Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1474 The Wrath of a Thousand Years

The summit of Beast God Mountain is above a layer of frost-covered clouds, and the mountain itself is covered in ice and snow, a vast expanse of white.

A sudden gust of wind carried away scattered snowflakes, which drifted lightly in the air, their reflections on the snow surface creating a sacred filter on the mountaintop.

The higher you go, the colder it gets, and the stronger the musty smell becomes on Chisui's nose.

It wasn't the ordinary smell of decaying organisms, but a mixture of many indescribable odors, as if a wound had been festering for centuries, carrying a sticky, foul stench and a sense of deterioration, even the cold air seemed to be telling a story of helplessness as its end approached...

The thousand-year-old's golden pupils suddenly contracted, and he quickened his pace, rushing after that wisp of aura.

Passing through a platform shrouded in mist, a temple made of pure white crystal appears at the mountaintop.

The temple is beautifully designed, its crystal structure sparkling like stars in the night sky.

The palace gates are adorned with enormous beast-shaped totems. Even the translucent crystal material cannot conceal their majestic and sacred aura. The eyes are incredibly lifelike, as if staring intently at anyone entering, instilling a sense of oppression in those who meet their gaze.

Thousand Years Old pushed the door open with a single claw. Instantly, a nauseating stench and a violent surge of energy rushed out.

The temple was a very spacious and large hall, showing the care put into its creation, but Qian Sui had no mind to appreciate it.

It followed the scent, walking straight through the hall until it saw the scene that made its eyes widen in disbelief.

It was a huge, transparent container, about thirty or forty meters high, filled with a blue-green liquid.

Meanwhile, the creature that Qian Sui longed for—a gigantic beast—was immersed in it.

Its body had long lost the agility that a divine beast should have. Large amounts of its silvery-white scales had fallen off, revealing the festering flesh beneath, which was covered in dark purple pus that kept drifting and being diluted in the liquid.

The huge wings on its back are now just skeletons, making it impossible to tell whether they were originally feathered or fleshy wings.

The thick, broken limbs and torso, even the wings reduced to mere skeletons, were all pierced by metal supports. Long pipes connected the metal, converging at the bottom of the container.

Chisui paced stiffly, then jumped onto the container before finally seeing its appearance.

That wasn't the head a mythical beast should have. The skin was tattered, dry, and pitted; not even half of it was intact.

One eye socket was empty, leaving only a black, bloody hole; the other eye was cloudy but bulging high, staring upwards with all its might, as if trying to break free of its shackles even at its last moment.

The gaping, gaping kiss looked like a jaws about to bite. But the torn corners of the mouth and the toothless gums spoke volumes of pain and despair…

Chisui seemed to hear endless wails from another dimension, and her whole body became heavier than ever before, as if the world consisted only of those wails and her own increasingly loud heartbeat.

It stared blankly downwards. Countless silver pipes extended from beneath the container, familiar yet faint energy flowing within them, shimmering with a dazzling light that stung its eyes—the energy plundered from it…

Now I finally know where Annie's omnipresent yet subtle aura of similarity comes from...

"Hey!" Chitose moved her lips, looking down at the mangled body below, "Is he still alive?"

As expected, there was no answer. In the silent space, from beginning to end, only the breathing and heartbeat of the thousand-year-old could be heard.

Following those pipes, Chitose saw walls covered in flashing numbers. This energy, like blood being drawn out, ultimately transformed into these cold numbers, transmitted to various parts of the Annemo...

The kind it finally found... turned out to be a pitiful creature that had been dead for many years, yet was being forcibly kept alive and its body active in this way, just to extract energy to sustain the entire planet, and was even wasted by Crystal City without a second thought...

On a planet where beasts reign supreme, this guy can't even retain his dignity after death!

The so-called divine beast... the so-called divine beast!! Qian Sui felt something explode in his heart, and anger and violence surged out at the same time.

Its fur stood on end, and energy surged from its body, instantly engulfing the entire temple.

With a shove of its paw, the sturdy container shattered and collapsed, spilling out a bluish-green solution instantly. A strong, rotten smell filled the entire space.

Chisui originally wanted to save this poor wretch who was still being used after death, and let him finally find peace.

Unexpectedly, the blue-green solution seemed to be a kind of maintenance agent. As soon as the mangled body was removed from the solution, it quickly decayed and rotted, turning into black liquid.

Chisui, unwilling to see the poor fellow suffer such torment and end up with nothing but bones, quickly gathered the scattered solution back together and wrapped the remains, thus stopping the process of decay.

If you break away, you'll disappear; if you don't, you'll be exploited.

Anger burned within him like flames, and Chisui roared. The energy transport pipes and the walls full of instruments exploded one after another, scattering debris everywhere.

All the lights in the temple were turned off, leaving only the crystal reflecting a blue-green light that shone on the thousand-year-old's cold and angry face.

At the foot of Beast God Mountain, Lin Fan and his two companions were running wildly toward the summit.

Lan Bingru had already switched onto Antonio's back, with the whistling wind all she could hear.

"The red light on the mountaintop is getting brighter and brighter. I hope nothing bad happens to Your Majesty." She looked up at the mountaintop and prayed anxiously.

"Don't worry!" Lin Fan was faster, leading Antonio by half a meter. "It's all the energy of a thousand years old, it should be fine, but for some reason, the energy is very volatile."

"Who provoked it like this?" Antonio felt a strong sense of oppression even at the foot of the mountain. "Luckily, we used to treat it well. It's much more powerful than that guy Yue Zhengyuanqing."

“Qian Sui isn’t easily excitable,” Lin Fan quickened his pace, “It’s the opposite of Senior Brother; it’s hard to get excited about it. But once it’s made up its mind, no one can stop it.”

"That's it!" Antonio looked up and saw that even the clouds were completely red. "Judging by its momentum, this isn't over until it flattens the mountaintop!"

"It even said it wanted to see us in trouble, looking pathetic and unable to use our powers, but it doesn't hold back at all. Is it only restricting us with our emotions?"

“The people from Jingyao City are catching up,” Lan Bingru reminded them.

Lin Fan turned around. The once warm and fairytale-like Crystal City seemed to have been set ablaze.

Thousands upon thousands of points of light leaped up from every corner, converging on them. And more points of light continued to rise into the sky.

"Beast Soul?" Antonio was blocked by Lan Bingru and could only glance at it briefly, unable to see clearly.

"No, it's mechs." Lin Fan's expression darkened further. "Judging from their level of technological dependence, even if their beast soul power is strong, they might be used to injecting it into mechs for combat instead of engaging in direct hand-to-hand combat."

“That’s true.” Antonio knew that if so many mechs caught up with him, he would be in trouble. He grabbed Lan Bingru and ran as fast as he could. “Mechs are metal shells after all, so they still have an advantage in a fight.”

"Too many..." Lan Bingru kept looking behind her.

Even if she blindly trusted Lin Fan, she wouldn't be so arrogant as to believe that Lin Fan and Antonio could fight against a thousand men... No, the number of light spots was still increasing, possibly reaching tens of thousands...

Lin Fan looked up at the red light that seemed to have burned through the mountaintop, then at the dense, approaching lights in the night sky behind him, his eyes resolute.

"Find Chitose first! No matter what, we can't let Chitose face this alone!"

(End of this chapter)