Star Forge Titan

The world around Alvin seemed to have stagnated at this moment, only he himself was still moving.

The black-haired boy holds the sun in his hand, about to hunt the beast that threatens the world.

Plasma Ray Fist——

One! Ten! Hundred! Thousand! Ten thousand!

Chapter 120: Giant Blade Breaks the Air

A poet once said: When the world comes to an end, it will not be with a bang, but with a whisper.

But at the moment the world was born, the cry that resounded throughout the universe was bound to be filled with earth-shattering and incomparable magnificence.

At the same time, light was born, endless light.

The first beam of light penetrated the sky and the earth, followed by more and more rays of light that penetrated the entire world at a speed that could not be captured by vision.

Plasma Beam Fist, a new fist configuration named by Alvin jokingly, at this moment created a huge cage covering all objects within a radius of nearly a thousand meters.

It wasn't just a cage, it was a place of execution! A single, straight beam of light was like a doctor's incredibly precise scalpel, piercing and burning everything within a tiny area. But when the number of rays of light increased exponentially, from one to ten, then to hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands!

"Beyond imagination, incredible, he is indeed the person I am looking for!" Inside the bridge, Heidi muttered to herself as she saw this scene through the ship-borne observation and aiming equipment.

Around her, the cats and bugs had already held hands, lined up in a row, and started singing and dancing, occasionally bursting into loud and noisy cheers.

In the desert below, hundreds of thousands of rays of light intertwined with each other, forming a vast web that covered almost the entire world. Thousands of insects and beasts were wrapped in this web of light whose scale was difficult to measure, or to be more precise, penetrated by it.

After consuming more than half of his own magic power, a burning golden-red crown of light appeared above Ivan's head again. He used all his strength to activate the boxing configuration strengthened by his own soul power, which made him feel a little tired after a long time. However, he achieved the amazing feat of defeating ten thousand enemies with one blow.

Almost all the insects and beasts turned into ashes at this moment, and only a small number of the twelve Ghost in the Shell were still alive.

However, their bodies were also covered with wounds of varying sizes, and their originally gorgeous shells and magic armor fists were severely damaged. They were only able to hold on thanks to the tenacious vitality of the heroic insect beasts and the high-speed self-healing ability that matched it.

The Ghost in the Shell generals, their shells shattered and their bodies covered in blood, let out a shrill roar, but suddenly a roar louder than the other one was heard in the air!

"Face the Lord, wake up quickly!" A roar with a monotonous electronic texture but extremely loud resounded through the sky, followed by a muscular humanoid insect beast over two meters tall.

He possessed a bright red carapace and jet-black reinforced tendons, the edges of his armor-like shell branded with golden ancient runes. Atop his head, a pair of large, curved horns, reflecting golden light, pointed obliquely toward the sky, like the striking and distinctive mandibles of a catalpa insect.

The Hero in the Shell - Hercules returns from his cocoon!

This Ghost in the Shell, who broke free from the influence of the pure-color poison thanks to Ivan's power, was once seriously injured and on the verge of death. He was luckily rescued by his friend Cat, Cat, and Bug and was reborn after being rescued from the remaining cocoon of rebirth. After undergoing many cocooning repairs, it was not until today that he completed his final transformation under the influence of the magical fluctuations familiar to the outside world.

At this moment, seeing that his twelve blood relatives actually pointed their weapons at the Lord who had done a great favor to the Zerg, Hercules felt only indescribable anger and sorrow, an intense sorrow that had been dominated and distorted by the pure-color poison for thousands of years.

The hybrid insect beast had clearly done something. Even after hearing Hercules' heartbreaking rebuke, the other twelve Ghost in the Shell still adopted attacking stances. Their minds, severely contaminated by the pure-color poison, contained only the single command of 'destroy the enemy'.

Hercules clenched his fists and remained silent.

Then, he howled to the sky, his voice shaking the clouds and filled with endless sorrow.

Alvin didn't say much. Although he didn't have a close relationship with the other party, he could feel the lingering sorrow in the voice and felt sorry for the Zerg's past.

At this moment, Hercules suddenly turned his head and looked over here.

"Great Lord." The tall and strong insect-shell hero saluted with his hands crossed, and his tone of voice was particularly bitter.

"Please grant my brothers and sisters a final... mercy!"

After he finished speaking, Hercules' body began to twist and deform, and his black reinforced muscles and solid red shell were changing.

Finally, a double-edged biological giant sword with a forked end, nearly two meters long, and filled with insect elements all over, hovered in front of Ivan.

