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Chapter 878: Lightning Armor Added, Devoured by the Demon

In a flash, Da Chun flew closer to the city, and the effect of being concentratedly illuminated by hundreds of "searchlights" finally appeared—System notification: You have suffered the burning effect of the Mirror Image attack. Your Earth Flame Body and Earth Flame Divine Domain are immune to the burning damage.

Looking at the rows of immunity notifications flooding the screen, Da Chun was a little incredulous! ? I thought it was some kind of world-destroying magic cannon, is this all? Did I think it was a magnifying glass to burn ants?
But it is a mirror after all, and it should not be underestimated. At least with so much light shining on it, the eyes are blurry, and there is likely some kind of illusion or spatial distortion.

Da Chun decisively activated the spatial laws!
The perspective shifted back to the modeled form, and Da Chun suddenly realized that the space around him was indeed beginning to distort, but the city was too far away, and the laws of space were still not visible.

Then Da Chun suddenly noticed that the electrical grid on the machine in his inventory had a clear electrical discharge effect similar to that of a circuit in the surrounding distorted area.

This is?

Where Da Chun's gaze fell, the body's electric grid suddenly pierced through it, and a much stronger current flowed in, causing the repair and plasticization progress in the inventory to accelerate dramatically!
Da Chun seemed to understand. The opponent had distorted space and the ionosphere of the elemental realm, creating a weak point that I had just found and broken through, which greatly accelerated the speed at which the machine absorbed the ionosphere!
Da Chun simply stopped worrying about that and focused on repairs, letting Di Lian continue to manage the system. It wasn't that he looked down on sieges, but rather that he simply couldn't handle the high-intensity operations.

Soon, the repair progress reached 40%.

—Mechanic Profession Notice: Congratulations! You have successfully repaired and activated the core function of your mechanical body, gaining the core mechanical ability "Traversing the Elemental Ionosphere". Your abilities in "Sensory Synergy", "Elemental Ionosphere", and "Plastic Armament" have been greatly enhanced, and your Master Craftsman level Mechanic experience has been greatly increased.

Traversing the elemental ionosphere: After absorbing a large amount of energy from the elemental ionosphere, the body enters an ionized state and can enter the elemental ionosphere. This layer possesses a vast amount of energy that can sustainably power the body.

—System notification: Your extraordinary wisdom and master craftsmanship have successfully combined the Asura class skills "Advanced Asura Space Slash" and "Traversing the Elemental Ionization Layer". Activating Asura Space Slash will provide a success rate bonus for entering the Traversing the Elemental Ionization Layer.

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Da Chun was greatly encouraged!

So this is what the Green Dot Force meant by being able to enter the ionosphere! Entering there is like a mage soaking in a battery, with inexhaustible mana to unleash at will, right? This truly is the Empire's top-tier high technology. The crucial point is, this skill is actually fused with my Asura Slash! Does that mean that even if the opponent's spatial distortion can interfere with my mech's entry, I can still force my way in with a Dimensional Slash?

Da Chun checked the charging effect again. The current channel that had been broken down earlier was now being surging in plasma that could be seen with the naked eye. However, the progress bar for shaping was still far from fast enough to keep up with the repair progress!

Da Chun was getting anxious. He looked up and saw Shadow Stream City right in front of him, a little closer than before... but something was clearly wrong. Shouldn't this distance be covered in an instant? It's taken him so long to fly here... So, it really was an illusion combined with distorted space!
I am an Earth-Fire Illusionist, and my professions include Rune Illusionist Mage and Divine Craftsman-level Spatial Arts. There was absolutely no warning effect!

Earth Flame Phantom?

Da Chun suddenly realized, "I am a little earth spirit! My size is naturally smaller than that of a normal human. Why should I transform into a dragon and wait for half a day to be shaped? I can cancel the dragon transformation and maybe I can put it on directly. Once I put it on, I will shatter the void with a single strike and enter the ionosphere. I don't believe that this illusionary attack cannot be broken!"
"Earth Lotus, prepare to cancel the dragon transformation!"

Di Lian: "Ah? Yes, Father!"

As the transformation into a dragon ended, Da Chun's size suddenly shrank.

In that instant, the shaping progress bar indeed filled up instantly—Mechanic class prompt: Your body shape has changed, meeting the requirements for equipping shaping gear. Would you like to equip it?

Ha! In the end, he got so used to being a dragon that he had no idea he could turn back.

equipment!

The next moment, a flash of lightning appeared in the lower inventory, and at the same time, a flash of lightning also appeared on Da Chun's body. Da Chun instantly changed his outfit and gained a layer of shiny black armor with shimmering electric nets!
—System notification: You have successfully repaired your mech to 40% completion. Your master-level mechanic is highly compatible with the mech. All your attributes have increased by 40%, your overall defense has increased by 1000, your magic defense by 2000, and your magic resistance by 40%. Special skills: "Elemental Ionization Layer", "Sensory Synergy", "Shaping Armament", "Traversing the Elemental Ionization Layer".

