178: Chapter 178 High-Explosive Magnetic Mine

"Foolish bird-person, you've reached the end of your road."

A raspy sneer echoed from within the captain's mecha. He slowly drew the two Moon-Glitter Grade heavy axes from his back, destructive red electric arcs dancing along their blades.

Without any useless words, the battle erupted instantly!

"Kill!"

The seven-man squad demonstrated near-perfect tactical coordination. Two dragonmen wielding legendary grade tower shields let out a violent roar, charging forward with their massive shields like bulldozers to block Hila's path. Meanwhile, the other four squad members, wielding long-handled warblades, turned into four afterimages, moving rapidly along the walls and ceiling to launch tricky attacks from her blind spots.

Hila's eyes narrowed. Her mecha's thruster wings opened fully, and instead of retreating, she surged forward. She flicked her long spear to create a silver flourish, aiming straight for the two tower shields in front of her.

*Clang!!*

A deafening boom erupted. The legendary grade tower shields dented violently under the spear strike, but the two Tier 5 dragonmen gritted their teeth, their feet plowing deep grooves into the deck as they stubbornly withstood the blow.

"We've got her!"

The moment the spear was halted, the Moon-Glitter Grade heavy mecha piloted by the captain pounced like a tiger descending a mountain. Carrying overwhelming power, the two red heavy axes cleaved down toward Hila's mecha from left and right!

The space was too narrow, and with her spear locked in a stalemate, Hila had no way to dodge. She could only forcibly pull back her spear and hold it horizontally in front of her with both hands.

*Boom—Crack!*

The heavy axes slammed viciously onto the spear shaft. Violent force surged through the weapon, causing Hila's dark silver mecha to sink abruptly, the floor beneath her feet cracking inch by inch. Even with an advanced shock-absorption system, the massive counterforce still made the mecha let out an overloaded metallic groan.

Before Hila could even disperse this immense force, the four Tier 5 dragonmen moving around her seized the opportunity to strike.

*Slash! Slash!*

Two legendary grade warblades seized the chance to pierce the outer energy shield of the mecha, leaving two deep slash marks on the dark silver shoulder armor and right leg, sending sparks flying.

"Get lost!"

Hila bellowed, and the thrusters on the back of her mecha instantly overloaded and flared. She forcibly pushed away the dual axes pressing down on her head, and using the rotational momentum, she swung her long spear in a wide arc, forcing back the surrounding enemies and taking the opportunity to slide back dozens of meters.

Having opened up some distance, Hila glanced at the red damage report on her mecha's radar, her expression becoming extremely grave.

Although these seven individuals were individually weaker than her, their equipment was extremely luxurious, and their cooperation was seamless. Especially the captain piloting the Moon-Glitter Grade mecha—he was a tough nut to crack. In this narrow terrain, her high mobility was suppressed to the limit.

"Want to run? You don't have a chance!"

The captain laughed wildly, and the seven-man squad maintained their ironclad formation once more, pressing forward step by step like an airtight net closing in tightly around Hila.

Facing this airtight, ironclad formation, Hila took a deep breath inside the mecha cockpit, and two cyan storms instantly swirled within her originally azure eyes.

The vital energy of a Tier 5 powerhouse boiled violently, and her special talent was completely ignited at this moment!

With a low cry from Hila, the long spear in the dark silver mecha's hand suddenly erupted with a piercing hum. The originally deep blue light blade was instantly enveloped by a layer of highly compressed cyan wind blades.

"Break!"

The four thruster wings behind the mecha spewed out maximum exhaust flames. Hila did not retreat; instead, she surged forward, turning into a meteor of interwoven silver and cyan. Gripping her long spear, she charged with an unstoppable, resolute posture, slamming fiercely into the two rock-solid, legendary grade tower shields directly ahead!

"Idiot, you want to clash head-on? You're courting death!"

The two shield-wielding dragonmen roared, their muscles bulging as they channeled all the power in their bodies into their shields, attempting to shock Hila to death with the counterforce.

However, the moment the spear tip wrapped in cyan wind blades touched the tower shields, the violent counterforce they expected did not occur.

*Rip—!*

Under the terrifying penetrative power of the Wind Gods Sting, which ignored fifty percent of defense, the legendary grade tower shields—strong enough to withstand bombardments from ship-borne auxiliary cannons—were actually pierced through by the spear tip without any resistance, like fragile paper!

"What?!"

Under the terrified gazes of the two shield-wielding dragonmen, the long spear not only pierced through the shields but also continued with unabated momentum to penetrate the thick heavy armor on their bodies. Violent wind elements exploded inside them, instantly shredding their internal organs into a bloody pulp.

