You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Even comparing numbers alone, Iori has to admit defeat!

Elmandes is already an incredibly powerful creature, but its stats are relatively weak compared to others of its kind. Its only advantage is its unparalleled ability to manipulate the flow of time, making it a typical mechanic-driven monster.

Apart from Elmandes, the rest of the Hero race are basically all numerical monsters!

fine--

Iori has a little bit of both~

"Aren't you coming? Heroes, your companions are still with me."

"If you win, I'll let her go back."

"!"

Before the words were even finished, the Autenmia armor suddenly unfurled twelve wings made of materialized energy. Each wing tip shot out a crimson ray three meters in diameter, which split continuously as it traveled, instantly weaving into a death net that covered half the sky.

Iori's pupils contracted, and his body instantly entered the [Instant Hurricane] state. The spiritual pressure generated when he activated it deflected the three nearest rays, and the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword cleaved the fourth beam of light in the process.

So strong!

Iori sensed the heat sweeping through the surrounding space and couldn't help but marvel.

This diffuse attack, with a single ray of power, is no less than the old man's Broken Flame Katana!

If even a dozen or so rays were to strike the planet's surface, it would be a catastrophe on the scale of a mass extinction!

It was clearly just a pure energy attack, without any additional attributes, yet its numerical value was unimaginably powerful.

Thinking of this, Iori also became interested—

"The Sixty-Three Thunder Roaring Cannons of Breaking the Way!"

The Kido technique instantly unleashed with his left hand, under the full catalysis of immense spiritual pressure, was no less powerful than the Divine Thunder of Salvation!

Iori also stacked up all the stats in this move, instantly crossing space to hit the opponent. Plasma sparks exploded on the surface of the carapace, but only caused a ripple on Autenmia's body.

Only then can you see that the heroes have thin shields that cling tightly to their bodies... their defensive capabilities are quite outstanding.

In the ensuing exchange, Autenmia's subsequent attacks also began.

"Duan Kong!"

boom!

Iori's Kido was actually shattered by the continuous barrage of light cannons.

Using the recoil to leap backward, his right hand traced a profound path with the sword: "Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi!"

The air was filled with the misty energy of wind and thunder, which instantly coalesced into a vortex from which a raging bolt of lightning fell, wrapped around an invisible hundred-meter-long blade, and swung down heavily.

The seven rays that Ortemia fired at Iori strangely curved around to the side, flying out from behind itself and hurtling towards the falling longsword. The two annihilated each other, creating an energy surge, while Ortemia emitted a hissing sound like metal scraping, its carapace turning slightly red as it absorbed all the aftershocks.

Energy, light, heat—these are the properties of Austria.

They are all the same thing, namely the so-called "waves of force," which is one of the foundations of the universe, only their forms of expression are different.

"Are pure energy attacks really that ineffective?"

A cold glint flashed in Iori's glasses as she raised her left hand in a sword-like gesture.

"How about we use this then?"

Five giant dragons, constructed from dark blue energy, appeared from the void. What should have been rather blurry outlines were now incredibly detailed under Iori's control, composed of countless densely packed scales.

The dragons circled around Autenmia, their breath carrying spiritual pressure powerful enough to tear space apart.

"Five dragons are destroyed!"

"!!!"

Autenmia's eyes flashed rapidly, and she suddenly transformed into a red light, traveling through the vacuum at true light speed, calmly leaving the area ravaged by the demonic path.

"So, it's true that curse-attribute attacks can't be completely absorbed?"

Iori smiled.

【Five Dragons Turn to Annihilation】 comes with a curse that can extinguish life, so it seems that Autenmia's abilities are not omnipotent.

"So fast!"

【The Usurper of Desire】!

An invisible causal link entangled Autenmia, but was dispersed by a violent flow of energy the moment it touched her.

The person withdrew from the light speed and revealed their form, but Iori also raised an eyebrow:

He had originally targeted Autenmia's almost limitless energy, but only a small portion was returned...

It seems that the power of these heroes is quite extraordinary. It is not simply something that resides in the soul and body, but rather a conceptual existence. Even Iori's [Usurper] failed in this rare instance.

If this is a talent, then this race is too extraordinary... Or is it that the Golden Race recorded their understanding of the truth of the universe using their souls as a vessel?

Just like the voice of the Great Dao in some fantasy novels, only special materials can bear the true meaning of the Heavenly Dao...

