201: Chapter 201 Time Reversal

"Time Rewind"!

The next second, Su Xiaoxiao felt her body lighten. Her previously exhausted magic sea instantly replenished, and the skill icon that had just entered cooldown lit up once more!

The feeling was as if time had truly flowed backward!

"Come again!"

Sharp light erupted from Su Xiaoxiao's eyes.

"Void Thunder Punishment: God-Slaying Spear!"

The second shot!

"Boom!" The cracks widened.

"Rewind!" Li Murou gritted her teeth, nosebleed flowing out, but her fingers didn't pause in the slightest.

"Third shot!"

"Fourth shot!"

...

Within just ten seconds.

Su Xiaoxiao was like an untiring humanoid artillery turret, continuously blasting out a full ten Forbidden Curse-level thunder spears!

Every single shot struck the exact same spot!

This scene left the Mechanist on the high platform dumbfounded; the smile on his face completely vanished.

"What... what kind of hellish tactic is this?!"

"Infinite mana? No cooldown? You guys are cheating!"

"Crack—!!!"

Finally, under the bombardment of the twelfth thunder spear.

The energy shield on Yamata no Orochi's body, known as "God-level defense," finally couldn't withstand this cheap tactic and shattered with a bang!

Revealing the fragile mechanical core inside!

"Roar!"

Yamata no Orochi let out a painful roar, its eight heads flailing wildly.

"Right now! Captain!"

Su Xiaoxiao, exhausted, fell from the air.

"Well done! Now... watch me!"

Chen Xi, who had been struggling to hold on, finally erupted with heaven-shaking fighting spirit in his eyes.

He slammed the control stick forward, and the massive body of the Xing Tian mecha performed a charge that defied the laws of physics.

"Xing Tian! Overload Mode! Activate!"

"Hum—!"

The engine behind the mecha spewed crimson flames, its speed instantly breaking the sound barrier.

Chen Xi didn't use weapons, but instead controlled Xing Tian to open its arms, slamming into Yamata no Orochi like a meteorite!

He intended to use the mecha's body to jam the serpent's movements, creating the final killing opportunity for his teammates!

"Want hand-to-hand combat? I'll grant your wish!" The Mechanist roared, controlling the serpent to meet the charge.

Eight huge snake heads opened their mouths simultaneously, and eight elemental destructive beams condensed within them.

"Die! Eight Extremes: Annihilation Beam!"

"Boom—!!!"

The eight beams converged into a multicolored torrent of destruction, blasting straight toward the charging Xing Tian mecha.

The power of this strike was enough to instantly evaporate a small mountain!

"Dodge it, Captain!" Ye Fei screamed in despair.

"Dodge? Where to dodge?" Inside the cockpit, Chen Xi looked at the overwhelming beams, but a tragic and crazy smile appeared on his face:

"I... am here specifically to take this hit!"

"Divine Defense! Full power!"

"Hold... hold it for me!"

Rumble—!!!

The destructive beam slammed fiercely into the chest of the Xing Tian mecha.

In that instant, the world lost its color. The terrifying high temperature instantly melted the armor on the mecha's surface, revealing the skeleton inside.

Alarms blared everywhere.

"Warning! Mecha damage rate 80%..."

"Warning! Pilot vitals dropping..."

"Ahhhhh!"

Chen Xi let out a heart-wrenching roar, blood staining his vision red.

But he still held onto the control stick tightly, not retreating a single step!

The Xing Tian mecha's arms tightly embraced Yamata no Orochi's main torso, using its own burning, disintegrating steel body to forcibly lock this frenzied pseudo-god-level monster in place!

"Ye Fei!"

Chen Xi's voice came through the loudspeaker, hoarse and weak, but carrying a final determination:

"Did you see clearly?"

"This is... our resolve!"

"Next... it's your turn!"

"Boom!"

A loud noise. The Xing Tian mecha finally couldn't withstand it, disintegrating in a blaze of fire.

The dark golden giant fell. The cockpit ejected and landed heavily on the ground.

"Captain!"

The three girls let out shrill cries, rushing desperately toward the cockpit billowing with black smoke.

On the ruins.

Yamata no Orochi, which had been blasted until it stumbled but still stood tall, was slowly turning its eight heads, its cold electronic eyes looking at this group of ants that had lost their protective umbrella.

It opened its mouth, preparing to launch the final cleanup. Despair descended once again.

But just then.

Ye Fei, who had been hiding at the very back, having witnessed Chen Xi fighting to the death to protect them, and having witnessed the Xing Tian mecha shattered for the sake of victory.

In her eyes filled with tears, something that had been suppressed for so long... finally, completely awakened.

She slowly stood up, looking at Chen Xi lying in a pool of blood, looking at those beast souls still howling while imprisoned in mechanical shells.

An indescribable, holy, and domineering aura erupted from within her.

"Unforgivable..."

Ye Fei's long hair instantly turned into dazzling pure white; that was the color of a soul burning.

She walked step by step toward the massive mechanical serpent, her voice no longer trembling, but filled with the majesty of a monarch:

"Since you like machinery so much..."

"Since you imprison souls in steel..."

"Then I will..."

"Show you how to liberate those souls!!!"

"Divine Maiden of Ten Thousand Spirits: Ultimate Technique—Spiritual Stripping!" Activate!

"Rumble—"

The massive body of the Xing Tian mecha fell apart in the explosion, turning into burning metal fragments filling the sky. The cockpit landed heavily in the ruins, billowing with thick black smoke, and moved no more.

"Captain!"

Li Murou and Su Xiaoxiao let out heart-wrenching cries, desperately trying to rush over, but they were knocked to the ground again and again by the shockwave from the explosion.

On the high platform, the half-human, half-mechanical "Mechanist" let out a harsh, wild laugh. He adjusted his monocle, his eyes flashing with morbid satisfaction:

"Do you see? This is the consequence of resisting the truth!"

"Flesh and blood, no matter how strong the will, is nothing but a slightly harder ant in front of the absolute mechanical god!"

He waved his hand violently, pointing at Chen Xi in the ruins, and issued the final order to Yamata no Orochi, which was also heavily damaged but still standing:

"Go! Crush him! Bring their corpses back! These will be the most perfect materials for my next experiment!"

"Roar—!"

Yamata no Orochi shook its eight huge mechanical heads; although its armor was shattered and cables were exposed, the core reactor was still roaring. It took heavy steps, its treads crushing the rubble, making a teeth-grinding friction sound, and stepped by step, it approached the wreckage of the cockpit where Chen Xi lay.

Despair drowned everything like a tide.