The Hero's Proof

"Reporting, sir, the [Heavenly Court] pilots..."

"I Think!" The officer sitting in front of the screen looked at the battle livestream that had been brazenly uploaded to the Live Broadcast Platform, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.

The other party's actions were undoubtedly a provocation against the very foundation of the entire Bailin Country. Under normal circumstances, a large number of pilots should have been dispatched immediately to seize the mech. As long as they could take that mech into the air, even if the laboratory, Industrial Zone, or even the entire city were destroyed, it would still be a profit.

But as a high-ranking official in the Bailin Country, he couldn't do that.

Doing so would be tantamount to admitting that Bailin Country's pilots couldn't even defeat people who weren't piloting their mechs.

If we really can't win, that's fine, but we absolutely cannot retreat without a fight. Otherwise, the martial spirit that the Bailin Country Kingdom has upheld since its founding will become a joke, and the martial gods rooted in this martial spirit will suffer an unbearable blow.

"Immediately notify the nearest garrison to send all their Ace Pilot. Also, notify the Live Broadcast Platform to see if they can ban the Live Broadcast Room. And..."

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, the officer immediately issued the order, while on the screen, in the Live Broadcast Room filled with various bullet comments, the man who had already stepped out of the machine was already in position.

"You're courting death!" The man piloting the [Pillar] mech roared angrily. His actions were no less than those of two masters dueling, where one of them had laid down his weapon and even bound the other's hands and feet. This was not just contempt, it was blatant disrespect!

"Whether you're courting death or not, just try and see."

Although he had stepped out of the mecha, the man's voice still echoed around him. The Demonic Nature mecha now seemed to have turned into a giant speaker, making the battlefield look rather comical.

However, after uttering these confident words, he did not immediately take action. Instead, he turned around, with his back to [Pillar], and forcefully slapped his leg.

The sharp thorn at his knee snapped back, and then he pulled a long, red Nodachi from it.

The sheath, which opens to the side, is very simple, looking like leather casually wrapped with rope. But the moment the Sharp blade is drawn, a strong sense of dread stimulates the nerves of everyone who sees the knife.

The blade's spine was covered with irregular, sharp barbs, giving it the impact of an ancient, ferocious beast. When the man held the blade horizontally, an instinctive feeling that he would be separated from his body in the next moment made the pilot of the pillar immediately put down his unrealistic pride.

This man could kill me even without piloting his mech!

"Does this knife... have a name?"

A voice carrying a somewhat enigmatic meaning emanated from the [pillar], as if it were the last vestige of a warrior's pride—a warrior who had prepared for death and wanted to know the name of his killer.

Feng Xue held up the dark red blade, and a name came from his mouth—

"The Heaven and Earth Unrivaled Blade."

"A good name!" Without any arrogance in mocking the name of the sword, the Pillarstone mech went all out, an aura of abandoning everything erupting from the mech, revealing a fighting style completely different from before.

The common perception is that giants are not agile, but this is not necessarily a mistake. An ordinary person can only swing their arm to cover a distance of about one meter, while a 100-meter giant can swing their arm to cover more than 50 meters.

Even if a giant is ten times faster than a mortal, he can only perform one-fifth of the same movement, which appears sluggish to onlookers.

But this is only how "outsiders" see it.

Because no matter how many actions were taken, the distance was still covered.

During Mecha Combat, [Pillar]'s speed was already extremely fast. In an instant, the high-frequency oscillating combat "short sword" had already reached the top of Feng Xue's head. For a mecha, this attack range could be avoided with just a step, but for a human body, it was an exaggerated range that required all its strength to escape.

Only...

"Bite!"

With a crisp sound, the dark red Nodachi clashed with the mecha's melee sword in mid-air. In just an instant, the high-frequency vibrations of the melee sword knocked the Nodachi away.

But this backlash did not disrupt Feng Xue's balance. On the contrary, using the force of the vibration, he suddenly twisted his body, and with the wildness of a ferocious beast Nodachi drew a blood-red arc, circled around, and then slashed back at the spine of the fighting sword. The trembling sensation that made one's whole body go numb came again, but Feng Xue leaped into the air like a pole vaulter.

For martial artists, this was undoubtedly a major blunder. For humans who cannot Flight Ability, taking to the air is equivalent to giving up all possibilities of evasion and gambling everything on a single strike. The pilot of Pillar Stone was naturally aware of this, and his left arm suddenly unleashed a swing punch. With the support of the mecha's power, this strike, if it hit, would definitely kill any carbon-based life form.

"Choke!"

A sound like two pieces of metal rubbing together exploded in the air. Suddenly, the left fist of the Pillarstone Mech split open between its middle and ring fingers. Using the momentum of this slash, its body rose another step upward. At the same time, an exciting melody, unknown to anyone in this world, emanated from the Demonic Dragon- like mech.

Feng Xue's body spun in the air, and in that instant, the blade of the Heaven and Earth Unrivaled Blade faintly glowed with a dazzling orange light. Black and red lightning enveloped the blade and fell down together. Accompanied by the music of "Hero's Proof", the seven-meter-long behemoth was unfurled by Feng Xue from the middle.

It wasn't a sharp, mirror-like cut, but a terrifying wound as if torn apart by immense force. The pilot, sitting in the cockpit with an incredulous expression, seemed to have already died from that slash. His eyes were unfocused as he stared at the huge gash in front of him. At that moment, all that remained in his mind was the terrifying slash that had almost grazed his nose.

As the sword was sheathed, the sky, which had been dimmed by the black light emanating from the Demonic Dragon- like mech, suddenly cleared up. The stirring music continued to rise, and in the reflection of this music, six mechs of different shapes surrounded them from all directions.

"All of them are custom-made machines? Not bad, not bad. I hope you can give me a little surprise."

With a ferocious grin on her face, Feng Xue, who looked like a lolicon playing with vector graphics, assumed an iaido stance, but the speed at which she drew her sword was extremely slow.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The sound of the blade rubbing against the scabbard seemed to strike the hearts of every pilot. When the blade, which seemed to have exceeded the limit of its drawing ability, reached the limit that Feng Xue could physically draw, the scabbard, which had been gathering power for a long time, suddenly tilted, and a dazzling blade light that covered almost 360 degrees, carrying black and red "currents", spread out!

The title of the previous chapter was the background music for Huang Black Dragon. As for this chapter, you should already know what it is, right?