"Full firepower."
At Yang Yong's command, every firearm on the surface of Mechanical City opened fire at once.
Gun barrels unfolded from every corner of the metal shell, densely covering the entire underside and sides of the city.
Shell after shell whistled out, trailing long tails of flame as they slammed into the Black Mist Buddha's body.
High-explosive shells burst into blazing fireballs within the mist.
Armor-piercing shells tore long, narrow holes through the black mist.
Incendiary shells ignited the mist itself, turning it into a flowing sea of fire in midair.
Countless holes were blasted through the Black Mist Buddha's body.
It silently opened its mouth...
No sound came out, but everyone saw...
Its lower jaw stretched downward to an unnatural extent, all the way to its chest.
Then...
It changed.
More black mist surged from the depths of Bone City, pouring into the Buddha's body.
New arms grew from its shoulders, beneath its ribs, and across its back.
First two, then four, then eight, then sixteen.
The newly grown arms were thicker and longer than before, the joints of their fingers clearly visible.
A hooked black nail grew from the tip of every finger.
Dozens of arms spread out at once, reaching toward Mechanical City in overlapping layers.
The bases of those arms tangled together, intertwining into a sphere made of countless hands that completely enveloped Mechanical City.
Yang Yong hesitated for a moment.
He was wondering whether to use that wisp of the Heaven-Opening Giant Axe's power he had channeled.
That wisp of power was his trump card, a force that could truly decide victory or defeat.
Using it now against a Black Mist Buddha that was merely part of the outer defenses would be far too wasteful.
Put plainly, this layer of black mist before him