pertwk Chapter 239 A Timely Help, A Lotus of Ice and Fire
Chapter 239 A Timely Help, A Lotus of Ice and Fire
Chapter 239 A Timely Help, A Lotus of Ice and Fire
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao glanced at the princess in his arms, who had gone from feeling lost to suddenly feeling a sense of mission. Seeing her looking like she was going to her death, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked in a very calm tone:
"I'd like to ask, what's the approximate market price for a Black-tier mech?"
"Um?"
Dai Yun'er never expected that Huo Yuhao would suddenly ask such an unrelated question at such a critical moment.
After a moment of stunned silence, she subconsciously replied, "If the machine remains intact, the recycling price would be around two hundred million Star Luo coins."
However, the Green Skull organization's mechs all have self-destruct systems, making modification or dismantling of their cores extremely difficult. Therefore, their recycling price is usually much lower, but it will still be at least around 100 million Star Luo Coins.
A black-level mech is worth at least 100 million Star Luo coins.
This number was quickly converted into gold soul coins in Huo Yuhao's mind, and its price was roughly equivalent to a well-made level eight soul tool.
In an instant, Huo Yuhao began to have some plans in mind.
When he crossed the timeline earlier, the storage soul tool he had was destroyed in the spacetime turbulence, and he returned almost penniless.
If it weren't for the help of a kind person along the way, and the fact that I was later robbed by some clueless thugs in town...
He only made a small fortune by doing what he could to uphold justice, but he probably can't even afford to buy train tickets and that communication soul tool.
Even so, his wallet is now almost empty, with only tens of thousands of Star Luo Coins left.
As the capital of the empire, Xingluo City's prices are bound to be high.
These three black-level mechs are undoubtedly a godsend for him.
As for what Dai Yun'er's guard had said about the royal family promising a generous reward afterward, Huo Yuhao wasn't very interested.
For him at present, he does not want to get too involved with the Star Luo royal family.
After gathering his thoughts, a gray light appeared, and a massive soul spirit materialized beside Huo Yuhao.
It was a giant tiger nearly ten meters long, entirely black, with wings on its back and a long, hook-like tail that gleamed with a chilling light.
"Ah Xie, catch it."
Without thinking twice, Huo Yuhao threw Dai Yun'er, who was in his arms, onto A Xie's broad back.
With a short gasp, Dai Yun'er instinctively grabbed Ah Xie's soft fur on his neck to steady herself.
Huo Yuhao's gentle voice reached her ears.
"Take the princess to a distant place, and remember not to let her fall off your back."
Before Dai Yun'er could continue speaking after this sudden turn of events, A Xie suddenly exerted force in his limbs.
The surrounding air fluctuated violently, its figure blurred instantly, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared from the spot with Dai Yun'er.
High in the sky, the three black-level mechs that were rapidly pursuing them suddenly stopped in mid-air.
After a brief internal discussion, two of the vehicles simultaneously turned around, preparing to continue pursuing Dai Yun'er, who had been taken away by the spirit.
The remaining black-class mech, which resembled a leopard, was left to deal with Huo Yuhao.
The mecha suddenly opened its massive metal maw, and the soul-guided cannon inside burst forth with dazzling light, sending a brilliant high-explosive soul-guided projectile hurtling towards Huo Yuhao, who was still standing on the ground.
"Kid, we are indeed surprised that you managed to escape with the target until now. But heroes usually don't end up well."
Once I kill you, your spirit will naturally die as well. Remember to be careful in your next life.
The pilot controlling the Leopard mech's mocking voice came through the amplified soul guide.
In his view, the outcome of this battle was entirely predictable.
The high-explosive shells of the Black-level mechs are powerful enough to level a small hill, let alone a mere Soul Master at the Soul Sect level.
Even though the four soul rings that rose behind that kid were all ten-thousand-year-level black ones, it undoubtedly showed that he was a disciple carefully cultivated by a certain force.
But haven't the Green Skull organization killed enough of these so-called geniuses?
As the cannonballs rained down from the sky and grew larger and larger in his pupils, Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged.
