A black sword light flashed past. Ming Yu had already rushed in front of Ganesha, and the cold-gleaming Jizo Mitama slashed heavily onto the Emperor-class Honkai Beast's shoulder.
*Screech—*
The longsword scraped against the Honkai Beast's carapace, producing a harsh, metallic grinding sound, and golden sparks flew continuously.
Feeling the resistance from Jizo Mitama, Ming Yu was not surprised in the slightest. From Ganesha's tusk, he had already gained a rough understanding of the hardness of this Emperor-class Honkai Beast's carapace.
While a Divine Key's status was certainly above that of an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, the weapon's own sharpness and durability were not the key. Its most important aspect was its ability to replicate a Herrscher's power.
If it were the Key of Destruction, a single unsheathing of Shamash would be enough to burn Ganesha to ashes.
But for the Key of Corruption, apart from its power of erosion, Jizo Mitama's direct combat capabilities were not strong. When facing an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, it was far from being able to achieve a crushing victory.
The six wings of light on the back of the Lunar Abyss Armor suddenly pulsed. A cyan glow quickly spread over Ming Yu's entire body, and visible air currents began to swirl around him.
His pupils suddenly contracted. Ming Yu put more force into his right hand, using Jizo Mitama as a pivot. His body spun rapidly in the air, and he followed up by slashing Ice Epiphyllum in his left hand against Ganesha's body.
As the cyan light flowed, Ming Yu's body spun at high speed. His sword and blade took turns leaving marks on the Honkai Beast's body, and the sound of one strike after another echoed across the battlefield.
In the blink of an eye, Ming Yu had unleashed over ten strikes. If one were to look closely, they would find that all ten-plus strikes had landed on the exact same spot.
Stepping heavily on Ganesha's body with the tip of his foot, Ming Yu's body shot backward. He performed a beautiful backflip in the air and landed steadily on the ground.
Taking a few steps back to regain his balance, Ming Yu quickly turned his gaze back to Ganesha, focusing on the wound he had inflicted.
On the white carapace, a deep sword gash was glaringly obvious. Purple fluid continuously flowed out, trickling down its thick forelimb to the ground.
Feeling the pain from its shoulder, Ganesha roared furiously in Ming Yu's direction.
Although the sword gash seemed small compared to its enormous body, it was enough to enrage it. Since its birth, it had never suffered such a painful injury.
With Ganesha's roar, a stunning blast of wind instantly formed, forcing even Ming Yu back several meters.
Hearing their king's roar, the surrounding lower-class Honkai Beasts also began to howl in succession.
Although the five ice walls had separated the battlefield, for the massive Honkai Beasts, a twenty-meter-high ice wall was clearly not high enough.
In just a short while, countless cracks had appeared on the ice walls, and they looked as if they were about to crumble completely.
On the towering ice walls, the heads of Honkai Beasts were clearly visible. Their red-glowing eyes were like lanterns, casting terrifying gazes upon those within the walls.
Glancing at the crumbling ice walls, then at Storm Squad who was helping to hold back the lower-class Honkai Beasts inside, Ming Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.
If they waited for the ice walls to completely shatter, he and Storm Squad would face a siege from one Emperor-class Honkai Beast and countless lower-class Honkai Beasts.
Although he was confident in his ability to protect himself, the mission to defeat Ganesha would become a slim hope. Moreover, it would be difficult to ensure the safety of the Valkyries of Storm Squad.
On such a chaotic and dangerous battlefield, he could only manage to protect himself.
Staring at the increasingly frantic Ganesha, Ming Yu took another deep breath. The Honkai Energy within his body began to boil further, and a hint of crimson lit up in his eyes.
Stomping its four limbs on the ground, Ganesha suddenly leaped high into the air, its body curling into a ball, and slammed down towards Ming Yu.
Human Bullet Tank!
Seeing the giant sphere in the air, a term flashed through Ming Yu's mind, and his expression couldn't help but change.
Although he had anticipated this ability from Ganesha, when truly facing it, Ming Yu found it impossible to remain calm.
Who would have thought Ganesha would be this big!!!
When standing normally, Ganesha was already over twenty meters tall. And when it curled itself into a ball and fell from the sky, it was no different from a skyscraper collapsing.
The giant white ball blotted out the not-so-scorching sun, casting a shadow that enveloped a large area where Ming Yu stood.
Faced with this monstrous attack, temporarily avoiding its brunt seemed to be the only option.
But Ming Yu knew he couldn't dodge!
Behind him were the three Valkyries of Storm Squad. If he moved aside, there was no doubt where Ganesha's attack would be directed.
Even if Storm Squad managed to evade, the ice walls could not be preserved. The regrouped lower-class Honkai Beasts would be equally troublesome.
Taking in the descending Ganesha with his eyes, Ming Yu let out a loud shout and swung Jizo Mitama upwards with great force.
A red light burst from the sword, and a ten-meter-tall half-body giant emerged. Its crimson armor looked almost solid, and two long katanas formed from purple flames materialized in the giant's hands.
Following Ming Yu's motion, the half-body demon armor phantom crossed its two katanas in front of it, bracing for the descending Honkai Beast.
*Boom!*
The demon armor phantom had just assumed a defensive stance when Ganesha fell, its massive body pressing down on the two purple flame katanas, creating a tremendous sound.
Almost at the moment of contact, the white ball of flesh Ganesha had formed nearly crushed the two katanas. Its rotating, massive body pulled the purple flame katanas down onto the demon armor phantom's shoulders, causing the half-body giant to become significantly more translucent.
Feeling the immense pressure coming from Jizo Mitama, Ming Yu felt as if a thousand tons of force were pressing down on him, making his right arm go numb and sore.
A trickle of crimson escaped from the corner of his mouth, and Ming Yu's eyes turned into a sea of blood, but the right hand that held the sword high never lowered in the slightest.
"Awaken, Dominator of the Honkai!"
Grimacing, Ming Yu hissed through clenched teeth, his face taking on a somewhat ferocious look.
The blue patterns on the Lunar Abyss Armor suddenly shone brightly, then transformed into streams of black energy. A completely black War Soul materialized by Ming Yu's side.
Several months had passed since he obtained the Lunar Abyss Armor. After long periods of practice, Ming Yu's use of the War Soul module had reached a new height.
He could now control both the quantity and quality of the summoned War Souls at will.
As soon as the black War Soul appeared, more than a dozen pitch-black energy spheres materialized, causing the surrounding air to stagnate.
The number of energy spheres continued to increase as the black War Soul unhurriedly extended its palm towards Ganesha's position.
Suddenly, the black War Soul clenched its fist. The dozens of energy spheres instantly disintegrated, and the laws of gravity in the vast space where Ganesha was located were directly rewritten.
Feeling the pressure on his sword suddenly lighten, Ming Yu let out a small laugh and swung Jizo Mitama towards Ganesha once more.
The two nearly shattered purple flame katanas solidified again and were swung fiercely at Ganesha by the half-body giant.