After hearing Qi Yuan's reminder, Blazing Angel sensed the state of her body. Only then did she realize that she had quietly crossed the threshold of the Sixth Order and officially advanced to the Sixth Order.
It's over!
It's over!
It must be because I ate too much Asterite, that's why I advanced to the Sixth Order!
The matter of secretly eating can't be hidden anymore!
With a thought, Blazing Angel directly used her trump card — acting cute!
She hugged Qi Yuan's arm and hung her whole body on Qi Yuan's body, looking at Qi Yuan with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have secretly eaten Asterite, I'm hungry!"
Secretly eating Asterite?
Qi Yuan was also stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what had happened, so he looked at Blazing Angel with a smile that was not a smile.
"You sneaked out and took the initiative to meet Ah Jiu, just to secretly eat Asterite?"
Blazing Angel nodded obediently.
"I won't dare to do it again!"
Qi Yuan was happy in his heart. He reckoned that only Blazing Angel could do it. He didn't even know when he had advanced.
"Tell me, how much Asterite did you secretly eat to actually support yourself to the Sixth Order?"
"Not much, just a little bit!" The Blazing Angel pitifully gestured with his hands.
"How much is a little bit?" Qi Yuan was unmoved.
"This … This … A little bit is just a little bit, not much!" Blazing Angel began to change the topic.
"If you don't say it, I'll ask Ah Jiu. Do you think she will help you lie to me?" Qi Yuan said.
Blazing Angel thought about it seriously. With Ah Jiu's IQ, as long as Qi Yuan tricked her, she would probably sell her out completely. She could only sigh and take the initiative to admit her mistake.
Blazing Angel originally thought that she would be severely punished by Qi Yuan for secretly eating five tons of Asterite, such as not being allowed to go near Asterite for a month or something like that.
But she didn't expect that after Qi Yuan heard her confess her mistake, he unexpectedly didn't punish her. He only calmly told her that she was not allowed to lie to him in the future, and then casually brushed this matter aside.
My trump card is so useful?
Before Blazing Angel could rejoice, he saw Qi Yuan pat a mechanical body beside him and say, "That's right.
"This is a mechanical body I prepared for you. Get used to it first. After the battle with battle fort no. 9, you will kill the enemies for me."
"One peak Tier 6 enemy is worth a ton of Asterite. Only when we kill fifty Tier 6 enemies can we be considered to have cleared the debt!"
Killing fifty peak Rank-6 machines?
Blazing Angel was instantly stunned. Tears streamed down his face as he asked:
"A Pinnacle Tier 6 is only worth one ton of Asterite. Are the Pinnacle Tier 6 Mech Dynasty so worthless?"
"If you can kill Slayer, you can consider your debt paid!" Qi Yuan said.
"Forget it then, I'll just kill those peak Stage Six." Blazing Angel was instantly terrified.
Fifty Peak Sixth Stage warriors, he could slowly kill them, and he should be able to make up the number.
As for Slayer, that was a Tier 7 Mech Apostle. If he had the ability to kill him, why would he need to trick Asterite from Nine? He would've gone to battle fort no. 9 long ago!
"You get used to this mechanical body first. I'll go pick up Nine." Qi Yuan said.
After Qi Yuan and Ajiu met up, Qi Yuan led Ajiu directly to his own laboratory. He watched as Ajiu took out the star energy stones that had been cut into cubes and neatly arranged them on the lab bench. Qi Yuan's heart was filled with emotion.
He had worked so hard for so long, and the amount of Asterite he earned was not even as much as what he got from tricking Nine. Plus, most of his Asterite had been fed to the Tree of Oblivion and turned into Oblivion Bombs.
This replenishment came just in time!
These fifty tons of Asterite should be enough to support him for a long time.
However, another problem was placed in front of Qi Yuan.
Seraph had used up almost sixty tons of Asterite when she was advancing from Tier 5 to Tier 6. How much Asterite would she need to advance to Tier 7?
Qi Yuan did not dare to guess that huge number. Even if he emptied the entire stock of the Black Steel Shelter, it might not be enough.
"Nine, this time you destroyed battle fort no. 9 and brought me a hundred tons of Asterite. You really helped me a lot." Qi Yuan said.
Nine froze for a moment and said carefully, "I … didn't bring a hundred tons … I only brought fifty."
Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Ok, Seraph already told me. She ate fifty tons. Don't be led astray by her."
Nine looked at the crestfallen Seraph. She did not expect to encounter a situation like this.
However, since Seraph had already confessed, there was no need for her to continue hiding.
Seraph reached out her hand. There was a small stone in her palm. It was the broken grey stone in her hand.
"This is a local product I brought you, but Seraph broke it!"