"!!!"

Ottimia seized this fleeting opening, spewing propulsive flames from the gaps in its carapace, accelerating once more into a streak of light as it charged toward Iori. Its forelimbs, like giant scythes, slashed down with crimson energy that seemed to cut through space.

At the critical moment, Kusanagi's sword met the attack—

clang!

The clanging of metal sent ripples through the air. As Iori was thrown backward by the impact, she drew another sword with her left hand: "Divine Sword Mandala!"

The next moment, countless ripples spread through the space, revealing countless steel blades, exuding an aura of destruction.

Iori didn't think too much about it, but instead focused entirely on the battle, a long-lost excited smile appearing on her face: "What if we switch to pure physical attacks?!"

Chapter 529 Powerful! Domineering! Strong! The Last Heroic Race!

The weapons of the gods fell like a torrential rain, and a steel gale swept through the space. Ottimia had an extremely fast speed. It looked clumsy, but when it moved, it seemed to turn into a rainbow light. Even the speed of the mandala array could not hit it. Its huge body shuttled between the divine weapons and dodged the sharp blades with all kinds of incredible trajectories.

Seeing this, Iori narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a thought, he threw the Kusanagi Sword, which then landed in an ordinary palm—Avatar Technique!

The clone, wielding the Dragon-Slaying Blade, chanted incantations, infusing the Earth Mother Goddess's mystical power into the sword, creating a pitch-black sun in the universe. Instead of being released directly as an attack, it emitted endless gravitational waves, which, under Iori's control, were all concentrated on Otemia.

hum! ! !

Captured by gravity strong enough to distort light, the Heroes finally slowed down.

At that moment, Iori unleashed his long-awaited killing move. The mandala vanished instantly, and a thousand divine artifacts shone brightly in the void, forming a silver-white longsword.

The sword suddenly extended into a ten-thousand-meter-long blade of light, and the space it passed through seemed to crack open like ice crystals. The surging energy fluctuations were as if they had been stripped of their heat, and solidified almost in the absolute zero vacuum, and were cut open in physical form.

Attenmia's numerous eyes simultaneously locked onto the trajectory of the light blade, and a burst of light and heat erupted from the core of the chest armor, resembling... no, it was like a supernova explosion!

The ultimate clash of sword and light, the instant the two forces met, the spatial structure within a radius of thousands of kilometers began to collapse, forming a pitch-black cavity as if it had collapsed—and then it exploded completely!

Everything in the satellite orbit, whether dust, energy fluctuations, or even the warships of the Bronze Race and humans, was swallowed up by the infinite radiance at this moment!

—Only Iori stood in the void, coldly watching this world-destroying scene.

"Now!" A red light flashed in Iori's eyes as she suddenly deactivated the Mandala Array, her figure breaking through physical limits under the enhancement of the [Somersault Cloud].

Once inside the Swiftness Domain, nothing around him posed an obstacle. He passed through the still-lingering turbulent energy flow and arrived beside Ottemia, who seemed completely oblivious to what was happening.

After all, the bodies of the Heroes are merely "mechs," and the ones who actually fight are the "pilots"—Nodos. These chosen beings themselves do not have much experience fighting against opponents of the same level.

The Golden Clan is gone, and the remaining Nodos are all of the same faction. They don't usually have many opportunities to take action, only occasionally punishing planets that resist the Silver Clan, and even then it's just a one-sided crushing.

Iori's surprise attack caught Autenmia off guard. He tried to dodge, but Iori's left hand was pressed against the core of Autenmia's breastplate. Dark stripes had unknowingly spread across his skin, and now a dark red light flashed across his face.

"Forbidden technique activated!"

By completely concentrating the power of the Zero Style into himself, transforming the immense energy into an ultimate, sublimated physical destructive force—Iori hasn't used this technique in a long time.

Given his current energy level, once he activates this technique, the power it unleashes will be unbearable for any planet, and can only be unleashed in outer space.

"—!"

Even though no sound was made, the entire space seemed to "expand" as if it were filled with something. Then, the light and shadow twisted and concentrated towards the point where Iori's fist landed, as if turning the space into sand, and that point was the center of the hourglass.

hum! ! !

A pure white light spread from the palm, and the surging energy within the carapace-like creature suddenly fell silent. Starting from that point, the vast fan-shaped area of ​​space collapsed instantly!

