Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

Looking at the enormous, sky-covering figure before him, Jiang Ning instinctively tensed all the muscles in his body.

The visual data module of the CR7 is connected to Xiao Er, and Jiang Ning simply projects the view directly onto the safe house, so that the logistics information department can better understand the battle situation.

"So this is... the Doomsday Beast...?"

Inside the safe house, a staff member swallowed hard.

Even just watching it on the screen, he could feel the oppressive atmosphere.

Just looking at it made his throat go dry and his whole body tremble uncontrollably.

"No wonder it's named 'Doomsday'... This thing is practically a mobile 'catastrophe'! A 'flying fortress' of 'destruction'!"

Another clerk, his voice trembling, couldn't help but speak.

Jiang Ning, who was face-to-face with the Doomsday Beast, could best feel the immense aura of "destruction" emanating from it.

"Wow, that's a really big one..."

Feeling the tension emanating from his body from the inside out, Jiang Ning couldn't help but sigh, and an alarm suddenly went off in his mind.

Clearing out the fodder had already taken a toll on his energy.

If I continue to maintain the Rabbit Tank bubble can form, let alone stop the Doomsday Beast for ten minutes, it's questionable whether I can even stand and hold on until then.

It would be better to...

Jiang Ning decisively raised his hand, removed the Rabbit Tank bubble canister, and inserted the Flying Eagle Gatling energy bottle.

After completing his transformation into Gatling Eagle form, Jiang Ning immediately spread his wings and flew into the air.

He continuously fired the Gatling gun in his hand at the Doomsday Beast to harass it.

Intense firepower poured down on the Doomsday Beast's thick exoskeleton, sending sparks flying.

Since the main objective was to stall for time, Jiang Ning simply chose the strategy that would minimize resource consumption.

They switched to using the mobility advantage of the Flying Eagle Gatling gun and adopted guerrilla warfare tactics to suppress the Doomsday Beast's offensive.

For a time, the Doomsday Beast was completely outmaneuvered by Jiang Ning, unable to even catch a glimpse of him, and was being led by the nose.

"Great... As long as we keep this pace, just eight more minutes and we'll be done..."

As Aista watched Jiang Ning narrowly dodge the attacks of the Doomsday Beast time and time again, her heart leaped into her throat.

The next moment, the apocalyptic beast in the picture suddenly stopped moving and ceased its indiscriminate attacks.

Just as Estella was filled with doubt, Leila, who was staring intently at the data analysis stream for the Doomsday Beast on the data panel, suddenly spoke.

"Station Master Estella! Something's wrong!"

The imaginary energy fluctuations emanating from the Doomsday Beast suddenly surged to a new level! It seemed to be about to…”

Before he could even speak, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield!

The Doomsday Beast was clearly enraged by Jiang Ning's "harassing" tactics, and a light blue halo burst forth from its core.

The blue aura seemed to have a life of its own, automatically spreading from the core of his chest to his right claw.

The claws were imbued with quantum imaginary energy, causing both their speed and strength to surge instantly.

A claw carrying imaginary energy suddenly pierced through the air and attacked. Jiang Ning hurriedly dodged to the side. The claw grazed the wing and tore through the outer armor. The violent impact caused him to lose his balance and circle several times in the air.

Jiang Ning quickly steadied himself, turned his gun around, and unleashed a torrent of ammunition, trying to interrupt the enemy's charge. However, the Doomsday Beast completely ignored the onslaught of fire and charged forward again.

Just as Jiang Ning was about to switch forms to deal with the Doomsday Beast's attack, the Doomsday Beast's other giant claw was somehow also covered with golden imaginary energy, and it slammed down towards him with a whooshing sound.

Jiang Ning quickly adjusted his movements, his wings flapped suddenly on his back, and his figure quickly pulled back, barely dodging the powerful attack.

As if it had anticipated this, the Doomsday Beast suddenly extended the golden imaginary energy on its claws, invading Jiang Ning's Craft Armor.

The violent energy flowed backward into the Build Armor through the point of contact, and the imaginary energy transformed into fine threads. Jiang Ning suddenly felt his body become several times heavier, and his movements were forcibly slowed down.

In the blink of an eye, the two claws of the Doomsday Beast were placed on the core of its chest, and two streams of imaginary energy flowed into the core of its chest.

