Outside the secret chamber, deafening explosions and the shriek of colliding energies rose and fell. The entire earth trembled.
Golden Holy Light and dark-red magic cannon fire intertwined across the sky, painting a brutal, spectacular vision of the apocalypse.
The Angel Legion's assault rolled on like an endless tide. Beneath those immaculate wings lay a cold, merciless will to kill.
Qin Chuan pushed open the heavy stone door of the secret chamber. The thick stench of blood and gunpowder hit him at once.
He stepped out. Shadow Power coiled around him alongside the newly fused auras of death and withering. They rippled faintly, dissolving the incoming shockwaves and lingering energy into nothing.
Boom!
Not far away, several angels wielding Holy Light spears surrounded a Demigod-level Mech. Its energy shield flickered before a thick beam of Holy Light pierced its chest. It exploded into a mass of burning scrap.
Qin Chuan swept his gaze over the battlefield.
Season Star piloted the newly upgraded Destroyer and Annihilator, rampaging through the Angel Legion. The two mechs were her pride and joy. Though they had yet to reach true God Tier, they were already far stronger than ordinary Demigod-grade mechs.
Chainsaws and energy weapons roared, each strike bringing down several angels, sometimes more than a dozen.
Night Cherry Tangle wielded the Judgment Shadow Blade, his figure flickering unpredictably. His short blade carved lethal wounds through angelic armor.
The other members of Apex fought on, bloodied and exhausted, resolve etched across every face.
No one spoke of retreat.
"Mortals, abandon your resistance! Bathe in my lord's radiance, and your souls may yet find salvation!"
An angel squad leader hovered in midair, his voice commanding. Yet his golden eyes held no mercy, only lofty indifference.
"Salvation?" A cold smile touched Qin Chuan's lips, and his figure