Xiao Hui didn't pause, and with a casual wave of his hand, he shared the view from the other side with Black Moon Count. Thus, the scene of two golden and silver giants, as majestic as planets, fighting each other with their fists was directly transmitted into her vision.
"What is this, some kind of tokusatsu?" Black Moon Count was about to retort, but upon seeing the surrounding environment, the words got stuck in her throat. After all, tokusatsu was ultimately a niche work for children, and it couldn't possibly adopt a more magnificent background. She had already seen the vast backdrop of a starry battlefield, and countless tearing battleships. Huge man-made steel constructs were ignited by equally man-made scorching beams, turning into torches. Fragments of torn battleships continuously scattered in every corner of space. Most of them would be dissolved by the ubiquitous cosmic radiation, but a considerable part would float in space for thousands or tens of thousands of years, captured by planetary gravity, gradually forming what were called battleship graveyards. As for the crew members of those fallen battleships, they were reduced to dust the moment their spacecraft was destroyed. But compared to their companions who were thrown into space and slowly died from hypothermia and suffocation, being killed in an explosion was considered fortunate.
"Battle of Blood Gate Galaxy?" Black Moon Count asked curiously. She had also seen the triangular battleships resembling sharp arrows, and of course, she recognized that these battleships, which only appeared in historical records and museums, were from the Ancient Eloi Empire, which had been extinct for nearly a thousand years.
"This should be the Duke's Domain of Strife. It can pull the battlefield into his favorite environment," Xiao Hui said.
"I've never heard of a Domain of Strife expanding to such a scale unless it was derived through some Treasure Tool," Black Moon Count mused. "This must be the trump card Duke Sadouran painstakingly prepared to deal with True Person Lan, right?"
In short, because of such a grand backdrop, although the methods of the two light giants fighting were infinitely close to hooligans brawling, the scene was so magnificent that even the simplest straight punch, swing, hook, or haymaker seemed to possess a hint of profound mystery born from the simplification of the Great Dao. However, no matter how profound it was, if they continued fighting like this, it wouldn't end well. Therefore, Duke Sadouran, in the form of a golden giant, found an opportunity and used almost all his strength to push the opponent's wrist away. Eight arms grew out from his back again, launching a barrage of rapid punches towards the chest of the silver giant, causing the liquid metal material all over its body to begin to waver. It then extended its hands, directly locking its throat. Immediately, its body accelerated to near light speed and charged forward, pushing the silver giant towards the nearest grey planet. In the blink of an eye, the two giants had entered the planet's gravitational orbit.
It was a bleak and dead planet in this system, known as Blood Gate Planet 3. It was said that long ago it was a vibrant natural planet full of birdsong and flowers, but the wicked Eloi Empire conducted insane biological weapon experiments on this planet and lost control, then carpet-bombed it with neutron bombs, turning it into this grey land of death. This Blood Gate Planet 3, of course, also became one of the impeachable crimes of the Empire and The Alliance against the Eloi.
Of course, the surface ecology of the planet had indeed been destroyed, but the planet itself was intact, and its gravity remained. It wasn't too difficult to capture the two light giants that had lost their balance. Suddenly, the golden and silver light giants began to show signs of imbalance in their struggle, awkwardly falling towards the bleak surface. Naturally, the silver giant, whose neck was being choked, was pressed down by Duke Sadouran's transformed divine image. Once they landed, its body would definitely serve as a cushion, and it would undoubtedly bear the brunt of the damage.
But just then, its neck suddenly stretched, then became agile and slippery like a snake's body, and it instantly slipped out of the opponent's grasp. It swung its snake-like neck, as if transforming this important body part into a chain, with its head, adorned with a raised cross, becoming a warhammer, crashing violently onto Duke Sadouran's face.
"A headbutt! Hooligans only use that move," Black Moon Count couldn't help but comment.
"Someone just said that," Xiao Hui also couldn't help but comment.
But with that blow, the two giants' forward direction immediately shifted. When they crashed into the dead planet's atmosphere, Duke Sadouran's golden divine image became the one serving as the cushion. Then, as they pierced through the dense smoke and dust that formed the atmosphere, bathed in scorching heat, and were about to crash into the dry, grey-green dead earth, Sword Qi descended like divine punishment from the heavens, directly striking the silver giant's back and penetrating its still trembling liquid metal. At that moment, Black Moon felt as if she saw a beam of positron cannon light piercing a lake on the surface. Even these ancient fluid materials, which could withstand fleet bombardments and high-level psionic attacks, seemed to vaporize like ordinary lake water.
