Originally, even if the Steel Lizard had been gravely wounded by the giant axe, it could not possibly have died on the spot.
However, if the giant axe had struck its heart, then the Steel Lizard would have died no matter what!
In an instant, the axe hacked into the position of its heart.
In Su Ming's eyes, the Steel Lizard's heart was directly cleaved in two by the giant axe, splitting apart.
As its heart ruptured, a massive amount of blood suddenly gushed out like a fountain, instantly dyeing the silver mecha bright red!
Su Ming did not let this go to his head. He immediately spent 50 Starlight Points to repair his shattered body, then controlled the mecha and instantly retreated from the spot.
Sure enough... as it turned out, Su Ming's judgment had been entirely correct.
After its heart was shattered, the Steel Lizard had actually survived for three minutes through its powerful vitality. It struggled and roared frenziedly, tearing apart two Cosmic Creatures around it before it gradually fell silent.
When the soldiers aboard the spaceship saw this, they all leaped up and cheered wildly.
"Too strong! That maneuver—I surrender!"
"Record it, record it! If we upload this, we could probably attract a wave of followers. A textbook example of the weak defeating the strong!"
"Record my ass! Brothers, the Steel Lizard is dead. Let's get out there and support Little Master Su Ming!"
The soldiers howled excitedly before immediately putting on their Cosmic Combat Suits and rushing out of the spaceship.
"Little Master Su Ming, don't panic! We're here to support you!"
The soldiers' excited voices suddenly rang out through the mecha's communications system. Su Ming's expression shifted, and he immediately turned his gaze toward the spaceship.
Sure enough, he saw large numbers of soldiers emerging from the spaceship. Armed with mechanical equipment, they charged one after another into the swarm of Cosmic Creatures.
A large number of laser missiles bombarded the swarm of Cosmic Creatures.
There were simply too many Cosmic Creatures. The soldiers did not even need to aim; every attack they unleashed could hit one.
Su Ming did not remain idle either. Holding the Mechanical Battle Axe, he turned into a red phantom and moved effortlessly through the Cosmic Creatures.
Every time the phantom passed by a Cosmic Creature, it easily hacked apart the surrounding creatures.
Large numbers of Cosmic Creatures died beneath Su Ming's mecha.
The entire starry sky was soon filled with countless floating droplets of blood!
Seeing how terrifying this mecha was, like a harvester of death, the Cosmic Creatures' eyes filled with intense fear.
This mecha was too powerful!
They could not even touch it, yet its destructive power was astonishing.
Anyone facing such an enemy would feel fear.
Moreover... the most important thing was...
Their leader, the Steel Lizard, had just been slain by this mecha.
Having lost their leader, the Cosmic Creatures were like a headless dragon horde, completely unable to organize.
They soon began to flee.
One spread to ten, and ten to a hundred. When the remaining Cosmic Creatures saw others escaping, the fear in their hearts gradually gave rise to the urge to flee as well.
Before long, all the Cosmic Creatures had scattered and fled, vanishing into the distance in every direction.
Within the entire void, aside from countless corpses and pools of blood, only the soldiers of Temporary Army No. 32 remained.
Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed his tightly wound nerves.
He recalled the mecha into his storage space, and a tremendous wave of fatigue immediately swept over him.
Whether in his body or his brain region, he felt an intense soreness and swelling, as though he could no longer exert any strength.
Su Ming smiled bitterly. This was caused by excessive consumption and the immense burden placed on his body.
He had not felt tired before only because he had been forcing himself to stay tense.
Now that he had relaxed, the exhaustion immediately came crashing over him.
What the Cosmic Creatures probably did not know was that if they had held on for another ten-odd minutes, Su Ming might have grown exhausted and his condition could have plummeted.
But... they were Cosmic Creatures, after all. Compared with ordinary intelligent lifeforms, their intelligence was indeed much lower.
Since the battle was over, Su Ming paid no attention to the soreness and swelling.
Feeling sore was a good thing. Once his body and brain region recovered, he would probably experience another major improvement.
Everyone returned to the spaceship, and the soldiers surrounded Su Ming, excitedly preparing to shower him with praise.
But Su Ming gave a bitter smile, pushed through the crowd, and returned to his quarters on his own. He dropped onto the bed and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Even after reaching an extremely high level of life, one still needed sleep.
It was not as the immortal-cultivation novels claimed: the stronger one became, the less sleep one needed.
Sleep could restore the body to the greatest extent.
In fact, the higher one's cultivation, the more efficiently one could make use of sleep!
Everyone was stunned. Then, seeing Su Ming head straight for his quarters, they looked at one another before revealing understanding smiles.
No one had expected that this battle would be overcome through the efforts of a mechanic aboard the spaceship. Everyone felt as though they had survived a disaster.
However... although everyone was in a good mood, no one had the slightest desire to celebrate.
Now... they had not yet escaped the crisis. As long as they remained in this star region, they could very likely be attacked by Cosmic Creatures infected with the virus.
After all, once infected, the Cosmic Creatures not only possessed higher energy levels, but also gained extremely powerful aggression and contagiousness.
Who knew whether the Cosmic Creatures in more distant star regions had been infected?
The group did not dare linger. They hurriedly piloted the spaceship and sped toward the nearby star region.
Not long after everyone encountered the Cosmic Creature uprising, the media also exposed the Lothar Alliance's research into the super-gene potion.
If it had been kept secret, it would not have been a major issue. Every faction conducted more or less its own research.
But once it was brought into the open—and had caused a massive Cosmic Creature uprising at that—the potion's side effects, such as aggression and contagiousness, immediately provoked tremendous resistance from the cosmic citizens.
No matter how prosperous the development of technology appeared, viruses remained one of the things every citizen feared most.
The panic brought by viruses was still extremely powerful.
For a time, the Lothar Alliance became like a rat crossing the street, with everyone shouting for its destruction.
Even the Empire issued condemnations and planned to dispatch troops to attack the Lothar Alliance.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that... the Empire was stepping in at this time...
Clearly, it had set its sights on the super-gene potion the Lothar Alliance was researching...
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