Mecha Battle: Why Do You Use Body to Destroy Stars?

“This is a war between humanity and calamity, a war that has stretched across endless ages…”

Jiang Chen reflected in his heart.

On the other hand, the commander, upon hearing the exchange of information between the two, was utterly astonished.

The Star Alliance’s understanding of the undead Empire was entirely based on archaeological excavations, which, no matter how in-depth, were always incomplete.

They had once believed that the undead Empire had embarked on the path of undeath because of a mad tyrant seeking eternity, ultimately bringing about the demise of their entire civilization.

Now it seemed… there were other hidden aspects to the story?

Of course, matters of archaeology and history could be set aside for the moment.

The most crucial piece of information at present was—

The undead Empire and the Third Civilization seemed to have clashed in the distant past.

Because of that war, the undead Empire had paid a heavy price and even fell into a slumber that was almost eternal.

But the mecha civilization fared even worse!

They appeared to have been decisively defeated by the undead Empire, wiped out without a trace left behind!

It was unclear how the mecha civilization managed to develop again under such circumstances.

But, following this logic and strength comparison…

The power of the undead Empire, undoubtedly, was much stronger than that of the mecha civilization!

The commander had just begun to feel a glimmer of hope.

In an instant, his heart was once again shrouded in a layer of gloom.

“We of the Star Alliance are collaborating with this mecha civilization to confront the returning undead Empire…”

“Can we win?”

Just as the commander was feeling anxious,

a change occurred in the direction of the undead fleet.

In the center of the fleet, the main beetle-shaped ship seemingly constructed of green crystals, once again opened up its back carapace.

However, after the carapace opened, no new Dead Spirits Structures flew out.

Instead, the carapace itself began to disintegrate and break down, with alterations happening to the main ship’s structure, as if it were transforming and reassembling.

In just a short time, a “skull” made up of ghostly green crystals floated in space.

Calling it a “skull” was actually somewhat of a misnomer; its overall structure was full of sci-fi elements, and it resembled a finely crafted ghostly green crystal Mecha, exuding the decadence of Spiritual Energy.

The eyes of the undead Mecha flickered faintly, lighting up with two wisps of white soul fiery flames.

“Long-lost power…”

“To kill you mecha pilots,”

“indeed, this form is much more suitable.”

The commander’s breath caught.

According to the archaeologists of the Star Alliance, those Dead Spirits Structures that appeared in various records, likely constituted the main bodies of the undead Empire’s citizens after their “ascension from the deceased”…

He had believed this as well.

Little did he expect that these undead were so crazy that they used starships as their bodies!

After all, the most fundamental and important energy in this universe is known as “Spiritual Energy.”

The more Spiritual Energy one has, the more powerful various weapons and devices become, and it is also possible to awaken all kinds of Transcendent powers.

But it is also increasingly difficult to control.

Overly powerful Spiritual Energy can even consume the human mind, causing one to lose oneself in the power, falling into madness and death.

Like the commander, he appeared to be a person controlling the overall situation.

In reality, inside the starship, numerous Spiritual Energy wielders were helping him maintain his consciousness, bearing the immense Spiritual Energy within the starship together.

Without them, he would be overwhelmed by the surging Spiritual Energy in an instant.

What about the undead?

They discarded their bodies, using Spiritual Energy as the foundation, and deposited their souls and consciousness onto inanimate objects to achieve “eternal life.”

To bear more Spiritual Energy, they used souls as materials, merging them into one.

The more souls and consciousness merged, the more powerful the controlled Spiritual Energy became, and the more chaotic it would get.

This is why the undead are synonymous with madness.

At this moment…

Inside the undead fleet, those starships containing terrifying Spiritual Energy, were completely controlled by the consciousness of the undead!

Not as vessels, but as bodies!

“They’ve gone mad!”

“How many souls must be merged to control these Spiritual Energies?!”

“With control over such a level of Spiritual Energy, what kind of formidable strength can one obtain?”

The Commander gazed into the distance, his heart trembling at the sight of the Spiritual Energy brilliance that shone like a star.