Sighing, the black-haired young fighter reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, which was still burning hot.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to eliminate the influence of the pure color poison so that they can also be reborn through cocoon transformation."

In an instant, the light from the depths of Ivan's soul was poured into the double-edged sword in his hand, and a sharp insect cry like an eagle's cry immediately resounded throughout the venue.

All the Ghost in the Shell subconsciously covered their arms, antennae, chest and abdomen. Insects' ears are not on their heads but on those parts. Then one of them felt something extremely heavy approaching him at an unimaginable speed.

"It's been a while since I used weapons." The next second, Ivan's voice appeared behind a Ghost in the Shell.

At this moment, the black-haired young fighter was defenselessly facing the Rhinoceros Beetle-type Ghost in the Shell Achilles with his back, but the tallest and most majestic insect beast behind him did not make any attacking moves.

After a brief moment, a crack emitting light began to bloom from the chest of Ghost in the Shell Achilles. The rapidly extending crack split the huge insect beast into four parts in the shape of a cross, and every part of its body was enveloped in blazing white flames.

Through the flame of life brought by the phoenix's blood, Ivan's newly awakened soul power was infused into Ghost in the Shell. At that moment, the pure poison that had lingered for millennia melted away like snow under the scorching sun.

Whether it is the physical body or the spiritual thinking, a clarity that has not been seen in a thousand years rarely appears in Achilles in Ghost in the Shell.

"Thank you..." A sober voice came from the broken mouthparts.

"Thank you for your mercy, Lord..." Then, the pair of compound eyes looked at the double-edged sword in Ivan's hand, and then lit up with an exceptionally bright light.

"My blood relatives, we'll meet again in the next life!"

boom!

Ghost in the Shell instantly reduced Achilles' body to ashes, leaving only an egg-shaped cocoon wrapped in crystal armor.

Ivan waved his hand and summoned a gust of wind to send Achilles' regeneration cocoon out of the battlefield. The cat-and-bug above his head noticed this scene and immediately sent a flying vehicle to retrieve it.

The remaining eleven roared and rushed forward completely losing their minds. The attacks they launched tore through the sky and burst out with thunderous roars that broke the sound barrier.

In response, Alvin did not do much, but just changed the double-edged giant sword from being held in one hand to being held in both hands.

"Although I haven't used weapons in a while, boxing is surprisingly convenient!"

Along with this meaningful whisper, the magic power in Ivan's body increased rapidly, fiercely and vigorously.

The rapid recovery of his magic power brought by his talent [Star Soul - Perpetual Motion Core] allowed him to recover most of his magic power in just a few breaths. At the same time, his strong will also controlled and controlled all the free magic power in the surrounding environment.

The power of configuration flowed back and forth between the sword-wielding man and the biological giant sword. The massive environmental magic contained in the surrounding atmosphere also gathered into tiny luminous particles and rushed towards Ivan rapidly. The boy's black hair began to dye a bright orange-red color like a flame from the ends, and the double-edged giant sword tightly grasped in his hand also rose from the bottom, emitting a white flame emitting bright light.

A long sword, a scimitar, a sledgehammer, or a fist, how can they be inconvenienced by just a pair of hands!

The tentative name of Lan Dou's new style is - Giant Blade Slashing the Sky!

call--

Sharper than the wind, louder than thunder, wider than the earthquake.

A circle of white light, accompanied by a double-edged giant sword slashing horizontally, instantly cut through the entire blue sky.

The next second, all the attacking Ghost in the Shell stopped in place as if the pause button was pressed.

Then, bright and warm light flowed out from deep within their bodies along with the bursting shells.

A refreshing feeling replaced the dull nightmare, and the only clarity in a thousand years came to my heart. From those bodies that turned into sand and dissipated, voices with different tones but the same meaning were heard one after another.

"Thank you."

Chapter 121: Blood relatives devouring each other

The Beetle Sword made a crisp chirping sound, revealing a hint of sadness and reminiscence, but more of it was relief.

The weapon hummed with a sound like the fluttering of wings, its edge sometimes blurred, sometimes clear, constantly releasing circles of translucent ripples. It was as if the weapon-like body were singing, a farewell song for its departed bloodline.

The previous attack had been imbued with immense magical energy and soul power, yet the backlash was smaller than expected. Ivan realized that the living weapon transformed by Ghost in the Shell seemed to have a recoil-reducing effect. However, the magic recoil that was dissipated was apparently absorbed by Ghost in the Shell itself, so that the life force fluctuations emanating from Hercules were now lower than before.

"Thank you for your hard work." Alvin whispered and released the double-edged beetle sword in his hand. The sword automatically transformed back into a small beetle form with reduced energy consumption and enhanced recovery ability.