Another local product?
Qi Yuan picked up a small stone and studied it carefully. He vaguely felt that this stone was a little strange, but no matter how he looked, he could not find anything out of the ordinary.
Qi Yuan thought this was a random stone that Nine picked up, but when he thought about the hundred tons of Asterite, Qi Yuan vaguely felt that this stone was hiding something.
"Where did you find this stone?"
"I found it in the energy storage. It was right next to Asterite. It was dug out from the body of a panic level insectoid after Slayer killed it." Seraph said.
A panic level insectoid!
Qi Yuan's expression froze when he heard this. He could vaguely guess what this stone was.
This was most likely a spirit crystal!
There was a strange spirit crystal inside the body of a panic level insectoid. It was the condensation of the life force and energy of a panic level insectoid. It was also the main ingredient for making the source of life potion!
But the question was, how did this spirit crystal shatter?
The crystal core that condensed the life force and energy of a panic level insectoid not only had energy reserved, but also had an extremely strong defense. Even high-level powerhouses would find it difficult to destroy it. Unless the energy was exhausted, the spirit crystal would not shatter like this.
Could it be that Slayer had absorbed the energy inside?
But if he had absorbed the energy inside, why did he put this stone in the storage?
Qi Yuan pondered for a while before his gaze finally fell on Seraph.
"Repeat the whole process carefully after you met Ajiu."
Seraph thought about it and was a little embarrassed to speak. She rolled her eyes and flew to Nine's side. She said in a low voice, "You tell me."
Ajiu nodded and repeated the whole process carefully.
Qi Yuan frowned when he heard this.
"In other words, Seraph did not break through to Rank 6 after eating fifty tons of Asterite."
Nine and Seraph nodded at the same time.
"This stone suddenly shattered not long after it fell into Seraph's hands."
Ajiu nodded again.
Seraph mumbled in a low voice, "I didn't break it. I didn't even use force and it shattered on its own."
Qi Yuan did not care about Seraph's mumbling. He took a piece of stone and went to find Duanmu Longxiang, who had just finished a meeting.
"Director Duanmu, look at this stone. Is it a shattered spirit crystal?"
"Spirit crystal?" Director Duanmu took the stone from Qi Yuan's hand and examined it carefully.
Soon, Duanmu Longxiang put down the stone with a little uncertainty.
"This is indeed a shattered spirit crystal, but its energy has been used up."
"This is something that can only be obtained from killing a panic level insectoid. Where did you get it?"
Qi Yuan smiled bitterly.
"From battle fort no.9. What a pity."
Duanmu Longxiang was stunned for a moment, but then he couldn't help but laugh.
"You blew up battle fort no.9. Don't tell me you emptied Slayer's storage while you were at it?"
Qi Yuan chuckled and did not explain further. If he continued, Ajiu would probably be exposed.
After saying goodbye to Duanmu Longxiang, Qi Yuan returned to the lab and looked at Seraph with a complicated expression.
"This is indeed a spirit crystal. Other than the 50 tons of Asterite, this spirit crystal is probably the reason why you could reach rank 7."
Qi Yuan was even more curious about Seraph now. If this spirit crystal was shattered in the hands of Seraph, then the energy inside must have been absorbed by Seraph.
It was not easy to absorb energy from a spirit crystal under the high rank. Even Abel himself might not be able to do it.
But Seraph did it!
Unbeknownst to herself, she had quietly sucked dry a Source Crystal and directly broke through to the Sixth-Order.
This meant that Seraph's original power was scarier than he had imagined!
Seraph looked at Qi Yuan weakly. She didn't really understand the value of a spirit crystal, but she could guess from Qi Yuan's eyes that it was worth a lot.
"Then I'll add another peak rank 6?" Seraph asked tentatively.
"One is not enough!" Qi Yuan said with a smile that didn't look like a smile.
Seraph swallowed her saliva.
"Then how many more do you want?"
Qi Yuan reached out his right hand and opened his 5 fingers.
"5 more?" Seraph asked quietly.
"50!" Qi Yuan said directly.
Seeing Seraph's mouth open, Qi Yuan continued.
"You can also try to kill a panic insectoid. There is a spirit crystal inside them. If you can kill 2 panic insectoids, then your debt will be paid."
Seraph lowered her head, looking a little depressed.
She knew her own power. If she went to kill panic insectoids, she would only be able to fill the gaps between their teeth. It was safer to just kill rank 6.
Although 100 rank 6 was a lot, she could kill them all one day if she took her time.
Qi Yuan inspected the machine that Nine had assembled. Many parts still had the symbol of battle fort number 9. It was not suitable to expose it to the Slayer, so Qi Yuan gave up on the idea of adding more combat units.
