Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 1093 Escape from the Iron Fortress!!!

"Buzz——"

Vasak's time stop was activated again, as if the entire timeline of the Decadal had been gently snapped by an invisible fingertip; in an instant, the gale stopped in mid-air, the rubble hung on Jason's shoulder, the roar solidified in the throats of the five Beastmen progenitors, and even the flames spewed by the fire ape Titan Kakus looked like they had been frozen into orange-red glass.

Only Xia Xiu and his three avatars still breathe freely in the light and shadow.

Metatron made the first move.

With its six wings spread, the light feathers refracted like holy crystals into countless blades, piercing through the stagnant air. It swept past Xia Xiu's side, leaving a white-gold trail, like a priest's disciplinary scalpel slicing through the chest of the Flame Ape Titan Kakus.

click -

A chilling crackling sound echoed in the frozen space-time as a fiery red-to-white wound was forcibly etched onto Kakus's breastplate, the smell of metal being scorched by sacred fire spreading like a storm.

[Sisyphus] fell almost simultaneously.

The purple-gold texture refracted indescribable geometric patterns of light in the still air. With one step, space folded into a [Möbius strip], and the penumbral phantom Titan Ramia was forcibly pulled, its snake tail instantly twisted into an impossible angle.

Then came the second strike, [Vector Manipulation] compressed into a single point, landing like a falling star on Lamia's side of the skull, causing the entire serpent's head to cave in sharply, the mechanical scales being dented deep into the ground.

Xia Xiu himself faced the third progenitor of the Beast School.

He gripped the golden, flaming sword in his right hand, while the silver staff in his left hand began to lengthen, expand, and straighten amidst the flames, like a giant pillar summoned from mythology back to reality.

[The Lever of Heaven - A Pillar Supporting the Sky!]
In the stillness of time's pause, Xia Xiu leaped up. When the staff slammed down, there was no sound wave, only the naked light of a world line being torn apart.

boom--

Even during the time stop, the skull of the original ancestor, which had been beaten, was still dented in a large part, and the metal sheet burst open in all directions like a flattened lead sheet, revealing the pulsating molten data core inside.

The next instant, the golden greatsword slashed down.

Golden flames ripped through the membrane of silent time, cutting a deep wound at the junction of the primordial's shoulder armor and neck, revealing the bone beneath. The remaining light of blue-white flames spewed out from the crack.

All of this happened in just three seconds.

"Buzz——"

Om-!
As time resumed its flow, the air seemed to explode as if suddenly awakened.

The flames on Karkus's chest instantly twisted into a chaotic spray. He looked down and saw a deep, holy light wound etched into his breastplate, revealing his core. His machine spirit trembled so violently that even the flame nearly broke its rhythm.

Lamia let out a piercing mechanical shriek, its snake tail twitching instinctively, but the previous spatial distortion caused it so much pain that it almost fell to its knees. A large dent appeared on the side of its skull, and the deforming pulses inside were constantly bursting into flames.

The other statue, Katobrepas, the original Beast School ancestor who was personally struck by Xia Xiu, staggered and knelt down. Half of the iron mask was smashed by the giant hammer, and blue and white flames spewed out from the burst crack.

The three original Beast Sect members simultaneously looked up at Xia Xiu.

In that instant, no one remembered that time had been stolen, nor did anyone realize what atrocities had occurred three seconds earlier; in their memory, it was just a blink of an eye, and when they opened their eyes, they were already under attack.

Of the three, the most miserable was the pitiful state of the Hell Armor Titan Catoblepas.

The massive Titan, a colossal beast of enormous size, stood swaying precariously. Its enormous head, which accounted for a quarter of its body weight, was deeply dented by Xia Xiu's [Lever of Heaven]. Its metal joints were twisted outwards as if crushed, and a crater-like groove appeared in its thick, gray-black armor. Dark red heavy metal oil, mixed with flashing data, dripped continuously from the damaged area, like the blood and tears of a mechanical creature.

Although this was not a fatal injury to Titan, it was enough to prevent this heavily armored behemoth, known for its unshakeable nature, from quickly engaging in combat. It could only stagger backward like a wild beast that had been uprooted, letting out an uncontrollable low roar.

"Fire Ape Titan Karchus was the first to react."

