Translator: CinderTL
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the mecha pilots coordinated their charge and self-destruct attacks, the land battleship cannons exploded one after another, shattering into fragments.
The imperial defense line on the battlefield was breached once again, creating new gaps.
Seizing the opportunity, the high-altitude fleet expanded its advantage, unleashing energy lasers that swept across the battlefield and completely suppressed the imperial fortress's cannon turrets.
In an instant, the tide of battle shifted decisively.
The empire's generals, their faces grim, stood within the High Wall command fortress, discussing the situation in hushed tones before reaching a decision.
"Deploy the aerospace warships," General Xu, the supreme commander of Fortress Seven, ordered with a cold, resolute voice.
Rumble!
The fortress shuddered violently, the air trembling.
Visible ripples spread across the light screen high above as a colossal shadow slowly emerged, blotting out the sun and enveloping everything below.
"What's that?"
Imperial soldiers instinctively looked up, while the Taiduo Kingdom's mecha pilots paused in stunned silence, their gazes fixed on the sky.
The entire battlefield seemed to fall silent as every eye turned upward, staring intently at the heavens.
A magnificent warship, thousands of meters long, loomed overhead.
Its hull was a mottled gray-black, giving it an ancient, weathered appearance.
Shaped like an airship, it was constructed entirely from alloy.
In comparison, the Taiduo Kingdom's warships, though massive at several hundred meters long, now seemed dwarfed.
The contrast was as stark as that between a giant whale and a swarm of sharks, highlighting the absolute difference in scale.
"As expected."
"The intelligence was accurate. Fortress Seven truly concealed an aerospace warship."
The Taiduo Kingdom's high-ranking officials straightened their expressions, their earlier condescension fading considerably.
Through the smart light screens, the entire battlefield fell into a brief silence, as if awestruck by the sheer grandeur of this ancient creation.
Visible to the naked eye, a Force Field light shield slowly expanded from its surface, gradually enveloping the vessel.
Simultaneously, anti-gravity devices extended from the hull, transforming into aerial hubs and metallic orbits. Activating their anti-gravity systems, they transformed the aerospace warship into an even more colossal floating fortress.
Waves of modified soldiers and imperial warriors surged from the ship's interior, swarming across the floating bridges.
Cannon turrets rapidly deployed from their folded positions, locking into place and charging energy beams, filling explosive shells.
Witnessing this spectacle, the crowd fell silent.
The colossal shadow gradually engulfed half the battlefield, reducing the figures below to the size of ants.
Like a colossal beast devouring the sky, the Taiduo Kingdom's legion generals' eyes flickered before they finally snapped back to focus.
"Truly worthy of being called an aerospace warship—the most formidable aerial fortress."
"Even domain-class mech pilots would struggle to destroy it. Lord Serik was right; the empire's true strength should never be underestimated."
"It's a pity the World Ark hasn't been completed yet..."
A hint of regret tinged their voices.
No matter how deeply they hated the ancient empire, the legion's high-ranking officers couldn't deny the truth.
This century-long adversary remained as formidable as ever.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the aerospace warship unleashed a barrage of fire, blocking the entire Taiduo Kingdom fleet.
Laser beams erupted, and energy blasts surged.
A dense rain of gunfire and artillery fire blanketed the sky vault, temporarily suppressing the Taiduo Kingdom's fleet.
Boom!!
The balance of power shifted once more. A warship, caught off guard, had its light shield shattered and plummeted toward the battlefield below.
The two sides resumed their stalemate, and the high-ranking officers of the imperial fortress breathed a collective sigh of relief.
They were about to seize this opportunity for a counterattack when...
Buzz!!
The Taiduo Kingdom fortress's light screen erupted with blue light, forming a massive, sky-piercing pillar.
The battlefield's space warped violently, revealing a colossal, kilometer-wide void ring.
"What is this...?"
"Star Ring Teleportation!"
The empire's high-ranking officers' expressions shifted slightly as they instantly recognized the significance.
