Honkai Double Transmigration, Taking Xilian to Honkai Impact 3rd

This was the true, unadulterated power to shatter the earth with a stomp and tear the sky asunder with a wave of a hand; the mere wind from his punches was enough to pulverize the steel legion.

Even if some mechs managed to scramble near him during this playful slaughter, the next moment—

Five fingers easily pierced through the steel.

It was as if he were kneading fresh, tender tofu.

Jiang Cheng grabbed a Titan by the head and squeezed with force, ripping out the monitor along with its core. The special alloy frame was bent and snapped clean off by his single hand!

"Crunch, crunch, crunch—!"

It could only be described as a massacre.

This wasn't a battle; even slaughter wasn't this effortless. It was no different from stepping on ants.

Even when humans tried to deal with ants, ensuring every single one was crushed wasn't that simple.

As for the human pilots inside the Titans?

Crushed to death in one grip.

Jiang Cheng felt no mercy for them whatsoever.

Once he confirmed they were enemies, he would not hold back, especially these signature mechs of this place; every single one of them had participated in the attack against him, Raiden Mei, and Kiana.

Whether it was pure steel or flesh and blood.

They would all be crushed into scrap metal just like stepping on an empty can.

When he reached a state of fanatical killing, he even let out a wild laugh, grabbed the heavy fist swung by a Titan behind him, twisted his waist, stomped the ground, and with peerless violence, ripped it out by the roots along with its internal circuitry.

Immediately following this, he held the iron fist he had just torn off high in a backhand grip and smashed it fiercely into the Titan's face.

"Screech, screech, screech—!"

The Titan's outer shell was instantly pulverized. He achieved with ease what even the Titan Mech itself could not do. It wasn't until a final scream echoed from within the mech—something being squeezed out like a fly pressed to the limit by a naive, cruel child inside a syringe—that Jiang Cheng realized there were people inside the Titans.

—Who cared?

He didn't even spare them a glance.

Having stepped onto the Path of "The Hunt," he would not slaughter the innocent, but who here could be considered innocent?!

Innocent for going to the battlefield? Innocent for piloting a mech?

Ordinary soldiers might have been conscripted, but who among those who could join the Titan Legion wasn't one of Cocolia's elites?

Such a crazed and cruel display seemed to have terrified the surrounding regular army, causing their footsteps to falter for a moment.

The blue lights on the faces of the Titan Mechs flickered wildly, signals connecting to one another, though it was unclear what they were communicating.

—Utterly meaningless.

Jiang Cheng was no battle-crazed fool who loved loneliness; he would not grant his enemies any possibility of a counterattack.

The main course was still waiting, and there was no need to waste time on such trivial matters.

Jiang Cheng clenched his fists.

For the first time during this slaughter, he channeled the power of his Path.

Scorching flames clearly swirled around him, manifesting from thin air as if the aura he naturally emitted had ignited the atmosphere, and energy surged forth like a flood. It pierced the sky and submerged the earth; the shockwave that erupted from his side tore through ten thousand meters, even ripping a massive hole through the seemingly infinitely distant clouds above.

The Titan clusters were blown away like dust in the wind, and the steel legion was more than half-annihilated in an instant.

Countless blue lights transformed into warning red lights, flickering desperately: <strong>[Mech has sustained severe damage, please initiate recovery.]</strong>

The golden patterns on his left hand seemed to take on physical form, extending forward and spontaneously winding through the air, transforming into brilliant gold that burned like a raging fire.

Following that, the flames continued to ignite, swallowing everything with a heat that threatened to melt the very heavens and earth.

One strike, one hit—

Extinguished!

Everything was utterly annihilated. The so-called steel legion couldn't even last a single second within it, turning into a pool of molten iron poured over the nearly parched earth.

With no more haze or enemies left under the heavens, his gaze could finally turn toward Nagazora.

—That steel fortress built on the edge of the city.

The distance of thousands of kilometers could not hide it from his eyes; the layers of buildings were as nothing, and the entire world focused solely on the still-defiant and arrogant blonde woman.

"You mongrel thing, it's your turn. Prepare your screams of agony in advance."

"----!?"

As if sensing the gaze coming from that distant place, Cocolia's pupils constricted instantly.

No description was needed.

It was as if she were performing some natural, instinctive action embedded deep within her DNA.

Jiang Cheng raised his left hand.

Three fingers extended.

--In the empty air, a blazing, intense golden flame appeared abruptly.