—System notification: You are currently in a state of elemental ionosphere protection, which can reduce energy bombardment to a certain extent.

Haha! I've been playing this game for so long, and my main and secondary accounts have always been wearing prison uniforms, hospital gowns, and running around naked. This is the first time I've gotten a full set of armor of my own! And isn't this electric net protection equivalent to a domain skill that reduces damage from divine artifacts?
In short, Da Chun has already spent enough time repairing the mecha, and now he can't wait any longer!
Traversing the elemental ionosphere!
Meanwhile, to ensure success, Da Chun unleashed a Shura Space Slash at the spot where the plasma was leaking—a burst of electric light appeared before his eyes, and the scene changed!
—System notification: Congratulations! You have broken through the Shadow Stream City Mirror Image Defense Array. Your Asura Space Slash skill has advanced to Expert Level 10. Your extraordinary wisdom and the successful combination of the God-Craftsman level modules have honed the skills of the Warrior and Asura. Your Warrior class skills have reached the Grandmaster level Dual Wielding Proficiency, Grandmaster level Dual Wielding Parry and Block, Grandmaster level Disarm, Grandmaster level Evasion, Grandmaster level Weakness Strike, and Grandmaster level Critical Strike Proficiency, demonstrating the mastery of God-Craftsman level insights.

Haha!

One strike and it went straight from Advanced 1 to Expert 10!

Once inside the ionosphere, the surrounding power grid instantly enveloped Da Chun's machine in a ball of light, instantly increasing the repair progress to 50%!

—Mechanic class prompt: When the mech enters the ionosphere of the elemental realm, the passive skill "Automatic Repair" is activated!
what?
Well, I thought... but it turned out to be a seemingly ordinary skill that is actually quite overpowered.

Da Chun is currently looking in the direction of Shadow Stream City. From the perspective of the Elemental Realm, the location is much more realistic! It seems that no matter how powerful the illusion is, it can't affect all planes. There will always be one plane that will be exposed. So let's go for it!

Soon, Da Chun flew to the city, without encountering any attacks along the way.

Then, dozens of structures resembling magic towers became clearly visible, with elemental energy forming a vortex around them. This was obviously the magic towers appropriating energy from the elemental realm, which was likely the operating principle behind them.

This is probably where the elemental realm connects to the real world, so let's try fighting here!
Da Chun found the location of a vortex in a magic tower, and the hurricane around his body triggered a violent strike of void lightning, causing the magic vortex to collapse.

The light from the magic tower flickered for a moment, then disappeared as if a power outage had occurred.

Interdimensional attacks are so satisfying! I can hit him, but he can't hit me!

Da Chun vaguely recalled that when he went to the countryside of Gem City to attack the Mirror Demon in Blue Crystal Pneumoconiosis Village, the battle at the soul position was so fierce that crows flew up and the noise was deafening, but the village guards in the real world had no idea what was happening.

After halting one target, Da Chun immediately moved on to the next. After all, time was of the essence in this diversionary tactic; there wasn't time to devise a physical plan to destroy the main world from the ionosphere. The priority was simply to extinguish all the magic towers first, then storm into the main world and set it ablaze with hurricane fire…

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In the Shadow Abyss, Alpha was sweating profusely with anxiety.

Although the mermaid's song was distorted into a completely unpleasant scream, its destructive power was surprisingly strong, almost like the banshee's wail! At the same time, the city flower's magic tower fireballs became increasingly erratic, and the speed at which they were launched became more and more skillful, which could not be stopped by simply changing their trajectory.

Alpha really doesn't know what role the guardian demon is playing. Why not just unleash a devastating attack?
Or is it that the guardian deity simply doesn't care about the lives of tens of thousands of demon soldiers?

Alpha looked closely, and indeed, a gust of air rose from the battlefield into the dark sky, only to be swallowed by the darkness. Was this guardian deity devouring the demonic souls of the fallen demons?

Alpha sought confirmation from Overlord: "My lord, what is the God Throne doing?" Overlord replied in a deep voice: "He should be accepting sacrifices."

It seems the Demon God has indeed come out for a grand feast! But does this also mean that these tens of thousands of demon soldiers cannot be resurrected?

Alpha's heart skipped a beat: "Does that mean that once the four city flowers and the mermaid below are defeated, their souls will be sacrificed and they cannot be resurrected?"

Overlord said, "It seems that Your Majesty has this idea, but the souls below are too strong. Under normal circumstances, they should not be able to be captured. Therefore, Your Majesty needs to accept sacrifices to accumulate power first."

Alpha panicked: "But our goal is to capture the Four City Flowers alive! She's the most beautiful human woman; it would be a waste to kill her!"