Before they could react, Suppression-Type Warships began emerging from the ring one after another, piercing through the void and dominating the sky vault.
An even larger fleet followed, bristling with countless floating turrets and alloy weapons.
"No! Open fire immediately!"
"Stop them!"
The imperial officers barked orders, and General Xu, a stern old man, waved his hand with a grim expression.
In an instant, the aerospace warships, resembling aerial fortresses, redirected their firepower, unleashing energy beams and dense missile barrages toward the void ring.
Just as the projectiles were about to strike and disrupt the sudden strategic reinforcements,
Whoosh!
A massive, white-gold light shield materialized in mid-air, blocking the onslaught like an impassable chasm.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A deafening barrage of explosions reverberated across the sky.
The sky vault was stained crimson by the raging inferno, yet the light shield remained unscathed, rippling slightly but without a single crack.
Everyone was stunned—the imperial soldiers within the aerospace warships, the formidable cyborgs, and even the legendary cyborgs.
At that moment, everyone's eyes widened in shock and disbelief as they stared intently.
Behind the light shield, a figure stepped forward, standing in mid-air.
The white mecha was inlaid with golden patterns, its radiant glow shining undiminished.
The patterns on its pristine white wings seemed to be charging, lighting up in successive golden streaks.
In an instant, they saw the only exposed part of the young man's face.
And that signature short, golden hair.
Whether it was the legendary cyborgs stationed within the aerospace warship or the empire's generals and high lords within the fortress, their pupils contracted and their faces paled.
"It's Serik!"
"He's actually here!"
The Taiduo Kingdom's Legion War God, one of the three beings second only to the supreme being.
An immeasurable-class mecha pilot who had once single-handedly slain a third-stage legendary cyborg, a true apex predator of the world.
"It seems I've arrived just in time," Serik said calmly, his eyes reflecting the entire battlefield.
The deep web intelligence instantly analyzed the data, and the mecha's energy core charged each module.
Weapons activated. Defenses synchronized.
The fluorescent patterns on the mecha's metallic body glowed with golden light, and its wings fluttered gently behind it.
Whoosh!
The relentless barrage of explosions abruptly ceased.
An invisible wave transformed into a raging gale, sweeping across the sky and obliterating every incoming projectile.
The aerospace warship shuddered momentarily, its fortress-like light shield rippling with dense waves.
Imperial soldiers braced themselves for a desperate battle, only to witness the massive light shield that had spanned the heavens and blocked the earlier bombardment suddenly hum, shrink, and retract.
Whoosh!
In an instant, golden light flashed.
The shield vanished, leaving behind a circular halo of white-gold light behind Serik's head.
The immeasurable core of the mecha's engine recharged, its previously dimmed glow visibly brightening once more.
"Damn it," the commander of the imperial fortress cursed, his face darkening as he realized the gravity of the situation.
This was the terrifying power of an immeasurable-grade mecha.
Equipped with its own core, it could store vast amounts of energy—nearly limitless.
It was the strongest force beneath the divine realm.
Whoosh!
As if in response to the soldiers' fear and awe, the mecha's core pulsed again.
Serik's figure flashed, dodging a barrage of cannon fire and meteor strikes, and arrived before the aerospace warship.
He was utterly minuscule, like the difference between an ant and a whale.
But then—
Boom!!
The honeycomb-like force field light shield shuddered violently, rippling with dense waves that shook the aerospace warship itself, making it pitch and roll as if caught in a storm.
The powerful shockwave surged inward, penetrating the light shield and engulfing the entire floating fortress.
Even with the anti-gravity devices operating at maximum capacity to counteract the aftershocks, the floating orbit trembled violently. Many imperial soldiers were thrown from their positions, plummeting through the air like dumplings dropped into boiling water.
"Damn it!"
His face pale with alarm, the legendary figure commanding the aerospace warship immediately intervened, attempting to stall for time.
Simultaneously, the imperial generals watching the scene tensed, their expressions grim.
