"Fuck!"
Even Yang Yi, the Invincible King, could not help swearing now. The situation had spiraled completely beyond his control.
A vast mechanical army surged toward the players, all Platinum Models, with even previously unseen Diamond Model Combat Robots among them. The Engineering Corps mingled with their ranks, many landing directly on the Radiant Goddess to build fortifications on the spot and establish interlocking fields of fire.
This was already a force capable of shifting the battle, all produced from inside that white-bearded old man. They dropped off him like lice and grew upon exposure to the air, until they became thoroughly intimidating War Machines.
And the old man was exceptionally skilled at fighting-not with martial arts or magic, but through sheer strength and an understanding of how to inflict the greatest possible damage on Yang Yi.
In short, it was all very scientific, including the way he fought. Though he was still no match for Yang Yi, he distracted him, allowing the suppressed Radiant Goddess to rally again.
"What's wrong? Hurry up and finish this old man off, or you'll run out of time. I'm not the only one coming!"
The Steam Old Man's words made Yang Yi's pupils contract.
Immediately afterward, another dazzling blue stream of data descended from the sky and gradually converged, erupting in blinding green light before finally becoming a strange flower bud. Inside was an extraordinarily beautiful woman, but only half her body was visible, the other half buried in the flower's receptacle. She looked very much like its pistil.
The woman also held a harp made of vines. Upon appearing, she first nodded to Yang Yi as though greeting him, then plucked the strings under his urgent gaze.
A strange but moving melody rang across the battlefield, inexplicably familiar. Below, Shen Guanquan and