‘Guess I’m getting old? I’m already running out of steam.’
Black Shell slowly closed his narrowed eyes, constantly adjusting his breathing.
It was up to him to clean up this mess.
Putting aside everything else, Wang Zheng really had something going for him.
It’s just that they were unlucky this time, encountering a monster that could still jump around even after its brain was pierced.
Black Shell used his radar to observe Jin Gu Gang's movements, spotting Shen Qionglin who had just appeared.
He breathed a sigh of relief and leisurely moved his fingers.
[Initiate 100% of the mecha's capacity];
[Activate auxiliary reactor];
[Inject RT-2 compound];
Black Shell repeated this set of operations, which he had practically used hundreds of times. His mechanical body immediately began to operate, and he could now stand up directly.
But if he could be given a little more preparation time, that would naturally be even better.
The old instructor tried to open his eyes, but his vision became somewhat blurred. This was a symptom that appeared a few seconds before this compound took effect.
His brain was being fully activated. During these few seconds, he would often have many memories flash before his eyes, vivid and unforgettable moments.
But this time, what emerged was a scene from several years ago…
The Commander-in-Chief's burly mechanical body sat on a narrow chair, silent for a long time. The projection screen in front of him displayed a picture of a fortress that had just been destroyed by a Blade Beast.
Another tragedy with no survivors.
‘Commander…’
‘Black Shell,’ Fu Jian sighed in a low voice, ‘How much longer can you hold on?’
‘At least seven or eight overload battles,’ Black Shell said optimistically, ‘Each overload allows me to pilot a Terror Mecha once. Rounding it off, I can still kill at least six King Beasts!’
‘Then tell me,’ Fu Jian said softly, ‘Under our leadership, does the surface world truly have a future?’
At that time, Black Shell didn't know how to answer.
He later regretted that he hadn't encouraged his old comrade.
The scene before his eyes suddenly cleared, and the symptoms of those few seconds quickly subsided.
Black Shell took a deep breath. Just as he was about to control his dilapidated mecha to jump up, he suddenly saw the situation where the battle had already begun.
At this moment, he was extremely calm, without any superfluous emotional fluctuations, and his brain was running at full speed.
He was analyzing every movement of Jin Gu Gang.
Looking at the scene!
Shen Qionglin, this researcher, had actually managed to block Jin Gu Gang for a while.
Everything was proceeding as she had planned.
Shen Qionglin opened her left hand, and countless metal components from within the hangar converged towards her.
Just as Jin Gu Gang rushed in front of her, a giant iron fist swept forward.
The iron fist collided with Jin Gu Gang.
Shen Qionglin felt Jin Gu Gang's powerful spiritual energy impact.
Taking advantage of this force, she barely maintained the existence of the metal sphere around her, and rushed diagonally upwards, breaking through the hangar roof.
Jin Gu Gang pursued relentlessly, flapping his dark wings in mid-air, continuing to chase after Shen Qionglin.
Shen Qionglin turned around inside the metal sphere, opening and closing her left hand. The hangar roof suddenly folded, collapsed, and transformed into a cage, trying to trap Jin Gu Gang.
Bang!
This ordinary metal roof was directly torn apart by Jin Gu Gang.
But in the next second, a dozen laser beams and destruction cannon rays shone towards Jin Gu Gang from all directions!
That semi-transparent light罩 appeared again!
‘Is this Jin Gu Gang's newly awakened ability?’
— Wang Ji Xuan and Shen Qionglin were both thinking.
Although this wave of fire was steadily blocked by Jin Gu Gang, the spiritual energy within his body showed obvious signs of depletion, and his upward momentum was interrupted.
Shen Qionglin continued to attack in an orderly manner.
She opened her right hand, and a cyan ripple swept downwards. Her right hand slid forward, and the metal sphere condensed into a giant hammer, smashing down on Jin Gu Gang's head.
Jin Gu Gang's body was struck and smashed downwards.
Shen Qionglin frowned slightly.
This guy was even more powerful than she had estimated.
It seemed that the Blade Beast's modification not only gave Jin Gu Gang a King-level crystal core, but also, with the blessing of the King-level crystal core's spiritual energy, greatly amplified Jin Gu Gang's mutated body.
To be precise, Jin Gu Gang should have been considered a humanoid Blade Beast before, but now he was a half-human, half-beast monster.
The total amount of spiritual energy had decreased, but his fighting will had awakened.
‘He’s difficult to deal with.’
Shen Qionglin's left hand was like playing a piano, her fingers constantly rising and falling, sliding. The symbols on her body flickered non-stop, and metal objects flew from all directions.
