Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Mechagon's compound eyes lit up: "The transfer of teleportation array permissions has been completed. You can now use any intercontinental teleportation array within this city and the coordinate gates recorded within it at any time, without needing anyone's approval."

A smile curved Liu Nian's lips.

This is exactly what he wanted: to be able to use the teleportation array here freely without needing anyone's authorization!

McCagon said, "I did something shady. I removed a key component from this main core engine—the phase stabilizer of the perpetual engine. Without that, the perpetual engine can't function properly!"

Liu Nian nodded.

"Furthermore," McCagon added, "I've locked the remaining two Mithril vaults at the system level. If Dracono tries to break them in by force, the vaults will initiate a self-destruct mechanism, destroying everything inside. He won't be able to get it! I'm sure he wouldn't want to destroy it."

Liu Nian couldn't help but laugh.

Currently, Desham is under Dracono's control, but not completely. The two will need to fight for some time, but in the end, Dracono will surely win.

However, now that Liu Nian has sufficient authority, there's no need for him to waste any more time here.

The city is here anyway, there's no way to escape it!

McCagon said, "He wants to control this city with Shams' soul, but that will take a very, very long time. You know, it took Shams centuries to control me and rebuild this city! Dracono wants to completely submerge Shams' soul, and that won't be possible in less than a few decades! So, let him take his time and do his thing!"

Liu Nian nodded: "Currently, this city is almost completely destroyed by the war, so let him use the vampire clan's resources to repair it first! Perhaps I will return after the repairs are complete!"

McCagon said, "This city's true function is far more than just a flying city! As the former core of a starship, it still possesses powerful capabilities! These capabilities cannot be compared to those of a simple flying city!"

Liu Nian pondered, "You mean, if a hull of sufficient size and strength is built, it can still be used as the core of a starship?"

"That's not all! Its inherent properties allow it to be quickly integrated into the new ship's hull. Keep in mind, it has five permanent engines! A typical level eight city only needs two engines to take off and warp! Moreover, its greatest use is actually its repair function. It can regenerate power to a city reduced to ruins at an extremely fast speed, and its various advanced workshops can also quickly repair the city!"

Liu Nian nodded, then shook his head.

The fact that such a powerful starship was destroyed shows just how intense the war was!

"Alright, let's leave this here for now and go!"

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The Western Continent, a wasteland of bones.

The greyish-white sky hung low, and countless enormous skeletons were scattered across the boundless wasteland, reminiscent of the underworld.

In the center of the wasteland, a solitary teleportation array suddenly lit up.

Pale blue light surged from the array base, condensing into a pillar of light in the air.

Within the beam of light, two figures slowly emerged—a human clad in golden armor and a three-meter-tall, silver-white mechanical giant spider.

Liu Nian stepped out of the teleportation array, looked around, and took a deep breath of the air from the Western Continent.

"Ugh! Spit! I forgot this is the Land of the Dead, the stench of corpses is everywhere!"

Liu Nian cursed, then took out his True Heart and began to sense Matt's coordinates.

A moment later, his eyes lit up.

"Found it."

Matt's coordinates are only a few hours away from here.

It seems my luck is finally turning around.

Liu Nian suppressed his true feelings, rubbed his nose which was numb from the stench of corpses, and turned to look at Mechagon behind him.

"You go back to the pet space first. I need to change my identity and continue my journey."

Mechagon's compound eyes flashed, his eight spider legs retracted, and his entire body transformed into a silvery-white light, dissipating into the void.

Liu Nian pulled the Heart of Deception from his backpack and held it in his hand. A faint light appeared, and his figure began to change—his bones crackled slightly, his height increased to about two and a half meters, his skin turned grayish-white, and two eerie green flames ignited in his eye sockets. The Divine Punishment Envoy set he wore was also disguised as a dark undead plate armor, with a hideous skull embedded in the shoulder armor.

【LV999 Augustus (Guild Leader of the Dark Annihilation Guild)】

This was an undead player he had encountered while attacking the Golden City, and now he could use it.

"Kalon,"

A rift opened in the air, and Kalon's figure floated out. With a wave of his staff, a massive bone dragon emerged from the void.

Liu Nian flipped over and jumped onto the back of the bone dragon, while Kalon floated down above the dragon's head.

"Set off."

The bone dragon suddenly spread its wings, creating a gust of wind, and soared into the sky.

The sky over the western continent was even darker than that of the southern continent, with low-hanging clouds that seemed ready to press down at any moment.

The bone dragon flew at high speed in the low sky, its wingtips cutting through the clouds and leaving two long white trails.

Below, the wasteland was littered with traces of battle—charred craters, shattered bones, and a ground riddled with corrosion.

From time to time, you can see some low-level undead monsters wandering around the wasteland. Skeleton soldiers, ghouls, and ghosts are all around level 300. When they see the bone dragon flying in the sky, they are all frightened and run away.

Liu Nian lay on the spine of the bone dragon, resting his head on it, and closed his eyes to relax.

The wind whistled past my ears, and every now and then I could hear the cries of unknown monsters.

The journey was very peaceful. This was a low-level competition area, mostly filled with players who had just ascended after breaking through level 199 in the Realm. Given Liu Nian's level, no one dared to stop him.

Two hours later, the bone dragon began to slow down and descend.

A cluster of low buildings appeared on the wasteland ahead—several dilapidated undead watchtowers, a crooked bone wall, and a simple camp in the middle.

There are several hundred undead NPCs and players in the camp, all around level 400.

At this moment, these undead are being besieged by a group of bizarrely shaped, enormous creatures.

Those creatures were very similar to snake-men, with human-like upper bodies and thick snake tails, but much larger bodies, and their necks and heads were exactly like those of pythons.

Liu Nian saw a player's name above their head:

【LV450 Verona (Giant Serpent Clan)】

Judging from the appearance, these giant serpent monsters must be players from the Giant Serpent World, who are constantly fighting against the undead of the Western Continent.

Among these giant snake players, there are also many players of other races, including Matt, who has been promoted to the demon race!

Liu Nian immediately spotted this guy sneaking around behind him, trying to gain experience points!

But... why is Matt getting mixed up with these giant snake players?

Immediately afterward, Liu Nian saw the relatively short snake monster next to Matt... No! The snake-man, wasn't that Riftscale?

Oh, then it's quite obvious.

It's highly likely that after Riftscale ascended to the Dark Underworld, he met the Giant Serpent player, and Matt, who was on good terms with Riftscale, was introduced to the Giant Serpent player by Riftscale.

These two guys are currently leveling up by following this group of giant snake players!

Speaking of which, Matt's level has increased quite quickly; he's already level 230.

Compared to the players who came out of Blue Star at this time, they were still stuck before level 199.

This doesn't mean that other Blue Star players are inferior to Matt. If they were focused on leveling up, breaking through level 199 wouldn't be a problem. It's just that the items needed to break through level limits are too difficult to obtain, and Wu Zhan and the others aren't in a hurry to break through for the time being.

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