"Good lad! A feint followed by the real attack! That's devious enough!"
Lou Gao burst into laughter. Borrowing the force of the two collisions, his body drifted backward as lightly as a feather, widening the distance between them.
Watching the mecha come to a steady stop amid the aftermath of the explosion without the slightest hesitation in its movements, the admiration in his eyes deepened.
The mecha's combat capabilities were simply exquisite.
Its power, speed, defense, and transitions between attacks formed a seamless whole, without a single flaw.
"Warm-up's over!"
The divine flames in Lou Gao's eyes blazed brilliantly as his battle intent ignited completely.
"Xiao Xia, receive your teacher's move, Phoenix Beak, Starfall!"
This time, he held nothing back.
Gripping the Phoenix Vajra Chisel with both hands, he raised it high above his head!
The vast golden Flames of Nirvana surrounding him surged madly into the hammer, especially into its razor-sharp diamond-shaped chisel tip.
Bzzz—!!!
The fire element throughout heaven and earth seemed to be drained away in an instant!
At the very tip of the Phoenix Vajra Chisel, a point of ultimate platinum-white light shone forth, so brilliant that it was impossible to look at directly.
A terrifying aura capable of piercing the stars and incinerating all creation locked onto the Chixiao mecha!
This was the embryonic form of a divine technique, born from the perfect fusion of the Phoenix God's divine flames' supreme penetrating power.
Wherever the chisel pointed, space shattered inch by inch, leaving behind a scorched black trail.
Inside the cockpit, shrill warning alarms rang continuously.
Lin Xia's pupils contracted sharply as his spiritual power surged to its limit.
Chixiao crossed both arms before its chest while the Tear of the Star Core at its core erupted with an unprecedented radiance.
All of the starlight energy, instead of powering mobility or weapons, flowed like countless rivers returning to the sea, pouring madly toward the mecha's broad shoulders.
Bzzz—Bzzz—Bzzz—
The shoulder armor shifted like a living organism, sliding, rotating, and reassembling layer upon layer.
Beneath it lay countless Soul Tool formations so intricate that they were almost dizzying to behold.
Every formation had been engraved from Void Sinking Gold and Star Pattern Mithril.
Now, they operated at an unprecedented level of output, radiating terrifying spatial fluctuations.
Countless azure beams of starlight energy burst forth from the formations.
They were not attacks.
Instead, they rapidly intertwined, folded, and compressed before the mecha.
In an instant, they formed an enormous azure diamond-shaped shield composed of countless layers of hexagonal energy lattices.
Its surface was anything but smooth.
Slowly rotating galactic vortices covered every inch of it, as though an entire starry sky had been carved out and placed before the mecha as a shield.
Along its edges, space itself twisted beneath the immense energy field, bending even light.
This was the ultimate defensive barrier Lin Xia had created for Chixiao, combining the Tear of the Star Core's spatial properties, the characteristics of stellar energy, and the pinnacle of defensive Soul Tool technology
The Celestial Firmament Barrier!
The instant the Celestial Firmament Barrier was fully formed.
Lou Gao's Phoenix Beak, Starfall descended!
That tiny platinum-white point, containing the ultimate divine flames and annihilating power, shot silently from the tip of the Phoenix Vajra Chisel.
It resembled a falling meteor or an enraged divine phoenix striking with its beak.
There was no earth-shattering explosion.
Only a sharp "Ssshhhrrk—!"
It sounded like crystal shattering or space itself being torn apart.
A sound that made one's very soul tremble.
The platinum-white point collided with the Celestial Firmament Barrier!
Time itself seemed to stretch into eternity.
The azure barrier, condensed from the boundless might of the stars, and the platinum-white point, capable of burning away all existence, erupted with indescribable light and heat at the point of contact.
This was a clash at the level of pure energy and fundamental laws.
The galactic vortex struck by the point spun frantically, collapsing inward as it desperately attempted to disperse and redirect the devastating penetrating force.
Countless azure energy lattices overloaded, shattered, and disintegrated in an instant, only to be painstakingly restored by the continuous flow of energy from behind.
The entire barrier shook violently and caved inward, groaning beneath the unbearable strain as though it would collapse at any moment.