Jin Gu Gang looked up at Shen Qionglin, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly laughed:
“So it's you! The awakened spiritual cultivator mentioned by the Blade Beasts is you! Shen Qionglin!”
Wang Ji Xuan, who had already arrived at the corner of the hangar and was maintaining the X-Armor's stealth state, was speechless for a moment upon hearing this.
No, this…
As long as he's happy.
Daoist Priest had already found those few syringes, carefully using his flying sword as a medium to cast the Water Control Technique, and began to enchant his flying sword.
At this moment, Jin Gu Gang's attention was focused on Shen Qionglin in the air.
Shen Qionglin had already created a giant metal hammer.
His muscles bulged all over his body, and the fine scales covering his skin shimmered with black light. He jumped up again, and the ground directly collapsed downwards.
Boom!
The giant hammer falling from the sky was smashed to pieces by Jin Gu Gang's head!
But after the giant hammer shattered, dozens of giant pythons composed of steel bars and small pieces of metal appeared within it. These giant pythons took the opportunity to trap Jin Gu Gang. The pythons' bodies burst out with sharp thorns, and more than a dozen giant pythons simultaneously lashed out with their tails, whipping Jin Gu Gang like whips.
Jin Gu Gang was knocked down again.
Shen Qionglin had successfully delayed him for a while.
She didn't waste any spiritual energy, carefully calculating the amount of spiritual energy consumed by each attack, and raised her hand to guide the scattered metal objects from all directions.
‘As long as I delay him, I should be able to win.’
Shen Qionglin's thinking was correct, however, she had already lost her chance to attack.
Because the existence that could truly fight against Jin Gu Gang, and directly threaten Jin Gu Gang, had already appeared!
The second-generation half-human mecha of human civilization, codenamed Black Shell, had adjusted himself to his peak state!
Clang!
In the northwest corner of the hangar, the warped and deformed four-meter-class special mecha cockpit bulkhead was directly knocked away by a metal fist.
Orange light flickered within the cockpit.
The head instructor of the half-human mecha team, who had a head full of short white hair and whose body had been modified to the extent second only to Fu Jian, slowly raised his head at this moment, a trace of blood on his forehead, and a hint of a ferocious smile on the corner of his mouth.
He wanted to attract Jin Gu Gang's attention, so he actively activated his 'mouth cannon' mode.
“You freak…”
Black Shell slowly crawled out of the mecha, his chest constantly flashing orange light.
“Yes, I am indeed not as good as the Commander-in-Chief, because the best technology and materials must be supplied to the Commander-in-Chief, but many of his tactics were taught by me!”
“You probably don't know what this mecha is used for.”
“Its existence is to allow me to exert combat power close to normal with the lowest energy. I'm old, and I can't fight for much longer. I'll collapse after a few more overloads.”
“But you bastard! I'll waste my overload chances to kill you!”
A gust of wind suddenly blew around Black Shell!
The four miniature reactors in his mechanical body were lit up simultaneously, and a powerful aura erupted from around him!
This was his confidence in covering for the younger generation!
From that time when he regretted not being able to comfort the Commander-in-Chief until now, how many times had he overloaded?
If he remembered correctly, it should be the eleventh time.
This time it seems like…
Ah, it doesn't matter anymore.
Black Shell glanced at his brain data readings, saw the shrinking brain sulci, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth indifferently.
“Come again!”
Black Shell took a stride, the ground collapsed, the mecha under his feet shattered, and a corner of the hangar collapsed!
But the process of the hangar's collapse was like slow motion, and his forward rushing figure was like a stream of dark light!
Jin Gu Gang only had time to raise his arms to protect his face, and his body was instantly sent flying!
Two figures directly crashed out of the hangar!
Black Shell punched like the wind!
Countless fist shadows bombarded Jin Gu Gang's arms like a heavy machine gun, and fine scales splattered outwards with blood!
Jin Gu Gang shouted upwards, unleashing the blood light from his forehead at the fastest speed.
Mental shock!
A magnetic halo appeared behind Black Shell. This magnetic halo shone brightly, using the hangar itself as an anchor, dragging Black Shell backwards at high speed. That blood light couldn't catch up with Black Shell at all!
Daoist Priest Wang, who was about to attack, raised his eyebrows slightly.
This was the true combat power of a body modification of 96%?
So strong.
Black Shell was about to rush back again immediately.
Jin Gu Gang seized the opportunity, proactively rushed forward, and exchanged blows with Black Shell!
The two figures almost simultaneously chose to leap up and dash forward, each clenching their right fists, and assuming a posture in mid-air.
Fist-to-fist!
Black Shell and Jin Gu Gang flew backwards at the same time!