Overlord said, "At the level of the God Throne, capturing a soul alive is the safest way to capture a soul alive. In the eyes of the God Throne, the so-called most beautiful human woman is no different from a human looking at a sow. The only difference is the soul! The soul is the most beautiful. This is the God Throne's aesthetic."

Alpha was stunned: "This..."

Overlord added, "Of course, with your achievements, you can pray to the God of God for an exchange, and the God of God may give you the souls of several of them. After all, everything in the world can be exchanged."

Alpha's hope was rekindled: "If I obtain their souls, can I resurrect them as the beautiful women they were before?"

Overlord: "Of course, the Demon God is omnipotent. Moreover, after being resurrected through the Demon God's training, the soul will become your most loyal female slave."

Alpha was instantly energized, but then he wondered what he could offer in exchange for the demon god? A bunch of souls for a few of them? Like that fire dragon?

Alpha turned his attention toward the fire dragon, which was circling outside Shadowstream City.

Alpha laughed: "Completely unaware of being caught in the Mirror Image Formation, how foolish."

Overlord said in a deep voice, "It's because our power is too strong. This is the first time in hundreds of years that we've used a defense system of this caliber. It's also a test of our defenses. Before long, he will enter the multiple distorted spaces and bury himself..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the fire dragon suddenly transformed into a tiny human, his body crackling with electricity. With a swipe of his blade, a crack of lightning tore through the sky, and he disappeared into the rift!
Overlord was shocked: "This?!"

Alpha was even more incredulous. The lightning, the cracks in the electric light—it was clearly the Demon Gold Electric Armor!! How was this possible? How did he even put it on?

Just as everyone was in shock, a magic tower in Shadowstream City suddenly exploded!

Alpha was anxious: "Will the Divine Throne go back to save us?"

Overlord said, "Anyway, the responsibility is yours. What do you think?"

Alpha felt a chill run down his spine. The Demon God was having a feast, especially at the crucial moment of capturing the mermaid Cheng Hua. How could he possibly come back to save her?

At that moment, Alpha recalled an old proverb: Don't summon demons lightly, the price you can't afford...

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Faced with the intense battle and the mermaid's unbeautiful screams, Gabriel finally got bored and fell asleep.

Then the wargaming system's analysis report came out. The Guardian Demon God used the same Shadow Fiend Space skill that Alpha had used many times before, which essentially enveloped the entire space. However, the Guardian Demon God also had an effect similar to Sira's Death Domain, preventing the souls of the fallen demon soldiers from flying back to the city to be resurrected; they were all imprisoned by the Guardian Demon God.

This means that if the mermaid and the city flower die in battle, their souls will not escape!

Sariel and Raphael were helpless and extremely anxious. The mermaid, no longer displaying her usual playful teasing, was clearly serious now.

Fortunately, a subordinate team member came to report: "The four old men, including the fisherman Jenny and the painter, have stopped at the entrance to Hell. They can't determine their direction, so they can only sit and pray. The painter gave us his painting, 'Helen, the Guardian Goddess, Battles the Demon God of Hell,' which also has Jenny's signature on it. He asked us to return to the city and have the church quickly reproduce and print it, and to mobilize all the citizens of the city, as well as the citizens of Silver City and Black Iron City, to hold a large-scale prayer for the mermaid!"

Sariel suddenly realized this: "That's right, the Great Prayer of the Three Cities! Although the mermaid's tenure is short, the three cities have a large population!"

Raphael panicked: "Then hurry up and take the painting, commit suicide, and return to the city!"

"Roger that!"

Sariel suddenly realized, "No! The four princes are still in the city, and there's also the Church's attitude towards the mermaid. They'd love for the mermaid to die in battle! The painter doesn't understand the inside story and the dangers; he's asked the wrong person!"

Raphael urged, "Wait a minute! Don't give the painting to the Gem City Church!"

Sariel said, "Teleport to Black Iron City and have the Black Iron City Church—"

Michael said, "That won't work either. The Black Iron City Church can't guarantee anything. We should contact Vivian at the Night Rose Tavern in Black Iron City. She has a good relationship with the mermaid and is now the owner of a bakery. She'll help us with both connections and money. We should have her print tens of thousands of copies of the painting at the newspaper and distribute them to all the citizens of the city first. Then we can contact the church. Even if the church is unwilling, they can't stop the people from praying spontaneously!"

"The boss is right! Teleport to Black Iron City immediately!"

The subordinate reported: "But it's the middle of the night now, and the Night Rose Tavern is closed. We're just ordinary players, so we probably won't be able to get her door open!"

Sariel was startled, then quickly regained her composure: "Is Amy here? She likes to stay out all night!"

"Report, she's here!"

Sariel, as if grasping at a last straw, cried out hoarsely, "Then hurry up and give her the painting! Whether she knocks on Night Rose's door, or she goes to the Earl, or regardless of whether it's printed or not, find a way to spread the news throughout Black Iron City..."

"Roger that!"

(End of this chapter)