"Jiangning! Get out of the way!!"

The Doomsday Beast is gathering imaginary energy, preparing to finish you off in one blow—!!

Laira's warning blared in her earpiece.

In an instant, every cell in Jiang Ning's body went on high alert.

He knew this even without Laira's reminder.

His intuition told him that the next attack from the Doomsday Beast would be no small matter, and if he couldn't withstand it, he would surely die!

Jiang Ning gritted his teeth, simply raised his hand, pulled out the Flying Eagle Gatling Energy Bottle, and inserted it back into the Rabbit Tank Bubble Can.

As the bubble effect burst, the Build Armor was replaced. Jiang Ning raised his hand and summoned the Drill Crusher, which was immediately inserted into the tank's energy bottle.

"Ready—Go—!"

"Vortex Break——!!"

Build Rider unleashed his finishing blow first, a powerful strike aimed directly at the charging Doom Beast.

Jiang Ning's idea was simple.

Before the Doomsday Beast finishes charging up, even if you only cause some damage, as long as you can interrupt its charging up, it's fine!

Unfortunately, we were still a step too late.

The Doomsday Beast's charged destructive ray shot towards Jiang Ning like a world-destroying spear, colliding with the final blow that Build Rider had just unleashed.

The two terrifying forces collided violently, and the blinding energy spheres instantly expanded, the shockwave sweeping across the entire battlefield.

The drill crusher's spiral attack was instantly torn apart by the destructive ray, and the remaining energy shockwaves slammed into Jiang Ning.

Cracks spread wildly across the thick armor surface, and sparks flew from the internal wiring. The immense impact slammed him hard against the metal floor, sending dust flying everywhere.

The imaginary energy eroded and surged into the body through the damaged armor, causing unbearable stinging pain in the meridians and rapidly depleting physical strength and energy.

His headset was filled with Estella and Laira's anxious cries, but unfortunately he couldn't hear what they were saying.

Jiang Ning's vision gradually blurred, and the Chuangqi armor load reached its limit, forcibly deactivated.

He was in excruciating pain all over his body, vomited a mouthful of blood, and braced himself against the cold metal floor to keep from collapsing.

Well, now he understands why those knights in the show lay on the ground for a long time after being defeated and disintegrated, instead of transforming back immediately.

An attack capable of instantly shattering the Knight's armor defenses would obviously inflict significant damage on the transformed user beneath the armor.

Jiang Ning felt as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, and a metallic taste and a feeling of nausea kept rising in his throat.

If it weren't for the taut tension in his mind that caused his adrenaline to surge, he probably would have fainted long ago.

Jiangning!

Jiangning!!! Can you still hear us? If you can, please respond!

Please... don't scare me... please don't die...

Leila's tearful voice reached Jiang Ning's ears through the headset.

No wonder Laira is sensitive.

As Rider Build's transformation ended, the battle scene projected by Xiao Er naturally stopped.

From the perspective of everyone in the safe house, Jiang Ning, transformed into Build Rider, clashed head-on with the Doomsday Beast. His vision was swallowed by white light, and then he lost all contact with it.

All these signs make one want to think the worst.

An atmosphere of despair instantly enveloped the entire safe house, and the fear that had accumulated beforehand surged out like a flood, becoming uncontrollable.

"Everyone, stay calm!! Don't panic!!"

Alan's loud and powerful voice immediately intimidated everyone in the safe house.

But after only a short while, the noise started again.

Even Section Chief Jiang Ning lost...

Alan, tell us, do we still have a chance to survive?

Alan was speechless for a moment, then lowered his head and clenched his teeth.

Silence, only silence.

Yes, even Jiang Ning, who was always invincible and on whom they placed high hopes, couldn't stop the Doomsday Beast. Who else could do it?

Ultimately, it's because I'm too weak... I can't protect anything...

As his fingernails dug into the flesh of his palm, Alan was overwhelmed by a feeling of despair.

"Cough...cough cough...damn, that really hurts..."

A weak voice came through Laira's earpiece, and her eyes, which had lost their luster and were blurred with tears, instantly regained their light.

Leira took a deep breath, trying her best to compose herself, and then shouted to the staff behind her:

"Stop arguing! Jiang Ning is still alive!!"