Star Forge Titan

Teeth rub against flesh! Steel against steel!

Human(?)! VS Armor(?)!

Fist vs Fist!

Chapter 12: Punch to the Flesh

Sting!

The feeling on his cheek even made Alvin feel a little unfamiliar. It had been a long time since he had experienced an attack that could penetrate his defense.

penetration!

I never thought that the power contained in the fist could penetrate into the inside of the defense wall like invisible and unrestrained water.

What a superb skill! What an amazing artistry!

This is art, an art that originates from the battlefield! An art that belongs to killing!

In comparison, the layers of defense built by Alvin are like an extremely thick wall hundreds of feet high. Although most attacks cannot cross this barrier and harm it, the wall cannot stop the rain from penetrating through every hole.

This is a difference in technique and also a difference in realm.

A bit of force can actually exert 1000% of its effect in the hands of this set of activated armor, while I can only exert 120% at most.

The teeth that were strong enough to chew steel and swallow gold and silver were now slightly loose, and a stream of golden-red glowing blood like molten metal flowed from the corner of the boy's mouth. The magic power contained in it evaporated into the air, creating a spell effect similar to "illumination".

Ivan paused after being hit directly in the face, but instead of stepping back to create distance, he struck out again against the enemy's fist.

Boom!

The helmet of the Desperate Armor was forced to dent after being hit by two consecutive punches.

Fist technique! This is the power of fist technique! A secret fist technique that has been passed down in the Silent Desert for centuries - Lan Dou Sheng Quan!

All the power was completely concentrated on a tiny point. Faced with this level of ultra-high unit pressure, even the mithril alloy steel made of rare materials would be deformed under the Titan's heavy punch swung by the Sky Fighter.

Although such a severe impact would inevitably lead to death for most normal creatures, the Armor of Despair is undoubtedly not one of them.

The deformation of the head was completely unable to stop the Despair Armor from moving. The empty living armor inside didn't even know where its brain was hidden, so how could it care about a mere "fatal injury" like a headshot?

Therefore, the Despair Armor, whose helmet was severely deformed, had no intention of retreating. Instead, it pulled out its other arm, which was severed at the elbow joint, and then smashed it down like a sledgehammer.

Although it was only a broken arm, Ivan suddenly sensed an extremely dangerous aura. Without hesitation, he quickly raised his left arm to block it above his head.

Immediately afterwards, the piece of arm armor that had been torn off by Alvin fell heavily like a meteor hammer pulled by an invisible iron chain.

Crack! The flesh on Ivan's arm was instantly injured, and even his hard bones made disturbing noises.

The same technique as before meant that the Invisible Heavenly Cloth offered little protection. In other words, the young Titan-born had essentially relied on the strength of his bones and muscles to forcibly block the attack. Yet, his expression was one of excitement, as if he had seen something good.

The talent [Phoenix Blood] obtained after the super-promotion to Ash Knight can transform magic and vitality into each other. As a descendant of Titans, the thing that Alvin lacks the least is magic.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the arm injury healed quickly as if time had gone back.

Without waiting for his wounds to heal completely, the young soldier's three-meter-tall body rushed towards the enemy like a hurricane.

If he followed his original fighting habits, he would complete the corresponding punch configuration the next moment he took a charging step, but this time, Alvin only threw out an ordinary-looking straight punch.

In fact, this punch didn't even make much of a sound, it was just like drunkards waving their arms around in a fight.

While swinging his fist, Alvin suddenly whispered to himself with a serious attitude, like a humbly asking for advice.

"Is that right?"

Boom!

The boy's fist hit the chest of the Despair Armor, making a dull sound with a slight echo.

It did not cause direct damage, nor did it force the enemy back, but this ordinary punch made the Despair Armor stunned for a moment.

It was an extremely brief moment, barely noticeable to others, and then it actually staggered back almost half a step, with its scales making tinkling sounds, until its chest suddenly exploded as if a bomb was buried in it.

The scattered fragments drew a graceful arc and fell to the ground, making a very crisp sound.

At this moment, Alvin was not in a hurry to continue attacking. Instead, he stood there thoughtfully, concentrating on the fist he had just swung.

"Honestly." The black-haired boy slowly retracted his fist and once again assumed the same ordinary stance as before.

“I’m pretty good at studying.”

hum-

A metallic tremor emanated from the armor's cavity, and it laughed heartily, as if amused.

A terrifying amount of magical power emerged from within the Armor of Despair. The broken armor plates actually grew on their own like living things to fill the gaps created by the previous fight, making the entire armor look even more hideous and ferocious, like some kind of top predator that was grinding its teeth, sucking blood, and full of desire to fight.

The curved horns sprouting from the shoulders grew even larger, almost like a pair of outstretched wings slanting towards the sky. The immense magical power emanating from within cracked the breastplate, splitting it into two rows of plates resembling ribs, staggered to the left and right. Between them flowed a scorching, red-hot magical power like lava, making it look as fragmented and threatening as the cracked earth left uncooled by a volcanic eruption.

