Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 167 Wang Hu and Lin Yue's Next Move

Lin Yue was taken aback at first, but then immediately understood what Wang Hu meant.

"Great idea!" Her eyes lit up.

Without further hesitation, Wang Hu concealed his aura to the extreme, crouched down, and like a golden shadow gliding along the ground, silently bypassed the edge of the fierce battle.

The Guardian Mech's entire attention was drawn to Lord Long, and it didn't notice the "little kitten's" movements at all.

Lin Yue understood immediately. She took a deep breath, her wings flapped suddenly, and she transformed into a streak of multicolored light, soaring into the sky and skimming across the ceiling of the passage, crossing the battlefield.

Dragon Lord seemed to have realized their intentions. He laughed loudly and his attack became even more ferocious, tightly binding the Guardian Mech and creating an opportunity for Wang Hu and Lin Yue.

Wang Hu and Lin Yue, one on the left and one on the right, successfully bypassed the battlefield and rushed into the core power room at the rear.

The sight of the engine room made them all gasp in shock.

In the very center of the room floated a colossal, sun-like, spherical energy core. Countless thick energy pipes connected to it, transmitting surging energy to every corner of the warship.

Around this energy core, hundreds of small, honeycomb-like energy nodes float, forming an extremely complex defense matrix.

"This is it!"

Wang Hu and Lin Yue exchanged a glance, and then there was no more hesitation.

"I'll break through the defenses!"

Lin Yuejiao shouted, raising her hands high above her head. Endless five-colored divine fire gathered in her palms, eventually forming a lifelike phoenix of fire.

"go!"

The fiery phoenix let out a clear cry, carrying a terrifying heat capable of incinerating everything, and crashed fiercely into the energy defense matrix.

"boom!"

A violent explosion rang out in the power room.

Wang Hu seized the opening in the defense matrix and unleashed his power instantly.

His tiger claws, as strong as steel, pierced the gaps in the defense matrix without any hindrance.

It's sizzling!

Sparks flew everywhere.

The internal structure of the energy core was as fragile as paper under Wang Hu's power. He didn't even use his full strength; he simply pulled outward along the gap, and the entire defensive array was ripped off.

The energy core, now unprotected, is directly exposed to the air.

Wang Hu gave it no chance to breathe, opened its mouth wide, and bit down on the weakest part of the core.

"Bang!"

The core emitted a muffled thud, and the previously smoothly flowing blue energy inside instantly lost control.

The red light inside the entire warship began to flash rapidly.

"Warning! Warning! Propulsion system failure! Warship is about to crash!"

The cold, mechanical sound echoed in every corner.

"withdraw!"

Wang Hu decisively abandoned his plan to continue the destruction and turned to run away.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield at the other end of the passage, Lord Long heard the system's warning and a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

He looked at the Guardian mech in front of him, which was already moving slowly due to insufficient power, and without holding back, he gathered all his blood and energy into a punch and slammed it directly into the crystal on the mech's chest.

Click!

Crystal crushing.

The mech collapsed, emitting a heavy roar.

Without even glancing at it, Dragon Lord turned and charged towards Wang Hu and Lin Yue.

"Walk!"

The three reunited and, without the slightest hesitation, frantically retreated along the same route.

A chain of explosions had begun inside the warship, with countless metal walls collapsing, cables breaking, and flames shooting into the sky.

When they rushed to the launch bay, the warship had already begun to list violently.

"Jump!"

At Master Long's command, the three of them jumped out of the half-open launch bay one after another.

The wind howled.

Falling from a height of several thousand meters, the ground below is getting closer and closer.

Lin Yue's wings suddenly unfolded behind her, swirling with multicolored light, steadily supporting her body.

Lord Long was shimmering with golden light as he glided through the air using the air currents.

Wang Hu's approach was simple and brutal. He directly mobilized the power of the wind, enveloping his entire body, and slammed into the ground like a cannonball. Just before landing, he pushed off with his four claws, perfectly dissipating the force, and stood steadily at the foot of the fiery red tree.

Boom!

A loud bang came from the sky.

The massive black war fortress crashed heavily onto the distant ground, kicking up clouds of dust and debris.

"Resolved."

Master Long dusted himself off, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.

Wang Hu stood beside him, his golden vertical pupils gazing at the burning wreckage in the distance.

At that moment, the voice of the main brain of Area 3 rang in their ears again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is just the beginning!"

"The iron lump that the mastermind of Area Seven sent over was just a vanguard, or even an experiment. He definitely has a backup plan."

"The enemy's army of mutants is definitely on its way, but even if they do manage to produce a fourth-tier mutant, there won't be many, maybe just one or two at most."

"Please be alert, everyone."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu exchanged glances with Master Long and Lin Yue.

He understood that what the mastermind of Area Thirteen said was probably true.

Fourth-order mutants are not as common as cabbages; it takes a massive amount of resources to cultivate them.

Since the mastermind of Area Seven dared to launch such a large-scale attack, it must already have fourth-tier powerhouses, but there must not be many.

"Master Long, what do we do now?"

Lin Yue folded her wings, walked to Dragon Lord's side, and asked.

"I need to stabilize the situation here on the 13th. I must stay here and guard it. But you two don't need to stay here any longer. You have more important things to do."

Master Long smiled, a meaningful glint in his eyes.

He looked at Wang Hu and Lin Yue and said, "Cooperating with this AI is no problem. But we can't stay here indefinitely, nor can we keep being led by the nose by Number Thirteen."

"You two don't need to stay here anymore. You can go back to Earth first."

The No. 13 mainframe had obviously heard what Master Long said, and his voice suddenly rang in their ears.

"Are you leaving?"

Upon hearing this, Master Long smiled and said, "I'm not leaving, I'm going to deal with some potential problems."

Lord Long spoke calmly, but with an undeniable air of authority.

"That child you sent away is a destabilizing factor in the Xiangxiong Kingdom. If we don't deal with him, we could be stabbed in the back at any time."

The Thirteenth Mainframe remained silent.

It certainly knew what the situation was with that clone.

That was a fragment of consciousness that it split off to explore the possibilities of the fourth order. Although they share the same origin and were only recently separated, they now possess independent personalities and are essentially two different artificial intelligences.