Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Hu Qi briefly recounted what had just happened.

However, he slightly altered the details in his description.

In his version, just as he arrived on the scene, Celestial Magnet had apparently encountered some trouble and was forced to retreat.

As for himself, he claimed he was there in pursuit of Celestial Magnet and the other remnants of the Eternal Night Council.

"To think you’d have the guts to pursue that guy alone.

If that were true, with your Ability, how could you possibly have failed to catch him?"

Hong Yu raised an eyebrow from the side, her tone filled with doubt.

Once Celestial Magnet’s Forbidden Mecha, the Magnetic Tyrant, activated its Magnetic Storm Realm Ability, all electronic devices would fail.

Meanwhile, the Mecha itself would be greatly amplified.

Ordinary Mecha were nothing but scrap metal before it, utterly useless.

Although Forbidden Mecha wouldn’t be reduced to scrap, they would still be severely affected.

With one side weakened and the other strengthened, no one in the Holy Cross Church, save for the Holy Father himself, would dare claim they could defeat that guy in a one-on-one fight.

That was precisely why they had dispatched three Forbidden Mecha for this mission.

"I do what I want. Do I need to report to a bitch like you?"

Hu Qi sneered, mimicking Bai Kong’s tone.

But the exasperation in his voice was obvious.

As if she had seen right through him.

"Say that again if you dare..."

Hong Yu’s eyes turned cold.

She raised the Cyan Giant Sword in her hand.

Its sharp blade pointed at Hu Qi.

"What, you want to fight?"

The eyes of the Eclipse Hermit shone brightly.

The atmosphere instantly grew tense.

"Hey, can’t you two just talk things out?"

At that moment, Wu Dong’s eyelids twitched.

He cut them off.

These two were arguably the most short-tempered and irritable of their group.

They never met without getting into an argument.

And it wasn’t uncommon for them to come to blows.

He was genuinely afraid that if he didn’t step in,

the two of them might actually start fighting right then and there.

With that, he turned to Hu Qi.

"Bai Kong, have you found the host chosen by Sun’s Radiance?"

"I’ve found the host of Sun’s Radiance. She’s right here on Iron Rock Star!"

Hu Qi announced.

"Excellent. We should go and see this host of Sun’s Radiance. No matter what, we can’t let her remain out in the open.

We were lucky this time. If there’s a next time, there’s no guarantee the Forbidden Mech Core won’t fall into the hands of the Eternal Night Council.

And getting it back then will be very troublesome!"

Hong Yu said nothing in response.

Afterward,

under Hu Qi’s lead,

the three of them descended toward Iron Rock Star.

...

「A moment later.」

Rust Star, Lower City District.

In the ruins.

Zhao Ying stood motionless.

And around her stood three towering Mecha.

Strangely, however, the area was completely silent.

Logically, after such a huge commotion, it shouldn’t have been this quiet.

But now, it was dead silent.

If one looked closely, they would find that even the black smoke drifting around was frozen in mid-air.

"Bai Kong, you dare betray the Holy Cross Church!"

"Do you know what you’re doing? No matter who you are, if you dare to make a move on us, the Holy Father will never let you go!"

Suddenly, two furious shouts rang out one after another.

The speakers were none other than Hong Yu and Wu Dong.

At this moment, the two stared at the phantom of a white-robed Young Man that had materialized over Zhao Ying.

Their expressions changed drastically, their tones filled with unconcealable shock and fury.

They never would have thought...

that immediately after following Bai Kong to meet the new Mecha Master host chosen by Sun’s Radiance,

something so utterly unexpected would happen.

The moment they saw this Young Man,

they found themselves imprisoned where they stood.

As Forbidden Mecha Masters, they were lofty and superior.

Given enough time, they could even destroy a planet.

But now, they found themselves as helpless as ordinary people.

Whether it was the power of their Light Bloodline or the power of their Forbidden Mecha, everything had fallen silent.

This feeling of falling from grace as a powerful being and becoming a mere mortal made even their normally unshakable states of mind tremble.

Hu Qi couldn’t be bothered to respond to their clamoring.

He gestured with a single finger.

Two golden orbs of light were extracted from within their minds.

These were the Sunstones from within the Forbidden Mech Cores.

The instant the Sunstones were extracted,

the two Mecha themselves dissolved into motes of light and vanished.

Unlike ordinary Mecha,

Forbidden Mecha, due to their unique nature, could be retracted into the Mech Core within the user’s body.

This meant a Mecha Master could effectively carry their Mecha with them at all times.

This was also why Celestial Magnet had been able to summon his Forbidden Mecha instantly before.

Now, where the Mecha had disappeared,

the figures of a man and a woman lay unconscious on the ground.

Ignoring the two,

Hu Qi’s attention was completely focused on the two Sunstones in his hand.

As the power of the Sunstones merged into his hands,

his phantom figure also dissipated on the spot.

At the same time,

a Copper Cross Medal slowly rose from Zhao Ying’s body, hovering in mid-air.

It shone with a brilliant light.

Suddenly, a blurry human figure stepped out of the medal. At first, it was just a hazy silhouette of light and shadow, but it quickly solidified into a young man of near-perfect beauty.

He seemed to merge with heaven and earth, becoming the center of all things.

This was Hu Qi’s true body.

After gathering all four Sunstones, the binding force of this world’s Power of Rules upon him had weakened significantly, no longer able to prevent his true body from descending.

However, this descent was only temporary.

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