"So strong!"
The moment He Kai made contact, he realized he might really be finished this time.
The Sacrificial Civilization's Knights had a higher average standard, and the ones attacking him this time were the elite among elites.
With He Kai's half-baked strength, he could handle ordinary Knights with ease, but facing the Sacrificial Civilization's elites was nothing more than humiliating himself.
In just a few exchanges, several cracks had appeared on his mech. Transcendent Power tangled within the fractures, making it difficult for him to control the mech.
Leon, in the distance, saw it too. It was not that he was unwilling to provide support—he simply did not have time.
"Pray, kid." Leon spoke calmly over the communications channel. "If the Lord still has a mission for you, you will not die here."
Right now, this was He Kai's only path to survival.
If his Divine Grace application had been approved, then he was surely within the Lord's sight at this moment, and death would be very far from him.
Derek: Thanks. Since when did I become so omnipotent?
But for He Kai, this was his last lifeline.
He prayed instinctively. He had never been so devout, never so convinced of the Lord's existence.
"Lord, I still have to follow Your path..."
Death was so close.
A Knight of the Sacrificial Civilization kicked He Kai to the ground. The Knight's Sword raised high above him gleamed with icy light.
"As you wish!"
He Kai seemed to hear someone speak beside his ear, and then he seemed to see light.
Of course, what mattered most was the strength surging through his body once more.
Transcendent Power poured forth without end, shattering the barrier between Archangel and Dominion Angel.
The sudden influx of power sent He Kai rolling twice across the