Chapter 252: Unthreatened, The Great Battle Against Archfiend, Crisis Looms Again!_2
The conversation between Su Yu and the Mechanical Spirit occurred within their consciousness, lasting less than a second.
During this second, neither the Mechanical City nor the Demon of Vengeance launched an attack; they were both "catching their breath."
A second later, the damaged shield outside the Mechanical City suddenly lit up, indicating it had been restored.
On the Demon of Vengeance's side, the shattered flesh also writhed and returned to its original form, but the newly grown flesh looked a bit pale, probably not as robust as before.
"Su Yu, did you really think you saved those people?"
"I have already absorbed their important memories. Even if you save them, they will soon become walking corpses..."
Just recovering, the Demon of Vengeance roared angrily at Su Yu.
It seemed it still refused to give up.
However, Su Yu had already learned from his combat experience and didn't listen to its nonsense; he instantly gave the Mechanical Spirit a command.
This command was very concise, consisting of only two words: Fire!
The Mechanical Spirit revered and trusted Su Yu immensely.
Thinking its master, unparalleled in wisdom, had devised another plan, it unhesitatingly aimed the Mechanical City's heavy cannons at the Demon of Vengeance.
Boom!
Moments later, the heavy cannons on the rooftops throughout the Mechanical City opened fire with a thunderous roar!
Heavy Plasma Cannons, Heavy Fusion Laser Cannons, Heavy Pulse Shattering Cannons!
These were heavy weapons mounted on the Assault Tanks, and this volley had the power of a seven-star attack.
Moreover, the caliber of the heavy cannons within the Mechanical City was enlarged tenfold, with hundreds and thousands in number.
This volley was even more terrifying than the previous clash; it was the true power of war machinery unleashed!
A true nine-star strike!
In an instant, an explosion even more intense than before erupted in mid-air.
A massive fireball entirely engulfed the Mechanical City and the Demon of Vengeance.
The fireball had a radius of over a hundred kilometers, truly like a small sun descended upon the world.
And the Mechanical City and the Demon of Vengeance were completely in the "Sun Core."
The instantaneous temperature here was even over a hundred million degrees!
And it was not just the physical temperature; the most terrifying part was the overwhelming Spiritual Energy impact that could destroy everything.
Both the Demon of Vengeance and the Mechanical City were being destroyed by this terrifying power!
That's right, even the Mechanical City could not avoid it.
After all, the power of this strike was too great, and at such a close range, even the Mechanical City could not escape.
In just a thousandth of a second, the Mechanical City shrank by half under the terrifying power.
Another thousandth of a second, and the Mechanical City shrank to only a third of its original size.
This was because the parts of the Mechanical City that materialized were annihilated by the explosion's power.
Fortunately, at this time, the peak power of the explosion had already passed.
The Mechanical City immediately activated its power, releasing layers upon layers of shields.
These shields were almost instantly annihilated again, but they bought the Mechanical City a bit of time.
Finally, after a second, when the Mechanical City had only 17% remaining, the explosion's power finally subsided to a level it could withstand.
Su Yu and the Mechanical Spirit both breathed a sigh of relief, knowing they had survived this ordeal.
Looking back at the Demon of Vengeance, where was it now? That creature had already completely vanished in the explosion.
It didn't have the defense of the Mechanical City, and within a thousandth of a second of the explosion, it was entirely vaporized.
In mid-air, only a half-transparent shadow remained, writhing as it tried to recover, but obviously, it was impossible; it no longer even had substance.
"Su Yu... don't get complacent, I will return..."
The shadow of the Demon of Vengeance struggled to utter a threat before dissipating in the air.
"Heh, and that's it."
Su Yu smiled slightly. Had that earth-shattering strike just now directly killed the Demon of Vengeance?
But it's no wonder, that strike just now almost destroyed the Mechanical City itself, let alone the Demon of Vengeance, which took it head-on with its flesh?
This encounter with the Demon of Vengeance took less than a minute, resulting in a major victory for Su Yu.
