Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

In the distant void, a rift suddenly appeared.

A dark blue Kun fish swam out, its body swaying, and finally crashed onto the edge of a barren mountain peak.

With his hair in a mess, Jiang Tai'a rolled off the fish's back.

He rubbed his bloodshot eyes and looked around blankly.

Ahead lay a vast expanse of land that had been ravaged.

Lin Yuan stood on high ground, below which war undead creatures were mining special underground veins.

A large amount of resources were sent into the divine passage in mid-air, creating a lively and bustling scene.

Jiang Tai'a looked down at his mount.

This epic, peak-level fish had lost more than half of its scales, and a large section of its back had collapsed.

It was barely breathing, and had lost all the strength to swing its tail fin.

"This fish... why does it look a bit dead?" Jiang Tai'a scratched the back of his head, looking puzzled.

He quickly formed hand seals, opening a bright blue divine realm passage in the void.

Drawn by the aura of the divine realm, the dying Kun fish slowly swam into it to recuperate.

A few seconds later, the water inside the tunnel rippled, and another, much larger, brand-new fish swam out.

It lay down at Jiang Tai'a's feet, its huge head rubbing against his trouser leg.

Jiang Tai'a mounted his new steed and slowly floated towards the forest.

"Captain, are we robbing them?" He yawned widely and pointed to the busy undead army below.

Lin Yuan nodded and casually put away the Crimson Blood Sword.

Jiang Tai'a looked at the collapsed mountains around him, then at Lin Yuan, whose expression remained unchanged, and tried hard to recall what had happened before he went to sleep.

"I remember asking a big fish to lead the way to you," Jiang Tai'a said, rubbing his temples, his face full of confusion.

"How did I end up embedded in a mountaintop when I woke up?"

He suddenly widened his eyes and slapped his thigh hard.

"I understand!" Jiang Tai'a pointed to the several mangled corpses of native demons in the distance, filled with righteous indignation.

"These local monsters must have been blind and launched a sneak attack, sending both people and fish flying!"

Lin Yuan's eye twitched slightly.

He recalled the powerful kick he had instinctively delivered not long ago.

This kid actually managed to conjure up a complete and rigorous logical loop in his mind.

"Yes." Lin Yuan agreed without batting an eye.

"I knew it!" Jiang Tai'a gritted his teeth, stomping hard on the fish's back. "Those damned natives!"

Lin Yuan coughed lightly and patted Jiang Tai'a on the shoulder.

"It's nothing. I just happened to be passing by. I avenged you and drove away all their leaders. I'm currently collecting the spoils."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tai'a's eyes were filled with gratitude.

"It still has to be the captain."

Jiang Tai'a gave a thumbs up and exclaimed sincerely, "This is a really good opportunity to latch onto a powerful figure."

Lin Yuan looked at the young man in front of him, whose eyes were dark and who could doze off even while standing, and sighed inwardly.

This human vanguard team is truly full of oddballs.

"I'm leaving." Lin Yuan turned around, and the dark silver Star-Stepping Boots under his feet glowed faintly, with spatial array patterns expanding outwards in layers.

"Where are we going?" Jiang Tai'a quickly urged the big fish to follow.

"Go find our own team." Lin Yuan gazed into the distance. "They've run into some trouble and need our help to resolve it."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan sent out a wisp of his divine sense, traversing a vast distance in the void.

Direct communication with the Liquid Gold Crab clan that inhabits the Blackwater Continent.

The images fed back by his divine sense made Lin Yuan's heart tighten.

These scavengers who crawled out of the wasteland's bottom layer were indeed blessed with great fortune.

The thick, dark gold metallic shell that once covered it has been peeled away.

Instead, there is an indescribable body composed purely of shadows and mist.

Each swing of the eight long, slender leg blades could easily slice through the subspace, leaving behind void cracks that lingered for a long time.

With each opening and closing of the giant pincers, a terrifying storm that could engulf and annihilate everything was unleashed.

Numerous eerie blue mechanical eyeballs were embedded in the mist, flashing a dangerous red light.

More importantly, Lin Yuan saw the predicament these liquid gold crabs were in through their shared field of vision.

Prey has appeared.

Lin Yuan rubbed his hands together, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

They were really lucky.

Having just finished his seclusion and witnessed his subordinates undergo an incredible transformation, he immediately had people offering themselves up as live targets.

Standing on the fish's back, Jiang Tai'a watched Lin Yuan's back as he walked through space, a series of question marks popping into his mind.

Solve the problem?

Aren't we gods, high above all others?

When faced with trouble, shouldn't we just open the divine realm passage and unleash a massive army to sweep through it all?

Why did the captain roll up his sleeves and personally take action to chop people up?

However, he quickly shook his head and decisively abandoned this complicated thought.

Now that I've found a powerful backer, all I need to do is obediently follow him. Talking too much will only get me into trouble.

He gently stroked the head of his new mount and instructed it to bite Lin Yuan's back tightly.

Then, its body tilted to the side, and it fell back onto the broad back of the fish, continuing to sleep soundly.

……

On the other side of the Blood Pact Field.

Under a dark red sky, billions of mechanical troops swept across the barren land.

The tracks of the giant mechanical stitched monster crushed rocks.

In the sky, scout bees and mechanical seabirds wove a dense web of fire, ready to fire at any moment.

Chu Xiaoxiao stood at the very front of the group, atop the head of a Frankenstein monster, her hands flying across the main control panel.

"The entire army shall halt its advance."

Chu Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke up, issuing the highest order.

With billions of engines shutting down simultaneously, the immense inertia carved deep trenches tens of meters into the earth.

Smoke and dust filled the sky.

Bai Ye was lying sprawled on the back of the Void Dream Spirit, peeling nuts in his hands.

