Absolutely legitimate Star Iron, I've awakened the Underworld System?

Cocolia brandished her ice spear, creating an ice wall in front of her to block all the energy beams.

Ripples spread across the surface of the ice wall as energy beams struck it, unleashing violent energy fluctuations, yet they were unable to break through the ice wall's defenses.

"A harbinger of a long ice age!"

Cocolia activated her skill again, raising her ice spear high and pointing it towards the sky.

The surrounding air instantly became even colder, and countless icy energy particles condensed in the air, coalescing into enormous ice spears.

Each of these ice spears exudes a chilling aura, its tip incredibly sharp, seemingly capable of piercing through anything.

"Watch out, that's Lady Cocolia's summoned ice spear!" Pella exclaimed.

Bai Qiong recognized the move, and realizing the danger, he shouted, "Spread out! Dodge the ice spears!"

Toppa and Hiluva scattered in different directions, trying to avoid the ice spears falling from the sky.

However, there were simply too many ice spears, almost covering the entire Echoing Corridor.

Countless ice spears rained down like a storm, slamming into the ground with sharp, piercing sounds.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ice spear landed with a violent explosion, instantly covering the ground with frost and sending countless ice shards flying everywhere.

Toppa dodged the attack with his agile body, suffering only minor scratches, and his HP was still relatively healthy.

However, Hilva fared much worse, with her health bar almost depleted.

Although he dodged most of the ice spears with his agile movements, he was still hit in the arm by one ice spear, which severely damaged the mech's weapon system and significantly reduced its speed.

"Hiluva, well done. Come back and rest."

With no other option, Bai Qiong had to put Hilva back into the Ether Coin.

"Damn it, this Cocolia's Ether Spirit is too overpowered! Even though we're all dead, why is the Ether Spirit still tormenting us?" March 7's voice was filled with anxiety as he couldn't help but complain.

Bai Qiong observed the situation on the battlefield with a furrowed brow. Cocolia's Aether Spirit strength had indeed improved significantly compared to the Guardian Shadow, both in terms of attack and defense, far surpassing its previous level.

Moreover, her skills were used more frequently, giving them almost no chance to breathe.

"This can't go on; we have to find a way to break the deadlock!" Bai Qiong thought to himself.

He looked at the plug on Toppa's body, and suddenly an idea struck him.

"Sow, listen to me, use Rocket Headbutt!" White Sky shouted to Topa.

"Hmph...!?"

Toppa hesitated upon hearing this. Rocket Headbutt was a skill obtained through the Ether Expansion Chip, and it was extremely powerful, but it required charging for one round.

Most importantly, to use this skill, Bai Qiong needs to activate the purple mood setting switch.

Being charged up in battle while simultaneously experiencing such a powerful impact must be an unpleasant experience.

"There's no other way now! Just bear with it a little longer. We've done all sorts of amazing things together that night, what's there to be afraid of?" Bai Qiong suddenly shouted.

Topa paused for a moment, but ultimately chose to obey Bai Qiong.

"Hmph!" Topa's voice hardened.

Her body began to glow with a dazzling golden light, like a burning golden sun.

"White Frost, forever imprisoned here!"

Just then, Cocolia activated her skill again. She pointed her ice spear at the ground, and an extremely cold energy burst forth, enveloping the entire Echoing Corridor in a white blizzard.

The blizzard howled, like countless ice blades, frantically cutting through everything around it.

The temperature plummeted to an extreme low, and the air seemed to freeze into ice.

Topa struggled to maintain her balance in the blizzard, lying on the ground, curled up and shivering, in a classic piggy bank pose—that's when Bai Qiong pressed the remote control button for Purple Mood, starting to charge her up.

A thick layer of frost had formed on her body, making it extremely difficult for her to move.

Bai Qiong also felt a bone-chilling cold seep into his body. He gritted his teeth and tried his best to resist the onslaught of the blizzard.

"Now! Sow!"

Having fully charged up, Bai Qiong seized a break in the blizzard and shouted loudly.

The silver piggy bank shot out like an arrow, charging towards Cocolia with unstoppable momentum through the blizzard.

Golden light tore through the white blizzard, and Toppa's figure, like a burning meteor, streaked across the sky.

"Use, Rocket Headbutt!"

"Hmph!"

Toppa let out a provoked grunt, its round body trembling violently—its purple mood had been turned up to the maximum.

But she couldn't care less about the stimulation to her body right now. Instead, she arched her body and, with a destructive force, slammed into Cocolia.

