Chapter 551: Heaven and Earth as Furnace: The Cybertron Emperor (?)

As the alchemical matrix swirling with Jin Guang enveloped the entire dimensional gap, Lu Jiatim's sense of crisis surged several levels higher.

If earlier he had merely felt slightly uncomfortable, now he might as well have been inside a furnace of extreme heat.

Though his perception modules showed everything normal and external temperature unchanged, Lu Jiatim felt an unbearable, all-over scorching.

'Strange. Did the sensor modules malfunction?'

An absurd thought flashed through his mind—after all, the probability of this happening was no greater than a shut-in stumbling upon a giant-jk high school girl.

But the 【Heavenly King】 quickly realized the cause: this phenomenon was almost certainly due to the new humanoid entity before him, who had just finished issuing a threat.

Maybe it wasn't even a threat.

With urgent, uncontainable dread, Lu Jiatim urged repeatedly: "Hazi, get out of here—I feel something's terribly wrong."

"Heh." Hazi chuckled at this. "Relax, I've already arranged everything."

Long before Lu Jiatim fought the red giant dragon, he had prepared an evacuation plan.

Unlike this reckless companion beside him, Hazi preferred to account for every possible scenario, so he had long anticipated any sudden emergency.

Now was the moment to reap the reward of his caution.

Hearing this, Lu Jiatim offered rare praise: "Hazi, no wonder Lord Melwazoya assigned you to accompany us—you truly are one of the Luo Hou Seven Luminaries."

"Save your flattery until we've escaped."

Unfortunately, Hazi didn't take it well.

Just as the two mechanical lifeforms waited for the fleet to evacuate this space, alarms blared across the entire fleet.

【WARNING! WARNING! Propulsion units damaged! Navigation system damaged!】

Followed by a flood of system failure reports.

"... Hazi, I take back what I just said."

Though he spoke those words, Lu Jiatim knew this wasn't Hazi's fault—he turned to his chaotic subordinates: "What's happening?"

"My lord, all internal systems have failed, and the external armor has begun melting for unknown reasons."

After receiving the report, Lu Jiatim fell silent.

Indeed, the scorching sensation he'd felt earlier wasn't an illusion—it was real.

As the 【Heavenly King】 pondered this, a shrill sound of tearing metal suddenly pierced the air—and he watched in horror as the subordinate before him melted into a pool of liquid metal.

!!

No flames. No temperature rise. How the hell did that thing outside do this!?

Lu Jiatim's electronic eyes flickered wildly as his internal chips frantically calculated the nature of the opponent's technique.

But in the end, the chips yielded only one cold conclusion.

【UNKNOWN】.

This mechanical lifeform, who had participated in the destruction of countless planets, had never encountered such an ability—his thoughts spiraled into chaos.

Just as Lu Jiatim was about to overload, a distorted voice echoed in his ear: "C-c-c-calm down!"

It was Hazi.

Hearing his voice, Lu Jiatim snapped out of his computational frenzy.

Hssss—hssss—

Amid the piercing screech of the cooling modules, Lu Jiatim barely managed to turn his head and saw Hazi's body spewing sparks, his once-perfect silver-white form now faintly glowing red.

Clearly, under the unknown force, his comrade was on the verge of collapse.

At this critical moment, before his speech module fully failed, Hazi hurriedly said: "I'll detonate myself to tear a rift in this space—when that happens, seize the chance to extract my data and escape."

"Remember! Report everything about that outside creature to the Lords!"

As he spoke, he pulled a small silver cube from his chest, now partially liquefied, and shoved it into Lu Jiatim's hand.

Feeling the heavy weight in his palm, Lu Jiatim nodded immediately: "Understood."

He knew Hazi, as a servant of the 【Evil God】, had the ability to back up his existence—so long as his core data remained intact, there was still a Fuhuoji Society. He raised no objection to the plan.

Having arranged the aftermath, Hazi immediately prepared to detonate.

But the moment his body erupted in Bai Guang, an invisible force slammed him back down.

The 【Lunar King】's self-destruct module had been burned out.

Now, the once-massive fleet had shattered into countless spinning droplets of molten metal.

Li Ang watched the two mechanical lifeforms still struggling nearby and sneered: "Pretty durable, huh? I wonder if Yilisi's teeth can chew through them."

He'd promised the little dragon he'd bring back some local specialties—these mechanical lifeforms, burned by the 【Heaven and Earth as Furnace】, made perfect candidates.

Of course, he wouldn't reduce high-value individuals entirely into mere metal blocks.

Realizing they couldn't even self-destruct, Lu Jiatim and Hazi exchanged a glance, then both turned their gaze toward the figure standing atop the giant dragon's head.

Without hesitation, these two terrifying mechanical lifeforms—each having destroyed countless planets—unleashed all their energy and charged forward.

But as they drew closer to Li Ang, molten metal dripped continuously from their bodies, their towering forms growing thinner until only their bald skulls remained.

Finally, less than two kilometers from Li Ang, Lu Jiatim and Hazi froze in place, their electronic eyes extinguished forever.

Yet seeing this, Li Ang let out a scoff: "You really thought this pathetic trick would work?"

"."

Silence answered him.

At this, the Great Red couldn't help whispering: "Aren't you being too cautious? They're clearly dead—look at them."

In the eyes of the True Crimson Dragon Emperor, the two mechanical lifeforms that had nearly trapped him were utterly motionless, their bodies melted into molten droplets, leaving only two skulls drifting lifelessly toward them.