After flying around the black-haired boy three times to express his gratitude, the exhausted Hercules also flew towards the interior of the Rogilus.

The escaped hybrid should have already entered the Sandworm King. Ivan was quite worried about this. The other party's purpose was still unclear, but the huge and chaotic swarm of insects inside the Sandworm King Hellagur was obviously a key factor.

Without further thought, pressed for time, Ivan rushed directly towards the newly calmed sand. The insect beasts that ambushed him all came from underground, and it was obvious that the Sandworm King itself was likely located deep within this area.

As for the Sandworm King, hiding underground, the fact that he hadn't immediately reappeared suggests that the hybrid insect beast hadn't yet gained control of the massive ancient biological factory ship. However, considering the special relationship between the Zerg and the Sandworm King, it was likely only a matter of time.

As for what the other party would want to do with the Sandworm King? With control of such a massive biological factory, whatever their true purpose was, their influence would increase exponentially. And a hybrid insect-beast, clearly distorted by the Pure Color Poison, clearly wouldn't be aiming for something as pleasant as world peace.

Lift the seal? Release a more powerful monster? Or transform yourself into some terrifying behemoth?

Ivan could imagine countless unpleasant and disastrous developments, none of which he or the vast majority of the people of the Silent Desert wanted to see. Putting aside his status as an outsider, those hard-working people had fought for a century before finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, even if it was just for the sake of the inheritance of Sky Fighter and Storm Fighting Holy Fist, Alvin would not sit idly by.

Break apart, earth!

The moment he silently recited the mantra in his mind, the dark golden magic of [Reshape the World] rapidly spread along the black-haired boy's bent arm, like ink spreading on paper, dyeing all the light within a radius of hundreds of meters with a similar magical glow.

Then, this punch infused with a large amount of magic power was sent directly into the earth by Ivan. The already soft sand instantly moved away to the left and right like an ocean split by a huge ship, making a temporary canyon of limited length but extremely conspicuous suddenly appear on the surface of the desert.

The depth of the canyon is no more than a hundred meters, but if it is forcibly opened up by relying solely on magic power, the magic reserves of several high-level transcendents will be drained in an instant. However, after the awakening of soul energy, the core talent [Reshaping the World] has extremely high conversion efficiency and priority, allowing Alvin to easily complete this task with much less consumption than usual.

At the bottom of the canyon, you can see a deep color that is different from the sand. It is the unique external shell of Herbert, the king of sandworms.

The earth began to tremble, as if feeling the sunlight from outside, and the King of Sandworms instinctively began to emerge from the sand sea.

Even though this wasn't his first time seeing one, the sight of its awe-inspiring, kilometer-long size and the way its simple movements could make the entire desert surge with excitement still filled Alvin's heart. Such a massive beast, even simply existing there, possessed a breathtaking beauty.

Such power, such existence, feels unreal even when seen with one's own eyes. However, whether it is the rumbling sound beside the ears or the picture in front of the eyes that is not false at all, they all indicate the hugeness and majesty of the Sandworm King.

Forcing himself to calm down, not being lost in such a rare scene for too long, Alvin focused his eyes and caught sight of the Giant Kingdom-style ruins on the back of Herbert, the King of Sandworms. Then he quickly flew towards the entrance of the ancient ruins that looked like a temple.

With his feet on the solid surface of the ruins, Alvin's speed was so fast that it was difficult for ordinary people to catch up. He had no intention of wasting time and strode directly into the depths of the ruins.

As soon as they entered the Sandworm King, they were met by hundreds of roaring insect-beasts. Among them were specialized combat-class soldiers, chariot-class insect-beasts, and even elite knight-class insect-beasts, mixed with even larger numbers of ordinary worker insects. The overall offensive, while massive, was extremely chaotic and disorganized, with no trace of micromanagement or command.

"Oh?" The dangerous situation of being instantly filled with enemy units from all directions did not cause Ivan to be confused at all. Instead, a hint of relief appeared on his face.

This situation could be described another way: simply put, the enemy was anxious. If they weren't anxious, why would they send out such a chaotic number of units that couldn't be carefully controlled to block the attack? Clearly, both sides were racing against time, and Ivan's current progress was already enough to pose a threat to the hybrid insect beasts.

Then what we need to do next is very simple.

Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up again!

Without any hesitation, the entire thinking process took less than a breath, and Ivan's right hand had already swung forward.

Magic power is filled, magic power flows, and the boxing configuration is completed.

Lan Dou's new style - Storm Light Wheel!

