" Sersi, rescue Ikaris first!"
Kingo shouted, without turning around, the golden energy between his fingers growing brighter.
" Makkari, prepare to take them away."
Makkari saw his gesture, nodded slightly, and golden arcs of electricity began to dance beneath his feet.
The Sprite stood beside Sersi, her eyes still slightly red. She stared intently at the golden patterns on Chen Mo's armor, wishing she could tear off all the traces that belonged to Phastos.
But Ikaris was still lying paralyzed at the opponent's feet; even Ikaris had been defeated.
If they all rush in together, it will only render Phastos's warning meaningless.
Kingo raised his right hand, and his index finger suddenly shot out a golden light bullet.
Chen Mo straightened his back.
The patterns on the armor surface rapidly converged, forming a golden ring that blocked the energy blast in the middle. The two energies grazed his body, blasting two deep craters in the wasteland behind him.
Immediately afterwards, a Stormfront of energy projectiles rained down.
Kingo tapped his ten fingers in quick succession, and several beams of golden light approached from different angles, each less than half a second apart.
The ring in front of Chen Mo unfolded to the left and right, each side forming half. The torrent of energy bullets was deflected by the mechanical ring, deviating from their trajectories. The last one, however, took a strange turn midway, grazing his left shoulder and tearing through the surface of his armor.
Chen Mo turned to the side and glanced in the direction the energy blast had flown.
The attack just now accelerated again before it got close to him, and also shifted inward by a few centimeters.
"Can bullets even curve?"
Chen Mo raised his hand and patted the dust off his shoulder; the wound had already closed up.
"Not bad, you're wasting your talents selling popcorn at the movie theater. You'd be better suited to training penalty kicks for the national team."
Kingo didn't respond; he swallowed hard, calculating in his mind.
The attack he launched with all his might was like child's play to his opponent; the two were simply not in the same league. Not to mention, the other two outstanding fighters from the Eternals were not here. He had to find a way to escape with Ikaris.
Thinking it over, Kingo spread all ten fingers at once and made another move.
Ten energy projectiles were launched, but none of them flew towards Chen Mo. The golden light all landed at his feet, the explosions kicked up a large amount of debris, and thick dust instantly engulfed the black and red figure.
" Sprite! Now!"
The Sprite pushed its hands forward, and dozens of figures emerged from the dust.
Sersi, Kingo, Ikaris, and even the dead Phastos were among them. Each illusion moved from a different direction, golden energy mingling with dust, filling the entire battlefield completely.
More Makkari burst forth from the crowd.
They transformed into streaks of golden lightning, rushing towards the fallen Ikaris.
Chen Mo stood in the center of the dust, and suddenly his black and red tentacles shot out to both sides, piercing through the bodies of the two Makkari in succession.
The illusion shattered silently.
The Sprite's eyes lit up.
He can't distinguish between my illusions!
Chen Mo watched the illusion dissipate, his face remaining expressionless, but he chuckled inwardly.
Hehe, she believed it.
In my perception, the real Makkari is always as clear as a light in the dark. The breath, heartbeat, and the Cosmic Energy flowing within the body are things that illusions cannot replicate.
He just wanted to see how this group would use this opportunity.
Beside Ikaris, Sersi pressed her palm into the loose soil.
Golden energy spread rapidly along the ground.
The gravel and soil altered their structure, pressing against each other to form a thick rock wall in the blink of an eye. The black and red blood vessels remaining on Ikaris's body were separated by the rock strata, and a few blood vessels that couldn't retract in time were sealed deep inside the rock wall.
Makkari also appeared.
She bent down and picked up Ikaris, golden arcs of electricity bursting from beneath her feet, and the two of them instantly shot forward more than ten meters.
It was a success?
The thought had barely crossed Sersi's mind when a muffled thud came from afar.
Ikaris's skin suddenly split open on his chest and arms.
Dozens of tiny blood vessels emerged from the wound, twisting into two tentacles in the air. The other end of the tentacles sank into the ground and suddenly straightened.
The rapidly moving Makkari was abruptly brought to a stop!
The immense inertia caused her to tumble forward, and Ikaris, whom she was holding, flew out of her grasp. Before landing, Makkari twisted her body, grabbed his wrist, and slammed him through several rocks.
"Interrupt them!"
Kingo transferred energy to his arm, and the energy of all ten fingers converged simultaneously.
A dense barrage of golden light slammed into the crimson tentacles.
Each explosion shattered large chunks of flesh and blood, but the shattered blood threads would recombine in mid-air as soon as they scattered. Kingo continuously changed the landing point, trying to find the energy nodes hidden within.
The Sprite moved too.
Dozens of illusions surged into the dust, all blocking Chen Mo's path. Some threw punches, some released energy, and several Ikaris swooped down from mid-air.
Chen Mo did not pursue.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the rock wall at his feet.
Deep within the dark red blood vessels, a glimmer of golden light appeared.
Fine mechanical lines spread rapidly along the blood vessels, drilling into the rock strata, and then following the energy connection that Sersi had not yet withdrawn, arriving at her palm.
Click.
Several golden mechanical rings rose from the rock face and instantly gripped Sersi's wrists.
Sersi's expression changed, and Cosmic Energy surged from her palm once more.
The surface of the gold mechanical ring began to soften.
She can transform it.
Before the transformation was complete, the entire mechanical ring disintegrated into hundreds of tiny components. Each component detached from the area being altered, reassembled, and continued to tighten towards her arm.
Sersi raised her other hand.
More mechanical components emerged from the rock face, wrapping around her fingers first.
The toroidal surface is constantly being disassembled and its structure is constantly being changed. Each time, she can only transform a small part of it, but the remaining components will immediately fill the gaps.
" Sersi!"
The illusion created by the Sprite simultaneously came to a halt.
When Kingo turned around and saw this scene, the energy between his fingers immediately shifted to the mechanical ring.
If he continues to attack the crimson tentacles, Makkari might be able to take Ikaris away.
Sersi will be completely locked in by those mechanical structures.
Kingo hesitated for only a moment before turning and rushing towards Sersi, unleashing a barrage of energy from both hands to precisely strike the connection points between the mechanical rings.
The golden components crumbled one after another.
The teamwork that the four had just formed suddenly faltered.
The Sprite had to maintain the illusion, forcing Kingo to rescue Sersi, leaving Makkari with no one to protect her anymore.
Behind the ridge, Tony zoomed out of the battlefield view, and the structural model of the mechanical ring appeared on the right side of the screen.
"It's obvious he could have caught the fastest one much earlier."
"Judging from the current situation, yes, sir."
"So those tentacles at the front..."
"This seems closer to inducement."
Tony watched the rapidly changing battle situation, his brows furrowing beneath his mask.
"So, he's breaking up their cooperation."
An Ikaris punched down in front of Chen Mo.
The fist pierced his shoulder, and the illusion dissipated.
Another Kingo figure shot out energy from the side, only to be instantly torn apart by the black and red tentacles.
The countless illusory figures continued to move.
Chen Mo took a step forward.
Golden mechanical patterns flashed beneath his feet, and his figure passed through overlapping illusions, appearing directly behind Makkari.
As soon as Makkari put Ikaris on the ground, the hairs on the back of her head stood on end.
She turned her head abruptly.
A hand covered in black and red armor passed through the scattered golden light and reached for the back of her neck.