The energy cannons on the spaceship immediately began to lock onto and attack the withered, black creatures flying towards them from afar.
Inside the spaceship, mecha pilots were quickly entering their cockpits, preparing for battle.
"Pilots who have received the sortie order, please enter your combat units immediately!"
In the mecha hangar, Gu Weiqi was among many pilots. He directly rushed to a Golden Immortal-level mecha.
Gu Weiqi declared, "Golden Immortal Type 1 Mecha 5630, activate!"
In front of Gu Weiqi, a twenty-meter mecha activated, semi-crouched, and its cockpit hatch opened.
Gu Weiqi stepped onto the mecha's mechanical palm.
The Golden Immortal Type 1 Mecha 5630 directly sent Gu Weiqi into the cockpit.
Beside Gu Weiqi, others flew directly into their mecha cockpits, completely bypassing any need for the mecha to extend its limbs.
Another mecha pilot nearby glanced at Gu Weiqi's method of entering the mecha and remarked, "Although Gu Weiqi's mecha control technique is truly powerful, his cultivation is still too low. He's only at the most basic Qi Refining stage!"
That was right. Gu Weiqi was one of the individuals in Dragon Country with the least cultivation talent. His ability to reach the Qi Refining stage was mainly due to spending a long time in this Immortal-Demonic Great Universe, where his body was naturally infused with spiritual energy, leading him to reach this level. Beyond this, no matter how hard Gu Weiqi tried, he couldn't advance his cultivation any further.
For Gu Weiqi, who couldn't cultivate, the only way to progress further was to consume elixirs to improve his cultivation. However, Dragon Country obtained very few elixirs. Gu Weiqi's merits were not enough to exchange for elixirs capable of achieving immediate ascension.
However, Gu Weiqi didn't mind these things. Ever since he became a mecha pilot through the selection process, he had discovered that piloting mechas was his true passion.
The mecha cockpit hatch closed, and the holographic display instruments inside lit up. The technology used to display real-time surrounding visuals was exceptionally advanced. The surrounding display was identical to reality, offering a 360-degree, dead-angle view.
Gu Weiqi reached out and gripped the mecha's control stick. "Golden Immortal Type 1 Mecha 5630, deploy!"
The mecha directly suspended itself, and a passage opened on the metal plates of the nearby spaceship.
Gu Weiqi piloted the mecha into this passage. Within this passage, there were a total of five doors. As the mecha advanced, the alloy blast door in front would open, and the door behind would close after it passed. Upon exiting the last door, the mecha flew out of the spaceship. The final door also featured an energy barrier. This energy barrier prevented the spaceship's air from being expelled.
As soon as they entered space, a multitude of lights, caused by explosions, appeared before them.
The mecha's intelligent module automatically marked the enemies.
"Enemy approaching!"
At this moment, the withered, black creatures had flown to within tens of kilometers. A formation that prohibited space jumps had been set up in the surrounding space. Therefore, both sides could only engage in normal flight.
Gu Weiqi and his teammates piloted their mechas towards the army of withered, black creatures. As they flew forward, the energy weapons on the mechas continuously attacked the withered, black creatures ahead. The energy weapons on the spaceship behind were also attacking the withered, black creatures. The mechas' energy weapons were merely supplementary.
The number of Nascent Soul stage withered, black creatures was rapidly decreasing under this barrage.
Soon, the mecha squadrons met the withered, black creatures.
Gu Weiqi controlled his mecha, using its energy weapons to continuously eliminate the withered, black creatures. The Golden Immortal Type 1 Mecha 5630 piloted by Gu Weiqi could easily eliminate a large number of withered, black creatures. The Nascent Soul stage withered, black creatures were no match for the mecha Gu Weiqi piloted. A single strike could dispatch one withered, black creature. With sufficient speed, more withered, black creatures could be eliminated quickly.
After a period of fighting, the Earth Immortal stage withered, black creatures within the horde also discovered the power of these mechas. These Earth Immortal stage withered, black creatures directly emerged and attacked the mechas. One Earth Immortal stage withered, black creature approached Gu Weiqi.
Gu Weiqi's mecha was of the Golden Immortal class. After Gu Weiqi manually operated it for a while, this Earth Immortal stage withered, black creature perished. Then, more Earth Immortals poured in. Gu Weiqi continued to manually operate, eliminating these Earth Immortal stage withered, black creatures.
With a large number of withered, black creatures, including many Earth Immortal stage ones, perishing here, the Heavenly Immortal stage withered, black creatures finally mobilized.
Facing the Heavenly Immortal stage withered, black creatures, Gu Weiqi could no longer rely solely on manual control. With the assistance of the intelligent module, he began to eliminate a large number of Heavenly Immortal stage withered, black creatures. After a period of extensive elimination of withered, black creatures.
The Golden Immortal stage withered, black creatures within the horde finally appeared.
One withered, black creature directly engaged the mecha piloted by Gu Weiqi.
After a head-on clash between Gu Weiqi's mecha and this Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature, Gu Weiqi's mecha was repelled within two moves by the Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature.
If not for the Golden Immortal-level defensive armor on the mecha's exterior, the entire mecha would have been destroyed long ago.
Inside, Gu Weiqi recalled the recent combat. Although he knew how to fight the Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature, his movements simply couldn't keep up with the creature's combat speed.
"It seems I can only use the consciousness operating system. The strength of a Golden Immortal is indeed worthy of its name."
Gu Weiqi activated the consciousness operating system of the Golden Immortal Type 1 Mecha 5630.
A golden hoop directly extended from the cockpit and was placed on Gu Weiqi's head. Immediately, Gu Weiqi felt his consciousness rapidly changing. During this transformation, Gu Weiqi felt as though his consciousness had been pulled into the mecha.
Outside, the Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature was still attacking Gu Weiqi's mecha.
Just as it was about to attack again, Gu Weiqi's mecha suddenly accelerated, directly evading the Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature's attack.
Following this, Gu Weiqi's mecha began to engage the Golden Immortal stage withered, black creature in a back-and-forth battle.