Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 135 A Difficult Battle, An Opportunity to Appear

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Terrifying energy fluctuations erupted simultaneously from nine distant locations in the surrounding void!

Blinding bolts of lightning pierced through the void in the blink of an eye, and endless bolts of lightning intertwined and flowed, instantly transforming into a massive lightning cage large enough to cover hundreds of millions of kilometers in diameter!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~
Countless black dots appeared in the distance of the lightning world and quickly surrounded Qi Yuan and the others!

From a distance, it appears as a black dot, but upon closer inspection, it can be discerned...

Those densely packed black dots were actually black alloy puppets, each about ten meters tall!
Behind each of those puppets was an enormous alloy longsword.

Faintly visible are wisps of electric snakes weaving and darting among the black puppets, transforming into an even denser network of lightning!

"Mechanical puppet!"

"And there's the Thunder Prison!"

"It's a machine race member, and definitely a powerful one among them!"

……

The veteran members of the squad all exclaimed in surprise.

"Damn it, the one who could set up this lightning prison must be an immortal powerhouse of the mechanical race. Once we're surrounded by their mechanical legion, we'll be in big trouble!"

The immortal god Balin's expression was solemn. "Quickly, quickly, follow me to break through the encirclement. What do we do not want to be entangled by the enemy's puppet army!"

Immediately, Bahrain took the lead, and the entire team chose a direction and began to flee at high speed!
However, Noah, a new recruit who joined the team with Qi Yuan, had some doubts.

"Captain, are these puppet legions really that scary? Can't we just have Brother Bee release the swarm and fight them head-on?"

he asked curiously.

"Damn, Noah, you think too highly of your Bee Brother!"

Upon hearing this, the fleeing poisonous bee's face immediately froze.

"Different."

The team members were all highly aware, and even when they were fleeing, it did not affect their communication with each other.

As Bahrain led his men to break through the weakest point of the encircling puppet army, he solemnly explained,

"You've never actually fought against real members of the Mechanical Race before. These Mechanical Race members are far more terrifying than what's described in the online materials..."

"The Machine Race is essentially an existence similar to intelligent life... The computational power of intelligent life is so great that ordinary humans can never compare with them!"

"Although Poison Bee is a puppeteer, he usually only controls a few main combat puppets in battle. To control a large-scale puppet army like a swarm of bees, he still needs to cooperate with auxiliary intelligence, so his combat methods are very rigid."

Bahrain's tone was wistful.

"However, each of the mechanical races is the strongest intelligent life form. The mechanical legions under their control are truly as one... Just imagine, hundreds of thousands or even millions of mechanical puppets are completely at their command, and the power of each combined attack is perfectly converged, even capable of triggering attacks from the power of laws. What a terrifying scene that is!"

"Yes, if I release my swarm, it'll probably only be good for being a live target!" Poisonous Bee added.

"This, so strong..." Noah couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, and then he and the others fled at top speed.

The mechanical puppet army that surrounded them consisted of nine large armies, which came from the air and from different directions.

Although Bahrain and his men tried their best to break through the gap between the two legions, the number of puppet legions was simply too terrifying.

Nine puppet armies, each with 10 puppets!
As the Bahrain squad fled, the puppet armies were constantly changing direction, and each puppet army was further divided into smaller but still tens of thousands of puppet squads.

The puppet squads gradually dispersed, quickly surrounding the team completely in the center!

……

At this moment, a silver-white pyramid-shaped spaceship, over 1500 meters high, floated silently above the entire Thunder Prison.

Four figures were gathering in the spaceship's rest cabin.

One of the figures appeared to be made entirely of black alloy, with only a few silver hues on its waist, arms, and head.

The other three figures were a burly rock giant nearly twenty meters tall with a golden crystal between his eyebrows, a strange life form floating slightly like a transparent jellyfish, and a humanoid scaled beast with a triangular head like a dinosaur.

Four figures sat in alloy chairs, and in the center of them, a virtual image with interwoven light was playing.

"Haha, I didn't expect that. It was just a human team I passed by, but there were two world lords in the team who could fight against immortal gods head-on."

The rock giant opened its urn-like mouth.

"Yes, we were lucky!"

The humanoid beast with the triangular head also made a sound.
"That puppeteer is one thing, he mainly relied on his special puppet, but the other one did it entirely on his own strength. He must be a core genius carefully cultivated by the human race. Killing him will definitely bring a lot of military merit!"

"My luck has improved since I started following Prince Dormond." The transparent jellyfish-like creature was also undulating slightly.

