Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Lou Gao laughed loudly, his laughter shaking the void. The golden flames of Nirvana surged up with his emotions, illuminating him as if he were a war god emerging from lava.

"Xia, Xia! How many more surprises are you going to give me?!"

His eyes burned with a light hotter than divine fire—the ultimate excitement of a craftsman seeing his life's pursuit come true, the burning fighting spirit of a warrior facing a true adversary!

"Come on! Let your master see what kind of divine weapon you have forged in these five years!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Gao's aura suddenly changed!
A terrifying heatwave, capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas, suddenly erupted!
He suddenly raised his right arm high, and crimson-gold divine fire gathered and condensed wildly.

It was no longer an illusory flame, but rather like tangible liquid lava flowing and taking shape!
"Qiang——!!!"

A resounding clang, as if the heavens and earth were being created, echoed through the sky!
Divine fire coalesced, and a giant hammer with an ancient and domineering design suddenly appeared in Lou Gao's hand!
This is the ultimate form of his martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and the Phoenix Divine Fire, perfectly fused and evolved after he completed the Phoenix Divine Trial—the Phoenix Vajra Chisel!

The hammer's body is entirely dark gold, as if it were forged from countless layers of divine gold, and covered with mysterious phoenix feather-shaped natural divine patterns.

One end of the hammerhead is a huge, rounded striking surface, with a faint relief of a phoenix spreading its wings.

The other end narrows into a sharp, diamond-shaped chisel tip that seems capable of piercing through the stars!
The entire giant hammer flowed with a divine radiance interwoven with crimson and dark gold, radiating a terrifying pressure that could tear through space and melt all things!
Simply by holding it in one's hand, the surrounding space distorts and ripples due to the unbearable heat, emitting a mournful sound.

Lou Gao lifted this divine weapon, which was even larger than his body, with one arm, as if he were holding up a burning mountain!

His crimson-gold eyes locked onto the towering steel giant before him, his fighting spirit soaring to the heavens.

"Xia Xia! Take this!"

Lou Gao did not use any divine skills. He simply poured the surging Phoenix Divine Power into the Phoenix Vajra Chisel. His figure transformed into a streak of crimson-gold light that tore through space. In the most direct and domineering way, he delivered a simple "Phoenix Mountain-Crushing Hammer" and smashed it down on the chest of the mecha "Chixiao"!

The air was instantly sucked out and compressed, producing a shrill explosion!
Before the hammer even arrived, the terrifying heat and shockwave had already melted the hard volcanic rock below into a pool of crimson magma!
Inside the cockpit, data streams cascaded through Lin Xia's pupils as his mental energy deeply merged with the neural link nodes of the mecha's core.

He "sense" that destructive energy powerful enough to instantly vaporize even a Contra!
"Energy shield, full power! Right arm block, force-dissipating structure activated! Leg cushioning array activated!"

Lin Xia's thoughts were as swift as lightning.

Om-!
The armor on the chest of the mech "Red Sky" instantly lit up with a dazzling azure hexagonal energy matrix, which unfolded layer by layer!

At the same time, the huge alloy right arm rose up with lightning speed, and the thick composite armor plate on the outside of the forearm deformed and reorganized with a "crackling" sound, forming a huge arm shield with an inclined angle. Countless tiny soul guide runes lit up on the shield surface, ready to meet the impact!
boom--! ! ! !

The Phoenix Vajra Chisel, carrying the power to destroy the world, slammed heavily into the azure energy shield!

The blinding light instantly engulfed everything! A violent energy shockwave exploded in a ring, tearing and pulverizing rocks within a radius of hundreds of meters like pieces of paper!
The energy shield flickered and dented violently, shattering in less than half a second!

But that half-second buffer gave the mechs precious reaction time!
clang--!!!!!!!
A deafening roar, like two sacred mountains colliding, erupted!

The residual force of the Phoenix Diamond Chisel slammed solidly into the alloy arm shield!

Chi Xiao's massive body trembled violently, and the rocks beneath his feet shattered and sank several meters!
But shockingly, it didn't back down!

Countless runes on the arm shield flashed wildly, and the azure starlight and the crimson gold divine fire collided and annihilated each other!
With a sickening metallic creak, the shield caved inward, creating a terrifying crater, with even traces of melting at the edges, but the core of the structure miraculously withstood it!

More importantly, although the mecha's massive body shook violently, under Lin Xia's exquisite control, the complex hydraulic buffer system and energy damper in the legs activated instantly. Through a series of precise micro-movements, the devastating impact was gradually deflected and channeled into the ground beneath its feet! The stability of its posture control far exceeded Lou Gao's imagination!

"what?!"

For the first time, genuine astonishment flashed in Lou Gao's eyes.

Although he didn't use his full strength in that hammer blow, the divine power it contained was enough to severely injure an ordinary Soul Douluo!

Not only did this mech withstand the direct impact, it also remained almost completely still.

That technique of deflecting force is just like the most top-tier flexible martial spirit!

"What a hard shell! What a clever way to dissipate force!"

Lou Gao couldn't help but praise, his evaluation of Lin Xia's forging and soul tool skills soaring once again.

Lin Xia's counterattack was launched almost the instant she blocked!
"Engine, overload mode! Starshine Thrusters, maximum power! Target, left flank maneuver, Furnace Fist!"

The Star Core Tear at the mech's core erupted with dazzling starlight! Dozens of honeycomb-shaped jets instantly popped out from its back, shoulders, and legs!
boom! boom! boom! boom!
Like stars exploding! A violent stream of azure starlight particles surged forth from the jet!

Chi Xiao's massive body vanished from its spot in an instant, leaving behind only rings of sonic boom clouds and scorching air waves!

All that remained was a crater of lava created by the towering building and billowing smoke.

"So fast!"

Lou Gao's divine sense instantly detected the terrifying wind pressure coming from the side.

Chixiao did not rush forward in a straight line, but used the Starlight Thruster to perform an incredible, high-speed Z-shaped maneuver that defied the common sense of a massive size, leaving only streaks of red and blue afterimages!
A massive metal fist, wreathed in highly compressed, azure energy like that of a white-hot furnace, tore through the air with a piercing shriek, slamming down on its ribs from a blind spot high above!
This punch was no longer just physical force; it also contained the pure stellar power of the Star Core Tear, and its power was enough to pierce through mountains!

The height of the building didn't alarm me; instead, it pleased me.

"Well done!"

In an instant, the Phoenix Diamond Chisel changed from smashing to sweeping. The huge hammer body, like the burning wings of a phoenix, carried the power to sweep away thousands of troops and met the mech's Furnace Fist with perfect precision!

At the same time, he made a fist with his left palm, and the dense Nirvana Golden Flame instantly condensed into a small but extremely refined golden-red fire shield, which he placed under his ribs.

boom! boom!
Two explosions rang out almost simultaneously!

The first sound was the collision of the Furnace Fist and the Phoenix Diamond Chisel! The power of the stars and the divine fire of the phoenix clashed fiercely once again, and the energy shock exploded like a tsunami!

This time, Lou Gao clearly felt a concentrated, heavy force carrying the vast will of the stars coming through the hammer, which made his arm go numb!

The second sound came from the moment the mech collided, when its right leg, like a battle axe, ripped through the air with a sharp whistling sound, rising from below at an incredible angle and kicking hard towards Lou Gao's abdomen!

His moves are so quick and his transitions so smooth, it's like those of a top-level fighting master!
The kick was barely blocked by the fire shield that had been formed in advance by the building, exploding into a sky full of golden and red sparks! (End of this chapter)