196: Chapter 196 A Man's Romance

"Ye Fei!" Li Murou hurriedly supported her and cast a healing spell, only to discover that this was a mental trauma that could not be alleviated at all.

"Damn it! It's an interference targeting mental power!" Chen Xi's expression changed. "Xiao Xiao! Blast those pillars away!"

"Leave it to me!" Su Xiaoxiao was just about to raise her hand to cast a spell.

"Too late!" The Faceless Captain sneered. "Now, please enjoy the grand finale we have prepared for you!"

"Come out! Ultimate Weapon!"

Rumble—!

At his command, three giant gates deep within the factory slowly rose.

Heavy footsteps made the ground tremble.

In the horrified gazes of everyone, three behemoths slowly walked out.

They were three gorillas—each over ten meters tall, with bodies like mountains!

But they were no longer made of flesh and blood.

Their entire bodies were covered in heavy black alloy armor, their arms had been modified into massive hydraulic power hammers, and their chests were embedded with reactors emitting terrifying energy fluctuations. Only those pairs of crimson electronic eyes revealed endless killing intent.

【Complete Form · Mechanical Vajra】

【Rank: Sixth-Order (equivalent to Lv.100)】

【Status: Kill Command Activated】

"Six... Sixth-Order?!"

Even the usually calm Chen Xi couldn't help but gasp.

A Sixth-Order Fierce Beast is a hegemon that truly stands at the top of the food chain!

Not to mention that these are Complete Forms that have undergone mechanical modification, with their defense and attack power enhanced to a monstrous degree!

Three Lv.100 Mechanical Vajras!

This lineup, even if the military's ace division came, would have to suffer a crushing defeat on the spot!

"This is the masterpiece of Lord Mechanist!"

The Faceless Captain spread his arms and shouted fanatically: "In the face of absolute power, those little tricks of yours are nothing but a joke!"

"Kill them all!!"

"Roar—!!"

The three Mechanical Vajras roared simultaneously, the sound like metal grinding, extremely ear-piercing.

They took large strides, each step leaving a deep pit in the ground as they charged toward the four of Chen Xi!

"We must block them!!" Chen Xi shouted.

There was no way to dodge! This was an enclosed space, and the opponents were too large; even teleportation wouldn't take them out of the attack range!

"【Void Thunder Punishment · Myriad Thunder Heavenly Prison】!"

Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and immediately activated her ultimate move.

Thunder filled the sky, striking the Mechanical Vajras.

However...

"Sizzle."

Those thunderbolts, which were enough to instantly kill a Fourth-Order Fierce Beast, struck the Mechanical Vajras' specially made insulating armor, only splashing a few sparks, not even managing to slow their pace!

"Useless?! The insulating armor is too thick!" Su Xiaoxiao despaired.

"【Time Rewind】!"

Li Murou frantically plucked the strings, wanting to rewind their state.

But...

"Warning! The target is equipped with a 'Spacetime Stability Anchor', Time Rewind failed!"

The system's notification made Li Murou's heart turn cold.

A combination of technology and magic, it could actually resist the power of rules?!

"Boom!"

The leading Mechanical Vajra had arrived.

That hydraulic power hammer, larger than a car, whistled with the wind and smashed down fiercely toward the group's heads!

If this hammer landed squarely, the four of them would instantly turn into meat paste!

"Could it be... are we really going to die here?"

Despair spread.

Ye Fei was seriously injured, Li Murou's skills were ineffective, and Su Xiaoxiao couldn't break their defense.

Nirvana Battle Team seemed to have reached its end.

At this life-or-death moment.

Chen Xi, who had been standing at the very front, suddenly took a deep breath.

He did not retreat, nor did he dodge.

Instead, he slowly raised his head. In those pitch-black eyes, there was not a trace of fear.

There was only a kind of almost crazy calmness, and... a card he had never shown anyone before, emitting a dark golden light, appeared at his fingertips.

"Lv.100? Mechanical modification?"

"Indeed very strong."

A ferocious and wild arc slowly curled at the corner of Chen Xi's mouth: "But..."

"Comparing machinery? Comparing hardness? Comparing tonnage?"

"I... have never been afraid of anyone!!"

"Since you like playing with mechs..."

Chen Xi slammed the card onto the ground, his entire body's magic power pouring into it like a floodgate opening: "Then I will let you witness..."

"What is truly—【A Man's Romance】!!"

"Come out!!"

"【Miracle Mech · Xing Tian】!!!"

Boom—!!!

A dark golden beam of light, reaching the heavens and the earth, instantly erupted from beneath Chen Xi's feet, shooting straight into the sky!

Within this beam of light, an ancient, desolate, yet terrifying aura filled with endless fighting intent suddenly awakened!

It was the roar of an ancient war god!

It was also the roar of the Steel Torrent!

The next second.

A huge metal hand, covered in mysterious divine patterns, suddenly reached out from the beam of light.

It caught the heavy hammer of the Mechanical Vajra that was about to fall!

"Clang—!!!"

The impact sound, capable of shattering mountains, resounded throughout the entire underground factory.

That arrogant Sixth-Order Mechanical Vajra was actually pressed in place by this large hand... completely motionless!

The whole scene was stunned.

After the light dissipated.

A fifteen-meter-tall dark golden steel giant with no head, eyes on its breasts, and a mouth on its navel stood majestically behind Chen Xi!

It held a giant shield in its left hand and a giant axe in its right.

Its entire body exuded a suffocating sense of oppression!

"What... what is this monster?!"

The Faceless Captain's mask almost fell off, his voice shrill like a eunuch's.

Chen Xi stood on Xing Tian's shoulder, looking down at the ants below, and coldly spat out one word: "Kill!"

Ten thousand meters above the ground, the gale howled, as if it wanted to tear everything in the world to pieces.

Following Su Xiaoxiao's earth-shattering thunder bombardment, the sky full of Iron-Feather Griffins fell like dumplings. However, the military transport plane, which was already riddled with scars, finally let out an unbearable wail after experiencing such high-intensity impacts and the aftermath of the thunderstorm.

"Warning! Left wing engine flameout! Right wing hydraulic system failure!"

"The plane is about to crash! All personnel, prepare for impact!!"

The pilot's desperate roar came over the radio, and then the whole plane began to spin violently, like an out-of-control meteorite, trailing rolling black smoke, smashing fiercely toward the ruins shrouded in gray fog below.

"Hold on to me!!"

Inside the cabin, the world was spinning, and all the items were flying around. Although Chen Xi's face was pale, his eyes remained terrifyingly calm. With his left hand, he gripped the handle on the cabin wall tightly, while with his right hand, he suddenly threw out several functional cards he had prepared long ago.

"【Gravity Field · Reversal】!"

"【Wind Wings · Group Protection】!"

Several soft but tough rays of light instantly enveloped the four members of the Nirvana Battle Team.

At the critical moment just before the plane was about to hit the ground, a huge anti-gravity wave suddenly lifted everyone's bodies, like an invisible hand, offsetting most of the lethal impact.