This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 571 Adam: Qinglong, you ****
"Someone took action?"

This scene shocked many people present.

Moreover, the attacking life form cautiously lay dormant for a long time before taking action when it got close.

"Who is so fierce? Isn't this looking for death?"

Everyone subconsciously thought that the Azure Dragon's power was still there, and they all believed that the opponent was invincible.

"No, his goal is just to snatch the fragment of the Star of Eternal Silence. The Azure Dragon's body seems to be in the Holy Castle. This mecha is just an empty shell, and it seems to have some problems. It has not moved. This is a great opportunity."

"Wealth and honor are sought in danger."

The exchange of mental fluctuations was extremely rapid. The blue glow only appeared for a moment, and everyone exchanged a few sentences.

Some people even looked annoyed. While they were shocked by Qinglong's power, some people had already seen further.

That is a fragment of the Star of Eternal Silence. Once I get it, it will be worth it even if it offends Qinglong.

And next, Qinglong will inevitably face pressure from the three major civilizations. Whether he will have a chance to hunt down the perpetrators is another matter.

Realizing this, someone immediately followed with the intention of intercepting, and soon everyone was ready to take action.

But Costat, who was farther away, stared at this scene with his face changing constantly. Everything happening at the moment was far beyond his control.

He had no other thoughts now, he just wanted to keep the fragments in his hand, and immediately gave a decisive order: "Retreat!"

boom!
While they were thinking, the blue glow had already approached, and King Zhentian's thunder arm blade had spun out hundreds of strangling trajectories.

Each blade light burned arcs of lightning in the void, and the hot plasma flow formed a strangulation matrix.

The moment King Yutian crossed his arms, hexagonal honeycomb shields unfolded layer by layer, and energy singularities that collapsed in the opposite direction floated on the surface of each shield.

However, the moment the blue light struck, the Thunder Blade Net suddenly solidified.

In a short period of time, the blue light shot out several energy beams, accurately hitting the energy nodes of the stranglehold, and a chilling aura filled the air.

Click!

The core of the Thunder Arm Blade went out, and ice-crystal-like cracks appeared on the blade, as if it was attacked in reverse by absolute zero.

King Yutian's honeycomb shield was even more crushed. The ice fragments bursting out in the blue light, seemingly insignificant, directly penetrated the shield.

"Vulnerable."

The figure in the blue glow had blazing eyes, and only the fragment of the Star of Eternal Silence held in the mecha's hand was right in front of him.

But in the peripheral vision, a purple light appeared, like a retinal afterimage.

But his pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't help feeling a sense of fear. This purple light was so familiar.

By the time he realized it, the Infinite Hammer had already brought with it a terrifying force, twisting it inch by inch, and smashing down invincibly.

The moment the blue glow penetrated, the void emitted a series of crisp sounds like glassware exploding, and the energy turbulence that followed crushed the blue glow completely.

The sharp icy light that had torn apart the mechanical guards was now like an ice crystal curtain wall hit by a sledgehammer.

The circular shock wave produced by the collision exploded and surged in all directions like a rolling wave.

Suddenly, the streams of light that followed stopped in the void, staring at the scene in front of them in astonishment.

The mecha, which had not responded or moved at all no matter how it shouted, now had put away the Star of Eternal Silence and was holding the purple hammer.

The crystal-like hammer surface was still stained with blood mist, and in the energy light film wrapped around the hammer handle, one could even see the mirror reflection of everyone's astonished expressions at the moment.

"Why did you suddenly move again?"

The group of people who originally had evil intentions suddenly froze in the middle of the process.

Moreover, can the mecha also transform into that hammer?
Li Ming looked at the remaining half of the body, which seemed to be formed by some kind of ice crystals, and the upper body had disappeared.

His energy level is not high, barely over a thousand. Without [Giant Strike], he can be killed with the infinite heavy hammer combined with various abilities.

"Ice Monster, it turned out to be this old guy..." Anatoly, who was rushing in the front, said in a deep voice: "This guy once committed the crime of interstellar massacre, and now he dares to offend you."

His mental fluctuations were filled with resentment: "I am afraid that Your Excellency will be distracted by other things and be hurt by this despicable guy."

"Oh?" Li Ming raised his head, swinging the Infinite Hammer casually in his hand, "So, you are here to help me?"

"Of course, you and I are both vice presidents of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms. Naturally, I have an obligation to help you." Anatoly hesitated, as if wondering why he asked that.

