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This is the Supreme Imperial Arm's secret technique, "Purge Mode," which combines alchemy with the characteristics of the Imperial Arm.

Its appearance transforms into a dragon form, and the user is corrupted by the Imperial Arm, becoming bloodthirsty. The weapon's destructive power and stats increase significantly, and the armor's hardness also reaches a new level.

This is the strongest form of the Supreme Imperial Arms.

Chapter 72 The Creation Engine Achieves a Great Victory

"What on earth is that..."

"It can be even more terrifying. Can the Creation Engine really defeat such an existence?"

"A divine machine to protect the nation? This should be called a demonic machine to destroy the nation!"

Seeing the dragon-shaped guardian divine machine before them, with the power to destroy a city with a single casual strike, everyone frantically fled outwards.

Even as Imperial Arms users, even with the defensive force field of Automaton Beetles, they dared not linger in the vicinity.

Faced with such an attack, the beetle's defenses appeared to become unstable.

As they continued to move further away from the battlefield and the palace, everyone felt tense and worried.

Previously, the Creation Engine seemed sufficient to deal with the Supreme Imperial Arms, but now things seem to have changed dramatically, and the situation has become uncertain.

If even the creation engine is lost, then no one can stop the emperor's mad destruction.

It truly lives up to its reputation as the greatest trump card of a thousand-year-old empire; rather than a guardian of the nation, it is more like a doomsday mech capable of destroying everything.

No wonder the First Emperor believed that the existence of the Supreme Imperial Arms would allow the empire to continue its rule in the final moments.

It is true that this is a reign of violence and destruction, but there is indeed no way to resist it.

Such an Imperial Arm possesses power surpassing the vast majority of Super Dangerous Species, comparable to those legendary Mythical Dangerous Species.

However, the creation engine that Clara painstakingly built was not so fragile, and its modified power far exceeded that of the creation engine under normal circumstances.

Not only do they have more combat devices, but they also have the power of the Light Cone as their means, so how could they possibly lose to the Supreme Imperial Arms before them?

Faced with the Supreme Imperial Arms that had entered Purification Mode and transformed into a dragon, the head of the Creation Engine flashed a red light, and its aura became even more terrifying.

[Overload Mode! Destruction!]

As the Creation Engine continued to supply power, the power of destiny was bestowed upon this behemoth. The next moment, this super mecha grabbed the body of the Supreme Imperial Arm and began violently slamming it around.

After smashing the Guardian Divine Machine to the ground, the Creation Engine stepped on it, rendering it unable to resist.

Then he clenched his fists and slammed them down one after another with the power to destroy one's destiny.

It was until the world's strongest Imperial Arm was completely destroyed. Even the defensive device, made of the best rare metals and super dangerous materials, could not withstand such continuous attacks.

The protective divine machine exploded with a deafening roar, exposing the young emperor's body to the sunlight.

At this moment, he was covered in blood, his face was extremely pale, and he had completely fainted from the pain.

"..."

With the destruction of the Supreme Imperial Arms, the war ended.

The creation engine ceased its attacks and stood still. Now, this thousand-year-old empire was nearing its end.

The people who were fleeing the capital in panic stopped and stared in disbelief at what was happening ahead.

The Supreme Imperial Arms have been defeated?

The emperor was defeated?

"Success!"

"The Creation Engine has defeated the Guardian Divine Machine; the battle is over."

"Thank goodness, it's finally over... I thought I was going to die here. Waaaaah..."

"A brand new era is about to begin."

As the battle began, many who had been on tenterhooks finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even if it wasn't intentional, a casual strike from either side was enough to destroy a city or the land.

Moreover, it's an extremely long distance; one wrong move and you could be gone.

It's finally over.

If this continues unchecked, the entire empire will be completely destroyed in no time.

……

"Damn it, even the Supreme Imperial Arms failed!"

"He's really a piece of trash. What kind of 'national protector's divine machine' is he? He's nothing special."

Seeing the Supreme Imperial Arms collapse and the emperor's fate unknown, the minister in the distance was extremely displeased. He wanted to see the emperor completely destroy the entire empire.

This is the result...

