Chapter 156: Calamity Flame Battery

Two whirlwinds expanded outward from Mu You and the Princess, violently colliding with one another.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Endless spatial cracks filled the center of the impact, and the roaring explosions of compressed air sounded like thunderclaps.

Demon-purple thunder flames and a colorless sea of magma spread to every corner, swallowing half the landscape.

"It's been a while since I last stretched my muscles..."

The Princess twisted her neck as unknown mysterious runes converged from her body into her metallic firearm. That high-hazard technological metal weapon bloomed with matchless radiance, just like an Imperial Arm.

A dazzling purple light shone from Mu You’s forehead, with a nine-colored divine glow spitting in between. The demon-purple wings behind him simultaneously magnified, segmented, and turned illusory.

The nuclear explosion at his chest also erupted with intense radiance. At this exact moment, all over Mu You's body—his eyes, chest, abdomen, legs, feet, hands, and forehead—it felt as though clusters of supernatural power were simultaneously awakening, a sensation identical to when he had first awakened his flame-and-thunder powers!

Mu You remembered that previously, both Mou You and the Meridian-Severing Soul Insect had mentioned that several formidable, evenly matched powers were sealed within his body—powers so obscure yet purely tyrannical that even he could not touch them. Yet right now, under the resonance of the Nine-Color Demonic Lotus and the formidable fusion force of the nuclear blast, they were all awakening at the same time!

The nine-colored winged phantom, radiating a demon-purple radiance, unfurled from behind Mu You.

The instant the wings formed, even Mu You's eyes transformed into nine distinct colors, streams of divine radiance flowing through them in supreme majesty.

"Mu You, codename: None. Power: Nine-Color Demonic Lotus. Imperial Arm: SS-Class Romantic Artillery Core Nuclear Blast."

"Yan Lan, codename: Princess. Power: Heavenly Flame. Ultimate Single-Soldier Imperial Arm: Calamity Flame Battery. I never expected the Romantic Artillery to truly exist. That is the Imperial Arm that matches my attributes the absolute best. What a pity it is only a single component; otherwise, we wouldn't even need to fight this battle. An SS-class Imperial Arm... I concede."

As the Princess spoke, two invisible flame whips lashed toward Mu You, vaporizing everything in their path.

"Big bro, use my vision." Mou You instantly switched Mu You's perspective.

In the black-and-white field of vision, the Princess's attacks became clearly visible.

With a gentle flutter of his nine-colored wings, Mu You instantly transformed into nine-colored afterimages, his positioning shifting rapidly. He moved so fast it dazzled the eye high in mid-air. The Princess's Calamity Flame Battery pursued him relentlessly, its earthquake-like destructive force instantly reducing all kinds of furnishings to fine powder, scattering them into nothingness.

"Where are you looking? Too slow!"

Mu You materialized directly at the Princess's feet, a hint of disdain flashing in his nine-colored cold eyes as his wings transformed into steel blades, slashing fiercely at the Princess.

"Hehe, naive. I'll crush you!!"

New Calamity Flame Batteries abruptly emerged from the Princess's ankles, their pitch-black muzzle tubes locking onto Mu You and firing in unison.

The nine-colored wings instantly reversed to shield Mu You. The formidable impact secretly startled him, and he once again vanished into the void. This time, his speed was even sharper; the entire firmament became a blur of nine-colored phantoms, and a barrage of multicolored attacks followed closely, only to be shattered by the fierce flames of the Calamity Flame Battery.

SS-class... truly terrifying. Mu You was once again astonished. His previous attacks had all been at the Saint Word level, yet they were dissolved so easily by the Calamity Flame Battery.

If that was the case—

Mu You appeared in the center of the grand hall. His nine-colored eyes pierced through the void, and instantly the space churned as purple flame clouds spanned the sky, gathering a raging storm of lightning.

"Heaven-Incinerating Falling Fire, Profound Thunder Ghost Weep!!"

