A group of Pilgrims were now unable to restrain the excitement in their hearts, snatching the Immortal Body of the Elder Race was something that Pilgrims had dreamt of for ages. Only, their status did not entitle them to make decisions, each of them watched longingly towards the real decision-maker, Nan Ma.
"Give the order, we should act now," a Pilgrim with a goatee said to Nan Ma, "If we really let the Galactic Emperor's Mechanical Behemoth kill off Sin Species No.1 and its soul dissipates, we won't be able to obtain the Immortal Body."
Without turning his head, Nan Ma said, "Even if you seize Bai Zhongqi's Immortal Body, it won't be yours."
This reality blatantly slapped them in the face, and several Pilgrims wore unpleasant expressions. A short-haired Pilgrim pretended to be noble and said, "To bring the Immortal Body back to the Divine Palace would be a great achievement. As long as we eliminate Sin Species No.1 and continually strengthen ourselves, ultimately, we Pilgrims will definitely be able to invade the realm of the Elder Race, allowing every Pilgrim to obtain an Immortal Body."
Nan Ma sneered inwardly but did not refute his fellow Pilgrims.
He still did not stand up and was watching the battle between the Mechanical Behemoth and the Iridium Star Fleet on the screen, saying only, "If you all want to pick peaches by going down the mountain, go pick them yourselves; the credit will be yours, and I don't need it. You may use the power of the Star Warrior Sect, but as for the things at my disposal, don't even think about them."
Several Pilgrims were silently furious—Nan Ma's status was higher than theirs, and his methods were formidable. Even if they banded together against Nan Ma, it was doubtful whether they would succeed, so they could only swallow their anger and depart.
Watching the Iridium Star Fleet struggling to survive on the screen, Nan Ma muttered to himself, "Chancellor, is this really the place where your body shall be entombed?"
"Zang Xingyan, Zang Xingyan, can you hear me?" Bai Zhongqi attempted to contact his Chief Knight.
The voice of the Star God Knight came through intermittently, his tone carrying self-mockery and helplessness, "Your Majesty, it seems I was too confident in myself. Well, it looks like you might have to come over yourself. The current situation is that these peculiar substances inside the Mechanical Behemoth's body are restless; they seem to be trying to devour my Cloud King God Soldier Mech, and of course, that includes me too. The Supreme Command I brought in has already lost its effect and been assimilated by them. They seem to plan to make me and my Cloud King part of them as well."
The Knight paused for a moment, then shouted, "Save me, Chancellor!"
Bai Zhongqi, in fact, could not detect any urgency in his words. This powerful Knight was somewhat similar to Nan Ma in some respects—both rather unrestrained, except that Zang Xingyan, after all, came from the Twelve Knights of Destiny family and retained some form of grace and cultivation.
Bai Zhongqi could only say, "Hold on."
He observed the movements of the Mechanical Behemoth, which had become more cautious after Zang Xingyan had invaded its body. However, Bai Zhongqi was still Bai Zhongqi, and even though Star Gods might also be helpless against this massive robot as large as a stellar body, Bai Zhongqi, as a member of the Elder Race, still had some moves that even Star Warriors could not perform.
As the Mechanical Behemoth swung its arms and legs again and attacked a cluster of Iridium Star Warship Beasts, Bai Zhongqi suddenly initiated a teleport.
Clearly, the Mechanical Behemoth had detected the signs of trans-dimensional movement; from its originally flat mechanical body, it rapidly grew a significantly smaller, but still hundreds of meters wide, arm that lunged at Bai Zhongqi who had just teleported onto the colossus.
Bai Zhongqi was fighting with everything he had. The punch thrown by the Mechanical Behemoth was not a common physical attack because such a transversing motion had already exceeded the speed of light, and its material even ignored the Energy Shield.
After a short-range teleportation, Bai Zhongqi couldn't immediately perform another jump. However, he was decisive, pulling out his Homeland Stone and summoning the Homeland Titan.
The punch from the Mechanical Behemoth was so powerful that even the Homeland Titan couldn't withstand it; the massive Titan-class ship's armor was pierced, and the terrain inside was smashed to pieces. Moreover, the material of the Mechanical Behemoth's body began to glow and flow, ready to devour the shattered Homeland Titan just as it had the Cloud King God Soldier Mech.
"Eat it, eat it, I want you to consume it," Bai Zhongqi thought to himself.
Compared to the Mechanical Behemoth that was even larger than a stellar body, the asteroid-sized Homeland Titan might not seem like much. The efficient glowing gel material casually pulled chunks of the Homeland Titan into its body. This creature clearly had the ability to assimilate any material to augment itself. Bai Zhongqi even wondered if it could become as vast as a galaxy if it devoured enough material.
But now, Bai Zhongqi didn't dare to let his thoughts wander too much. He had been swept along with the Homeland Titan, absorbed into the interiors of the Behemoth, just like Chief Knight Zang Xingyan had been.
On the warship, Zero and Xu Lanzhou were nearly going berserk, but it was Zero who had slightly more sense as she said, "The Chancellor knows what he's doing. Instead of worrying about him, we should continue fighting for him."
Xu Lanzhou bit his lip, nodding with a resolute expression.
Feeling the mysterious material surrounding him from all directions, Bai Zhongqi couldn't even breathe, but at that moment, he actually relaxed completely.
"This kind of mysterious material that possesses almost all physical properties, it feels familiar to me, as if it is itself a kind of Supreme Command. So, I will use my Supreme Command to purge the will of the Galactic Emperor. A few small carriers can't do it, but the entire Homeland Titan coupled with myself, will surely make it possible!"
Suddenly, a dazzling silver-white light burst forth from inside the Mechanical Behemoth's body, even penetrating its outer shell, and the fierce light covered its entire body.
This was the light emitted by the fragments of the original Homeland Titan; it was the will of Bai Zhongqi's Supreme Command blowing the offensive horn on the battlefield within the Mechanical Behemoth.
The seemingly unstoppable mysterious material, upon contact with the white light, recoiled instantly as if scared, attempting to retreat immediately, but the white light was relentless, shining upon all the materials that made up the Mechanical Behemoth. The glowing gel-like mysterious material began to undergo bizarre changes. At one moment it turned into a solid state, then into liquid, then it disappeared perhaps turning into a gas, and at another time it transformed into flames of various colors (plasma state), fluctuating back and forth among these six different states, creating a chaotic and astonishing sight.
This was the first time Bai Zhongqi attempted to control something using the Supreme Command in a completely unorthodox mechanical manner, but as soon as he assimilated the first gram of the mysterious material, he could clearly sense that this material had infinite possibilities. It was like it had life, and it had the ability to transform from one type of material to another, and could even stack different material properties together.
It was inherently capable of bearing the Supreme Command.