He just stomped his foot.
A muffled thud echoed from the ground, followed by a massive mountain made of earth and stone that rose up from the ground without warning, seemingly reaching the sky and enveloping the three black-level mechs.
"boom--"
A deafening roar echoed across the sky as the soul-guided cannonball collided head-on with the mountain, unleashing an astonishing shockwave.
The mountains shattered, dust billowed, and instantly obscured the entire sky.
However, amidst the swirling dust, a silver light flashed.
Huo Yuhao's figure had already traversed a distance of several hundred meters, instantly teleporting to the top of the leopard mech.
Golden light condensed in his right hand, and the Golden Dragon Spear fell into his palm. Dazzling golden light emanated from his body.
Without the slightest pause, with a flick of his arm, the Golden Dragon Spear shot out, transforming into a golden bolt of lightning that struck the mech's cockpit from behind.
The mech pilot was clearly startled by this sudden turn of events. The Leopard mech let out a piercing roar, and a yellow energy shield instantly opened up on the surface of the mech.
But the moment the shield touched the Golden Dragon Spear, a crisp shattering sound rang out.
The Golden Dragon Spear flashed and disappeared, instantly piercing through the cockpit.
The Leopard mech froze instantly in mid-air, the light on its surface dimmed rapidly, as if it had completely lost its core energy, and it fell helplessly to the ground.
The pilots inside the remaining two Black-level mechs, who were preparing to give chase, were all taken aback.
They clearly couldn't understand how a Soul Master with only the Soul Sect cultivation level could instantly kill a Black-level mech without wearing any battle armor.
After quickly exchanging information through communication channels, they made the most direct response.
"Attack him together! Kill him!"
Accompanied by the captain's furious roar, the black-class mech, towering over twelve meters tall and resembling a giant bear, gripped a massive battle axe nearly twenty meters long in both hands, its surface covered by a dark purple energy shield.
Amidst the roar of the thrusters, it was like a jet-black streak of light, instantly traversing a distance of a hundred meters, carrying the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, and slashing directly at Huo Yuhao.
Behind it, the black-class mech with wings on its back, resembling a lion, suddenly shook its wings.
Dozens of sharp, feather-like blades sprang from under the wings, trailing long fiery tails, and hurtled towards Huo Yuhao, blocking all possible escape routes.
The surrounding air suddenly became humid and viscous, followed by an extreme chill that descended from nowhere.
The fourth spirit ring behind Huo Yuhao shone brightly, and the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain instantly unfolded.
Large, fluffy snowflakes appeared out of nowhere and raged wildly under the blowing of the gale.
The space within a radius of a hundred feet instantly transformed into a blizzard with visibility of less than half a meter, and even the air itself seemed to be frozen.
Huo Yuhao's figure gradually became blurred in the wind and snow, and finally disappeared completely.
Under the violent energy fluctuations and extreme low-temperature interference, even the advanced detection radar on the black-level mechs was now completely rendered useless, displaying only a chaotic scene on the screen.
The biting wind, carrying sharp, knife-like snowflakes, constantly scraped against the protective shields of the two mechs.
The incoming feather-blade soul-guided cannonballs hadn't even gotten close to where Huo Yuhao had originally been.
It was instantly frozen in mid-air by the terrifyingly low temperature of nearly absolute zero, turning into a pile of useless iron lumps. Even the internal detonation array was destroyed, and it could only fall helplessly from mid-air.
Both the giant bear mech and the lion mech were flashing their protective shields wildly, and the alarms warning of rapidly depleting mech energy blared sharply in the cockpit.
"Captain, what kind of monster is this? Is this the strength a four-ring Soul Master can display? He hasn't even put on his battle armor yet."
The pilot of the Lion Mech spoke with an uncontrollable tremor in his voice.
The image of their teammate being killed instantly was still vivid in their minds. Now, they couldn't even catch a glimpse of the enemy. The shadow of death loomed over their hearts.
"Stop talking nonsense. I don't believe that a Soul Master's soul power can be endlessly maintained in such a large domain."