The flame had no temperature—no, that wasn't right! The temperature was too high! It was so high that the surrounding air began to distort, so high that any existence drawing near would be instantly vaporized.

Yet, at this moment, the fire that seemed capable of scorching the entire world hovered quietly and docilely at his fingertips, like a hound awaiting orders, its flickering flames acting as sharp fangs and teeth.

Jiang Cheng raised his right hand.

Five fingers splayed open.

--A great golden bow appeared in his palm, natural and effortless, as if it had been there from the very beginning.

Dark golden light flowed across the bow's frame.

The bowstring was pulled to its limit, emitting a faint, almost inaudible vibration.

Jiang Cheng's three fingers on his left hand pinched that golden flame, and then the flame expanded to both sides, in an instant--

It transformed into a roaring golden arrow.

How strong would this strike be? How powerful, or what price would have to be paid to fire it?

--Who cares?!

As long as he recalled Mei being injured time and time again, fury spread uncontrollably in the depths of his heart.

Reason, logic, calculation—those worthless things were all burned away completely at this moment. Jiang Cheng only needed to remember one thing.

Nock the arrow.

And then--

--Release.

Inside the combat command room.

Layer upon layer of defenses wrapped the facility like an iron barrel.

The first layer: long-range detection systems. Any flying object entering the perimeter would be locked onto instantly.

The second layer: automated interceptor cannons. Three-hundred-sixty-degree coverage with no blind spots, capable of pouring out thousands of rounds of ammunition per second.

The third layer: energy shields. Strong enough to withstand a direct hit from a tactical missile.

The fourth layer: alloy armor. Its thickness measured in meters.

The fifth, sixth, seventh layers--

Not a single gap existed. From the very beginning of its design, every extreme scenario had been considered; it was completely airtight.

To be able to torture the main cast to such a degree, to destroy a major city of millions, to leave Raiden Mei's family shattered and her nearly dead, and yet still survive to the end—Cocolia had never relied on the kindness of others.

The fear of insufficient firepower in Siberia was even more severe, especially for an upright officer who had once witnessed corruption with her own eyes.

--Cocolia leaned back in her command chair.

Watching the boy on the screen nocking his bow, her anxious heart was soothed by the layers of defense, and she let out another mocking sneer.

"I admit I misjudged you. You aren't a bug; you're a prickly rat. But so what? I have plenty of time to play with you. I can easily create dozens, hundreds of Welts, and order them to attack you at any time. From this day on, even a single day of peace will be a luxury for you."

"And you? Can you find me? Can you even touch me? You don't actually think you can hit me with that bow, do you?"

Her voice carried undisguised sarcasm.

"--Stupid."

"Utterly, hopelessly foolish."

She turned her head to look at the silent figure wearing a snake-shaped mask at the edge of the screen.

"Grey Snake."

"Have your people secured it?"

"Once you're ready, I'm going to go all out. Facing these things... as expected, saturation fire is more effective."

"..."

There was no response. Everything around her was excessively silent.

--Silence?

Cocolia's brow furrowed slightly.

The instruments that should have been running continuously, the screens that should have been flashing with data streams, the energy cores that should have been emitting a faint hum, and the crowd of onlookers--

At this moment. All of them. Were silent.

All she could see--

Was the boy on the screen, one foot planted firmly on the earth, the contours of muscles bulging out of thin air on his previously thin arms.

It was not the exaggerated bulging of a bodybuilder, but rather a tension more akin to something stretched to its limit by power, poised and ready to strike like a bowstring pulled to the breaking point.

The chuunibyou-esque poetry appeared in his mind as if it were the incantation of a Noble Phantasm or a magical summoning spell.

He opened his mouth.

"O sky, tear asunder! O earth, shatter! Until all things in existence are reduced to scorched earth, and those who remain immutable are put to the sword--!"

"Let this be the proof--"

The voice pierced through the screen, through the layers upon layers of defense, as if the sound waves themselves had transcended all weaponry in that very moment.

"I shall."

"Seek, Conquer, Pursue, Hunt!!!"

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--BOOM!!!

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PS:

The composure forcibly suppressed within Omphalos, knowing everything yet unable to express even a shred of it; the hatred for Laigushi, Cocolia, and Welt; as well as the "anger/stupidity" of seeking out hardship despite knowing there were better endings—such as notifying World Serpent to enter easy mode from the start, or choosing to run away after entering the Path Interstice.

It is only reasonable to have gained this level of strength in exchange, isn't it?

Please, throw some votes my way~

34. Nail Cocolia to the wall!

The sky.