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In other words, the "Winter Knight" not only possesses the excellent performance of the "Noble Chariot," but also retains the special abilities and evolutionary potential of the armor-type Imperial Arms prototype, "Demon Possession"!

What Wood is using now is the secret technique of the Imperial Arm "Winter Knight"—"Dragon Transformation"!

Like Tyrande, the super dangerous material used in "Haunted", the dragon-type super dangerous material "Skasa" used in "Winter Knight" is still alive.

Whether it's "Possessed by Evil Spirits" or "Winter Knight," the price of using Imperial Arms techniques is that the body must endure the corrosive effects of being a super dangerous material of the dragon type!

The greater the power one desires, the greater the price one pays. For Imperial Arms like "Demon Possessed" and "Winter Knight," the cost of using their secret techniques is that the body is corrupted by dragon-like factors, turning into a "non-human" monster, which can even lead to death in severe cases.

After paying such a huge price for the side effects, their armored Teigu will undergo an 'evolution'!

This kind of 'evolution' is full of infinite possibilities! Enough to grant them power comparable to everything in a short period of time!

The Heart of God consumes life force, but the price paid for the Winter Knight's secret technique is merely the erosion of the body. Faced with the choice, Wood naturally chose the latter without hesitation.

Chapter 449 Wood's Desperate Gamble!

After all, Wood only has a little life force left, and he himself is not sure whether he can maintain the state of having the 'Heart of God' activated and finish this battle.

However, he could still bear the side effects of the 'Winter Knight' technique.

It's nothing more than having your body corrupted and turning into a half-human, half-dragon non-human monster. What's so great about that? Anyway, this is the final battle, and Wood has long been prepared to risk his life!

As the crimson laser shot by the "Guardian Machine God" was shattered by Skasa, the snowflakes falling from the sky began to fall heavier and heavier, eventually forming a huge blizzard.

After shattering the laser released by the "Guardian Machine God", the dragon-type super dangerous species "Skasa" let out an extremely loud roar before transforming into a huge ice storm and soaring into the thick dark clouds in the sky.

Soon, from within the thick dark clouds, a ray of dawn, like a sharp sword, tore a huge opening in the clouds, and a figure slowly descended from the dawn.

At this moment, Wood's appearance has changed drastically compared to before.

The original "Winter Knight" would be covered in armor when his Imperial Arms was activated, and with Wood's own height, he would be about two meters tall.

But now, Wood's armor not only looks thicker, but his size has also more than doubled. When he stands up, he is nearly four meters tall.

In addition to its size, the original armor now has a pair of dragon wings with a wingspan of nearly ten meters and a dragon tail that is several meters long.

As for the gloves of the armor, they were originally human-shaped with five fingers, but now they have been completely transformed into dragon claws.

Although the overall color of the armor is still predominantly blue, compared to the previous armor that looked more like a human form, the current armor has an additional layer of blue metallic dragon scales on its surface.

As soon as he landed on the ground, the chilling aura emanating from the armor instantly froze the ground beneath him, and the ice spread outwards in a small area.

To be clear, Wood wasn't using any abilities at all; the sheer chill emanating from his armor alone was enough to impact the surrounding environment simply by him standing there.

In his "Winter Knight" special ability state, Wood no longer looks like a human, but more like a dragon!

Seeing Wood's sudden change in appearance, the young emperor sitting in the cockpit of the "Guardian Machine God" was clearly stunned.

However, he quickly calmed down. No matter how the other party changed or what methods they used, he had absolute confidence in the strongest imperial power passed down from his ancestors!

"Stubborn rebel, no matter how much you struggle, you will be punished by me today. No Imperial Arm can defeat this 'Guardian Machine God'!"

The young emperor couldn't understand why so many people were still thinking of rebelling against him when he had tried so hard to be a good emperor!

Whether it's those sycophantic nobles, the revolutionaries, or even Wood himself, why does everyone have to oppose him?

Dozens of red laser beams shot towards Wood's location at an astonishing speed, fueled by the little emperor's roar.

Furthermore, through this period of operation, the young emperor has already grasped the basic usage of the "Guardian God Machine". The laser trajectory he released this time was precisely calculated.

No matter how fast Wood is or how agile he is, he will definitely suffer some injuries under this wave of laser attacks.

