The Legendary Mechanic, page 719
As for why only Taylor, Sagman, and Francisco knew, it was because the three of them were the most trustworthy and shameless, so they would work together the best. Anyway, once they activated the scrolls, the other teammates would follow up with more attacks as well.
On the other side, Crimson Snake had already turned into combat mode and shrouded Hila’s face. She swiftly moved around the battlefield, shooting out death energy while trying to hide her anxiety.
She understood her situation. Although she could last some time against the three enemies with the help of the mechanical army, she knew that this stalemate would be broken very soon. As soon as Sagman and Taylor joined the battle, she would not be able to last for sure.
If I don’t do anything, it’ll just be a slow death.
Although Han Xiao had sent a message to her earlier saying that his main body was on the way, due to her personality, Hila did not expect to rely on others in times of despair. Instead, she would do her best to save herself.
The reinforcements have yet to arrive, my means of retreat has been cut off, and there are two other powerful enemies who will soon join the battle. In order to survive, I have to hold on while facing the attacks of five of them. That’s a desperate situation even with the help of the mechanical army and the fleet. I’ll have to rely on myself one way or another. What other trump cards do I have here?
Hila remained calm and quickly thought about how to resolve this situation.
Ideas were born and filtered out one after another. Very soon, there was only one idea left in her mind.
I’ll have to do my best to try this…
Hila clenched her teeth.
…
An enormous beam penetrated the last stargate station. Debris flew everywhere, and shockwaves from the explosion made the shields of the defense fleet nearby flicker.
“The stargate stations have been destroyed, let’s go!”
Sagman did not hesitate. He quickly turned into a mass of bright, golden light, which shrouded Taylor, and instantly sped up, turning into a stream of light and leaving the battlefield, heading right toward Hila.
As they knew that the spacetime stabilization device would be activated, they knew that summoning type spells would be affected too. Taylor had made preparations in advance; he had prepared a ton of summoning scrolls, which he started tearing open right after the teleportation gate appeared, forming an army of summoned creatures. Taylor himself, however, swapped from summoning style to artillery style to adapt to the environment.
He was good at summoning spells, but that did not mean he did not learn other types of spells. He was just not as good at those in comparison.
A Beyond Grade A would have multiple combat styles. This was especially true among Mages, who were known for their versatility. No matter what style they were good at usually, they could all switch to a different style when needed.
With Kasuyi holding back, a small number of mechanical soldiers were also let past, trying to stop the two of them.
However, Sagman was extremely mobile in light form. He made countless turns to avoid fighting the mechanical soldiers head-on, showing how experienced he was. Luckily, Taylor was a Beyond Grade A as well, or he would have been vomiting his guts out.
Sagman’s Esper Ability was related to light energy, so his turning speed was extremely fast. He went in a huge circle to get rid of the mechanical troops and entered Hila’s battlefield, floating in midair above the planet.
“You guys are finally here. Quickly, help!”
Francisco was done with his teammates and was exhilarated to see help arrive.
Sagman and Taylor exchanged looks and saw what each other meant.
Create an opportunity to use the forbidden spell scrolls!
The two of them joined the battle without saying anything.
Light energy shockwaves and magic spells were thrown out like they were free, exploding everywhere.
Boom!
The sound of explosions never stopped. Mechanical soldiers were being destroyed one after another. Hila was in a dire situation once again, so much so that she had to stop all her attacks and focus on defending herself.
After the two of them joined the battle, it became completely one-sided.
…
At the same time, Han Xiao’s Lord’s Avatar scanned through the difficult situation Hila was in. He then said in the chat window with Kasuyi exclusively, “Hila won’t be able to fight against five of them. Stop blocking me and let me past.”
“How do you want to act that out?” Kasuyi replied.
“Give me a powerful hit, throwing my Lord’s Avatar and part of my mechanical army over.”
“The church wants me to stall you. I can’t possibly throw you into that battlefield. Plus, if you join that battle, I’ll have to follow too, and then, I’ll have to fight Hila as well. She’ll be in an even more dangerous situation.” Kasuyi shook his head slightly.
The acting was one thing, but he did not want to offend the church. No matter how much he was holding back, there was no way he could make it this obvious.
“How about… you use a large attack when you’re in a dire situation, and that stops your teammates’ attacks? Just say it’s collateral damage.”
“I have complete control over my psychic power. There’s zero chance something like that would happen.”
“Then… might as well let me destroy this doppelganger of yours. That’s the easiest way.”
“No, not mentioning whether your Lord’s Avatar has the ability to defeat my doppelganger, I have to stay here to prevent accidents. That old man, Mechanic Emperor, said the federation wants to make a move. I’ll have to act like I’m fighting with them for Hila to keep some of them busy.”
Han Xiao did not even know what to say.
What’s the courtesy of an actor? This is!
You’re so passionate about your job that even the church would be touched!
“No this, no that, what should we do then?”
