This feeling... is truly marvelous...
Floating at the peak of the firmament, Hyacine felt the power surging endlessly within her body—a sense of vastness entirely different from anything she had felt before.
Though she was a physician, it did not mean she lacked any means of offense. She had inherited everything of "Hyacine"—including the majestic power that, after ascending to the rank of Demigod, was sufficient to support the heavens once more. At this moment, she released that power completely, transforming into a Titan of the sky.
Looking down, the armored warriors who had once besieged her appeared as tiny as ants in the eyes of her mountain-like form.
I've been on passive defense for too long... even when I countered, at most I just sent Little Ica to attack...
Now... it's my turn to strike back personally!
Thunder From the Distance!
With a thought, the metallic-scaled giant wing on the right side of the Sky Beast suddenly lit up. Blue-purple electric arcs converged and coiled frantically, the entire wingspan resembling a storm cloud pregnant with destruction. Then, the massive wing slowly swept downward.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!
In an instant, countless violent bolts of lightning poured down like the Heavenly River bursting its banks! The electricity tore through the air with deafening explosions, instantly transforming the entire area below into a purgatory of lightning. The light was blinding, the earth shook, and countless scorch marks were etched deep into the surface of the ground.
After this terrifying bombardment lasted for several seconds, the lightning gradually dissipated. As the dust cleared, the ground where dozens of armored warriors had stood was now home to nothing but piles of charred, twisted metal wreckage.
Although the "Armor Repair Unit" was still operating, struggling to fix this pile of scrap metal, the repair speed was now so slow compared to before that it was practically negligible.
Next is the Genesis Tech branch.
Seeing that the annoying armored units had been smitten into scrap, Hyacine paid them no further mind. Her four massive wings flapped violently, whipping up a fierce cyclone. Wreathed in ten thousand bolts of lightning, she began to streak toward the Genesis Tech branch!
Genesis Base, Combat Command Center.
The screens were completely submerged in piercing red warnings:
[A21 Armor Damage: 93%! Severe Destruction! Repair time: 55m 48s!]
[A22 Armor Damage: 91%! Severe Destruction! Repair time: 54m 36s!]
[B144 Armor Damage: 100%! Total Destruction! Irreparable!]
...
[Beep!!! Detected ultra-high energy unidentified bio-entity! Distance: 5km! Threat level: Unpredictable! Enable—Sub-level Final Bulwark Protocol? [Y/N]]
"The Final Bulwark Protocol... in the company's three-hundred-year history, it has only been triggered twice..." Xu Zhe stared at the crimson prompt, his voice dry. His face was caught between a sob and a laugh. "To think I'd be the one to encounter it..."
This protocol only appeared when the system judged that a subsidiary had completely lost any possibility of resistance. It would shut down all non-defensive equipment and dissolve all materials and facilities into energy, then desperately funnel it all into the defense systems. The last time it was triggered was when a subsidiary was besieged by dozens of S-ranks and an S+ powerhouse. And now...
"Just what kind of monster... did I provoke..."
Xu Zhe took a deep breath, his fingertips trembling uncontrollably as he slammed down on [Y].
"Activate protocol," he rasped, then turned to sprint toward the basement entrance.
[Authentication passed. Activating Sub-level Final Bulwark Protocol. All personnel, please proceed to the underground shelter immediately. Material decomposition beginning... Equipment ceasing operation... Energy transferring to Final Bulwark...]
The cold electronic voice echoed through the building. On the exterior, countless hidden muzzles popped out. Pale blue high-energy particles began to converge and compress at the muzzles before erupting into thick white beams. The beams abruptly halted and expanded about twenty meters from the building, quickly weaving into a gargantuan blue translucent energy shield.
The shield acted like an inverted giant bowl, completing its formation within ten seconds, tightly enveloping the main body of the bottom half of the building, including the basement. As for the upper half of the skyscraper? To ensure the strength of the barrier, it had to be discarded.
"W-what happened?"
The piercing alarms and the eerie broadcast made Hong Guoguo, who was hiding in the ventilation ducts, cautiously poke her head out. After finding that the patrol robots had gone completely rigid and motionless, she crept out.
Rumble—!!!
Another clap of muffled thunder exploded, making her fur stand on end. "Meow-wu! It just won't end! This damn weather!"
Muttering to herself, she curiously approached the window to look out, wanting to see what was happening. That single look made her amber cat eyes go perfectly round. Her mouth hung slightly open as she froze on the spot.
For there, in the firmament outside the window, was a colossal beast wreathed in lightning that blotted out the sun, flying rapidly toward the Genesis Tech branch.
Do you really think you can hide in a shell to resist my attack? Naive.
Hyacine looked apathetically at the rapidly forming blue shield below. A flash of coldness crossed her eyes; such a level of struggle was meaningless before her.
After glancing briefly at one of the building's floors, Hyacine let out a helpless sigh, then turned her focus back.
Surge Across the Leagues!
The feathers of her left wing stood up one by one like unsheathed blades. The edges of the massive wingspan were instantly enveloped in blinding, brilliant white electricity. The entire wing transformed into a giant lightning blade that tore through the sky!
Whoosh—Vroom!!!
The giant wing sliced horizontally with a force that could destroy heaven and earth, slamming fiercely into the building!
Boom—!!!
The piercing sound of shattering and explosions mixed together. The blue shield known as the "Final Bulwark" shattered like fragile glass. Following closely, the remaining half of the building—after the top had been lopped off—was sliced through by the lightning blade like a hot knife through butter. Brick and steel vaporized and disintegrated instantly under the high-voltage current!
However, to her slight surprise, the edges of the breach in the shield surged with energy, beginning to knit back together at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It recovers quickly. Genesis Tech... it feels like your ability to repair armor and shields is much stronger than your ability to repair people. A hint of mockery flashed in Hyacine's heart. In that case...
Thunderclap, Quake of Mount and Seas!
She temporarily ceased her direct attacks. On her massive Titan body, billions of blue-purple lightning bolts suddenly erupted from within! These violent electric serpents no longer leaked outward but instead surged toward her back, converging into the ring behind her. Immediately following, a giant Thunder Ring of pure electrical energy hung suspended behind her.
The ring rotated slowly, emitting a low hum that stifled all things. The blazing electric light briefly outshone the darkened sky. Hyacine's gaze locked firmly onto the last remains of the building below, still encased in that translucent shield.
Then let me see... how long your turtle shell can hold out under 「this strike」!
Wrath, Rend of Eternal Sky!