*Thud! Thud!*

The two corpses collapsed limply. The indestructible ironclad formation was finally torn open, leaving a fatal gap!

"The shield-bearers are dead! Fill the gap! Kill her!"

Seeing this, the four Tier 5 dragonmen moving in the rear did not retreat. Instead, their beastly ferocity was triggered. Seizing the gap when Hila's spear had just expended its force, they pounced from her blind spots like four agile leopards, their legendary grade warblades carrying a bloody wind as they hacked viciously at the dark silver mecha.

*Pfft!*

Although the mecha tried its best to dodge, the space was simply too cramped. The armor on the left rib area was violently torn open, leaving a huge half-meter-long tear. A shower of sparks, accompanied by a piercing alarm, flashed wildly inside the cockpit, and even Hila's own left arm was shaken to the point of numbness.

"You can't escape!"

A flash of wild joy crossed the eyes of the dragonman who had landed the hit.

But before his smile could widen, it froze completely on his face.

There was no secondary explosion or circuit failure at the damaged tear of the mecha. Instead, a layer of memory nano-repair fluid, resembling liquid silver, surged rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it firmly covered and solidified over the damaged gap, instantly restoring the armor's defense to its original state!

This was a Star-Abyss Grade self-healing module that Luo Ning had specially incorporated when building this mecha. As long as the core engine was not instantly destroyed, this mecha could complete self-repair in an extremely short amount of time.

"My turn."

Hila's cold voice sounded like the sentence of the Grim Reaper.

Seizing the moment of the enemy's astonishment, the mecha's wrist flicked violently, and the ten-meter-long spear shaft swept out in a deadly, silver crescent arc.

*Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!*

The spear thrust like a dragon, fast as lightning. Four heads soared into the air, and warm dragon blood sprayed like a fountain, covering most of the metal corridor.

In just a few breaths, six Tier 5 elites were completely wiped out!

"Bastard!! I will hack you into mincemeat!"

Watching the warriors he had painstakingly nurtured get slaughtered, the captain piloting the Moon-Glitter Grade heavy mecha fell completely into madness.

*Boom!*

The massive dark red mecha crushed the headless corpses beneath its feet. The two heavy axes in its hands erupted with blinding red electric arcs, hacking madly at Hila like Mount Tai crushing down.

The power core of the Moon-Glitter Grade mecha far exceeded standard ones, and combined with the captain's Tier 5 Peak strength, this series of continuous slashes fell like a tempest, forcing Hila to retreat repeatedly, her long spear forced into defense.

*Clang! Clang! Clang!*

The dense metallic collisions were deafening. Even with the support of the nano-repair, countless fine cracks were still shaken onto the surface of Hila's mecha armor, and the internal shock-absorption system let out an overloaded wail.

"Die!"

The captain spotted a flaw as Hila's mecha retreated. The two heavy axes merged into one in mid-air, bursting with overwhelming power, vowing to split this dark silver mecha and its pilot in half!

Now!

Facing this world-destroying blow, Hila did not choose to block it head-on, nor did she choose to dodge. Her eyes were cold as her left mechanical arm suddenly raised, ejecting a metal sphere the size of a pigeon's egg.

It was a High-Explosive Magnetic Mine!

*Boom—Buzz!*

The magnetic mine exploded violently right in front of the captain's mecha. There was no deafening fire, only a ring of purple magnetic storm ripples powerful enough to distort space, instantly sweeping over the massive Moon-Glitter Grade mecha.

*Zzzzt—!*

Under the terrifying magnetic storm interference, the captain's mecha's thick energy shield instantly extinguished like a popped soap bubble. Not only that, but the mecha's internal transmission engine also fell into a brief system malfunction at this moment, causing the heavy axe that was swinging down to freeze in mid-air for a mere half-second!

In a rapidly changing high-tier battle, a half-second opening was enough to be fatal.

"It's over."

Hila seized this fleeting opportunity, completely overloading her mecha's thrusters without reservation!

"Wind Gods Sting!"

All the wind elements and the energy of the mecha's engine converged at the spear tip. The dark silver mecha turned into a streak of cyan lightning that pierced through everything, passing right through the gap between the frozen heavy axes!

*Pfft—!*

Without any resistance, the long spear pierced through the thickest cockpit armor on the chest of the Moon-Glitter Grade mecha, pinning the dragonman captain inside directly onto the control console.

As the last trace of life faded, the massive dark red mecha twitched violently twice, the light in its eyes dimming completely as it crashed to its knees.

Hila pulled out her spear and shook off the remaining blood from the tip, not sparing a single glance at the corpse on the ground. The dark silver mecha stepped over the wreckage scattered across the floor, continuing to stride with heavy steps toward the final control room deep within the corridor.