The instant the force field flowing along the Black Sword's edge sliced into the magic crystal, the Negation rune on its spine flared, dispelling the protective magic wrapped around the adamantine golem's core.
Fine cracks spread across the green magic crystal the moment the blade touched it. Then it shattered into countless fragments, and the uncontrolled magical energy burst outward like an unbridled torrent, disintegrating every fragile component and cable inside the adamantine golem.
The energy surged wildly through the cramped chest cavity, and the metal framework groaned under the strain of the uncontrolled magical upheaval.
The nozzles spraying alchemical poison gas stopped immediately, no longer spewing dark green mist. With its core power supply gone, every joint and hydraulic system in the enormous construct lost power at once. It crashed to its knees with a heavy thud.
Scalding steam gushed from the gaps beneath its adamantine armor, filling the air with the smell of machine oil and scorched metal.
The magical fluctuations beneath Renato's feet were rising sharply. He sensed the residual energy inside the adamantine golem's chest gathering and swelling in an irreversible process.
With no time to think, he hurriedly leaped off the golem's shoulder, rolling backward as he landed to put distance between them. At the same time, he swiftly focused his thoughts and summoned Shadow Shield around himself.
The next instant, a violent explosion erupted inside the adamantine golem's chest. The uncontrolled magical energy found its only outlets from the sealed adamantine cavity: the gaps between the armor plates and the joint where its head had been.
The shock wave forced searing blasts of air through every gap with a piercing shriek.
However, the construct's integrated outer adamantine plating deformed extensively in the explosion, bulging outward and absorbing most of the blast's kinetic force.
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