Chapter 5874 Cresting Momentum

Chapter 5874 Cresting Momentum

Ves always got his best ideas for mech design when he was in the middle of a battle.

This time was no exception as he recognized the huge potential for synergies between his design philosophy and that of Master Benedict.

The powerful combination that he had managed to produce with the help of Blinky opened up his eyes for a much more potent mech, one that was not only powerful enough to defeat mundane opponents, but also metaphysical ones!

The key was energy.

Ves specialized in E technology. He was good at empowering mechs. More specifically, he was able to make them alive and allow them to leverage E energy in much more efficient ways.

The longer they existed, the stronger they became. Every living mech possessed the capacity to learn new techniques, advance their cultivation and develop stronger affinities with familiar E energy attributes.

Yet for all of their growth potential, it took a huge amount of time before any of his living mechs reached the level of the Ouroboros.

The painful truth was that most of his living mechs weren't strong to boost their direct combat power by a large enough margin.

A second-class living mech was still a second-class living mech. There was practically no hope of elevating their combat power to the point where they could pose a credible threat to a first-class mech.

Granted, the same could be said for machines developed by other mech designers.

What was different this time was that Ves saw much greater hope of being able to bridge this enormous gap.

He just needed to get Master Benedict onboard his plan.

The former Skull Architect possessed the right solution to complement his living mech.

The Mars that both of them had collaborated on already showed a semblance of that. It was a pity that Patriarch Reginald Cross ultimately did not appreciate a living mech with an attitude and wiped out all traces of independence.

The current iteration of the Mars had become a powerful second skin mech that perfectly suited the Cross Patriarch's inclinations, but the loss of an independent personality had deprived it of other possibilities. The source of this content no/v(el)bi((n))

If not for this unfortunate turn of events, Ves would have been able to make his current realization a lot sooner.

Witnessing Blinky and Caramond blast powerful insect champions with fire blasts was an exhilarating experience. Ves could clearly see the parallels between Blinky and his living mechs.

Ves became so fired up that he felt tempted to drop everything and contact Master Benedict Cortez right away in order to propose a possible collaboration!

Of course, he quickly resisted this silly impulse as this was not the time for him to think about mech design.

As much as he wanted to give in to his mech design urges, it was a lot more important to ensure the survival of the Dominion of Man.

Ves grinned. "It's a good thing that Caramond has forged a real legion of supersoldiers this time."

After vanquishing over 100,000 lightning insects, the Bloodfire Legion had already taken shape

Each and every Dread Marine that took part in the fight had transformed in many different ways.

What Ves valued the most was that every Dread Armor was able to channel a lot more fire energy before reaching their safety thresholds. This meant that they could hit harder, resist more damage and move faster.

There was a noticeable difference in performance between the Dread Marines that joined the Bloodfire Legion at the start and the ones that joined afterwards.

This was good news as there was plenty of room for growth. The current iteration of the Bloodfire Legion was only in its initial growth stage.

Soon enough, the storm clouds launched another series of lightning bolts that deposited another army of lighting soldiers across the surface of the hull!

"Damn, these are elites!" Ves cursed.

The 5th wave of lightning soldiers reminded Ves a lot of the Fallen Heralds of Akshi. The biggest difference this time was that the aliens resembled shark-like creatures that were clearly aquatic in nature.

However, there was no need to employ more complicated attacks as the water bodies could only be neutralized by boiling them all away.

Shark cultivator after shark cultivator fell in rapid succession due to Caramond's eager hunting effort.

More Dread Marines got freed up after eliminating a bunch of shark cultivators. Each of them reinforced their beleaguered compatriots and relied on a growing numbers advantage to eliminate the shark cultivators.

Once around a third of the shark cultivators got put down, the Bloodfire Legion received a lot of new members while taking much less time to steamroll over the remaining lightning soldiers.

That did not mean that Caramond took it easy.

Since all of his firepower was supplied by the Spark Reactor, neither Blinky nor Caramond expended a lot of energy during this entire sequence.

The only issue was that Blinky experienced increasing strain. The effort required to maintain a partially merged state with Caramond grew increasingly more cumbersome, so they couldn't maintain this state forever.

This pushed Caramond to fight even harder. Not only did he want to harvest more destruction and creation energy, he also wanted to complete the final wave of the 5th round as soon as possible.

"That's it for the corrosive sharks!"

"The hull has received heavy damage, and we have lost much more Dread Marines than before."

The Dominion of Man incurred serious damage to her exterior this time. Many tertiary and secondary gun batteries had received so much damage that repairing them during this incident was unthinkable.

The corrosive water had also dug fairly deep trenches into the hull. The dreadnought spun her hull 90 degrees in order to prevent the next wave of enemies to complete the job and invade the interior of the massive warship.

Caramond did not seem to care all that much. His Bloodfire Legion had become a lot stronger and more numerous than before.

His own strength had undergone a considerable evolution as well as he found himself able to channel and control fire energy a lot better.

The ancestral spirit even had a feeling that the tribulation energies had somehow improved the Bloodfire Pact itself!

The next few waves presented greater and greater challenges to the defenders.

Caramond and his Bloodfire Legion did their best to advance their strength and stay ahead of the curve.

The lightning soldiers brought greater numbers, deadlier abilities and more confounding tricks.

Tens of thousands of Dread Marines fell in battle or permanently lost their precious lightning-baptized Dread Armors as they faced a multitude of fearsome opponents from Messier 87.

Yet as the defenders of the Dominion of Man vanquished each and every wave without showing any signs of falling behind, everyone became convinced that it was inevitable for them to vanquish the 5th round!

That was when the 9th and last wave arrived.

A single, titanic green lightning bolt struck the hull!

When the flash abated, every Dread Marine momentarily froze as they beheld their next opponent.

A tall figure that could tower over several mechs stacked on top of each other greeted their sight.

The vaguely insectile creature possessed a body that shone and crackled with both tribulation lightning and flashes of brightness.

The vaguely humanoid alien exuded a huge amount of power, far more than any individual lightning soldier that appeared in the previous waves.

The cultivation strength of this final opponent was insanely high, but that was not the scariest part about this adversary.

What truly frightened Ves and the others was that the head of this tribulation manifestation was identical to the giant head of the imperious three-eyed alien peering down from above!

"It's... it's a clone of the Subjugation King!"