This situation was Kerry’s worst fear. She froze in place, even forgetting to give orders to her automatons.
“What are you waiting for?!” Han Wu yelled. “Run!”
Snapping out of her daze, Kerry hastily ordered her automatons to carry them out of the restricted zone. At the sa ti, a blaring siren sounded.
“Seal off the area! The Steel Forest is going berserk!” cried the guards on the walls.
A chanical voice whirred as it executed the order to seal off the restricted zone. Massive steel plates extended upward from the walls, curving into an enormous do that enclosed the entire space.
The only gate out of the restricted zone was also closed. The hunters trapped inside the restricted zone could only hope to find a safe place to wait out this disaster or die trying.
Han Wu’s group reached the gate, only to find it shut. It was ten ters thick and weighed tens of thousands of tons. Even Han Wu couldn’t forcefully raise the gate with his strength.
There was no escape through the skies either, as the massive do had sealed off the entire space. The Steel Forest had been cast into darkness. Only ominous pairs of patrolling red eyes lit up the pitch-black space. These were the eyes of the steel trees, searching for prey.
Han Wu’s group kept as close to the walls as they could. In the darkness, Han Wu could feel Kerry trembling. Even a Heavenrender life form like her was powerless against the army of berserk steel trees.
Her strength lay in dispatching enemies of her own size. Her guns were useless against the towering steel trees.
“Don’t worry, Ms. Kerry, we’ll be fine.” Han Wu consoled her.
Kerry said nothing, though whether out of fear or listlessness, Han Wu wasn’t sure. It didn’t matter how well they hid, as it seed inevitable that they would eventually be found. Tens of millions of smaller automatons scurried around the massive trees, searching for any non-automaton life forms. Discovery ant a swift greeting with death.
Unfortunately, Han Wu’s team had four biological life forms, and the automatons equipped with infrared vision quickly found them. An army of automatons charged toward them.
Akanzor and Bart rushed forward. Although the civilization restricted elental energy, Akanzor could still use his swordsmanship to showcase the strength of a peak Earthsunder life form.
Bart was the sa. However, his limited arrows ant he had no choice but to use his dexterity to destroy the automatons with his two hunting knives. The pair did their best to stop the automatons from attacking their God.
The sound of the clash snapped Kerry out of her despair, and she hastily ordered her Black Rose Squad to assist them. Bullets and explosions devastated the terrain around them, temporarily holding off the stampede of automatons.
Even so, Kerry knew her Black Rose Squad wouldn’t last for long. They would eventually run out of energy. They simply weren’t equipped to sustain this type of intensive barrage for extended periods. Once their energy ran out, they would be destroyed, and all of them would die. Kerry blad herself for their situation.
“Sorry, Han Wu. I shouldn’t have brought you here. Do you hate for condemning you to this fate?” she asked bitterly.
“Huh? What’re you talking about, Ms. Kerry? Nevermind that.” Han Wu waved off her apology. “Focus on surviving. Right before those trees went berserk, I sensed sothing strange. I tried extending my senses as far as I could and found the reason they went berserk. I found the Machine God!”
Han Wu’s excitent starkly contrasted with Kerry’s confusion.
How did Han Wu sense that? she wondered. I’m the lecturer here, and I didn’t detect anything abnormal just now.
Mistaking Kerry’s bafflent for surprise, Han Wu earnestly explained, “The Machine God likely won’t be awake for long. We might not be able to find it again if we don’t defeat it now.”
Han Wu then pulled Kerry toward the berserk steel trees.
“Stop going forward!” Kerry resisted. “We’ll die if we go that way.”
Han Wu rely laughed. “Ms. Kerry, it seems you still don’t know what I’m capable of. I don’t bla you, but at least let show you what I can do.”
Releasing her, he rushed toward the army of automatons and steel trees before them. There were over ten thousand of them, but Han Wu wasn’t intimidated in the slightest.
A Divine Ring floated behind him. Mighty Dragon Fear cloaked the surrounding area as he changed its form into the Great Dragon Ring.
Kerry’s jaw dropped. Her student, whom she had thought was weaker than her, had turned into a World life form! Divine Rings were an undeniable symbol of that!
Han Wu crashed into the steel trees in his Black Dragon King form. The combination of his tough body and the Great Dragon Ring made him virtually unstoppable. He shoved tree after tree down to the ground and tore them apart with his claws.
A trail of Energy Parts was left in his wake. A single green chip even floated out from one of the trees. But Han Wu had no ti to loot any of it.
Turning to Kerry, he called, “Collect those Energy Parts for .”
With that, he ran toward where he had previously sensed the Machine God.
It took a mont for Kerry to collect herself. “Oh my goodness. My student is a World life form!”
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