Lan Jiufeng had arrived. At this moment, he was like a sword immortal seated in the void, using his finger as a sword, the stars in the sky as his sword. His sword light was as swift as a dragon's roar, and as powerful as Hou Yi shooting down nine suns. Wherever it passed, thunderous power struck, and all evil was vanquished. The pillar-like Sword Qi had completely entered the silver giant's body, transforming into countless agile Sword Qi that rampaged within it. To the naked eye, it looked like a nuclear reactor continuously erupting beneath a boiling lake of mercury. In just a few seconds, the fluid material constituting the silver giant's body seemed to begin to melt.
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Although it didn't show an expression of pain, it still performed a difficult roll, breaking free from its entanglement with Duke Sadouran and crashing onto the adjacent greyish-white ground. However, even after enduring such a blow, it still laboriously got back up, letting the fluid material on its body melt and peel off like wax eroded by high temperatures, yet its posture remained as erect as a colossal statue carved from an entire mountain range. Its current condition was indeed dire, but compared to Duke Sadouran opposite him, it was fully qualified to issue loud mockery. Indeed, the one who had constructed a golden colossus with his own might, despite still extending his eight sturdy arms wielding various weapons, still looked like a great and powerful deity, his calm and majestic, divine face had been pounded into disfigurement. It was as if his nasal bone, skull, and frontal bone had all suffered comminuted fractures.
"...Tsk, why the sudden change of target?" Duke Sadouran's divine image's mouth twitched, spitting out a golden, shining tooth the size of a tank.
"Dharma beyond Heaven and Earth is the evolution of your psionic power, seamlessly integrated. What's the point of that?" Lan Jiufeng slowly descended, stepping on his flying sword.
"There's no point; it just makes me look tough enough," Duke Sadouran chuckled. "So, why is it targeting me? Within the Domain of Strife, the source of strife is still the source of strife, and I am still the maintainer of this domain. Brother Lan, as a Asura, shouldn't you be more of a magnet for hatred than me?"
Lan Jiufeng stroked his beard and said, "Do not mistake eloquence for nature! I have already said, Brother Sadouran, you suffer from a lack of culture."
Black Moon Count, who was secretly observing and idly enjoying the show, glanced at Xiao Hui and said, "Actually, True Person Lan himself doesn't understand, does he?"
Xiao Hui replied, "Who knows? This old gentleman is no ordinary person; at least his primal intuition is very clear."
The Duke Sadouran couldn't help but scrutinize him a few more times, then gave a relaxed smile. "It doesn't matter. Since we're here, neither you nor I have any chance to resort to trickery anymore."
"Blood Gate Planet 3?" Lan Jiufeng looked at the seemingly dead grey land. Beyond the continuous black mountain ranges, there was another vast grey sky, with no blue sky, no white clouds, no birdsong and flowers, and even the sunlight passing through the grey mist and falling on the ground turned a sickly hue.
The old man sighed, "I've always wanted to ask, do your Thrones' Domains of Strife only simulate the desolation and witheredness after war, with no prosperity and beauty?"
"Who knows. The Eighth Ring of the Throne is called 'Lord of Strife,' which is probably the limit of our abilities. At the Ninth Ring, maybe things will be different," Duke Sadouran laughed.
Before his words had finished, the scene changed again. Beyond the desolate horizon in the distance, first came a rumbling sound like an earthquake. Listening closely, it was clearly a dense and heavy marching sound. Immediately, stark white light shone at the end of the horizon, and countless figures shoulder to shoulder slowly emerged. Each of them wore heavy power armor, advanced in neat formations, carrying huge banners, and marching step by step.
"On that day 800 years ago, the Empire Shock Troops 104th Division, 105th Division, and 112th Division, along with the Armored Grenadiers 29th Division and 45th Division, formed the Second Landing Group, a total of 65,000 mechanized infantry, commanded by 72 Star Realm Knights, fought a 48-hour battle on this planet against the main force of the Eloi Imperial Guards, numbering 100,000 people. In the end, after suffering 12,000 deaths and over 30,000 wounded, they beheaded over 60,000 Eloi, achieving a glorious victory! This was also one of the most significant turning points in the Battle of Blood Gate Galaxy!"
