earth.
Three dragons swiftly flew out from the tribulation clouds.
With golden scales that shone like molten suns, breathing scorching golden flames, these dragons possessed immense majesty as if they controlled the life and death of all things: the Golden Divine Dragon.
With scales frosted silver like a cold moon, breathing icy frost winds commanding the world: the Silver Divine Dragon.
Engraved with endless battle scars of time on its scales, resembling an emperor of war: the Bronze Divine Dragon.
Li Cunxu exclaimed in surprise, "They actually manifested the projections of the Three Divine Kings."
These three dragons were the Golden Divine King, Silver Divine King, and Bronze Divine King from the Dragon Race era.
They were truly unrivaled Divine Kings of their level, although having only an emperor-class realm, they unleashed emperor-level pinnacle combat strength.
The defensive field of the Mechanical Great Wall wavered under the dragons' breaths, yet it seemed it could hold for a while longer. Seeing this, Li Cunxu decided to add fuel to the fire.
The Demon Venerable passed through the defensive field, touching the Mechanical Great Wall, causing it to age visibly, weakening the defense as the Great Wall grew old.
The Three Divine Dragons breached the defensive field within only three breaths and engaged in battle with the Mechanical Emperor.
The Mechanical Emperor's ace pet, the Ten Thousand Machines Celestial Dragon, and the corrupted city, Mechanical City, both emperor peaks, with the help of the Mechanical Emperor's other pets, were surprisingly able to fight evenly with the Three Divine Dragons.
Li Cunxu noticed something; the Three Divine Dragons' residual attacks, intentionally or not, affected him.
"Could it be that absorbing the tribulation clouds earlier angered the tribulation against me?"
Li Cunxu quietly withdrew from the range of the tribulation.
The alliance emperors, seeing the Mechanical Great Wall breached, ceased watching via video and appeared in person at the scene.
Emperor Chongpou raised his arm in excitement, "Very good, with the Mechanical Great Wall gone, this time the Mechanical Emperor is doomed."
Holy Lotus Emperor, ever rational, said, "Not necessarily. Don't be deceived by the Mechanical Emperor's current plight. Once the tribulation ends, when he summons the descent of the Crowned Mechanical God, we won't stand a chance against him. The best time to kill the Mechanical Emperor is actually now, under the tribulation's scrutiny. The Mechanical Emperor doesn't dare summon the god's descent, as doing so would invite even fiercer tribulation. So now is the best time to kill him.
However, a new problem arises. Going to kill the Mechanical Emperor now would make us targets of the tribulation's attacks."
The emperors fell silent; none wanted to trade their lives one-for-one with the Mechanical Emperor.
Such powerful tribulation; even emperor-level Beast Masters with emperor-peak combat strength dared not claim certainty of escaping unscathed.
Entering would mean certain death.
Moreover, even if they did enter, there was no guarantee they could take the Mechanical Emperor down with them.
Li Cunxu, unlike others distressed among the emperors, paid no attention to their concerns, unaware of them, or even if he knew, wouldn't share their worries.
In Li Cunxu's eyes, the Mechanical Emperor was already a dead man; however, Li Cunxu still furrowed his brow.
A sense of unease lingered in Li Cunxu's mind, and he vaguely felt that once his pet beasts finished their tribulation, an unprecedented crisis awaited him.
Li Cunxu glanced up at the tribulation clouds hanging like the Sword of Damocles, feeling he had forgotten something, whispering to himself, "Having all twelve pet beasts undergo the Emperor Tribulation together, this matter... it seems I did something wrong."
The pet beasts underwent their tribulation for a hundred days, and in a flash, it reached the ninety-ninth day.
During these ninety-nine days, the Mechanical Emperor fought tirelessly day and night against the Three Divine Dragons, indifferent to fatigue or injuries.
The area within ten thousand miles of Mechanical City, eroded by the aftermath, was full of devastation, the ground sinking tens of thousands of meters.
The Ten Thousand Machines Celestial Dragon lost a claw, a chunk of its dragon tail was bitten off, and half of its dragon head was battered away.
The corrupted Mechanical City was directly halved in the battle.
The rest of the Mechanical Emperor's mechanical pets, being somewhat weaker, were disintegrated back to the earth by the breath attacks of the Three Divine Dragons.
Just one more day of endurance, and the tribulation would be over, but the Mechanical Emperor couldn't feel any joy; once the tribulation ended, the emperors of the alliance outside, watching like hungry wolves, would undoubtedly go wild trying to take him out.
While the Mechanical Emperor's thoughts wandered outside the tribulation to the alliance emperors, Li Cunxu made an unexpected move. Suspended in the air, Li Cunxu tossed the Chaos Gourd.
Over ten years, the Chaos Gourd absorbed a vast amount of fog-like chaos, refining it into Chaos Liquid.
The Chaos Liquid, refined from fog-like chaos, was of excellent quality; a single drop weighed as much as a mountain, and Li Cunxu had never tallied the total amount of Chaos Liquid within the Chaos Gourd.
The Chaos Gourd, carrying tens of thousands of tons of force, crashed down like a moon onto the Divine Beast World, causing a cataclysm.
At the moment of contact, a dazzling bright light engulfed the land, hurricane-like winds reversed like a tsunami, the crust split open into unfathomable chasms, shattered rocks and dust shot up into the clouds with explosive roars, overly hardened special metal ores even reached the stars, and the air ignited into distorted waves of fire.