It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"I'm very curious about the reason... Unfortunately, since you've already come here, I can only ask that you remain in eternal slumber."

"Remember my name, Yodel Yasin, the First Punisher of the Armored Punishment Bureau."

Perhaps because he hadn't spoken in a long time, First Punisher Yordle wasn't in a hurry to attack, but instead spoke at length with great enthusiasm.

Then, he took a step forward, and countless metal scales emerged from under his skin, instantly transforming him into a ferocious and chilling mechanical body.

Pale blue flames erupted from the pipes behind him, granting him unparalleled acceleration. In an instant, he arrived in front of Roy, striking out with a single, indifferent palm.

As the palm struck, the temperature within a radius of a thousand meters plummeted, and countless icy mists spread out. The chilling cold acted upon Roy, attempting to suppress his body, mind, and soul.

"Ice-attribute battle aura..."

Roy tilted his head slightly, and in an instant, his brown pupils were ignited by a blazing crimson-gold flame.

He did not draw his sword, but instead raised his right hand to meet the attack with his palm.

"Boom--!"

The instant the two came into contact, the ice-attribute battle qi and the fire-attribute battle qi produced a strong mutual annihilation phenomenon, causing the surrounding space to display a strange mix of red and blue colors, and a second later, it fell into absolute darkness.

The terrifying explosion only began to spread at this moment.

Amidst the billowing dust, the First Punisher, Yordle, paled. The terrifying power emanating from his opponent forced him to retreat more than twenty meters on the ground, creating two deep chasms on the metal platform, before he could barely dissipate the force.

He glanced sideways and noticed the tiny crack on his right palm; his lips twitched slightly.

"monster……"

The initial exchange caused the First Punisher, Yordle, to become completely serious.

The opponent's energy level was only Legendary Three-Star, but his terrifying physical strength was far stronger than that of him at the Legendary Limit.

Even if we simply compare physical strength, he is already on par with a demigod!

"When did such a monster appear in the Radiant Empire?"

The thought crossed Yodl's mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

Regardless of where the other party came from, their immense strength alone was enough for him to treat them with great respect.

"clang--!"

Just then, a buzzing sound came from not far behind.

An electromagnetic pulse rippled out from the ring-shaped metal device restraining Toni, repelling Latie who was trying to approach.

Yodl glanced briefly at the strange occurrence behind him before turning his gaze away without paying any attention.

"I originally wanted to save some energy..."

Yodl sighed, shook his head, stared at the faintly visible figure in the smoke and dust, and raised his hand to touch his heart.

"Mechanical God Armor - Winter, activate!"

Of the three demigod-level combatants of the Kolei Empire, apart from the strongest, the Chairman of the Round Table Council, who already possesses the qualities of a demigod, the other two are merely at the limit of the legendary level.

However, with the "National Treasure - Mech God Armor", they possess strength that is in no way inferior to the demigods of the traditional knight path of the Radiant Empire.

This shows how terrifying the "Mechanical God Armor" is!

And now, this product of the highest magical technology of the Kolei Empire has been officially unveiled to Roy.

"Crack, click, click..."

An invisible ripple spread out, and the metallic scales on the surface of the Yodel's body receded back into human skin, replaced by regular fluorescent blue patterns with a futuristic aesthetic.

These patterns covered Yordle's entire body, transforming his body into a semi-transparent, special energy form.

The patterns eventually converge at the heart of the yodel, forming a slowly rotating dodecahedron.

Roy frowned.

Latie's rescue attempt failed, which he had anticipated—after all, Yodel wasn't stupid. Knowing that there were two of them, he still fought him recklessly, clearly calculating that they could never rescue Tonnie.

The electromagnetic pulse wave that pushed Lati away was ridiculously strong and contained some kind of special fluctuation, forcibly knocking Lati, who was hiding in the alternate dimension and trying to approach, out of the space.

It seems that the First Punisher, Yordle, is the enemy that must be dealt with in order to rescue Tonnie.

As Roy watched the other party display the "Mechanical God Armor - Winter" form, his gaze gradually calmed down.

He could sense that Yodl's current state was very strange, with energy fluctuations on his body that seemed almost imperceptible.

From an energy level perspective, there is absolutely no indication that he possesses demigod-level combat power.

But out of respect, Roy immediately entered "Destruction Mode".

A surging blood mist spread out, causing the color of the battle aura flames clinging to his body to change from crimson gold to blood gold.

"Such a powerful physique..."

Looking at Roy, whose vital energy was so strong that it caused instability in the surrounding space, Yordle did not hold back his praise: "If you were given a few more decades, no, a dozen years, you would definitely become the sixth demigod knight of the Radiant Empire, and among demigods, you would probably be called 'invincible'."

"But you shouldn't have, you shouldn't have, forced your way into my Punishment Chamber before you became a demigod."

"What a pity, today, a super knight genius is about to fall..."