Cocolia seemed caught off guard by Topa's sudden and decisive attack. She tried to dodge, but it was too late.

boom!!!

A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire Echo Corridor battle zone.

The silver-covered pig's head slammed solidly into Cocolia's body.

The powerful impact erupted like a landslide and a tsunami, cracking the surrounding ground into countless fissures.

The white blizzard was instantly torn apart by the golden shockwave and vanished completely.

Cocolia let out a painful scream as her body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily against the wall of the corridor.

The wall was instantly covered with cracks, and countless pieces of stone fell down.

Cocolia's body slid limply to the ground, the ice spear in her hand flying out of her grasp and landing some distance away.

The piggy bank robot was also violently shaken by the enormous impact. The golden light on its surface quickly faded, and it finally collapsed to its knees, making a heavy metallic clang.

The battle ended, and the surrounding scenery began to distort and change, eventually returning to its state before the battle began.

This is just a game, after all. The grand spectacle and the chaotic scene just now were actually just a simulation created using Ether encoding.

After the battle, everything returned to normal. If the Aether truly possessed such destructive power, the company would have already unified the universe.

"Sow! How are you feeling?" Bai Qiong stepped forward and asked.

Although Toppa's HP hasn't reached its limit yet, as its owner, you should still keep an eye on it.

After all, although this is a game, his ethereal spirit is not.

"Hmph, hmph."

Toppa's voice was weak, and his legs were unsteady, a side effect of turning his purple mood to its highest level.

Hearing Toppa's reply, Bai Qiong breathed a long sigh of relief, and her tense nerves finally relaxed.

He looked at Cocolia lying on the ground and saw that the frost on her body was rapidly receding, and her once sharp eyes had dimmed.

Cocolia slowly raised her head and looked at Bronya, her eyes filled with complex emotions—pain, confusion, and a hint of self-blame.

The fact that the data, which is clearly just fabricated data in Ethernet encoding, has such rich expressions is enough to demonstrate the company's superb technology.

Bronya... you

Cocolia's voice became weak and hoarse, as if she had used up all her strength.

Bronya could no longer hold back. She quickly walked to Cocolia's side, knelt down, and gently took Cocolia's cold hand in hers.

Even though she knew it was just data. "Mother..."

Bronya's voice choked, and her eyes filled with tears.

Cocolia looked at Bronya with a weak smile on her face, a gentle smile that Bronya had only seen in her childhood, a smile that belonged to her mother.

Although Bronya knew perfectly well that Cocolia in front of her was just a cold piece of data.

But this was sculpted from her memories, a projection of her deepest longing and closest resemblance to her mother, and also a blend of complex and tender emotional threads that she herself was unaware of.

Otherwise, if it were Cocolia, who was corrupted by the star core, she would never have shown Bronya that kind of expression.

Perhaps on advanced planets, this is nothing new to those who are already familiar with using ether to encode data and create virtual characters to satisfy their inner desires.

But Bronya, who had always lived on a closed and backward planet, had never seen anything like this before.

The soul built from silicon and electricity is more powerful than the original one, a mere assembly of blood and flesh.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Victim, in Front of a Duck? (5.2K)

"What do we do? What do we do? Bai Qiong, what should we do now?"

March 7th's anxious voice echoed in my ears, like an ant on a hot pan, scurrying around in circles.

Bai Qiong gritted his teeth, his gaze fixed on the enormous figure before him—the Mother of Illusion.

He could feel the suffocating chill and the darkness that seemed to devour everything.

Hilva and Topa have been taken back into the Ether Coin by the White Dome and are no longer able to fight.

In the empty field, only a few of them remained, isolated and helpless.

The Mother of Illusion's long silver hair danced wildly in the air, like cold, venomous snakes, ready to devour anyone at any moment.

Bai Qiong's heart sank to the bottom, and an unprecedented sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.

Could it be...?

Are we giving up on the capture?

"Bai Qiong, you...you've forgotten me again?"

Looking at Bai Qiong's expression, March 7th's voice carried a hint of grievance and resentment, "They can be your ethereal spirits, but I can't? Does that mean... I've never been a consideration for you?"

Bai Qiong was taken aback, only then remembering that San Yueqi was still beside her.

He scratched his head awkwardly and stammered, "No...no, I..."

Why is this silly girl worrying about this again? "Bai Qiong, this Ether Spirit has read my memories..."