"fighting……"

"plunder…"

“Blood…”

"die……"

"And then... become even stronger!"

Intermittent sounds echoed in the cavity of the activated armor, gradually becoming clearer and louder.

"It's the most standard way of beasts." Alvin sneered, and an exceptionally bright golden light shone around him.

Flames of orange-red rose from the ends of his black hair, and oval crystals of pure clarity emerged between his brows and the center of his palms. From this point, fine, straight lines of light, like those in a circuit board, began to spread rapidly across his skin, drawing lines across his forehead and arms that resembled primitive totems, imbued with fighting spirit.

He has fully evaluated the enemy's skills, absorbed and transformed them, and they have become mine!

Thus, the boxing style, which was originally just a prototype, was finally born.

Dimensional Hadoken Lower Stage 1 - Edge!

Ivan swung his right fist and hit the air, but the force did not dissipate. Instead, it turned into invisible ripples that crossed the space barrier and directly acted on the enemy without any restrictions.

A new style of boxing developed from the Pluto Attack - Dimensional Split as its source and combined with the Art of Killing, which can transform space itself into a weapon and medium.

The first form, Edge, directly penetrates all defenses and reaches the target itself, completely shattering its material structure at the molecular level. If combined with Ivan's special soul ability to control light, it can even disintegrate every molecule of the enemy into light.

Ivan made full use of the force penetration technique he had just learned, making the originally rough new boxing structure more delicate and efficient.

In an instant, an extremely regular hole appeared on the Despair Armor that had just completed self-repair. The overall spherical gap had a frighteningly smooth edge, as if an invisible bloody mouth was biting it fiercely.

But the damage to itself made the armor even more violent after it came back to life. It disappeared on the spot despite its injuries, and its high-speed moving metal body tore the atmosphere apart. Before the resulting explosion could reach Ivan's ears, the enemy's attacks fell like raindrops.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Eight consecutive punches, each heavier than the previous one, and at the same time, they also possessed advanced force control skills to penetrate defenses. The forces contained in them even superimposed and amplified each other, thus forcibly breaking through the defensive posture that Ivan had urgently put up.

The moment his posture was broken, the boy's body tilted slightly and became unbalanced.

Immediately afterwards, an even more dangerous attack arrived.

There's no fancy magic or magical light effects.

The revived Despair Armor raised its right leg, its edge shaped like sharp teeth, and with a violent momentum that seemed to crush the earth, it chopped down fiercely like a battle axe!!!

In the foreseeable future, if this attack hits, the enormous force contained in it will definitely be able to cut off Ivan's diamond skeleton that is integrated into Orichalcum.

At the critical moment, the young warrior pressed the ground with one hand to steady his body, and his golden pupils condensed like needles at this moment.

There was no time to complete the defensive action, but he made a judgment in the brief moment of less than a breath.

There is no time to block, and no way to block.

That being the case...

"Embra, eject the sealed compartment!"

Chapter 13: Zero-Gravity Battle

There are many ways to intervene in a fight.

After receiving Ivan's order, the closed cabin, which was already close to the outermost layer, was immediately launched into space by the ship's central system Embra.

The shaking of the ground and the disappearance of gravity forced the Desperate Armor's movements to deform. The young warrior took advantage of the situation and jumped up and exchanged a flying kick with his opponent.

The intertwined forces offset each other's deflection, simultaneously causing both sides to distance themselves in opposite directions. Separated from the battleship's main body, the enclosed cabin completely entered a state of zero gravity, forcing both Ivan and the Despair Armor to wait until they touched the wall before finally stopping their uncontrolled drift.

This feeling is very wonderful. It is difficult for ordinary life bound to the surface by gravity to adapt to a zero-gravity environment in a short period of time, but Alvin is an exception.

Memories of another world emerged in my mind. It was a special experience I had after I was admitted to university.

According to his memory, Alvin kicked the wall hard, considering the plane under his feet as the back and the direction facing his head as the front. He flew forward like an arrow, and at the same time used the muscles in his waist and abdomen to fine-tune his posture so as to perform a strange movement with his head behind and his feet in front.

In this way, the legs can be used as a defensive shield, and the head and torso and other vital parts are completely covered behind them, leaving the hands free to launch attacks or other actions. In addition, the area of ​​​​the body that can be faced by the enemy is much smaller than that of the standing position.

The Federation Space Force's standard zero-gravity space combat stance...

Young people with unique advantages in spatial recognition are eligible to learn special content during military training, which also means that these children are within the scope of the Space Force's inspection. In case of special circumstances requiring emergency signs, or if they voluntarily apply to join the army after being admitted to university, they will be given priority to be selected into the relevant companies of the Space Force.

Considering the magical power of the world of Palladia, it's obviously inappropriate to directly apply all relevant knowledge. However, in a desperate situation, copying others might be a good solution.

He approached quickly and dodged several pieces of debris thrown by the enemy at the same time. It was originally just a small piece of metal produced by the impact on the outer wall, but after being thrown out by the Despair Armor, it pierced through the solid outer wall directly like a meteor.

