Chapter 895: Chapter 895

The brilliance of the stars scattered among the drifting white clouds, and an invisible oppression spread along the quiet hues of the night.

At this instant, Lin Chichi felt the hair on her body stand on end, as if something even more terrifying than the metallic giant in front of her was awakening under this silent night, its invisible and insane ravings echoing in her mind.

Almost at the same moment, the enormous metallic giant seemed to sense something and raised its head, looking behind Lin Chichi.

An invisible wind swept over the girl’s arms, through her strands of hair, and over the body of the metallic giant.

It appeared to be an illusion, yet it also seemed very real; Lin Chichi suddenly felt the ’scythe’ in her hand becoming much heavier.

The scythe, which had been very comfortable to wield, now felt awkward.

It was as if, in the midst of fierce battle, the invisible connection she had established with the scythe had been severed by some powerful external force.

Now, the scythe had returned to a ’masterless’ state.

While these awkward feelings welled up in her, the girl suddenly noticed that the ’chains’ that were fluttering in front of her, attempting to tear her apart, had unexpectedly ’stilled’.

The owner of these chains seemed to have lost control of them momentarily, just as she had with the scythe.

Not only the chains but also the enormous metallic giant in front of the girl appeared to have lost ’control’; its originally raised head now rigidly stuck in place, like a long-unused, rusty machine, its movements exceptionally slow.

Lin Chichi had realized something; she turned back to look behind her.

That ethereal girl, who resembled a Holy Spirit, floated not far behind her, her exquisite long dress rising without wind, her ash-gold hair dispersing under the starlight.

Lin Chichi had often thought that the maiden’s appearance was like that of the legendary Holy Spirits and Angels, but she now realized.

It wasn’t ’like’, the girl was indeed an ’Angel’.

The maiden’s originally gem-like delicate pupils had unknowingly shattered, leaving nothing but a profound abyss of blackness, and in that blackness fragmented, space-like pieces were scattered.

Merely glancing at these eyes made Lin Chichi feel as if a thunderclap had exploded in her mind, blood naturally pouring from her eyes, her vision rapidly blurring, and endless ravings resounding in her brain like war drums on a battlefield.

Around her, the dispersing Qi and the silent wind of the night seemed to vibrate fiercely along with this twisted power.

A terrifying sense of oppression naturally made her body stoop, about to prostrate on the ground.

At that moment, she felt as if an invisible gaze swept over her body, and the extreme oppression instantaneously lessened by a great deal, much of the ravings in her mind also quieting down.

As if the breath trapped tight against her chest had been released after a brief period, the girl finally managed to take a short breath.

The wind and clouds around her continued to shake violently, indicating that the enveloping power and oppressive feeling had not dissipated, only that she had been granted a ’temporary’ ’exemption’.

Her blurring field of view gradually recovered, Lin Chichi watched the girl floating in the air, saw her raise her right hand, and the surrounding clouds and wind vibrated even more intensely as if some terrifying power was gathering in the delicate, pale palm of the girl.

At that moment, Lin Chichi felt the ’metal platform’ beneath her feet begin to tremble violently.

She raised her head, looking around.

No, it was not just the metal platform shaking, but the entire Floating Base.

She turned back, looking in front of her.

The originally rust-like slow-moving metallic giant, its ’speed’ now gradually ’recovering’, focused its gaze entirely on the maiden floating not far away.

It opened its metallic giant mouth, emitting a call resembling a shrill whistle, and with its shouting, the vibration of the entire Floating Base intensified.

As if initiating some final contingency plan, the colossal structure floating in the sea of clouds began to crack open into ’crevices’.

Massive metallic columns continuously emerged from the surrounding metal ground, like spikes thrusting out of the ground, or thorns covering the firmament.

The metal pillars had suddenly expanded in the moment they appeared, some transforming into numerous "chains" fluttering densely in the air.

Another part transformed into fragmented components, flowing like water toward the metal giant, covering its body.

The roaring giant grew at a visible rate, quickly becoming a colossus hundreds of meters tall, overshadowing the stars and the brilliance above.

This newly born, twisted entity still bore a humanoid appearance, its lower half merged with the Floating Base, its upper body towering under the starlight.

A vast shadow enveloped Lin Chichi’s body; she raised her head and stared at the mountainous giant blocking out the sky.

A terrifying sense of oppression spread from the depths of her heart.

Had she just been "fighting" with such a being?

Had the opponent been hiding its capabilities, or was such a massive form too costly to maintain, making it impractical to use against her?

As these thoughts flashed through Lin Chichi’s mind, the grandeur giant no longer cared about her condition.

It just continued in the same state, confining Lin Chichi in that narrow space, and then raised its hand high.

