The once ferocious mysterious substance, upon being confronted by Bai Zhongqi's Supreme Command, appeared evidently terrified. But the more terrified it became, the more the substance it carried attempted to attack the shattered substance of the Homeland Titan, signifying a battle not of the substances themselves, but of the metaphysical entities they harbored.
The mysterious substance making up the Mechanical Behemoth, carrying a will akin to the Supreme Command, was indeed powerful; it could contaminate any object it touched, thereby assimilating it as part of itself. It was like a group of rioters encountering an empty house and then rushing in to occupy it.
However, the substance of the Homeland Titan was not an empty substance—it was inhabited.
Bai Zhongqi thought a more apt description would be similar to two ships without cannons engaged in a boarding attack. The sailors of one ship could jump onto the other ship and take it over. But now, Bai Zhongqi's "sailors" had defeated the Galactic Emperor's "sailors" on their own turf, and then they counterattacked back into the mysterious substance of the Mechanical Behemoth, eliminating the Galactic Emperor's "sailors" there and turning them into vessels controlled by the Supreme Command.
Describing it was convoluted, and the events themselves were also very abstract, but the level of thrill and grandeur was second to none compared to a million warships bombarding each other.
When assimilating the first gram of the mysterious substance, Bai Zhongqi suddenly had an epiphany. Previously, he had needed mechanical structures and complex devices to carry out the Supreme Command, but now, understanding the mysterious substance, he knew that even the simplest microscopic physical units could carry his Supreme Command.
The next moment, instead of rashly using the controlled mysterious substance to counterattack, Bai Zhongqi violently tore open the body of the Mechanical Behemoth and shot out the mysterious substance controlled by the Supreme Command like bullets. His targets were those previously destroyed Iridium Star Warships and Warship Beasts.
The mysterious substance could assimilate ordinary material and transform it. Previously, the Mechanical Behemoth had not attempted to transform Bai Zhongqi's warship, not wishing to expend the energy. But Bai Zhongqi could now cast the mysterious substance toward the immobilized remnants of Iridium Star Warships, transforming millions to hundreds of millions of tons of warships into his own mysterious substance.
Obviously, the Mechanical Behemoth was extremely alarmed and angry, but it had to focus all its efforts on dealing with Bai Zhongqi's Supreme Command rebelling within its body. Meanwhile, outside its body, thousands upon thousands of previously destroyed Iridium Star Warships were being assimilated by the mysterious substance and transformed into glowing masses. This nearly omnipotent material was no longer the Galactic Emperor's weapon but Bai Zhongqi's tool for counterattack.
Bai Zhongqi found it more difficult to transform the Galactic Emperor's mysterious substance within the Mechanical Behemoth than transforming his own warships, but once hundreds and thousands of Iridium Star Warships' remains had been transformed, Bai Zhongqi used the mutual attraction generated by his own forces to pull these remnants onto the Mechanical Behemoth.
The Mechanical Behemoth, now clearly aware of the problem, was utterly furious. It was simultaneously suppressing the Supreme Command inside its body and flailing its limbs to attack the Supreme Command-controlled mysterious substance. However, unlike the previous Iridium Star Warships, these were not easily conquered. Even though the Mechanical Behemoth could deform the Supreme Command-controlled mysterious substance, they quickly regenerated, the glowing massive blobs clinging and attacking like tens of thousands of warriors blowing their battle horns, declaring war on the Galactic Emperor's mysterious material.
Xu Lanzhou and Zero stood in the command center of the Blade Empress, completely unaware of what was happening, only seeing the Iridium Star Warships also turn into glowing masses, drawing attacks from the Mechanical Behemoth.
"What exactly did the Chancellor do?" Zero curiously exclaimed.
Xu Lanzhou appeared even more convinced, she said, "The Chancellor is going to win."
"It's unbelievable, just moments ago we were cornered by this Mechanical Behemoth, and now we have it reeling in defeat. The Chancellor really can create miracles." Ling, admiring at the time, was somewhat infatuated.
She couldn't see Bai Zhongqi at the moment, but she painted a picture of him as a fearless hero. However, Bai Zhongqi was actually like being stuffed into a pig's intestine, his entire body inside the Mechanical Behemoth, moving along with those mysterious substances.
After the Mechanical Behemoth struck the mysterious substance from the Supreme Command a few times, Bai Zhongqi changed his strategy, and the glowing jelly began to gather and coalesce into a huge monster. Bai Zhongqi did not make it humanoid, but shaped it into a fierce and overpowering form of the Insect Race.
The "Bizarre Insect" that had charged onto the Mechanical Behemoth no longer feared its attacks, and the contest at this point had essentially turned into a clash of wills above matter. Naturally, the more matter accumulated, the stronger the will on it became, being able to conquer more enemies. This way, his own side could only get stronger.
Bai Zhongqi's strategy was succeeding, and with every chunk of flesh the Bizarre Insect gnawed off the Mechanical Behemoth, it grew stronger while the Mechanical Behemoth became weaker.
When several Bizarre Insects had chewed open the chest of the Mechanical Behemoth and dug out the remains of the fiercely resisting Homeland Titan within, the two began to merge, and incidentally, Bai Zhongqi was also pulled over. The Chancellor entered the central part of the Bizarre Insect he had formed from his own mysterious substance, and his constantly emanating strong will—the Supreme Command—amplified the power of the Bizarre Insect.
The Mechanical Behemoth roared and struggled, trying everything to break free and throw off the Bizarre Insect, but Bai Zhongqi wasn't about to give it that chance.
Finally, after a battle that lasted for several months, the Mechanical Behemoth was completely devoured, and an even larger giant appeared.
Although it was a bunch of Bizarre Insects that devoured the Mechanical Behemoth, when the Mechanical Behemoth finally fell, all the mysterious substances from the Supreme Command gathered together, transforming into a new giant. This giant looked entirely different from the Mechanical Behemoth. It was metallic in color, with a smooth exterior that resembled a lifelike metal sculpture.
The giant was full of aesthetically pleasing muscular contours, clad in classical-style armor, but now it had new weapons—a sword as long as a stellar diameter and an even larger shield. It was like a heavy armored infantryman, and nobody would question the terrifying power it possessed.
Bai Zhongqi emerged from the body of the giant, looking very weary. He waved his hand, and the metallic giant suddenly shrank, reducing to palm-size within a few seconds.
They lost the Homeland Titan, but gained a real Titan. In many mythologies, Titans are giants who walk the universe and create worlds, and in terms of might, Bai Zhongqi's Titan was nothing short of that.