Yodel's voice carried a morbid fanaticism: "I'll show you the power of the Mech God Armor!"

Yodl raised his right hand, palm facing Roy, making a loose clenching motion.

Almost instantly, a massive, mechanically constructed hand of energy appeared out of thin air, its shadow completely engulfing Roy's body.

"boom!"

When the massive hand of energy clenched its fist, countless tiny fragments of space exploded at the center of its power. This scene was breathtakingly beautiful, yet it carried a deadly killing intent.

A hundred-meter-tall half-body energy giant rose out of thin air, and the Yordle was positioned between the energy giant's eyebrows.

He frowned slightly as he looked at the spot where the Hand of Energy was clenching its fist.

Judging from the feedback, his strike undoubtedly hit.

However, it didn't feel like crushing the enemy as it used to. It was as if it had squeezed something hard, and instead of crushing it, it hurt.

What the hell? I even destroyed the space itself, and you still haven't exploded?

Before the Yordle could make a further move, a large amount of crimson mist surged out from the gaps in the energy hand.

Accompanied by a sour "crackling" sound, the energy hand was forcibly pried open by pure brute force.

Roy raised his head and looked at Yordle, who was a hundred meters in the air and located between the eyebrows of the half-body energy giant, and smiled coldly.

"Qiang!"

A sharp, clear sound rang out, but no cuts were visible. The enormous energy hand seemed to have been struck by a thousand blows, shattering into countless particles of light.

Roy leaned forward slightly, his legs poised to brace themselves.

"Boom!"

With a muffled thud, an exaggerated dent appeared on the silvery-white metal floor, several meters deep and more than twenty meters in radius.

In the blink of an eye, Roy had arrived in front of the half-body energy giant's head, level with the Yordles within.

Their eyes met, and a deep blue light appeared in Yordles' pupils.

"Sa sa sa..."

Countless ice-patterned iron chains, each a meter thick, appeared out of thin air, spinning at high speed to form an impenetrable spherical net, isolating Roy within it.

The half-body energy giant's arm, which had been shattered by Roy, had now reformed. It raised its arms, and at the point where its palms met, a massive mechanical energy ice sword suddenly formed, crashing down and accurately striking the spherical locking net.

"boom!"

Silent ripples spread in all directions. At the center of the explosion, the space was in a state of disarray, and it took several seconds for signs of healing to appear.

Yodl's expression changed slightly, because he saw that in front of the huge mechanical energy ice sword, there was a long sword with red gold and silver swirling around it.

Moreover, when his gaze fell upon the long sword, he had the illusion of looking directly at the starry sky.

"collapse……"

A crack appeared at the point where the two weapons, one large and one small, clashed. The appearance of the crack was like a toppled domino, causing a strong follow-up reaction. In less than half a second, the surface of the huge mechanical energy ice sword was covered with dense fine lines.

The source of all this was the Starfire Blade, so sharp it was embedded in a massive ice sword of mechanical energy.

Maximum sharpness, enhanced by 500%!

Brilliant starlight permeated the surface of the Starfire Blade.

[Legendary Ability - Celestial Body] Effect 4: Starfall state activated.

—Effect 4·Active: Activates the "Starlight" state, causing the starlight power within the body to boil, adding an extra 200% starlight damage to all attacks, consuming 1% of the total starlight per second.

With "Meteor Charge" at 500% activation, Roy should theoretically not have enough starlight to activate the "Starlight" state.

However, one of his talents, the [Eternal Paradise Lost] derived from the original sin of greed, made this impossible thing a reality.

【Eternal Paradise Lost】: Summon the "Eternal Paradise Lost" to bless yourself, ensuring that everything within it remains constant, without any leakage of anything.

During the duration of 【Eternal Paradise Lost】, Roy can maintain the strongest burst form of "Destruction State" + "500% Sharpness Meteor Charge" + "Starlight State" without any consumption.

This one minute is Roy's strongest moment.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the massive mechanical energy ice sword shattered, scattering ice crystals everywhere.

Amidst the dazzling starlight, Roy reappeared before the head of the half-body energy giant, slashing out with the Starfire Blade in his hand with a seemingly slow but actually swift motion.

The seemingly effortless sword strike caused the Yordle's soul fire to tremble.

The red light in his pupils flashed violently, and he suddenly roared.

"what!"

A blinding fluorescent blue light emanated from the regular patterns on his body surface and extended outwards, forming vein-like structures that connected to the energy giant, quickly completing his missing lower body and making him whole again.

The unease in his heart made Yordle unleash his strongest power without hesitation.

Just after he completed this series of actions, the longsword, shrouded in starlight and crimson flames, suddenly fell down.

A special energy shield composed of regular hexagonal blocks appeared on the surface of the complete energy giant, attempting to resist the slashing of the long sword.

However, the special energy shield seemed to have no effect at all, and was directly penetrated by the long sword.

"Ding--"