It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"The houses here are so strange, a style I've never seen before. Building houses with metal? That's a bit too extravagant. By the way, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing Cecil's question, Roy was startled and realized that he and Latie had come to rescue Tonnie.

He quickly explained the whole story to Cecil, who was silent for a moment before nodding: "I see. But are you just going to force your way in like this? That's a bit too crude."

“There’s no other way.” Roy shrugged. “Neither Latie nor I have good stealth abilities. With the monitoring capabilities of the Mechanical Holy City-Ericd, ordinary stealth methods are meaningless and can be easily detected. Rather than that, we might as well just force our way in and rescue Tonière in the shortest time possible.”

Upon hearing this, Sesil sighed and rubbed his forehead: "You guys... never mind, let me lend you a hand."

As she finished speaking, Cecil raised her hand, and a small, dark blue full moon appeared in her palm.

The full moon slowly rose, its dark blue light shining on the three of them, forming a soft curtain.

"Let's go. Under the Dark Moon Veil, only demigods can detect our presence."

"Sehill, weren't you injured? How come you seem even stronger than before?" Roy said in surprise.

“Injury and increased strength are not mutually exclusive,” Cecil said irritably. “Do you think I’ve been sleeping like an idiot all these years while I was sealed away?”

"When I fought Sima, I had just broken through the seal and my strength was at its lowest point."

"If we're talking about cultivation levels, I should be at the third stage of the Great Witch realm, almost at the fourth stage."

"The Great Witch's third stage..." Roy thought to himself.

The Great Witch's first stage is comparable to a Legendary Three-Star, her second stage is comparable to a Legendary Peak, and her third stage is comparable to a Legendary Limit.

As for the fourth stage, the benchmark is naturally demigods.

Despite being sealed for a century and having her consciousness suppressed to its lowest point, Cecilia's realm has still reached this level. No wonder she is considered a super genius witch of yesteryear.

"Set off."

With Cecil's help, Roy and Latie's infiltration went much more smoothly.

The curtain formed by the dark blue full moon seemed to isolate them in another space and time. Even Latie's spatial talent required all her strength to barely tear open a gap, which shows how extraordinary it was.

On the bustling streets, pedestrians dressed in a cyberpunk style were everywhere. The buildings made of steel with huge chimneys on top constantly belching out large plumes of white smoke were an eye-opener for Roy.

Compared to the capital of the Glorious Empire, the classically elegant Saint Fuye, the mechanical holy city of Erikd has a completely different style.

One represents the pinnacle of theology and classicism, while the other embodies the supreme aesthetics of mechanics and steam.

Guided by the star map, the three avoided pedestrians and headed towards the "white dot" that symbolized Toni's location.

Before long, Roy and Latie stopped.

At this moment, their location coincides with the position of the white dot—the star map is zoomed in and out, and can only indicate the general location, not the exact location of every inch of land.

Roy looked up at the massive complex of buildings that appeared before him.

It was a hundred-meter-tall building made entirely of dark silver steel, shaped like a giant sword. Around it were four other giant sword-shaped buildings that were slightly shorter but still over fifty meters tall.

Below the five giant sword-shaped buildings—one large and four small—there is a wide, cold metal platform.

From a distance, the complex resembles a prison for the gods, with five giant swords piercing the gods' hearts and limbs respectively.

"A shackled punishment facility?"

As Roy gazed at the name inscribed on the central giant sword structure, his eyes gradually turned cold.

"What's next?" Latie's voice came from the side.

"Let's infiltrate and search first." Suppressing the flames of rage in his heart, Roy calmly said, "If we can't find it, we'll just find the demigod here and beat him until he tells us."

“Okay.” Roy’s plan could be described as “simple and crude,” but it was a viable approach at the moment.

Even Sehir, upon hearing this, did not speak up to stop it.

Having made their decision, the three immediately began their operation.

One after another, surveillance waves, both overt and covert, swept across the area where the three were, but none of them elicited any reaction.

Clearly, as Cecil said, those of them who were under the "Dark Moon Curtain" appeared to exist, but in reality, they were in another temporarily created space-time.

The gate to the arsenal is located at the bottom of the giant sword-shaped building.

The gate was wide open, and apart from the mechanical knights guarding it on either side, there were no other guards.

Clearly, as one of the three supreme institutions of the Kolei Empire, the Armed Punishment Bureau did not believe that anyone would dare to force their way in, nor did they believe that anyone could arrive here silently, bypassing numerous surveillance devices.

Therefore, Roy and his two companions walked into the arson chamber without any trouble.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Roy did not deploy his sensory field to locate Toni's position.

After all, while the "Dark Moon Curtain" isolates their existence, it also hinders their influence on the outside world. If they wanted to forcefully perceive it, it wouldn't be impossible, but in that case, the concealment effect of the "Dark Moon Curtain" would disappear directly.

At that time, the hidden surveillance devices inside the arson facility will immediately pinpoint their location.

It's not the final moment yet. If possible, Roy wants to rescue Tonnie first and ensure her safety before dealing with the people in the Armory. Latie has already set up a "spatial anchor point" so she can teleport at any time without worrying about evacuation.

