319: Chapter 319 The Dragon King is brutally formatted, and Lu Sheng tears apart the Immortal Qin Mecha.

"A living heart?"

In Dragon King Ao Guang's murky dragon eyes, fear was so thick it wouldn't dissipate as he tried to reveal more details.

"Ding—Permission verification failed."

A cold, emotionless synthesized mechanical voice abruptly rang out above the hall.

The voice did not come from any living being, but originated from the palace itself.

"Core secret leak detected... Initiating... Formatting program."

"No—!!" Ao Guang let out a desperate dragon roar.

The black iron hooks pinned to his body instantly glowed with a piercing red light. Countless eerie Abyssal Runes crawled over his entire body along the hooks, like a tightening fishing net.

"Zzzzt—"

Under the erosion of the runes, the azure dragon body began to dissolve and gasify, turning into the purest dark-gold energy, which was frantically absorbed by the Bone Throne.

"Human... its true body... is beneath the throne... it is..."

Ao Guang's final words stopped abruptly. His massive body and Soul were completely "recycled" within just three breaths, leaving not a single drop of blood behind.

At the same time, the entire Bone Hall shook violently.

"Rumble—!!!"

The ground cracked, and the walls collapsed. The throne, piled high with countless dragon bones, slowly sank into the ground. In its place, four giant metal platforms, each a hundred meters tall, rose from beneath the earth.

Atop the platforms, four giant humanoid weapons, constructed entirely of bone-white dragon skeletons and dark metal, slowly stood upright.

Their appearance resembled the legendary Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals, but the details were full of industrial ferocity. At the joints of every piece of bone armor, thick hydraulic pipes and energy lines were exposed. At the core of the chest, an energy furnace made of dragon blood crystals emitted a low hum. They held no swords or spears; instead, they were equipped with four giant energy cannons with muzzles exceeding three meters in diameter.

"Scavenger... Units 1 through 4, activated."

The single eyes of the four mecha simultaneously lit up with a crimson glow, and a cold electronic voice formed surround sound within the hall.

"Locking on intrusion target... Executing... Highest elimination directive!"

Hum—!

The four mecha raised their muzzles simultaneously as energy rapidly gathered within the barrels. In the next instant, four crimson high-energy laser beams, capable of evaporating seawater, interlaced into an inescapable net that descended upon Lu Sheng.

"Shields up!"

Dao Yi's expression changed drastically. He swung his whisk wildly, and an Eight Trigrams Diagram condensed from Supreme Divine Light instantly expanded, blocking the path in front of everyone. Luo Tianfei also went all out, as the phantom of the Ancient Nether Phoenix spat out gray-purple divine fire, forming a second layer of defense.

However, the power of this laser net far exceeded their imagination.

"Sizzle—"

The Eight Trigrams Diagram lasted for less than half a second before it was instantly pierced through like thin paper by a branding iron. The Nether Phoenix divine fire was directly dispersed by the high-heat energy.

Just as the laser net was about to fall on their heads.

Lu Sheng moved.

He didn't retreat, nor did he even activate his Dharma Image. He simply looked up at the death net, which was powerful enough to melt a Spirit King's shield, and slowly raised his right hand.

"Zzzzt!"

A laser beam grazed his fingertip.

There was no flesh and blood flying. His black-gold skin, which could withstand a strike from a Spirit King, only showed a shallow white mark.

"Nice temperature, perfect for making skewers."

Lu Sheng cracked his neck, making a series of crisp sounds. He raised his hand, fingers splayed, and grabbed one of the laser beams, crushing it into a shower of light spots like he was snapping a noodle.

"This..." Dao Yi's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"Crushing a laser... with his bare hands?! What kind of physique is this?!"

"Dharma Image—Three Heads and Six Arms!"

Lu Sheng didn't bother testing them any further. He stomped his right foot on the ground, and the thousand-meter-tall Archaic Heaven Emperor Venerable Dharma Image behind him manifested with a roar.

Three heads, six arms.

But this time, the six hands were empty.

Lu Sheng grinned, revealing a row of bone-white teeth, and a pure, violent flame ignited in his Cross-shaped Pupils.

"Playing with iron lumps against me?"

His figure blurred as he proactively charged toward Unit 1, the closest one to him.

"Target advancing! Activating melee mode!"

