200: Chapter 200 Yamata no Orochi

"Go, my children."

The Mechanist stood on the high platform, waving his arms like a conductor wielding a baton:

"Tear them... to pieces!"

"ROAR—!!!"

The eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi roared in unison, the visible sound waves shattering the surrounding instruments.

Immediately after, one of the mechanical snake heads, glowing with a crimson light, suddenly opened its massive maw.

"BOOM!"

A column of ultra-high-temperature plasma fire, over three meters in diameter, descended upon Chen Xi and the others with an aura of total destruction!

"Get out of the way!!"

Chen Xi roared, shoving Li Murou away from his side.

"Sizzle—"

The fire column swept across the ground, instantly vaporizing the hard alloy floor and leaving behind a bottomless molten trench.

The mere heat wave from the graze caused everyone's hair to smell of singe.

"This power... if we get hit just once, there won't even be ashes left!"

Su Xiaoxiao's face was pale, and the magic staff in her hand was trembling slightly.

But this was only the beginning.

Following that, the second lightning snake head and the third venomous snake head launched their attacks simultaneously.

Thunder like a prison, poison mist filling the sky!

The entire core area instantly turned into a death zone, leaving absolutely no space to dodge!

"We can't escape!"

Li Murou looked at the attacks filling the sky in despair, her fingers stiffening on the strings.

"Who said we were going to run?!"

Even in this desperate situation, Chen Xi's voice remained terrifyingly calm, carrying a hint of mad battle intent.

He took a sudden step forward, blocking in front of all his teammates.

The dark golden card in his hand erupted with dazzling light once again.

"So what if it's Tier 7? So what if it's a pseudo-god?!"

"As long as it has a health bar, I'll kill a god for you to see!!"

"Xing Tian!! Return!!!"

BOOM—!!!

The dark golden pillar of light shot into the sky once more.

That headless steel war god [Xing Tian] stepped out from the void once again!

But this time, Chen Xi did not have Xing Tian attack directly; instead, he controlled the mecha to slam the giant shield [Gan Qi · Shield] hard into the ground!

"Energy Field · Absolute Defense!!"

HUM!

A golden hemispherical light shield protected everyone in the Nirvana Battle Team, sealing them inside just a second before the Yamata no Orochi's attacks landed.

"BANG BANG BANG BANG—!!!"

Fire, thunder, venom... countless destructive attacks hammered wildly against the light shield, stirring up ripples across the sky.

The body of the Xing Tian mecha trembled violently, and blood trickled from the corner of Chen Xi's mouth inside the cockpit; it was a sign of mental power overload.

But he gripped the control stick tightly, not retreating a single inch.

He glanced back at his teammates behind him, his eyes burning with an unyielding flame:

"Don't be afraid!"

"As long as this mecha of mine doesn't break..."

"No one will be able to touch a single hair on your heads!!"

"Prepare to counterattack!!"

"Warning! Shield energy remaining 60%... 50%..."

"Warning! Mecha structural stress overload! Left arm hydraulic system damaged!"

Inside the cockpit of the Xing Tian mecha, red warning lights flashed frantically, the piercing alarm sounds like a death knell.

Chen Xi gritted his teeth hard, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth onto the console. His mental power was being consumed at a terrifying speed to maintain the giant shield that was teetering under the relentless bombardment of the Yamata no Orochi.

That was a Tier 7 pseudo-god level attack!

Even though Xing Tian was an SS-rank mecha, in the face of the absolute gap in level and tonnage, it could only manage to barely parry.

"It can't go on like this! Passive defense means certain death!"

Chen Xi's brain raced, his gaze fixed through the holographic screen on that arrogant mechanical snake.

Pure defense was just a slow death; they had to attack! They had to break its armor!

"Xiao Xiao! Can you hear me?!"

Chen Xi roared through the communication channel.

"I can hear you! Captain, what should I do?!"

Su Xiaoxiao's voice came through, laced with anxiety. Seeing Chen Xi bearing all the damage alone, her heart was bleeding.

"This snake's armor is too thick! Physical attacks are ineffective, and normal elemental attacks are absorbed by its various elemental heads!"

Chen Xi analyzed calmly:

"The only weakness is its energy core! That is, the node where the eight heads connect to the body!"

"But the shield there is the thickest!"

"I need you to use your strongest single-target burst to pry that turtle shell open for me!"

Chen Xi's voice turned frantic:

"Use your Void Thunder Punishment! Maximum power! Don't worry about mana consumption! And don't worry about cooldowns!"

"But..."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the magic staff in her hand:

"With my current mental power, I can only cast that level of Forbidden Curse twice at most! And the cooldown time is too long..."

"Don't worry about mana! And don't worry about cooldowns!"

Chen Xi interrupted her and turned to look at Li Murou:

"Mu Rou! Don't just stand there!"

"Use your [Time Rewind] to the absolute limit!"

"Not on the enemy, but on Xiao Xiao!!"

"Do you know how to exploit a bug?!"

Chen Xi roared:

"Every time Xiao Xiao finishes casting a skill, you immediately use [Time Rewind] on her! Forcefully pull her state back to full mana and full cooldown before she cast the skill!"

"Refresh her state for me infinitely!!"

"What?!"

Li Murou and Su Xiaoxiao were both shocked.

You can actually play like this?!

Using Time Rewind to exploit skill cooldowns and mana? This is simply... cheating!

"But... the mental burden on Mu Rou will be too great!"

Su Xiaoxiao worried.

"As long as you don't die, keep casting it until you're dead!"

Chen Xi's eyes were incredibly ruthless:

"This is our only chance!"

"If a mortal body wants to stand alongside the gods... how can you not risk your life?!!"

"Fine! I'll give it everything!"

Li Murou gritted her teeth, sat cross-legged, and placed the SS-rank [harp of time reversal] across her knees, her fingertips glowing with an eerie silver light.

"Sister Xiaoxiao! Just keep casting your skills! Leave the rest to me!"

"Understood!"

Su Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, hesitating no longer.

Her figure flashed as she used [Void Walk] to rush directly out of Xing Tian's protective circle, hovering in mid-air.

"Ant, you dare to come out and court death?"

The Mechanist on the high platform sneered and pointed a finger.

One of the Yamata no Orochi's ice snake heads turned abruptly, spraying a breath of extreme cold toward Su Xiaoxiao.

"Get lost!!"

Su Xiaoxiao didn't dodge at all, the light from the magic staff in her hand flashing explosively.

"[Void Thunder Punishment · God-Slaying Spear]!!"

A purple-black thunder spear formed instantly, carrying the power to tear through space, slamming hard against the snake's energy shield.

"BOOM!"

The shield vibrated violently, and a crack appeared.

But it still wasn't enough!

Su Xiaoxiao had just finished casting the skill, her internal magic power instantly bottoming out, her face turning deathly pale.

Just at this moment—

"ZING—"

A silver sound wave landed precisely upon her.