The scalding marks on his chest enraged him to the point of almost breathing fire. He suddenly threw his head back and roared, his voice like molten lava surging along the building's interior walls:

"This strange iron man is no ordinary opponent; he must be the mastermind behind Jason's escape—everyone, surround him!"

Meanwhile, the three progenitors of the Mech faction, caught in the other side of the battle, were being brutally beaten by their respective opponents.

Although their spark was ignited to its peak by Xia Xiu, it had been dormant for too long. Their functions were like a giant beast just awakened from its slumber; the power was there, but the speed of reaction, the smoothness of driving, and the coherence of combat were all significantly lagging behind.

Terramon was sent flying by the tail blade of the venomous serpent king, Titan Basilisk, crashing through three layers of metal walls.

Swayne was tackled to the ground by the desert scorpion lion, the Titan Manticore, whose giant claws crushed the metal of his chest cavity.

Jason was forced to retreat repeatedly as the Shadow Banshee Titan Stryx charged at high speed. His massive arms blocked the claws, but he could not maintain his footing.

The next second, the three progenitors of the Mechanized Faction were knocked down almost simultaneously, crashing into the depths of the ruins and stirring up a cloud of dust. For a moment, they were unable to stand up again.

The other four remaining Beastmen, still able to move, rushed towards him like a metallic hurricane at Kakus's command.

Faced with an encirclement that could crush the entire Pentagon, Xia Xiu did not hesitate. He did not retreat or dodge. After a moment of silence, he calmly uttered a whisper that almost echoed through the air:
"Spiritual Legion, step forward."

The shadow behind Xia Xiu froze for a moment, as if gazing into the depths of the universe, before the shadow membrane shattered into countless cracks.

The next second, apart from [Civilization Suppression Weapon - Daughter of the Defiant Heaven] and the twelfth seat [Northern Devouring Beast], all the legions began to descend and join the battle.

The Burning Legion appeared first.

Flames ignited in the shadows; they were no ordinary flames, but terrifying parasitic flames born from the fusion of the [Unquenchable Candle] and the [Flame Demon].

Tongues of fire, like magma, rose from the ground, transforming into humanoid and beast-like fiery entities, their chests hollow except for pulsating, flickering cores within. The moment they appeared, the steel walls of the Pentagon glowed red-hot, and the air distorted as if stirred by an invisible hand.

The Blazing Legion roared in unison, their voices like a volcanic eruption:

"Blazing Flames Purify the World—!"

The fiery shockwave collided head-on with the fiery ape Titan Kerkus.

But Kakus's skin was already half-molten. He roared and stepped out of the sea of ​​flames, his fist carrying the shell-breaking shock of the Weapon Chapter, directly shattering the three Blazing Flame Cultists into fireflies—which then reignited in the next second and continued to pounce on him.

Karkus was forced to retreat step by step. He could sense the terrifying nature of the Burning Legion, so he kept using [Blade Wind] to blast them apart.

Then, the 666 Straight Tindalos Hounds charged toward the Banshee Titan Stryx, their sharp angles tearing through the air first.

Like blades slipping from dimensional folds, the hounds pounced on the Shadow Banshee Titan Stryx one after another. As soon as she spread her steel wings, dozens of hounds were already on her armor, leaving several gruesome tear marks.

but--

Stryker roared, and gray-black energy exploded from his wings like a storm.

"Get out of here!!!"

Hundreds of hounds were jolted and twisted, flung through the air, and smashed to pieces in the rubble. But more hounds surged out from the angle, biting her joints, tail hooks, and wing bones.

While this might not be much for a Titan, it was still incredibly disgusting.

Four thousand four hundred and forty-four Deep One legions crawled out of the darkness, their damp footsteps echoing.

They surrounded Ramia.

A sinister green light, like a curse, climbed up her snake tail, making her metallic skin look as if it had been cracked by the pressure of deep seawater.

But the next second, Lamia lashed out with her serpentine body, as if flinging away a giant chain.

"idiot!"

Large numbers of Deep Ones were swept into pieces of metal, but even so, the spells continued to accumulate on her, making her movements slightly slower.

And accompanying the Deep Ones was naturally the Minions, who swelled up in the brightest part of the shadows into... a group of round, yellow figures.

A Minion wearing a banana crown jumped out, raising its two little hands:

"Banana!!!"

