Strong Enemy

Tang Wuyang pulled the long spear from the ground, allowing his newly stabilized mecha to fall backward and avoid the cannon shell's direct impact.

At the same time, he kicked upward in a sweeping arc.

The low rumble drowned out the stirring dragon's roar. A clear stream of water surged out of thin air like an inverted heavenly river, wrapping around the melee mecha's right leg at the very last instant.

It was no ordinary stream, but a ribbon of water compressed to the extreme under the First Soul Skill, "Water Element Control." Every drop contained surging Soul Power. As it flowed across the mecha's surface, it reflected a sapphire-like sheen, and faint dragon roars seemed to echo within the water.

Tang Wuyang perfectly integrated the force technique of Golden Dragon Tail Sweep from the Golden Dragon Nine Forms into this strike. The mecha's entire right leg seemed to transform into the massive tail of a golden dragon, its muscles bulging and bones ringing as it lashed fiercely at the cannon shell with tremendous force.

"Boom!"

The deafening explosion instantly swept across the entire arena, as though a real sun had been ignited at its center.

Orange-red flames intertwined with pitch-black energy turbulence, transforming into a small mushroom cloud that soared skyward. The intense shockwave spread madly outward from the point of impact, scorching even the air into warped distortions in its wake.

Tang Wuyang's melee mecha was like it had been struck hard by an invisible giant hand. He and the mecha were flung sideways, tumbling several times through the air before barely stabilizing.

Inside the cockpit, Tang Wuyang gripped the controls tightly, forcibly controlling the mecha's posture with the astonishing core strength and Soul Power output granted by the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

He controlled the mecha to