But Black Shell's mechanical body burst out with a powerful magnetic field, forcibly stopping the backward rushing trend of his body. He chased after Jin Gu Gang and beat him fiercely, actually creating a sky full of fist shadows!
The scene was chaotic for a moment!
Black Shell's punches landed squarely, and Jin Gu Gang was beaten until blood splattered everywhere.
But the spiritual energy within Jin Gu Gang's body was continuous and almost endless, and he displayed a powerful healing ability!
Black Shell punched Jin Gu Gang to the ground. The Destruction Cannon, which had just finished charging, was about to be thrust into Jin Gu Gang's mouth.
That transparent light罩 reappeared!
Black Shell punched the transparent light罩, and the light罩 continued to shake.
Wang Ji Xuan's voice penetrated his mind:
“Instructor, don't rush. This light罩 is released by that crystal core. If you can't break it, just wait for the time. When the time comes, it will be withdrawn!”
Black Shell narrowed his eyes slightly.
This old man tore off the ragged combat uniform, revealing his lean upper body covered with bionic skin.
The corner of his mouth outlined a bit of a cold smile.
Inside the transparent light罩, Jin Gu Gang staggered, beaten to the point where he couldn't straighten his back. He lowered his head and spat out mouthfuls of blood, his hands trembling incessantly.
Jin Gu Gang looked up at the black贝壳, his eyes filled with fear.
"Semi-human mecha… Sir… I was wrong… Let me go! I can go deal with the刃兽…"
The black 贝壳 adopted a simple fighting stance, conveniently concealing the destruction cannon in its palm.
Next, as long as he had the chance to attack, he would definitely blow him up!
The transparent light罩 teetered precariously.
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Suddenly…
"Let me try him."
Wang Ji Xuan's voice rang out in the arena, so calm and composed.
He deactivated his optical camouflage, and several people looked over at the same time.
At this moment, Wang Ji Xuan was naturally bluffing, but his current appearance…
Silver-white full-coverage armor, a demon helmet with horns on his forehead, his figure suspended in mid-air at this moment, like a silver-white demon descending from the sky, his left hand behind his back, his right hand unlocking the hand armor, wearing tactical gloves and forming a sword-finger gesture, pointing it in front of him.
A silver-white flying sword circled around him like a spirit snake, surrounded by wisps of water vapor.
He was mainly aiming for a handsome and compelling appearance.
The black 贝壳 jumped backward, calmly placing its hands behind its back, its short silver hair standing on end.
"Feel free to try, but… don't take too long."
"Okay, Instructor."
"It was you who ambushed me!"
Jin Gu Gang looked at Wang Ji Xuan and his flying sword angrily.
Wang Ji Xuan pointed his sword-finger forward, and the flying sword shot forward with a whoosh, transforming into transparency on its own.
This timing was perfect. The light罩 around Jin Gu Gang suddenly retracted into his body, covering the crystal core.
Jin Gu Gang's whole body tensed up.
The flying sword appeared from the left side, attacking with a sharp whistle.
Jin Gu Gang threw a punch, but the flying sword shook like a rope, wrapping around Jin Gu Gang's fist, then circling around to Jin Gu Gang's right arm, and then gently sliding.
The fine scales on his arm had been shattered by the black 贝壳, and had not yet recovered.
Jin Gu Gang's arm was scratched painfully, and he hurriedly swung his arm, throwing the flying sword away.
The expressions of the people present were indescribable.
Th-that's it?
Jin Gu Gang stared at the black 贝壳 out of the corner of his eye, still not forgetting to reveal a hint of a sneer, mocking this despicable ambusher who had suddenly jumped out.
Jin Gu Gang's arm was only scratched on the fine scales and skin, leaving a small scratch. The only effect of this scratch was to make him feel pain. His spiritual energy could flush it away and directly restore it.
Wang Ji Xuan shook his sword-finger, and the flying sword rushed forward again.
Repeating the old trick, using softness to overcome hardness!
Jin Gu Gang was inexplicably awe-struck and dodged backward. He was still a little wary of this suddenly appearing guy, but the strange sword still circled around his left arm, and gently slid again.
More pain.
Jin Gu Gang was furious and was about to rush towards Wang Ji Xuan, but the black 贝壳 on the side was already preparing to sprint, forcing Jin Gu Gang to retreat.
A wise man submits to circumstances.
He had already begun to think about how to beg for mercy.
Wang Ji Xuan was finally unable to hold on at this moment, directly crashing down from mid-air, his body retreating two steps, barely standing firm before directly sitting down cross-legged.
No one noticed that before Jin Gu Gang's arm wound quickly healed, wisps of water vapor had drilled into his blood…
Shen Qiong Lin in the air couldn't help but tilt her head slightly, keenly noticing a slight anomaly.
