NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

However, I can tell you something outside of the confidential information: Lilyves gave me a set of independent NIMPH serial codes. In the future, we will not need to go through the process of Indivia's erosion, decoding, packaging, and permission transfer. We can directly seize NIMPH.

Theoretically, the speed will increase by at least 150%.

What's the price?

This small benefit was clearly not enough to cloud Phoenix's judgment. With Anick's help, the man, whose sight had been "restored," stood up and, under the watchful eyes of Nikki, walked across the street.

—The body of Nihilista.

Then, the lieutenant squatted down and placed his right palm on the dragon head cannon beside the fire dragon...

Like ice hitting a scorching hot iron ball, or cotton encountering a few stray flames, in the blink of an eye, the gray-black cannon barrel made of nanometals transformed into molten iron right before Anis's eyes, flowing upwards along the Commander's palm.

Clang——!

The man's left arm was severed and fell to the ground, replaced by a brand new prosthetic limb made entirely of nanomaterials.

Immediately afterwards, the liquid metal spread downwards, enveloping his chest, abdomen, and legs. Under Anik's incredibly precise calculations, the nanometal simultaneously disassembled and reassembled the prosthetic body, scattering large and small parts all over the ground, yet maintaining Phoenix's standing posture.

To outsiders, the scene truly resembled an alien invasion of a human body from a movie, enough to send chills down one's spine.

"Hey, what are you guys standing there like idiots for?"

Because his head was immobile, Nihilista, facing Anis with the back of his head to his own body, had no idea that his body was being plundered by Phoenix.

Therefore, after hearing the continuous clanging of metal, the fire dragon assumed that the blind commander was frustrated because he was afraid to kill her, so he could only smash her body to vent his anger.

"Ha! Despicable humans only know such low-down tricks. It's disgusting to even think about it."

She said smugly, already eager to see the woman with the honeyed tongue rendered speechless or forced to argue because of the commander's behavior.

Just imagining that frustrating scene made Nicholas feel incredibly satisfied.

Unfortunately, reality is never on the side of wishful thinking.

……

[Main energy connection...98%...100%]

[Operating system generation in progress, central nervous system integration... 100%]

[Body posture scan...balance calculation performed...100%]

[Basic framework construction...100%]

[Power system generation...100%]

[Internal armor construction...100%]

[Drive armor construction...100%]

[First-stage propulsion engine construction...100%]

[Secondary propulsion engine construction...100%]

One electronic notification tone after another echoed in the man's ears.

He raised his hand, watching as various parts and circuits continuously assembled, transformed, and reassembled on the surface of his right arm until it was covered by metal armor plates. An art called engineering burst forth in the lieutenant's heart with an indescribable and exquisite beauty.

[System recheck...85%]

[System recheck...92%]

[System recheck...99%]

The moment the number in his field of vision turned "100%", the square frame responsible for temporarily suspending his body was retracted and closed by Anick from the gaps in the square strips on the back of his armor.

boom--!

What followed was a dull thud as the exoskeleton landed.

So what is the price to pay?

Looking down at the fire dragon prosthetic body, now only resembling a human and completely cool, the man clenched his powerful right fist, still maintaining his unique composure.

Meanwhile, Anik appeared in the lieutenant's line of sight as a virtual image, tilting his head, seemingly oblivious to the atmosphere, and said:

[You mean the NIMPH sequence number? That won't work; that's confidentiality. However, the Queen did mention something before disconnecting, asking me to relay a couple of messages.]

Phoenix: [Two sentences?]

Anik: [Yeah, the Queen said that the punch she threw at you earlier was just for show, meant for Nihilista.]

Anik: [Regarding the fact that you gave her a nickname in private, she said, "You just wait."]

Phoenix: [...]

Chapter 283 I'll Teach You

From dawn till nightfall, the battle raged for nearly seven hours, and Honglian, who had long lost her elegant demeanor, still failed to pierce her sister's body with the tip of her knife.

She knew very well that the reason she had been able to hold on until this moment was that her agreement with Phoenix was only secondary; the key factor that determined everything was whether Rose intentionally or unintentionally let her go.

Even so, the swordsman was still "exhausted" from the fight, his internal energy almost completely depleted.

And what about the snow not far away? Its situation is several times worse than that of the red lotus.

Xiaocao is not her older sister, and Jellyfish is not her younger sister. Under the pressure of dealing with both heretics and enhanced gorillas at the same time, the cloak on Snow White's body ultimately could not escape the fate of being shattered.

Having lost an effective means of defending against the laser, and facing Liberelio's long-range firepower coupled with the constant approach of the raucous one, the gluttonous princess who had once been chasing and crushing her opponent could now only be forced to dodge and evade, dragging out the time for which she herself did not know exactly how long she could drag it out.