Just this magnitude of power alone was near divine among Spiritual Energy wielders!

Without mentioning anything else, with just this single undead, the entire Star Alliance Fleet could be easily demolished!

At that moment, the Commander realized something.

The undead fleet had never taken the Star Alliance Fleet seriously from the beginning.

Even if the Alliance was resolved to fight to the death, using remotely deployed weapons of destruction, they might not truly be able to harm an existence of this caliber—

Spiritual Energy is a magical power.

Even if an entity of this level of Spiritual Energy couldn’t directly withstand the impact of the weapons, there were too many methods it could use to avoid them.

After realizing this great disparity,

The Commander couldn’t help but cast his gaze upon the steam mecha.

The power wielded by the steam mecha was not Spiritual Energy, and there was not the slightest bit of Spiritual Energy radiance on it.

However, using his own Spiritual Energy, he could still vaguely sense the terrifying aura contained within the steam mecha.

This steam mecha…

Could it be the opponent of the undead?

“Remember my name.”

“The Third Commander of the Empire, Ullrich (Apoptosis Spirit).”

Those Dead Spirits Structures and Spatial Leap mechas were all equipped with Spatial Leap devices.

The undead commander was naturally no exception.

In fact, with the augment of tremendous Spiritual Energy, He used the Spatial Leap ability far surpassing those of Dead Spirits Structures.

In an instant, as space twisted, He appeared above the battlefield.

However, He did not approach the steam mecha but maintained an attack distance, raising His right hand high.

As the Spiritual Energy device was activated, energy surged towards Jiang Chen like a tide.

[Death Withering]

As the death energy converged, a vast area became a domain of death.

The energy shields activated by the Spatial Leap mechas of the Star Alliance within this area consumed energy at a terrifying rate, barely maintaining for an instant before shattering completely.

The metallic materials constituting their bodies, inexplicably aged and decayed like organic materials, withering and breaking apart.

Nevertheless, before the Spatial Leap mechas could disintegrate, their pilots had turned into skeletal dust.

The steam mecha, however, using acceleration and Spatial Leap, had already left the range of Death Withering without sustaining any damage.

“Such incredible speed…”

The undead commander had battled mecha pilots before and had experience in combating spatial mechas adept at speed.

He had unleashed a large-scale withering attack right from the start, yet He still failed to hit His target.

He marveled at the steam mecha’s speed as it dashed through space, rapidly approaching. Decisively, He switched His weapon—

This steam mecha was too fast but seemingly lacked the capability for long-range attacks, and it appeared its only option was close combat.

Just as well, His ranged attacks couldn’t hit the target either.

Then let’s settle it with close combat!

The crystalline structures on the surface of the undead commander’s body flowed rapidly, forming an immensely large crystalline scepter under the influence of Spiritual Energy.

Wielding the green crystalline scepter, He swung it heavily in the direction the steam mecha was rushing from—

Even though it was close combat, this strike also came with countless effects thanks to Spiritual Energy.

The eerie green light spread out, causing a vast area of withering around the scepter, affecting anything that came close to the steam mecha…

Spatial disturbances centered around the scepter rendered Spatial Leap abilities ineffective within a certain range…

A magnetic field acceleration centered around the scepter, seemingly just swinging the scepter, but in principle similar to a railgun, greatly enhancing speed and power…

With the culmination of these effects,

Just this one strike was enough to destroy the defensive array of the Star Alliance Fleet!

The steam mecha soared like a shooting star, its fist armor morphing to form a thick gauntlet-like steel armament—

This was the Gauntlet Resonance Equipment obtained from the Legendary Shadow.

The steam mecha did not dodge or avoid, raising its right arm and meeting the green crystalline scepter head-on with a thunderous blow!

Base attributes + Mode Switch + Resonance Weapon + Instantaneous Explosive Strike + Extreme Battle Spirit + Adaptation Power + Phantom Combo Strike.

This move had no technique, only raw power multiplication.

The scepter shattered and the green crystals fragmented.

The voice of Yun followed.

“The enemy commander has been defeated!”