“The federation might appear at any moment. When they do, I’ll turn to fight them, and her situation won’t be so dangerous. If Hila can still hold on for now, it’s best to wait for the change that’s certainly going to come,” Kasuyi said.
“I’ll have to think about it…” Han Xiao pondered.
While these two actors were going through their script together, a change suddenly happened!
Swoosh!
Under the nonstop attacks of five enemies, Hila finally showed a flaw. ‘Mechanical Catastrophe’ Francisco captured the opportunity, clapped his hands, and released an extremely condensed plasma electromagnetic field that passed through the gaps between the death energy.
Buzz!
Electric sparkles appeared all over Hila’s body, and her movements showed even more flaws.
Sagman and Francisco then continued throwing out more powerful controlling abilities to restrain her.
“Weird. Ever since we joined the battle, she’s seemed less focused…”
This doubt flashed through Sagman’s mind. Before he had time to think about it carefully, he yelled at Taylor in the mind communication channel, “Use the scrolls!”
“Ready long ago!”
Taylor tore open a white magical scroll with black words, the scroll then suddenly glowed extremely brightly.
Swoosh!
As if a prison was finally opened after a thousand years, countless white magical runes shot out from the scroll like wild dragons, all landing on Hila.
The next moment, the surface of Crimson Snake was crawling with eerie pale-white runes, which had an overall shape of a seductive woman. The woman-shaped pattern slowly opened its arms and did a hugging posture.
Buzz!
An unknown power appeared as Hila realized that she could not move her body. She was locked in midair. The boiling energy in her body quickly calmed down, and she was completely unable to move.
Forbidden Spell—Wailing Nun’s Embrace!
“Focus fire!”
The duration of this scroll was limited. Sagman did not dare waste any more time. He yelled in the communication channel to tell everyone to use all their attacks and throw them at Hila.
Tolaen and Mercer responded instantly. Although they did not know what happened, they would not let such a good opportunity pass.
Boom!
Hila’s silhouette was instantly buried by colorful energy explosions.
It looked beautiful, but it was extremely powerful as well!
Kasuyi’s doppelganger suddenly turned around.
“A forbidden spell scroll‽”
The church hid this and did not tell me about it‽
Seeing this, he did not want to discuss the script any longer. His psychic energy grabbed onto the mechanical army, including Han Xiao’s Lord’s Avatar, and threw them to the battlefield Hila was in.
“Damn, what a decisive man.”
Flying in midair, Han Xiao rushed toward Hila’s position with the help of Kasuyi’s push, but he was not in a hurry.
Kasuyi did not know much about Hila and thought Hila was in danger. However, Han Xiao knew that Hila had the ability to be able to ‘revive’ herself. This wave of focus fire looked powerful, but it could not kill Hila. It would only trigger her reviving ability.
However, if that’s the case, I’ll have to use the backup plan. Han Xiao frowned slightly.
If Hila’s one-time reviving ability was not triggered, he would take more risks. Now, however, Han Xiao felt like he needed to change the plan.
However, before he arrived at the battlefield, a powerful life force energy erupted in Hila’s location!
Wu!
The gold life energy shot into the sky like a fountain!
The liveliness of this energy startled everyone.
Sagman and the other four suddenly realized, although they had been dealing heavy damage to Hila all this time, those injuries seemed to have recovered within seconds!
With the effect of the forbidden spell ending, Hila escaped. Crimson Snake was already worn out, showing large portions of her sky that was covered in opened wounds with visible flesh.
However, with vital energy regenerating her body, those open wounds closed in the blink of an eye, not even leaving any scars, turning back to her smooth skin.
Sagman and the others’ eyes widened as they were astounded.
Impossible!
Such a powerful regenerative ability…
Why does she have this kind of power?
Also, why does this look familiar?
The next moment, everyone turned around and looked at Han Xiao’s Lord’s Avatar with a shocked expression.
Isn’t this… Black Star’s ability‽
Why does Hila have it too?
In terms of the similarities between the two of them…
Could this be the people of Planet Aquamarine’s cultural talent‽
This time, Kasuyi’s voice appeared.
“Black Star, are you people of the Planet Aquamarine… all unkillable?”
“That’s really not true. We don’t have that kind of talent…” Han Xiao smiled awkwardly.
If his main body was there instead of his Lord’s Avatar, he would probably have taken a very deep breath.
What Hila did was successfully building a vital link with Aurora. How else could so much vital energy erupt out of nowhere‽
Being able to obtain a new ability during battle, sis, are you a protagonist type character too?
That doesn’t make sense. You’re supposed to be on the evil side.
With this vital link activated, Hila became drastically stronger. Her basic combat capability did not increase, but she basically had an extremely powerful healer with her at all times. As long as Aurora still had stamina, Hila’s regeneration ability would be terrifying!
Han Xiao’s heart was hurting so badly he almost wanted to report this to the officials.