"Activate the Imperial Heart immediately! Report to the royal capital and request reinforcements!"
"Order all legendary figures to engage the enemy in coordination with the aerospace warship! Hold out until the high-dimensional teleportation arrives!"
Without hesitation, General Xu, the supreme commander, barked out the cold, decisive orders.
No one dared to object, nor did anyone dare to delay.
One by one, the generals plunged into action, and the fortress's defense system was activated to its highest alert level.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All cannon turrets were pushed to their limits, unleashing an even denser barrage of energy beams that tore through the air like a Rain of Light.
Simultaneously, three streaks of rainbow light erupted from within the fortress, soaring skyward to reinforce the aerospace warship.
"Finally decided to leave the fortress, eh?"
Serik, his expression calm as he single-handedly blocked the aerospace warship, shook his head slightly.
In the next instant, he raised his palm and threw a punch, instantly activating the Mecha's energy core.
Boom!!
A white-gold light erupted from his fist, shattering the warship's light shield defense.
A cone-shaped energy blast surged forth, shaking the warship and obliterating its cannon turrets.
The massive aerial fortress shuddered violently, its alloy hull erupting in flames that filled the sky.
"You dare?!"
The legendary within the warship, his face contorted with fury, could no longer delay.
With a thunderous roar, he transformed into a streak of rainbow light, attempting to rendezvous with the three legendary figures rushing to his aid below and form a pincer attack.
In that moment, the smoking wreckage of cyborgs rained down, and bloodstained imperial soldiers plummeted from the sky.
Even so, more imperial warriors gritted their teeth, activated their individual protective devices to stabilize themselves, and fired the remaining energy cannon turrets from the floating orbit.
Boom!!
Blindingly hot beams of light shot forth, converging on Serik.
Witnessing this, several streaks of light soared from the Taiduo Kingdom's fortress, joining the fleet in an attempt to intercept the attack.
"Unnecessary," Serik said again.
He hovered alone in mid-air, the circular halo behind his head erupting with golden light as he fully charged his energy.
Hum!!
In an instant, with a wave of his hand, the translucent white-gold light screen expanded once more, transforming into a crystalline canopy that stretched across the sky, piercing the heavens.
Boom boom boom!!
All the firepower from the aerospace warships was once again blocked, and even the combined assault of the four legendary warriors was completely neutralized.
Ripples shimmered across the light shield's surface as Serik calmly manipulated the wings behind him, transforming them into two glowing white blades of energy.
"This—"
"Not good!"
The four imperial legendary warriors' expressions shifted slightly, even the second-stage legendary cyborgs feeling a chill run down their spines.
Before they could react,
Whoosh!!!
The light shield that had sealed off all light instantly shrank and vanished. At the same moment, two dazzling platinum beams erupted forth!
Boom! Boom!
Like two platinum swords connecting heaven and earth, they swept across everything in their path.
The four legendary figures were instantly overwhelmed, their ion light shields shattered as they were sent crashing backward.
The aerospace warship fared no better. Its Force Field Defense was pierced, the massive light shield—thousands of meters in diameter—split in two, the hull shattered, and gale-force winds rushed into the wreckage.
The floating orbits of the airborne fortress exploded in a chain reaction.
The cloud layer disintegrated, and the sky blazed with fire.
The sky vault rained down with the mangled remains of Cyborgs and the corpses of imperial soldiers, while a kilometer-long fissure tore through the warship's thick, gray-black hull.
In just two breaths, the seemingly invincible aerospace warship had been crippled by a single man.
"As expected of Lord Serik!"
"God of War! God of War! God of War!"
The soldiers of the Taiduo Kingdom erupted in cheers. From the high-altitude fleet to the legion generals at the fortress, their faces glowed with exhilaration.
This was their Legion War God, a peak-level powerhouse capable of single-handedly crushing an entire legion!
Every gaze was filled with awe, quickly followed by greed and longing as they turned toward the imperial fortress.
The airship had been critically damaged, and the legendary cyborg had fallen.
