Chapter 117: Unfathomable Depths

This man seemed to have appeared out of thin air, without the slightest sense of incongruity.

Lin Qiu stared at the young man, his heart involuntarily skipping a beat.

He was filled with terror because he could not discern the cultivation level of this youth.

Even with the abilities granted by the system, he could not tell whether this person was human or demon, nor gauge his combat power or bloodline rank.

Frantically, he pulled out the bloodline radar that Liu Changfeng had developed to investigate.

But in the next moment, the bloodline radar went off the charts, sparking wildly before exploding in his hand.

Lin Qiu hurriedly discarded the shattered device, his shock deepening.

The bloodline radar was capable of detecting bloodlines up to the eighth rank.

Thanks to Liu Changfeng’s recent research, it could even identify combat power up to the seventh rank.

Yet when used on this man, it immediately exceeded its limit.

What did this mean?

It meant that this individual’s strength and bloodline had surpassed the radar’s detection threshold.

It had overloaded and broken down under the strain.

Lin Qiu’s heart sank as he noticed the direction from which the youth had come—right from his side. What unsettled him most was the man’s gaze, which never once wavered from him, not even for a moment.

What kind of eyes were those?

Pitch black, icy cold, indifferent—devoid of any human spark, more like a soulless, emotionless machine.

“Hostile intent!” Lin Qiu’s expression shifted slightly. Instantly, his wristband activated, enveloping him in a golden light.

As the light faded, Lin Qiu vanished, replaced by a two-meter-tall mech standing in his place.

Under the sunlight, the mech shimmered with a hazy golden glow.

This was a relic of the ancient civilization of the aquatic tribe—a battle mech.

It possessed multiple combat modes.

Its ultimate form reached over a hundred meters in height, with size and shape that could be changed at will.

The mech’s appearance caused the youth to pause slightly.

Even his emotionless eyes flickered with a hint of surprise.

But in the next moment, a disdainful smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

“Strike first and strike hard.”

Merged with the mech, Lin Qiu’s spirit ignited as he launched his attack.

The mech left behind an afterimage as it vanished from its original spot, instantly reappearing before the youth.

The system had already issued a warning: the intruder was no friend.

Since he was no friend, there was only one option—kill.

As the mech clenched its fist, a radiant light gathered in its palm, crystallizing into a long sword.

The sword shone with brilliance like the sun.

A laser capable of slicing through everything in the world condensed on the blade, then swung down fiercely toward the youth.

“An interesting little toy. The power seems quite decent.”

The youth halted, gazing at the descending laser sword with a faint smile playing on his lips.

Calmly, he extended his hand and flicked his finger.

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