I thought I was powerful enough, but I never expected you to cheat!
If Hila had this ‘external software’ in his previous life… Han Xiao could not even imagine what would have happened.
Sadly, before Hila’s cheat finished installing in his previous life, the Germinal Organization’s leader had already destroyed it.
“Again!”
Hila’s will to fight was boiling.
Currently, Aurora was already able to fight along her side in this way, which helped her escape lethal danger. Hila’s mindset was different from before; she did not reject Aurora using her abilities to help her.
Beyond Grade As needed more vital energy to regenerate, but Aurora was now a Calamity Grade as well, so she was more than able to be Hila’s healer.
Hearing Hila’s yelling, Sagman and the other four were hesitant as to whether they should continue fighting Hila.
Han Xiao, however, stopped in midair and did not continue approaching. Kasuyi was watching from afar as well.
Everyone stopped doing what they were doing and exchanged looks. The situation became awkward.
However, everyone suddenly felt something and looked over in that direction.
Buzz!
Not far from the stronghold, a Federation of Light fleet penetrated the limitations of the spacetime stabilization device and suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
At the front of the fleet, seven Beyond Grade As stood in a row, looking at everyone there.
Kasuyi looked up and said calmly, “They’re here.”
Chapter 1050. Oscar Winner |
At Black Star Palace, the battle between Ames and Traveler was reaching the climax.
Under the Force Field, the satellite tiles shattered Traveler’s magic shield time after time like enormous fists, slapping him around everywhere like he was a baseball.
It looked like Ames had the complete upper hand and was totally overpowering Traveler, but not only was she not relieved, she was even more cautious.
There was a reason Traveler was getting beaten this badly—for unknown reasons, he used the Puppet Replacement Spell multiple times, decreasing his attributes, health, and energy time after time. It was like he was looking to be tortured.
At the same time, that uncomfortable evil vibe he was giving off gradually became stronger too.
“I can’t keep doing this.” Ames looked at the base far away and nodded.
The officers in the watchtower saw this action of hers, which was a hint to activate the spacetime stabilization device to cut off Traveler’s path of retreat.
Herlous instantly gave the order.
“Ambush team in position. Everyone, activate…”
Before he finished, the situation suddenly changed! A purple and green energy wave as thick as flowing liquid erupted from Traveler’s body. It had suction cups and looked like the tentacles of an octopus. It also looked like a boiling and bubbling potion that kept expanding.
The energy condensed into almost solidified translucent green and purple energy tentacles. Instead of saying that Traveler released them, it was more like these energy tentacles tore Traveler’s body open and forced their way out!
Ames did not have a habit of waiting for someone to finish transforming. Without saying a word, she focused her Force Field once again.
Circular Force Fields spun around her like small tornados, quickly turning into the shape of drills. They then stopped for an instant before rocketing toward Traveler.
However, the next moment, the purple-green energy on Traveler’s body moved and covered Traveler completely, forming a coating around him. The Force Field landed on it but was shockingly not able to penetrate it, only pushing him back slightly.
“Hahaha. Useless useless useless!”
Traveler laughed maniacally like he was a different person, giving off an indescribable sense of evil from all over his body.
Tons of army soldiers felt their legs tremble just by looking at him… In the interface terms, all of them had undergone a will judgment.
Ames kept attacking, but the purple-green energy around Traveler was extremely tough and blocked all her attacks. It was unknown what kind of energy this was.
At this time, Traveler suddenly held both his hands up, and a strong sense of passion appeared in his eyes.
“This powerful person here is the sacrifice I, your husband, have given to you. Answer my call, my lovely wife!”
Boom!
The energy around his body suddenly bloomed and spread out like it was infinite, painting the black cosmic space purple and green.
The properties of this area changed in this instant.
“Alert! Alert! Spacetime coefficient is fluctuating drastically. The wave peak has exceeded the reality safety line!”
“Spacetime stabilization device overloading… Alert! Stabilization anchor broken! Stabilization failed. Requesting more spacetime stabilization devices!”
“Analyzing event model… Analysis complete. 100% match. Event: Advent of a secondary dimension!”
If the spacetime was a piece of paper, the spacetime coefficient would be the extent to which this piece of paper was folded. The more stable it was, the neater and flatter this piece of paper would be. At this moment, this piece of paper was crushed into a ball, and another piece of paper representing a secondary dimension was wrapped around it.
Secondary dimensions were dangerous yet amazing. They were all born due to various reasons. If they appeared in the main universe, they would change the spacetime properties of a certain area and turn it into the secondary dimension. Most of the time, this would be a disaster.
Han Xiao had once seen an item called the Shadow Lantern in the dynasty. Its core was the fragment of the Shadow Dimension, and it could summon the Shadow Dimension. What Traveler was doing now was similar to that.
This evil filled secondary dimension gradually expanded outside Black Star Palace. Ames and the various fleets were all inside this dimension as if they were swallowed into its stomach.
