Chapter 649: Chapter 422: True Red Equipment (Two-in-One)
(Two chapters combined)
The spherical lightning bolted into the sky at extreme speed.
This was the first time Thunderhawk had displayed its long-range attack capability, a string of spherical lightning warped the nearby air with intense heat.
Those balls of electric light, glimmering with the sheen of thunder, sliced at a precise angle into Shura’s path as it surged towards the sky.
This was the first time Thunderhawk had actively made a move against Demon God Machine!
Perhaps it was at that moment, or perhaps after Colonel He’s words had been spoken, that Ruan Xiongfei realized he was, in his bones, a soldier forged of iron and blood.
He may have many grievances with the Federation, but after all, it was his motherland.
So…
If you choose to slaughter my brothers-in-arms, then I must make my move.
In that brief instant, Ruan Xiongfei’s iron will had made a decision.
However, the audience was at first stunned, then some watched the scene in disbelief.
The S-class pinnacle mecha Thunderhawk had actually taken the initiative to attack the Demon God Machine—even though it had just killed the Strangling Demon Snake for them!
“How could Thunderhawk make a move? Isn’t he Mu Fan’s teacher?”
The overweight spectator asked incredulously; he had been moved by the commanding language when Thunderhawk had launched its attack before. That was a mecha that had come to avenge Mu Fan!
But now, how had the tide turned so quickly, necessitating the Demon God Machine, their supposed benefactor, to act?
“First and foremost, he is a soldier,”
White Hair’s eyes sparkled with a seriousness uncharacteristic of his usual frivolous demeanor, as he watched Shura accelerate skywards, his tone tinged with faint mockery.
The crowd around him was shocked, then slowly understood.
That’s right, Ruan Xiongfei is a soldier first and foremost; that is his fundamental identity.
“Damn it, but that mecha avenged Mu Fan, watching it stifles me!”
The overweight spectator pounded his fist heavily on the railing in front of him.
“Perhaps Thunderhawk just wanted to prevent the Killing Machine from attacking his comrades. Otherwise, he would have utilized his close-combat advantage and charged forward earlier,”
White Hair added after observing. His analysis at that moment aptly revealed Ruan Xiongfei’s psychological state.
The inner thoughts of the bald man, neither wanting to be honest nor having an outlet to express them, were inadvertently voiced by a freshman from Dingchuan Academy.
However, at this moment, neither party was aware.
Mu Fan, whose thoughts had completely gone berserk, controlled Shura as he furiously surged upward.
In his eyes, those who had tried to erase him from this planet… all deserved death!
The breath of death had come exceedingly close to him; time and again, he had crawled back from the edge of death, growing stronger each time.
Only through experiencing death did one understand the value of life.
Not to mention, Mu Fan was now completely dominated by his subconscious; survival had become the absolute priority in his consciousness.
At this very moment, any attack that could threaten his life would be classified as…
Top target!
“Hmm!?”
A growl, akin to that of a wild beast, came from within the cockpit, as Mu Fan’s entire face turned a purplish red, his terrifying muscular patterns looking like those of an assassin returning from the deepest depths of hell.
“Kill!”
Onlookers couldn’t see how the sheathed saber had appeared in Shura’s hands.
All they saw was a stunning slash of black blade light flash across the sky.
Bang Bang Bang Bang!
Fireworks laced with lightning burst open midair, and the almost solidified shockwaves of electricity emanated from between the thunderball and the blade’s edge, filling the entire sky.
At this instant, it was as if two towering giants collided fiercely with each other.
The split lightning ball transformed into strands of plasma that spread along the black blade—palm, arm, body… It seemed as if the plasma would reach into the cockpit and completely annihilate the Mechanical Master inside.
However, these bolts of lightning did not directly extend into the chest but continued to transfer along the shoulders.
The alternating surges of lightning flowed into the red cape, now misty like stars, followed by a series of crackling sounds.
The end of the scarlet cape visibly pulsed with purple lightning, then truly vanished from sight, leaving only the pale remnants of the cape’s end.
The terrifying thunder had been completely neutralized by this magical and eerie cape.
This strike ultimately didn’t hit its target; however, it miraculously brought the Shura Mecha to a halt.
Spectators saw the black Mecha, trailing a series of afterimages, suddenly stop midair at this moment, and its blood-red eyes bow, looking down at the massive Mecha wrapped in lightning below.
Mu Fan’s eyes, wild like a beast’s, revealed a fierce and violent look.
“Those who block my path—die!”
The long sabre fiercely swung in front, its dark-red scabbard aimed directly at the Thunderhawk.
