The moment the lance tip was caught, Stelle's body stopped, and her eyes went wide: "How is this possible? My move clearly had an unpredictable attack angle, and I placed my killing intent behind you. Why were you able to block my attack?"
Aventurine's laughing voice reached Stelle's ears: "Indeed, your move was exquisite. Even I could only rely on luck to gamble on your attack position. My luck has always been good: this time, you lost."
Stelle: "Do you think you've won just like that? Eat my stick!"
But before Stelle could take out her bat, Aventurine gripped the flaming lance and directly flung Stelle away.
Aventurine: "If it were the original Cornerstone, I might not have been able to block your attack. Thank you Mr. Pei Guang. The Aventurine stone you gave me possesses even stronger power, wielding the might of the Amber Lord!"
Only after personally using this Aventurine stone did Aventurine discover how outrageous it was.
While it also contained the power of an Emanator of Preservation, this Aventurine stone didn't borrow the power of Diamond, the Emanator, but borrowed power at the level of an Emanator directly from the Amber Lord itself.
Under this power, unless it was a true combat-focused Emanator, he was invincible in a simple duel.
Stelle was flung towards the crowd.
Watching the flying Stelle, Pei Guang opened his arms.
Originally, being knocked away made Stelle unhappy, but seeing Pei Guang open his arms, she felt it was worth it this time.
Stelle flew into Pei Guang's embrace. Upon flying into his arms, she buried her head directly into Pei Guang's chest and rubbed vigorously.
While rubbing, she spoke in a feigned aggrieved tone: "I lost~ I need a hug~ I need comfort, boohoo~"
Firefly and March 7th didn't feel much initially, but when they saw Pei Guang petting Stelle's head to comfort her, and saw Stelle buried there getting rubbed, the light of wisdom flashed in both their eyes simultaneously.
At this moment, March 7th took out her bow and arrow and stepped forward: "Next, let me fight Aventurine."
Firefly: "Let me do it, my combat experience is richer."
March 7th instantly had an inspiration.
She patted her chest and looked at Firefly seriously: "You're right. Precisely because you are strong, you should be in the back. That detestable guy was actually able to take out Stelle in one move, which is enough to prove his strength. Let me bait out his skills. Once I figure out his abilities, then you go."
Before Firefly could speak, March 7th walked straight up: "Let this young lady pave the way for you. This is also a form of Trailblazing."
The power of Trailblaze began to erupt from March 7th.
She took a few steps forward, looking at Aventurine who had fallen silent and didn't want to speak, and raised her middle finger: "Aventurine! Next, I'll fight you and let you witness my power."
Watching March 7th walk over, Aventurine silently looked at Stelle, who was satisfied after inhaling a round of Pei Guang, and then looked at March 7th, who walked over with an expectant face.
According to intelligence, March 7th could be said to be the person in the entire team that one should provoke the least.
Based on the intelligence he knew, the last person who tried to touch March 7th was ruthlessly tortured by Pei Guang for a round: isn't her head still hanging on the bow of the Xianzhou Luofu?
He hadn't planned to touch March 7th anyway. She wasn't strong herself, and she was a ranged unit.
He would just casually dodge her attacks, beat up Stelle and Pei Guang a bit, and when it felt about right, unleash his ultimate to force Acheron to act, thus completing his plan.
But now March 7th was coming up alone? And walking towards him? How was he supposed to fight?
How do you fight this?!
He was thinking about how to fight March 7th. After some thought, Aventurine, who was well-versed in social interactions, silently took out a chip and threw it at March 7th.
The chip flew a circle around March 7th and then returned to his hand.
March 7th blinked after watching Aventurine's chip circle around her.
Aventurine said nothing, merely standing there with great imposition and letting out a very cool sound: "Hmph."
In that instant, March 7th understood. She understood everything.
March 7th looked as if she had lost her footing, stumbling and falling backward.
"Ah, ah, ah~ He's so strong, as expected of an IPC employee~"
Unknown if it was intentional or accidental, as she fell back, she stepped on the Six-Phased Ice, slipped entirely, and fell over.
Pei Guang reached out and caught March 7th, and March 7th took the opportunity to hug Pei Guang completely: "Wuwuwu~ So scary, I can't beat him."
Pei Guang held March 7th and patted her hair: "It's okay, it's okay, pat, pat, don't be scared~"
Watching the "scared" March 7th, Pei Guang prepared to go up.
However, before he could act, Firefly reached out and stopped him.
Firefly shook her head and looked at Pei Guang with anticipation: "No, it's my turn next. Please rest assured and leave it to me. Let me defeat him next."
She took out her transformation device. At this moment, her body was covered in flames.
As the flames receded, Sam stood before everyone.
"Next, let me fight Aventurine. I will set the seas ablaze! IPC employee, return to reality and tell everyone that the Stellaron Hunters sent you on your final journey.
Executing Scorched Earth Operations.
Supernova..."
Sam performed a charging motion. Then, Sam leapt up, delivering a flaming kick towards Aventurine.
Facing Sam's incoming kick, Aventurine silently took out a chip and threw it again. This time it didn't circle Sam but flew directly towards its body.
Aventurine saw it clearly: his chip didn't hit Sam at all.
Sam's thrusters impatiently started a reverse thrust, flying away from him at an even faster speed, smashing directly towards Pei Guang.
Facing the Sam flying towards him, Pei Guang's expression froze.
If a normal person flew over, he wouldn't see an issue, but what the hell was up with someone in a full suit of armor?!
However... pretty girls were a dime a dozen on the streets, but a mecha lunging at him like this was one of a kind.
This time, Pei Guang actively opened his arms.
He caught Sam directly in a princess carry, and Firefly inside Sam was over the moon with joy.
But just as she was shyly preparing to imitate Stelle and March 7th and rub against him, Pei Guang beat her to it and pressed his face against Sam.
"Oh oh oh! This temperature, this metallic texture, I'm just getting so high! WRYYYY!!!"
Wearing armor and hugging armor were completely different experiences for Pei Guang.
Watching Pei Guang and the Sam armor engaging in such intimate actions, the envy in Welt's eyes was about to overflow.
He also wanted to hug a mecha, bury his head in it, and rub against it. Why could Pei Guang easily achieve what he dreamed of, while he could only watch helplessly?
If not for his dignity as a senior and the enemy they had to fight, he really wanted to give Pei Guang a taste of a black hole right now.
How dare he show off here? Raising the favorability of a pretty girl in armor and showing off right here?
In contrast to the envious Welt, Firefly went from happy to confused, and then... shocked.
"Wait? Ah Guang's expression... isn't because of me, but because of... this mecha?"
At this moment, Firefly's pupils constricted.
Simultaneously, the mecha worn by Firefly sensed a pure aura of Destruction.
Pilot Firefly! Are you awake? If you don't wake up soon, you're going to walk down the Path of Destruction!