"It was just a small, unexpected bonus."

The burly figure, whose body seemed cast from alloy, was being flattered by the three strange creatures. He nodded slightly, then revealed a faint smile.
"Hehe, formations E02 and E03 have already entangled them. Now, it's your turn to make your move!"

"Stopped?"

"Come on, it's our turn to perform!"

"Your Highness Dormond, rest assured, leave the rest to us!"

Three strange beings with distinct appearances immediately rushed out through the open hatch—

Inside the enormous cage formed by endless lightning, the members of the Bahrain team looked at the large number of black puppets surrounding them from all directions, their faces showing extremely solemn expressions.

"It seems there's no way to avoid this battle..."

Captain Balin gripped his flaming spear tightly and solemnly gave the order.

"Prepare for battle! I have sent distress signals to all allies within a radius of billions of kilometers. We must be careful to engage in hit-and-run tactics and avoid being surrounded by the entire puppet army. Hold out until our allies arrive!"

"Yes."

"understand!"

The team members all responded.

However, to everyone's surprise, the large number of black puppets that had surrounded them suddenly stopped when they got within a certain distance. The huge mechanical puppets that had approached them maintained a distance of about 100,000 kilometers and stopped getting any closer.

"Huh? What are you trying to do?"

Just as the team members were about to ask questions, suddenly—

boom! boom! boom!
Three extremely domineering and terrifying auras suddenly appeared in everyone's senses from different directions.

"Oh no! Be careful, everyone!"

With a roar, Bahrain unleashed a torrent of crimson flames and immortal divine power, rapidly converging into three crimson beams that shot forth from his hands in quick succession—"Boom!"

The three beams of light collided with the three streams of light that shot towards them, instantly creating a terrifying explosion. The powerful divine energy fluctuations instantly tore apart the surrounding area for thousands of kilometers, and the terrifying immortal divine energy fluctuations spread in all directions.

Even the team members were knocked off their feet by the aftershocks of the explosion.

Fortunately, Bahrain reacted quickly, and although the impact of the explosion was unpleasant for everyone, it did not cause any serious injuries.

Even so, the team members dared not relax in the slightest.

Three enormous figures were rapidly becoming clearer in the three directions surrounding them.

One of them was a burly rock giant nearly twenty meters tall with a golden crystal between its brows; another was a strange life form that floated slightly like a transparent jellyfish; and the third was a humanoid scaled beast with a triangular head like a dinosaur. When the beast opened and closed its mouth, you could see sharp teeth that gleamed with a cold, menacing light!
"The Immortal Race!"

"There are also three immortal gods from other races!"

The faces of the team members, including Balin, Poison Bee, and Snow Enchantress, turned deathly pale instantly.

If it were just a single mechanical immortal, even with the Thunder Prison, they would still be confident they could hold their own. As long as they inflicted heavy losses on the enemy's mechanical legion, they might be able to break through successfully, or at the very least, they could delay until reinforcements arrived.

However, the moment they witnessed the appearance of the three immortal figures from different races, the last remaining hope in their hearts was completely extinguished!
With three powerful immortal beings from other races present, they would certainly be unable to inflict any significant damage on the enemy's puppet army.

Moreover, with three immortal beings from other races, coupled with the mechanical race's renowned 'Thunder Prison' and 'Puppet Legion', they probably won't even have a chance to hold out until reinforcements arrive!
“It’s over.” Baria’s massive body trembled.

"Why? Why would such a powerful team appear on Island 2800?" Poison Bee stared intently at his surroundings.

Captain Balin's eyes also held a hint of despair, but he still tried his best to encourage his team through telepathy:

"Don't give up. There are many strong people on Island 2800. As long as the battle goes on and other teams arrive, we still have a chance to survive. What everyone needs to do now is to try to buy time. Let's all give it our all."

"Yes, let's give it our all!"

"Even if it means death, we must drag one down with us."

"It's not like we haven't killed alien immortals before, let's fight them to the death!"

Every team member, including captain Bahrain, had bloodshot eyes.

"kill!"

"kill."

Filled with despair, the team members roared furiously as they charged toward the enemy!

"Heh heh, you human idiot, die!"

At the moment of their attack, the three alien immortals revealed cold and inexplicable smiles.

They shifted their bodies slightly to one side, instantly revealing a large number of mechanical puppets behind them.

At this moment, no less than 900,000 black puppets had surrounded them. Electricity crackled on each E9-level peak puppet, and dense electric energy was directed towards a few slightly larger special puppets hidden in the puppet army.

