96: Chapter 96 Head-on Confrontation

"Monarchs Halo! Full power feedback! Activate!"

In Su Chen's deep, cold eyes, a violent red light flickered, bordering on madness.

At this moment, he was no longer an individual fighting alone.

Instead, he was an ultimate humanoid Tyrannosaurus, perfectly merging the terrifying foundations of all the stunning Valkyries on train no. 0099!

Zhang Man's B-grade [Steel Body] defense, An Ye's silver grade-peak [Nine-Tailed Nether Cat] absolute neural reaction speed, Chu Qingxue's S-grade extreme cold elemental resistance...

All of this instantly transformed into a layer of dark-gold aura, invisible to the naked eye yet indestructible, tightly wrapping around Su Chen's tall and straight frame!

When the particle storm, capable of melting tanks, slammed into this aura, it was like waves crashing against a ten-thousand-year-old reef; it could only helplessly flow around him, unable to harm Su Chen in the slightest!

"Roar————!!!"

The highly intelligent metallic eyes of the Mechanical Sphinx seemed to sense the extreme danger posed by the tiny human before it.

Its mountain-like body shook violently, and from that majestic, cold human head, a world-shaking mechanical roar erupted.

Immediately following that.

Its massive mechanical right claw, forged entirely from Immortal Divine Gold and spanning over ten meters wide, let out a terrifying howl as it tore through the sound barrier.

Like a collapsing Five-Finger Mountain, it swatted down toward Su Chen's position with overwhelming force!

"Kacha kacha kacha kacha—!"

Before the giant mechanical claw even landed, the terrifying air pressure it carried had already pressed countless shocking cracks into the ground of the White Jade Square.

In the face of this absolute physical pressure, enough to instantly flatten any carbon-based lifeform into meat paste,

Su Chen still made no move to dodge.

On his handsome, cold face, there wasn't a trace of fear; instead, a bloodthirsty smile curled up, arrogant to the extreme.

"Want to play rough with me?"

"Then let's see which is harder: your scrap metal or my fist!"

Su Chen's lightning-wrapped right hand suddenly released the black iron grade [explosive combustion iron staff].

He compressed all the power of his body, along with the feedback from the Monarchs Halo, and channeled it all into the front of his right fist!

"Get the hell back!"

Accompanied by a world-shaking shout that sounded like a dragon's roar from the nine heavens,

Su Chen stomped his right foot on the ground, directly creating a bottomless crater in the hard White Jade Square.

Like a reverse cannonball leaving the barrel, he soared into the sky, fearlessly throwing a fist that looked as small as dust before the giant mechanical claw!

"BOOM————!!!"

One large and one small, two extremely disproportionate fists filled with the aesthetics of absolute violence collided fiercely in mid-air!

In that instant!

A visible ring of violent airwaves, mixed with blinding sparks and the deafening boom of metal,

Swept out frantically in all directions from the point of impact like a Category 12 destructive hurricane!

"My god..."

Standing in the distance, Natasha was blown back several steps by the violent airflow, her brilliant blonde hair dancing wildly in the wind.

She stared wide-eyed with her icy blue eyes, as if witnessing the most unbelievable miracle in the world!

"He blocked it?!"

"He actually used his physical body... to forcefully withstand a full-strength strike from a golden grade-lower BOSS?!"

Not only that!

Under Natasha's disbelieving gaze,

Accompanied by the tooth-gritting sound of shattering metal,

"Crack!"

On the surface of the Mechanical Sphinx's giant right claw, which was supposedly forged from Immortal Divine Gold and immune to 99% of conventional physical damage,

A shocking, half-meter-deep crack was actually smashed open at the center of the collision with Su Chen's fist!

"Awooo—!"

The proud mechanical gatekeeper let out a low roar of pain and fury; its massive body was actually knocked back three full steps by the terrifying recoil of Su Chen's punch!

With every step back, it left a massive footprint several meters deep in the White Jade Square!

The entire field fell silent!

The Western Train Masters who had been waiting to see Su Chen make a fool of himself were now all as if being strangled by invisible hands.

They looked at the Chinese man suspended in mid-air, as invincible as a God of War, and only absolute despair and trembling remained in their hearts, deep to the bone.

"Is he even human?"

"Is he a humanoid Tyrannosaurus in human skin?!"

William's teeth were chattering frantically; he didn't even have the strength to run anymore and could only slump on the ground like a pile of mud, watching this battle of gods.

However,

For Su Chen, this world-shaking strike that was enough to shock players globally was merely the beginning.