Seeing the laser beams now shooting towards him from different angles than before, Wood clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within him. Then, a confident expression appeared on his face beneath his armor.

Clenching his fist, which sprouted dragon claws, Wood slammed it into the ground in front of him.

With a sudden, earth-shaking sensation, a chilling aura instantly surged from the ground, followed by massive ice pillars that pierced through the earth and continued to extend forward.

The red laser struck the ice pillar, instantly shattering the thick ice pillar into countless ice shards.

However, as they shattered the ice pillars, the red lasers, having exhausted their power, vanished into thin air.

When the young emperor, sitting in the cockpit of the "Guardian Machine God," tried again to lock onto Wood's figure and launch an attack, he found that Wood's figure had completely disappeared from his sight amidst the flying ice shards.

"Hyakki Mitsurugi-ryu: Kamaitachi!"

A chilling voice suddenly appeared behind the "Guardian Mech God," but the young emperor looked astonished and hurriedly turned the mech god around. He then felt the massive body of the "Guardian Mech God" shake!

At this moment, Wood, who was wearing dragon-shaped armor and was nearly four meters tall, held a tail-shaped sword made from a dragon's tail and several meters long. He slashed out in the air with a huge slash that was accompanied by a cold wind!

Under this massive crescent-shaped slash, even though the 'Guardian Mech God' has a body or shield that can absorb 70% of the impact, a huge slash nearly ten meters long was still cut into its shoulder!

Although the slash was weakened by 70%, leaving only 30% of its original power, it still left a huge slash mark on the 'Guardian Machine God', extending from its shoulder to its chest.

The knife marks, several meters deep, even caused numerous sparks to continuously fly from the body of the "Guardian Mech God".

After a brief period of panic following the sudden attack, the young emperor quickly organized a counterattack.

The "Guardian Machine God" is like a huge fortress. Although it is not easy to move, it is equipped with a large number of weapons. And being difficult to move does not mean that it is completely unable to move. Furthermore, its arms and other limbs are not just for show.

Such a shoulder wound would have destroyed an ordinary Imperial Arm, but the size of the "Guardian Machine God" means that while this injury is serious, it doesn't completely render it unable to fight.

A palm the size of a building fell directly from the sky. While it didn't completely blot out the sky, it certainly shrouded Wood's nearly four-meter-tall frame in shadow.

As the overwhelming slap came down, Wood was about to run away. However, as if he had anticipated this, the little emperor, who had gradually figured out how to operate the "Guardian Mech God", suddenly shot out steel cables from the abdomen of the Guardian Mech God and wrapped them around Wood's limbs.

Given Wood's current condition, even a massive steel cable as thick as an adult's thigh would be torn apart by his violent ripping.

The key point is that the other side has already achieved its goal of delaying time. The moment Wood broke the chains, the huge hand of the "Guardian Machine God" had already fallen from his head!

Since there's no way to avoid it, we have no choice but to grit our teeth and bear it!

As the "Guardian Machine God" slapped down, Wood also stretched out his hands to block it.

At first, the young emperor was convinced that he had won, after all, there was no comparison between the size difference between the "Guardian Machine God" and the "Winter Knight".

On one side was a colossal creature hundreds of meters tall, while on the other side was a dragon-shaped armor that barely reached four meters even after using a secret Imperial Arm technique.

In terms of size, the current "Winter Knight" is undoubtedly like a giant compared to a baby in front of the "Guardian Machine God".

Even if the 100-meter-tall "Guardian Machine God" were reduced to a pile of scrap metal, it would still be enough to crush the "Winter Knight" into a pancake. What could the opponent possibly use to fight against it?

However, when the young emperor, who held this idea, slapped Wood with the "Guardian Machine God" and tried to smash him to the ground to kill him, he found that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

As the young emperor pressed down on the arm of the "Guardian Machine God," he felt immense resistance. When he turned his gaze back to Wood beneath his palm, he discovered that the dragon wings behind Wood were now spewing out large amounts of light and flames, which transformed into powerful propulsion, resisting the "Guardian Machine God"!

The 100-meter-tall "Guardian Machine God" is already much larger than the "Winter Knight" in terms of sheer size. Yet, despite the huge difference in size, the two are fighting each other with a sense of evenly matched strength. Who would believe that?