Mu You shouted, but this time it wasn't just simple flames and lightning; flying densely from the sky were Flame Phoenix Heaven-Splitting Slashes and Thunder Dragon Halberds.

Even Xuan Yao and the others in the distance felt their blood run cold at this sight, almost collapsing to the ground. When they looked toward the Princess, a sliver of pity actually crept into their eyes.

Those two attacks were Mu You's signature intimidation moves, possessing a destructive power that could only be described as apocalyptic.

Boom, boom, boom!

This time, the Princess's eyes widened sharply. She discovered that her hitherto invincible Calamity Flame Battery could no longer neutralize Mu You's attacks. Slash after halberd pierced right through the barrage, closing in on the Princess.

"Hah!!"

The fiery tongues of the Calamity Flame Battery began to coil, wrapping around the Princess like a serpentine array to shield her within. A terrifying snake's maw roared viciously at Mu You high in the sky.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!

The Princess's figure vanished beneath the endless onslaught.

"Die, die, die, die!!"

Mu You maintained his relentless bombardment until the sea of clouds in the firmament gradually faded, at which point he finally stopped, breathing heavily.

That sustained, violent assault had consisted of a full thousand Flame Phoenix Heaven-Splitting Slashes and Thunder Dragon Halberds. He refused to believe that even an SS-class entity could emerge completely unscathed!

As the flames and ashes cleared, a metallic figure knelt on one half-knee on the ground, arms crossed defensively in front of its chest. Circuits flickered across its body, and the crackling, hissing sounds of short circuits echoed endlessly.

The humanoid robot stood up. Its optical sensors were already shattered, exposing red warning lights. Aside from its heart, which still retained a human shape, every other part was composed entirely of metal.

"You are the first person to expose my secret this thoroughly..."

The Princess stood up, her tone unchanged. The previous attack had evidently not damaged her core foundation.

"Everyone who has ever seen me like this, aside from Dongguan, is dead and gone."

Gazing at Mu You, the Princess once again twisted her neck to loosen her metal joints as the warning lights in her eyes grew brighter and sharper.

"Go join them!"

Endless shells, blotting out the sky, launched from the Princess's limbs. Barrages of fire completely sealed off the void, pressing in on Mu You from every direction and leaving him with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

"What's wrong? Run! Escape! Weren't you acting so incredibly badass just now? To actually force me—to force my true form to appear so nakedly in front of everyone... Everyone who saw this must die!!"

As she spoke, two more barrages erupted from her chest, slaughtering their way toward Fei Mo and the others like a dark tide.

Clang, clang, bang!!

Seeing this, Mu You did not dodge again. Enduring the rain of shells, he blocked the path in front of the others, launching his nine-colored blade-wings in a simultaneous volley that crashed against the Calamity Flame Battery.

Between the two of them, a veritable sea of flames erupted, growing fiercer by the second and exploding in all directions.

"I will not allow it. I won't allow any more tragedies to happen. The fact that I dare stand in front of them means that if you want to touch them, you'll have to go over my dead body!"

Mu You's resolute and powerful voice struck like a heavy hammer upon everyone's hearts. Titan looked toward Fei Mo, who was staring intently at Mu You's back, and secretly sighed. Fei Mo's judgment had always been unfailingly precise.

"Dragging your feet! This fight is dragging on too much! I am an SS-class Princess, aided by an Imperial Arm, yet I still can't slaughter a mere S-class Great Perfection peak cultivator, and I'm forced to listen to you drone on like this! Shameless wretch, die, vanish, be destroyed, get out of my sight!! Disgraceful... utterly disgraceful!"

The Princess lowered her head, her entire body suddenly expanding violently. In an instant, thousands of cannon barrels pierced outward from every part of her body. Countless waves of destructive light, so dense they fused into a single mass, bombarded her surroundings indiscriminately in every direction.

The Princess was intent on destroying the entire underground facility, burying Mu You and all his companions along with it.