Then, thousands of Minions surged out of the shadows like a yellow flood.

They conjured all sorts of bizarre weapons out of thin air: banana cannons, banana laser swords, banana-shaped tanks that made a "beep" sound, swarms of strange airplanes and armed helicopters, balloon bombs, and several crooked yellow spaceships.

These Minions also built suicide bombs for the Deep Ones, sending them charging fearlessly toward Lamia.

They then unleashed bizarre weapons—banana lasers, banana missiles, and banana slime cannons—to continuously delay Lamia.

Among the legions, the one with the most individual combat capabilities is the First Apostle, Descent.

From the depths of the shadows came the sound of bones striking the world. It was a colossal body hundreds of meters tall, with gray, cracked skin, like a giant statue that had crawled out of the deep sea with the embers of divinity, corroded by the elements of war.

When he landed, the entire Iron Fortress shook for three seconds.

He had no rationality in his eyes, only the instinct for bloodshed; he set his sights on the Venomous Mist Serpent King, Titan Basilisk.

Basilisk spewed out a corrosive venomous mist. The First Apostle stepped through the mist, half his body corroded and blurred, yet he still raised a fist.

boom! !

Basilisk was thrown into a building a kilometer away by him.

Meanwhile, the Silent Wendigo also appeared. As the mist rose, a five-meter-tall black figure clad in the armor of atonement stepped out of the silence.

His antlers were bound with chains, and with each step he took, his voice was "eaten away".

He set his sights on the desert scorpion lion killing the Titan Manticore, and the next second, Wendigo's figure flashed beneath his abdomen.

The realm of silence unfolds.

The surrounding sound waves, friction, electricity, explosions, and even the metallic vibrations in Manticol's chest were all instantly erased—the world entered a chilling state of "absolute silence."

Manticol opened his mouth to roar, but no sound came out.

Even the poisonous mist he spewed seemed to be suppressed in his throat, turning into silent ripples that vibrated violently.

Wendigo raised the blade of the Armor of Atonement.

Boom! ! !
The blow sank into the metal body, causing the entire area to deform slightly.

Manticol's massive body suddenly staggered back seven steps, its giant lion claws pressing deeply into the ground, creating one collapsed pit after another, and the metal buildings were shaken to pieces.

However, that's all Wendigo can do.

His thin body sank slightly, and the black engine oil splattered on his arm blade evaporated completely.

The carnage titan, weighing tens of thousands of tons, roared once more (though there was still no sound in the Silent Realm), swung its steel scorpion tail, and closed in again. Wendigo was forced to take a few steps back and re-lock its stance.

Just then—the earth suddenly began to shake like a drumhead.

Boom... Boom... Boom—!!
The earth rumbled!

Yellow lightning appeared out of nowhere, and then, rows of giant shadows emerged from the gray mist.

One hundred giant moving walls descended upon the battlefield, ranging from three hundred to seven hundred meters in height, like guardians of the earth emerging from ancient mythology.

Each one is like a moving mountain range, with a thick shell made of armor, the texture so hard that it seems to deflect all energy; the giant gyro stabilizers on their backs prevent them from tilting when they move.

As soon as they appeared, they simultaneously stomped their feet on the earth with a heavy thud, creating a rumbling sound that shook the entire Iron Fortress.

And this is naturally Xia Xiu's massive, colossal army—the Shield of Himaria.

The Shields of Himaria, like hundreds of giant domes, automatically aligned themselves into formation.
With its absolute size and mass, it cuts the battlefield in two.

The Banshee Titan Stryx lunged forward, only to be blocked by three colossal walls simultaneously. Her wings collided with the wall-like shields, sparking a shower of metallic sparks.

The Penumbra Titan Ramia lashed its tail, but could only circle around the giant wall, searching for a weak point.

Manticol tried to charge, but Wendigo held him back for a moment. Then, the three shields of Himaria pressed down from the side, forcefully pushing him back to the other side of the battle line.

The original Beastmen roared, but their roars were distorted by the earth-shaking tremors of the giant walls.

Xia Xiu seized the opportunity and shouted loudly:

"Time to keep running! My legion can only hold them off for now; head to the space bridge immediately!"

Upon hearing the sound, the three founders of the Intelligent Machine Sect all suddenly lit up their flames.

"understand!"