The black 贝壳 laughed and scolded from the side:
"What are you doing, kid? All thunder and no rain, hahaha! Let me do it! Our Ling Tong wouldn't like a weakling!"
Wang Ji Xuan smiled and watched Jin Gu Gang, silently counting three numbers.
Three, two, one…
Thump!
Jin Gu Gang's heart seemed to have been hit hard. His legs suddenly trembled, and he fell straight forward.
How could this be…
His body suddenly couldn't move?
The muscles were completely weak, the heart almost stopped beating, and he was completely numb… The crystal core in his body was clearly still operating, and spiritual energy was constantly gathering, stimulating, and circulating…
But the body just wouldn't move!
Wang Ji Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Done!
Instead of pursuing the ultimate damage, ultimate speed, and killing the opponent's soul in one blow, he only skillfully controlled the flying sword, so the mana consumed was not too much.
The flying sword was not an ordinary weapon, but a magic weapon connected to life. It was refined with one's own essence, energy, and spirit, and could be regarded as an extension of one's own body.
Therefore, the flying sword could remotely cast some spells. This was a small trick that Wang Ji Xuan had figured out when he was cultivating hard in his early years.
In their cultivation world, everyone fought for the level of cultivation, the strength of spells, and the quality of magic weapons. This small trick was not very useful in actual combat.
But today, it was useful!
The flying sword controlled water, sending a strong anesthetic into Jin Gu Gang's body. The [soul-crystal core-body] mode that Jin Gu Gang relied on at this moment was broken.
His body was still a human body after all. How could he resist this anesthetic developed for anesthetizing sub-king-level blade beasts?
Jin Gu Gang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. A humanoid black shadow left his body.
Soul out of body!
His headache disappeared with it;
But Jin Gu Gang's soul sensed an unknown and huge danger. He hurriedly wanted to drill back into his body.
In the air, without Wang Ji Xuan's reminder, Shen Qiong Lin immediately raised her right hand, the mysterious symbols flashing on her body turned cyan-blue, and a beam of cyan light, a crescent slash, smashed down rapidly.
Jin Gu Gang's black shadow was cut off in the middle. Although it quickly recovered, the body became much weaker.
Wang Ji Xuan smiled secretly when he saw this.
They really didn't know how to deal with souls.
'Let Pindao do it.'
Daoist took out silver needles and inserted them into the body, using medical skills to stimulate his own potential.
The demonic path bursts into power, sacrificing others to achieve oneself;
The righteous path bursts into power, sacrificing oneself to overdraft potential.
This is the essential difference between the two.
Wang Ji Xuan remained seated, and dozens of talismans flew out of his waist bag. Most of them were demon-suppressing talismans, as well as true flame talismans.
He swept his sword-finger, and the talismans flew out rustlingly, directly wrapping the black shadow.
The seals of the demon-suppressing talismans flashed at the same time.
The black shadow was instantly suppressed.
The true flame talismans trembled constantly. As Wang Ji Xuan chanted the incantation, a pale white light bloomed on them. The edge of the black shadow was stained with this fire, and it was immediately ignited by the flames.
Wang Ji Xuan heard Jin Gu Gang's screams in his heart.
He was expressionless, unmoved, and continued to chant the demon-suppressing mantra.
The black shadow was instantly ignited by the pale white light, and the outline of its body quickly became faint. The pain of the soul being burned during this time was indescribable.
The black shadow looked at the clear starry sky above.
The surrounding was the still fighting camp. The black shadow raised its hand to touch those stars, but it was burned to ashes by a white flame.
The white flame returned, turning into a lotus flower, suspended above Jin Gu Gang's corpse, the petals falling one by one.
Wang Ji Xuan stood up, restraining the urge to devour this lotus flower with the Flood Dragon's alien soul.
He didn't want to be contaminated with human souls.
"Can I borrow this corpse for a few days for research?"
Shen Qiong Lin fell from the sky and asked softly.
On the side, the black 贝壳 frowned at this monster that was 'easily' solved by Wang Ji Xuan, and the mechanical face twitched slightly.
No, this guy actually…
Then wouldn't his overload opportunity be wasted?
"You little bastard, what were you doing earlier!"
The black 贝壳 cursed through gritted teeth, and then smiled peacefully.
"It's okay, it's okay as long as it's solved. The commander's task for me… it's good as long as it's completed…"
His mind relaxed, and suddenly his body trembled a few times, and he staggered. The second-generation semi-human mecha, which was still incomparably powerful in the previous second and could directly suppress Jin Gu Gang, suddenly fell straight backward and slowly closed his eyes.
"Instructor?"
Wang Ji Xuan caught the old man.