However, it seemed that the Demon of Vengeance was not completely dead; its abilities were strange, and it wouldn't die that easily.
Su Yu quickly discovered that although the Demon of Vengeance had disappeared, it had left some peculiar things behind.
There were millions of these things; they were neither energy nor matter, seemingly just data, but they had a breath of life.
Su Yu immediately determined that these things were "memories."
They were the lost memories of those millions of people, as well as those of Xiao Shengyin and the others.
It seemed that the Demon of Vengeance had extracted these memories and stored them in its body; now that its body had been destroyed and vaporized, these memories were exposed.
Su Yu hastily used their abilities with the Mechanical Spirit to retrieve these memories back into the Mechanical City.
After a brief inspection, as expected, these were the "memories" extracted from the humans and Xiao Shengyin and the others.
The Demon of Vengeance, using some unknown method, had extracted these memories, and they hadn't turned into mere data.
They seemed to possess a soul and life, able to exist for a long time without needing a container or energy.
These memories were not just from the brain.
They also included body memories and subconscious memories.
Even memories related to the manipulation of Spiritual Energy were included.
"No wonder the Demon of Vengeance said those people would become walking corpses after he extracted their memories."
"This wasn't just memory extraction; it was the extraction of life essence."
Su Yu nodded slightly, looking at these memories.
Fortunately, he made the right choice just now by directly obliterating the Demon of Vengeance and reclaiming these memories.
Otherwise, the millions of people rescued would have been useless.
Xiao Shengyin and the others, being Seven-star Transcendents, lost their memories and forgot how to use Spiritual Energy.
What about ordinary people? They might even forget how to breathe.
Su Yu reclaimed these memories, truly saving those people.
"The Demon of Vengeance was probably digesting these memories earlier, unable to fight back, which is why I dealt with it so easily."
"Had I been a bit later, who knows what the outcome would have been."
"These are Xiao Shengyin and company's Spiritual Energy memories... wait! Xiao Shengyin and the others!"
After pondering for a moment, Su Yu suddenly remembered those three and quickly looked over.
Only to see that the original ground had turned into a huge crater-like basin, with the ground within it melted by the high temperature, flowing with hot lava.
Su Yu scanned with his spiritual power and sensed that the three of Xiao Shengyin were submerged at the bottom of the lava, almost burned down to their bones.
"Such a miserable state!"
Su Yu was slightly surprised, hurriedly commanding the Mechanical Spirit to extend mechanical arms and retrieve the three.
"They're still alive!"
Upon being retrieved, the three looked pitch black, truly like charred coal.
But their chests were still faintly rising and falling.
This was proof they were still alive.
Seven-star Transcendents indeed had a strong life force.
Even though they had already lost the memories of controlling Spiritual Energy, they managed to survive the shock wave of that earth-shattering attack.
Although Su Yu's Power of Dominator protecting them played a part, their own vitality was also crucial.
"Master, your strategy was correct again! You saved the three of them too!"
The Mechanical Spirit said.
Looking at what were now charred three people, Su Yu felt a bit guilty. Had he really saved them?
"This must be their calamity, can't blame me."
Su Yu comforted himself inwardly.
It's not his fault; it was bad luck for those three.
After all, they were destined to have a calamity, predestined to be unlucky. Keeping their lives wasn't bad.
But given how miserably they ended up, who knows if they'd recover completely.
Would it require using Mechanical Blessing again?
But would the three of them be willing to believe in Su Yu? Moreover, they had lost consciousness, how would they believe in Su Yu? These were all issues.
As Su Yu was pondering how to save these three, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked up at the sky.
In the sky, the eternally lingering radiation clouds were blown apart by that terrifying explosion, revealing the blue sky above.
And in the blue sky, a few light spots were flickering.
Su Yu's scalp tingled, instantly realizing what those light spots were!
They were artificial mechanisms in planetary orbit, created by Zhang Chenfeng!
Just having battled the Demon of Vengeance, the commotion was too great, and it had attracted Zhang Chenfeng's creations again!