Yet the platinum-white point was no longer advancing effortlessly.
For the first time, it encountered unprecedented resistance.
Like a drill boring into the toughest divine metal imaginable, its advance was drastically slowed and weakened.
Its platinum radiance visibly dimmed beneath the relentless erosion of the azure starlight.
A stalemate.
A suffocating stalemate.
Divine light flared in Lou Gao's eyes as he clearly sensed just how resilient and ingenious that barrier truly was.
This was by no means a defense built through brute force alone.
It was a creation that had pushed energy control, spatial folding, and the understanding of material structure to their absolute limits.
With a low roar, he poured even more divine flames into his attack.
Inside the cockpit, veins bulged across Lin Xia's forehead.
His spiritual power poured forth like a flood released from a broken dam, maintaining the barrier's stability while precisely regulating its energy output.
The Tear of the Star Core spun faster than ever before, continuously releasing its boundless stellar origin energy.
Every Soul Tool circuit throughout the mecha was operating far beyond its designed capacity, emitting sharp, piercing hums as the blue light shining through the gaps in its armor flickered erratically.
"Hold...!"
Lin Xia gritted his teeth.
There was not the slightest hint of retreat in his eyes.
Only absolute faith in his own creation and unwavering resolve.
Finally.
Crack!
A crisp sound of something breaking rang out!
At the point of deadlock, a tiny yet fully penetrating crack appeared in the innermost layer of the Celestial Firmament Barrier's energy lattice!
The platinum-white point instantly found an opening and pierced straight through!
BOOM—!!!!
This time, the explosion was truly earth-shattering!
The pierced Celestial Firmament Barrier shattered like a gigantic mirror!
Violent azure energy and the remaining platinum-white divine flames collided and annihilated one another, forming a devastating energy storm that instantly swept across a radius of a thousand meters!
The earth was violently torn apart.
The lava was completely vaporized, leaving behind a gigantic charred crater!
At the center of the storm, the enormous body of Chixiao was struck by what seemed like an invisible divine hammer.
For the first time, it was blasted completely off the ground and hurled backward!
Its crimson armor was covered with scorch marks and deep cracks.
The Celestial Firmament Barrier generator array on its right shoulder billowed thick smoke, clearly having suffered severe damage.
Lou Gao, however, had not emerged unscathed either.
When the Celestial Firmament Barrier finally shattered, the condensed recoil of stellar energy, mixed with fragments of broken space, slammed violently into him.
He let out a muffled groan.
The golden Flames of Nirvana surrounding him flickered violently, while the arm gripping the Phoenix Vajra Chisel grew slightly numb.
His body was forced backward for dozens of meters, carving two deep trenches through the iron-hard volcanic rock.
Gradually, the storm subsided.
Across the battlefield, now reduced to utter devastation, only the scorched smell left by the violent energy collision and the sharp scent of ozone lingered in the air.
Lou Gao looked toward the steel giant that was struggling to rise from the ruins in the distance.
Although its armor had been damaged, the energy within its core remained stable, and the blue flames burning within its eyes still shone brightly.
Then he looked down at his own slightly numb arm.
There was no longer the slightest trace of testing or hesitation in his eyes.
Only complete, fervent astonishment and indescribable pride.
"It blocked it, It actually blocked it!"
Lou Gao's voice was hoarse with disbelief before erupting into thunderous laughter.
"Hahaha! Excellent! What an incredible Celestial Firmament Barrier! What an incredible Chixiao!"
His figure flashed.
In an instant, he appeared a short distance before the mecha.
The Phoenix Vajra Chisel had already been put away.
There was no longer any battle intent in his eyes.
Only blazing admiration and intense curiosity remained.
"It was merely an inanimate object..."
"No that's not right!"
"Under your control, lad it has come alive!"
Lou Gao's gaze seemed capable of piercing through the mecha's heavy armor and seeing Lin Xia within.
"This power, this defense, this mobility..."
"They've far surpassed everything I originally envisioned!"
"This is no mere war machine."
"This is the prototype of a divine artifact capable of being recorded in history and changing the balance of power across the entire continent!"
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