"Look out!"
As Xingtian shouted, the silver metal chain sword shot out from beneath the armor on his right arm!
BANG!
A blue flash skimmed past Hero's reactor and punched a hole several meters wide straight through his chest!
The impact hurled Hero into the high wall behind him. He clutched the gaping hole in his chest and dropped to one knee!
"Warning: chest armor damaged by 46%!
"Reactor transmission system damaged. Current output is 21% below standard!"
If Xingtian hadn't wrapped the chain sword around Crimson Hurricane's arm at the last second, throwing off its aim, Hero would have been nothing but scrap metal after that electromagnetic cannon shot!
"Are you all right, Bean?" Sato Yu asked anxiously, looking at Bean, who was gasping for breath beside him.
Although neural-sync protection had activated immediately, the absurd speed of the discarding sabot armor-piercing round had left them with a brief afterimage of pain!
Bean simply pinched himself hard, then stood back up and nodded to Sato Yu to show he was fine.
"ROAR!!!"
Crimson Hurricane let out an enraged roar after missing its shot, then clamped its hand—which had returned to its giant-fist form—around the chain sword wrapped around its arm!
The next second, Yu Xiao felt an overwhelming force pulling from the other end of the chain sword!
Even with Xingtian in Overload Mode gripping the chain sword in both hands, his massive frame was still dragged helplessly toward Crimson Hurricane!
Screee!
Xingtian's huge feet scraped across the ground, throwing off a string of dazzling sparks!
"What kind of power is this...?" The instant the thought crossed Yu Xiao's mind, Xingtian lost his balance completely and stumbled toward Crimson Hurricane!
Waiting for him was a fully charged, full-power "Thunderclap" turboelectric-accelerated punch!
"Harden!" Yu Xiao spared no effort as he