The sudden braking caused the fruit peels in his hand to fall to the ground.

"What's wrong, Sister Xiao?" Bai Ye poked her head out, looking over with a puzzled expression.

Su Yueying also fell from mid-air, holding the Judgment Greatsword horizontally in front of her, and warily surveyed her surroundings.

"Something's up?" Su Yueying frowned, preparing for battle.

Chu Xiaoxiao shook her head and pointed to the holographic light screen that popped up in front of her.

On the light screen, the real-time footage transmitted by the mechanical deity scouts lurking at the forefront is displayed steadily.

The image shows a meteorite basin in the center of the picture.

Starfall, a Protoss warrior, was talking to several alien deities, appearing relaxed and completely unguarded.

"It looks normal." Su Yueying glanced at the screen and didn't find anything wrong.

"It's precisely because it's so normal." Chu Xiaoxiao pushed up her black-rimmed glasses.

She turned to look at Bai Ye.

"Describe in detail your encounter with those two Protoss beings."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye immediately perked up and sat up straight.

"Those two are incredibly cunning!" Bai Ye exclaimed, gesturing vividly.

"At that time, I used a secret technique to completely seal off my life force, making myself look exactly like a real corpse, even cutting off the fluctuations of my soul."

"Then I hid inside the dimensional belly of the Void Dream Spirit and dived deep into the interlayer of the secondary space."

"With such top-notch disguise techniques, other alien races would not be able to detect anything even if they stepped on my face."

Bai Ye patted his chest, still shaken.

"And what happened? Those two Protoss bastards, from tens of thousands of meters away, pinpointed my exact location!"

"A Starburst attack came crashing down, sending countless of my followers flying into the void, nearly killing me on the spot!"

After listening, Chu Xiaoxiao tapped her fingers on the edge of the light screen.

"The mechanical deity scout I sent out, although infected with the mechanical plague, partially concealed his original aura."

"But it doesn't possess any top-level spatial laws, and its scale is quite large."

Chu Xiaoxiao analyzed rationally:

"It brazenly lurked hundreds of kilometers away from the other party, following and tracking them all the way."

"Those two Protoss beings have such abnormal sensory abilities that they can even find corpses in the void."

"Now, facing such a large scout emitting mechanical energy, they're completely unaware and just letting us monitor them?"

These words were spoken.

The two immediately understood what Chu Xiaoxiao meant.

Bai Ye gasped, and the half-eaten nut in his hand fell to the ground.

"Holy crap, this is a trap!" Bai Ye slapped his thigh. "These bastards are fishing!"

Bai Ye broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Chu Xiaoxiao.

"Sister Xiao, should we immediately issue an order to withdraw all the Void Dream Spirits deployed on the outer perimeter?"

To cover for the mechanical god scout, Chu Xiaoxiao specifically borrowed hundreds of thousands of Void Dream Spirits from him.

These Void Dream Spirits constructed a vast dimensional camouflage, enveloping the scouts and the hundreds of millions of mechanical cannon fodder following behind.

If the other party is indeed setting a trap.

These scouts and dream spirits were in a dangerous situation.

Chu Xiaoxiao did not answer immediately, but stared intently at the meteor shower in the light screen.

The traitor is right in front of us, within reach.

With a large army pressing in, there is definitely a chance to capture this person alive.

Su Yueying also looked at the screen, her eyes blazing with killing intent, and the Holy Flame danced on the blade.

"Traitors must die!" Su Yueying gritted her teeth. "So what if there's an ambush?"

"With our hundreds of billions of troops here, plus the unfathomable Blackwater Continent behind us, we might not necessarily lose in a head-on confrontation."

Seeing this, Bai Ye waved his hands repeatedly, his face full of anxiety.

"My dear ladies, please don't act rashly!"

As the team's recognized cunning and shrewd individual, Bai Ye deeply understands the survival rule of prioritizing stability.

"This is clearly a huge pitfall," Bai Ye earnestly advised.

"Since the other side dares to openly use the meteor shower as bait, they must have prepared enough trump cards to swallow our allied forces."

He glanced at Su Yueying, who was full of fighting spirit.

"Miss Su, there will be plenty of opportunities to kill traitors later."

"Once we're out of the Blood Pact Field, on a dark and windy night, we'll cover our faces, put on burlap sacks, and you can chop him up however you want to vent your anger."

"It's absolutely not worth risking our lives in this godforsaken place and facing unknown risks."

Bai Ye spread his hands, his attitude resolute.

"We will never touch risky deals."

Although Su Yueying was unwilling, she understood that Bai Ye's words were full of wisdom.

In battle, the worst thing you can do is fall into the enemy's carefully laid rhythm.

Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes gradually regained their usual indifference.

She made a decision.

"Bai Ye is right, playing it safe is the best approach."

Chu Xiaoxiao's hands left afterimages on the main control panel.

"All outpost mechanical deities, immediately sever connections and retreat to defend."

"Abandon the target."

"Main force, defenders become forwards, retreat!"

Instructions were issued one after another.

More than ten demigod-level mechanical deities guarding the outer perimeter responded, leading their elite retinues to quickly converge on the central army.

The hundreds of billions of troops simultaneously completed their turn, their tracks reversed, and their formation remained perfectly intact.

Just as the army had completed its tactical shift and was preparing to return home.

boom!

At the edge of the distant wilderness, dazzling pillars of light suddenly rose into the sky, tearing through the heavens.

Immediately afterwards, light burst forth one after another from the southeast, northwest and other directions.

These auras intertwined and merged in the sky, forming an invisible net that enveloped the spatial coordinates of this area.

The vastness of the power of the stars, the heat of the holy flames, the chill of the netherworld...

They were positioned in different directions, attempting to block all escape routes for this mechanical army.