That pitch-black battle armor was not indestructible.
The shattered shoulder armor was the best proof, at least allowing the man to confirm one thing: it could not resist the power of rules.
The principle of The X-Axis was quite simple. On the path between the starting point and the target, along the straight line connecting two points, all things that touched it would be pierced through, unless the opponent possessed the sacrificial divine sword of the Shintō clan.
Originally, the man did not hold much hope and only intended to try it.
Within his broken memory fragments, there were many ways to break The X-Axis, from the simplest method of directly dodging it, to manipulating and twisting spacetime, and so on. Unexpectedly, it actually worked.
This truly was an unexpected surprise...
The man licked his dry, pale lips as a bold idea surfaced in his mind.
The moment this idea appeared, it became uncontrollable and completely occupied his mind. He felt it would be very interesting, even making him somewhat impatient to put it into action.
The man who was thinking did not notice the Original Body's abnormality.
The Original Body rarely did not become enraged. It merely touched the hole at its shoulder, an unclear look flowing through its hollow eyes.
Perhaps even this body's instincts were astonished that the power armor that had accompanied him through countless battles had actually had half of its shoulder armor blasted off by a single shot. A violent and savage aura gradually spread, and a trace of blood color stained the pitch-black eyes.
Boom!
Without the slightest warning, the Original Body stepped forward and charged explosively.
Under the milky-white moonlight, that magnificent golden greatsword bloomed with radiance, burning with a fierce flame that made one's heart tremble. A terrifying sword pressure, as though intending to erase everything in the world and devour all vitality, slashed out a gigantic strike with overwhelming momentum.
Blut Vene!
Black demonic patterns covered his body as the man actually grabbed toward that slash barehanded.
The instant his five fingers touched the flaming slash, the boiling and scorching sensation instantly melted large patches of skin, even exposing white bone. Yet not only did he not let out a single cry of pain, a certain ruthless color intensified instead, and his five fingers suddenly exerted force, clenching fiercely.
Crack!
With an ear-piercing shattering sound, the flaming slash was actually crushed apart.
The man stepped forward, spiritual pressure violently erupting around him, forcibly pushing away the chaotic flames, his eyes flashing with sharpness: "Don't be so anxious. The real battle starts now."
High-Speed Regeneration activated, and the palm melted by flames rapidly healed.
Those molten red-gold pupils flowing like lava quietly changed at this moment, replaced by blazing white, just like Michael's former angelic form, filled with sacred yet indifferent aura.
"Pursue him, Los Lobos."
The man lowered his eyelids, lightly parted his lips, and spoke in a low whisper.
Blazing spiritual pressure was like a burning furnace, releasing incomparable terrifying pressure. Rainbow-colored brilliance nearly eclipsed everything between heaven and earth.
The originally calm sky suddenly rippled, raising surging waves of air like a tsunami striking reefs, rolling up deafening roars like thunder cutting through the silent night sky.
After the rainbow light gradually faded, the man's form had already changed.
Like a hunter wearing a wolfskin grass skirt, gray wolf scarves hung over his shoulders, both forearms were covered in fur, and two pitch-black long strips were connected at his waist, each carrying a gun holster.
But the greater change was still the man's weapons.
Two silver-white firearms with almost identical styles, shaped like flintlocks, were engraved with exquisite iris flower patterns.
"Are you... ready?"
The man slightly raised his eyelids. Although he said this, his finger had already pulled the trigger.
Boom!
The instant the trigger was pulled, a deep blue beam cut through the night sky.
Seemingly having suffered a loss last time, the Original Body did not choose to take it head-on this time. It stepped through the air and shifted sideways, skillfully avoiding the attack.
But it did not notice that after it dodged, the corner of the man's lips slightly rose, forming an icy arc, as if mocking it, and also seeming somewhat playful.
The Original Body seized the gap after that shot and charged forward, attempting to close the distance.
But before it could approach, another deep blue beam shot out again, its speed and power not inferior in the slightest to the previous shot.
The Original Body suddenly lowered its body, allowing the deep blue beam to graze past its scalp as it continued charging straight forward to close the distance. The golden greatsword in its hand once again ignited with raging flames.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
But what greeted the Original Body was four consecutive shots!
The trajectories of the deep blue beams were extremely clever, directly blocking every possible dodge route for the Original Body, forcing it to make a choice and choose one of the four beams to withstand head-on.
In less than half a second, the Original Body quickly made its choice. It would rather take one beam to its abdomen than stop closing the distance.
Black fluctuating energy gathered at its abdomen, strengthening the defensive field of the power battle armor.
"How unfortunate. You guessed wrong," the man said lightly.
The deep blue beam encountered not the slightest obstruction, once again piercing through the Original Body's abdomen and adding a new hole to the power armor.
Among the four Cero, only two contained The X-Axis.
A fifty-fifty chance. It had to be said, its luck was quite poor.
However, this kind of injury could not stop the already-dead Original Body from continuing to approach. In the span of a single breath, that violent figure had already lunged before him, swinging the greatsword like a beast tearing and biting.
At the critical moment, the man drew the flintlock in his left hand and grinned: "How do you plan to block this shot?"
The silver-white muzzle engraved with iris flowers happened to aim directly at the head of the Original Body rushing close.
Looking at the deep blue radiance gathering inside the muzzle, an unprecedented intense sense of crisis instantly enveloped the Original Body's instinctive consciousness, forcing it to forcibly change its movement. Unfortunately, it was already too late.
Boom——!
The deep blue beam cut through the sky, tearing apart the endless air currents and fierce winds.
That terrifying destructive energy caused the entire firmament to shake violently, tearing apart everything with near unreasonable brutality. Even the void itself was ripped into a ravine, and a distant mountain peak shattered and collapsed in an instant.
The Original Body's right shoulder armor was shattered, along with large amounts of flesh and its arm, completely blown apart by this Cero.
It was sent flying backward unsteadily, crashing through a mountain range before countless snow and rocks rolled down, burying it beneath them.
But soon the rocks were shattered by an erupting storm. The Original Body stepped out over the broken mountain stones, raising that savage rotting corpse face, gazing faintly at the man above with an indescribable look.
"Although I don't know who you are..."
The man looked directly at it without evasion and calmly said: "It is time for everything to end."
"Roar——!"
The Original Body let out a long howl. The savage color in its eyes disappeared, leaving only blazing battle intent.
It raised its foot and stomped down fiercely. An unmatched and tyrannical force poured into the earth, sending all the rocks within a hundred meters soaring into the clouds. A gigantic crater appeared where it stood, and its entire body shot toward the sky like a cannonball, accompanied by an ear-piercing sonic boom.
"I will use this move... to bury you."
Vast and immeasurable spiritual pressure surged around the man and accumulated inside the silver-white flintlocks engraved with iris flowers. In the deepest part of his blazing white eyes, a trace of respect appeared: "Inject the power of The X-Axis into every bullet——Infinite Reload Cero!"
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom...
Countless deep blue beams shot out, like a torrential rainstorm poured out at will.
Every deep blue Cero contained the rule power of The X-Axis. Not only did it possess the advantage of overwhelming numbers, even its destructive power surpassed all techniques. This was the interesting idea he had just thought of.
Was it an instant? Or one second?
Neither. Within one-thousandth of a second, more than a thousand Cero were fired instantly.
The range nearly covered the entire sky, leaving not the slightest gap. Even the air itself was completely squeezed away, leaving only suffocating Cero. The overwhelmingly terrifying number resembled a flood of destruction, directly drowning the roaring, charging Original Body.