"Ultimate—"
March 7th gripped the control stick tightly. The wings behind Torijinmaru fully unfurled, and its emerald bracers glowed with an azure light as its hands crossed in front of its chest.
Between the steel giant's palms, the air began to vibrate at a high frequency, azure light particles surging from the void into its grasp.
"—Hundred-Blade Feather Wind!"
Like releasing a Chi blast on the set of Dragon Ball, Torijinmaru clasped its hands and violently pushed the azure wind orb forward.
The sphere of light exploded, and the azure energy diffused in a conical trajectory, enveloping the Fire-Controlling Bifang, whose right wing was injured and movement impaired.
The Fire-Controlling Bifang spewed crimson flames to resist, but the moment they made contact with the azure energy, they were torn into drifting sparks.
Transparent feathers seemed to drift within the energy column, but in reality, they were a hundred wind blades, each about a zhang in length.
The wind blades were extremely sharp, slicing open the Fire-Controlling Bifang's protective flames, shattering the crystal chains of its red copper tail feathers, and destroying the key structures of the Ingenium links.
On the other side.
Welt already possessed experience piloting Arahato, and coupled with the temporary experience pack from the one-time item, he had been suppressing the Edge-Holding Yazi throughout the entire battle.
Perhaps realizing he had been overly excited, or maybe noticing the Star Rail duo carrying cameras to film his every move, Old Yang didn't dare to shout loudly anymore, to avoid leaving behind embarrassing dark history for himself.
But when he heard March 7th shout "Ultimate," Old Yang really couldn't hold it back!
Shouting out the name of the finishing move when finishing off the enemy is the operation a protagonist of a classic magical mecha manga series ought to have!
This is a man's romance!
Therefore, one must shout it out!
"Ultimate——"
The man inside the cockpit seemed decades younger in this instant—an old man with the wild spirit of a youth. He gripped the bamboo-shaped control sticks just like a swordsman gripping the dual swords in his hands.
The red-and-black painted samurai-type Demon God bent its knees and sank its waist.
Opposite it, the Edge-Holding Yazi Ingenium stomped its four feet on the ground. Clamping the greatsword in its jaws, it galloped and pounced, its energy core rotating at high speed as gloomy blue light and shadows rippled over its leopard-shaped body.
With no intention of dodging, when the Yazi was only three hundred meters away from the Demon God, a ring of thunderous light exploded from the soles of Senjinmaru's feet.
"—Sky-Soaring Thunder Light Sword Section Cross Slash!"
The Sword Section Blade in its right hand traced an arc of violet-red lightning, and the Blade Section in its left hand followed closely, releasing a sharp azure glow. The blades hacked out an X-shaped light trail.
An X-shaped scar appeared on the body of the Edge-Holding Yazi, the wound glowing with the dark red of molten metal, like butter cut by a hot knife.
In a flash of lightning and flint, the Demon God Samurai and the Edge-Holding Yazi seemed to swap positions, going from face-to-face to back-to-back.
Standing with his back to the Ingenium War-Beast, the Demon God Samurai swung his blades cleanly and crisply, as if incomparably certain of this strike.
Schwing~!
The metal friction sound of sheathing the swords carried a certain clear and awe-inspiring rhythm. During the process of the Demon God dashingly sheathing its blades, the scarlet eyes of the Ingenium War-Beast slowly dimmed.
Click.
The slight sound of the sword guard locking into place was followed by two violent roars.
The Fire-Controlling Bifang and the Edge-Holding Yazi exploded simultaneously. The two latest prototype War-Beasts of the Cloud Knights were completely scrapped.
Countless broken parts lay scattered on the earth, electric sparks bursting.
The Demon God Mecha took steady steps toward another battlefield.
Real men never turn back to look at explosions~!
"Yaya, as expected of Uncle Yang, you really understand~! So handsome it needs no discussion!"
Stelle took full control of Ryujinmaru. The space inside Caelus's body had been paying attention to Little March and Old Yang's battle from start to finish.