In the Thunderhawk, Ruan Xiongfei revealed a hint of relief on his fierce face, which then gave way to the caution and fervor of battling a strong opponent.
“So I’ve finally forced you to a stop. You want to fight that badly? Then fight with me, Ruan Xiongfei!”
The bald man’s voice echoed within the cockpit; it was his own monologue.
He, Ruan Xiongfei, was the being capable of withstanding a direct confrontation with the SS-class Night Demon Bird whilst piloting the Thunderhawk. Now, he was about to battle another Demon God Machine!
As Ruan Xiongfei’s fists slowly drew back, the majestic and terrifying Mecha copied the action. Yet, the anomaly seemed as if the thunder between heaven and earth was being torn apart by two giant hands, the blinding light almost too much for the onlookers to bear.
Owl Thunder Continuous Attack—Ready stance!
The plasma generators on all four limbs lit up to their maximum power.
The Thunderhawk adopted a decisive offensive posture, and people held their breath.
On the other hand, the black Shura Mecha, significantly asymmetrical in form, didn’t lose a bit of respect from anyone.
This mere six-meter-tall Mecha wielded a sky-reaching giant blade and chopped the seemingly invincible giant Strangling Demon Snake into pieces.
This was a Killing Machine with power far beyond its size!
Now this Killing God, utterly enraged, with a mind returned to chaos, Mu Fan desired to smash all the enemies that hindered his revenge into pieces.
The engines behind the Shura roared to life in an instant.
The aerial battle was about to erupt at any moment, and the very presence of this unexpected Mecha, a Demon God incarnate, was imprinted deeply into the hearts of countless on-site spectators.
“This is the true Mecha!”
It was unclear who let out such a sigh, causing all those around to nod in agreement.
Indeed, should one have the chance to pilot such a Mecha standing at the pinnacle of the universe even once, it would not be in vain.
However, as the Thunderhawk rose into the air and Mu Fan, now in full rampage, prepared for a countercharge, something unexpected happened.
Boom!
This sound was thunderous and full of might; even the Mechas still on the ground felt a tremor beneath their feet.
Macka, the young master of the Southern Country Industry, had regrouped with Wu Ping and successfully escaped the competition zone. Even he felt the massive tremor from the ground, summoning from beneath his position.
Seeing the red warning lights suddenly flashing on his dashboard, his face turned pale.
“Not good!”
Rumble rumble~
Deep and powerful, it was as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting at this moment.
However, when he saw the sudden spurting of lava hundreds of meters high from the center of the arena, not just he, but all the people in the audience seats were collectively stunned into silence.
The mountain had actually collapsed!
Hundreds of meters of magma burst directly into the sky.
Countless dust clouds spread towards the higher sky, instantly covering the vast ground below with smoke and ash.
Only the furious fire from the earth to the sky remained.
“The volcano is erupting!”
The people in the control room had not anticipated that the Volcano on the Land of the Bright Star would erupt at this very moment.
However, what no one expected was that the hundreds of meters of magma spewing from the volcano did not spread outwards but shot directly upward at an angle.
That location…
It was directly above the sprinting trajectory of the Thunderhawk.
The higher it went, the less magma there was, but the color remained a fiery, glowing red.
Yet just when people were still shocked by the sheer power of nature, and the magma seemed to have reached the end of its eruption and started to fall…
Boom!
A dazzling red light burst forth from the flowing lava, separating from it.
A huge red Light Wheel completely broke free from the magma, continuing to fly even higher.
The next second, the magnificent form of the Thunderhawk and the red Light Wheel truly collided.
Amid the flickering red light, the Thunderhawk unleashed rapid punches.
Bang Bang Bang!
Numerous Light Fists exploded in the air.
Inside the lightning-etched image of the Thunderhawk, it unexpectedly exited its high-speed state, sending all its moves intended for the Shura towards the massive Light Wheel.
With a humming vibration,
This sound seemed to penetrate the mech and enter the soul.
The red Light Wheel, after withstanding heavy blows, finally stopped moving forward and hung suspended in midair.
Of course, the true form of this red Light Wheel also fell into the eyes of those in the control room.
It was a massive hollow wheel over ten meters in diameter, its metallic edges engraved with countless intricate patterns, all the while burning with fierce flames, with liquid magma occasionally dripping from it.
Now, this red hollow wheel was calmly suspended in front of the Thunderhawk.
It seemed that the Thunderhawk’s Owl Thunder Continuous Attack had only managed to shatter the magma within the hollow wheel.
