Poverty makes me capable of anything.

【Ether Realm - Super Enhancement】: Output +3%, Damage Taken -3%, Physical Resistance +15%, Armor +1000, lasts for 10 minutes.

【Ether Realm - Ether Convergence】: Every 30 seconds, an Ether Mark is generated, increasing damage output by 1%, stacking up to 10%. Every 10 damage taken will cause an Ether Mark to shatter.

【Ether Realm - Metal Chaos】: When Ether Convergence reaches 10%, a critical hit will always deal damage equal to 1% of the target's maximum health.

The last two skills were newly acquired by Anran at a cost of 210 billion experience points.

While its effects are outstanding, it is not without limitations. At least when facing enemies with extremely high damage output, [Ether Convergence] simply cannot be stacked.

However, if the opponent is a big, meaty lump, then it's a different story.

If you're lucky enough, and your opponent's healing isn't too outrageous, even a super tank with 100 million HP can be worn down by you.

The Pope of the Full Metal Cult is a representative of high-attack warriors, but unfortunately, today his opponent is "Metal Buster" Ella!

If he couldn't get past Ella's wall, he naturally couldn't stop Anran from stacking her marks.

boom!

The small fist bypassed the layers of sword shadows and landed squarely on the Pope's chest.

An Ran immediately pulled out her mechanical legion and guardian squadron.

Various cannons were set up, their spearheads pointed directly at the Pope.

The All Metal Cult's foreign affairs bishop and others immediately came to meet them, but before they were halfway there, they saw a white meteor streaking towards them from the side.

The meteor was as fast as a flash of light, and in an instant it pierced through the center of the crowd.

Boom—

The shockwave sent people staggering about, and the Anran mechanical forces began to spew forth fury.

Beams of energy poured down on the members of the Full Metal Cult, and then space began to peel away like shards of glass, as a powerful devouring force began to capture everything nearby.

The foreign affairs bishop hurriedly dodged a crack in the space, glanced at the battlefield situation, and his pupils immediately contracted.

That white meteor was Ella in disguise; she had just broken the arm of a powerful bishop with a single punch.

"asshole!"

The Pope was furious.

He never expected that the Cult of Machine God would hide a Star Killer whose strength was similar to his own.

What he didn't expect was that, while fighting him, the little girl also had the strength to restrain the others.

The Pope no longer held back; he decided to make a quick victory and rely on his numerical advantage to completely crush his opponent!

"The idea is good, but we have a lot more people here."

An Ran smiled slightly, and the long-accumulated [Breath of Life] began to exert its power. Streams of rotating particles pierced through deep space and finally exploded above and on the heads and bodies of the members of the Full Metal Cult.

The five-digit damage numbers burst forth like water spraying from a bursting pipe.

Those disposable weapons showed no signs of being spared in their use.

Anran took out a whole basketful of annihilation particles, death space, world siphon channels, and even the void energy extraction device he had just made not long ago, and poured them out like beans.

Today I throw out a basketful, tomorrow I'll scrape the entire Metal Cult clean!

The starry sky was in complete chaos, with all sorts of explosions making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

"This……"

Tan was dumbfounded.

Although he guessed that Ella had become stronger, this was ridiculously strong.

Despite the poor visibility, Tan He saw two people being thrown into the alternate dimension.

The Pope appeared to be struggling more and more.

"Why can't I break through their defenses!"

Even if Ella is an ancient creation that evolved by consuming metal, she shouldn't be this resilient.

The Pope began to doubt his own abilities.

It's not that the enemy is too strong, it's that he himself is too weak.

What truly made the Pope begin to waver was the fact that he was struck by a spiritual breath.

"-57320"

The attack, which originally posed little threat to him, actually made him feel uneasy.

He felt as if a part of his life had been forcibly torn away.

So much so that the bladeless edge he used to slash at Ella collapsed while it was still gathering strength.

Bang! A beam of deep purple energy shot out from Ella's right hand, blasting the Pope away from the center of the battlefield.

The Pope's eyes were bloodshot.

He continuously channeled his sharp energy to strengthen his body.

If we lose here...

He dared not think any further.

I originally wanted to pick a persimmon that wasn't too soft to squeeze, but I didn't expect it to be a spiky iron ball.

"It's a pity you haven't figured out who the main damage dealer is right now."

As the Pope accumulated more and more buffs, An Ran remained calm. With Ella keeping her in check, she paid little attention to her, giving An Ran the opportunity to act as she pleased.

With each clash, the Pope's face would turn even redder.

When he charged forward with his most powerful enhancements, only to be stopped by Ella, the Pope finally confirmed one thing—

"I'm not that strong."

He saw another white meteor flying towards the direction of the star.

The Pope immediately erected a golden light curtain in front of him.

This is his most powerful defensive skill.

A white meteor suddenly crashed into the light screen.

In an instant, it seemed as if the whole world was shaking. The Pope's body trembled, and he knelt down on one knee, staring in disbelief as the white meteor quickly turned deep purple.

stab-

The meteor stretched out infinitely like a ray, passing right through his chest.

"puff--"

The Pope spat out a mouthful of blood, and the golden light curtain peeled away piece by piece.

Everyone stopped.

It's been breached?

The foreign affairs bishop turned pale with fright and was at a loss for what to do.

How is this still playing?

When the deep purple light dissipated, revealing Ella's figure, the Pope stood up unsteadily and gave Ella a ferocious smile.

Then he turned and ran away.

“I…%$＃&%”

An Ran swore for a long time.

In the end, she gave up the pursuit. It wasn't the right time yet. The Full Metal Cult was backed by a Star Domain Ruler, and she didn't want things to escalate to the point where Virginia would have to step in to smooth things over.

However, once Ella advances to the Starfield Overlord level, it will be the end of the Full Metal Cult.

As for the foreign affairs bishops and others, without the pope, they are just a dish to be easily eaten by An Ran.

"The Pope of the Full Metal Cult has run away?"

This is not something to be faked; it was something that millions of people saw in the news broadcast.

In an instant, the image of the Mechanicus Church was elevated countless times in the eyes of the world.

Chapter 15 Praise to the God of Machines!

"We lost..."

As the Pope of the Full Metal Cult walked away, Judd was completely stunned.

This is already a top-tier Star Slayer, a powerful individual with a very high chance of becoming a Star Domain Ruler.

Even with such a person brought in, Anran and her mechanical cult remained standing, seemingly always able to find a way to break the deadlock.

Is it a stroke of luck or a calculated move? Stay tuned for... Judd's grumbling little skit.

Judd had run out of ideas on how to deal with Enron.

Please summon the Star Domain Ruler?

Do not make jokes.

How could a Star Slayer like him, who is still far from being a Star Domain Ruler, possibly have that kind of face?

Even the star field ruler who recruited him is unable to step forward at this moment; he has already gone to the planetary graveyard, and it is unknown when he will return.

Even if that ruler were still within the territory of the Exiled Empire, he might not necessarily stand up for him.

The reason is simple: what An Ran did had no effect on that ruler.

At this point, stepping in to pressure Anran would not bring any benefits and could also offend Virginia and two future star system rulers.

This deal is not worth it at all.

Judd looked as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant, and even his feigned composure was completely gone.

He stared blankly at the Full Metal Cult members who were losing their lives in the explosion.

The constantly flashing light made his eyes feel dry.