The Final Battle (23)

"The battle has only just begun!"

Blood Rose smiled seductively, but a chilling light gleamed in her eyes, her killing intent ice-cold.

Blood Rose’s Archangel Mecha abruptly halted, still some distance from the dozens of Behemoth Mechas. The six light-particle wings behind the Archangel Mecha flapped once, and its flying speed surged. It was far beyond what it had been when she had only four wings.

"This speed is really fast. No wonder Nangong Xue and the other two were so powerful. This kind of power…" Blood Rose felt the vast, boundless Angel Power within her and smiled.

"And this is the Three-Tier Divine Art! It’s actually such a powerful divine art! It’s so much stronger than first- and second-tier divine arts!" Blood Rose saw that, on her character panel, another tier of divine arts had been unlocked after her level advancement.

"Blink, teleport!" Blood Rose looked at the descriptions behind those divine arts, her heart filled with shock. Previously, she had only seen Nangong Xue and the other two appearing and disappearing unpredictably. She knew they were using high-tier divine arts, but she had merely heard about them. How could that compare to experiencing them firsthand?

"And this Extreme Shadow Art. I’ll try it now…"

The Archangel Mecha vanished from the air. It was too fast; in an instant, it arrived before the Behemoth Mecha that had sent her flying earlier. With one kick, she forcibly sent the nearly hundred-meter-tall Behemoth Mecha flying.

"At this speed, my strength has increased tremendously as well. And with the six-wing enhancement, my own strength has risen sixfold. Combined with the Archangel Mecha, I can already completely crush these ordinary Behemoth Mechas! Even if they surround me, I’m no longer afraid!"

Blood Rose swung the Superalloy Longsword in her hand. Golden light flashed along its blade as the Archangel vanished again, then reappeared before the Behemoth Mecha she had kicked away. After several swift slashes, the previously mighty mecha was dealt with as easily as slicing vegetables.

"My Combat Power has increased too much!" Blood Rose turned her gaze toward the dozens of mechas preparing to kill her. "Now it’s your turn!"

"Blink! Extreme Shadow! Bind!"

As time passed, she became increasingly proficient in using the Three-Tier Divine Art. Behemoth Mechas were disabled one after another by her hand, and Prada Mech Pilots died one after another at her hands. Every mecha that had surrounded her was dealt with. At her current speed, those mechas simply could not effectively restrain her and could only fall before her one after another.

The situation across the entire arena gradually began to change as well. After driving all the Two-winged Angels out of the arena, the Behemoth Legion had held an absolute advantage. The three Six-winged Angels had also been restrained by ten captains and one commander. As long as they drove all the remaining Four-winged Angels out and gathered the power of every mecha, they could definitely drive the three Six-winged Angels out within an hour as well.

However, things were different now. Blood Rose’s advancement had changed that outcome.

"Blood Rose actually advanced to six wings!" Angelina, Nangong Xue, and Ken could naturally sense such a huge disturbance clearly. Aside from Ken, who remained unmoved, both Angelina and Nangong Xue felt a trace of joy. With Blood Rose joining them, they would definitely have no problem holding out until the hour was up!

"Damn it! Another Six-winged Angel appeared!" one captain surrounding Angelina said furiously.

"What do we do now?" another captain asked. "Ordinary Behemoth Mechas don’t have spatial devices. They can’t restrain a Six-winged Angel with spatial abilities, so there’s nothing we can do to her!"

"What else can we do? Looks like this mission is going to fail!" another captain could not help sighing.

"No. Our Behemoth Legion is Prada’s strongest mech legion. Contact the commander and ask what we should do now!" a captain said resolutely.

"Why would we need to contact him? The commander must have learned of this situation long ago!"

The Dark Gold Behemoth Mecha that had been fiercely battling Ken suddenly flashed and stopped high in the distant sky. Its aura surged like a dark golden mountain standing in the heavens.

"There’s no time! The hour is almost up!" Inside the dark gold mecha, an indistinct figure sat within. After a moment of silence, the figure spoke over the internal channel. "Everyone, give it everything you have and attack those Four-winged Angels! You must clear every Four-winged Angel from the arena within one hour!"

"Commander, what about the Six-winged Angels?" someone asked.

"Six-winged Angels also possess Spatial Power, and they’re even more agile than us! It’s too difficult to drive all four Six-winged Angels out within an hour. Move now. Clear out all the Four-winged Angels first!"

"Understood, Commander!"

Boom…

The battle erupted once more. All the Behemoth Mechas stopped paying attention to Blood Rose and instead targeted the remaining Four-winged Angels. Before long, every Four-winged Angel, including Emilia, Elina, and Vivian, was besieged to the limit by the Behemoth Mechas and had no choice but to withdraw from the arena and teleport away.

"What a pity, Sister. Does this count as our failure?" On the spectator stands, Vivian stepped out of her Archangel Mecha and looked toward Elina in the distance.

"It doesn’t count as failure. We held through the second wave of attacks, so we’ll still receive rewards. It’s just that they can’t compare at all to the rewards for holding through the third wave!" Elina said, shaking her head.

"I wonder if they can hold out until the time limit!" Vivian looked toward the arena.

"They should be able to! Six-winged Angels have spatial divine arts! They definitely won’t be driven out of the arena so easily!" Elina said as she looked toward the arena with envy.

"Six wings… I’ll definitely reach that level someday!" Vivian said, clenching her little fists.

"Of course Vivian can!" Elina said with a smile.

Ken frowned as he watched his opponent retreat. He had been enjoying the fight, yet the other side wanted to leave. That would not do. Ken’s Archangel Mecha blinked and appeared before the Dark Gold Behemoth Mecha, then slashed directly at it.

Clang…

The dark gold Behemoth Mecha did not dodge. Instead, it raised a hand to meet the strike. Ken’s Mental Weapon, materialized with Eight-winged Angel-level mental power, was actually blocked.

"Hm? What kind of ability is this? It can actually block my attack. So you really were holding something back! Keep fighting!"

Ken looked ahead. A layer of black energy shielding flickered over the dark golden mecha’s massive hand. It seemed different from an ordinary energy shield, more like another kind of defense.

The two fought again, but this time, it was no longer the Behemoth Legion Commander entangling Ken. It was Ken who was keeping the other side occupied.

Angelina and Nangong Xue also turned around and began keeping their opponents occupied, while on another battlefield, Blood Rose was fighting frantically as well.

After all the Four-winged Angels had been cleared out, only four Six-winged Angels remained on the field. For the ordinary Behemoth Legion mech pilots, they could not interfere in the battles involving the ten captains and the commander, nor could they simply stand there watching them fight. Therefore, they set their sights on Blood Rose. They refused to believe that more than eight thousand Behemoth Mechas could not take her down.

However, at that moment, an incomparably majestic, vast, and terrifying pressure crashed down from the sky. Every mecha and mech pilot in the arena, along with Prada’s upper echelons, the Two-winged Angels, and the Four-winged Angels in the spectator stands outside, all lowered their heads beneath that pressure.

"Time’s up!"

Xiao Hen’s calm voice descended from the heavens!