Samsara Space: They're all begging me to heal them one more time.

Night City, Arasaka Square.

Ten minutes ago, this place was the most inviolable center of power in this cyber world.

Now, this place has become a burning inferno of scrap metal.

Boom—!

There was another deafening bang.

A six-story security building was cut in half by a thick blue electromagnetic beam. The upper half of the building collapsed under the force of gravity, sending up clouds of dust.

Amidst the smoke and dust, the towering, black monster—the [War Fortress]—took a heavy step.

Its every step caused the earth to tremble, and its chassis, a combination of tracks and mechanical legs, easily crushed the armored vehicles that the Arasaka Guard was so proud of.

Around its massive body, hundreds of military-technological attack drones swarmed like bees, unleashing deadly firepower.

"Die! All of you, die!!!"

Inside the mech's cockpit, Colonel Blue's eyes were bloodshot, and the blood flowing from the corners of his eyes had already congealed.

The [Original Sin Chip - Wrath] connected to his heart was flashing wildly, transforming all his reason, fear, and exhaustion into pure destructive urges.

At this moment, he had become one with this super mecha.

There were no tactics, no formations.

Only the purest firepower coverage and overwhelming force.

"This is fucking impossible to penetrate!"

Outside the ground floor hall of the Aragaka Tower, Ah-Qiang knelt behind a dilapidated bunker, the barrel of the six-barreled Vulcan cannon in his hand glowing red.

Da da da da!

Guided by the intelligent fire control system, the depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds were precisely fired at the mech's right leg joint.

But faced with the sheer thickness of the armor, these bullets, powerful enough to tear apart a tank, could only create a series of blinding sparks on the black armor plates, without even scratching the paint.

"Qiang! Back up! The cover is about to collapse!"

The fat man roared, holding up the heavy force field shield and bracing himself at the front.

boom! boom! boom!

The secondary cannons surrounding the mech relentlessly bombarded the force field shield. That semi-transparent light barrier, which was originally able to dominate even at the C-rank, was now violently distorted, its surface covered with cracks like a spider web.

"If the boss doesn't come down soon, we're all going to be done for!"

The fat man gritted his teeth, and his legs, under the force of the impact, had already plowed two deep furrows into the hard marble floor.

Faced with this fifty-meter-class war monster that has been overloaded to its limit by the "Rage" attack, the conventional firepower of an individual seems far too insignificant.

However, just as Ah-Qiang and Fatty were preparing to abandon their defenses and retreat into the building...

In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 100th floor of Arasaka Tower.

Lin Qingyue stood quietly at the edge of the building, looking down at the mecha below that resembled a moving mountain, and at the Night City illuminated by the firelight.

A cold wind howled as it poured into the shattered glass.

She slowly drew the [Demon Blade: Crimson Rain] from her waist.

At this moment, the demon sword seemed to sense the enormous and violent energy source below, and the blade emitted a series of humming sounds, with fine, scarlet cracks resembling sharp teeth appearing on its edge.

"are you hungry?"

Lin Qingyue chuckled softly, her voice trembling, carrying an uncontrollable madness and hunger—an extreme craving for killing and devouring.

"Then let's eat to our hearts' content."

She loosened the scabbard and let her body fall from the hundred-story building, her hands gripping the hilt tightly.

[Demon Sword Unleashed: Third Phase]!

boom!

A violent, primal, scarlet aura erupted from her body.

This is not the ultimate slaughter of the Asura realm, but rather the complete stripping away of human reason, returning to the instincts of the top predator in nature.

Lin Qingyue's body underwent an astonishing transformation.

Her once flowing black hair instantly faded, turning as white as snow.

On either side of its head, a pair of fluffy, translucent white fox ears stand upright, keenly sensing every vibration in the wind.

Behind her, crimson magic and blood energy intertwined and condensed into nine enormous, illusory fox tails.

What's most unsettling is her eyes.

His once clear, cold black eyes had now turned into vertical pupils, gleaming with a bloodthirsty dark gold light.

[Demon Blade Unleashed: Wild Hunt]!

Forced takeover of motor nerves instantly breaks through the limits of carbon-based life forms in dynamic vision, reaction speed, and explosive power!

boom!

Lin Qingyue bent her knees slightly, and the reinforced glass beneath her feet shattered instantly.

Instead of jumping upright like a human, she ran wildly down the glass of the high-rise building like a wild beast, on all fours!

call--!

The wind howled in my ears.

In mid-air, a military-technological combat drone happened to fly past below her.

Lin Qingyue made an incredible twist in mid-air, landing precisely on the back of the drone with her bare feet.

With a "crack," the expensive drone was crushed by the impact.

Using the recoil from that stomp, she transformed into a white lightning bolt, hurtling diagonally towards a heavily armored mech guarding the [War Fortress] below.

"Object detected falling from high altitude! Radar lock failed! Too fast!"

The blue team's outer mech pilots screamed in terror.

Swish-!

A flash of white light.

Lin Qingyue landed steadily on the shoulder of the heavy mech, on all fours.

She didn't even swing her sword; her fair, slender left hand pressed directly onto the mech's thick alloy armor. In [Wild Hunt] mode, her nails swelled, gleaming with a metallic sheen.

Tear it apart!

With a chilling sound of metal tearing, she managed to rip a huge gash through the armor plate that was strong enough to withstand an RPG bombardment!

"Monster...monster!!!"

The driver only had time to let out a scream. Lin Qingyue's right hand wielded a demonic blade that transformed into a scarlet arc, piercing into the cockpit through the tear.

Without stopping, without even glancing at it.

She drew her demon sword, kicked off the mecha's shoulders with both legs, and once again transformed into a blur, lunging towards the next target.

fast!

too fast!

From V and A-Qiang's perspective below, they couldn't see Lin Qingyue's movements at all.

All that could be seen was a strange white lightning bolt, trailing nine scarlet phantoms, bouncing and weaving wildly through the blue team's steel torrent.

Wherever she went, there were no violent explosions, only the chilling sound of metal disintegrating.

The drone was cleaved in two in mid-air, the armored vehicle was overturned, and the heavily armored guard mechs were as fragile as paper, easily dismembered by her demonic blade and claws with devouring properties.

"This...this is Miss Lin?"

V stood at the entrance of the hall, his electronic eyes filled with shock.

This was the first time he had ever seen such an utterly unreasonable fighting style.

It wasn't about hacking or large-caliber artillery; it was about using the most primitive physical strength and cold weapons to dismantle a Gundam!

"I can't afford to offend her... I absolutely must never make her angry again..."

Ah Qiang swallowed hard and silently lowered the Gatling gun barrel a little, afraid of accidentally hitting the white female Tyrannosaurus Rex.

In just one minute.

The guards surrounding the [War Fortress] have been wiped out, leaving only burning metal debris scattered everywhere.

Lin Qingyue stood on the top of an armored vehicle that was still leaking electricity, with nine fox tails dancing wildly behind her.

Her dark golden beast eyes locked onto the central, fifty-meter-tall main target. With a sudden burst of power from her hind legs, she charged towards the mech's most vulnerable track joint like a cannonball.

However, facing this Tyrannosaurus Rex that was powerful enough to dismantle a Gundam, the colonel in the machine's cockpit showed no panic whatsoever, but instead revealed an extremely cold mockery.

"A beast that only thinks with its muscles...does it really think we've survived this long because of a pile of junk?"

Then, the colonel abruptly pulled down a red lever.