Li Yao had been lurking on the dome the whole time, moving weirdly like both a monkey and a venomous spider, while he searched for the fatal weakness of the black-skeleton-like Colossus.
The light from the shockwaves and explosions flashed in the depths of his eyes, which were as dark as the night sky.
When the arms of the black-skeleton-like Colossus and almost all the red whips were extended to attack the other few Super Yuanying, Li Yao suddenly took action.
He stomped on the dome hard and dashed out with a strength that almost broke the dome. Avoiding the stab of two clusters of crystals, he landed on the back of the black-skeleton-like Colossus softly.
"Hiss."
Li Yao's skin was immediately covered in blisters by the flames of light around the Colossus. Blackness was vaguely spreading out, as if he had fallen into magma.
It was a sign that the anti-intrusion defense system of the Colossus was fully activated.
The Colossi were enormous magical equipment whose height varied from more than ten meters to dozens of meters. Although they were very suitable for attacking super large targets such as starships, star fortresses, and planetary fortresses, when they encountered the Cultivators who were multiple times smaller than themselves and were only two to three meters tall, or even without a Crystal Suit and who were extremely agile, especially when they were approached by such small targets, it was inevitable that the Colossus would be like shooting a mosquito with a crystal cannon. It could be rather clumsy.
The anti-intrusion defense system was specifically designed to deal with such a problem.
It could be imagined as invisible thorns and thorns made of spiritual energy that covered the Colossus.
Li Yao, without the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, had dashed to the back of the black-skeleton-like Colossus recklessly, only to be pierced by the thorns of spiritual energy precisely. He immediately felt excruciating pain as if thousands of arrows were piercing through his heart and biting his bones. He was almost thrown off the back of the Colossus in a moment of distraction.
Gritting his teeth, he held back and did not intend to summon the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit.
On one hand, the situation was too chaotic right now. Qi Zhongdao and other super Yuanying magical equipment were all attacking the black-skeleton-like Colossus in a hurry.
His Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and the Crystal Suit of the Imperium of True Human Beings that the Fiery Phoenix imperial guards were wearing were both products of the modern Cultivation civilization. Although their styles were slightly different, the locals of the Ancient Sages Sector who had no idea about the Crystal Suit might not be able to tell them apart.
If he hastily put on the Crystal Suit and caused these super Yuanying to misunderstand, it would be awkward if they made a mistake.
More importantly, Li Yao still had a little fog in his heart. He still felt that there was something strange in the Immortal Palace.
Right now, Long Yangjun and Emperor Phoenix's problems had basically been explained, and the special agents of the Imperium of True Human Beings had revealed their hideous faces, too. However, Li Yao still felt that the whole thing was not entirely clear yet.
He had no evidence, only a weak intuition.
Although the intuition could be unreliable when it was unreliable, it had saved his life more than once.
Therefore, Li Yao decided to trust the unreliable intuition one more time. Until the 'tail' was found, he would try not to expose his identity if he could.
He was moaning feebly. Blood was flowing out of his nostrils and his gums because of the spiritual energy. His hair was standing up because of the electric shock, and he smelled burnt. His ten fingernails cracked and were about to shoot out from his fingers.
Gritting his teeth, Li Yao summoned the green flames of spiritual energy to compete with the thorns of spiritual energy of the black-skeleton-like Colossus. Grabbing the uneven surface plate of the Colossus, he crawled toward its neck step by step.
Shua!
Suddenly, a few crimson whips broke through the air, trying to drive away the little bug that was crawling on the Colossus' body.
Li Yao reacted quickly and dashed to the side. The crimson whips happened to hit the black-skeleton-like Colossus' own back, raising a lot of black and red sparks.
It seemed that 'Deity Raincloud' was indeed not able to control the black-skeleton-like Colossus at will. Otherwise, such a clumsy mistake wouldn't have happened.
However, the situation was not necessarily in Li Yao's favor.
It was because the Fiery Phoenix imperial guards in the String Crystal Suit had lunged at them.
The Cultivators who were still loyal to the Ancient Sages Sector, who were chasing them closely, were stalled by the 'quasi-Immortal Cultivators' who had sworn allegiance to Deity Raincloud.
The Cultivators and the 'quasi-Immortal Cultivators' might have been close brothers and comrades a moment ago. They knew each other's attack patterns and the features of their magical equipment like the back of their hands. When they were engaged in a battle, it was impossible to tell the outcome of the battle. None of the parties could break free.
Therefore, Li Yao, Qi Zhongdao, and the other super Yuanying were faced with not just one magnificent Colossus but also more than ten Fiery Phoenix imperial guards in the Crystal Suit who were rather tricky to deal with.
"The monk and I will stall them. You just have to pry open the iron shell!"
Ba Xiaoyu roared and charged at the Fiery Phoenix imperial guards together with Master Bitter Cicada, only to be mired in the interconnected web of fire and unable to break free as if they were mired in a boiling swamp.
Qi Changsheng and Wan Mingzhu looked at each other. The Heaven Battering King's body became transparent and crimson again, like an iron statue that had been heated to thousands of degrees. Mother White Lotus unleashed flames of spiritual energy that looked like lotuses around her body, too.
The two of them charged at the Fiery Phoenix imperial guards together. The four super Yuanying only managed to block the scourge of the Fiery Phoenix imperial guards together.