The rotating light wheel formed by the compression of strong airflow did not fly forward directly. The light wheel, whose edge could easily cut steel, was enlarged to a diameter of more than three meters, and then the entire wheel hovered half a meter in front of Ivan's palm and continued to rotate at high speed.

Driven by the original magic that gives steel its characteristics, the powerful force of Ranto's new style boxing configuration was fully demonstrated at this moment. No matter what level of insect beast, as long as it came into contact with the Storm Light Wheel, it would be minced into minced meat with its shell and bones as if it fell into a meat grinder.

Then, as the black-haired boy moved forward unstoppably, the high-speed rotating cutting light wheel was like a fast-moving drill, directly opening a bloody passage in the insect swarm!

Boom! The solid sidewalls of the passage were also forcibly broken through, and a straight path was forcibly opened through the complex interior of the Sandworm King ruins, leading directly to the core of the ruins, that is, a new road in the center of the swarm's nest.

The scene before him suddenly became clear, but Alvin's expression became extremely serious.

Entering the realm of perfection, he could smell an unnaturally brutal, bloody odor in the air, and the special pheromones that had blanketed the ruins gradually faded. Based on the information he'd received about the Zerg from Hercules, Ivan knew that this meant the Zerg Queen was no longer emitting the crucial command pheromone.

This means a possible...

The queen insect that rules the entire insect swarm is likely to have been killed.

The scene before him quickly confirmed his suspicions. At the center of the hive stood a massive pedestal resembling both an altar and a throne, surrounded by twelve towering stone pillars. Originally, the twelve Ghost in the Shell generals, the mother insects' guards, should have stood there, but now, they were empty. Countless incense burners of varying sizes continuously emanated plumes of smoke, burning priceless and inexpensive spices, extracted only in small quantities from the massive sandworms themselves.

In the center, on top of the huge pedestal made entirely of gold, a short, shriveled, weak figure that was completely incompatible with the luxurious throne itself had fallen in a pool of blood.

The hybrid insect-beast, a mix of human and insect in appearance, was sticking its entire face into the victim's opened belly and biting it.

Killing one's own kind, or even the even more chilling killing of one's own clan, is the tragic scene happening before Alvin's eyes.

Chapter 122: Shining Light

The blood of the insect mother continued to flow down the pale face of the hybrid insect beast, which was extremely similar to that of a human but revealed an inexplicable sense of incongruity.

The amount of dark brown fluid was beyond imagination. It continued to drip like running water and then continued to flow along the huge golden trapezoidal base that resembled a hill, until the huge golden building was also dyed with strands of reddish dark brown.

Ivan's eyes became solemn and serious. He noticed that although the insect mother itself had become short and shriveled under the erosion of the pure-color residual poison, the golden base connected to it was actually a huge incubator integrated with the mechanical structure, so it could produce a large number of insect beasts in batches like a factory assembly line.

At this moment, the hybrid insect beast devoured the insect mother's short and shriveled body, and it was very likely that it had obtained something extremely important to its plan.

Then, this bloodless, tearless monster, devouring its kin, slowly raised its bloodstained face. Its eyes, once distinctly black and white, mimicking human form, suddenly transformed into the compound eyes of an insect, a patchwork of polygons. Its entire silver-gray exoskeleton also transformed, layers of flesh and blood rapidly and malignantly proliferating like a fountain.

The expanding flesh and blood surged over the outermost layer of the exoskeleton covering the hybrid insect beast's body, causing its volume to expand dozens of times in a short period of time. It then solidified into another layer of exoskeleton that was darker in color but obviously more solid, until it completely transformed into a giant insect beast that was three stories tall.

The entire process took a very short time, which showed that the rate of flesh and blood proliferation was abnormal, and had obviously exceeded the reach of normal creatures or even magically modified creatures. This must involve some deeper and darker powers.

The hybrid insect beast changed its form after devouring the insect mother. Its current size is no less than that of a heavy insect beast like the tank class. The surface of its dark gray solid insect beast exoskeleton is randomly distributed with sharp spines and flesh tentacles of varying sizes. It looks like the embodiment of the word "monster". Its appearance alone exudes an extremely disturbing sense of distortion.

Therefore, Alvin did not rush to launch an attack. The existence of the pure-color poison made him raise his vigilance to the highest level.

The young black-haired fighter silently clenched the five fingers of his right hand. Soon, a bright white light began to spread from his fingertips up his arm.

Although the ruins inside the Sandworm King's body are wider than they appear from the outside, this place is not suitable for unfolding the soul-like body formed by the Dou Qi Steel Armor. After all, Alvin does not intend to destroy this living biological factory ship, which is likely the only one left.