Looking at the creation engine again, I wondered where it came from. It was so strange that even the Supreme Imperial Arms couldn't defeat it.

If he could control such a creation, what would he have to worry about in his current situation?

Now that the Supreme Imperial Arms has failed, and he has no other trump cards left, he can only choose to leave the Empire and prepare to head to the Western Kingdom.

Thinking of this, the minister stopped panicking and turned to look at the strong and tall young man beside him.

He has a pair of cross-shaped scars on his face, which gives him an unruly look, and his muscles show absolute strength.

This man was Sheila, the minister's son.

"Father, are you ready to leave?"

Sheila shook her head in disbelief at the collapsed Supreme Imperial Arms, then turned her gaze to her father.

Although he didn't really care about family ties and only wanted to be more powerful than his father, the minister, he still didn't dare to turn against him at this moment.

Even though the minister no longer wields the immense power he once did.

However, ministers are shrewd and have countless schemes and trump cards at their disposal. Underestimating a minister is simply courting death.

Moreover, with the wealth accumulated by the ministers, they could quickly make a comeback in other kingdoms, and it would not be difficult for them to become the rulers of the Western kingdoms again.

"Let's go! There's no need to stay here any longer."

The minister looked at his son, whose cruelty in every aspect was no less than his own—a vicious, lecherous, and utterly wicked man. He felt no affection for this son either; their personalities and views on family were quite similar.

But in these situations, I won't do anything reckless...

"Your wishes."

Sheila grinned and then took out his Imperial Arms, [Dimensional Array: Shangri-La].

This is a space-transfer type Imperial Arm.

The device can instantly move a target to a pre-marked location, and its performance is among the best of all Imperial Arms.

This is why, even though the Supreme Imperial Arms had already been defeated, the ministers and Sheila remained calm and composed.

With this Imperial Arm, they could instantly teleport to the location they had planned beforehand.

The wealth involved had already been transferred out long ago.

Just as Sheila was about to use her Imperial Arm to teleport, the surrounding space seemed to freeze, and the Imperial Arm's teleportation ability did not manifest.

"what's the situation?"

This surprised Xila, who was a little confused as she had never encountered anything like this before.

His Imperial Arms broke?

how is this possible.

"what happened?"

Noticing Sheila's reaction, the minister's expression changed, and he quickly asked.

If we can't leave using spatial teleportation, things will get much more complicated.

He knew the abilities of [Dimensional Array - Shangri-La] all too well; there was no way anyone could possibly interfere with its teleportation.

Even Esdeath wouldn't do...

Chapter 73 The Minister and His Son, Captured

It was precisely because of this powerful, top-tier spatial imperial weapon with minimal side effects that it was entrusted to Sheila.

Although I say I don't care, he's still my son, and he's more important than other people.

As for the minister himself, he possesses an even more bizarre Imperial Arm, specifically designed to counter other Imperial Arms. Any other Imperial Arm users who face him will have their Imperial Arms destroyed.

Even though it can only destroy one Imperial Arms per week, it's still quite powerful.

"The Imperial Arms cannot be activated..."

Sheila replied expressionlessly.

If he hadn't known it was impossible, he would have suspected that his father had used his Imperial Arm to destroy his own.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Shangri-La's abilities stopped working.

"Unable to activate?"

How could a perfectly good Imperial Arm fail to activate? Under normal circumstances, that would be absolutely impossible. Imperial Arms are no ordinary things; their abilities shouldn't malfunction unexpectedly.

Unless there are other effects.

Could it be that someone else possesses a gem-enhanced Teigu like his "Ireston," capable of rendering a target's Teigu ineffective?

Even his Jeweled Teigu requires the target Teigu user to be nearby before it can be destroyed.

The minister, having thought this through, glanced around and indeed noticed something. Two figures, one large and one small, had appeared nearby without anyone noticing.

"It's you..."

The minister's face turned extremely ugly as he looked at the large and small pair before him.

The largest one is a majestic humanoid mecha. Nowadays, the ministers are starting to feel disgusted with these lumps of iron and even have a slight aversion to them.

The smaller one was a little girl who didn't seem threatening at all.