“This can’t go on. I’ll hold them off for you. You go first.” As Honglian spoke, she dodged Qianghua’s sword strikes, letting the incredibly sharp blade sever her long, silver-white hair.

However, Bai Xue was not interested in the swordsman's boring suggestion at all; on the contrary, her bright golden eyes became even more dazzling.

With the sacrifice of her sister, the passing of Little Red Riding Hood, and Dorothy's transformation, Snow White, who has lived like a ghost on the ground for years, has long come to understand their "selfishness."

Having ruled out the possibility of becoming ghosts, the surviving people can only endure the pain left behind by the departed.

The drunkard was unwilling to endure the pain of her death, and she was equally unwilling to accept the sacrifice the drunkard was trying to escape.

"I can kill one."

As she spoke, Bai Xue's mechanical right hand quietly connected with the electromagnetic cannon in her hand, and the high-pressure energy generated by squeezing the core caused the gun to emit unsettling sounds and vibrations.

This is a deadly move that comes at the cost of damaging the core and shattering the weapon.

This was the funeral she, a genius scientist, had prepared in advance for her own end.

"Die."

His nonchalant tone was like a declaration from the Grim Reaper upon his arrival on Earth.

As plasma floats and flows out of the gun barrel, it resembles a miniature pale blue sun radiating flares. The azure muzzle, aided by the visual aid of the white snow, locks onto the head of the clamoring man who raised his hand to shield himself.

Rumble——! ! !

At that moment, it felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split open.

A streak of crimson light flashed like a shooting star, instantly striking the gorilla Lecher's left arm and sending him flying nearly twenty meters away.

Seven hours of fierce fighting had wiped out all the snow on the ground, and the gray-black rocks exposed to the air cracked and crumbled under the roar. Phoenix, hurtling in from the north at supersonic speed, was wielding a long sword and slashing the blade into the unusually strong left arm of the roar.

"!"

Those present reacted extremely quickly, and the sudden and astonishing turn of events failed to disrupt their battle strategy.

The next instant, Bai Xue moved her gun and continued to lock onto Xiao Cao's face, while Liberellio split off half of her laser to aim at the uninvited guest. Sensing death, Xiao Cao relied on his intuition and instinctively raised his right palm above his head.

Above them, Phoenix, having abandoned his longsword and flipped in mid-air, had already spread his right arm and punched the gorilla Lecher on the head.

Boom-! ! !

A visible shockwave exploded outwards, and the violent force of the punch caused Xiao Chao's right palm to cave in instantly, his palm pressing firmly against the top of his head. His entire body was thrown towards the ground and limestone as his head was hit.

At that moment, Liberellio's laser successfully charged up, and three pale purple beams shot straight at Phoenix's armored helmet.

Not to be outdone, the man, under Anik's control, quickly raised the Florian sniper rifle fixed to his left shoulder blade from his back, over his shoulder, and fired a genuine Lecher 30mm armor-piercing shot at the jellyfish's forehead in the distance.

A cannonball, as long as an adult's forearm, shot through the air and struck the jellyfish-shaped aircraft that had turned vertically, carving a crater the size of a vegetable plate.

"Humph."

Sensing that her long-time companion aircraft had suffered considerable damage, Jellyfish Sister frowned and used her nanomaterials to repair her toy while flipping the aircraft back to a horizontal position, her gaze fixed on the human wearing a closed exoskeleton armor.

Humans are indeed stupid to exchange injuries with these heretics...

However, before Liberellio could finish her internal monologue, the horrific scene that followed abruptly killed the word that hadn't even had a chance to surface in her mind.

Under the illumination of the three laser beams, only a millimeter-thick outer shell of the enemy's armored helmet was melted away. Then, the three damages on the helmet were "healed" in the very manner of heretics, right in front of them, and were as good as new.

Just as Niki first witnessed the Heretics' ability to repair themselves, when Liberellio saw Phoenix's exoskeleton armor possess the same regenerative abilities, Jellyfish Sister's understanding was unsurprisingly greatly shaken.

"This...this is impossible!"

Liberellio's eyes widened in astonishment. As she let out a soft gasp, the man hovering above Xiao Cao's head ignored her completely, extending his left hand towards the injured back of the gorilla's hand below. The miniature energy cannon on his forearm immediately emitted a scarlet beam that should have belonged to the fire dragon.

The high-temperature laser rapidly melted away the arrogance's right palm. At the same time, the gorilla, finally recovering from the beating, raised its head and let out an angry roar.

"Humans—!!!"

It roared like that, but unfortunately, the response was not words, but a reloaded Lecher shell...

A 30mm armor-piercing gun shot straight at its gaping maw.