Everyone dragged their legs forward as though they weighed a thousand pounds, each step seeming to exhaust all their strength. Then, a sudden change occurred! The once-unyielding ground began to ripple like water, gradually transforming into a strange and mysterious liquid metal. The liquid metal spread at an astonishing speed, tightly wrapping around everyone in the blink of an eye before slowly lifting them into the air.
With a piercing roar, an enormous and imposing Mechanical Puppet slowly rose from the liquid metal. Its entire body gleamed with a cold metallic light, while its blood-red eyes blazed like the fires of hell, continuously firing deadly laser beams. At the same time, scorching flames poured from its gaping mouth, forming a raging wall of fire.
Faced with such a terrifying enemy, despair surged in everyone's hearts. Even the powerful sonic attacks released by the Hope Sacred Bell were thrown completely off course by the intense interference of the liquid metal, unable to harm the Mechanical Puppet at all. Worse still, the invincible Eternal Sacred Sword seemed to have fallen into a difficult situation. No matter how fiercely it was swung, its blade could not leave even the slightest mark on the seemingly soft yet exceptionally sturdy liquid metal.
As they watched their companions being driven back again and again by the flames and lasers fired by the Mechanical Puppet, the First Generation Inheritor was frantic but helpless. Yet as he racked his brains for a way to break the deadlock, inspiration suddenly struck. After careful observation, he discovered to his delight that the key to the Mechanical Puppet's terrifying combat power lay in the Energy Crystal shining brilliantly on its chest. As long as they could destroy that crystal, the entire Mechanical Puppet would be completely paralyzed!
With that realization, the