At this moment, a warm current appeared inside Li Xuan's body, slowly flowing into his right hand…
On the back of his right hand, beneath the bandages that concealed the Two Principles Stigmata, the Fire Feather Sigil among the four symbols lit up faintly. What appeared to be a feather-like mark was, under the faint glow, revealed to be composed of countless tiny red 'patterns'…
"Hah!~" Li Xuan took a deep breath and raised the longsword he had been holding. It was a weapon he had created using his own Stigmata ability, the Power of Metal.
So it's a mecha made of metal… In that case… you must have a melting point! Li Xuan lifted his head, his right golden eye lighting up once more. Although the first skill of his 'Jao Shingan' couldn't apply a Death Mark to a non-living mecha, there was still the second skill, 'Dark Bible'. At this moment, everything in Li Xuan's eyes became different…
Perhaps because the 'Jao Shingan' had already been enhanced to its peak with the Honkai Crystals Li Xuan had saved up, his right golden eye seemed to be able to see much more… the leaves on the branches swaying slightly, ants scurrying through the grass, the splash of light from a shattering water droplet…
And the fleeting red weak points that appeared all over the enemy's body when it attacked…
Whoosh!~ A bright flame illuminated the somewhat dim alley, flickering for a moment yet still burning tenaciously… A faint reddish flame gradually emanated an increasingly intense heat and light, slowly coiling around the longsword gripped tightly in Li Xuan's hand like a small snake.
"Haaah!!" Li Xuan roared and charged forward. His longsword was now wreathed in a layer of vibrant, orange-red flames, more bewitching and hotter than any ordinary fire… This was the power of fire triggered by Li Xuan's own Stigmata, the Vermilion Bird sigil. By burning Honkai energy in a special way, he produced a super-strong flame that far surpassed ordinary fire, as if it were the flames spewed by the ancient mythical beast, the 'Vermilion Bird'.
CRACK! The longsword, glowing with a fiery red, magma-like color, under the full force of Li Xuan's explosive power, instantly slashed at the chest of the Anti-Entropy mecha, the 'Berserk Titan', just as it stood up straight… It was a weak point that had appeared under his 'Jao Shingan'.
"Haaah!!" The little Honkai energy left in Li Xuan's body was almost completely burned into 'Vermilion Bird Flame' in that instant. The moment the flame on the longsword touched the 'Berserk Titan's' shell, it became almost tangible. If one could measure it, they would find that the sword's temperature instantly reached several thousand degrees…
Screeeech… Amidst a harsh cutting sound, the pure white mecha shell was sliced open by the longsword in Li Xuan's hand, which now glinted with a dazzling red light and hints of purple, revealing the precision instruments and blue energy glow beneath.
"Go to hell!!" Li Xuan shouted, gripping the scorching longsword with both hands and thrusting it fiercely into the most vulnerable part of the 'Berserk Titan'… "I'll tear you apart!"
The high-temperature longsword, like a red-hot iron poker, plunged into the 'Berserk Titan's' body. The heat of several thousand degrees instantly melted the components inside. Even the red mist that had been swirling around it was ignited by the burning 'Vermilion Bird Flame'. The mist instantly transformed from a protective shield into a deadly poison.
The flame generated by Li Xuan's Stigmata fed on Honkai energy, making it the natural enemy of the special mist formed by the same energy.
The 'Berserk Titan', which had been so arrogant just moments before, now lay motionless on the ground like a doll.
"…" In the Anti-Entropy command room, Cocolia stared at the now-black screen with a grim face. The last image on the screen was an extremely brilliant flash of fire, and then nothing. The screen went black… which meant…
The Berserk Titan had been destroyed…
"Damn it…" Cocolia muttered hatefully through gritted teeth. That 'Berserk Titan' was the product of everyone's hard work, and it even used the rare material 'Soul Steel'! To think it was destroyed by some brat… That was an Anti-Entropy mecha enhanced with 'Soul Steel'! Not some trash from Schicksal…
"Give the order for all remaining Titan Mechas to surround these two. They must be captured!"
To be this powerful… that makes me even more interested… Cocolia turned to face the dark screen, a slight curve forming on her lips.
Pssh… Li Xuan pulled the longsword out of the 'Berserk Titan's' body, stumbling like a drunken man as he walked down from its corpse, or rather, its remains.
Vmm! Vmm!… At that moment, the dark blue mecha that had been motionless suddenly went berserk. It charged over so quickly that even Yae Sakura couldn't react, landing an uppercut on Li Xuan's body.
"Ugh…" The azure shield around Li Xuan's body instantly blocked the attack, but the impact sent him flying. His weakened body slammed into the wall behind him, sending dust flying.
Clang! Clang!… The longsword in Li Xuan's hand flew from his grasp and landed on the somewhat dirty ground. The originally silver-white blade was now a dull grey, and the purple glow in its center had vanished. The longsword hit the ground and shattered cleanly in two.
The Honkai energy-fueled flame had not only burned the enemy's red mist and torn through its armor, but it had also been consuming the longsword, which was made from Honkai Beast materials, second by second… so the sword was now useless…
"Li Xuan-kun!" Yae Sakura hurriedly ran to Li Xuan's side and helped him up. Li Xuan was completely drained. He had already used his flames before, and now he had practically overdrawn his Honkai energy to use them again. This had consumed all his strength.
"This is a bit troublesome…" A helpless smile appeared on Li Xuan's pale face.
In the distance, the dark blue mechas approached, their steps like a death march…