"Haha, your Uncle Yang, I am still hale and hearty!"
Walking steadily was just to highlight his aura. At this moment, Welt felt that he was already high beyond belief!
The mecha soul within his body had been thoroughly awakened, burning blazingly!
Battle! Battle!
He only wanted to control the Demon God Mecha to fight and feel good now!
As for manipulating gravity?
What Star of Eden?
Those are things without a mecha soul; might as well not have them!
"Caelus, I'll come to help you!"
Standing atop a sturdy building, Senjinmaru, having sheathed its blades, took the Falcon-shaped Fork from its back with a backhand grip. Holding the fork in one hand, it stood erect, pointing the other hand toward the direction of Ryujinmaru.
"This young lady is coming too!"
Switching into combat mode, Torijinmaru landed beside Ryujinmaru.
"The three of us are just too strong!"
Stelle crossed her arms with satisfaction, nodding proudly with great affectation.
"To think... it was resolved just like that?"
Outside the Alchemy Commission, Fu Xuan watched the scene of the three Demon Gods standing side by side through the Remote Sky Mirror, unable to help feeling a bit dazed.
As the successor to the next Luofu General (self-proclaimed), Fu Xuan naturally knew of the new Ingenium War-Beasts developed by the Artisanship Commission for the Cloud Knights. She had witnessed the Tablet-Carrying Bixi during the last internal military exercise.
The Fire-Controlling Bifang and the Edge-Holding Yazi were probably designs released after that.
However, although she hadn't seen them, Fu Xuan understood the level of the Artisanship Commission's Master Artisians very well. Even if they were just prototypes, the two Ingenium War-Beasts were definitely not weak.
Yet they were defeated so easily...
What exactly are the mechas Caelus and the others summoned?
Especially that mecha transformed from a golden divine dragon—it didn't look like a technological product no matter how you looked at it, right?
Fu Xuan controlled the Remote Sky Mirror to zoom in, locking the perspective onto Ryujinmaru to observe seriously. Phantylia was doing something similar.
"Interesting, let me see what is special about that mecha~"
Her long, narrow fox eyes narrowed almost completely as Phantylia murmured with a light laugh.
According to the intelligence obtained from those Master Artisians earlier, the final Nine Depths Ingenium, the Tablet-Carrying Bixi, was the strongest of the three out-of-control War-Beasts.
The Tablet-Carrying Bixi was not a prototype, but a formal model that had been adjusted and optimized in all aspects.
In terms of defense, it was even stronger than the Legion's Doomsday Beast. Those Master Artisians seemed to have designed it with the standard of withstanding a Doomsday Beast's attacks for a long time.
"This big guy is too tough!"
March 7th piloted Torijinmaru to switch back to flight mode, soaring through the sky like a clear-spirited sparrow, sharp wind blades pouring out with every flap of its wings.
But striking the azure-black giant stele carried by the Tablet-Carrying Bixi, they couldn't leave any trace at all.
It was like Sister Ashe with the big three items activating Q and frantically auto-attacking a Rammus equipped with Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Plated Steelcaps.
Watching this, Stelle shouted directly:
"Master Ah Qi, stop scrubbing, stop scrubbing!"
It wasn't just scraping; it was practically scrubbing a bath!
"Let me try!"
Welt maneuvered Senjinmaru, stabbing the Falcon-shaped Fork into the ground as a fulcrum and using the reaction force to leap into the air.
Senjinmaru was also a Groudon; it had no flight ability itself.
The blades wrapped in purple lightning and azure light cut several arcs in the void at godspeed. Combined with the light bullets fired by March 7th, smoke rose and lightning flashed abruptly.
But when the smoke filling the battlefield dispersed, that mechanical giant beast, like a mountain, hadn't even moved half a step.
"What should we do? Should we just bypass it?" Little March suggested.
The terrifying aspect of the Tablet-Carrying Bixi lay in its defense. Its speed was not worth mentioning compared to Torijinmaru. Its ranged attacks consisted of chains and breath cannons; it couldn't even smell March 7th's exhaust fumes.