No wonder you can become the vice president. Everyone’s face changed.

But they found Qinglong's eyes sweeping over them, "So you are here to help me too?"

After a brief silence, surging spiritual fluctuations came like a tide.

"Of course... of course..."

"You are the vice chairman. How can we allow such a despicable person who has not even joined the organization to offend you..."

"..."

In the bustling crowd, Li Ming did not comment, nor did he expose the truth. He just asked calmly, "Did you see everything?"

Everyone nodded.

"What idea?" he asked.

Everyone looked at each other, as if no matter how they answered, it would be a trap. Their eyes couldn't help but focus on Anatoly who was in the front row.

"I must congratulate you on obtaining the Star of Eternal Silence, slaying powerful enemies, and becoming famous in the interstellar space." Anatoly responded solemnly.

And this angle?

Some of the guys who were slower to react looked dazed.

Everyone understood what Qinglong meant. He clearly asked them to choose a side, but Anatoly pretended not to understand.

Others followed suit and congratulated him.

For a moment, the area was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Li Ming looked at the group of cunning bastards in front of him and didn't expect them to provide any help.

If it were in the past, many people would have started handing out their business cards in this situation, but now they are all pretending to be stupid.

With a glance, he found that most of the Empire's warships had disappeared. They retreated very timely.

Obviously to ensure that the fragments in hand would not be lost.

Seeing that the situation was not good... they all ran like rabbits. He couldn't help but shake his head, put away the infinite heavy hammer, and said lightly: "Thank you all for your congratulations. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

He has so many things to do now and must cherish every moment.

Naturally, no one dared to stop him. They made way for him and watched him disappear.

Everyone knew in their hearts that this trip would cause huge trouble.

.........

The capital of the empire.

Adam sat behind his desk, tapping his knuckles on the amber surface, the holographic star map cocooning at his side.

The pupils in his eye sockets were as deep as the abyss. He stared at a virtual screen on the left, which showed a complex trajectory star map. "According to the estimated time, Li Ming will be delivered today." He murmured in a low voice, and his heart beat faster.

He let out a breath slowly. He hadn't felt this uneasy for a long time... Well... not really.

The last time I sent people to capture Li Ming, I had similar concerns, but I was successful that time.

This time, the anxiety is even more intense than last time. Whether or not one can obtain the Star of Eternal Silence will affect many future plans.

Even though he has captured Li Ming, the most important bargaining chip, it is not certain whether he can succeed.

Over the long years, he has witnessed too many changes.

He frowned and sighed, "Heckler's progress is going very smoothly. He has found the coordinates of the Saint Castle and I'm afraid he has arrived at the location."

"If I fail here, I can only avoid his edge for the time being."

He shook his head helplessly and raised his hand to rub his eyebrows.

Time passed silently in the room. I didn't know how long it had been before a communication window suddenly popped up in front of me.

It's Costat.

A sharp light flashed across Adam's eyes. He was about to answer the call, but he paused, took a deep breath, and then answered the call calmly.

Costat's big face popped up at the first moment, with a complex expression of hesitation, fear and other emotions, as if he had aged a lot.

Before he could say anything, Adam had already received a lot of information. His heart sank, and he asked aloud, "I still haven't got the Star of Eternal Silence."

Costat hesitated, nodded first, then shook his head, which confused Adam. He frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean? Did you succeed or not?"

Costat opened his mouth. What happened before was too complicated and shocking.

For a moment, he didn't know where to start, so he could only follow Adam's words and answer in a dull voice: "I succeeded, but I only got half..."

"Half?" Adam was stunned, but he quickly reacted and narrowed his eyes: "The Star of Eternal Silence is broken? Who has the other half?"

He was somewhat dissatisfied at the moment. Li Ming had been captured by him and given to Klonoa, but in the end he only got half.

"Qinglong." Costat uttered these two words with extremely complicated emotions.

Adam couldn't fully understand the complex emotions that Costat was feeling at the moment. He was somewhat surprised, but not surprised at all. He pondered:

"Qinglong, you really can't underestimate him. He can actually snatch things from Chlonoa."

The result was not as expected, but it was not a complete failure. Although he was dissatisfied, the operation was over and he could only appease it:

"You don't have to blame yourself too much. Qinglong can't be judged by common sense. You can make plans for the half he has later."

Only then did Costat realize that Adam didn't even know that Li Ming had been caught.