The nearly hundred-meter-long palm resembled a thick cloud, instantly covering all the starlight above Lin Chichi and the maid girl’s heads.

Countless chains spread out from this giant hand, following the hand’s movements, striking toward the maid girl floating in the air from all directions.

The originally twisted, chaotic ravings filled with "giant worship" suddenly became clamorous.

Strange tones echoed over the sea of clouds, as if forcing everyone to kneel before this terrifying colossal being.

Lin Chichi’s gaze moved through the flying chains in the sky, anxiously watching the Holy Spirit girl floating under the stars, as well as the massive palm sweeping down like dark clouds.

Her hand tightly gripped the scythe, her breathing momentarily pausing.

Her heart within her chest thumped violently and swiftly, mixing with the twisted ravings ringing in her ears.

Facing all this horror, the maid girl floating in the sky simply raised her palm slightly and turned the direction of her palm.

She seemed not even to notice the descending hand, continuing to move toward her predetermined target.

The terrifying force still gathered in the girl’s palm, and the colossal giant’s hand had already reached in front of her.

Lin Chichi’s hand clutched the scythe’s handle tightly, her fingertips turning white.

She saw the massive palm approach the maid girl, saw the collision between the hundred-meter-wide palm and the maid girl’s delicate, fair small palm.

The expected bloody scene did not occur.

The position of the girl floating in mid-air did not change; the massive palm that blocked the sky seemed to have hit a solid wall, stopping in front of the slender, pale hand.

In that moment, Lin Chichi felt her heartbeat nearly stop.

The next second, even before her heartbeat could recover, a dazzling brilliance burst forth from the pristine palm of the girl in the sky.

The stars covering the firmament all dimmed at that moment, the entire sea of clouds plunged into a dark, grey blackness, with only that brilliant, blinding light occupying the center of the world, casting everything else into pitch darkness.

The sky-blocking hand was almost instantly pierced by the light, and a hundred-meter-wide hole also almost simultaneously appeared in the chest of the colossal giant.

The dazzling light pierced the giant’s hand, pierced through the giant’s body, and even pierced the slightly inclined Floating Base behind the giant.

Yet the long light did not fade at that moment; it cut through the thick sea of clouds like a carving knife, effortlessly piercing through and slicing open a huge fissure in the skies, revealing the twinkling city below.

Lin Chichi’s mouth hung open as she dumbly stared at the split sea of clouds, the hundreds of meters wide ’slender’ crack extending up to where the stars met the clouds, like a ’sword mark’ piercing through the firmament.

Is this the power of an Angel?

Swallowing hard, Lin Chichi reached out her hand, pushing her dropped jaw back up and closing it. She looked up above her head.

The chains that had been hovering above her head had somehow fallen, and the towering giant that stood beside her still had its eyes wide open, its metallic cheeks bearing an incredulous expression from the last moment.

Strips of bright red flesh were exposed in the opening in front of its chest, these minute bits of flesh hidden within the crevices of metal parts, barely noticeable unless looked at closely.

Was this flesh the true core of this metallic giant?

While Lin Chichi observed the remnants of the giant beside her, He Ao, who was leaning behind a standing coffin not far away, raised his hand and looked at the Blood-Moistening Jade Pendant he had just retrieved from the air from the sleeve of a maiden puppet.

He raised his hand and put the pendant back around his neck.

The maiden puppet didn’t have any Angelic Tier powerful moves, it was just a performance using the fully energized Blood-Moistening Jade Pendant.

The Angelic suppression was an inherent ability of the maiden puppet, but it was just suppression, with a bit of contamination—it could only scare people and had no actual combat power.

What made the metal giant ’move slowly’ was the Unclaimed Domain of the maiden puppet, where, without any Control Array, the puppet could directly strip the owner of extraordinary items of their control rights.

This metal giant’s condition was somewhat special; its core was actually the flesh Evil Spirit Angel inside it, its metal body an extension of this Angel Power, yet these metals also possessed certain ’item’ attributes without any Control Array drawn on them.

For such things that lie between strength and item—’metal’ that is actually part of the Evil Spirit Angel’s body—the Unclaimed Domain of the maiden puppet couldn’t directly strip control rights.

However, He Ao could try to use the Unclaimed Domain to ’interfere’ with the Evil Spirit Angel’s control over its metal body, causing a ’stiff’ effect, to gain time for himself, while also saving Lin Chichi, and pressuring the Evil Spirit Angel to reveal its full form.

When He Ao saw the data about this Floating Base, he roughly estimated that the Evil Spirit Angel of this base was likely of the type that uses external objects.

