The titan's fist expanded rapidly in Bai Youyou's eyes, and seeing it was difficult to evade, the triple rings of blue, purple, and green surfaced beneath her: Blue-Winged Voice, Heroic Hymn, and Life Elegy.
Bai Youyou's attributes instantly surged, and with a sideward leap to the left, she vanished from the titan's sight; in the next blink, the girl was seen defying gravity, sprinting along the wall with her long hair dancing wildly in the wind as she swung her heavy hammer, slamming it into the surface and dislodging over a dozen massive boulders.
In another instant, Bai Youyou leaped into the air, tracing an arc through the sky while sweeping her heavy hammer in succession; the boulders struck out like fired cannonballs, hitting the titan one after another, shattering its deflection field and landing squarely on its chest armor.
The sublime power of her Hammer Strike was enough to shake mountains and shatter stones, and even the titan could not help but begin to sway violently, nearly falling several times.
However, the red light in the titan's mechanical eyes suddenly flared up as the leg thrusters opened to full power, belching blue flames as the support bases extended, instantly stabilizing its wavering form while dense missile pods popped out from behind its shoulders, loading dozens of micro-missiles.
It did not pay any heed to Bai Youyou in the air; instead, its mechanical gaze abruptly shifted, locking onto Xu Xiaoyou as countless missiles streaked out!
At this moment, Xu Xiaoyou was also maintaining high-speed movement under the enhancement of Thief's Footwork, swirling flames manifesting in her palms as she hurled fireballs to collapse the walls in front of her, sliding into a building as flames erupted behind her; fire serpents swam wildly as missiles exploded one by one in her wake, and orange-red flames swept across the entire world.
Xu Xiaoyou ran while evading the titan's bombardment, buildings on both sides melting as the howling gale poured in, only to be sucked back by the heat before even more violent explosions occurred!
Without slowing down, she sprinted through the building as golden light flickered and vanished; a blinding white light flashed nearby, the wall shattering with a boom as searing currents of fire surged through every corner of the corridor, turning the ruins a glowing incandescent red.
As the dust cleared, the silhouette of the military titan appeared outside the ruins, flying through the air in rapid pursuit of her, continuously covering her area with firepower.
The ground behind her collapsed section by section; Xu Xiaoyou knew that if she were covered by those rolling waves of flame, even if she lost only one point of HP, she would be immediately pulled into a combat state. As a whistling sound echoed from the sky followed by a thunderous boom in the distance, the earth shook once more; a second titan had been deployed to the battlefield!
The two titans coordinated their roles, with one responsible for pursuing Xu Xiaoyou and the other focusing a barrage on the group of four; wherever the dense fire net touched, buildings collapsed like sandcastles, unable to last even a second as glass shattered, steel beams twisted, and rubble flew everywhere!
Explosive flames surged from the base of a building, shooting straight up as turbulent winds and slender, scorching fire streams carried the shockwaves outward; Akabane Tsubaki was nearly caught in the blast, quickly flitting to the flank and leaping between high-rises using her apostle armament.
Akabane Tsubaki rolled upon landing, but the titan's attacks followed immediately, fierce and relentless, forcing her to scramble back up and run between load-bearing pillars like a fugitive before leaping back into the sky from a long springboard.
The thought that her disheveled state was being broadcast live and would be edited into videos to be spread everywhere made Akabane Tsubaki grit her teeth in anger, shouting into the communication channel.
"Yuzu, why are we the ones constantly running? Didn't you sound quite confident earlier?"
"Use whatever trump card you have left, quickly!"
"It's about time; the hour has arrived," Xu Xiaoyou said calmly, her eyes half-closed.
At this moment, on the periphery of the block where they were located, a squad was rushing toward the battlefield in a hurry.
The leader, Constanza, was a grade 5 mechanic wearing the highest-spec Seraph L-MAX battle raiment from the Logic Studio series, wielding the Nuclear-Core Red Dragon deconstruction heavy cannon with her long hair flowing in the air; as she approached the battlefield, the crimson Nuclear Dragon Smelting Garment divine endowment materialized, enhancing every inch of her body.
Her firepower was as fierce as her personality; as long as she reached the battlefield, there would be no surprises; under the fourfold firepower boost of the Nuclear Dragon Smelting Garment, she did not even need to use Visiting Battle by Overstepping Authority; she only needed to aim the nuclear-core cannon to turn the entire Fire Street, along with the Dark Gold Rose, into ash.
As the ultimate weapon of the Golden Navigator, Constanza was rarely assigned to combat missions unless a guild war broke out; for no other reason than her firepower being too powerful and its coverage too broad, making it easy to accidentally harm allies.
"Nuclear Dragon has arrived at the designated coordinates," Constanza said, her calm eyes reflecting the light and shadows of the distant battle.
"All members, listen to my command: all units currently in combat, withdraw from Fire Street immediately; the Nuclear Dragon is about to fire the nuclear smelting cannon."
Nanjiamu's voice rang out in the communication channel.
The youth gave a cold laugh; since they couldn't determine the position of the Dark Gold Rose and there were unknown risks in deep combat, wouldn't it be easier to just melt the entire Fire Street with one shot?
As for the massive crime points afterward, he would likely have to use over a third of the guild treasury to clear them; if possible, he didn't want to use this ultimate weapon either.
"Repeat, all members, listen to my command: all units currently in combat, withdraw from Fire Street immediately; the Nuclear Dragon is about to fire the nuclear smelting cannon!"
All the Golden Navigator forces still on the battlefield turned pale at the words, clearly knowing how terrifying she was; despite their reluctance, they immediately retreated toward the perimeter.
After receiving the order to open fire, Constanza nodded and crouched half-way, throwing several capsules onto the ground which formed a nanotech turret; she hoisted the Nuclear-Core Red Dragon onto her shoulder and fixed it onto the mount, while the teammates on both sides silently moved a few steps away from the woman.
"Nuclear smelting cannon entering launch countdown: 3..."
A terrifying aura emanated from the cannon's body, like an evil spirit from hell; the indicator lights on the glowing red barrel lit up from left to right as crimson particles converged toward the muzzle, and a suffocating weight descended from the sky, enveloping everyone.
"Nuclear smelting cannon entering launch countdown: 2..."
The crimson particles gathered faster and faster until they formed a giant, incandescent sphere of light; violent electrical arcs began to leap across the Nuclear-Core Red Dragon as its eyes suddenly snapped open, mechanical components locking together; the dragon's maw at the front opened as if it had truly transformed into a giant dragon, its roar faintly audible in the air!
"Nuclear smelting cannon about to fire: 1..."
The light sphere grew brighter and brighter, the incandescent glow swallowing the world!
Just an instant before the nuclear smelting cannon was about to fire, a figure materialized from the air, appearing beside Constanza with effortless ease.
It was a grade 5 assassin, followed by four grade 4 stealth-class units who also appeared, all of them smiling with confidence; two of them were beautiful young girls, one was a youth wearing headphones, and another wore a four-leaf clover earring as he snapped his fingers, causing the flow of time to decelerate abruptly while the clover earring chimed softly.
Lu Shuhang stepped forward and, under the woman's slightly distorted gaze, reached out to pat Constanza's shoulder as a damage indicator of '1' popped up.
The nuclear smelting cannon, which had been poised to fire, disintegrated in an instant.
The surrounding scene shifted abruptly!
At the same time, a peaceful voice echoed.
"Visiting Battle by Overstepping Authority."
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