Hearing this, Li Ang sighed: "No wonder you were beheaded by that 【Evil Demon God】."

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Before the Great Red could grasp the meaning of those words, the two skulls were violently torn apart by an invisible force.

At the same time, Lu Jiatim and Haz's previously dim eyes also lit up again.

"You actually didn't fall for it!!" Lu Jiatim roared, "But don't get too cocky!"

"Lord Regalzeva will avenge me."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Ang had already used 【Sword Control】 to pull out an exquisitely precise chip from his brain.

After being processed by 【Heaven and Earth as Furnace】, the heads of these two mechanical lives were now as easy to open as walnuts—just use 【Sword Control】 and you could eat them right away.

Ignoring the dead companion beside him, Haz left his final words: "Hehe, the 【Evil God】 will soon notice your world. When that time comes—"

"Too much talk."

Li Ang sneered and immediately sent this 【Moon King】 to his death.

After all, he could always ask the Milk Goddess later for specific information about the three Evil Gods of the EXE world—no need to waste time here.

The only thing that slightly annoyed him was that the 【Oppressive Evil Demon God】 had sent only two lackeys.

After casually sucking the remaining heads of Lu Jiatim and Haz to his side, Li Ang looked down at the dragon: "Will you follow me this time, or stay in the dimensional gap?"

"Then the dimensional gap is yours."

Great Red chose to yield. After enduring a brutal beating, he realized that due to his own restraint, he was utterly powerless against those mechanical lives.

If this world had only him and Aphesis, fine—but now there was a stronger being willing to protect it, so he had no reason to stubbornly cling on.

Hearing this, Li Ang said nothing, merely used 【Huang Quan Bi Liang Ban】 to send him into 【Heavenly Center】, then vanished in a flash.

…

Milk Sea.

After Li Ang left, the Milk Goddess did not cut the communication; instead, she stood there, deeply worried.

She wanted to witness the final fate of this world, for until now, she had never seen a world survive after being targeted by the 【Oppressive Evil Demon God Fleet】.

"I wonder how that young man is doing now."

Thinking of Li Ang, who had just spoken with her, the Milk Goddess couldn't help sighing.

Even she would pay a heavy price to deal with 【Oppressive Evil Demon God】 Regalzeva, let alone that young man just now.

"I hope he survives."

As she thought this, a figure suddenly appeared above the Milk Sea.

"Alright, we can continue," Li Ang said, looking at the bosomy elf goddess and casually tossing out his spoils. "Tell me how this group's power structure is organized."

Since the original Demon High School was somewhat poorly concluded, his knowledge of the EXE world was limited to the three Evil Gods—even their abilities were unclear.

Yet now, the elf goddess stared, stunned, at Li Ang, unharmed: "You're fine?"

Wasn't the 【Oppressive Evil Demon God Fleet】 already invading this world? How could this young man act as if he'd just taken a stroll?

Had his earlier words been a lie?

As the elf goddess puzzled over this, she suddenly noticed the two spherical objects before her looked familiar: "These are—"

When she recognized their appearance, she cried out in disbelief: "【Heavenly King】 Lu Jiatim!? 【Moon King】 Haz!?"

The elf goddess was momentarily incredulous—if this young man hadn't lied to her, then he had eliminated two mechanical lives she herself found extremely difficult to handle, all in such a short time.

'This is—'

'Could Le Shan Tola and I do the same?'

As this thought flashed through her mind, the Milk Goddess quickly reached a conclusion.

That she could not.

Judging from this, the young man before her was likely stronger than all the elf goddesses—or perhaps possessed a method to counter those mechanical lives.

Or perhaps both.

Only then did the Milk Goddess realize that the phrase she'd heard earlier—【Kill the Oppressive Evil Demon God】—was not a joke.

After a brief silence, the Milk Goddess spoke: "【Oppressive Evil Demon God】 Regalzeva, 【Evil God】 Melvazoya, and 【Demon God】 Sera Selbeith are evil mechanical lifeforms that have long opposed us."

"Under them are the entities known as 【Ji Du Tian Hai】 and 【Luo Hou Qi Yao】."

"Currently, the 【Evil God】 and 【Demon God】 remain within our world, while the 【Demon God】 continues to destroy worlds beyond."

Here, she paused slightly. Seeing Li Ang listening intently, she continued: "But killing Regalzeva is no simple matter. If possible, I hope you can conceal your presence until we manage to distract the other two Evil Gods."

". I'll do my best."

Hearing this, Li Ang showed no clear reaction—he had 【Da Luo Dong Guan】, so he wasn't worried about being detected.

But he had also promised Shiva he would handle the threat posed by the Evil Gods; if they threatened the planet, he would have to act.

Fortunately, after the previous battle, Li Ang had formed a rough judgment: Regalzeva was unlikely to be his match.

【Heaven and Earth as Furnace】, as a logistical mantra, proved especially useful against these mechanical lifeforms with no defensive awareness—let alone his ultimate trump card.

Unaware of Li Ang's thoughts, the Milk Goddess continued: "Regalzeva's strength lies in his destructive capability—"

…

While Li Ang conversed with the Milk Goddess, the 【Oppressive Evil Demon God】 Regalzeva silently watched the planet beneath him shatter into fragments.

'How boring.'

As this thought arose, his five electronic eyes flickered briefly.

'I wonder what's happened to Lu Jiatim.'

As he thought this, a mechanical lifeform scrambled over to his side: "L-L-Lord Regalzeva! Lord Lu Jiatim and Lord Haz have lost contact!"