As a result, the super experts around the black-skeleton-like Colossus were only left with Li Yao, Qi Zhongdao, Han Baling, Yan Liren, and Long Yangjun.
The pressure on the five of them grew exponentially.
Li Yao, in particular, felt that invisible thorns had pierced deep into his veins and bones. After every step he took upward, excruciating pain would be transmitted from every cell in his body.
All five of them felt that their spiritual energy was running dry and that they could barely continue.
Even though they could burn their life and soul so that their spiritual energy could be unleashed to the most splendid limits within a moment, it was not a long-term solution after all.
After a while, Deity Raincloud did not necessarily consume much spiritual energy and physical strength, but their breathing and spiritual energy were more and more disordered and hasty.
Pa!
Qi Zhongdao manipulated the Heaven Flipping Seal and dodged Deity Raincloud's attacks at the same time. Finally, he failed to dodge in time and was slapped away by the claws of the black-skeleton-like Colossus.
Boom!
Deity Raincloud seemed to be getting more and more familiar with the way she maneuvered the black-skeleton-like Colossus. Now that she was only faced with four super Yuanying, her agility was significantly improved. Hardly had she slapped Qi Zhongdao away when she had a head-on clash with Han Baling. Naturally, Han Baling was no match for a Colossus more than thirty meters tall. Like a dry leaf in a storm, she vomited blood and retreated quickly.
Hoooo!
Deity Raincloud knocked back the two super Yuanying with her hands. The gap below the cross-shaped skull that looked like a mouth suddenly opened, and a pillar of light more than one meter in diameter spurted out at Long Yangjun. Although it did not hit her head-on, it still involved Long Yangjun in the turbulence of spiritual energy. She was suddenly caught in a loss of speed, as if she had been dragged to the ground by an invisible hand.
Crack!
Yan Liren, however, was the only one who did not change his expression. He slashed his sword again, again, and again.
His every attack hit the breastplate of the black-skeleton-like Colossus precisely. The entrance that Deity Raincloud had crawled into just now was exactly the right one. The seemingly indestructible plate armor of the Colossus had a tiny crack because of the terrifying Sword Maniac.
It was a pity that before he expanded the crack further, he was not supported by a strong companion other than Li Yao.
"Hehehehehe."
Deity Raincloud's low chuckle echoed inside the crack. "You are not even wearing the deity armor, and you are already able to cause damage to the Giant Cloud Qin Gold Statues with a common sword. Yan Liren, you truly deserve to be one of the best sword Cultivators in the Ancient Sages Sector."
"It is too wasteful to kill such a talented expert of swordsmanship who is very likely to break into the Divinity Transformation Stage.
"Stop. Don't do something as foolish as a moth flying into a flame and seeking your own destruction. I can make an exception for you this once and pardon your great disrespect. I will still bestow upon you the strongest immortal destiny."
Yan Liren was not moved at all. He did not even frown his eyebrows. He was still focused on slashing at the gap on the breastplate of the black-skeleton-like Colossus.
There was neither sorrow nor joy on his face. He did not even seem to be in the middle of a fierce battle but simply enjoying some sort of fun.
"And you."
Deity Raincloud gradually gained the absolute advantage. His tone and his posture were more and more relaxed. He turned the enormous cross-shaped skull around and laughed mockingly at Li Yao, who had just climbed onto the shoulder of the Colossus.
"Master Spiritual Vulture, you are truly a pleasant surprise for me. I didn't know that you were so determined to climb on the surface of the Cloud Qin Gold Statue for such a long time despite the excruciating pain."
"However, it is useless. All your struggles are futile in front of the powerful ultimate treasures of the deities' realm. Just give up now."
As he chuckled casually, dozens of crimson whips slowly floated up from all directions. The sharp clusters at the front slowly opened like bloody mouths, unleashing redness that contained intense spiritual energy.
They were like crimson eyes that stared at Li Yao.
Li Yao's heart sank into a bottomless valley.
But another ferocious, crazy fighting will that would bite off a piece of flesh even if it meant death, was slowly rising from the valley.
With everything coming to this point, it was meaningless to hide his identity anymore.
There was no telling why the special agent of the Imperium did not establish star beacons and summon the main troops of the expedition army of the Imperium to the Ancient Sages Sector in the past few years.
However, he would certainly summon them after he completely occupied the Nuwa warship.
Once the Nuwa warship and the entire Ancient Sages Sector fell into the hands of the expedition army of the Imperium, all the Core Formation Stage Cultivators and Yuanying Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector would end up as mercenaries of the Imperium, and the Federation would certainly fail.
Li Yao would rather die than let that happen.
Then, there was only one option left.
He summoned the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and made the last gamble to see if he could break through the gap that Yan Liren had cut and have a head-on battle with Deity Raincloud.
"Come on."
"When two enemies meet on a narrow path, the braver one wins. This Colossus is mine."
Li Yao roared inside his brain. His Cosmos Ring was almost turning into a supernova. His telepathic thoughts had already flooded into the Cosmos Ring and tied up the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, trying to retrieve it.
In the meantime, Yan Liren launched the last attack at the perfect moment, passing through the gap precisely and stabbing into the spiritual residence of the black-skeleton-like Colossus.
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