196: Tianshu Mecha

Su Jin casually grasped, erasing all traces of the two Fourteenth-Tier Legendary existences.

The wind passed, the dust settled, as if they had never appeared.

Apolosi in the distance.

Her sacred eyes reflected Su Jin's calm profile.

Her hand, holding the Scepter of Radiance, tightened unconsciously.

The radiance at the top of the scepter flickered erratically.

Her memory was pulled back to Woma World.

At that time, Su Jin still needed careful planning when facing an opponent who had just entered the Legendary realm.

He only achieved victory by relying on wisdom and tactics.

But now.

With a raise of his hand, he annihilated two veteran Fourteenth-Tier Legendaries.

This growth rate was already beyond terrifying.

It almost overturned Apolosi's understanding of power advancement.

"Lord," Bai Xiao's figure appeared beside Su Jin.

The sword intent on his body had subsided, but his face was still a little pale.

Maintaining Guiyuan Sword Domain and directly facing Sky Peak's self-destructive gravitational singularity had consumed him greatly.

Su Jin turned around, nodded, and handed him a potion emitting a soft halo of life.

"Specially formulated by a Spirit Healing Physician, it has miraculous effects on restoring mental energy."

Bai Xiao took it without a word, tilted his head back, and drank the potion in one gulp.

Su Jin's gaze went past him, sweeping towards Howling Canyon.

In a very short time, this place had completely transformed into a war fortress belonging to Infinite City.

An advanced base that was about to stab a sharp blade into the heart of the Empire.

In the sky, Abyssal Thunder Dragon Riders formed battle formations, patrolling back and forth, the iron hooves of the two-horned dragon horses stepping through the void, raising bursts of thunder.

On the ground, Furnace Iron Guards and Wanren Halberd Guards were constructing layered three-dimensional defense lines according to the predetermined plan.

The Engineering Corps units were operating with astonishing efficiency.

Amidst a roar, arrow towers, bulwarks, and various war structures rose from the ground.

The entire canyon had transformed into a high-speed, cold and murderous war machine.

"The defensive works and resource inventory of the canyon will be handed over to Stone Rock," Su Jin commanded.

"Have the 'Shadow' unit go first to clear all sentries and reconnaissance units along the way."

"The rest of the legions will rest for half a day."

"After half a day, divide into three routes."

"According to the predetermined routes of the 'Decapitation' plan, advance simultaneously towards Red Ridge Mountains, Blackwater Swamp, and Wind-eroded Highlands."

The order was given.

After a brief rest, the silent war machine roared to life again.

Three massive legions diverged at the mouth of the canyon.

Like three drawn swords, heading in different directions.

With the momentum to crush everything, they rolled away.

...

The flames of war in Molten Heart burned even more fiercely.

Across the vast lands of the Southern Region.

The three hundred and seventy-two landing points of the "Lighthouse" project had now all transformed into three hundred and seventy-two sharp blades.

They coordinated with each other, echoing from afar.

Precisely cutting through the Dark Star Empire's military arteries and command nerves.

Turning this defense line, once considered impregnable by the Empire's high command, upside down.

The war, with unprecedented intensity.

Burned fiercely in the Southern Region of the Molten Heart World.

The Imperial Army's resistance was not absent.

But facing the Blue Star Alliance's long-planned thunderous strike.

Their command system was paralyzed and in chaos the moment the war broke out.

Communications were jammed, orders could not be issued.

Units fighting independently were like scattered sand.

Under the Blue Star Alliance's elite legions' surprise attacks and encirclement, they were eradicated and devoured one by one.

And on the front lines, the Blue Star Alliance's main force in the Southern Region.

Under the command of Commander Lin Yuan, launched an even fiercer general offensive.

The Imperial defense line, stripped of its logistical support and command hub, was like a giant whose spine had been removed.

Under the Alliance's torrential assault, it began to crumble.

Defeat, like an unstoppable plague, rapidly spread through the Imperial Army.

In just a few months, the front line was pushed inward tens of thousands of miles.

The iron defense line once considered impregnable by Valerius.

Now, only fragmented red lines, pierced by blue arrows, remained on the map.

The Dark Star Imperial Army had retreated to their last bastion—the circular mountain range defense line centered around the Dark Star Throne.

At this moment, above the dark red sky of the Molten Heart World.

Two figures were engaged in a peak duel that could determine the entire course of the war.

"Valerius, you no longer have a chance."

A voice emanated from a silver-white mecha, a thousand meters tall.

The mecha's design was full of streamlined beauty and power.

On its shoulders, the Blue Star Alliance's emblem shone brightly.

The energy core in its chest, like a blue sun imprisoned within, released immense power.

This was the mount of the Southern Region Commander Lin Yuan—'Tian Shu'.

In the mecha's hand, a hundred-meter-long particle light blade flickered erratically.

Each swing left a lingering energy rift in space.

And opposite him.

Valerius floated in the air, surrounded by deep darkness.

Wherever the darkness passed, even space itself showed signs of decay and corruption.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Valerius let out a scornful sneer.

"Lin Yuan, your so-called victory."

"Is merely a meager advantage gained by a bunch of cowardly rats, using underhanded tricks."

He raised his hand, and a dense mass of dark energy frantically gathered in his palm.

In an instant, it transformed into a ferocious, roaring nine-headed serpent shadow, tearing through the sky and charging towards 'Tian Shu'.

"You think you can win against me with just this?"

Lin Yuan did not speak, merely calmly controlled the mecha.

'Tian Shu' raised its left arm, and a massive hexagonal energy shield instantly unfolded.

'Absolute Barrier'.

The nine-headed serpent shadow crashed violently against the barrier, erupting in silent annihilation.

Dark energy furiously corroded the barrier's energy structure, attempting to decay it.

But on the barrier, countless mysterious and complex runes lit up.

They circulated rapidly, forming a perfect energy circulation system that continuously decomposed, neutralized, and obliterated the invading withering law.

This was the battle of Seventeenth-Tier Legendaries.

Every move was the ultimate application and clash of their own laws.

Valerius's "Withering" law could bring life to an end and return matter to nothingness.

And Lin Yuan's 'Tian Shu' mecha represented order, guardianship, and absolute defense.

"Your tricks haven't changed much."

Lin Yuan's voice sounded again.

Before he finished speaking, the blue sun in 'Tian Shu's' chest burst into brilliant light.

A colossal blue beam of light, seemingly capable of piercing heaven and earth, shot towards Valerius at a speed beyond thought.

'Light of Judgment'.

Valerius's expression changed slightly.

His figure merged into the surrounding darkness an instant before the light beam arrived, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

The light beam continued its trajectory, piercing through the sky and into the earth.

Seconds later, a majestic mountain range a thousand miles away silently fractured in the middle, its cut smooth as a mirror.

"Did he dodge it?"

Lin Yuan's tone was unperturbed.

He extended the mecha's right hand, fingers spread.

"Domain · Tianyuan Chessboard!"