Unit 1 discarded its energy cannon, its metal arm armor transforming to deploy a fifty-meter-long Super-alloy High-frequency Vibration Combat Blade, which it swung down at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng neither dodged nor avoided it.

Behind him, the Emperor Venerable Dharma Image reached out with all six arms simultaneously.

Two arms crossed to block, forcefully holding up the combat blade that was capable of splitting mountain ranges. The ear-piercing sound of metal grinding echoed through the hall.

The other four arms were like predatory pythons, instantly coiling around Unit 1's torso and limbs.

"Tear... apart for me!!"

Lu Sheng's true body let out a roar, his spinal dragon howling.

The Dharma Image exerted its force accordingly.

"Creeeeak—!!!"

It was the sound of metal being twisted to its limit by sheer brute force.

Under the gaze of the remaining three mechas' dull electronic eyes, Unit 1's indestructible alloy body was forcefully torn into five pieces by Lu Sheng's Dharma Image!

The cockpit exploded. There was no pilot inside, only a writhing mass of pink flesh connected to countless wires.

[Ding! Detected creation of the "Immortal Qin" era...]

[Analyzing... The core technology of this mecha originates from "Mohist Mechanism Technique" and integrates "Abyssal Flesh Proliferation" technology.]

[Warning: This technology highly conflicts with the "Ancient Emperor" Legacy within the host's body.]

The System's notification flashed through Lu Sheng's mind.

Immortal Qin? Mohist?

The gray light in Lu Sheng's eyes grew colder.

"So it's a fellow countryman," he whispered to himself, his actions becoming even more violent.

"Unit 2, energy overload! Unit 3, Particle Diffusion Cannon! Unit 4, Absolute Zero!"

The remaining three mecha seemed to judge that they were no match in a melee and instantly changed tactics.

One mecha's reactor glowed intensely red, turning into an artificial sun as it crashed forward. Another mecha's shoulder cannons extended, firing a stream of white particles capable of decomposing all things. The last mecha spread its arms, releasing an extreme cold storm that could freeze the Soul.

The three-pronged land, sea, and air attack sealed off all of Lu Sheng's room to maneuver.

"Interesting."

Lu Sheng advanced instead of retreating, the six arms of his Dharma Image snapping shut to cocoon him in the center.

"Ancient Desolate Divine Body—Five Elements Reversal!"

Boom—!

The explosion's fire, the white particle stream, and the ice-blue chill instantly engulfed the thousand-meter Dharma Image.

"Target... eliminated..."

The electronic eyes of the three mecha flashed with the green light of mission completion.

However, in the next second.

All the light and all the energy were forcibly sucked into a suddenly appearing black vortex.

The smoke cleared.

Lu Sheng stood in place, completely unharmed. Behind his head, the Five Elements Life-Extinction Wheel was spinning at high speed, converting all that violent energy into the purest nourishment.

"Thanks for the treat," Lu Sheng patted his stomach, and his figure vanished instantly.

"Bang!"

Unit 3's head cockpit was crushed flat by a foot descending from the sky.

"Bang!"

Unit 4's chest energy furnace was pierced by a punch, paralyzing it on the spot.

The last one, Unit 2, which was still firing its particle stream, had its cannon barrel grabbed by Lu Sheng. He then swung it like a hammer throw, spinning it a dozen times in the air before slamming it violently into the ground.

"Boom!"

A giant pit was smashed into the floor of the hall.

Lu Sheng stepped on Unit 2's still-twitching chest, leaned over, and tore open the thick cockpit armor with one hand.

He reached in and pulled something out from the mess of sparking wires and viscous culture fluid.

It was a... brain, only the size of a fist, still slightly throbbing and covered in fine tentacles.

It was the control core of this mecha.

Lu Sheng held the brain up to his eyes, his Cross-shaped Pupils staring intently at it.

Just then, the brain's tentacles suddenly lit up with a faint blue light, emitting a series of high-frequency signals that didn't belong to any known language.

[Ding... Unknown Divine Thought communication detected...]

[ Translating...]

[Translation content: Alert! Alert! "Desolate" Sequence awakened! Experimental subject "Ao Guang" has been destroyed! "Scavenger" squad annihilated!]

[Requesting... awakening... "Number One"...]