Upon entering the arson hall, one is greeted by a device resembling an elevator, which provides direct access to upper floors or deeper underground spaces. In addition to the elevator, there are staircases along the edge of the hall for manual ascent and descent.

To avoid being exposed, Roy and Latie had no choice but to go up and down the stairs manually.

They climbed the stairs, and after a while, they arrived near the top floor.

During this process, they did not see Tonigne.

The entrance to the top floor was sealed off by a thick, special alloy, and there was a machine at the entrance that resembled a fingerprint and iris authentication system.

In other words, unless one resorts to violent destruction, it is virtually impossible to enter this place.

After thinking for a moment, Roy and Latie returned to the first floor and headed deeper underground.

The bright fluorescent lights made the place almost free of darkness.

The underground space of the arson facility is vast, extending down ten levels, yet it is still far from the deepest point.

However, as they descended further, what they saw and heard gradually made Roy and the others' expressions turn serious.

Inside the underground space of the Mechanical Punishment Hall, there are not only production workshops storing a large number of human mechanical parts, but also some knights undergoing brutal mechanization. The entire transformation process is chilling to watch, and it is hard to imagine how these knights, who are being transformed, can remain expressionless during the process.

According to Roy's observations, during the transformation process, the knights' consciousness seemed to be outside their own bodies.

Of course, without having delved deeply into the path of magical machinery, he dared not make any definitive conclusions.

They descended thirty-two floors but still couldn't find Toni. What appeared before Roy and his companions was a closed metal wall and door made of the same special alloy as the top floor.

"call……"

Roy let out a soft breath, his eyes sharpening.

"It seems that Tonnie is either on the top floor or in the deepest part."

"We have no choice but to resort to violence."

"Latie, Cecil, are you ready?"

Roy looked at Latie beside him and Cecilia, who was sitting on his shoulder in her doll form, and said.

"Don't worry." Latie smiled faintly.

The doll-like Cecilia also gave a thumbs-up gesture.

"Then, let's begin!"

The "Dark Moon Curtain" dissipated, and terrifying battle aura surged from Roy's body. He drew the Starfire Blade from his waist and slashed horizontally at the metal wall in front of him.

"Qiang!"

With a metallic clang, the nearly meter-thick metal gate was split in two.

At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire shackles.

Chapter 219 Ascension Ceremony: Mechanical God Creation!

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The moment the "Dark Moon Curtain" was lifted, Roy dispersed his perception circle and precisely stabbed at the top of the Mechanical Punishment Hall and the walls deep inside that were sealed by special alloy.

But to Roy's surprise, his senses were unable to penetrate the two metal walls.

Clearly, this special alloy possesses powerful sensory shielding capabilities.

Realizing this, Roy did not hesitate at all, drew his long sword from his waist and slashed fiercely.

Since we can't pinpoint Tonnie's exact location, we'll have to choose one of two options. If we choose correctly, we'll rescue her and run away. If we choose incorrectly, we'll resort to "extreme violence."

With the addition of "Meteor Accumulation" for 300% sharpness, the Starfire Blade's sharpness reaches a terrifying level.

The heavy, sturdy metal door was cleaved in two by Roy's knife.

The moment the piercing alarm sounded, Roy and his two companions had already rushed into the lowest level of the arson chamber.

The ground floor of the shackles was empty, with only a dark, circular cavity.

Relying on his superior skills and daring, Roy jumped straight down.

A whooshing sound swept past his ears, and after falling for about ten meters, his dim vision suddenly brightened, revealing an incredibly vast and brightly lit underground space.

Its entire body is made of silvery-white metal, with thick pipes crisscrossing it, transporting some unknown fluorescent liquid inside. The confluence of these pipes is a lake of purple liquid bubbling with heat.

The liquid flowing from the pipes, after being compressed and purified, is injected into this purple liquid lake, causing its water level to rise slowly.

Of course, these are not the point.

The key point is that in the center of the purple liquid lake, there is a silver-white metal platform with a radius of nearly 100 meters. In the center of the platform, the unconscious Toni is fixed in place by an electric arc manipulated by a giant metal ring that is suspended vertically.

"Toni!"

Roy's eyes narrowed, but he did not immediately take action to rescue her. Instead, he focused his gaze on a figure standing quietly not far from Tonnie.

He was an unremarkable middle-aged man.

With a short buzz cut, and neither too tall nor too fat, neither too short nor too thin, his appearance made him an ideal "disappearant" figure in a crowd. The only thing that attracted attention was his eyes.

Those were not eyes in the conventional sense, but a pair of mechanical eyes emitting a faint red glow.

The man was somewhat surprised by Roy and his group's sudden arrival, but he quickly calmed down.

"I never expected that the Radiant lackey who took in the 'Holy Body' would possess such strength. It's astonishing. Peak Legend? Limit of Legend?"

"It seems that the surveillance technology of the arsenal needs to be updated, as it failed to detect your presence."

"You've come to rescue her? I remember the Holy Body's mortal name is 'Toni,' right? How rare that the lackeys of Radiance would risk this much for a witch they despise so much."