Chapter 1875: The Last Stage

Not only did the massive, hundred-meter-tall salamander received all the missiles, but it screamed in agony and anger after that, splashing into the sea of lava below as he glared furiously at the other incoming spaceships.
"RAAAARRRR!"
With a furious roar, it opened its jaws, firing a massive lava breath against the passing spaceships, their shields rapidly breaking as their spaceships took more and more damage! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Although this wasn't the worst! Drake smiled, leaving behind giant chunks of ice into the lava, provoking the temperatures to cool down and the inhabitants to grow furious.
SPLASH!
The lava sea shook, as more and more of these monsters emerged. Not only the giant salamanders, but huge serpents, massive legged catfishes, and even snail-like creatures.
They were all utterly gigantic, kaiju-sized monsters. The moment they stepped out of the lava sea, they attacked the three ships instantly.
They had to do their best not to be crushed, maneuvering around the treacherous bites, magma breaths, and fireballs in an endless hellish volcanic landscape!
Meanwhile, Drake continued rushing forward.
It was quite refreshing that he could finally have fun after the first two stages being a bit too much on the difficulty and annoyance scale.
Especially the first stage with the Esper God!
That was simply way too much...
"Dammit! Get away from me!"
"Ugh, this is too hard to evade!"
"Rush into the skies! The skies!"
The Ice Queen and Lightning Mac rushed into the skies as high as possible, until the kaiju- sized aliens couldn't reach them.
However, as Spike John followed them, a massive iceberg slammed his spaceship from afar. "Wha...?!"
CRAAASH!
His spaceship fell from the skies, as he glanced at the Ice Queen in fury.
"YOUUUU! WE HAD AN ALLIANCE!"
"It wasn't me!"
"It wasn't?!"
Spike John glared at the distance, it was Drake's spaceship the one that dropped that iceberg
into his own ship, forcing him to fall right into the maws of a salamander.
"This can't be happening! I won before, and I will win now...! I will...!"
He released countless bombs from his spaceship, all of them into the maws of the salamander, making its stomach explode and dropping dead instantly!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
SPLASH!
[At the end of the race awaits you the end of the Trial itself, each action you perform in the race will give you additional points based on how impactful they are to others. The more they are impactful to the large audience, the more points you'll get! Try to impress the audience watching you doing insane, wacky things, or incredible and amazing feats to gain their love and earn more points.]
[Complete these conditions to gain even more additional score points, and once you complete all of them, you'll be given the privilege of ascending.]
[Reach The Golden Spire]: [0/1]
[Defeat 4 Golden Spire Race Participants]: [4/4] (COMPLETE!)
[Fall For the Trap Of 3 Golden Spire Race Participants]: [3/3] (COMPLETE!)
[Make The Crowd Cheer Your Name Or That Of Your Racing Team Members Five Times]: [5/5]
(COMPLETE!)
[Defeat "Madman Artificer Spike John"]: [1/1] (COMPLETE!)
[Defeat "Cold-Hearted Ice Queen"]: [0/1]
[Defeat "Lightning Mac"]: [0/1]
[Quest Duration: 5 Hours.]
"So that counted as my kill, that's a relief."
However, he still couldn't let Ice Queen and Lightning Mac kill each other, that might not
make it count as a "defeat"!
"Gabriel, send the robots."
"Understood."
Using the ability of Gabriel, which he unlocked after receiving enhancements, dozens of robots materialized, holy sentinels that are summoned when Gabriel's takes damage.
They were gigantic and empowered by Benladra and Kate's Aura, rushing to defeat the last
participants.
At the same time, Drake's spaceship passed the second Warp Gate already.
FLUOSH!
"Last stage, finally."
And then, everyone froze.
The view was simply too phenomenal.
They were in literal outer space.
Surrounded by millions of small asteroids floating everywhere.
And far, far away, there it was.
A massive asteroid, with a golden spire on top of it.
The last vestige left from an ancient, now extinct space-traveling civilization.