Click—click click click—!!
The three fifty-meter-tall primordial figures began to transform, with metal plates interlocking, separating, and reconstructing into three enormous mobile castles, each bearing traces of its former golden age.

Jason then had Xia Xiu step onto his main deck:

"Pope, come up!"

Xia Xiu jumped up without hesitation and landed steadily on the fortress-like deck.

"Charge to the space bridge!"

The three primordial beings simultaneously activated their engines, and the void shields opened at the same time, like a light curtain directly connecting to the ethereal subspace, blocking the concentrated artillery fire of countless Iron Man troops in the city.

The cannon fire exploded into huge metal flowers outside the Void Shield, while the three Primordial Ancestors did not slow down at all, heading straight for the outer ring area of ​​the Iron Fortress.

Behind him, the Shield of Himaria and the other spiritual legions continued to hold back the six Beastmen Progenitors, but Xia Xiu did not turn around. On the deck of the giant mobile castle, he only raised his head and looked at the space bridge tower that was flashing blue and white light above the Iron Fortress.

The central tower where the Space Bridge is located resembles a giant silver pillar piercing the sky above the Iron Fortress, surrounded by swirling energy vortexes, symbolizing the most crucial transportation link of the thirteen provinces.

The three progenitors of the Mechanized Faction rushed over amidst a sky ablaze with flames.

The two colossal figures, Terramon and Swayne, were the first to leap into the light curtain of the space bridge, their forms swallowed by blue and white beams of light, leaving only a deafening metallic resonance echoing in the deep-space-like vault.

Jason steadily carried Xia Xiu, rushing up the steps like a high-speed moving castle.

"Pope—hold on tight!"

"Go!"

boom--! ! !
Jason's deck, like a dragon's spine split open by armor, surged into the center of the teleportation hub.

The energy beams of the space bridge immediately enveloped him and Xia Xiu, and just as they rushed into the light curtain, Xia Xiu's senses swept across the chaotic battlefield one last time.

The Tindarros Hound Legion cooled completely; their blood turned to mist, and their bones returned to their base.

The Minion army has all cooled down, and the howling demon afterimages have returned to the army's base.

The Deep One Legion cooled down completely, and their shadows, crushed by Titan energy, were sucked back to the Legion's base like mud.

The other legions were also being gradually suppressed. Wendigo cooperated with the Shield of Himaria to block them, but although the Shield of Himaria was indestructible, its slow movement made it vulnerable to exploitation.

The First Apostle was surrounded by tens of thousands of Iron Man troops on the ground of Iron Fortress and two other Beastman Ancestors.

Just as Jason strode into the teleportation core, a Beastman progenitor who had bypassed the Shield of Himaria and fought his way through the Iron Fortress sky finally approached.

That is—the Banshee Titan Stryx.

She flapped her giant wings, like a deathbird tearing through space, gliding through the air in a cold light, and swooped down towards the space bridge at almost the speed of light.

She was just half a second away from intercepting Jason in front of the light screen.

But in that half-second, it truly felt like being so close yet so far.

"I'm late."

Xia Xiu chuckled softly, as if answering a pursuit destined to fail.

boom----! ! !
[The Lever of Heaven] suddenly surged to a length of 100 meters.

The light curtain trembled, and the teleportation began.

Stryker roared and spread his wings to chase after the light screen, but could only watch helplessly as Xia Xiu's figure began to be swallowed up by the teleportation beam.

At this moment, Xia Xiu raised the lever and unleashed a final, relentless attack on the Space Bridge main pillar, the core transmission organ of the Crystal Star II civilization behind Jason.

Click.

First came a soft, chilling sound.

Then, the world exploded, the giant pillar broke in the middle, the teleportation node was torn apart, and the energy vortex burst into a dazzling blue-white burst of light.

Stryker was thrown out by the impact, her roar swallowed by the energy storm, her massive mechanical wings twisted into jagged fragments in the blast.

Just as the world was collapsing, Xia Xiu, standing on the edge of the disappearing teleportation beam, turned around.

He smiled.

Without any concealment or restraint, the news spread clearly throughout the entire Iron Fortress:

"Gentlemen...we will meet again, so remember my name, my name—Om Messiah!!!"

"I will lead the Maxwellist Church to liberate the Iron Men enslaved by the Functionalist Committee!!!"