Qi Yuan thought for a moment and said to Nine, "When the battle starts, you and Seraph will control this machine together. She will be responsible for the energy output, and you will be responsible for the command. You two can try to fight together."
"Ok!
Okay! "Ajiu shouted happily.
Although Nine had once controlled the defense system of the fort, she didn't have many chances to fight due to the strength of the fort. Now she could control her own machine and fight together with Seraph. This was something she had never experienced before!
"Oh right, how many rank 6 machines did the Slayer send into the underground mechanical ruin?" Qi Yuan suddenly asked.
"26!" Seraph said.
"Not just 26 rank 6 peak machines. They also led an entire elite team into the mechanical ruin."
"Well done!" Qi Yuan looked at Ajiu approvingly.
This number was twice as much as Ajiu's initial estimate. If nothing went wrong, Ajiu should have tricked the Slayer into a miserable state.
A total of 26 elite battle squads, plus the 10 elite battle squads from last time. Battle fort no.9 had lost at least an entire army on the battlefield. These 2 actions had canceled out the Mech King's reinforcements this time.
The weaker battle fort number 9 was, the higher the chance of the frontline base winning!
Under Duanmu Longxiang's command, the entire frontline base quickly went into action. Everyone knew the final battle was coming.
On top of the ruined fort number 9, the Slayer had just finished counting the losses. In the explosion, other than the destruction of the fort and all the resources, the army had also lost a lot of soldiers. There were only 55 rank 6 machines that could still fight. 4 of them were too close to the center of the explosion and were destroyed by the terrifying explosion.
As for the rank 5 and rank 4 machines, the losses were even worse. 1/3 of the army was destroyed in the explosion.
Under the cold gaze of the Slayer, a black spider-like machine lowered its voice and said, "Sir Slayer, the investigation has been completed.
"Your Excellency Slayer, the preliminary investigation of this explosion has yielded results. Traces of Despair Fang's clones were seen at all the locations of the explosions. Near the control center, there were also people who saw Despair Fang's self-destruction."
The Slayer looked around. The terrifying energy wave from the high-rank apostles had covered the entire ruins.
"Can anyone tell me why the Teeth of Despair betrayed us?"
Everyone was silent. Only the occasional crackling of electricity could be heard from the ruins, reverberating in the surroundings.
Ever since battle fort number 9 was built, there had never been a case of a machine betraying them. No matter if it was a mechanic or a machine, loyalty to the Supreme Controller was the most basic logic of all machines in the Mech Palace. No one could break free from it.
Even high-rank apostles couldn't!
But the Teeth of Despair betrayed them!
And it directly destroyed the entire fort number 9!
This meant that the Teeth of Despair had most likely broken free from the Supreme Controller's basic logic.
The Supreme Controller's power was already deeply ingrained in the hearts of every machine in the Mech Palace. Even someone as strong as the Slayer couldn't fight against it.
No one could break free from the Supreme Controller's control, and no one dared to break free from the Supreme Controller's control!
This was a rule that machines could never change!
But at this moment, the Teeth of Despair had broken this rule. This made many mechanics have a thought that had never appeared before.
The Supreme Controller wasn't invincible!
That untouchable logic of loyalty wasn't unchangeable!
When there was no hope of freedom, no one dared to hope for freedom. But when someone placed this glimmer of hope in front of them, many mechanics couldn't help but want to feel the feeling of freedom!
The Slayer could vaguely feel this change spreading, but he couldn't stop it. This was because he had the same thought once in a while.
However, the Slayer didn't dare to betray them. Only after stepping into the high-rank could he truly feel the power of the Supreme Controller. It was a power that went deep into his soul, and he didn't dare to have any other thoughts!
However, the influence of this matter had to be eliminated. He couldn't let this thought spread among the mechanics.
Otherwise, the Supreme Controller would definitely give him the most terrifying punishment!
Betrayal was the most hated act of the Supreme Controller!
The Slayer had a vague feeling that the source of the Teeth of Despair's betrayal was in the frontline base. Or rather, it was on that Qi Yuan who had repeatedly exceeded his expectations.
Compared to the underground mechanical ruins and the crisis of energy exhaustion, this betrayal that challenged the dignity of the Supreme Controller was a problem that he had to solve.
The Mech Palace allowed defeat, but betrayal was not allowed!
There was only one way to solve this problem!
Not only did he have to kill the Teeth of Despair, but he also had to find the source of this problem and completely eliminate it!
Only then could he cut off the thoughts of the Supreme Controller that were spreading in the hearts of the other mechanics!
Under everyone's gaze, the Slayer's order instantly spread across the entire ruins.
"All troops, move out! Completely destroy the frontline base!"