No, saying they were evenly matched was no longer accurate, because the young emperor soon discovered that the "Guardian God of the Nation's" arm not only couldn't be pressed down, but was even slowly lifted up over time!

Although he had already turned it up to maximum power, even though sparks were flying from the joints of the "Guardian Machine God" due to the excessive load, the upward movement of the arm was still slowly accelerating...

"This is impossible! 'Guardian Machine God - Supreme Throne' is the strongest Imperial Arm! It's an Imperial Arm that only the Imperial Royal Family can use. How could it lose to a mere ordinary Imperial Arm!"

As more and more sparks emerged from the arms of the "Guardian Machine God", the arms were continuously lifted until finally, unable to bear the weight, they were violently torn off by the upward-rushing Wood!

"boom------!"

As the massive, tens-of-meters-long robotic arm landed with a deafening roar that caused numerous buildings to collapse, the young emperor let out a hysterical roar and pressed the button in front of him again to fire the laser.

An incredibly thick red laser beam, after a flash, once again shot out from the mouth of the "Guardian Machine God". This time, because Wood was too close, even with the aid of "Observation Haki", he was only distracted for a moment before the laser beam struck him.

"The Ultimate Technique of the Hundred Demon Sword Style - Snow Woman: Snow Makeup!"

Since there's no way to avoid it, then we'll choose to fight it with all our might!

Wood could also sense that Skasa's dragon-type factor was increasingly eroding his body, and in his current state, he was simply unable to sustain a prolonged battle.

He has roughly figured out the location of the young emperor. Although the "Guardian Machine God" is very durable, he can just skip over the opponent's hard body and take down the person using the Imperial Arm!

The snowflakes falling from the sky grew larger and denser...

Amidst the massive blizzard, the young emperor, seated in the cabin, could even vaguely see a colossal snow-capped mountain. Accompanied by a resounding dragon's roar, a gigantic ice dragon roared forth from behind the mountain.

On the grotesque ice dragon head was a woman with an exquisitely beautiful face, holding a long sword. She was like a dragon knight, aloof, handsome, and with an ethereal and domineering aura!

"boom------!"

The strongest laser of the "Guardian Machine God" collided with the beautiful dragon knight, accompanied by a violent earthquake. The powerful impact even caused the entire capital city to shake slightly.

At the center of the collision between the red laser and the Snow Maiden Dragon Knight, large cracks began to appear on the ground. Huge fissures and ravines appeared clearly on the ground, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had caved in, and continued to spread outwards.

The red laser emitted scorching heat, while the combination of the Snow Maiden and the Dragon Knight unleashed bursts of freezing cold capable of freezing everything. The collision of these two extreme attributes of extreme heat and extreme cold even caused space to distort.

The powerful shockwave spread outwards instantly, easily destroying all buildings within a ten-mile radius and forming layer upon layer of ring-shaped shockwaves that caused secondary damage to the surrounding area with remarkable frequency.

Because the two sides' strongest attacks did not determine a winner in an instant, they were locked in a stalemate in mid-air and collided with equal strength.

Every now and then, a thick red laser beam would push the Snow Maiden Dragon Knight back several meters, and every now and then, the Dragon Knight would roar and push the beam of light back up.

In short, both sides are currently maintaining their strongest attacks, resulting in a stalemate, also known as a "wave exchange"!

"Why are you all going to such lengths! I just want to be a good emperor, why do you all choose to defy me!"

The young emperor, sitting inside the "Guardian Machine God," could see that Wood's current power was consuming his life every single second.

That's precisely why he was puzzled. He hadn't done anything wrong, and he wasn't a tyrant, so why would these rebels go to such lengths to overthrow him?

Driven by resentment and anger, the "Guardian Mech God" unleashed another wave of attacks, which caused the thick red beam of light to push the Snow Maiden Dragon Knight back nearly ten meters once more.

At this moment, the huge crimson beam of light was less than a few meters away from Wood. If the "Guardian Machine God" were to unleash another wave of power, Wood would suffer double the damage from the counter-wave.

In his current state, if he were to take such damage head-on, even using Armament Haki would not guarantee his survival.

Since death was inevitable, Wood had nothing left to worry about. The runes on his chest, belonging to the "Heart of God," began to gleam with a blinding silver light through his clothes...