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

Izzy nodded slightly upon hearing this, turned off the real-time projection function, and began to synchronize and dock with the spaceship's piloting system.

"President Jiang Ning, should I find a place to land where we won't be affected by the fighting?"

"No need, that's too much trouble."

Jiang Ning had already fastened the Zero One Driver to his waist at some point, and casually waved his hand with his back to Iz.

"Time waits for no one, if you go too late you'll miss the climax!"

"Flying directly over the battlefield for a grand finale appearance...it has to be impressive!"

Jiang Ning grinned and waved his hand, summoning the Shining Locust Key from his storage space.

Just as Jiang Ning's finger touched the button above the key, he suddenly stopped, as if he had remembered something.

"I almost forgot... Izu! Did you finish making that enhancement item I transferred to you before?"

While controlling the spaceship to stop at the designated location, Iz spoke leisurely.

"It has been completed as you requested."

After saying that, Izzy took out a silver-gray grip component from her pocket, placed it in her palm, and handed it to Jiang Ning.

As expected, the essential component for the Shining Hopper's advanced form is the Assault Grip!

Jiang Ning reached out and took it; in an instant, the data parameters and usage instructions for the assault grip flooded his mind.

Within Zeya's computing space, Jiang Ning quickly learned the various abilities of the Shining Assault Locust and adapted to its armor performance.

When Jiang Ning opened his eyes again, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in them.

"Learning complete!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Ning turned around and connected the Assault Grip with the Shining Locust Key.

Click—!

A crisp mechanical click rang out, and a dazzling stream of light flashed across the front of the Shining Locust Key.

The red button above the grip was pressed, and a powerful electronic registration sound effect rang out.

"HYPER JUMP!"

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At the summit of the snow-capped mountain, Xing was engulfed in flames, supporting himself with a flaming spear in one hand.

"…star?!"

Everyone stared in disbelief at Xing, who was engulfed in flames yet completely unharmed, as if they had witnessed some kind of miracle.

Sorry to have worried everyone~

Xing turned his head to the side and grinned at everyone, as if he wasn't the one who had just been pierced by the ice spear.

"You still have that weapon on you! What are these...?"

Unable to contain her curiosity, March 7th asked the question.

"And... are you really alright?"

"Um, these..."

Xing glanced down at the Flame Spear in his hand and scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"It's a long story... In the current situation, let's deal with this guy first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xing raised his Flame Spear and aimed the tip at Cocolia in mid-air.

"I'm in better shape than ever right now! This time, I absolutely won't lose again!"

Cocolia immediately noticed the flame spear in Hoshi's hand, and her brows furrowed involuntarily.

"The will of the previous city builders... Why would 'Preservation' choose an outsider like you?"

"Fine, I'll wipe you all out here, just to prove to those old fogies of the past that I was right!"

Countless ice spikes, enhanced by the energy of the "Star Core," condensed behind Cocolia, instantly locking onto everyone.

Xing stood alone in front of the crowd, his Flame Spear planted vertically in the ground, and a barrier containing "protective" energy opened up.

March 7th hid behind the star, raised his longbow and aimed it at Cocolia, just about to hurl a few trash words before the battle began, when his eyes suddenly glanced at the air in mid-air.

"Huh...? Hey! Look, what's that?!"

It looked like a shooting star!

March 7th couldn't help but lower his hand from the bowstring and point to the sky behind Cocolia.

"Meteor?! Are you kidding me? I've lived in Belleburg for so many years and I've never heard of a meteor!"

March 7th, you didn't get hallucinated by Cocolia, did you?

Seele and Bronya squeezed side by side behind Star, unable to resist making a comment.

"It's real! A huge fireball! It's falling this way!!!"

On March 7th, he pointed to the sky, his expression completely out of control, waving his arms wildly.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked in the direction that March 7th was pointing.

"Feeding...really...?"

Seele stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Bronya, pinch me..."

"It's not a hallucination, it really is coming at us!"

Bronya was the first to come to her senses and shouted out loud.

Cocolia, who was in mid-air, noticed the strange behavior of the people below and frowned.

"A distraction tactic...? Ridiculous, why would I fall for it..."

Before she could finish speaking, a burning fireball crashed down behind Cocolia.

boom---!!!

With a deafening crash, the ice, snow, and hills shattered and crumbled in an instant.

The blizzard that blotted out the sky was violently torn open, and the fireball began to gradually dissipate in the extremely low temperature of Belberg.

The snowstorm rekindled, forcing Cocolia to halt her attack and turn back in shock to look at the center of the massive crater.

In the blizzard that resembled a curtain, a bright yellow firefly suddenly shone.

"SHINING ASSAULT HOPPER—!"

"No chance of survival this shot."

A clear, cold electronic broadcast sound came from the light. When the light faded, a figure wearing a mixed armor of fluorescent green and dark blue appeared.

The figure, with arms crossed, slowly raised its head, and the bright red compound eyes of the knight mask emitted a dazzling red light, looking extremely dangerous.

From beneath that artistically beautiful mask, a frivolous and unconventional young male voice slowly drifted out.

"As expected... a vertical descent is still more in line with the style of the strong, so cool... By the way, what's this called again...? 'The King Descends from the Sky'?"

Jiang Ning casually glanced at the surrounding environment, his gaze passing over Cocolia in her "Mother of Imaginary Numbers" form, and finally landing on Xing, who was holding a flame spear, and the people behind her.

Jiang Ning chuckled softly and waved to the crowd.

"Long time no see, everyone! Did you miss me?"

Looks like I didn't miss any of the exciting parts of the story...?

As he spoke, Jiang Ning slowly walked out of the pit and, under Cocolia's wary gaze, gradually walked to the open space in the center of the two sides.

Jiang Ning turned his head and looked calmly at Cocolia in the air, not taking her, who was exuding a terrifying aura of "Star Core", seriously at all.

It was just a calm gaze, but for the first time, Cocolia, who had just merged with the power of the "Star Core," felt a strong sense of crisis.

"So...where do we stand now?"

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