Even compared to the speed of Ryujinmaru and Senjinmaru, it was still far inferior.
"No, we can't leave it alone." Welt shook his head.
The Bixi Ingenium's attack power came from its massive size and the black-azure stele. Its Ingenium body was composed of a special gold-wood alloy; just rampaging around was enough to crush buildings.
As for the black-azure stele's attack method, it was just like now...
The Bixi's turtle-shell-like back suddenly bulged, resembling a rising cannon turret.
It could throw the black-azure stele to attack. One time was enough to destroy a whole section of the Artisanship Commission's buildings, and it might even affect the artisans who hadn't managed to escape in time.
"I'll block it. Ah Qi, Uncle Yang, you guys attack while it's distracted."
Stelle sheathed the Dragon Sword on her back and maneuvered Ryujinmaru to leap up, using both hands to block the black-azure stele falling like a square lead ball.
"Isn't it just a stone? Watch me use Ryujinmaru to push it back!"
The mountain-like black-azure stele collided with Ryujinmaru. Caelus could see veins popping on the hands Stelle used to grip the dragon horns, but she successfully blocked this attack.
"Good chance! Uncle Yang, Ah Qi!"
"Roger!" x2
Welt and March 7th seized the moment the black-azure stele left the turtle shell to launch attacks at the Ingenium War-Beast again.
However, the surface of the Bixi's turtle shell swam like a living creature. Thousands of hexagonal turtle shell plates flipped over layer by layer, exposing the honeycomb-like cushioning structure underneath.
"It moves! Is it alive inside?"
When Senjinmaru's blade cut in, March 7th clearly saw the hexagonal honeycomb cells contract and squirm like the flesh of some bizarre plant, silently swallowing the kinetic energy.
"I guess they probably used Ambrosial Arbor branches as the main material when manufacturing it and that stele with auto-repair capabilities. After the Ambrosial Arbor revived, its body got strengthened."
Caelus looked through Ryujinmaru's super vision, seeing the internal cushioning structure, and raised an eyebrow.
The shield was already ridiculously tough, and with the Power of Abundance's healing and the Stellaron erosion's amplification...
If this thing were placed in a game's material dungeon, it would definitely be an ultimate numerical rot monster that would make players collectively send the planning team's mothers exploding into the sky!
"This is a bit difficult to handle."
Welt frowned. Even if he went against his mecha soul and used his own abilities...
To tear apart the Tablet-Carrying Bixi, which had maxed-out defense and possessed certain self-healing capabilities using gravity, would require creating a powerful gravitational field.
This would also cause a significant degree of destruction within the Artisanship Commission.
"Leave it to me."
Just as Welt was conflicted, he suddenly heard Caelus's voice.
"Caelus, does Ryujinmaru have a way to break its defense?" Welt asked.
"The current Ryujinmaru definitely doesn't have that ability, but..."
Pinching the Stellaron spirit's soft and tender cheeks, and amidst the gray-haired girl's crying and whining expression, Caelus took the Crystals from her hand, curling the corners of his mouth.
"It will in a moment."
Soon, the clear blue Crystals in Caelus's hand disappeared, replaced by a gold Magatama.
"Super Power Transformation—"
Caelus held the Magatama and raised it high. The Magatama suddenly burst forth with intense golden light.
"Sword King Ryujinmaru!"
Outside, a ball of light appeared in Ryujinmaru's palm, rushing into the cloudless sky, blasting open the layered lead clouds. Brilliant sunlight shot out from the opened cavern of light.
A black-and-gold sword of peculiar design pierced through the cloud layer, landing in front of Ryujinmaru.
Caelus maneuvered Ryujinmaru to pick up the King's Sword. Raising it high, he let out a low shout, and under everyone's gaze—be it amazed, astonished, or stunned—he swung the strange sword horizontally.
A massive golden curtain was drawn open by the blade.
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