Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2297: Battle (6)

The giant scythe sliced into the Demon Whale's body. But this time, unlike before, it was not dodged with that strange evasiveness. The blade cut through the thick black horny skin, and a torrent of blood gushed out.

"Break!"

Instead of continuing to cut downward, the scythe shattered with a pop at Xia Bai's command.

Many did not understand why.

"Don't look at me—I don't know either." Liu Zhenghong shrugged at those around her. "I can only guess that this girl's scythe, her armor, even her wings—if destroyed, they can all be restored."

"Even..."

Liu Zhenghong's tone carried a hint of wavering, a rarity that made everyone prick up their ears.

"If Xia Bai isn't instantly vaporized, burned to ashes, or ground to dust, she is highly likely... unkillable."

Even Xia Lei stopped watching the aerial battle and turned to Liu Zhenghong in surprise.

………………

The Demon Whale finally recovered a little from the barrage of attacks. Instead of counterattacking immediately, it dived headfirst into the seawater.

How could Xia Bai let it leave? She pursued bare-handed, following the monster closely, her fists pounding its body repeatedly.

Eventually, she even plunged into the sea with the Demon Whale.

Many on Cloud Peak's side gasped.

In the sea, that was the Demon Whale's home ground—its abilities could reach perfection there. Xia Bai following it in was extremely unwise.

But soon, the two figures burst out again.

No one knew what had happened in those few seconds beneath the surface, but the Demon Whale's body seemed somewhat better—the large hole from the Loki Cross and the scythe wounds had stopped bleeding.

Xia Bai was in worse shape; one wing was clearly broken, but both her hands clutched clumps of flesh, apparently torn from the Demon Whale.

The Demon Whale rose into the air again, ignoring Xia Bai who was still relentlessly pursuing it, and opened its mouth wide to blast a massive water column at the Red Female Guard on the ground.

That creature was determined to kill the Red Female Guard first.

In its view, the Red Female Guard was continuously supplying power to Xia Bai, making her so ferocious.

Unfortunately, the energy shield covering the Red Female Guard was like an invincible fortress, once again holding against the Demon Whale's attack.

The ground beneath them had cracked from the impact, but the shield did not shatter!

However, compared to its previous intact state, cracks now appeared on it.

The Demon Whale let out a furious roar and swatted its tail at Xia Bai, who blocked it with her fists but was still sent flying by the force.

Then the Demon Whale dove straight down from the sky, crashing toward the Red Makeup Guard.

Beneath the energy shield, Xiao Min watched the diving Demon Whale with a faint smile.

She tossed aside a shattered book-type equipment—the "Mountain Record," a scroll-like item that temporarily enhanced the durability of shield-type equipment or skills.

The protective barrier they were using was an ability from one of their two Great Team Books. Enhanced by the Mountain Record—a one-use book that Cloud Peak had traded for a purple-grade item—its durability had reached an unprecedented level.

"Come on!"

Xiao Min said, and a launcher-like equipment appeared on her shoulder—but unlike a rocket launcher, it was a true cannon, with a muzzle diameter of one and a half meters.

On her back was an incredibly complex metal box, with flowing light patterns across it.

The Red Female Guard members behind her extended their palms forward in unison as Xiao Min spoke, channeling their power through the Team Book. In an instant, the energy was directed through the three standing behind Xiao Min and into the metal box.

Then, the cannon on Xiao Min's shoulder flared brilliantly, and a beam of light erupted. The already-cracked energy shield shattered instantly, and the beam shot straight toward the Demon Whale without pause.

Le Dayuan, who had remained silent, watched from afar and nodded.

He had drawn inspiration from that combat robot—the one that could only unleash its full power when piloted by Ye Zhongming—and designed and built this weapon, which the researchers called "Heart-Questioning."

The name sounded elegant, but its actual meaning was quite the opposite.

Because each firing required an enormous amount of energy and was extremely difficult to control, it was called "Heart-Questioning"—meaning that before using it, you had to ask yourself if you were truly capable.

Of course, the conditions for its use were harsh. In fact, it was not something an evolver should use alone—even a nine-star evolver could not unleash its full power in a single shot, and the consumption was so great that they could hardly fight again that day. But its power was sufficient; at least in Le Dayuan's view, its destructive force was no less than that of the Loki Crosses.

However, just as the beam was about to strike the Demon Whale, it suddenly froze in midair.

This bizarre sight caught many off guard, including the Red Female Guard.

Only then did everyone notice that the large amount of water from the intercepted water columns around the Red Female Guard had begun to freeze, forming an interconnected expanse of ice that encased the entire unit in a frozen wasteland.

The Demon Whale opened its mouth, swallowed the frozen energy beam, and crunched it like an ice lolly.

Then it extended its body further, trying to swallow the Red Female Guard whole.

With a bang, the Red Female Guard, which had become ice sculptures, shattered the ice encasing them, and an energy firebird flew out from among them.

Too close to dodge, the firebird struck the Demon Whale and exploded.

The impact forced the Demon Whale back a distance, with clear burn marks on its head.

Bang!

At the same time, the ice fragments that the Red Female Guard had broken free from, along with the ice blocks on the ground, exploded. The entire unit was scattered; these all-eight-star members were thrown about, more than half of them falling, and several at the periphery were bleeding, unable to sit up despite struggling.

The Demon Whale was surprised. It had not expected its eerie multi-stage attack to fail in killing these human warriors. From the water column impact to the freeze to the explosion—every phase carried lethal force, enough to instantly kill beings of this rank. Why had these female warriors only been injured, not a single one dead?

The sea king's gaze fell upon their armor.