The captain's voice was filled with violence and determination.
"Since we can't find that kid, then blow up everything around here!"
As they spoke, the armor plates on the back of the giant bear mech suddenly opened, and hundreds of miniature soul-guided missiles were spewed out. As soon as they flew out of the range of the protective shield around the body, they were manually detonated.
The sounds of explosions rising and falling, accompanied by dazzling flashes of light, echoed endlessly in the void, forcefully dyeing this snow-covered world with a fiery red hue.
However, before the joy had completely faded from the faces of the two mech pilots, it was replaced by a deeper sense of horror.
To their astonishment, the surrounding swirling snow and raging fireworks seemed to be drawn together by some unseen force, converging in the same direction.
The icy blue extreme cold and the crimson gold raging flames transformed into two distinct streams of light, which overlapped and eventually merged.
At the intersection of ice and fire, Huo Yuhao's figure reappeared, holding in his palm a lotus flower no bigger than the palm of his hand, a blend of icy white and fiery red.
"goodbye."
The cold and brief words, spoken by Huo Yuhao, were like a final verdict on a dying man.
The red and white lotus flower silently floated out of his palm and gracefully glided through the void.
The places along the way seemed to remain completely unchanged.
However, it was precisely this leisurely descent that sent chills down the spines of the two Green Skull mech pilots. The fear of death from the depths of their souls urged them to flee immediately.
But that light, floating speed seemed to be just an illusion created by the eyes.
The lotus flower flashed and crossed the original spatial distance, approaching within ten feet of the two black-level mechs.
The lotus flower, which had been a harmonious blend of ice and fire, suddenly became violent.
The petals unfolded brilliantly layer by layer, and then expanded violently.
"boom--"
A deafening explosion resounded through the void.
The dazzling red and white fireworks swept outwards like surging waves.
In an instant, the entire sky seemed to be completely occupied by a giant, blooming red and white lotus flower.
Extreme cold and extreme heat, two completely opposite energies, converged perfectly yet contradictorily at this moment, releasing a terrifying energy fluctuation capable of annihilating everything.
Centered on the explosion point, the forest within a radius of several hundred feet was completely transformed into a strange and silent spectacle.
Vast swathes of trees were instantly frozen into crystal-clear ice sculptures, and inside those translucent ice crystals, countless crimson-gold flames leaped and burned.
The terrifyingly high temperature was completely sealed inside the absolute zero ice crystals, unable to escape even a fraction, creating a beautiful yet chilling scene.
Huo Yuhao hovered in mid-air, looking at the two black-level mechs that had been frozen into huge ice crystals by the ultimate ice, and uttered a single word.
"burst."
The moment he finished speaking, the third soul ring behind him flashed.
The two enormous ice crystals that were about to fall from mid-air began to tremble violently, and countless fine cracks appeared inside.
A blazing red light and a deep blue light simultaneously illuminated, and the two diametrically opposed energies collided once again.
The next instant, an even more muffled yet more destructive explosion erupted in the sky.
Visible ripples spread through the void, and centered on the two ice crystals, the entire world seemed to be instantly torn apart by this force.
Even a hundred miles away, Zhu Ying, who was locked in a fierce battle with a red-level mech, could clearly see the enormous lotus flower blooming on the horizon, a flower woven from ice and fire.
Even from such a great distance, she could still feel the moisture in the surrounding air being completely sucked away in that instant.
A strange sensation, neither from cold nor from heat, enveloped her senses.
It was a purer temperature, like the stillness of death, which sent a chill down one's spine.
Inside the cockpit of the red-level mech, the mech pilot looked at the soul guidance screen in front of him. His teammates' avatars flickered a few times before going completely dark and turning gray.
He cursed under his breath, knowing full well that the mission had completely failed.
Without any hesitation, he immediately maneuvered his mech to retreat rapidly, drawing a sharp arc in mid-air before nimbly turning around.
The jets from the wings emitted even larger blue tail flames, which in the blink of an eye turned into an inconspicuous black dot on the distant horizon and disappeared completely.
(End of this chapter)