It was clear that Fortress Seven was now weaker and more vulnerable than ever before.
"Kill them all!"
Someone roared, and the high-altitude fleet pressed forward without restraint.
Energy cannon fire rained down like a luminous storm, suppressing the imperial fortress's defenses and relentlessly destroying ground troops and land battleship cannons.
The earth erupted, and rock strata shattered.
Dense plumes of smoke billowed skyward as explosions spread across the ground.
Shockwaves rippled outward in concentric circles, tearing through ravaged trenches and fields of wreckage.
Fragments of metal scattered across the sky, and the fortress's light shield flickered violently.
"How could this happen?"
"Are we going to be breached?"
The imperial fortress's generals and lords trembled inwardly, their faces pale and grim.
Only General Xu, the supreme commander, maintained a cold, resolute expression. His fingers clenched tightly as he suppressed his fear and despair, and he spoke again.
"What is the status of the Imperial Heart?"
His ancient voice was utterly calm. The moment his words reached their ears, many imperial officers froze, then snapped back to attention.
Yes, they still had the Imperial Heart.
Serik was undoubtedly formidable, but the empire also possessed multiple third-stage legendary figures.
If they teleported in together and joined forces, they could surely hold him off.
In an instant, the crowd's resolve solidified, their composure restored by General Xu's calm demeanor.
The officer responsible for contacting imperial reinforcements dared not delay. He immediately reported, "The empire has approved our request and is dispatching reinforcements."
"The high-dimensional teleportation is about to activate. At the latest..."
Boom!!!
Blinding flames erupted, and a deafening explosion reverberated through the air.
The officer's words were abruptly cut off. The crowd froze, then turned to look.
An explosion had occurred within the fortress itself. The alloy fortress shattered, transforming into a sea of fire.
The massive teleportation device cracked and collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Elite cyborgs and imperial powerhouses alike were pierced and blasted by sudden energy beams, their lives extinguished in an instant.
"What?!"
Their faces paled as they instinctively looked up at the source.
The cloud layer dispersed, refracting the light.
Two Suppression-Type Warships belonging to the Taiduo Kingdom had somehow breached the Imperial Iron Curtain and positioned themselves behind the fortress.
And at that very moment...
Just two warships.
"It's over."
The empire's generals paled, their faces etched with despair.
Even General Xu, the supreme commander, known for his icy composure, swayed slightly.
The teleportation device had been destroyed, forcing the interruption of the high-dimensional teleportation.
They were completely cut off from imperial reinforcements, reduced to a lone fortress.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Immediately, the external battle intensified.
Amidst the thunderous explosions, the aerospace warship—a colossal beast that seemed to devour the sky—was engulfed in flames, its burning wreckage plunging from the heavens, trailing thick smoke.
The shadow of its descent, thousands of meters wide, blanketed the earth, threatening to annihilate everything in its path and crush the fortress's final defenses.
A tremor ran through the empire's generals. Their faces fell, all hope extinguished.
Fists clenched and relaxed, their despairing gazes fixed on the battlefield.
There, hovering in the sky above the fortress, was Serik, the Legion War God, accompanied by several domain-class mech pilots.
The wreckage of the aerospace warship plummeted from beneath his feet, while the shadow of his presence swallowed the last land battleship cannon.
"It's time to end this," he murmured calmly, his voice resonating in the ears of all present.
Behind him, the fleet unleashed a torrential Rain of Light, bombarding the fortress's iron curtain and light shields.
The empire's defenses were on the verge of collapse.
The legion generals of the Taiduo Kingdom smirked coldly, their eyes gleaming with greed.
In stark contrast, the empire's soldiers wore expressions of utter despair, while their generals and lords slumped in defeat.
Until the very end.
Just as the empire's forces braced for their imminent annihilation, sensing the end was near...
Woom!
Engines roared like enraged beasts.
A Scarlet Gold beam erupted, piercing through thousands of meters, tearing through the sky vault, and crashing violently into the battlefield.
(End of the Chapter)
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