"Immortal Divine Gold? It is indeed a bit hard."

Su Chen shook his slightly numb right hand, a dangerous and cunning light flashing in his deep, cold eyes.

He had clearly sensed during the collision just now

That while pure physical strength could cause some damage to this mechanical monster, to completely shatter its ridiculously thick armor or even one-shot its energy core,

The time and effort required still exceeded his expectations of "being in a hurry."

"Ordinary black iron grade weapons aren't even fit to scratch its itch."

"In that case..."

A demonic, crazed smile curled at the corner of Su Chen's mouth as he suddenly locked his gaze onto the piece of massive divine gold armor he had just cracked with his fist.

"Then I'll use your own body parts to forge the weapon that sends you to hell!"

Su Chen's terrifying mental power, which was at max capacity, surged out from between his brows like a bursting flood!

"SSS-grade server-unique talent!"

"[Omni-Modification]! Activate!"

Accompanied by Su Chen's silent, frenzied roar,

An invisible yet massive mental network, filled with the power of absolute truth and laws, instantly enveloped the Mechanical Sphinx's shattered giant right claw!

"This... what kind of power is this?!"

Watching from a distance, Chu Qingxue, Ye Qingyu, and the others, though long accustomed to their Train Master's invincibility, couldn't help but feel a pang of palpitations when they felt this mental fluctuation capable of twisting the laws of reality.

And the scene that followed completely overturned everyone's worldview!

"Creeeeak... Rip!!!"

Under the control of Su Chen's unreasonably powerful mental strength,

The massive piece of [Immortal Divine Gold Armor] on the Mechanical Sphinx's right claw, weighing several tons and having just been cracked, was like a piece of cloth being torn by immense force.

It was forcefully stripped and dismantled from the golden grade BOSS out of thin air!

"Roar————!!!"

This agonizing pain, like having scales and tendons ripped out alive, caused the Mechanical Sphinx to let out a shrill, world-shaking scream.

Its originally proud mechanical wings flapped frantically, trying to tear the tiny ant who stole its body part into shreds.

But Su Chen gave it no chance to counterattack.

"Come to me, explosive combustion iron staff!"

Su Chen beckoned with his left hand, and the black iron grade weapon he had just tossed into the air flew into his hand as if drawn by a magnet.

Next,

Under the horrified gazes of everyone looking at him as if he were God,

Su Chen actually began a shocking [Extreme Combat Modification], unprecedented in this wasteland, right in the center of the violent battlefield and in front of the giant mechanical monster!

"Fuse! Reconstruct! Sublimate!"

Su Chen's hands slammed together, and the mental light filled with the power of laws instantly enveloped both the ton-heavy divine gold armor and the black iron grade explosive staff!

[Ding! Detected that the host is performing an 'Extreme Combat Modification'!]

[Forcibly decomposing 'Immortal Divine Gold Armor (Fragment)'...]

[Injecting divine gold matter into the core structure of the 'explosive combustion iron staff'...]

[Triggering hidden mutation sublimation path...]

Following a series of extremely rapid prompts from the Heavenly Dao System in Su Chen's mind,

From within that dazzling ball of mental light, a terrifying sound of smithing erupted, sounding like an ancient great bell!

In less than two seconds,

When that ball of light exploded and dissipated,

A brand new, peerless weapon of mass destruction, emitting a suffocating and space-crushing pressure, appeared in Su Chen's hands!

It was a giant heavy hammer with an exaggerated size!

The handle was a deep dark red, its surface wound with dense lightning and flame patterns.

And the hammerhead was as large as a small armored vehicle!

It was formed entirely from that piece of Immortal Divine Gold through extreme compression and reconstruction, its surface covered in hideous, thorn-like impact spikes. Each spike faintly emitted a high-frequency shockwave capable of pulverizing all matter!

[Ding! Combat Modification a great success!]

[Congratulations to Train Master Su Chen for obtaining the new mutated weapon — 'God-Slaying Armor-Breaking Great Hammer'!]

[Grade: silver grade-peak (possesses the potential to grow into golden grade)!]

[Exclusive Trait 1: Absolute Crush (The moment this weapon hits a target, it will erupt with ten-million-ton physical impact force, ignoring and destroying all armor defenses below golden grade)!]

[Exclusive Trait 2: Energy Oscillation (The hammer surface carries high-frequency shockwaves, capable of forcibly paralyzing the internal energy circulation systems of heavy mechanical units)!]