Even the heroic race, who can survive in the star core, have countless cracks covering their tough bodies, with their chests even caved in.

Iori only threw one punch, and neither side was knocked away, but when the space returned to calm, the distance between the two sides was increased by a full kilometer.

Autenmia's eyes dimmed, her breastplate broke open, revealing energy that resembled blood vessels, and her consciousness seemed to temporarily "go blank".

Still alive!

Having withstood Iori's full-force attack head-on, it still possesses an extremely strong life force!

Although I've said it many times, Iori still wants to marvel at the incredible physical constitution of this race... Can natural selection really select out such a terrifying species?

It seems that, at least in this worldview, evolution is not absolutely correct; there must be some kind of mystical power at play!

Of course, this has nothing to do with Iori's current actions. Taking this opportunity, Iori quickly rushed towards her opponent, intending to end the battle.

However, in a moment of distraction, he suddenly found himself in another place, surrounded by a terrifying energy tide that devoured everything—the scene after the battle between the Savior Blade and Aotianmia.

As expected, Autenmia appeared unharmed, remaining hidden within the energy tide without revealing her form.

"Elmandes?"

Having "clashed" with Lecty so many times, Iori had long since become immune to the discomfort of time jumps and immediately judged who was behind it all.

"Lexie, are you going to join the game too?"

"I'm sorry, you spared my life..."

A tall, beautiful woman appeared in space, gazing at Iori with a face full of guilt, but her eyes were quite firm.

"But the contract with the Silver Clan stipulates that I must take action if I encounter an enemy they designate."

There were no Silver Clan members on the ship before, but now... Although I don't know where your power comes from, fighting two Hero Clan members is unimaginable. You should take the ship and leave.

Even with the combined power of Elmandes and Ortemia, it's impossible to stop you.

"It is indeed very difficult to fight both of you at the same time."

Iori nodded.

Although Iori's matchup against Lecty is essentially a matchup-kill, completely shutting down Ermondes' abilities, even disregarding skills and talents, the Hero race itself possesses formidable melee combat capabilities, and...

For the Hero race, single and multiple are two completely different things!

Because of the "Curse of Madness," the fighting spirit and destructive power of the Hero Race will increase over time if they are on the same battlefield. The more Hero Race there are, the more obvious this effect will be, and in the end, it may even destroy the star system and even a wider area!

This is why the Silver Clan has four Nodos, but they only send one out unless absolutely necessary—if they were to truly go berserk, they themselves would be indiscriminately slaughtered.

The hosts of Elmandes and Autenmia are relatively rational, but if they lose their temper and are corrupted by the spirit of the Heroes, the consequences will be...

"Don't worry, it won't waste much of your time."

Iori twirled her longsword: "You won't live to see the moment of madness!"

Suddenly, the golden ship in the distance lit up with a dazzling light, and brilliant stars emerged one after another from the depths of the universe, forming several patterns that echoed each other from afar. At the same time, the aura on Iori's body surged!

The butcher's blessing!

That is the power that embodies the divinity of Mithras, and the degree of amplification it receives depends on the stars in the heavens. No environment is more conducive to the perfect effect of this power than the "universe".

Uranus is not only a powerful warship, but also the throne of a god-king that combines the powers of multiple suns. In all mythology, the sun is the center of the universe, capable of pushing the blessings of the stars to their limit.

Iori is always at her theoretically strongest amplification state!

He reached out and summoned back the Ama-no-Murakumo, while his right hand held the Savior Blade. The platinum-colored broad blade shimmered with a silvery halo. The divine sword, which could almost ignore all physical defenses, swung down, sending the invisible blade through the spatial barrier and directly piercing into Otemia's body.

"Roar!!!"

The energy that filled the space became the medium of sound. The shelled creature, in pain, let out a deafening shriek, and the storm that erupted around it shook the universe, even causing Uranus to tremble.

The planet Oron, which was not far from him, was directly impacted, and the side that was already half destroyed was completely pulverized.

"If this continues, the stars will be destroyed!"

Lecty summoned Elmandes, who charged toward Iori with a long spear in hand.

She knew Iori's strength well, so she dared not jump between timelines at will. Unless absolutely necessary, she could only decide the outcome through close combat.

The reason she jumped out so excitedly was not only because of her contract with the Silver Clan, but also because she had a good relationship with the Nodos within the injured Ortemia…