Crack.
A shattering sound rang out beneath Ji Jue's hand.
Cracks spread across the hero's body, enveloping it entirely.
Herenniel was torn apart once again!
"Useless!"
Darsath sneered mockingly, looking down with contempt at yet another futile act of resistance.
Yet amid the countless fragments, a wisp of silver light quietly sprouted from Ji Jue's fingertips and spread. In an instant, it reorganized everything that had collapsed. Reorganized?
It could only be said that it seemed, perhaps, maybe so.
It looked as though no one had read the instructions at all, and countless parts and fragments had simply been forcibly joined together. It was now utterly unrecognizable!
Yet its savage, violent form was even more ferocious than before!
Boom!
Amid the encirclement of a vast army, within the boundless tides, a loud explosion erupted.
Like a black hole, the incomplete creation pulled in the surrounding wreckage, earth, and rocks, gathering and reconstructing itself once more. Mechanical arms after mechanical arm grew from its body, while a bizarre long tail extended outward.
In an instant, before everyone's eyes, the dead wreckage completely turned into a metal monster and let out a thunderous roar.
It was a...
"...mermaid?"
Yellow Beard's eyes went wide as he blurted out in shock.
At Ji Jue's side, the metal monster had two exceedingly conspicuous little points atop its head and let out a doglike meow. Then, wildly waving its limbs in delight, it charged into the army of heroes spawned by Dragon Blood, rampaging, slaughtering, and crashing through them at will.
In the blink of an eye, it was utterly smashed to pieces beneath a storm of blades and trampling feet.
Yet it still had a head clenched between its teeth, and suddenly bit down.
Crunch!
It was crushed to pulp.
Then, as Ji Jue snapped