456, You're Right

"Meowzi, feed antimatter to the rifle."

"Energy has been allocated to the rifle. Power Furnace output is dropping. Please exercise caution."

"Charging—10%, 18%—"

Katon raised the rifle in his hands. Its barrel instantly extended to ten times its original length. He adjusted it to focused power and activated irradiation mode as a pair of heat-dissipation shields unfolded behind the mech.

"31%, 46%..."

He did not stop moving just because it was charging. As he accelerated through space, he used the Rocket Nest to strike the area around the meteorites, completely sealing Li Aoz within the asteroid field.

"65%, 77%, 89%!"

The cannon was nearly ready to fire, and intense violet light was already bursting from its front end.

Katon leveled his weapon and charged like a knight, smashing the barrel down. It shattered the meteorite serving as cover and drove straight at Li Aoz hiding behind it.

"—100%!"

Katon pulled the trigger.

Whoosh!!!!! A long stream of violet radiance instantly illuminated the entire Galaxy Eye. Planets were swallowed and annihilated by the purple light, while the colossal energy made even the cold universe seem to boil.

The antimatter beam continued to shine, and the effects of annihilation continued to accumulate.

In the end, even the universe itself was torn open. Immense spatial negative pressure drew the vacuum outward, and the phlogiston between the Star Abysses flowed back into the layered abyss, only to erupt into flames again beneath the cannon's sustained irradiation.

"Retreat!"

The shockwave kept expanding, pushing all the way from Night Butterfly's front lines to the Crystal Tower Civilization's defenses.

The Crystal Tower commander saw the incoming impact from afar. This kind of strike that transcended time and space had long surpassed the limits of physical laws. Not even light could outrun it.

Making a swift decision, Crystal