The Qian Shan Army Shield suddenly sprang open after storing kinetic energy to its limit.
The cross-shaped Blade Light finally shattered.
That immensely heavy defensive mecha was blasted backward over a hundred meters.
A clear cross-shaped blade mark was left on its shield.
Yet the mark did not even reach a fifth of the shield's depth.
The Qian Shan Mecha, built solely for defense and support, finally shone in battle.
Seeing this, the two mechas on the ground, already operating at full firepower, finally steadied themselves completely.
"My defense cannot be broken—"
"—Open fire again!"
A furious roar filled with fierce spirit rang out, and the gray Heavy Shield thickened by another third.
At that moment, the Qian Shan Mecha seemed to be holding up a mountain.
"...Is that so?"
From midair, a blood-red Blade Light descended with the might of heaven and slashed heavily against the shield.
At the end of the Blade Light—
was Shura's cold, grim face.
The massive blood-red blade, over a hundred meters long, actually carved a curtain of blade energy into the sky that remained frozen in place!
Boom!
The longsword crashed down upon the Qian Shan Army Shield.
The burly pilot had only just begun to smile.
"Beneath my blade, all things..."
"Are severed in two!"
Shura's chilling voice rang out.
The people watching through surveillance satellites abruptly widened their eyes.
Because this strike seemed to compress all the air between heaven and earth beneath its edge.
At that moment, the air on both sides of the blood-red lightning Blade Light had distorted into... boiling turbulence!
Time froze for an instant.
Everyone's minds froze for an instant as well...
Boom!
The hundred-meter-tall Qian Shan Army Shield exploded.
The shield-bearing Qian Shan Mecha was swept by that sky-piercing blood blade, and its entire left