He had already forgotten about this incident. After all, compared with what happened afterwards, it was just a small matter.

But for now he still had to explain. He moved his lips and whispered, "Saint Emperor, Li Ming was not sent here. It was Qinglong who came. He should have snatched Li Ming back."

"Huh?" Adam, who was originally thinking, looked at him in astonishment, "Li Ming was not sent over? But..."

He suddenly stopped, his face changing from gloomy to bright. He wanted to say that there were no mistakes or omissions in the routine reports during transportation and several video exchanges.

But suddenly he realized that Kostat was being euphemistic, but in fact he was saying that he was completely fooled by Qinglong.

"What a great blue dragon."

Adam's face looked ugly for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself. He didn't think about why he failed. The result was that he had already failed.

But he suddenly looked at Costat, his expression calmed down, and he exclaimed: "You were able to snatch half a piece from Chronoa. You are worthy of being the Imperial Prince I rely on."

Since Li Ming was not sent over, Klonoa will definitely not turn against us.

The price that Costat paid to get this half piece is immeasurable.

Costat's face changed. He couldn't listen any longer. He thought he needed to make this matter clear as soon as possible. He gritted his teeth and said, "Holy Emperor, please listen to me first."

"What happened in the deep dimensional world is too complicated. Although Li Ming didn't send it, Klonoa has actually turned against us."

Adam's face suddenly became confused, but this time he did not interrupt rashly and listened quietly to Costat's narration.

"However, I don't know what method Qinglong used, but he took on the attacks from Chronoa and Istanbul head-on."

"And Chronoa fled the scene in an extremely embarrassed manner, which caused Istanbul to not dare to take any more actions and was forced to retreat by Qinglong."

"It's actually like this..." Adam's face was solemn, thinking, "Li Ming, also known as Talos, has the means to check and balance Chronoa. In our estimation, he should be secretly cooperating with Qinglong."

"It's amazing that he could withstand the attacks of two forbidden life forms."

"But, in the end, I was able to get half a piece, which is enough." He comforted Chlonoa again, "Although it's only half a piece, it gives me more bargaining chips."

"The matter of the Eternal Star has come to an end for now. You should come back first and help me deal with the pressure from Heckler. Things are going smoothly on his side."

Costat smiled bitterly and said, "You don't have to worry about Heckler."

"Oh?" Adam, who was thinking about how to deal with Heckler, looked at him unexpectedly.

"The Holy Castle has already been taken over by someone else." Costat said disappointedly.

"What?" Adam's face changed drastically. The reason why he did not interfere with Heckler was because this holy castle was already in the hands of the empire.

It's an enhanced empire anyway.

Now that he suddenly heard that someone had gotten there first, he naturally lost his composure and asked hastily, "Who?"

But then he asked, "How did you know this?"

"This matter is very complicated. For some reason, the Star of Eternal Silence reflects the scene of the Holy Castle." Costat became more and more helpless. "I sent you a video, would you like to take a look?"

Reflecting the scene of the St. Castle?

Adam frowned, looking somewhat dissatisfied. Until now, Costat was keeping him in suspense.

Another virtual screen popped up next to it, and the video sent by Costat began to play.

He calmed down and looked at it, but his expression changed drastically as the progress bar progressed.

The changes in the King Trial... the sudden intrusion of the Titan branch... he now understood why Costat said that this matter was complicated.

But when he saw the purple hammer in the hands of the figure on the King Trial Arena, his face changed color and he asked repeatedly: "Qinglong, it's Qinglong again!"

"How did he find the Holy Castle? How did he get there first?"

Costat opened his mouth, but naturally could not come up with an answer.

The depth of the spread of the Azure Dragon's tentacles was far beyond his expectations. The Holy Castle that Heckler had been planning for a long time was actually left so far behind by the Azure Dragon.

Adam's face was gloomy and uncertain, but he could only suppress his emotions and continue watching.

Until the end, the Dark Prison Giant who was as powerful as Tandin was seriously injured by Qinglong's hammer and was strangled by the Holy Castle.

He completely lost his composure, stood up abruptly, clenched his fists, and slammed his knuckles heavily on the amber table. Fine cracks spread inch by inch, and golden energy lines appeared under his skin.

The holographic star map surrounding him trembled violently, his face was distorted and ferocious, and he squeezed out a word from his throat, which was rough and hard: "How can he... be so strong!!"

(End of this chapter)