Hmm?
A sudden change brought the Shura to a halt because the raging flames blocked its vision and, naturally, Mu Fan’s as well.
“Quick, find out what’s going on with this sudden appearance of the Light Wheel!”
An officer suddenly shouted at a soldier beside him, and the soldier hurriedly complied, bowing his head to busily work at the control console.
However, the sound that followed in the sky was more direct than any information they could retrieve.
“Hehe… Hehehe… Hahahaha!”
A reckless laughter echoed through the sky, accompanied by the recent rumble of the volcanic eruption, making people almost instantly think of Andumari, who had just been slain.
“Is Andumari back again?”
“Didn’t he just die?”
Panic rose once more in the audience stands.
They wanted to make it out alive, not to lose their lives here.
“No, that’s not Andumari; this pilot’s voice sounds younger than Andumari’s!”
The bald man in the cockpit suddenly spoke.
This wasn’t just for himself, but also for those people at the Military District Staff Department.
“Who’s there, sneaking around?”
The flaming red Light Wheel still hung quietly in the air, spinning regularly.
Apart from that, there was only the volcano below, which continued to roar furiously.
“Ruan Xiongfei, oh, Ruan Xiongfei~~~”
Suddenly another voice that stirred the sky came through, so specifically naming someone yet strangely startling.
The voice was…
coming from underground!
Boom!
Another volcanic eruption roared, truly resounding through heaven and earth this time.
The magma swept up towards the sky, making the already thermo bomb- and Despair Heavenly Flower-ignited heavens even more spectacular.
It truly became a sea of flames.
As the magma receded, it revealed a head armor that was red-hot like the blazing sun, red in such a pure and passionate way.
Still completely red were the shoulder armor, Elbow Strikes, breastplate, War Skirt, leg armor…
The magma peeled off completely, revealing a giant Mecha Body, thirty meters tall and bright red, floating in the air.
With a hum, the Light Wheel that had previously blocked Thunderhawk’s assault spun back behind the mecha, suspending quietly.
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
Four sounds rang out as four slender red Light Spears, two by two, hovered beside the Light Wheel.
A stream of light flashed around the mecha body, and the owner of the voice finally revealed himself completely, then the unfinished words continued to echo in the air, paying no attention to the identity of the opposing mecha and the Mechanical Master within it.
“Ruan Xiongfei… I used to think highly of you. Heh, a Soldier King who is always led by the nose by the Federation. Open your eyes wide and look, this is the mecha avenging your so-called disciple, and now you have to personally put an end to it, does your conscience feel uneasy? does your soul feel condemned?”
“Ruan Xiongfei, is this decayed Federation Military Department still worth your loyal service?”
The shocking voice resonated with people’s souls.
Each word a conviction!
This cold, unmasked voice tore off the Federation Military Department’s fig leaf and completely shattered Ruan Xiongfei’s flimsy excuses.
The red mecha raised its right hand high and then slammed it down, pointing at the Thunderhawk opposite.
The cold voice continued, “I have long been utterly disappointed with this corrupt and greedy Federation government and military. Today I finally see a rebellious who doesn’t care at all, so how can I allow you to extinguish this spark of hope for countless humans? Of course, it might also be the other way around, and you get extinguished, hahahaha!”
Hearing those outrageous words, Ruan Xiongfei’s face became flushed with anger.
“Who the hell are you! What I want to do, is none of your business!” The Bald man in the cockpit flared his nostrils, each breath mixing with the scorching air.
This was the Bald man’s expression of anger.
“Who am I? Hehe, hehehe… I am the spark of hope that wants to lift the veil on this land’s secrets! I am one of the few seekers constantly pursuing the light, I am the revolutionary who simply wants to change this corrupt old world. So, Thunderhawk, I won’t allow you to block the hope that seeks to break through this Dark World!”
“Now, behold my Mecha Body!”
The voice was first full of wanton laughter, then turned into a low, oppressive tone, and finally became a surge of lofty fighting spirit.
That voice was so compelling that the faces of countless spectators below all turned to a shock of fear.
Because this person seemed to voice the grievances they often complained about in private.
How many peaceful years had the Federation enjoyed?
Could it be that a rebellion was going to emerge on Blue Capital Star today?
A coldness mixed with wisps of heat began to ripple in everyone’s hearts.
“Come and witness this revolutionary moment—True Red Equipment!”
The radiance as bright as the blazing sun burst from the Light Wheel at the back, and in this moment, the giant mecha named “True Red Equipment” appeared like a War God of the apocalypse stepping out from a star!