Duke Sadouran looked at the military banners appearing on the horizon, his voice filled with pride and reverence, as if he wished to live and die with these predecessors.
"Actually, that battle was just a skirmish," Black Moon Count said. "Both sides wanted to set up a large artillery position and shield jamming position on that planet, and it eventually escalated from a minor engagement to a major battle involving nearly 200,000 people."
"Hmm, as for the Empire, I understand," Xiao Hui said.
At this moment, on the horizon on the other side, an even larger number of Eloi Imperial Guards revealed their ferocious military formations. Everyone knew that in the decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops, the total number of Transcendent beings who could charge into the enemy ranks and fight like a lone hero already reached three digits.
At this moment, the giant silver robot had shaken off the melting fluid material on its body, as if a person had shed their skin and muscles, leaving only a lean skeleton. Then, a withered and slender mechanical skeleton sat down against a mountain ridge, then twisted its torso and legs, and with a half-hook, sank into the ground. Its upper body awkwardly but smoothly arched upwards, and countless sharp blades sprang from the seams of its spinal joints.
It had now transformed from a humanoid form into a huge centipede-like combat machine. However, before the centipede could raise its head, which was flashing with searchlights, the armies, still thousands of meters apart, unleashed a barrage of artillery fire, covering the area between them with countless dazzling and varied shell bombardments. Of course, it wasn't just the robots that were hit by the shelling; the divine image and Lan Jiufeng in the sky were also targeted. The latter, as if considered the most threatening bomber, was locked onto by a hundred missiles right away.
However, upon closer observation, it could be seen that the shelling from both sides not only covered the area between them but had also extended into the enemy's ranks.
Duke Sadouran, while enduring the bombardment, laughed heartily, "Now, hatred level is irrelevant! Old man, there were quite a few war behemoths that participated in this battle..."
Before his voice faded, a monstrous roar came from the distance, and another hundred colossal creatures, as towering as mountains, appeared on the horizon. These were war behemoths raised by the Empire, or rather, large phantasm beasts that could provide fire support and act as tanks, and could also release psionic-like abilities. Their intelligence was much higher than that of military dogs, making them much more useful than tanks and robots. At the same time, in the sky, divine beasts with beating wings also appeared, naturally the dragon species of the Empire.
"For beings like us, we don't stand out on the battlefield. Brother Lan, fight to your heart's content. How many of us three will make it out?" Duke Sadouran laughed loudly.
He and his arch-nemesis had not yet moved, but the centipede robot had already acted. Dragging its completely thousand-meter-long steel body, it lightly shook the ground, causing a sandstorm to rise. Wielding its sharp and dense limb-feet, it lightly shook its body, unleashing two fiery red beams that landed in the ranks of both sides. Wherever the beams passed, there were continuous explosions that turned countless mecha warriors into dust. This destructive light lasted only a few minutes, creating shocking voids in both armies' formations, like the scorched marks left by boiling water on an ant colony.
However, these warriors, who were part of the Domain of Strife, showed no fear at all and quickly filled the voids left by the explosions, continuing to advance.
"This guy has entered destruction mode," Xiao Hui said.
Although Black Moon Count didn't quite understand what "destruction mode" meant, nor could she fully grasp the power of this robot, she did feel the tension of the situation. "True Person Lan... will the two seniors be at a disadvantage?"
"It's hard to say. As a Fairy, I'm not skilled in psionics, nor do I dare to casually discuss the choices of those at the Eighth Ring. It's just that the Duke's Domain of Strife probably won't last much longer."
Black Moon Count nodded slightly, while Xiao Hui had already switched his view to the virtual environment. He saw Yu Lian, holding an Atomic Light Spear, piercing through the Void Lord's core from top to bottom. Then, he lifted the spiritual core, as large as a polar bear's head, and raised it high above his head.
"Victory! It's finally dead! I've killed a Void Lord!" Yu Lian cheered loudly.
"...This thing is fundamentally a data simulation problem. You've already broken through its firewall. In my opinion, you're just holding a bundle of draft paper filled with discarded data and hallucinating. What's the point of that?"
"Do you understand ceremony? Aren't you also playing an online game? According to you, my level 150 Sacred Fire Set is also just a bundle of data." Yu Lian said irritably, "So, what about you..."
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