However, while Ivan's reaction exceeded his opponent's expectations, the zero-gravity environment didn't cause much trouble for the revived Despair Armor, or rather, for the being currently controlling the Despair Armor. Even if it only injected a tiny fraction of its mind, which had reached the upper limit of its container, into it, it had enough combat intelligence to resolve the problem.

Almost immediately, seeing his throws were useless, the Despair Armor immediately kicked the wall, allowing itself to be propelled forward by the recoil. Crimson demonic fire, tinged with pitch-black, poured out from the crevices of the armor, and the entire suit of armor began to rapidly change shape, with brass skulls spewing flames from their mouths appearing all over its body.

Seeing this scene, Alvin's eyes became extremely solemn.

Just looking at their appearance, it was clear that those brass skulls could definitely function as posture control thrusters, instantly increasing the opponent's advantage. In combat, being able to move flexibly and being restricted to a single direction were two completely different concepts.

But... I can learn too!

After absorbing and fusing innate abilities such as the Lightcast Armor, the materialized form of the Dou Qi Steel Armor will not be limited to just one!

The magic light shines, the invisible heavenly clothes are released, and the fighting spirit steel clothes are fully activated. The limited enclosed space in the cabin is not suitable for shaping a large soul-like body, but it does not mean that other forms are not applicable.

He raised his hand, drawing a neat circle. A multitude of armor pieces, condensed from light, flew out rapidly, attaching themselves to their corresponding parts one by one, completing the automatic equipment. Then, Ivan's body began to belch pure white flames, tinged with a hint of gold. It was a special magical flame transformed from the abundant life force of the ocean, now being used lavishly as propellant.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the two sides were back on the same starting line.

Immediately afterwards, two figures wrapped in flames of different luster collided heavily.

At the moment of the light explosion, the two sides separated for a short distance, and after drawing an arc and re-accelerating, there was a second, third, and even eighteenth strong collision!

BOOM ...

Transparent shock waves visible to the naked eye exploded one after another, like tsunamis advancing in all directions.

The enclosed cabins, whose building materials included high-hardness alloys, were severely deformed by the explosion, and even the strongest outer walls only lasted for a few seconds.

First, the wall cracked, then the air leaked, and finally, due to the continuous and strong impact, the entire cabin was completely shattered from the inside out like a blown-up balloon.

The pressure difference between the inside and outside caused the air to escape outward, and gusts of wind were formed. The wind swept Ivan and the Despair Armor, who could not find the relay point, and fell directly into outer space.

The feeling of suffocation came instantly, but was quickly replaced by another naturally emerging new internal circulation. The physiological structure of Titan descendants is very different from that of ordinary humans. Even in the vacuum of the universe, they can maintain normal physiological activities for a long time.

The cold iron mask descended, and the Dou Qi steel suit, materialized in the form of light-forged armor, completely sealed off the inner and outer worlds, allowing Ivan to regain some of his past memories. Back then, he'd still fantasized about joining the space army, never dreaming he'd have the opportunity to experience equipment even more powerful than the specialized exoskeleton used by the space army for space warfare.

Engine ignition, vitality infusion, propulsion power full open!!!

The propulsion devices shaped into a cone structure on the back, calves and even behind the elbows gather the pure white flames and violently eject them. The resulting force allows Alvin to experience an extreme push-back feeling that is even stronger than driving a top supercar.

While flying at high speed, he suddenly raised his right hand and stretched it forward. After a brief pause that was less than a breath, a large amount of magic power immediately gathered in his palm. The white light sword of destruction that originally needed to be charged for a long time was shot out like a bullet.

The light cut through the dark universe and hit the Despair Armor accurately, but the latter raised his hand and easily shattered the magical attack as if blocking a stray arrow.

But Aiwen didn't think that this level of attack would have much effect. His purpose was just to temporarily attract the opponent's attention. The real killer move was not such a "weak" long-range attack.

After closing the distance between them with the help of flames, the speed of magic power flowing in the young warrior's body suddenly increased, and the conical flame ejected from the back of his elbow armor also quickly enlarged, as if a conical mountain of fire appeared out of thin air. The strong light emitted from it illuminated a large area of ​​dark space, making it difficult for others to see what was happening inside.

The next second, the figure flying backwards from the ball of light accurately indicated that the attack was effective! It had hit the target accurately!

But at the same time, another figure shot out in the opposite direction. Could this be a mutually destructive outcome?!

Bah!

The revived Despair Armor slammed heavily into the outer wall of the nearby space fortress, and the fortified high-strength composite armor that could withstand the attack of several spaceship main guns was smashed into a dent, as if a large-caliber heavy artillery had accurately hit the fortress itself, or a high-speed flying asteroid had hit the armor without dodging.

As a result, a depression with an exaggerated diameter appeared at the original location, and even the space fortress itself was knocked slightly off its original orbit.

The strong magical fluctuations that erupted earlier had already made the angels stationed here notice that something was wrong, and the collision that just happened made them go directly into combat readiness.

But when the guarding angel rushed out of the fortress fully armed, a message came from the rear command post that made everyone feel cold.