Chapter 817: Return (Part 3)
He is the embodiment of machinery and precision, symbolizing eternal and unchanging order and law, with the divine insight to perceive the subtle changes in the world, protecting the fate of all machines and mechanical lives with unseen power, mastering their birth and demise.
At the same time, he is also one of the most loyal 'angels' of the Master of Light!
The perception and spiritual power of these tens of billions of people even shook the Root, causing the power of related concepts within the Root to feedback inversely, even creating something from nothing, condensing into this 'spirit'.
Tan Shenzi felt a vast and mysterious power, rich in the aura of the Root, surge into his body, causing his mechanical form to begin to emit a strong radiance, the original mechanism continuously reshaping and transforming.
His mechanical heart beat with increasing strength, each pulsation releasing powerful energy waves.
Tan Shenzi's metal skeleton also became more resilient, with complex and mysterious runes appearing on its surface, shimmering with a deep blue glow as if revealing the mysteries of the universe. His limbs grew more agile, each joint's rotation accompanied by dazzling starlight.
While allowing this power to transform and enhance his mechanical body, Tan Shenzi gritted his teeth to hold fast to his core will, organizing the chaotic soul of this God of All Machines 'spirit'.
A golden flame had already ignited in his eyes.
Lin Rui wanted to use the will of billions of people to twist and cover his soul—it's not that easy!
The 'Wàn Líng Yìng Shén Jué' that Tan Shenzi previously taught to Lin Rui is a mind technique for opposing the will and perceptions of all beings.
And now, he had long developed a stronger version.
The large array engraved within Tan Shenzi's mechanical body was enough to elevate the 'Wàn Líng Yìng Shén Jué' to its highest intensity!
At this moment, a pair of massive alloy bone wings composed of mechanical parts slowly unfolded behind him, the runes and light on the wings resonating with each other, exuding an awe-inspiring aura of unmatched power.
At the same time, some members of the Mechanical God Temple aboard the surrounding whale-class warships were also spiritually shocked, half kneeling and devoutly singing the "Mechanical God Poem": "The wheel of perpetual motion fulfills the heavenly destiny, a thousand mechanisms flow back, proving eternity; star tracks carve marks inscribed with order, Holy Thunder like the sea traces back to Elemental Spirit; Tribulation Fire forges edge, washing the soul, Divine Emblem casts bone, revealing true form; all machines together praise the Master of Light, eternally keeping the solemn vow—"
Wang Yinyue's mind was startled, involuntarily glancing upwards at Lin Rui, who was exuding an aura of golden-white divine power.
This lyric is different from the ancient "Mechanical God Poem" of the Mechanical God Temple!
This glance cost her greatly, as her eyes nearly burst, shedding bloody tears.
The Skull Mechanic Heavenly Monarch Li Guchan beside her was indifferent; over the past three years under 'King Ming's' rule, the believers of the Light God Sect had been living better, especially the veteran believers, who, under the sect's care, could mostly maintain a decent living, so how could the Mechanical God Temple not be touched?
In the past, the two sects were like brothers in distress, though the Mechanical God Temple lived bitterly, while the Light God Sect faced an even more dire situation under the siege of All Gods.
But now the Light God Sect had risen, the income from the Underground Farm reaching billions of units of Divine Gold, naturally eliciting envy within the Mechanical God Temple.
This Master of Light could easily win over many priests from the Mechanical God Temple with just a slight gesture.
Even Skull Mechanic Heavenly Monarch Li Guchan himself was one of the driving forces behind the scenes.
He was satisfied as long as a true God of All Machines was born, able to bring order and protection to them, and help them create even stronger, more precise, and durable machinery.
As for whether the God of All Machines was a subordinate god and angel of the Master of Light, Li Guchan truly did not care, knowing himself incapable of opposing this Master of Light.
Just at this moment, immersed in his increasingly powerful strength, Tan Shenzi, in his ecstasy, suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation within him, as an unfamiliar and powerful will surged in the depths of his soul like roaring tides.
A strange purple-gold pattern abruptly appeared on his chest—definitely not any array he designed! The bearings in Tan Shenzi's body inscribed with "perpetual motion" suddenly reversed, and the mechanical heart emitted an ear-piercing friction like jamming gears.
His eyes were instantly filled with confusion, his brow furrowed as he tried to trace the source of this will.
But this will rapidly expanded with astonishing speed, overwhelming, beginning to relentlessly invade his consciousness and shatter his spiritual wisdom.
Unlike the 'spirit' of the God of All Machines, this will possessed the true aura of the 'Abyss'.
Tan Shenzi's mood swiftly shifted from confusion to panic, his mechanical limbs trembling slightly, the blue light from his eyes flickering uncertainly.
What's going on? What is this power?
Is this the Abyss? How can it be the Abyss?
He looked down at the web-like cracks that opened across his chest, dense bronze-colored rune chains emerging from the depths of his mechanical heart.
The surface of these chains was covered with profound and mysterious runes.
Tan Shenzi's heart instantly tightened—these runes were the oldest and most core secrets of the Mechanical God Temple, unearthed over tens of thousands of years from underground relics, knowledge mastered only by the Great Celestial Masters of the Mechanical God Temple, representing the fundamental mechanics and intricate secrets.
He had perfectly integrated them into his body to enhance his strength.
But now these runes and the array within his body had completely betrayed his will.
"Could it be the Divine Talisman Heavenly Venerate? How could he awaken within me? No, these runes are precisely what he left behind!"