Therefore, throughout the process of entering the Floating Base, he deliberately preserved the maiden puppet’s strength and encouraged Lin Chichi to keep sacrificing to the ’Angel puppet’ to recharge it.

Lin Chichi’s recent fight with the metal giant also successfully lured out the metal giant’s power, providing He Ao with a valuable opportunity to observe the metal giant’s condition and abilities.

From Lin Chichi’s injury to the metal giant’s chest, the massive reaction of the metal giant led He Ao to roughly guess that the core of the metal giant might be at its chest.

And once he reached here personally and examined it with his Divine Sense, he noticed that the energy at the metal giant’s chest wasn’t much stronger than other parts, leading him to estimate that the metal giant had a hidden form.

Only after gathering enough information could he use the fully powered Blood-Moistening Jade Pendant to complete the kill in one strike.

Of course, all this was based on the assumption that Lin Chichi could keep delaying until he successfully dealt with the Radiant Evil Spirit Angel and arrived in time.

If Lin Chichi had been defeated a bit earlier, he would have had to let the maiden puppet act to save Lin Chichi, which would lead to the premature exhaustion of the puppet’s energy; then, it would be more difficult to draw out the true entity of the metal giant.

In fact, even He Ao himself didn’t expect Lin Chichi to last this long.

After all, this girl was still a rookie.

Taking a deep breath, He Ao looked towards this massive Floating Base.

After he had killed the Evil Spirit Angel here, the entire Floating Base started shaking even more intensely, with countless cracks appearing on the tough metal, and the engines supporting the Floating Base also flickered violently.

At this moment, Lin Chichi also noticed the change in the Floating Base and turned her gaze, looking towards the sky where the maiden puppet was.

At this point, the maiden puppet’s dark pupils had returned to normal, and her body naturally descended slowly from the sky.

Lin Chichi leaped forward, flipping over the giant palm blocking her path, stepping on the collapsing metal pieces to move forward.

Due to the passage of time and the recent battle, the strength inside her was actually almost depleted.

But she still rushed to the landed maiden puppet, then shook her head side to side, peeking around the maiden puppet, "Uh, Angel Sister, during the battle, I thought I heard the sound of wheels..."

Before she could finish her sentence, a crisp horn sounded from nowhere.

Immediately after, an old-fashioned train floated down from the starry sky, stopping by the girl’s side and opening its door.

Upon seeing this train, the girl first paused, then a somewhat shy joy flashed in her eyes.

She hadn’t even regained her senses when she felt a hand grab her collar, hauling her up like a small chicken and tossing her into the car.

With the car door closing, the Maiden Puppet clapped her hands, then suddenly collapsed to the ground.

He Ao came out from behind the coffin in the back, carrying the coffin over to the fallen puppet and picking her up.

The strength the Maiden Puppet had accumulated was already nearly exhausted; that last effort was the last of her energy.

If Lin Chichi had spoken a couple more words, the Maiden Puppet might have just collapsed right in front of Lin Chichi.

Glancing at the doll in his arms, who looked like a Holy Spirit, He Ao placed her into the coffin he had brought.

After one final check on the Maiden Puppet’s status, He Ao took a deep breath.

Honestly, she was kind of heavy.

When he had created this puppet, he had stuffed her with two tons of flesh.

Having covered the coffin with its sliding lid, He Ao carried it into another carriage of the Velora.

He stood at the carriage door, looking back once at the Floating Base crumbling and falling outside.

The flesh and some Extraordinary structures inside the metallic giant were rapidly decaying and disappearing, turning into pure energy and merging into the pendant on his chest.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and entered through the carriage door.

With the carriage door closing, the Velora once again disappeared into the void.

Lying on the train’s floor, Lin Chichi groggily got up and looked around.

The train windows were pitch black, obscuring any view outside, while inside, tables were quietly arranged under the bright lights.

Seeing this familiar sight, Lin Chichi raised her hand and scratched her head, chuckling, "Hehe."

Flying in the air, Li Cheng looked up at the streak of light that split the volcanic ash cloud in the sky and vanished in an instant.

Bright Starlight poured down through the torn clouds.

Was that, Angel Power?

A flawless image of a young girl flashed through his mind.

What was her reason for intervening?

Li Cheng’s gaze drifted below to ’Hao Yi’ standing on the Vine, who also glanced at the sky.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the Divine Being, ’K’, who seemed to have appeared over the Newland City-State.

Was it an instruction from that secretive Great Being? Or some other related connection?

A sudden shout rang out from below,

A flickering red brilliance streaked across the sky as Li Cheng pulled himself back to the moment, looking up at the immense Regicide Evil Spirit in the sky with lightning gathering at his fingertips.

At this moment, they were very close to the Evil Spirit.