There are approximately tens of thousands of these special puppets in total. They are all made of F9 grade metal, and in terms of hardness alone, they are no less than the three main battle puppets that Poison Bee used before!

After absorbing the energy gathered by a large number of peak E-level puppets around them, tens of thousands of F9-level mechanical puppets shone with extremely dazzling light.

Tens of thousands of F9-class mechanical golems simultaneously drew their longswords from their backs and swung them instantly!

"laugh--"

Tens of thousands of dazzling sword energies erupted almost simultaneously, instantly enveloping all members of the team in the center.

A single F9-level mechanical puppet can attack at the same rate as a powerful World Lord general. With ten thousand F9-level puppets bombarding us simultaneously, and with the energy boost from the Thunder Prison, even immortal gods wouldn't dare to confront it head-on!

"spread!"

Flames swirled around the crimson spear in Balin's hand, instantly transforming it into a weapon tens of thousands of miles long. The massive flaming spear swung, forcefully disrupting a small portion of the sword energy attack and creating an opening for the team to break through.

"Find a way to disrupt the formation of those puppet armies and prevent them from maintaining a stable power supply, otherwise we'll just be sitting ducks!"

As Bahrain roared, he flew at high speed, swinging his huge flaming spear directly at the nearest black puppet army of about 100,000.

The other squad members rushed out quickly through the opening he had created, all scattering to charge towards the surrounding puppet ranks.

"Heh, do you think we're just for show?"

The rock giant, standing twenty meters tall with a golden crystal between its brows, laughed loudly and swung two purple-gold hammers to block the flaming spears aimed at Bahrain.

boom!
The flaming spear and the purple-gold hammer clashed heavily. The rock giant was forced to retreat slightly by the immense power contained in the flaming spear, but the attack was ultimately blocked and had no effect on the puppet army behind it.

At the same time, the transparent jellyfish creature and the triangular-headed humanoid beast also joined the attack.

The transparent jellyfish-like creature rippled slightly at the edges, and an invisible force instantly invaded the consciousness of the team members, causing everyone's consciousness to sink involuntarily.

The triangular-headed beast transformed into a blur, directly slashing its claws at Qi Yuan's head in the group.

Based on their previous observations, this Realm Lord had unleashed combat power no weaker than that of an ordinary immortal god through his own comprehension alone. Such a Realm Lord was definitely a core genius cultivated by the top human forces. If they could kill him, they would definitely gain a lot of merit!

"Huh? They're coming for me?"

Qi Yuan's eyes flickered slightly as they were enveloped by his sharp claws, but he was completely unaffected by the illusion of the jellyfish life form.

Behind him, countless blue crystalline sand grains surged forth like a long river, instantly converging above his head into an ancient thunder pool swirling with endless lightning.

"Pong!"

The ancient thunder pool, carrying boundless and violent power, crashed down heavily, smashing one of the humanoid beast's claws apart.

Before the scattered part of the divine body could reassemble, the power of time nurtured in the ancient thunder pool shot out rapidly like a rainbow.

The power of time swept through, and a large portion of the scattered divine power was instantly annihilated.

"Roar!"

The triangular-headed beast roared as it retreated, "Visser, why, why wasn't he affected by your illusion!"

The transparent jellyfish-like creature rippled slightly, and a hazy thought directly transmitted: "His soul is extremely powerful; my illusions cannot affect him. We just need to stop him from escaping, and let Prince Domund's puppet deal with him!"

While the two immortal gods from different races were exchanging words, the tens of thousands of F9-level core puppets in the distance had already completed their recharging. The longswords in the puppets' hands shone brightly, and an endless storm of sword light once again enveloped the team!

Qi Yuan's eyes flickered upon seeing this scene.

The Bahrain team is in real trouble this time!
The puppet army alone, combined with the lightning prison, is enough to give any elite world lord team like theirs a major headache.

Although it's a headache, there's still a fighting chance. If we can break through and disrupt the puppet army's formation, we might be able to survive until reinforcements arrive, if not break through.

However, the difficulty lies in the fact that the opposing team actually has three powerful alien immortals!
These three alien immortals are all as strong as Captain Balin!
They didn't even need the three alien races to take action directly. They only needed to protect the lightning puppets and prevent the team members from escaping. The puppet army that had formed a complete formation could easily blast them to death one by one!

"but."

A strange glint appeared in Qi Yuan's eyes. "But this is a good opportunity for the Shangqing clone to make a dazzling appearance."

(End of this chapter)