211: Chapter 210 The Giant of Light Returns! His meridians haven't fully healed yet, and he has to fight again.
Xiao Guang controlled the mecha to fire over a dozen consecutive shots, the Dark Energy Cannon beams blasting the core in the Aggregate's chest into flying fragments.
Every shot landed precisely on the crack split open by the taixu sword; the outer Void Realm energy shell of the core had long been mostly chipped away, revealing the pulsing dark purple energy core within.
The Aggregate's body had partially collapsed; most of the Single-Horned Dog heads on its left arm were blown to bits, and several pitch-black claws from the Shadow Leopard on its right arm had been torn off by the mecha in close combat, leaving it limping as it walked.
Had it been those previous Fusion monsters, they would have collapsed and turned to ash long ago from such injuries.
But this thing simply wouldn't fall.
Every time the energy core in its chest throbbed, the scattered grayish-white fragments around it would glow with dark purple light again. Void Realm energy fluid seeped back into the broken seams, and shattered bones reassembled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Xiao Guang charged the Dark Energy Cannon to its limit and blasted it into the left knee joint, sending debris flying.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the fragments of the knee joint vibrated a few times and were glued back together by the dark purple energy fluid, restored to their original state.
This wasn't healing—healing takes time, consumes energy, and leaves marks.
This thing was directly rewinding time to before the injury; every fragment remembered its original position and could reassemble in an extremely short time no matter how many times it was scattered.
Lin Feng stood on the mecha's shoulder, brandishing his twin swords in continuous slashes. The silver-white runes of the taixu sword and the golden patterns of the dragon slaying sword carved out intersecting arcs of sword light under the dim sky.
Every strike landed precisely on the energy circuits surrounding the Aggregate's core—he specifically targeted the conduits transporting Void Realm energy. These conduits were responsible for delivering energy from the core to all parts of the body; as long as they were severed, the Aggregate's recovery speed would be affected.
But less than a few breaths after the blade sliced through the conduits, the severed vessels reconnected themselves.
Every time the dark purple vascular patterns around the core throbbed, all the severed conduits underwent Rebirth simultaneously.
“This recovery power is just too ridiculous!”
Xiao Guang's voice came through the mecha's loudspeaker, his tone carrying obvious irritation.
The dark red glow of the Dark Energy Cannon's charge flickered several times within the mecha's chest core, but the barrel was already overheating, and he didn't dare fire any more consecutive shots.
Taking advantage of the cooling gap, the Aggregate raised its right arm—the massive Shadow Leopard claw—and swept it toward the mecha with alarming speed.
Xiao Guang controlled the mecha to activate a short-range Spatial Warp to dodge. The wind from the claw brushed past the folded wings on the mecha's back, tearing several dark purple mist membranes.
Its landing after the warp was a bit clumsy, and the thrusters at its feet had to blast several rings of light-flame to stabilize the fuselage.
Lin Feng leapt down from the mecha's shoulder, crossing the taixu sword and dragon slaying sword in front of his chest mid-air.
The Aggregate happened to turn around. Realizing its right claw had missed, it used the momentum to open the Void Realm core in its chest and blast a beam of Annihilation Breath as thick as a water vat toward him.
The dark purple pillar of light swept across, and wherever it passed, rubble and debris were erased at the molecular level.
Lin Feng didn't take it head-on—after using the Taixu Shield several times, its defensive value had been significantly shaved down; a few more direct hits would cause it to shatter.
He sidestepped to avoid the main path of the light pillar, kicked off the mecha's extended left arm to change direction, and slid under the beam. He struck with both swords at the seam on the Aggregate's wrist, where Shadow Leopard bones and Single-Horned Dog vertebrae were joined.
The blades sliced into the fragile gaps of the seam, and grayish-white mist surged out.
The Aggregate looked down at its collapsing wrist and let out a dull roar. The dozen Single-Horned Dog heads on its left arm simultaneously opened their mouths to release a Void Pulse at close range.
Lin Feng had already used the recoil of his strike to retreat rapidly, pulling away. Those pulses collided in mid-air and exploded into a cluster of dark purple fireworks.
He landed back next to the mecha, a layer of fine sweat beads appearing on his forehead.
The swordsmanship of coordinating twin swords demanded extremely high muscular strength and reaction speed; even with his combat instincts pushed to the limit, he could only maintain such high-intensity output for a limited time.
His mana was also steadily consuming—not the massive one-time drain of a Fusion skill, but the accumulated sword light, shields, and short-range dashes were already making his Meridians feel a faint ache.
Xiao Jin crouched on his shoulder, the purple light patterns on its antennae flashing continuously.
Its Soul-Confusing Incense only had a brief interference effect on such a giant Aggregate. Knowing it couldn't help much, it could only keep its antennae upright to monitor the small Void Creatures desperately trying to find a way around—after the Aggregate reassembled, it had left behind a ground full of residue, some of which was slowly absorbing Void Realm energy and would likely reassemble into new small Aggregates before long.
“This thing's reassembly speed is several times faster than that previous Fusion monster. Its energy core itself hasn't become stronger, but all the fragments respond to the core's recall command simultaneously. It's not healing, it's—reassembling.”
Xiao Guang's mecha retracted the Dark Energy Cannon into its right arm and popped out the Alloy Combat Blade on its left arm.
The barrel was overheated; continuing to fire would burn out the energy circuits of the entire right arm.
The mecha's Alloy Combat Blade reflected a cold silver light amidst the energy turbulence, the blade's surface mirroring the Aggregate's hideous face made of three Single-Horned Dog skulls.
The mecha's legs bent slightly, and the foot thrusters suddenly went full throttle. It shot through the Aggregate's crotch like a bolt of black lightning, the left-arm combat blade shredding the redundant seams on the inner side of the Aggregate's knee in the moment of passage.
