Knight of Black Iron

The moment the over thirty-meter-tall Black Iron Knight rose to his feet, every hair on Ivan's body stood on end.

It felt as if someone was pressing a sharp awl against his tailbone; Ivan's body moved Consciousness, shifting to the side.

The next moment, a Dark Shadows descended from the sky, shattering the earth.

The shattered stones flew up and cut Ivan's exposed forearms and cheeks; this time, he truly felt the pain.

He took a few steps back, then observed the devastation on the ground where he had just stood, and broke out in a cold sweat.

This Black Iron Knight, over thirty meters tall, unleashed terrifying power. The Giant Sword in his hand, as large as a city gate, would be difficult for many to wield even if scaled down to human size.

However, in the hands of this seemingly Puppet- like Black Iron Knight, the Giant Sword was wielded with ease and fluidity, and at an astonishing speed.

This is only the weakened state of this Knight. Ivan finds it hard to imagine just how terrifying the power this Black Iron Knight could unleash in its strongest, most powerful state.

Squeak, squeak.

After its initial defeat, the Black Iron Knight seemed quite puzzled. It tilted its helmet and glanced at Ivan, then without hesitation, faithfully began to fulfill its mission according to some kind of procedure.

It's a wall; people outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.

Looking at its raised Giant Sword, Ivan knew that his strength was worlds apart from its, like the difference between an ant and an elephant.

I have to run...

Ivan looked toward the road behind the Black Iron Knight, only to find that it had been blocked by a light barrier that had suddenly appeared. He turned back to look in the direction he had come from, and unsurprisingly, the city gate there was the same.

As he watched, Hurricane descended from above, and the Black Iron Knight's second strike arrived.

Ivan's amazing instincts saved him once again. He dodged the Black Iron Knight's attack, and as the sword slammed down, another deep trench appeared in the ground.

As he dodged the attack, Ivan suddenly had a flash of Spirit Light.

The Black Iron Knight's attacks are so powerful, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks. Could the barrier sealing him off possibly lure Knight to attack it, thus destroying it directly?

Without hesitation, Ivan sprinted to the barrier before the Knight's third sword strike, looking up intently at it and awaiting the Black Iron Knight's attack.

This time, however, the Black Iron Knight did not do as he wished. Instead of using its sword, it stretched out its empty hand and grabbed at him directly.

Ivan quickly dodged to the side, the Knight having picked up the patch of ground where he had just stood and hurled it at him.

Clang!

It threw huge boulders onto the ground, and many of the flying stone fragments pierced Ivan's tattered armor and embedded themselves in his flesh.

"We have no choice but to resist."

Ivan gritted his teeth, gripping his longsword tightly, but after assessing the thickness and strength of the Knight's armor, he switched to One-Handed Hammer.

Faced with such overwhelming power, the shield was useless, so Ivan simply slung it over his shoulder, gripped the hammer handle tightly, and charged forward.

The instincts dormant within him stirred him, and amidst the Black Iron Knight's relentless onslaught, he always managed to find openings, dodge attacks, and close the distance to the Black Iron Knight's ankle.

Behind the Black Iron Knight's left and right feet were two circular Magic Array, incomplete but now burning with blue flames. Seeing these two Magic Array, Ivan felt inexplicably familiar with them. As if possessed, he raised his hammer and smashed it hard at the one on the right.

Bang!

The hammerhead struck, sending sparks flying. The recoil made Ivan's hands go numb, but with this attack, the Black Iron Knight seemed to be stimulated, and his attacks became even more frenzied.

Efficient!

Ivan remained calm, steadied his mind, and focused on maneuvering against the Black Iron Knight.

With each relentless hammer blow, the blue flames of the Magic Array on the Black Iron Knight's right foot finally went out. At that moment, as if it had lost all its strength, the Black Iron Knight's foot suddenly bent, causing it to kneel on one knee.

Ivan quickly came up behind it, looking for an opportunity. He glanced at the still-burning Magic Array on its left foot, then looked up and found an identical Magic Array behind the Knight.

Driven by an inexplicable sense of urgency, he abandoned his plan to extinguish the Magic Array on his left foot, grabbed his weapon, and climbed up the Black Iron Knight's massive body through the Rift in its armor, following its leg.

Sure enough, shortly after he climbed onto the Knight's back, the Knight's right foot regained its power, and the Magic Array was rekindled.

"This should be a temporary loss of vitality in one of its parts."

Ivan thought to himself.

"It should have a Core, that's its power source."

A realization dawned on him. He had a vague feeling that in the distant past, when his memories were still intact, he might have once fought against Puppet -like monster like this Black Iron Knight.

And as it turned out, Ivan's guess was correct. After a long maneuver, Ivan extinguished all the Magic Array burning with blue flames on the Black Iron Knight's body one by one, and then he found the Knight's Core.

It was a Crystal placed on the chest of its armor, embedded in the Knight's armor, protected by a layer of dim light.

However, the Crystal's light was already very weak, and the light barrier itself became extremely fragile. It was eventually shattered by Ivan, and the Crystal was dug out by Ivan.

Boom!

The moment the Crystal was unearthed, the once majestic Black Iron Knight, who had been like War God, suddenly seemed to have lost his soul, kneeling down on the spot and then falling to his side on the ground.

Then he was like a clod of earth finally caught in the endless river of time, struck and swept away by the waves, collapsing into a white dust cloud before Ivan.

Holding the Crystal, Ivan watched as the sandstorm was swept away by the wind. As the white sand completely dissipated, the Crystal in his hand suddenly emitted an even brighter light.

The light flowed from the Crystal into his body through the point of contact, and Ivan felt an immense amount of light, far beyond what he had ever experienced before, surge into his body. His abilities also increased rapidly.

When he got up from the ground, the Crystal in his hand had completely lost its luster and crumbled into dust with a gentle squeeze.

Ivan brushed the dust off his clothes and looked in the direction where the Black Iron Knight had disappeared.

There was also a Great Sword there.