Let me see whether your Jie Mie Greatsword was the real deal.
With those words, Gray Serpent abruptly lay down.
Burning...
Flame temperature: three thousand... five thousand... eight thousand... twelve thousand... sixteen thousand.
Warning: Temperature too high. Possible incineration.
This was the system's automatic warning. Excessive heating would produce such a result, but Gray Serpent naturally ignored it and continued enduring the Jie Mie Greatsword's heat head-on.
Gray Serpent exploded.
Literally.
His mechanical limbs blew apart in an instant. Engine oil and metal fragments burst into an unsightly display of fireworks. His snake-shaped head swayed slightly, its red light flickering before gradually going dark.
The ground slid open, and another Gray Serpent slowly rose.
He began clearing away the debris, standing where the first Gray Serpent had just stood, as if nothing had happened.
One Gray Serpent expended. Temperature measurement complete.
Temperature—immeasurable.
When a star neared its death, the brilliant flare it unleashed illuminated the universe, allowing people tens of millions of light-years away to witness its dazzling light tens of millions of years later.
Only that could adequately describe such a terrifying temperature.
Confirmed genuine. Moreover... it was in a completely unrestrained, fully released state.
The result was hard to believe, but it was the truth. The Titan had melted into a pool of liquid, thoroughly merging with the gray-white earth. Zhao Bai sheathed his sword in satisfaction, then reached out to pry apart Bronya's little hands covering her eyes and stroked her burning cheeks.
"Next time I set something on fire, I'll have to get you a pair of sunglasses."
P.S.: The greatsword form and the Jie Mie form seemed to be somewhat different. As long as you knew Jie Mie had been handcrafted from Heavenly Fire, that was enough.
The Indifferent Recorder (1/4)
*This composed strength