The Aggregate's knee buckled as it stumbled forward half a step. The mecha, using the momentum of the pass, circled behind it. The right-arm Dark Energy Cannon popped out again, pressed against the seams of the fragments on its lower back, and fired at point-blank range.
Boom! A long section of the Aggregate's spine was shattered, and grayish-white fragments scattered through the air like exploded stone chips.
Lin Feng took advantage of the Aggregate's stumble to charge forward again with his twin swords.
The taixu sword pierced directly into the densest ring of protective fragments around the core in the Aggregate's chest. The silver-white runes on the sword and the dark purple Void Realm energy collided violently, letting out a piercing screech.
He forced all the light element in his body into the blade, and an extremely thin golden pillar of light penetrated from the tip of the sword, striking the outer shell of the core.
The pulsing frequency inside the core suddenly quickened by several beats, and the entire core began to vibrate violently like an overcharged heart.
The Aggregate roared to the sky, and a ring of dazzling dark purple shockwaves erupted from the core in its chest.
Lin Feng pulled out the taixu sword and used the push of the shockwave to retreat rapidly, landing on the mecha's shoulder.
The star gauze armor absorbed the impact, but his arms still shook slightly. The silver-white runes on the taixu sword were still faintly glowing, and the blade was covered in dark purple Void Realm energy fluid.
Then he saw it—there was a tiny hole where the taixu sword had pierced the core's surface, and it was slowly expanding.
It wasn't being refilled by Void Realm energy; instead, it was being continuously eroded by the Law-level Void Realm authority on the sword. The surrounding energy circuits rushed to repair it, but every time they touched the edge of the hole, they were repelled by the residual silver light.
The taixu sword's suppression effect was equally effective against this Aggregate composed of corpses, but the speed at which it took effect was too slow.
The speed at which this hole expanded couldn't possibly keep up with the core's own repair speed—by the time he thoroughly eroded through the core's shell, the Aggregate would have long since repaired all other damage.
“We can't kill it like this. We need damage that can overwhelm its repair limit. Law of Heaven and Earth—I have to use that move.”
Lin Feng sheathed the taixu sword back into the scabbard on his back and jumped down from the mecha's shoulder.
Xiao Guang froze for a moment, then blurted out through the mecha's loudspeaker: “Are you crazy? After you used the Law of Heaven and Earth at the Zhou Family last time, your Meridians were nearly back-flowed by the shadow poison from the Land of the Eight Peaks. Elder Zhang from the zhongshan suit group told you very clearly—the Incarnation of Light and Law of Heaven and Earth cannot be used again for a short time. If you open it again now, your Meridians—”
“I know.”
Lin Feng interrupted him.
He naturally remembered Elder Zhang's words.
During the final battle at the Zhou Family, he had used the Law of Heaven and Earth stacked with a Third-Turn Essence-Bursting Pill to go head-to-head with Zhou Tiannan's Heaven-Burning Purple Flame. His Meridians had been backlashed by Sato Ichiro's shadow poison through his wounds, nearly ruining them.
Later, Elder Zhang used the life force of the water and wood attributes to help him repair the surface layer of the broken Meridians, but the fine cracks deep within the Meridians needed time to heal on their own.
It hadn't been that long, and those cracks hadn't completely disappeared.
If he opened the Law of Heaven and Earth again, those cracks wouldn't be able to withstand the instantaneous pressure of all attributes being multiplied tenfold; they might directly burst open.
But if they just kept grinding away at this Aggregate with swordsmanship and the mecha's Dark Energy Cannon, they would be dragged to death before reaching the core's reassembly limit.
The star gauze armor could block fatal injuries, and he still had stock of the Rejuvenation Pills refined by the tower soul. The surface Meridians stitched by Elder Zhang should be able to withstand a short period of high pressure—not like the time at the Zhou Family where he stacked pills and maintained it for a long time, but for the shortest time and with minimum consumption: open the Law of Heaven and Earth, use the form of the Giant of Light to split the core with one strike, and then immediately shut it down.
Cleave it to death before the Meridians burst, then take a Rejuvenation Pill to endure the backlash.
He buttoned up his jacket pocket, gently pressing Xiao Jin inside, and then nodded to Xiao Guang in the mecha cockpit.
Lin Feng took a deep breath, and the speck of golden light between his brows lit up.
Incarnation of Light—his body began to glow; every inch of skin, every strand of hair, every cell was radiating light.
Muscles, bones, and blood vessels gradually transformed into pure light element, and his entire being turned into a ball of dazzling golden light.
And then, the Law of Heaven and Earth.
His body began to expand—rising from his normal size, and within a few breaths, he had transformed into a Giant of Light over a hundred meters tall.
The giant's body was composed of pure golden light; every inch of skin glowed, every strand of hair was a bolt of golden lightning, and every breath sounded like thunder rolling through the clouds.
The surrounding energy turbulence was blown outward by the Giant of Light's pressure, and even the light from the rainbow crack in the distant sky flickered slightly.
The Giant of Light looked down at the Aggregate that had just been towering into the clouds—its hundred-meter body instantly became a small model that only reached his knees.
The Aggregate looked up, its head made of three Single-Horned Dog skulls staring blankly at this Giant of Light that blotted out the sky, forgetting to fire the Void Pulse from its mouth.
It remembered this form—the small creature that had just been hacking at it with twin swords had now become an existence it could only look up to.
Lin Feng raised his right hand, and the dragon slaying sword also transformed into a giant light sword over a hundred meters long.
The golden patterns on the sword glowed to the extreme, and the phantom of a flood dragon could be seen faintly swimming within the blade.