It's perfectly normal for Honest to be confused and not understand the situation, just as it was for Lin Feng to lose his life because of Mahapadma.
In fact, Esdeath's ultimate technique Mahapadma, does not freeze time and space, but rather freezes everything within a very large area, giving people the illusion of a frozen time and space.
In the past, there was one thing Esdeath could not freeze: the Special Danger Beasts - Dragon Clan, and the related Teigu after they Dragon Transformation. When these people entered a berserk state, the dragon blood in their bodies could help them become immune to the invasion of ice.
However, Esdeath, having gained the power of Bloodsucking, possesses a freezing ability that is completely different from before. Now, she can even completely freeze legendary Dragon Clan.
In Honest's view, his Black Destruction Orb had simply reversed its direction at the moment of launch, shooting into the vast sky where there was no target.
Then, the Machine God's position was changed by ice pillars that appeared out of nowhere—even though it couldn't see Esdeath's attack, its finishing move was wasted.
A chilling aura continued to rise as Esdeath approached the Machine God step by step. Her snow-white boots tapped on the frost-covered ground, echoing clearly across the noisy battlefield.
The cold wind whizzed between her legs, and countless snowflakes brushed past her skin but never touched her, instead gathering in front of her to form icy prisms.
Esdeath raised her hands high, truly like an empress in the snow, and all the frost and snow surrounding her rushed towards the Shikoutazer.
One after another, enormous ice spikes broke through the ice beneath the Machine God. Although the solid ice couldn't pierce the Machine God's outer shell, it easily altered the terrain.
The soil beneath the Machine God was constantly being bulged up. Within the churning and twisting ice prison Machine God was like a raging beast trapped in the sea, having lost its foothold. Even with the power to split mountains and move ravines, it could not exert any force.
The screen in front of Honest kept flipping, and the little emperor had lost control. His ability to control the Machine God was far inferior to Honest's, and he was completely unable to free the Machine God from the icy highlands.
If this continues, even if God intervenes and kills both Lin Feng and Esdeath, the Machine God will lose its control due to the ever-decreasing body temperature.
"Useless piece of trash! Let me take control!"
Honest kicked the young emperor hard off the throne. Despite having taken countless banned drugs, his kick was light. The young emperor immediately crashed into the outer wall of the Machine God, blood gushing from his nose and an indescribable liquid flowing from the back of his head. He appeared to have died on the spot.
"Even without using my royal bloodline, I will still pilot this Machine God!"
"Now that the Machine God Dragon transformation is complete, even with only half its previous power, combined with my piloting skills, I'm sure I can..."
Honest eagerly sat on the throne of the Machine God, immediately feeling an extremely powerful and malevolent aura surging within him.
"Is this the power after Dragon Transformation...?"
Although the energy was so powerful that Honest felt an urge to burst into song, it was clear that, being a non-royal member, the energy clashed incongruously with Honest body.
His stomach began to spasm, his body felt as hard and cold as steel, and Honest began to feel his consciousness fading, his body seemingly no longer under his control.
"Damn it... I must obtain this power..."
After what seemed like an eternity of struggle, Honest desperately used the enhanced physical strength and willpower provided by the medication to overcome the discomfort.
When he came to his senses, his body was extremely weak and covered in cold sweat, but the extremely strong power had not dissipated.
Hehehehehe...
"Finally... finally I can claim this power for myself..."
' Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief ---'
The power of frost surged toward the Shikoutazer, and within moments, the cold air emanating from the air condensed into countless shapes of chariots, horses, bows, and crossbows.
Despite being ice sculptures made of ice and snow, these ice warriors could still move and charge freely. When the horn sounded, before the warriors could fight the Shikoutazer to the death, two winding silver lines like mountains and snow-capped peaks appeared on either side of the Machine God, which had lost its footing—those were the frost dragons that Esdeath had conjured.
Two nimble ice spikes, sculpted by nature into the shape of dragons, coiled and weaved around the Shikoutazer, repeatedly striking the massive outer shell of its armor.
Although the Machine God Machine God was not injured by the ice dragon that was moving back and forth, the large amount of cold air carried by the repeated collisions still slowed down its movements.
The fierce battle between the twin dragons and the mechs seemed to give everyone a glimmer of hope for victory.
" Esdeath... thankfully she's on our side..."
"If she were to attack us now, she'd be far more troublesome than that big tin man..."
"It's so cold..."
However, the Shikoutazer soon proved to everyone that it was all just their fantasy.
Seemingly abandoning its previous clumsy manner of movement, the Shikoutazer suddenly became exceptionally agile. Despite having no foothold, it began to move freely on the constantly churning ice.
A large amount of steam was ejected from its feet, seemingly increasing friction through heat buffering. The Machine God went from being completely unable to move to being back to normal, a world of difference from before.
"Smack--!!"
The Machine God leaped high into the air, then slammed its feet down onto the ground. Its jade-like body used the kinetic energy to shatter the towering ice, creating a massive explosion of black miasma.
A storm of ice spikes swept in, and the members of ' Night Raid ' could barely protect themselves.
Damn it!
Lubbock unfurled the threads he had prepared long ago, and the threads that were originally intended to deliver the final blow to the Machine God instantly taut.
Countless fragments of ice crystals lashed out with the storm, causing widespread disruption like stray bullets.
The taut threads of 'Thousand Transformations, Cross Tail ' easily cut through the ice crystals. However, the wet threads softened as they became heavier. Lubbock repeatedly twisted the threads at both ends, constantly tautning new threads.
A massive, steel-like net was formed, ensuring the safety of his teammates. He didn't know how much time had passed, until the clamor and hissing of the ice crystals faded away, before Lubbock finally released his sweat-drenched hands.
"This is terrible... Now there's no more thread to use as a support..."
It was merely a small, casual action by the Shikoutazer that caused such a great calamity for the entire Night Raid team.
Lin Feng materialized from a pool of darkness, and the scene before him forced him to be on guard.
"To be honest, things have gotten beyond my expectations."